.   ______ Find yourself dreading holiday functions with your family because it's only a matter of time until your mom pesters you about why you don't go to church anymore... or you aunt gives you shit for not having kids or not being married......

  .   ______ If you're like me and much of the JJ community, the news of the Trump election was devastating to say the very least. You are likely scared and pissed and uncertain and at a loss of what actually happened and what-the-hell to do now....

  .   ______ Perhaps some of the most challenging relationships we have in our lives are those with our own parents. Although we love them deeply, they are oftentimes the ones who pose the most "issues" in our worlds and who tend to drive us the...

  .   ______ Awhile back, Mr. Smith got the idea to do a pod episode where he would take control of the show and interview me on questions submitted from our pod-ience. On this week's show we brought that idea into reality! With brilliant questions...

  .   ______ Time for another mailbag edition of the pod! A handful of listeners wrote in to the show asking specific Qs about how to address some challenging obstacles. One listener wanted to know how to know when you're enabling someone in your...

  .   ______ Recently a listener wrote in to the show asking how to deal with her volatile relationship with her parents. With a history of verbal abuse, both parents have openly ridiculed her new [very happy] relationship and seem determined to...

  .   ______ Ever find yourself desiring deep, rich connections with your partner or your friends and family but have a hellova time letting your guard down? Maybe you even find yourself craving deep intimacy but you're absolutely terrified to...

  .   ______ Ever wonder if there is free pass to tell a white lie? I mean... Is it ever okay to lie? To not be completely truthful? Okay to withhold information? I mean... what if you just really don't want to hurt someone's feelings? Or how about...

  .   ______ Ever find yourself dying for some alone time but you're afraid if you ask for it, you will be deemed "selfish"? Know you really don't want children but people tell you that's "selfish"? Find yourself guilted into shit you don't want to...

  .   ______ So you've checked all the boxes. You got a good education. You settled down and got married. You pursued the career. You even bought the house, had the kids, the whole thing. And yet, you still wake up some days wondering, "Is this all...