So if you ever set a goal to be a super fit kale smoothie loving sunrise jogging person,

only to find yourself binge watching shows with a bag of chips somewhere by week two of the new year?

But what if I told you that there is a way to set goals that won't make your couch miss you so much

might actually make you happier?

Sorry though, kale is still going to taste like kale,

which is kind of like dirt. Or do you set New Year's resolutions with the same enthusiasm as choosing

a dentist for a root canal? Well, what if there is a way to pick goals that you don't feel like

you're punishing yourself for something that you didn't even do? Or have you ever chased a goal like it is

the last bus of the night only to catch it and realize it's absolutely going in the wrong direction?

What if I told you that the secret to fulfilling goals is not just in the chasing, but in chatting

with your thoughts and feelings along the way, and not in a way that we'll eventually see you in a

padded room.

We're talking about more like discovering and making friends with your internal GPS that actually has legit updated maps of all the streets of where you're going to get

and actually tells you where the in and outs are ahead of you and not behind you.

So if any of these things resonate with you, then I really do think that you're going to appreciate

today's episode more than you can even imagine.

And I'm even going to use what might be my very last cliche card of 2023.

Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life.

These things and so much more coming up on today's episode of the virtual couch.

Music things and so much more. Coming up on today's episode of the virtual couch. Come on in and take a seat on the virtual couch.

Hey everybody. Welcome to episode 407, possibly the last virtual couch episode of the year. I am your host, Tony Overbay, a licensed marriage and family therapist, a certified mindful habit coach and host of this podcast, the virtual couch, as well as waking up to narcissism, and a plethora of others, including love ADHD with my friend Julie Lee, murder on the couch, the mind, the mirror, and me, both of those hosted with my daughters, Sydney and Mackie, respectively.

I would love for you to check all of those podcasts out. And as a matter of fact, Sydney and I have been doing some relationship lives over on TikTok. And those are picking up some steam and we'll bring those over into the world of Instagram live very soon. So follow me on social media at virtual couch if you're a TikTok person and at Tony Overbay underscore LMFT or at WUTN Pod over on Instagram.

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