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Cati Vanden Breul with Introvert, Dear talks about the tough parts of being an introvert looking for love. Episode 873: 3 Difficult Things About Being a Single Introvert Looking for Love by Cati Vanden Breul of Introvert Dear Jenn Granneman is the founder of Introvert, Dear and author of The Secret Lives of Introverts. She started Introvert, Dear in 2013 as her personal blog. She was living with an extroverted roommate, dating an extroverted guy, and working an extroverted job (teaching 4th grade). Jenn wanted to write about what it was like being an introvert living in an extrovert's world. In true introvert form, she wrote her blog anonymously for almost two years. Jenn had no desire to be in the spotlight. And she had no idea her little blog would become this! Now, with the help of "quiet ones" around the world, she is on a mission: to let introverts everywhere know it's okay to be who they are. The original post is located here: https://introvertdear.com/news/single-introvert-love-difficult-things/ Ten Ten's limited-edition collection of diamond engagement rings launches on January 18th, and you can preview it exclusively at http://BlueNile.com. Go to Apostrophe.com/ORD and you'll get fifteen dollars off your dermatology visit! Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts and join our online community: OLDPodcast.com/group Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalRelationshipsDailyMarriageParenting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keith Wilson explains Rogerian Person Centered Counseling. Episode 872: Rogerian Person Centered Counseling by Keith Wilson on Supporting Other People and Understanding Therapy Keith Wilson is a licensed mental health counselor and certified alcohol and substance abuse counselor in New York State, with more than 30 years experience. Keith has done a lot of writing about ways to improve your relationships and become the person you would like to be. His newest book is The Road to Reconciliation: A Comprehensive Guide to Peace When Relationships Go Bad. The original post is located here: https://keithwilsoncounseling.com/2017/02/27/rogerian-person-centered-counseling/ Ten Ten's limited-edition collection of diamond engagement rings launches on January 18th, and you can preview it exclusively at http://BlueNile.com. Go to Apostrophe.com/ORD and you'll get fifteen dollars off your dermatology visit! Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts and join our online community: OLDPodcast.com/group Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalRelationshipsDailyMarriageParenting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kristine Klussman talks about prioritizing urgent matters versus important matters, and reflects on the truth about self-connection. Episode 871: Which Do You Prioritize: Urgent or Important AND What is Self-Connection by Kristine Klussman on Being Connected Kristine Klussman specialized in Health Psychology (Behavioral Medicine) at Harvard Medical School, then founded and ran the Health Psychology program and post-doctoral training programs at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. She found her work with cancer and cardiac patients inspiring, uplifiting, and humbling. She found so many of those going through life-threatening illness were - sometimes for the first time in their lives - absolutely clear what truly mattered to them: authenticity and connection. In 2016, she founded a non-profit to focus full-time on trying to understand, explain and teach what she now believes is the single most meaningful and rewarding aspect of our existence. The original posts are located here: https://www.kristineklussman.com/prioritize-urgent-important/ & https://www.kristineklussman.com/what-is-self-connection/ Ten Ten's limited-edition collection of diamond engagement rings launches on January 18th, and you can preview it exclusively at http://BlueNile.com. Go to Apostrophe.com/ORD and you'll get fifteen dollars off your dermatology visit! Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts and join our online community: OLDPodcast.com/group Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalRelationshipsDailyMarriageParenting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julie Morgenstern teaches parents how to eliminate guilt about working too much. Episode 870: How to Eliminate Working Mom Guilt by Julie Morgenstern on Work-Life Balance and Understanding Children Julie Morgenstern is an organizing & productivity consultant, New York Times best-selling author, and speaker. For over 30 years, Julie has been teaching people all around the world and at all stages of life how to overcome disorganization to achieve their goals. Her mission is to free each individual to make their unique contribution to the world - by helping them design their own systems for managing time and space that feel natural and are easy to maintain. This Inside Out approach to organizing everything gives readers, listeners, and clients the energy and knowledge they need to get (and stay) organized. The original post is located here: https://www.juliemorgenstern.com/tips-tools-blog/2020/1/30/how-to-eliminate-working-mom-guilt Ten Ten's limited-edition collection of diamond engagement rings launches on January 18th, and you can preview it exclusively at http://BlueNile.com. Go to Apostrophe.com/ORD and you'll get fifteen dollars off your dermatology visit! Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts and join our online community: OLDPodcast.com/group Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalRelationshipsDailyMarriageParenting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Timothy Loving with Luvze tells parents how they can raise teens to have healthy relationships. Episode 869: What's a Parent To Do?: Raising Teens to Having Healthy Relationships by Dr. Timothy Loving of Luvze Luvze was founded on the premise that relationships are a central part of life and that our understanding of relationships benefits from research and scientific evidence. They also believe this information is most beneficial when presented in an engaging and entertaining fashion. They take research findings from the fields of psychology, family studies, sociology, communication, evolutionary biology, and others, and put them in a format that you can use. The original post is located here: https://www.luvze.com/whats-a-parent-to-do-raising-teens-to-having-healthy-relatio/ Ten Ten's limited-edition collection of diamond engagement rings launches on January 18th, and you can preview it exclusively at http://BlueNile.com. Go to Apostrophe.com/ORD and you'll get fifteen dollars off your dermatology visit! Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts and join our online community: OLDPodcast.com/group Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalRelationshipsDailyMarriageParenting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Diana Kirschner of Love in 90 Days tells you why the right one may not initially look like the right one. Episode 868: Why the Right One May Not Initially Look Like the Right One by Dr. Diana Kirschner of Love in 90 Days PBS Love expert, psychologist and bestselling author, Diana Kirschner, Ph.D. has helped thousands of singles and couples to find the relationships of their dreams. Along with her team of expert Love Mentor and dating coaches, she uses a unique approach to empower women by phone/Skype all over the world to heal from heartbreak and find lasting love. Dr. Diana is the author of the new books, Find Your Soulmate Online in 6 Simple Steps and 30 Days to Love; the relationship advice book, Sealing the Deal: The Love Mentor's Guide to Lasting Love and the bestselling dating book, Love in 90 Days, which is the basis for her one-woman PBS TV Show Finding Your Own True Love. Talk with an expert Love Mentor coach for 40 minutes for free, and get special VIP treatment by mentioning the Optimal Living Daily podcasts: http://lovein90days.com/dating-coach The original post is located here: https://lovein90days.com/why-the-right-one-may-not-initially-look-like-the-right-one/ Ten Ten's limited-edition collection of diamond engagement rings launches on January 18th, and you can preview it exclusively at http://BlueNile.com. Go to Apostrophe.com/ORD and you'll get fifteen dollars off your dermatology visit! Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts and join our online community: OLDPodcast.com/group Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalRelationshipsDailyMarriageParenting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lisa Merlo-Booth talks about self-confidence in relationships and shows us how to move from self-defensiveness into accountability within our relationships. Episode 867: Self-Confidence in Relationships AND Moving from Defensiveness to Accountability by Lisa Merlo-Booth Lisa Merlo-Booth is a straight-talking and highly effective relationship expert, speaker, and blogger. She has over twenty years of experience in the field of therapy and relationship coaching and a thriving private practice with a client base of individuals and couples spanning the United States and Europe. Lisa is widely known for her straight talk on women, and for her emphasis on teaching women to stop responding in the extremes (silencing or exploding) and, instead, to affect change in a way that is grounded, respectful, and strong. This highly effective approach to communication is about speaking from Grounded Powerful Strength (GPS) rather than the extremes of meekness or aggression. The original post is located here: https://lisamerlobooth.com/moving-from-defensiveness-to-accountability/ & https://lisamerlobooth.com/are-you-throwing-yourself-under-the-bus-to-help-others-feel-better/ Ten Ten's limited-edition collection of diamond engagement rings launches on January 18th, and you can preview it exclusively at http://BlueNile.com. Go to Apostrophe.com/ORD and you'll get fifteen dollars off your dermatology visit! Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts and join our online community: OLDPodcast.com/group Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalRelationshipsDailyMarriageParenting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Crista Beck shares an excerpt from her book, "Break the Glass Slipper" Episode 866: An Excerpt from the book Break The Glass Slipper by Crista Beck Crista Beck is a matchmaker, dating, love & relationship coach, speaker, co-creator of the Jumpstart Your Heart Process™, creator of the Dating Compass™ and author of the Amazon best-selling book, Break The Glass Slipper: Free Yourself of Fairy Tale Fantasies and Find True Love in Real Life. She specializes in helping people identify and release their hidden barriers to love and to become the kind of person that is open to love and to easily attract the partner of their dreams. For over 11+ years, Crista Beck has lead people in the area of love and relationships, being featured as a dating and love expert on ABC, NBC, FOX, and TEDx, and her message has reached over 1 million people around the world More about the book can be found here: https://cristabeck.com/break-the-glass-slipper/ Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts and join our online community: OLDPodcast.com/group Ten Ten's limited-edition collection of diamond engagement rings launches on January 18th, and you can preview it exclusively at http://BlueNile.com. Go to Apostrophe.com/ORD and you'll get fifteen dollars off your dermatology visit! Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalRelationshipsDailyMarriageParenting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Margaret Rutherford talks about how a parent's unconditional love can be worn away. Episode 865: When A Parent's Unconditional Love Is Worn Away by Dr. Margaret Rutherford on Parenting Adult Children Dr. Margaret Rutherford has been a psychologist in private practice for over twenty-five years. She's the author of "Perfectly Hidden Depression", and hosts a weekly podcast, SelfWork with Dr. Margaret Rutherford, where she offers compassionate common-sense directions, ideas and goals toward the changes listeners want to make in healing. The original post can be found here: https://drmargaretrutherford.com/when-a-parents-unconditional-love-is-worn-away/ Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalRelationshipsDailyMarriageParenting Ten Ten's limited-edition collection of diamond engagement rings launches on January 18th, and you can preview it exclusively at http://BlueNile.com. If you want to try the #1 meal kit for eating well, go to GreenChef.com/ORD90 and use code ORD90 to get $90 off including free shipping! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hilary Barnett of Whole Motherhood talks about the challenges of making childcare work. Episode 864: On Making Childcare Work by Hilary Barnett of Whole Motherhood on Parenting Lessons Hilary Barnett is an author, wife, entrepreneur and mother of two. She lives in Nashville and is the founder of Savvee, a boutique marketing agency that helps organizations define and create meaningful online content. You can usually find her walking the tightrope between the practical and the ideal, what is and what could be. Hilary believes every mother is extraordinary, and typically writes the words that she most needs to hear. The original post is located here: https://wholemotherhood.co/on-making-childcare-work/ Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalRelationshipsDailyMarriageParenting Ten Ten's limited-edition collection of diamond engagement rings launches on January 18th, and you can preview it exclusively at http://BlueNile.com. If you want to try the #1 meal kit for eating well, go to GreenChef.com/ORD90 and use code ORD90 to get $90 off including free shipping! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices