Encouragement For Living Life With Lockwood & Lockwood
A podcast to encourage people by sharing with listeners ideas and information on topics related to living successfully in our world.
Episodes
15 episodes
Encouragement For Living Life - Episode #15 - Do You Hate Yourself? How To Know and What To Do
Self hatred may be far more prevalent than most people can imagine. Bad attachments, physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, could lead to self-hatred. Is self- hatred shame by another name? We will talk about identifying if you are a person aff...
Encouragement For Living Life - Episode #14 - Do You or Your Partner Want to Stop Using Porn?
Porn usage is widespread. The last time I checked, approximately 50% of men who consider themselves Christian use porn regularly. We will look at the various reasons men and women use porn. We will explore why its use is so common. And also, if...
Encouragement For Living Life - Episode #13 - Can You Forgive Others?
It is impossible to be in a relationship without being hurt by another person. It is also impossible to be in a relationship without hurting someone else. I recently told a good friend I would call him back the next day. He was recently diagnos...
Encouragement For Living Life - Episode #12 - Is Unconditional Love Important?
The belief that a person is unconditionally loved is a foundational component of early development. We will explore what unconditional love really is and look at the unique experience of having a good foundation of unconditional love. Further, ...
Encouragement For Living Life - Episode #11 - Purpose and Mental Health
Does purpose help mental health? We will look at what purpose is and its impact on mental and emotional health. We will also look at our culture and its preoccupation with happiness. Does the pursuit of happiness as your main goal in life help ...
Encouragement For Living Life - Episode #10 - Don't Use a Squirt Gun on a House Fire - Part 4
We will discuss a large area of non-professional help for addictions and mental health issues and anyone who wants a no cost to lower cost way to get help. On this podcast we will discuss one of the most available resources in our society today...
Encouragement For Living Life - Episode #9 - Let in the LIGHT! Take In The Good, Keep Out The Bad
We will explore many techniques and actions you can take to help you be and feel more positive. We will also look at the things you can do to limit the taking in of the bad (i.e. self-criticism, social media influences). Our thinking and action...
Encouragement For Living Life - Episode #8 - Don't Use a Squirt Gun on a House Fire - Part 3
We will continue our discussion of professional help by talking about very long, expensive, but important recovery programs. The following types of programs will be discussed: - Long Term Residential - Therapeutic Communit...
Encouragement For Living Life - Episode #7 - Feeling Overwhelmed
We will explain what it means to feel overwhelmed - what leads to feeling overwhelmed - and share ideas on how to reduce or eliminate feeling overwhelmed. Everyone feels overwhelmed at some point in life. But to feel overwhelmed to a strong deg...
Encouragement For Living Life - Episode #6 - Don't Use a Squirt Gun on a House Fire - Part 2
In this time together, we will continue to explore treatment resources. What are Inpatient/Residential Programs? Halfway Houses and Three-Quarter Way Houses? And, of course, Sober Living Residences. How to evaluate what model is best for a pers...
Encouragement For Living Life - Episode #5 - Why Professional Help Often Fails
The story of getting the next self help book or listening to the next podcast. Maybe you've read many good books, or listened to podcasts, but you still struggle. Or, you go to that next resource and you either fail to change, or the change is ...
Encouragement For Living Life - Episode #4 - Don't Use a Squirt Gun on a House Fire - Part 1
We will begin to explore the wide variety of professional resources available to address mental health and addiction problems. Psychotherapy and Counseling, Intensive Outpatient Programs, and Medication will be discussed in this podcast. We hop...
Encouragement For Living Life - Episode #3 - I'm Tired of Being Scared
We are going to talk about fear, insecurity, and dread. We believe fear is a feeling caused and/or guided by society and by upbringing. What we can do to deal with the outside world and its message is one area we will explore. We will explore h...
Encouragement For Living Life - Episode #2 - The Pain and Destruction Caused by Entitlement
We believe there is an epidemic of entitlement in our culture. Entitlement is corrosive and destructive mind set. We will explain how it develops in the individual and its consequences to the entitled person and those around him or her. We will...
Encouragement For Living Life - Episode #1 - Jumping Into The Deep End
Who are we? We will introduce ourselves - our experiences, education, etc. You will decide if we are worth listening to. Also, the why to our podcast - encouragement. We are doing this to be an encouragement to people. We believe understanding ...