Episode 28 Get Over It! with Sally Livingston

In this week’s episode, John interviews Sally Livingston. Sally is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and author of “Get Over It! 4 Steps to Breaking Free from the Stuck Cycle.” They discuss simple strategies on how to process feelings as a man and ways to best cope with the pressures of the holidays and 2020 as a whole.

To better understand the scope of mental health John and Sally introduce us to the following concepts:

1. Exploring your feelings and having ownership 2. Writing your feelings down in a journal for 1 year 3. The three P’s - predict, plan, practice

(02:21) Backstory on Sally Livingston.

(06:13) Overview of “Get Over It! 4 Steps to Breaking Free from the Stuck Cycle”

(09:54) Dealing with indecisiveness.

(12:08) How to process feelings as a male.

(15:21) What do I feel and what do I want to do about it?

(16:35) Writing down how you feel.

(21:22) Ways to approach the holidays from a mental health perspective.

(23:54) The three P’s

(25:04) Developing skills to cope with 2020.

(29:28) Characteristics of being a therapist.

QUOTES:

“The emotional piece is important to distinguish between the expressions of the emotion.”

"In the book, I talk about where the 'stuck' gets started and that's in family relationships."

“What do I do with this now?”

"There's always stress related to the holidays and the idea of being with family."

“Let’s take your emotional training wheels off now and let’s try and help you get to the point where you are emotionally healthy.”

USEFUL RESOURCES:

1. Website - https://www.sallylivingston.com 

2. Purchase her book - https://tinyurl.com/GetOverItBook 

3. Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009433885676 

4. Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sallysnowlivingston/ 

CONNECT WITH JOHN:

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LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhulen 

EPISODE CREDITS:

Intro music provided by Tony Palacios - https://www.instagram.com/tonytonedog

Outro music provided by Jeff Scheetz - https://jeffscheetz.com/