friendship

  • What kind of friend do you want?

What Kind of Friends Do You Want?

I’ve been reading and hearing more and more about the problem of loneliness many people are experiencing.  For example, here’s what a listener to our You Were Made for This podcast recently wrote: “Now almost 40 years old, I’m so frustrated by the fact that I don’t have any real,

What Kind of Friends Do You Want?2023-03-22T09:19:20-05:00
  • Give people the gift of hope

200: Give People the Gift of Hope

One relationship principle I’ve come to appreciate over time is the power of giving people the gift of hope when they have so little of it themselves. It’s when you burn brightly with hope for others when their own hope is but a dying ember. In several recent

200: Give People the Gift of Hope2023-03-17T09:16:18-05:00
  • We Don't Know What We Don't Know

199: How to Help a Friend

Today’s episode is about how to help a friend using a model of deepening relationships I’ve talked about before. The ORA principle. You remember it, don’t you? O – Observe. R – Reflect. A -Act. ORA. I saw this model of relating on several different levels from the

199: How to Help a Friend2023-03-17T09:13:06-05:00
  • Read Your Way to Better Relationships in 2023

198: Read Your Way to Better Relationships in 2023

In episode 192 I explained my rationale for suggesting that our word of the year for this year should be READ. Go to johncertalic.com/192 If you missed it. Reading about relationships is a simple way to enjoy better relationships in 2023. For example, in today’s show, I share

198: Read Your Way to Better Relationships in 20232023-05-01T17:57:07-05:00
  • We Don't Know What We Don't Know

197: We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

I’ve said before in past episodes how much I value feedback from people like you. In today’s show, for example, I share a listener reaction to a show from awhile back. It illustrates the concept that when it comes to relationships, sometimes we don’t know what we don’t

197: We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know2023-02-02T19:30:03-06:00
  • Thankful to be the person God created us to be

196: How Will You Be Remembered?

I received a touching email the other day that got me thinking about how I want to be remembered when my time on earth comes to an end. The email is a brief and beautiful story from one of my favorite authors that I share in today’s show.

196: How Will You Be Remembered?2023-03-08T19:40:26-06:00
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