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The Virtual Couch

The Psychology of the Churro - 8 Mental Health Lessons Learned from a Disneyland Christmas

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

5643 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Tony shares 8 mental health lessons learned from a Christmas spent at Disneyland. 1) You’ll never really know something until you experience it. 2) Churros provide an immediate but temporary dopamine dump. 3) How to come back to the present moment, over and over again. 4) How easy it can be to find yourself turning to unhealthy coping mechanisms when triggered suddenly. 5) What it looks like to turn to a value-based activity or goal when feeling down, flat, off, or all of the above. 6) Radical acceptance, or the ability to accept situations outside of your control without judgment, reduces suffering. (from “What is Radical Acceptance https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-radical-acceptance-5120614) 7) Psychological flexibility, or “holding our thoughts and emotions a bit more lightly, and acting on longer-term values and goals rather than short term impulses, thoughts, and feelings” can lead to a greater sense of purpose and a stronger connection with the present moment (from “What is Psychological Flexibility https://workingwithact.com/what-is-act/what-is-psychological-flexibility/ (https://workingwithact.com/what-is-act/what-is-psychological-flexibility/)) and 8) From Virtual Couch guest Mike Rucker, author of “The Fun Habit,” https://amzn.to/3ClRTXG (https://amzn.to/3ClRTXG) doing things, or “encoding richer experiences,” starts to light you up because you are creating an internal “tapestry of really cool stuff,” in your brain rather than simply passing time. If you are interested in being coached in Tony's upcoming "Magnetic Marriage Podcast," please email him for more information. You will receive free marriage coaching and remain anonymous when the episode airs.  Go to http://tonyoverbay.com/workshop (http://tonyoverbay.com/workshop) to sign up for Tony's "Magnetize Your Marriage" virtual workshop. The cost is only $19, and you'll learn the top 3 things you can do NOW to create a Magnetic Marriage.  You can learn more about Tony's pornography recovery program, The Path Back, by visiting http://pathbackrecovery.com (http://pathbackrecovery.com/) And visit http://tonyoverbay.com (http://tonyoverbay.com/) and sign up to receive updates on upcoming programs and podcasts. Tony mentioned a product that he used to take out all of the "uh's" and "um's" that, in his words, "must be created by wizards and magic!" because it's that good! To learn more about Descript, click here https://descript.com?lmref=bSWcEQ (https://descript.com/?lmref=bSWcEQ)

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0:00.0

Hey, oh, oh, oh, come on in and take a seat on the virtual couch.

0:21.9

Hey everybody.

0:22.5

Welcome to episode 355 of the virtual couch.

0:25.6

I am your host, Tony Overbay.

0:26.7

I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified mindful habit coach, writer, speaker, husband, father, four, and creator of the path back, an online pornography recovery program that is helping people turn into the amazing people that they were meant to be.

0:39.1

But let's get to today's episode. First up, just sign up for my newsletter. Go to Tonyoverbay.com,

0:45.1

plain and simple, because so many things are coming now in 2023. New version of the Magnetic Marriage

0:50.4

course is coming soon. If you're still interested in a discount on my Pathback pornography recovery course, new year, new you, then email me through my website.

0:59.5

And the magnetic marriage podcast is imminent. A true crime meets the virtual couch podcast with

1:04.5

one of my daughters is launching soon. The Magnetic Marriage Workshop, which is different than

1:09.0

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1:12.9

is still available for $19 at Tonyoverbay.com slash workshop. So, so many things. But let's get to today's episode.

1:20.0

So I am not sure what title I eventually went with, but the working title was The Psychology of the Churro,

1:27.3

eight mental health lessons learned

1:28.8

over Christmas break at Disneyland. So surprise, we went to Disneyland for Christmas, as in

1:33.9

literally on Christmas Day. And this is something that we have never done, and my wife essentially

1:38.6

sold it as a bit of a bucket list item. Let's try it. Maybe it will be insanely crowded. Maybe nobody goes on Christmas.

1:45.2

It might rain. It might be too cold. But let's jump right in. Psychology rule number one,

1:51.1

you'll never really know until you go. So spread that out in a broader sense. And how often in our

1:57.2

lives do we just wonder and wonder and ruminate and ask other people what they think,

2:01.1

what their opinion is, all the while that the answer lies in the doing.

2:05.7

So curious what Disneyland would be like at Christmas, well, there's really only one good way

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