Janis and special guest Hayley Williams talk about teens in therapy, how therapy can help all children and resources that parents can use at home to help their children identify emotions and learn self-regulation.

For adults who struggle with play:

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer

When I Relax I Feel Guilty by Tim Hansel

For parents and kids:

A Little Spot of Feelings by Diane Abler

Hey Warrior by Karen Young

View the transcript at https://www.brentandjanissharpe.com/play-therapy-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.

Join Janis and special guest LCSW and certified play therapist Hayley Williams as they discuss therapy for children, the role and effectiveness of play therapy and how children can benefit from therapy.

For adults who struggle with play:

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer

When I Relax I Feel Guilty by Tim Hansel

For parents and kids:

A Little Spot of Feelings by Diane Abler

Hey Warrior by Karen Young

View the transcript at https://www.brentandjanissharpe.com/play-therapy-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.

Our phones are extremely helpful, but the “overuse “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 https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/revisited-phubbing-our-phones-and-our-lives-part-two.

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.

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

.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 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.