LIFE UNfiltered

This week’s show is an important one. In fact, it may be one of our MOST important episodes to date. Because this week, we’re talking about ALL things PRIDE in honor of #pridemonth. And, for a number of reasons, tomorrow’s show is very personal to both of us. So, tune in this morning at 11:30AM on North Shore 104.9FM for a truly unfiltered conversation about the essence of Pride Month, why it’s so important to support the LGBTQ+ community, and why more people than ever are feeling empowered to come out and live their truth. Click below to listen to the full episode on iTunes.

LIFE UNfiltered is something new. Something different. Something real and raw and relatable. It’s a talk show that celebrates the messy, perfectly imperfect parts of life. Every Sunday from 11:30AM until noon, show hosts author & syndicated columnist Lisa Sugarman and licensed psychotherapist Debra Gansenberg, MSW, LICSW talk about the everyday issues that are affecting them as moms, wives, working professionals, and friends. Gansenberg, the mom of three boys, and Sugarman, the mom of two daughters, take the theme from their latest book “How To Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids And Be Ok With It,” and apply it to every aspect of life from raising kids and marriage to work and self-care and everything in between. They talk, unfiltered, about all the stuff that’s keeping you up at night. And here’s the thing… they actually give you permission to make mistakes and drop some balls. And be ok with it.

Each week, Lisa and Debra focus on topics that affect all of us and have open, honest conversations about the good, the bad, the ugly, and all the moving parts that make up our day-to-day lives.

They incorporate a mix of clinical advice, stories, tips, proven strategies from the trenches AND the therapy couch, and a bunch of laughs, to help you find the magic within life’s screwups.

So set your alarms for 11:29AM EST every Sunday morning so you don’t miss a single second of LIFE UNfiltered. Like us on Facebook at LIFE Unfiltered on Northshore 104.9FM OR, follow us on Instagram @life_unfilteredon1049.

To reach Lisa, email her at [email protected] or find her at lisasugarman.com. And to reach Debra, find her at [email protected] or at NewBeginningsCounselingService.com.

This week, we’re going deep and getting serious and talking about an issue that we know impacts all of us on some level and that’s how to navigate family conflicts. Because we’ve all got that brother or sister or cousin or in-law who we have a challenging or strained (or estranged) relationship with and it can be really, really tough when that person is someone you have to interact with but really don’t want to. So, this morning, we’re sharing some of our own strategies and tips for how to deal with difficult family members and keep it positive.

LIFE UNfiltered is something new. Something different. Something real and raw and relatable. It’s a talk show that celebrates the messy, perfectly imperfect parts of life. Every Sunday from 11:30AM until noon, show hosts author & syndicated columnist Lisa Sugarman and licensed psychotherapist Debra Gansenberg, MSW, LICSW talk about the everyday issues that are affecting them as moms, wives, working professionals, and friends. Gansenberg, the mom of three boys, and Sugarman, the mom of two daughters, take the theme from their latest book “How To Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids And Be Ok With It,” and apply it to every aspect of life from raising kids and marriage to work and self-care and everything in between. They talk, unfiltered, about all the stuff that’s keeping you up at night. And here’s the thing… they actually give you permission to make mistakes and drop some balls. And be ok with it.

Each week, Lisa and Debra focus on topics that affect all of us and have open, honest conversations about the good, the bad, the ugly, and all the moving parts that make up our day-to-day lives.

They incorporate a mix of clinical advice, stories, tips, proven strategies from the trenches AND the therapy couch, and a bunch of laughs, to help you find the magic within life’s screwups.

So set your alarms for 11:29AM EST every Sunday morning so you don’t miss a single second of LIFE UNfiltered. Like us on Facebook at LIFE Unfiltered on Northshore 104.9FM OR, follow us on Instagram @life_unfilteredon1049.

To reach Lisa, email her at [email protected] or find her at lisasugarman.com. And to reach Debra, find her at [email protected] or at NewBeginningsCounselingService.com.

