A More Excellent Way with Dr. James and Nicola (KLRC)

In this episode we explore the role that gratitude plays in relationships.

In this episode we talk about what gratitude is and how it encompasses our whole being.

On this episode we sit down and talk about healing conversations around racial tension with our family from The More Than Small Talk Podcast.

Today we're revisiting this important conversation. So often you can get caught up in what it’s like to be on the receiving end of other people, but how often do you stop to think about what it is like for others to be on the receiving end of you?  In this episode, we reflect on taking time to process what it may be like for others to be on the receiving end of ourselves.

On this episode Nicola and I talk about the God’s love and how is the foundation for how we connect with ourselves and with others.

Warning: This is a Sex talk for Adults

In this episode, we Interviewed Dr. Laurie Watson Ph.D., MA, LMFT, LCMHC, Director of Awakenings, and certified sex therapist. Dr. Watson has thirty years of experience working with couples and individuals about love and sex. She’s the host of the popular podcast, FOREPLAY RADIO—Couples and Sex Therapy ranked in the top 10 in iTunes under Sexuality. Laurie authored her first book Wanting Sex Again—How to Rediscover Desire and Heal a Sexless Marriage (Penguin) in December 2012.

Excellent Points

• Everybody, at some point, struggles with sexual problems.

• The mindset that sex is supposed to happen naturally is a massive block to talking about sex or being able to fully experience the joy of marriage.

• Talking about sex does not ruin the mood.

• We need to be sensitive to how we are using sexual desire, because the other person may want to feel desirable

• While we want to talk about the mechanics of sex or hearts matter as well. Laurie Watson

On this episode we got to talk to the Imhoff’s about their service to the community. We get to hear about how their journey through their own pain moves them into joining others who are hurting. It was moving to hear how their service to the community also serves to strengthen their own bond.

On this episode James shares about his emotional process during the Covid-19 response, and we take time to talk about handling emotions in general.

In this episode, Nicola and I go back and reflect on our conversation with the Hicks family.  We discuss what we learned from them and how other couples can learn from their story. Please, go back and listen to episode 55 before you listen to this episode.

In times when the stress level abnormally changes, or there is a new sense of uncertainty it can put strains on our sense of well being and on our relationships. So how do we handle those times within ourselves and within our relationships? The first and main way is recognizing and accepting our total dependence on God. Secondly, recognizing we are connected to each other and that what we do impacts one another. We hope this episode helps you go about your relationship with God and with each other even during these uncertain times.