Finding Brave

118: How To Build The Mental Strength You Need to Reach Your Greatest Potential, with Amy Morin


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“Self-pity is when you exaggerate how bad your life is. When you start to get helpless, hopeless and you think there’s no hope and life can never get better, you dig in your heels and stay stuck. So if you say you are going to work on not feeling sorry for yourself, instead say that you’re going to work on gratitude. That’s one really simple way to start changing your life and building mental muscle.” - Amy Morin

What if I told you that you can learn to change the way you think, and you can train your brain to work for you, not against you? My guest today initially wrote a blog post to improve her own mental strength, and that led to a career helping millions of people around the globe build their mental muscles, and as a result, live much more fulfilled lives.

Amy Morin is a licensed clinical social worker, psychotherapist, and psychology lecturer at Northeastern University. She’s also an international bestselling author. Her books, 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do, 13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don’t Do, and 13 Things Mentally Strong Women Don’t Do have been translated into 33 languages.

The Guardian dubbed her “the self-help guru of the moment” and Forbes calls her a “thought leadership star.”

Her TEDx talk, The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong, is one of the most popular talks of all time with more than 10 million views. She’s a regular contributor to Forbes, Inc., and Psychology Today where her articles on mental strength reach more than 2 million readers each month.

Her advice for building mental strength has been featured by major media outlets, including Fox News, CNN, Oprah.com, Today, Good Morning America, Success, Business Insider, Time, and the Hallmark Channel.

In this episode Amy shares her framework for learning to control your emotions and take positive actions, which will result in you taking back your power. Amy is someone who is not only inspirational as a wonderful therapist, but as a writer and influencer in the way that she crafts her messages, which is why I’m so excited to be bringing you this conversation with her today.

Interestingly, we recorded this well before the global health crisis hit, but each insight that Amy shares can be used today, to help us cope and even thrive through these very trying times.

To learn more about today's guest, visit: https://amymorinlcsw.com/ 

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