LIFE UNfiltered

This week on LIFE UNfiltered, we’re focusing on building resilience and self-esteem in ourselves AND in our kids during this kooky, kooky time. Because right now, we can use all the emotional ammo we can find to help us navigate the ongoing pandemic as we head into the fall. And in our opinion, the most powerful tool a human can have is resilience, especially during this time of adversity. And as parents and adults who are responsible for building esteem in our kids, we also need to have it ourselves in order to loan it to others.

LIFE UNfiltered is something new. Something different. Something real and raw and relatable. It’s a brand-new 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 on LIFE UNfiltered, we thought we’d talk about something a little different. So today, we're focusing the conversation on the importance and the benefits of sarcasm and having a sense of humor. Because for the last six months, we’ve focused most of our time on the show talking about the big topics that are impacting most of us right now like the pandemic, missing family and friends, and going back to school and work. And now that we’re in the middle of Labor Day weekend, heading into fall and looking toward a future that’s still pretty uncertain in lots of ways, we wanted to talk about something positive, so we decided to take a chapter out of our book How To Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids And Be Ok With It, and talk about one of those hidden assets we all have hardwired into our DNA that can be a really important tool in navigating a lot of the stress and anxiety that we all deal with every day. And that’s our sense of humor. Because sometimes just being able to laugh at a situation can be a little like bubble wrap in safeguarding us against things like depression and negativity. So, having a strong sense of humor is definitely a life skill that we can all lean into when the world around us is feeling a little absurd. Which it’s certainly done a lot of lately.

LIFE UNfiltered is something new. Something different. Something real and raw and relatable. It’s a brand-new 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 on LIFE UNfiltered, we’re focusing on the inevitable…. going back to work in a pandemic.

Like so many of the situations we’ve faced these last six months, this one comes with its own unique set of challenges for those who have to return to work this fall. For many, we need to consider so many factors we never had to consider before, like:

• Will I be returning to a full-time job?

• Will I be returning to the workplace or still be working remotely?

• Will I have to navigate my full work schedule while simultaneously managing remote learning for my kids?

• Will I be safe returning to work?

• Do I even want to return to work?

It’s a lot to think about, so we’re putting it all on the table and talking it through in a effort to offer some guidance and support.

LIFE UNfiltered is something new. Something different. Something real and raw and relatable. It’s a brand-new 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 on LIFE UNfiltered, we’re taking on a topic that we’ve talked a lot about off the air over the last five months that we thought would resonate with a lot of Millennials and Gen Zers listening… and that’s dating during the pandemic. How people are doing it, what it’s looking like, how to do it safely and without putting yourself or others at risk, and whether or not the dating landscape will ever return to what it used to be before pandemic.

LIFE UNfiltered is something new. Something different. Something real and raw and relatable. It’s a brand-new 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.

Now that we’re in the final weeks of summer, we’re taking some time to talk more about what the return to school will look like this fall. And since many college students are already starting to head back to their colleges and universities, we wanted to focus this week’s conversation on what the return to school during the pandemic is looking and feeling like for many parents and kids around the country.

LIFE UNfiltered is something new. Something different. Something real and raw and relatable. It’s a brand-new 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 on LIFE UNfiltered, we’re talking about something that we’ve been watching all over the news and social media for months now that we felt like we really wanted to dig into here on the show because it’s become somewhat of a phenomenon… ENTITLEMENT.

So we’re taking the opportunity to deconstruct the behavior a little and offer some suggestions for how to handle it when someone else’s sense of privilege intrudes on our personal space or our individual rights. Because there are a lot of those people out there and dealing with them can be tricky. And if you haven’t already dealt with someone who’s acted entitled, then the odds are that you will.

LIFE UNfiltered is something new. Something different. Something real and raw and relatable. It’s a brand-new 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 on LIFE UNfiltered, we’re talking about what’s on every parent’s mind this summer… Going Back To School. With school systems nationwide trying to develop safe and effective plans for bringing teachers and students back into the classroom, many parents are conflicted about whether to send their kids back or school or homeschool them as Covid19 continues to rage throughout the country. Join us for a candid conversation about the challenges facing parents and educators as we head toward the opening bell.

LIFE UNfiltered is something new. Something different. Something real and raw and relatable. It’s a brand-new 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 on LIFE UNfiltered, we’re not alone! Today, we’ve got our dear friend and mom and TV personality Maria Sansone joining us to talk about postpartum depression (PPD). Because we’ve spent the better part of the last four months talking about all the different ways that we’ve all been affected by the pandemic and postpartum depression affects between 10-20% of new moms and that’s not even factoring in the pandemic we’re living through, so that number is higher for sure because it’s tough enough to be a new mom on the best of days, let alone when the world is in chaos.

For those of you who may not know Maria, she’s an Emmy award-winning television host, a content creator, and the mom of two children. She’s had an illustrious broadcasting career in NYC and Los Angeles where she anchored the popular morning show, “Good Day LA”. Now, she’s taken her on-camera talents to Boston where she can be seen on the lifestyle show, “The Hub Today” on NBC 10, hosting the weekly chat show #MOM2MOM on NECN, and on social media (@mariasansone), where she’s developing unique content like her popular weekly cooking show “Real Cooking LIVE”.

LIFE UNfiltered is something new. Something different. Something real and raw and relatable. It’s a brand-new 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 back to our roots for LIFE UNfiltered which is the parenting book we wrote together last year, How To Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids And Be OK With It. So, we decided to dive back into our book to talk about one of our favorite messages (and chapters) that permeates the entire book: Positivity is every parent’s secret weapon. Because we think that people everywhere—whether you’re a parent or not—can really benefit from that message. Especially now. Because acknowledging and embracing the perfectly imperfectness of life is the pathway to becoming a well-adjusted, kind, and responsible human. And never has that been more necessary than it has over the last four months.

This week on LIFE UNfiltered we’re continuing our conversation from last week with the second half of our two-part show on the alarming spike in covid-19 cases among millennials. With the re-opening of hot spots like bars and restaurants and beaches, 20-30 year-olds are seeing the biggest spike in cases, which means that it’s more important than ever to wear masks and sanitize and social distance. Because this pandemic is far from over. So, this week, we’re offering the millennials out there some suggestions and tips and strategies for how to stay the course and ensure that you and the people around you stay healthy and vigilant.

LIFE UNfiltered is something new. Something different. Something real and raw and relatable. It’s a brand-new 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.