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Podcast Summary of Episode 14: Feeling Stuck [Click to Subscribe To iTunes] Choosing Your Best Life Now at times require you to evaluate your relationships to see if they are playing a role in that stuck feel that hinders progress. In this episode I outlined three ways that will help you move your relationship from […]

Life Is Short Make It Count! The phrase “Life is too short” would be one of the mantras of life that I live by. I only have so many hours per day, days per week and weeks per month to live my life. I have been given just enough to fulfill the purpose for which […]

SUMMARY: In this episode I talk about the role money plays in all of our lives and how each person’s view of money can be so different. This difference can be the deal breaker in many relationships. Your understanding of it, can make all the difference. The four ways to think about money are referred […]

Two Words That Hinders Progress in Relationships One of the techniques I employ in my counseling sessions is to get my clients to remove the words never and always from their vocabulary especially when it is in the context of a relationship. I do know there are times the words are acceptable and need to […]

[Click to Subscribe To iTunes] 3 Steps In Overcoming The Approval Seeking Podcast Summary: In this episode I discuss the issue of individuals who find themselves caught in a repeated attempt to seek approval in most of their decision making process. This is more evident within relationships. The drive to be approved leads to maladaptive behaviors. Some […]

Three Steps To Put An End To Approval Seeking Getting the approval of a parent especially that of a father is so crucial to a child’s life. The presence or absence of feeling that your parent approves of you makes all the difference. It shapes your future. Approval doesn’t mean they approve of all you […]

Every Person In A Relationship Needs To Be Bi-lingual Gary Chapman wrote a best seller book entitled “The 5 love languages.” In it he talks about the 5 primary ways most people communicate love. The 5 ways are: Acts of service Giving of gifts Statements of affirmation Physical touch Quality time Most people who are […]

[Click to Subscribe To iTunes] #011: HOW TO OVERCOME FEELINGS OF INADEQUACY  Summary: In this episode I respond to what 46% of those who participated in the survey I did using Survey Monkey on the question of “what topic would you like to hear discussed on this podcast. The overwhelming question was “how to overcome […]

After all these years, you would think that I would have learned my lesson by now. I am more gullible than I want to admit. I am a little embarrassed sayiing that but it is true. I recently saw something that I was interested in, which was even more attractive because it said free.  Who […]

Summary of show notes: [Click to Subscribe To iTunes] Here are the 6 Reasons why it took me over 20 years to break my silence of the attempted rape Feeling ashamed Feelings of guilt Protecting reputations Fear of cultural rejection The stigma Fear of being blamed These are just six of the many reasons why I […]