Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsMeet Jon AcuffWhy Jon Acuff Is Mentally StrongWhat You’ll Hear on the ShowWhat You’ll Learn About Mental Health and Mental StrengthQuotes From JonMore About the Podcast

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Meet Jon Acuff

Why Jon Acuff Is Mentally Strong

What You’ll Hear on the Show

What You’ll Learn About Mental Health and Mental Strength

Quotes From Jon

More About the Podcast

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OnThe Verywell Mind Podcast, Amy Morin, LCSW, interviews experts, authors, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and other inspirational people about the strategies that help them think, feel, and do their best in life.

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Jon Acuff is a NY Times bestselling author. He’s written seven books, including his newest one called Soundtracks.

He’s also the host of a podcast called, “All It Takes Is a Goal.” He’s a popular motivational speaker and he’s got a great sense of humor. He talks openly about some of the struggles he has experienced in business and in life and the lessons he’s learned along the way.

Jon’s new book, Soundtracks, is aboutoverthinking. In it, he shares the strategies that work for him when he has a broken soundtrack playing in his head.

He acknowledges that he’s a work in progress and he offers actionable advice for his readers and listeners.

He’s also open about the fact that he has seen a therapist to help him change histhought patterns. He’s not afraid to talk about the need for professional help sometimes.

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The way you think affects how you feel and how you behave. And overthinking can be a huge roadblock to thinking and feeling your best.

Some people rehash things that already happened and it prevents them from enjoying life now. Others second-guess what they should do next to the point that they can’t take any action.

And sometimes, we just keep replaying the same unhelpful messages in our heads over and over.

Fortunately, you can learn to respond to negative thoughts in a more productive way. And you can choose not to believe everything you think.

Jon’s suggestions about soundtracks are helpful strategies for dealing with thoughts that can hold you back in life. It’s similar to creating mantras or catchphrases that can help you think differently.

Approach change as a tourist, because we’re all tourists to 2021. Nobody right now would go, ‘This is like my 50th global pandemic. I’ve actually been through so many of these.’

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