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  • …Episode Eight with Jennifer Lovely

    Episode Summary

    Jennifer Lovely is a Mom of two Men, an Ontological Coach, curious about life, curious about humans and has the desire to see all of humanity living inside their integrity. She believes that is done by reclaiming our grace. She shares about parenting through her children’s heroin addiction and how their affliction gave her access to her own transformation.



    Guests: 


    Jennifer Lovely



    Show Notes

    • Jennifer dives into her understanding of integrity and grace
    • The ancient Hawaiian practice of forgiveness
    • What she learned when she dropped her son off at rehab
    • Acquiring the resilience and stamina in being the mom to two meth and heroin addicts
    • On understanding her part in her relationships
    • Becoming a grandma and celebrating both of her son’s sobriety.
    • The need to be more interested in your self-transformation before others
    • Allowing every part of you to have a voice
    • Reclaiming grace through it all
    • Saying Yes to find out what your No’s are. Receiving feedback.

      • Links Mentioned:
      • https://upliftconnect.com/hawaiian-practice-of-forgiveness/www.wemeetagaincoaching.com
      • https://www.findtreatment.gov/

      • Follow Us:


        • https://www.jenniferlovelycoaching.com/
        • Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.l.pilates
        • Learn more about Bob Conlin here: www.conlincoaching.com
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        • 30 min
        • …Episode Seven with Shona Moeller

          Episode Summary


          I have my wife, Shona, on the show today to talk all things relationship while we navigate the unknown of our pregnancy. At 20 weeks Shona’s water broke and we were told all hope was lost for our first child. Now at 26 weeks and 2 days Shona is admitted in the hospital fighting for our baby’s life during the COVID-19 Pandemic. We talk about what we are learning about the relationships to ourselves, becoming and being parents, our marriage, spirituality, and our little Forest. We cried.



          Guests: 

          Shona Moeller



          Show Notes

          • We share what we learned about ourselves experiencing pPROM at 20 weeks
          • Having conversations with Forest and what he is teaching us
          • All is well that ends well, right?
          • I am love and am loved
          • Double dose of spirituality and divinity in the time of the unknown
          • Synchronicity and feeling the same things at the same time while apart
          • Relationship to becoming a mother and father
          • The pain of needing help, the courage to ask for it, and the audacity to receive it.
          • What we are learning about our marriage
          • The Cosmic Soulfulness of our baby

          • Links Mentioned:


            • https://www.accomplishmentcoaching.com/
            • www.wemeetagaincoaching.com
            • www.shonamoeller.com
            • https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/261137-overview
            • https://www.gofundme.com/f/grow-forest-grow

            • Follow Us:


              • www.wemeetagaincoaching.com
              • www.shonamoeller.com
              • Facebook
              • https://www.facebook.com/shona.moeller
              • Instagram
              • @wemeetagaincoaching

              • Learn more about Bob Conlin here: www.conlincoaching.com 


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                51 min
              • ...Episode Six with Jess Hopp

                Episode Summary

                Jess and Bob share what it’s like when there is not much to do. We discuss our experience of being business owners during the pandemic, what we are noticing about ourselves, and the opportunity we see in the problems we are all facing. Jess then digs into her intimate and vulnerable experience in consciously divorcing her husband. The importance of getting supported and also noticing when the feelings come back up.

                Guests:

                Jess Hopp

                Show Notes

                • We talk about our experience of the COVID-19 Pandemic
                • How an event planner plan events in the time of social isolation
                • Practicing self care like a ten year old
                • Transformation and self care
                • Defining ourselves from the doing to the being
                • How not knowing who we are impacts our relationships
                • Living together when you know it's over
                • Moving back home as adult
                • Is this the walking Dead?
                • The importance of having tools in the time of unknown
                • How working with professionals is critical in moving through with love
                •  

                  Links Mentioned:

                  ●    https://www.amc.com/shows/the-walking-dead

                  • https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov

                  Follow Us:

                  ●    Our Website

                    www.theplannercollective.com

                  ●    Facebook

                  https://www.facebook.com/theplannercollective


                  ●    Instagram

                  @theplannercollectiveco

                  Learn more about Bob Conlin here: www.conlincoaching.com 


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                  42 min
                • …Episode Five with Me- Bob Conlin

                  Episode Summary

                  Trigger Warning: Bob share’s about the possibility of losing his child.

