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Life and Love Nuggets

Brent and Janis Sharpe

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This 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 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered ...
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Studies say 1 out of 3 people have some disturbance in falling asleep or staying asleep. Brent and Janis look at why good sleep is so important for us, why it is challenging to get good sleep and ways that can help us all improve the quality of this essential of life: sleep. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/the-importance-o…
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In this episode Brent and Janis look at The Imposter Syndrome. Anxiety and some self-doubt is part of life. But feelings of shame, fear or perfectionism can cause you to have a disconnect between how others see you and how you see yourself. This results in the Imposter Syndrome. It is the belief that others view you as more capable and competent th…
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Brent and Janis talk about the benefits and joy they have experienced over the years in their travels around the world. How it has been a blessing to their marriage and how it has expanded their recognition of the wonder of the uniqueness and yet sameness of the people they have encountered. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com…
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Brent and Janis talk about the mistake people often make by not listening to themselves- their intuition, self-talk, their inner voice and possibly the voice of God. They discuss learning to pay attention to our inner world and finding the good and helpful values that lie within. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/we-dont-lis…
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Brent and Janis look at another way people mess up their lives by not really listening to their spouses, children and colleagues. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/not-listening. Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible. The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will …
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Brent and Janis continue their series looking at the mistakes people make to mess up their lives by not setting good healthy boundaries in dealing with money, social relationships and work. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/poor-boundaries. Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your…
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Brent and Janis look at why we have a hard time being vulnerable and transparent and asking for help. They go on to share why it is so important and healthy to open up to others. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/the-strength-of-asking-for-help. Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate.…
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In the midst of all the stress, conflict and unrest in the world Brent and Janis offer encouragement and ways you can find peace in the midst of your storms. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/peace-in-the-midst-of-the-storm Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-dedu…
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We revisit this episode on Brent and Janis discussing how magical thinking in our culture impacts our lives and relationships. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/magical-thinking-revisited. Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible. The Life & Love Nuggets pod…
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We join Brent speaking at their local church in Tulsa about the amazing reality that the more we understand how our brains work, the more it makes sense why God would have encouraged certain rhythms in our life to keep us healthy. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/sabbath-rest. Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://w…
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View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/how-people-mess-up-their-lives-and-how-to-not-make-the-same-mistakes-part-three. 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 l…
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Brent and Janis continue their series on the mistakes people make in their lives and how to not make the same mistakes. They cover mistakes or mistaken beliefs people have: · Don’t think marriage takes work. · Talk to each other in ways and with words they would never use with anyone else. · Don’t give enough time to the relationship -other things …
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LLN #64 This week Brent and Janis are starting a new series entitled: How People Mess Up Their Lives and How to Not Make the Same Mistakes. This episode (part one) is on comparison: the natural tendency to compare ourselves that can cause us to not be content with our own lives. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/how-people-m…
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Brent and Janis look at why do we procrastinate about important things in our life sometimes and what are strategies to minimize the negative effects in our life and relationships. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/procrastination Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is t…
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Brent and Janis continue their discussion of Safe people and look at the characteristics of people who are both safe and wise. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/safe-and-wise-people Help us reach more couples! Donate at ⁠https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate⁠. Your gift is tax-deductible. The Life & Love Nuggets podcast …
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Brent and Janis discuss why we need safe people, how to identify safe people and how to become safe people. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/safe-people 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…
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Most of us idolize our parents when we are small and grow up to find out that they are humans too. Accepting them as humans helps us accept ourselves and our own weaknesses. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/accepting-your-parents. Help us reach more couples! Donate at ⁠https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate⁠. Your gift i…
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Brent and Janis share the do’s and don’ts of interacting with your adult children. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/how-to-have-a-good-relationship-with-your-adult-children The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples t…
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Brent and Janis continue their series exploring the complexities of parents adapting to their role change with their adult children from parent to friend. In each episode they will explore a different angle of this relationship from the side of the parent and the side of the adult child. And they will help encourage both sides to communicate, estab…
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Brent and Janis begin their series exploring the complexities of parents adapting to their role change with their adult children from parent to friend. In each episode they will explore a different angle of this relationship from the side of the parent and the side of the adult child. And, they will help encourage both sides to communicate, establi…
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Brent and his son Preston, pastor of Sacrament Church in Nashville, Tennessee, continue their discussion on the questions people have in the middle of difficult circumstances and the struggles we have in understanding where God is in the midst of suffering. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/where-is-god-when-things-dont-make…
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Brent and his son Preston, pastor of Sacrament Church in Nashville, Tennessee, discuss the questions people have in the middle of difficult circumstances and the struggles we have in understanding where God is in the midst of suffering. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/where-is-god-when-things-dont-make-sense-part-1-episode…
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Developing good self awareness to help you recognize areas in your personality that need growth and healthy habits to help you grow and thrive! View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/transformation-episode-54 Help us reach more couples! Donate at ⁠https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate⁠. Your gift is tax-deductible. The Life &…
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How discovering “awe” in your daily life can increase joy, life satisfaction and enhance relationships. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/the-power-of-awe-revisited 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 lea…
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Brent and Janis Sharpe, licensed therapists, give insights on talking back to negative thinking that keeps us from flourishing in life. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/revisited-the-inner-critic Help us reach more couples! Donate at ⁠https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate⁠. Your gift is tax-deductible. The Life & Love N…