This week, as so many college kids and boarding school students are heading home for their summer break, we thought it would be fun to talk about what it’s like when our older kids come home at the end of the school year and bring all their stuff with them when they transition home for their summer break or actually have graduated or have decided to stay. Because any of us who’ve sent kids off to school and then welcomed them, and all their belongings back home, knows that that can be really tricky for everyone on both sides. So, we’re going to talk it through and talk about some of our own experience and offer some strategies to help everyone make the adjustment without anyone losing their mind.

LIFE UNfiltered is something new. Something different. Something real and raw and relatable. It’s a talk show that celebrates the messy, perfectly imperfect parts of life. Every Sunday from 11:30AM until noon, show hosts author & syndicated columnist Lisa Sugarman and licensed psychotherapist Debra Gansenberg, MSW, LICSW talk about the everyday issues that are affecting them as moms, wives, working professionals, and friends. Gansenberg, the mom of three boys, and Sugarman, the mom of two daughters, take the theme from their latest book “How To Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids And Be Ok With It,” and apply it to every aspect of life from raising kids and marriage to work and self-care and everything in between. They talk, unfiltered, about all the stuff that’s keeping you up at night. And here’s the thing… they actually give you permission to make mistakes and drop some balls. And be ok with it.

Each week, Lisa and Debra focus on topics that affect all of us and have open, honest conversations about the good, the bad, the ugly, and all the moving parts that make up our day-to-day lives.

They incorporate a mix of clinical advice, stories, tips, proven strategies from the trenches AND the therapy couch, and a bunch of laughs, to help you find the magic within life’s screwups.

So set your alarms for 11:29AM EST every Sunday morning so you don’t miss a single second of LIFE UNfiltered. Like us on Facebook at LIFE Unfiltered on Northshore 104.9FM OR, follow us on Instagram @life_unfilteredon1049.

To reach Lisa, email her at [email protected] or find her at lisasugarman.com. And to reach Debra, find her at [email protected] or at NewBeginningsCounselingService.com.

As we head toward the end of the school year and the beginning of summer, we decided to focus this week’s conversation on the importance of summer jobs and schedules for our kids, especially after the last year. Because having routines and a purpose and a feeling of productivity is huge… especially for teens who are coming into their own and learning how to contribute to the world around them and build a sense of independence.

LIFE UNfiltered is something new. Something different. Something real and raw and relatable. It’s a talk show that celebrates the messy, perfectly imperfect parts of life. Every Sunday from 11:30AM until noon, show hosts author & syndicated columnist Lisa Sugarman and licensed psychotherapist Debra Gansenberg, MSW, LICSW talk about the everyday issues that are affecting them as moms, wives, working professionals, and friends. Gansenberg, the mom of three boys, and Sugarman, the mom of two daughters, take the theme from their latest book “How To Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids And Be Ok With It,” and apply it to every aspect of life from raising kids and marriage to work and self-care and everything in between. They talk, unfiltered, about all the stuff that’s keeping you up at night. And here’s the thing… they actually give you permission to make mistakes and drop some balls. And be ok with it.

Each week, Lisa and Debra focus on topics that affect all of us and have open, honest conversations about the good, the bad, the ugly, and all the moving parts that make up our day-to-day lives.

They incorporate a mix of clinical advice, stories, tips, proven strategies from the trenches AND the therapy couch, and a bunch of laughs, to help you find the magic within life’s screwups.

So set your alarms for 11:29AM EST every Sunday morning so you don’t miss a single second of LIFE UNfiltered. Like us on Facebook at LIFE Unfiltered on Northshore 104.9FM OR, follow us on Instagram @life_unfilteredon1049.

To reach Lisa, email her at [email protected] or find her at lisasugarman.com. And to reach Debra, find her at [email protected] or at NewBeginningsCounselingService.com.