                  Bob shares his experience is receiving tragic news when his wife’s water broke at 20 weeks pregnant. One day they were building the nursery, getting ready for their little one. On the next day, they were faced coming to terms with losing their baby. They have come so far to end up here. Bob shares what’s he’s learned about himself in the weeks since getting the news, what he’s learned about his relationship with his wife, and the relationship with the unknown 

                  Guests:

                  Bob Conlin

                   Show Notes (10+ bullet points)

                  ●   Bob shares updates on where they are in their pregnancy and process

                  ●   What we are learning about ourselves in our marriage.

                  ●   The relationship to the unknown

                  ●   How hope is heartbreaking, hope vs dread, what do you pick?

                  ●   The wisdom of our baby’s soul, what it teaches us about

                  ●   Panic attacks and reaching out for help

                  ●   Hearning the name Emma, a name meaning whole and universal

                  ●   Thanks to family and our mothers for supporting us

                  ●   What you can learn about yourself in your own unknowns in the uncertain time

                  ●   Gratitude for the outpouring of love and support

                  Links Mentioned:


                  ●    https://www.marchforbabies.org/

                  ●    https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0215/p659.html

                  ●    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/laugh-cry-live/201610/9-compassionate-tips-surviving-the-death-your-baby

                   

                  Follow Us:

                   

                  ●    www.conlincoching.com

                  ●   www.wemeetagaincoaching.com

                  ●    https://www.facebook.com/bob.conlin.779

                  ●   @relationshipwisdumb

                   

                  Learn more about Bob Conlin here: www.conlincoaching.com

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                  35 min
                • …Episode Four with Me- Bob Conlin and My Broken Heart

                  Episode Summary

                  Trigger Warning: Bob share’s about the possibility of losing his child.

                  Bob shares his experience in receiving tragic news when his wife’s water broke at 20 weeks pregnant. On Sunday they were building the nursery, getting ready for their little one. On Monday, they were faced coming to terms with losing their baby. They have come so far to end up here. Bob shares his experience of what it was like becoming a father, what happened, and what he and his wife are going through now.

                  Guests:

                  Bob Conlin's Breaking Heart

                   Show Notes

                  ●   What is was like learning how to want to become a father

                  ●   Sharing about the morning we found out we were pregnant

                  ●   The fear of becoming a father

                  ●   When I realized I was going to be taking second place to the baby

                  ●   What happened when my wife’s water broke at 20 weeks while building the nursery

                  ●   Pandemic and testing for loss

                  ●   How helpless we feel in all of this

                  ●   There is so much of this pain and grief in the world that we don’t talk about

                  ●   Wanting to help, being helped, and helpless

                  ●   Everyday it gets more sad

                  Links Mentioned:


                  ●    https://www.marchforbabies.org/

                  ●    https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0215/p659.html

                  ●    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/laugh-cry-live/201610/9-compassionate-tips-surviving-the-death-your-baby

                   

                  Follow Us:

                   

                  ●    www.conlincoching.com

                  ●   www.wemeetagaincoaching.com

                  ●    https://www.facebook.com/bob.conlin.779

                  ●   @relationshipwisdumb

                   

                  Learn more about Bob Conlin here: www.conlincoaching.com

                  The Road by Punk Rock Opera is licensed under an Attribution License.

                  50 min
                • ...Episode Three with Steph and Bennett Williamson

                  Episode Summary

                   Steph and Bennett share their experience in going from we do to we give up. A very vulnerable episode where we go deep to understand what it’s like to not be heard in marriage. The frustrations and fear of having one unsatisfied partner come to terms with her oblivious partner. Steph and Bennett open up what to it’s like to reinvent themselves in their marriage and lean into both the masculine and feminine energies of who they are in support of the love they were both craving. It all works out fine in the end but the journey there is incredible. 