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Brent and Janis talk about how we can forgive hurts from the past and find freedom in our life even if those that hurt us don’t change and how that process is very different than trusting someone. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/revisited-are-forgiveness-and-trust-the-same Help us reach more couples! Donate at ⁠https://www…
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Brent and Janis discuss how to be mindful of our natural human negative bias and how our focus determines our attitude toward anything in life. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/revisited-the-9010-lie. Help us reach more couples! Donate at ⁠https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate⁠. Your gift is tax-deductible. The Life & L…
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Brent and Janis talk about practical ways to offset the heaviness of our modern world. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/lighten-up 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 relatio…
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Brent & Janis revisit their very first podcast episode just in time for the holidays. We hope it helps you save your sanity this holiday season! This episode is packed with insights and tips on how to enjoy time with your extended family. This is one of Brent & Janis’ favorite topics of the year. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenugget…
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Continuing the discussion of pregnancy loss and grief, Janis shares some practical ways to help someone in your life who has experienced this type of loss. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/the-grief-of-pregnancy-loss-part-two Help us reach more couples! Donate at ⁠https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate⁠. Your gift is tax…
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In this episode, Janis shares the complicated painful grief of all types of pregnancy loss. Sharing her own experience and years of working with other women, she offers encouragement that can be helpful as you process the loss and the very normal responses of questioning yourself, others, and God in the midst of inexplicable loss. View the transcri…
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Brent and Janis discuss how easy it is to get into decision overload in our daily lives. They look at ways to minimize the stress of too many decisions and then explain a very helpful tool to use when we need to make really important decisions. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/the-art-of-decision-making Help us reach more c…
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Our phones are extremely helpful, but the “over use “of our phones or ignoring others because we are on our phone has become a real problem that effects our relationship and our mental health. Listen to see if you are guilty of “phubbing” or if you are addicted to your phone and ways to make healthy changes to your phone use. View the transcript at…
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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.…
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Brent and Janis look at practical ways to manage money that can help a couple meet their joint financial goals and aspirations. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/the-nuts-and-bolts-of-managing-money-money-part-two Help us reach more couples! Donate at ⁠https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate⁠. Your gift is tax-deductible. …
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Brent and Janis discuss insightful perspectives on managing money in marriage that can help a couple collaborate well and eliminate financial conflict. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/how-to-not-fight-about-money-in-marriage-money-part-one Help us reach more couples! Donate at ⁠https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate⁠. Y…
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We all long for joy and happiness in life. Brent and Janis explore some proactive ways where we all can improve our mood, regardless of our circumstances. They introduce some quirky and surprising strategies that current research is now uncovering. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/surprising-ways-to-improve-your-mood Help u…
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In this episode Brent and Janis look at other relationships, besides marriage, where betrayal can happen. They discuss how to assess the damage and move forward toward a healthy, thriving life. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/betrayal-in-other-relationships-love-lies-and-betrayal-part-six Help us reach more couples! Donate…
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Brent and Janis continue looking at full recovery from marital betrayal. They discuss the work that needs to happen in the betrayer who needs to understand and acknowledge where and how they were looking for love in the wrong places. Also, how the relationship can build strong patterns and deep emotional connection, to help insure this could never …
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Brent and Janis continue looking at the pathway to healing and restoration from a betrayal. They discuss some of the action steps from Stage 1 and 2 that were introduced in the last podcast and look at grief in the context of the loss of trust and safety that happen in betrayal. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/grief-step-t…
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Brent and Janis discuss the first two critical steps for full recovery to begin to happen in the midst of the betrayal. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/the-first-steps-of-recovery-love-lies-and-betrayal-part-three Help us reach more couples! Donate at ⁠https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate⁠. Your gift is tax-deductible…
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In this episode, Brent and Janis explore the prerequisites for healing and recovering from an affair. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/prerequisites-for-healing-love-lies-and-betrayal-part-two Help us reach more couples! Donate at ⁠https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate⁠. Your gift is tax-deductible. The Life & Love Nugg…
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Brent and Janis begin a series looking at betrayal and how we can recover. Over the past decade, they have observed a surprising rise in marital affairs. They explore the reasons behind this trend and analyze the possibility of recovery. Additionally, they seek to extract lessons for all marriages. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenugg…
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In this session, Brent and Janis look at “necessary endings”. When we come face to face with roles or relationships that have become toxic or draining, why is it a healthy thing to do some pruning? View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/change-part-three Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/don…
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In Part 2 of this series on change, Brent and Janis discuss how we actually make changes that are needed in our lives. Even though change is difficult, the process of learning along with neurobiology can make it easier. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/change-part-two Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifean…
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Whether we like it or not, our lives are in a process of constant change. Brent and Janis talk about how to navigate these changes. In Part 1, they look at the inevitable changes we will experience along with sudden changes that we never asked for. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/change-part-one Help us reach more couples!…
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Brent interviews Janis about the most common issues she is experiencing with clients. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/you-are-not-the-only-one-part-two Learn more about Brent and Janis Sharpe at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life…
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Janis interviews Brent about the most common issues he is seeing today in counseling. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/you-are-not-the-only-one-part-one Learn more about Brent and Janis Sharpe at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life…
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Janis shares about fathers, their imprint on our lives, the love, acceptance, forgiveness and healing of Our Father God and offers encouragement for men who are fathers. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/the-love-of-the-father Learn more about Brent and Janis Sharpe at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com The Life & Love Nugge…
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Brent and his oldest son Father Preston, a priest in the Anglican tradition who founded and pastors a church in Nashville, finish their series as they discuss how the pandemic and other factors have disconnected our world and the importance of moving toward people that are different than us. View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com…
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