The James Altucher Show

Episode Description:James talks with psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin about practical mental strength—the kind you need in the moment, not just in theory. Amy’s earlier books focused on what mentally strong people don’t do. Her new book, The Mental Strength Playbook, turns that work into 50 fast, usable tools for anxiety, stress, worry, conflict, focus, and resilience.The conversation is personal and tactical. Amy explains why “manage your stress” is useless advice when you’re already overwhelmed, and instead offers small moves that can change your physiology, your thinking, or your next action. She and James talk about scheduled worry, reverse worry lists, psychological distance, “smell the pizza” breathing, half-smiling, doing something kind for someone else, and why solving problems can help with depression.What makes this episode useful is that it treats mental strength like a playbook, not a personality trait. Life deals different hands—money stress, relationship friction, anxiety, public