Phones have changed our lives and so has the etiquette for using a phone. We’ve all been irritated with someone walking around in public talking on their phone with the speaker on. Brent and Janis share tips that are considerate ways to use your phone, or how not to be irritating on your phone!

View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/revisited-our-phones-and-our-lives-part-one

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The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982. They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.

The podcast is produced by ⁠Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

Brent continues his interview with Blaine Bartel about resurrection from sexual brokenness. They discuss the process of healing from any brokenness and how it is possible to find a new life of freedom and health as well as how to help heal the marriage traumatized by betrayal.

View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/hope-for-sexual-brokenness-part-2

Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible.

The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982.

They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.

The podcast is produced by ⁠Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

Brent interviews Blaine Bartel as he shares his story of resurrection from sexual brokenness. They discuss the process of healing from any brokenness and how it is possible to find a new life of freedom and health.

View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/hope-for-sexual-brokenness-part-1

Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible.

The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982.

They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.

The podcast is produced by ⁠Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

Brent and Janis look at the powerful impact of social media in our culture, the potential negative effects it can have on each of us, and ways we can manage it well to garner the benefits without being negatively impacted.

View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/social-media-and-mental-health

Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible.

The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982.

They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.

The podcast is produced by ⁠Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

Brent and Janis look at the negative impact of our busy, disconnected culture and how with some simple things to focus on we can make a significant difference in the lives of those we encounter each day as well as our own fulfillment and peace.

View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/the-power-of-presence

Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible. The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982.

They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.

The podcast is produced by ⁠Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

We have all heard that laughter is the best medicine. Brent and Janis discuss the benefits of laughter not only on our physical and mental health, but also the benefits to our relationships and sense of connectedness with others.

View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/the-benefits-of-laughter

Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible.

The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982. They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.

The podcast is produced by ⁠Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

Many people find themselves shying away from difficult conversations. Brent and Janis look at the negative impact on limited communication in important relationships. They also discuss the critical things to know in helping difficult conversations happen and how to ensure they are helpful in building and strengthening our relationships.

View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/having-difficult-conversations

Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible.

The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982. They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.

The podcast is produced by ⁠Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

Brent and Janis look at the 12 steps that originated almost 100 years ago. While they are most known in the Alcoholics Anonymous tradition, Brent and Janis share how these very principles can inspire us to grow in all of our daily lives and relationships.

Ian Cron, “The Fix” How the Twelve Steps Offer a Surprising Path of Transformation for the Well-Adjusted, the Down-and-Out, and Everyone In Between John Ortberg, Steps: A Guide to Transforming Your Life When Willpower Isn’t Enough

View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/the-12-steps-for-everyone

Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible.

The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982. They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.

The podcast is produced by ⁠Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.