Communication Junkie

The first step to becoming a better communicator and relationship partner is being aware of who you truly are and how your personality affects others. In this episode, Steve discusses the importance of self-awareness and how to discover your blind self.

In this week's episode, Steve discusses the key difference between introverts and extroverts, then shares how embracing your unique personality improves your interpersonal relationships and overall happiness.

The way we talk about ourselves, to ourselves, matters. In this week's episode, Steve discusses the importance of positive self-talk to our overall health and happiness.

Being happy isn't always easy, but one factor that affects our personal happiness is within our control. The people we surround ourselves with affect our personality, mood, and overall happiness. Who are the people that you've givien permission to tell you who you are? Check out Good vs Gooder: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/goodvsgooder/good-vs-gooder

The most successful people in the world fail over and over again. The reason they finally succeed is because successful people keep getting back up after they fall down. In the Season 3 finale, Steve discusses why perseverance is the real secret to success.

Technology has made the world a much bigger place. Instead of playing to an audience of a few hundred neighbors, classmates, and coworkers, social media allows us to play to an audience of billions. In this week's episode, Steve explains why larger communities lead to more loneliness.

As we get older, being a spouse, parent, and employee seems to take all of our time and energy. In this week's episode, Steve explains why we should spend an equal amount of time and energy being a good friend. Also, he sings The Golden Girls theme song.

Ever notice how difficult it is to make friends after high school and college? In the first of three episodes about friendship, Steve discusses why it's so hard to make new friends and how loneliness contributes to the Quarter-Life Crisis.

In this week's episode, Steve discusses the number one cause of relationship conflict and the number two cause of divorce: Money. Whether you have very little or very much, a healthy association with money leads to healthy interpersonal relationships.

Sometimes two people love each other very much, but neither person feels loved by the other. Gary Chapman solved this mystery with his book, "The Five Love Languages." In this episode, Steve explains how understanding the love languages can save relationships.