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Creative Connecting with Others: A Listener Story

Creative connecting with others is one way to ease the loneliness many of us feel during this coronavirus era. A Florida listener to our You Were Made for This podcast shared what she did to cope with feeling isolated from people. She wrote to tell me: “I enjoyed your podcast

Creative Connecting with Others: A Listener StoryJohn Certalic2021-09-10T12:46:19-05:00

It’s Still Amazing Out There

Cross-cultural relationship encounters enrich our lives when we least expect it. I had one the other evening, even though it happened in the context of a disappointing change in attitude from a trusted friend. It used to be before I walked out the door for a brisk early morning walk

It’s Still Amazing Out ThereJohn Certalic2020-06-09T19:26:40-05:00

065: End With Asking This Important Question

Asking follow-up questions is a key part of one of the greatest gifts we give someone. The gift of listening. Learn how in today's episode. In recent episodes we’ve considered how our lack of curiosity about people keeps our relationships at a surface level. To go deeper in

065: End With Asking This Important QuestionJohn Certalic2021-09-22T12:44:23-05:00

063: Six Reasons Why We’re not More Curious About People

Hello everyone and welcome to today’s episode, where as always, I’m here to help you find more joy in your relationships, because that’s what you were made for. In episode 62 last week, “Vaccine Now Available for this Relational Virus,” We talked about CD-20, the curiosity deficiency virus

063: Six Reasons Why We’re not More Curious About PeopleJohn Certalic2023-01-27T08:25:25-06:00

060: One Perspective on Stay-At-Home You Probably Haven’t Heard Before

Hello everyone and welcome to today’s episode where today, as always, I’m here to help us consider how we can experience more joy in our relationships. Are you tired of all the coronavirus news? Almost all of which is depressing and negative. Some of which is conflicting information.

060: One Perspective on Stay-At-Home You Probably Haven’t Heard BeforeJohn Certalic2021-09-22T13:15:54-05:00

059: The Last Place You Would Ever Think to Find Joy

Hello everyone and welcome to today’s episode where today, as always, we're here together to consider how we can experience more joy in our relationships. I had another episode all ready to go for today, but I’ll save it for next week because something came up the other

059: The Last Place You Would Ever Think to Find JoyJohn Certalic2021-09-22T11:35:52-05:00

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