Most of us are perfectly willing to offer our help and advice to friends and loved ones -- but few of us are willing to ask for it. Why is that? Is it just that we think we’ll be seen as weak or unworthy? Or, that we’re pitiful because we can’t do it all ourselves? Yet endless studies have documented we all need the medical and psychological benefits of receiving help from others. Deep relationships are built on people helping each other. Our guest today,Nora Klaver, author of Mayday! Asking for Help in Times of Need, will help us fill the gap between what we know and what we do. Nora Klaver is a Master Life Coach and works with people to reveal the answers – that they already know – to the tough questions in life.

What is it that makes it so difficult for us to ask for what we need? Why is it especially difficult for Americans? Why should we ask? What’s in it for us if we take the risk? Nora Klaver answers these questions and more. She tells her own story of how she learned to ask for help and how it changed her life, and she outlines the key emotional steps involved in the process: 1) Having self-compassion; 2) Having faith that things will work out and we’ll get the help we need; and, 3) Feeling grateful.