This year I’m doing a podcast on my birthday. On September 18, I will be 61. As a look back over my life, I can see how my relationships have shaped my entire life. My relationship with my significant other has allowed me to have a perspective on this world that it’s a great place to be. 

 

Things haven’t always been great, though. I know what it’s like to have a darkness in your perspective that comes from you not knowing that you are accepted, loved and connected to another person in a significant way. You can even begin to question what the point of life is. It’s a really bleak place to be. 

 

I’ve been on both sides of the relationship extremes, and I want to talk to you about what I did to go from disconnected, dark and bleak, to connected, happy and optimistic. My wife Debbie has been the one person in my life that has made it worth living!

 

Having a relationship with a therapist isn’t always easy, if you aren’t in the same field. But I am in an environment everyday that is happy, fulfilled and filled with positivity. It makes me see the world through a clearer, brighter lens. I am a better person and all the things I enjoy doing are more fun than ever.