The Trust Fall: Catching Hope in Relationships Again

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

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

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Have you ever felt like a tightrope walker trying to balance your relationship on a fraying rope of trust? Or perhaps you're more of a DIY enthusiast who feels like they've been handed a relationship IKEA flatpack with a few missing screws and no instruction manual? In this episode, Tony dives head first into discussing the fundamental building blocks to rebuild that shaky thing we call trust. We'll talk about the virtues of kindness, the relentless commitment to truth-telling, the importance of upskilling in the art of life partnership, and why being as predictable as a sitcom punchline can be a good thing in a relationship. So tune in, get comfortable, and let's hammer, screw, and even duct tape your trust back together in a way that would make MacGyver proud!Use the following code to purchase the 2023 Sex Summit for only $35 featuring Tony's presentation: Relationship Tools You Don't Know You Need - Tips and Tools Born From 15 Years of Practice w/1500 Couples. https://thedatingdivas.myshopify.com/discount/TONY23?redirect=%2Fproducts%2Fsex-seminar-2023 (https://thedatingdivas.myshopify.com/discount/TONY23?redirect=%2Fproducts%2Fsex-seminar-2023)Or use the following code to purchase 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024 seminars for only $80: https://thedatingdivas.myshopify.com/discount/TONYBUNDLE23?redirect=%2Fproducts%2Fsex-seminar-2023-bundle (https://thedatingdivas.myshopify.com/discount/TONYBUNDLE23?redirect=%2Fproducts%2Fsex-seminar-2023-bundle)Find all the latest links to podcasts, courses, Tony's newsletter, and more at https://linktr.ee/virtualcouch (https://linktr.ee/virtualcouch)Inside ACT for Anxiety Disorder Course is Open! Visit https://praxiscet.com/virtualcouch (https://praxiscet.com/virtualcouch) Inside ACT for Anxiety Disorders; Dr. Michael Twohig will teach you the industry-standard treatment used by anxiety-treatment experts around the world. Through 6 modules of clear instruction and clinical demonstrations, you will learn how to create opportunities for clients to practice psychological flexibility in the presence of anxiety. After completing the course material, you'll have a new, highly effective anxiety treatment tool that can be used with every anxiety-related disorder, from OCD to panic disorder to generalized anxiety disorder.And follow Tony on the Virtual Couch YouTube channel to see a sneak preview of his upcoming podcast "Murder on the Couch," where True Crime meets therapy, co-hosted with his daughter Sydney. You can watch a pre-release clip here https://youtu.be/-RkRq8SrQy0 (https://youtu.be/-RkRq8SrQy0)Subscribe to Tony's latest podcast, "Waking Up to Narcissism Q&A - Premium Podcast," on the Apple Podcast App. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/waking-up-to-narcissism-q-a/id1667287384 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/waking-up-to-narcissism-q-a/id1667287384)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

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0:00.0	So once upon a time in the bustling city of San Francisco, there lived two co-workers, and we'll call them Liam and George.
0:08.0	Both worked at a tech startup.
0:09.7	We'll make this one up too.
0:11.2	It's called CodeCloud.
0:12.6	And they weren't just colleagues, but they were also roommates.
0:15.2	They were sharing an apartment in the heart of the city because the rent was just astronomically priced.
0:20.3	But Liam also had an inexplicable love
0:22.8	for cookies, and especially the chocolate chip ones, which is absolutely the correct answer when it
0:28.1	comes to what is the best cookie. They were his lifeline and his ultimate comfort food. But then
0:33.6	his roommate George, on the other hand, was this fitness freak who believed in a very
0:37.5	healthy lifestyle, and he often let Liam know that those cookies were not very healthy.
0:42.2	And he had just this infallible determination that he was going to resist all temptations.
0:48.5	So one day Liam bought a box of these gourmet chocolate chip cookies that he had found in the heart of San Francisco that were
0:54.8	darn near like gold to him. Five dollars a cookie, I think they were. And he had been dreaming of these
1:00.5	things for weeks. He could not wait to get these cookies. He had read about him. I think he'd seen
1:04.4	some video on TikTok about him. And just he finally was in possession of these gourmet chocolate chip
1:10.1	cookies.
1:13.0	So he carefully placed them in the kitchen cabinet.
1:16.4	He was looking forward to treating himself after a long day at work.
1:19.5	They were actually going to be a reward for him completing a project.
1:23.6	But when he came back home, he found that box empty.
1:25.8	And it had to be George.
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