• Encouragement For Living Life - Episode #5 - Why Professional Help Often Fails
    Mar 30 2026

    The story of getting the next self help book or listening to the next podcast. Maybe you've read many good books, or listened to podcasts, but you still struggle. Or, you go to that next resource and you either fail to change, or the change is far from enough. Why is it so hard to change for some people? And, what can you do about your difficulty changing? Getting to the most effective help for you and your situation is so important. We will explore why people resist change and what we can do about it.

    Disclaimer: The guys are here to encourage you in your attempt to live more confidently and successfully in our world. They are highly trained and experienced mental health professionals, but they are not YOUR mental health professional. They are sharing encouragement through information and discussion.

    People are complex. Just because an idea helps one person, doesn't mean it will help someone else. You need to consult with your own professional who will hopefully know what is best for you and your situation.


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    49 mins
  • Encouragement For Living Life - Episode #4 - Don't Use a Squirt Gun on a House Fire - Part 1
    Mar 23 2026

    We will begin to explore the wide variety of professional resources available to address mental health and addiction problems. Psychotherapy and Counseling, Intensive Outpatient Programs, and Medication will be discussed in this podcast. We hope to help you understand these options. Being an informed consumer can often lead to getting better help, and hence, more relief and growth.

    Disclaimer: The guys are here to encourage you in your attempt to live more confidently and successfully in our world. They are highly trained and experienced mental health professionals, but they are not YOUR mental health professional. They are sharing encouragement through information and discussion.

    People are complex. Just because an idea helps one person, doesn't mean it will help someone else. You need to consult with your own professional who will hopefully know what is best for you and your situation.

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    46 mins
  • Encouragement For Living Life - Episode #3 - I'm Tired of Being Scared
    Mar 16 2026

    We are going to talk about fear, insecurity, and dread. We believe fear is a feeling caused and/or guided by society and by upbringing. What we can do to deal with the outside world and its message is one area we will explore. We will explore how to help the individual suffering stress or fear begin to feel more secure in order to reduce fear inside them.

    Disclaimer: The guys are here to encourage you in your attempt to live more confidently and successfully in our world. They are highly trained and experienced mental health professionals, but they are not YOUR mental health professional. They are sharing encouragement through information and discussion.

    People are complex. Just because an idea helps one person, doesn't mean it will help someone else. You need to consult with your own professional who will hopefully know what is best for you and your situation.

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    42 mins
  • Encouragement For Living Life - Episode #2 - The Pain and Destruction Caused by Entitlement
    Mar 9 2026

    We believe there is an epidemic of entitlement in our culture. Entitlement is corrosive and destructive mind set. We will explain how it develops in the individual and its consequences to the entitled person and those around him or her. We will look at how to eliminate or reduce this mindset.

    Disclaimer: The guys are here to encourage you in your attempt to live more confidently and successfully in our world. They are highly trained and experienced mental health professionals, but they are not YOUR mental health professional. They are sharing encouragement through information and discussion.

    People are complex. Just because an idea helps one person, doesn't mean it will help someone else. You need to consult with your own professional who will hopefully know what is best for you and your situation.

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    35 mins
  • Encouragement For Living Life - Episode #1 - Jumping Into The Deep End
    Jan 12 2026

    Who are we? We will introduce ourselves - our experiences, education, etc. You will decide if we are worth listening to. Also, the why to our podcast - encouragement. We are doing this to be an encouragement to people. We believe understanding can help people to free themselves more from the issues/problems they have. In this podcast we will begin a discussion on two tough

    topics - Shame and Suicide.

    Disclaimer: The guys are here to encourage you in your attempt to live more confidently and successfully in our world. They are highly trained and experienced mental health professionals, but they are not YOUR mental health professional. They are sharing encouragement through information and discussion.

    People are complex. Just because an idea helps one person, doesn't mean it will help someone else. You need to consult with your own professional who will hopefully know what is best for you and your situation.

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    54 mins