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  • 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
  • Words matter

195: Words Matter

In today’s program, I’m going to share three listener responses to recent episodes. I’m doing so because your words matter to me, and to our other listeners, as well. Keep listening, and you’ll pick up an idea or two to try with your relationships. Be sure to stick

195: Words Matter2023-01-16T13:26:15-06:00
  • A story of when people disappoint us

170: When People Disappoint Us

In just a few weeks many of us with school-age kids will be sending them off for the next chapter in their educational lives. Others of us who home school will be calling them to the kitchen table for the same purpose.In either case, an unintended relationship lesson

170: When People Disappoint Us2022-08-14T17:23:48-05:00
  • Initiate with people to enrich our life

144: Initiate with People to Enrich our Life – Part 2

Deeper relationships develop when we initiate with others. It can lead to great conversations that look like dancing the waltz on a ballroom floor. The other person leads and you follow. Then you lead and they follow. It’s a thing of beauty. In both cases our lives are

144: Initiate with People to Enrich our Life – Part 22022-01-18T08:10:00-06:00
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