Hey, before we get to today's episode of the virtual couch, an episode where I'm going to share four very specific things out of acceptance and commitment therapy that is going to change your life. That is a very bold statement. But you're going to walk away from it. I know you're going to want to take action. You're going to feel just revived. You're going to feel energized. But before we get there, I'm going to try to do something new

with my betterhelp.com ad. I've got my phone in front of me. I've got the stopwatch out. I'm going to try to take care of this in less than a minute. Am I ready? On my mark? Get set. Go. So as a therapist myself, of course, I would recommend that everybody give therapy a try. Truly, we're all hanging on to things that would be helpful to process, or there's things in our life that we

maybe thought we would achieve by now, or there are things that we desperately want to achieve so we won't live a life full of regrets. So if that is you, or if you owe it to yourself, just give therapy a try. And if you're not up for going into somebody's office sitting in a waiting room, If you've tried to get a hold of a therapist and they are booked out for a little while,

you can try betterhelp.com.

Just go to betterhelp.com slash virtual couch.

Again, that's betterhelp.com forward slash virtual couch, all one word.

And take a look at the world of online therapy.

I'm realizing now I never hit start with my stopwatch.

So let's pretend now that I'm just very, a few seconds into this ad and go. Go check out what a growing number over, over half a million people have already done before you. Sign up now by going to betterhelp.com slash virtual couch and get the help that you need, the help that maybe you didn't even know that you need. There's a bore, I'm rattle. I'm watching the stopwatch go. There's a broad range of

expertise and better helps counselor network, which might not be locally available in many areas.

The service is available for clients worldwide. You can log onto your account at any time and

send a message to your counselor. You get thoughtful and timely responses. They will help and assess

your needs and help match you up with your own licensed professional therapist. You can even specify if you are working through OCD, anxiety, depression, if you want

an acceptance and commitment therapy modality like we're going to talk about today, and you

can sometimes start communicating in under 24 hours. So do yourself a favor. Go to betterhelp.com

slash virtual couch. You'll receive 10% off your first month services. So what are you waiting for? You owe it to yourself a favor. Go to BetterHelp.com slash virtual couch. You'll receive 10% off your first month services.

So what are you waiting for? You owe it to yourself to the very least go check it out. Go ahead. Pause the podcast right now. Go do it. I am not going anywhere. And I feel like I just cheated. I just hit one minute on the ad. but I did not start it for a while, but still that's faster than most of the betterhelp.com ads I've done.

All right, let's get on to the virtual couch.

Hey, everybody.

Thank you for tuning into episode 181 of the virtual couch having a little first world problems today.

My iPad didn't charge overnight. Oh, the horror. Oh, the terror. But I am still your host, Tony Overbay. I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist, a certified mindful habit coach, a writer, speaker, husband, father of four, ultramarathon runner, and co-author of the bestselling book. He's a porn addict, now what? an expert in a former addict to answer your questions in which I play the role of the expert and also I'm creator of the Pathback and online pornography program that's helping people reclaim their lives from the harmful effects of pornography. If you or anybody that you know is struggling to put it behind you once and for all, and trust me, it can be done. And here's the key and a very strength based, hold the shame, become the person you always knew you could be way. Then please head over to pathbackrecovery.com. And there you can download a short e-book that describes five common mistakes that people make when trying to get rid of pornography once and for all. Again, that's pathback recovery.com. And please visit the virtual couch on Instagram. You can also find a virtual couch page on Facebook or Tony Overbay licensed marriage and family therapist.

And if you have a minute, you've enjoyed any of the virtual couch podcast material. Please do me a favor and rate, review, subscribe to the podcast wherever you get your podcast. And also go to Tonyoverbay.com. I know I say this over and over again, but exciting things are coming. For real, real exciting things are coming. So sign up for the newsletter there and you'll hear more about a lot of the things that I cannot wait to tell you more about.

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