We have all heard that laughter is the best medicine. Brent and Janis discuss the benefits of laughter not only on our physical and mental health, but also the benefits to our relationships and sense of connectedness with others. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/the-benefits-of-laughterHelp us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible. The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982. They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice. The podcast is produced by Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only. This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.
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Having Difficult Conversations (Episode 88)
Many people find themselves shying away from difficult conversations. Brent and Janis look at the negative impact on limited communication in important relationships. They also discuss the critical things to know in helping difficult conversations happen and how to ensure they are helpful in building and strengthening our relationships. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/having-difficult-conversationsHelp us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible.The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982. They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.The podcast is produced by Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.
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The 12 Steps for Everyone (Episode 87)
Brent and Janis look at the 12 steps that originated almost 100 years ago. While they are most known in the Alcoholics Anonymous tradition, Brent and Janis share how these very principles can inspire us to grow in all of our daily lives and relationships. Ian Cron, “The Fix” How the Twelve Steps Offer a Surprising Path of Transformation for the Well-Adjusted, the Down-and-Out, and Everyone In Between John Ortberg, Steps: A Guide to Transforming Your Life When Willpower Isn’t Enough View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/the-12-steps-for-everyoneHelp us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible.The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982. They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.The podcast is produced by Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.
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Lent: What is it? (Episode 86)
Brent and Janis discuss a long term practice in the church: Lent, the 40 days leading up to Easter and how it can be enlightening and help develop important rhythms in our daily life. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/lent-what-is-itHelp us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible.The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982. They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.The podcast is produced by Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.
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Spiritual Disciplines (Episode 85)
Brent and Janis continue their interview with Tracy Balzar, a former professor of spiritual formation and a spiritual director, about the role and impact of simple consistent practices in our daily life that can be life changing. Tracy Balzer is the author of Thin Places: An Evangelical Journey Into Celtic Christianity (Leafwood); A Listening Life (Pinyon); and Permission to Ponder: Contemplative Wisdom for the Spiritually Distracted (Leafwood). Her most recent book is A Journey of Sea and Stone: How Holy Places Guide and Renew Us (Broadleaf).View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/spiritual-disciplinesHelp us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible.The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982. They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.The podcast is produced by Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.
This podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982. They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.
The podcast is produced by Clayton Creative in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.
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