Do you often find yourself in situations or circumstances that you never asked for? If so, a) you are a human being, and b) there are tools available that can help you make the most of any situation. Psychological Flexibility is a key component of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and may be the key to becoming unstuck, even when you find yourself in completely sticky situations. Tony refers to a couple of articles on Psychological Flexibility from the website http://workingwithact.com https://workingwithact.com/psychological-flexibility-at-work/the-role-of-psychological-flexibility-in-building-performance-and-wellbeing/

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[00:00:21] Hey, everybody, welcome to episode 306 of the virtual couch, I'm your host, Tony Overbay. I'm a licensed marriage family therapist. A certified mine will have a coach and host of waking up to nurses. And if you haven't checked that podcast out, please go give that a give it a look. Give it a I think there's about twenty one episodes now and it's a thing. It's a whole new thing, and I did not expect it to take off the way it is. So if you have appreciated any of the podcasts I've done in the past on anything narcissistic related, then go check that one out. And especially because we're identifying over there that narcissistic personality disorder is truly a small percentage, a very small percentage of people. But if you start looking at things in terms of emotional maturity or emotional immaturity, it's it just opens up your world, your mind to be able to just really view others and yourself in a way that I think we all have these emotionally immature tendencies or traits. And it can really, I think, help people do a little bit more self confrontation in a very positive way. If that sounds like an oxymoron, I can understand that, but so that people can start to understand what does showing up a little bit more emotionally mature look like to be able to express my needs, maybe not be able to react to what others are saying that I should think or feel or do.

[00:01:31] But I had no intention on talking about that right now, but they'll give that a shot. Waking up the narcissism is another podcast that you can find wherever you're listening to this podcast, feel free to give that a shot. And I also, we are getting ready to launch the fourth episode of Fourth Edition Preston Pug Meyer and I are getting ready to run our fourth edition of my magnetic marriage course, and I understand from the feedback of people that have taken the first three rounds that there is absolutely nothing. I gain nothing by playing small as the Marianne Williamson poem that I so love and have quoted on several episodes says that it is a wonderful program and it is literally teaching people to communicate and have better marriages than they have ever...