Your Healthy Connections Podcast

January 15, 2013: New year, new format, same great show! We transition from live to podcast format by kicking off a breakdown of the Your Healthy Connections book, where the focus is on building a healthy you -- body, mind, and most importantly, Spirit -- before looking outward toward relationships. We talk Carl Jung, the most important relationship in your life (hint: it's you), and how to measure yourself vertically instead of horizontally. We even get interrupted by the Notorious Z.O.E.! Welcome to 2013 as we continue to Love, Laugh, & Listen!

December 24, 2012:  Our very special Christmas episode of Your Healthy Connections.  Broadcast remotely from Jacksonville, Florida, Smokey Joe reads "A Visit from St Nicholas," the Clement Clark Moore Christmas classic, followed by nearly an hour of Christmas classic music, old and new.  Bing to Bowie to Bruce to RUN-DMC to Johnny Mathis and more. Download the podcast to Love, Laugh, & Listen...and maybe even sing along.

December 17, 2012:  Lauren joins the show tonight to share her experience with a long-distance relationship that, well, didn't go the distance.  Her frank, open, honest discussion of what went right -- and wrong -- will be a benefit to anyone finding themselves facing sustaining a relationship across the miles. Lisa and Joe take the show home by focusing on the unique challenges and rewards of a particular type of long distance relationship:  the military. A very special show with some very special insight.  Download the podcast to Love, Laugh, & Listen...from a distance.

December 10, 2012:  Holidays can be a wonderful time to strengthen family and other relationships.  However, this time of year can also be stressful and difficult on relationships -- if we let it. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, or just enjoy time off work and eggnog, we discuss some things you can do to make this a better time for you so you can bring memories and traditions to those most important to you. Ho, ho, ho...and Love, Laugh, & Listen!

November 26, 2012:  If you find yourself in a string of unfulling, unsatisfying, and generally unpleasant relationships, guess what?  The problem may be YOU!  But that's the good news.  Lisa and Joe talk about what to watch for -- the red flags and even the pink ones -- to identify these unhealthy or unpleasant realtionships -- whether work, friendships, significant others, family -- and most importantly, what to do when the problem is you. Check us out as we use the relationship TRUTH pillars to fix the most important relationship in your life:  the one with yourself.Oh, yeah...we also Love, Laugh, & Listen!

November 19, 2012:  Lisa and Joe are back in the saddle again, or at least back in the Path-to-Peace studio live.  Tonight the show focuses on how life changes -- changes in the circumstances in our lives, whether beyond our control or initiated by us -- affect our relationships.  Once more applying the Relationship Pillars of TRUTH© as tools to navigate rough waters, Lisa and Joe emphasize getting through the rough times, coming out the other side with stronger, healthier relationships. To everyone, Happy Thanksgiving and don't forget to Love, Laugh, & Listen!

October 29, 2012:  Lisa and Joe are back from the North Carolina mountains to discuss applying the Relationship Pillars of TRUTH© in the workplace.  New sponsor Dillsboro Chocolate Factory joins the show as the gang explores how work relationships differ from other relationships...and how they're the same. Donate to the American Red Cross to help those affected by Superstorm Sandy.  Donate at www.redcross.org, call 1-800-RED-CROSS, or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.  Join us to Love, Laugh, & Listen...and care about our neighbors.

October 15, 2012:  Join Lisa and Joe and their SPECIAL GUEST, Malinda Alsop, as they discuss domestic violence awareness and prevention, to mark National Domestic Violence Awareness month.  Malinda breaks down the relationship between the five pillars of relationship TRUTH (Trust, Respect, Understanding, Togetherness, and Honesty) in their relation to domestic violence.  Find out how you can donate to the Charles Fund through Tehachapi Wellness Center.  Join us to Love, Laugh, & Listen!

October 8, 2012:  Join Lisa and Joe as they continue the discussion of the TRUTH of relationships -- Trust, Respect, Understanding, Togetherness, and Honesty -- and how to repair the damage to any of them.  Which pillar is the center of the foundation?  Which one permeates all others?  Which one is like a tree?  (Trick question...they're ALL like trees!)  Also, check our Facebook page for a one-of-a-kind, handmade Steampunk owl being auctioned with proceeds going to the American Breast Cancer Foundation.  Join us to Love, Laugh, & Listen!

October 1, 2012:  Join Lisa and Joe as they discuss the TRUTH of relationships: Trust, Respect, Understanding, Togetherness, and Honesty.  These five pillars built on a foundation of "all in" commitment are the TRUTH.  So what happens when these pillars are damaged?  That's what they talk about...how to discover the cracks in the foundation and the damaged pillars.  Shout out for National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  And a few chuckles along the way.  Join us to Love, Laugh, & Listen!

September 24, 2012: Lisa and Joe discuss Siblings and Spouses and, despite broadcasting live from the South, this does NOT mean Siblings AS Spouses.  After all, it's Florida, not West Virginial.  Perhaps surprisingly, the relationship with siblings and spouses have more in common that might first appear.  And Zoe has a new email address!  Endure the technical difficulties and get all the details.  Join us to love, laugh, and listen.

September 17, 2012: Lisa and Joe continue the discussion of how to break down the skills needed in relationships as part of their Relationship Roadmap©.  Breaking down the similarities and differences between the Parent-Adult Child and Adult and Parent relationships.  What these have in common and how they're different, then how to improve each.  Join us to love, laugh, and listen.

September 10, 2012: Lisa and Joe start their breakdown of their Relationship Roadmap©.  Discussion of the common characteristics of, and skills needed for, all relationships as well as those characteristics and skills distinct for each type of relationship: family of origin, family of choice, personal, professional, even strangers, pets, and plants.  Join us to love, laugh, and listen.

September 3, 2012: Lisa and Joe discuss how toavoid relationship regrets.  They discuss primary and secondary relationships, the relationship ring concept, and resolving relationship issues...before it's too late.  Heavy subject and heavy assignment but HUGELY importan to avoiding relationship regrets.  Join us to love, laugh, and listen.

August 13, 2012: Lisa and Joe reveal THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS!!! The real secret? You have all the power you need to be happy no matter what's going on in your life. How to recognize and eliminate the obstacles to happiness that you put there. Even talk about getting rid of the greatest enemy of happiness:  the nefarious MONKEY MIND!  Join us to love, laugh, and listen.

August 6, 2012: Lisa and Joe talk about the various ways FEAR blocks us from cultivating a life of passion. The insidious, evil, corroding thread blocks us but we can be aware, idenfity it, "reality test" it, and TAKE ACTION to move past it. Join us to love, laugh, and listen.

July 30, 2012: Lisa and Joe discuss how to escape the vortex of negative thinking and turn your thoughts -- and life -- around!  Stuart Smalley joins us as we learn when and how to use affirmations in your life!  OK...no Stuart but the affirmations are real.  Join us to love, laugh, and listen.

July 23, 2012: Even inclement weather can't keep us down!  Lisa & Joe talk about finding balance in our personal lives and how long we can spend more than we have before we feel the pain (the Federal budget model).  Listener participation is growing!  Join us to love, laugh, and listen.

July 16, 2012: Lisa & Joe talk personal growth, provide an update on Hearts United for Animals, and even discuss Steve Martin's "special purpose."  We answer listener questions about finding your purpose in life.  Join us to love, laugh, and listen.

July 2, 2012:  Lisa & Joe talk about friends, both being and having.  Joe sings...but listen anyway.  Join us to love, laugh, and listen.