After more than a year of talking almost exclusively about the Coronavirus and all the ways it’s changed and impacted the world we live in, we’ve decided that it’s time to have what we’re calling a pandemic wrap-up show to talk about all the progress that’s been made over the last year and how to stay positive as we come out of the Covid bubble. Because as we begin to see the pandemic in the rearview mirror, there are lots of feelings and opinions about how to start re-engage with the world. So our goal this week is to help you prepare to move forward, focus on staying positive, evaluate the year, and start planning for the future as the world returns to normal.

LIFE UNfiltered is something new. Something different. Something real and raw and relatable. It’s a talk show that celebrates the messy, perfectly imperfect parts of life. Every Sunday from 11:30AM until noon, show hosts author & syndicated columnist Lisa Sugarman and licensed psychotherapist Debra Gansenberg, MSW, LICSW talk about the everyday issues that are affecting them as moms, wives, working professionals, and friends. Gansenberg, the mom of three boys, and Sugarman, the mom of two daughters, take the theme from their latest book “How To Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids And Be Ok With It,” and apply it to every aspect of life from raising kids and marriage to work and self-care and everything in between. They talk, unfiltered, about all the stuff that’s keeping you up at night. And here’s the thing… they actually give you permission to make mistakes and drop some balls. And be ok with it.

Each week, Lisa and Debra focus on topics that affect all of us and have open, honest conversations about the good, the bad, the ugly, and all the moving parts that make up our day-to-day lives.

They incorporate a mix of clinical advice, stories, tips, proven strategies from the trenches AND the therapy couch, and a bunch of laughs, to help you find the magic within life’s screwups.

So set your alarms for 11:29AM EST every Sunday morning so you don’t miss a single second of LIFE UNfiltered. Like us on Facebook at LIFE Unfiltered on Northshore 104.9FM OR, follow us on Instagram @life_unfilteredon1049.

To reach Lisa, email her at [email protected] or find her at lisasugarman.com. And to reach Debra, find her at [email protected] or at NewBeginningsCounselingService.com.

On LIFE UNfiltered this week, we’re spinning off of last week’s conversation about Mother’s Day and talking about moms in the workforce, because not only is it something we can both relate with because we’re both working moms, but it’s also something that’s changed dramatically over the last year since the pandemic began. I mean, the working world as a whole has changed so significantly, but working moms happen to be a subset of the workforce who’ve been especially hard hit. So, we’re talking about our own experiences as moms who work and raise families and what maintaining that balance looks and feels like and how it’s been impacted by the pandemic world we’ve been living in.

LIFE UNfiltered is something new. Something different. Something real and raw and relatable. It’s a talk show that celebrates the messy, perfectly imperfect parts of life. Every Sunday from 11:30AM until noon, show hosts author & syndicated columnist Lisa Sugarman and licensed psychotherapist Debra Gansenberg, MSW, LICSW talk about the everyday issues that are affecting them as moms, wives, working professionals, and friends. Gansenberg, the mom of three boys, and Sugarman, the mom of two daughters, take the theme from their latest book “How To Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids And Be Ok With It,” and apply it to every aspect of life from raising kids and marriage to work and self-care and everything in between. They talk, unfiltered, about all the stuff that’s keeping you up at night. And here’s the thing… they actually give you permission to make mistakes and drop some balls. And be ok with it.

Each week, Lisa and Debra focus on topics that affect all of us and have open, honest conversations about the good, the bad, the ugly, and all the moving parts that make up our day-to-day lives.

They incorporate a mix of clinical advice, stories, tips, proven strategies from the trenches AND the therapy couch, and a bunch of laughs, to help you find the magic within life’s screwups.

So set your alarms for 11:29AM EST every Sunday morning so you don’t miss a single second of LIFE UNfiltered. Like us on Facebook at LIFE Unfiltered on Northshore 104.9FM OR, follow us on Instagram @life_unfilteredon1049.

To reach Lisa, email her at [email protected] or find her at lisasugarman.com. And to reach Debra, find her at [email protected] or at NewBeginningsCounselingService.com.

Hey, friends! Because today is Mother’s Day and we’re both moms who are deeply grateful for the gift and privilege of being able to raise and love our children, we wanted to spend the morning talking about what motherhood means to us. What we’re both grateful for... and how we each like to celebrate the day. So cozy up and get ready for us to go deep, to get emotional, and to celebrate our lives as moms.

LIFE UNfiltered is something new. Something different. Something real and raw and relatable. It’s a talk show that celebrates the messy, perfectly imperfect parts of life. Every Sunday from 11:30AM until noon, show hosts author & syndicated columnist Lisa Sugarman and licensed psychotherapist Debra Gansenberg, MSW, LICSW talk about the everyday issues that are affecting them as moms, wives, working professionals, and friends. Gansenberg, the mom of three boys, and Sugarman, the mom of two daughters, take the theme from their latest book “How To Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids And Be Ok With It,” and apply it to every aspect of life from raising kids and marriage to work and self-care and everything in between. They talk, unfiltered, about all the stuff that’s keeping you up at night. And here’s the thing… they actually give you permission to make mistakes and drop some balls. And be ok with it.

Each week, Lisa and Debra focus on topics that affect all of us and have open, honest conversations about the good, the bad, the ugly, and all the moving parts that make up our day-to-day lives.

They incorporate a mix of clinical advice, stories, tips, proven strategies from the trenches AND the therapy couch, and a bunch of laughs, to help you find the magic within life’s screwups.

So set your alarms for 11:29AM EST every Sunday morning so you don’t miss a single second of LIFE UNfiltered. Like us on Facebook at LIFE Unfiltered on Northshore 104.9FM OR, follow us on Instagram @life_unfilteredon1049.

To reach Lisa, email her at [email protected] or find her at lisasugarman.com. And to reach Debra, find her at [email protected] or at NewBeginningsCounselingService.com.

We’ve talked about lots of different kinds of loss on LIFE UNfiltered over the last year—the loss of being separated from family and friends and giving up special occasions and the loss of our freedom to move about the world. But we haven’t had a conversation exclusively dedicated to what it’s been like to actually lose someone either from the Coronavirus OR during the pandemic. And because I (Lisa) just lost someone very close to me, I’m in that headspace right now and feeling all the feelings. So, it seems like the perfect time to talk about grief and loss and try to navigate what an unusual experience it’s been during these pandemic times.

LIFE UNfiltered is something new. Something different. Something real and raw and relatable. It’s a talk show that celebrates the messy, perfectly imperfect parts of life. Every Sunday from 11:30AM until noon, show hosts author & syndicated columnist Lisa Sugarman and licensed psychotherapist Debra Gansenberg, MSW, LICSW talk about the everyday issues that are affecting them as moms, wives, working professionals, and friends. Gansenberg, the mom of three boys, and Sugarman, the mom of two daughters, take the theme from their latest book “How To Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids And Be Ok With It,” and apply it to every aspect of life from raising kids and marriage to work and self-care and everything in between. They talk, unfiltered, about all the stuff that’s keeping you up at night. And here’s the thing… they actually give you permission to make mistakes and drop some balls. And be ok with it.

Each week, Lisa and Debra focus on topics that affect all of us and have open, honest conversations about the good, the bad, the ugly, and all the moving parts that make up our day-to-day lives.

They incorporate a mix of clinical advice, stories, tips, proven strategies from the trenches AND the therapy couch, and a bunch of laughs, to help you find the magic within life’s screwups.

So set your alarms for 11:29AM EST every Sunday morning so you don’t miss a single second of LIFE UNfiltered. Like us on Facebook at LIFE Unfiltered on Northshore 104.9FM OR, follow us on Instagram @life_unfilteredon1049.

To reach Lisa, email her at [email protected] or find her at lisasugarman.com. And to reach Debra, find her at [email protected] or at NewBeginningsCounselingService.com.

