#735 Career Transition, Passive Aggression & Inner Critics - Phil Stark

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture, Mental Health, Sexuality

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Phil Stark is a former screenwriter (Dude, Where’s My Car) turned marriage and family therapist. He shares why he made this huge career pivot plus he and Paul discuss passive aggression in relationships and managing the inner critic. Check out his new book, Dude, Where's My Car-tharsis?: A Friendly and Engaging Guide to Talk Therapy

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Website: https://www.starktalk.net

Amazon book link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578300842?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 735 with my guest Phil Stark. If you're new to the podcast, welcome.
0:06.9	This is a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads from medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas, and sexual dysfunction to everyday compulsive negative thinking.
0:18.0	And this show's not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling.
0:22.4	I am not a therapist. You have been warned, but Phil, our guest, is a therapist. It used to be a
0:29.1	screen rather. We'll get into all that. And just a quick note so I can self-deprecate
0:36.8	before you potentially judge me.
0:40.6	On the recent episode, I had gotten into a discussion about me having fear about putting
0:49.4	myself out there trying to sell my furniture.
0:53.7	As I was listening back to this episode with Phil, which we
0:56.8	recorded, God, probably nine months ago, I realized, oh, I also talked to him about trying to do
1:06.3	some career pivoting, not away from doing the podcast, but, you know, kind of in addition to it.
1:12.7	And I'm just super self-conscious that it's like I'm going to make every, it's going to sound
1:18.6	like I'm making every episode about, you know, what I'm doing.
1:25.3	And maybe it is.
1:26.5	And you know what?
1:27.1	Maybe that's okay if it is.
1:29.0	No, it's not.
1:29.7	It's ugly.
1:30.9	It's unbecoming.
1:32.7	It's a bad look.
1:37.6	This episode is going, the bulk of the surveys are going to be on Patreon this week.
1:44.8	There's always bonus surveys on Patreon for people at the $5 a month and above level.
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