                  Guests:

                  Steph Williamson

                  Bennett Williamson 

                  Show Notes

                  •  What’s it like to bring a hard conversation to your partner?
                  • The frustrations when they can’t hear what’s so hard to speak.
                  • Maybe we aren’t;t meant to be, how do we know?
                  • Steph talks about her Accomplishment Coaching Team supporting her with a special acknowledgment to Rodney Mueller
                  • Getting bad advice from family and friends and how the impacts our process
                  • We Dive into Masculine and Feminine Practices To support Conscious Coupling
                  • How the answers to what we want in our relationships are within
                  • Turning inward and discovering intuitive gifts
                  • How we don’t give ourselves credit for the capacity of what we can be with
                  • The importance of professionals in reinventing relationships;
                  •  

                    Links Mentioned:

                    ●    www.accomplishmentcoaching.com


                    ●    https://www.rodneymueller.com/

                    • https://chopra.com/articles/find-the-balance-between-your-feminine-and-masculine-energy

                     https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists?search=

                    Follow Us:

                    ●    Our Website

                    www.StephWill.com

                    https://calendly.com/bennett-williamson-coaching/60min


                    ●    Facebook


                    https://www.facebook.com/stephanieewilliamson


                    ●    Instagram @stephwillinspire


                    Linked IN


                    https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephwillinspire/


                    http://linkedin.com/in/bennett-williamson-p-e-aa917080


                    Learn more about Bob Conlin here: www.conlincoaching.com


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                    42 min
                  • ...Episode Two with Christina Stathopoulos

                    Episode Summary


                    Christina Stathopoulos of Hear Her Roar, international speaker, leadership coach & trainer for millennial women brings her courage and heart to the DADDY ISSUE EPISODE! 


                    Bouncing off of Bob’s idea of the neglect of a parent who is no longer living versus the neglect of a parent who is not responsible for his dysfunction and the impact it has. 


                    Speaking of impact, my desire is to lead the world in having more conversations that are expressions of our joy and feel as connected as family.


                    Guests: 


                    Christina Stathopoulos


                    Show Notes (10+ bullet points)

                    • Quick note and apology to our parents for going out loud and authentic
                    • Living with a father diagnosed with Bi-Polar
                    • Living with a father who died
                    • Processing what’s actually happening in parental relationships
                    • Becoming aware as children and as adult children
                    • Chasing approval and causing trouble
                    • How healing isn’t linear
                    • Getting woken up at 2 am to create a business plan
                    • Making your way towards peace and joy
                    • Give yourself permission to heal, over and over again, and be patient with it.

                    • Links Mentioned:


                      • About Bi-Polar https://www.nami.org/learn-more/mental-health-conditions/bipolar-disorder
                      • About Grief https://www.helpguide.org/articles/grief/coping-with-grief-and-loss.htm

                        • About Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families https://adultchildren.org/


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                        Instagram @hearxtinaroar


                        LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/cstat/


                        Learn more about Bob Conlin here: www.conlincoaching.com


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                        29 min
                      • ...Episode One with Leighann Amanda

                        Episode Summary


                        Ontological Relationship Coach Leighann Amanda shares about her experience in discovering what was in the way of her relationships. Her commitment to supporting men in being fully expressed in love and relationship and how critical it is to get to know all of yourself in the quest to find love.


                        Guests: 

                        Leighann Amanda 


                        Show Notes

                        • What the heck is an Ontological Relationship Coach?
                        • The importance of growing our own awareness
                        • How we can get righteous in our transformation inside of a relationship
                        • We talk about powerful questions to ask in discovering what you want.
                        • The importance of building a solid loving relationship with yourself
                        • Bob shares when he knew what was in the way of his next relationship
                        • Yep, we talk about self-love and what the heck that means
                        • We share our stories of working on our own issues in therapy
                        • Exploring Internal Family Systems (inner children and others)
                        • Relationship patterns 
                        • Why working with a coach helps

                        • Links Mentioned:


                          Internal Family Systems https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/internal-family-systems-therapy


                          Follow Us:


                          • Our Website https://www.leighannamanda.com/
                          • Facebook https://www.facebook.com/leighann.amanda1
                          • Linked in https://www.linkedin.com/in/leighannamanda/
                          • Instagram @leighann.amanda


                            Learn more about Bob Conlin here: www.conlincoaching.com

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                            41 min
                          • Teaser

                            Why Your Relationships Suck? A podcast about creating strong relationships with courage and heart. Here we explore what gets in the way of the relationships we yearn for. The relationships to ourselves, those we love, and as fully expressed leaders in the world. We look for the gold in our most tragic relationship experiences, share our intimate stories, and the steps we took to overcome some of the most common relationship challenges many of us face. Learn more about Bob Conlin here: www.conlincoaching.com



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                            14 min

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                          A podcast about creating strong relationships with courage and heart. Here we explore what gets in the way of the relationships we yearn for. The relationships to ourselves, those we love, and as…