This week we thought it would be fun to talk about something lots of us out there are dealing with and that’s pets and COVID. Some already had pets before the world shut down while others decided to get the Pandemic Pet and stay busy with house training and stay comforted by receiving the unconditional love, friendly face, and endless cuddles of their new pets! And as a result, pets have never spent as much time with their owners as they have in the past year. But with COVID winding down and people leaving their homes more often now, pets are home alone which is creating some separation distress and anxiety. So, this morning we want to talk about the journey many pet owners have been on over the last year and the impact of COVID on our pets and their families over a year later.

LIFE UNfiltered is something new. Something different. Something real and raw and relatable. It’s a talk show that celebrates the messy, perfectly imperfect parts of life. Every Sunday from 11:30AM until noon, show hosts author & syndicated columnist Lisa Sugarman and licensed psychotherapist Debra Gansenberg, MSW, LICSW talk about the everyday issues that are affecting them as moms, wives, working professionals, and friends. Gansenberg, the mom of three boys, and Sugarman, the mom of two daughters, take the theme from their latest book “How To Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids And Be Ok With It,” and apply it to every aspect of life from raising kids and marriage to work and self-care and everything in between. They talk, unfiltered, about all the stuff that’s keeping you up at night. And here’s the thing… they actually give you permission to make mistakes and drop some balls. And be ok with it.

Each week, Lisa and Debra focus on topics that affect all of us and have open, honest conversations about the good, the bad, the ugly, and all the moving parts that make up our day-to-day lives.

They incorporate a mix of clinical advice, stories, tips, proven strategies from the trenches AND the therapy couch, and a bunch of laughs, to help you find the magic within life’s screwups.

So set your alarms for 11:29AM EST every Sunday morning so you don’t miss a single second of LIFE UNfiltered. Like us on Facebook at LIFE Unfiltered on Northshore 104.9FM OR, follow us on Instagram @life_unfilteredon1049.

To reach Lisa, email her at [email protected] or find her at lisasugarman.com. And to reach Debra, find her at [email protected] or at NewBeginningsCounselingService.com.

This week we thought it would be fun to talk about something lots of us out there are dealing with and that’s pets and COVID. Some already had pets before the world shut down, while others decided to get the Pandemic Pet to keep them occupied and feeling less alone. And as a result, pets have never spent as much time with their owners as they have in the past year. But with COVID winding down and people leaving their homes more often now, pets are home alone and that’s creating some separation distress and anxiety. So, this morning, we’re talking about the journey many pet owners have been on throughout the pandemic and the impact of COVID on our pets and their families over a year later.

LIFE UNfiltered is something new. Something different. Something real and raw and relatable. It’s a talk show that celebrates the messy, perfectly imperfect parts of life. Every Sunday from 11:30AM until noon, show hosts author & syndicated columnist Lisa Sugarman and licensed psychotherapist Debra Gansenberg, MSW, LICSW talk about the everyday issues that are affecting them as moms, wives, working professionals, and friends. Gansenberg, the mom of three boys, and Sugarman, the mom of two daughters, take the theme from their latest book “How To Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids And Be Ok With It,” and apply it to every aspect of life from raising kids and marriage to work and self-care and everything in between. They talk, unfiltered, about all the stuff that’s keeping you up at night. And here’s the thing… they actually give you permission to make mistakes and drop some balls. And be ok with it.

Each week, Lisa and Debra focus on topics that affect all of us and have open, honest conversations about the good, the bad, the ugly, and all the moving parts that make up our day-to-day lives. They incorporate a mix of clinical advice, stories, tips, proven strategies from the trenches AND the therapy couch, and a bunch of laughs, to help you find the magic within life’s screwups.

So set your alarms for 11:29AM EST every Sunday morning so you don’t miss a single second of LIFE UNfiltered. Like us on Facebook at LIFE Unfiltered on Northshore 104.9FM OR, follow us on Instagram @life_unfilteredon1049.

To reach Lisa, email her at [email protected] or find her at lisasugarman.com. And to reach Debra, find her at [email protected] or at NewBeginningsCounselingService.com.