New Year’s Service Ideas (0:00:00)

 

The holidays are a time of selflessness and giving. But then once New Year rolls around, we too easily slip back into the hustle and bustle of our own lives. While we all are a little busier after the holiday season, people need service every time of year. Today we’re welcoming Michelle McCollough on the show to talk to us about ways we can serve in 2021. She’ll also be telling us how we can get our kids involved in the activity and help them understand why it’s so important. Michelle is a speaker and CEO of DreamBoard Media.

 

 

 

Relationships in the New Year (0:19:41)

 

New Year’s resolutions can be anything from fitness goals to financial aims. We often write these lists of quantifiable goals that we can set to help us start off the new year right. But sometimes there are goals to be set that aren’t as measurable. Relationships and learning to love yourself and others can be important goals that you set that are a little more long-term and not easily justified. Today we are talking with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, the founder of Growing Self Counseling, to help us reach our “relationship goals.”

 

 

 

Making Resolutions (0:37:14)

 

By now, we’ve all gotten very good at making New Year’s resolutions, and we’re pretty good at keeping them for the first week or two of the new year. We’re almost halfway through January, and some of us are already probably slipping because we’re too busy, too lazy, or just plain too tired. We’ve made all of these great goals, so how can we keep them? Laura Vanderkam may just have the answer for us. Laura is a time management and productivity expert. We thought she’d be the perfect person to talk to about how to keep our New Year’s resolutions.

 

 

 

New Year, New Word (0:52:50)

 

Friend of the show Carrie Ann Rhodes talks with Lisa and Richie about what we should be doing to make sure that we have the best start to the year that we possibly can.

 

 

 

How You Say It (1:14:21)

 

We've all heard that first impressions are important. And when we think about the very first moment we interact with someone, how we dress or what we say are usually our greatest concerns. But new studies suggest that it doesn’t always matter what we say but how we say it. Tone of voice, dialect and accent among other things all contribute to how people perceive us. Here to tell us a little bit more about the science behind how we say things and how that impacts first impressions and perceptions is Katherine Kinzler, professor of psychology and author of How You Say It.

 

 

 

 

Mental Health and Family History (1:30:35)

 

When it comes to researching our family history, the logistics of doing so are often confusing and discouraging. So, we invited family history expert Taralyn Parker on the show to give us some advice for finding our family members and why it’s important to our mental health. Taralyn is one of the founders of the 21 Day Family Connection Experiment.