Latest Connexion Podcast Episodes
243: Speaking The Truth About Death
Connexions - August 26, 2023 06:23 - 8 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsHow do I approach uncomfortable topics such as cancer and death with my children? How do I share with my children about a loved one with limited time? The movement of life is vulnerable. The Truth is that death is a part of this vulnerable movement. Children need to know that death is part of t...
242: Keeping Kids Safe in a Predatory Society
Connexions - August 19, 2023 05:12 - 27 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsIt is no surprise that children are growing up in a predatory society. Businesses, schools, governments and special interest groups are all finding ways to exploit and make profits off of our children. How do we, as the adults in their lives, keep them safe? Humans are the most intelligent of a...
241: Holding Onto Trauma Will Make You Sick
Connexions - August 12, 2023 04:23 - 14 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsThe Truth about experiencing life is that most of us have experiences that are upsetting and even traumatizing. This is absolutely part of the human experience. The Truth is we are not meant to stay there in those experiences. We are meant to move through the upset and the trauma. What about P...
240: Distorted Boredom
Connexions - August 05, 2023 03:39 - 26 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsBoredom comes from a desire to connect but not wanting to be responsible for doing what’s necessary to connect. Boredom is a conundrum of wanting stimulus but feeling inconvenienced at the work it will take to feel that stimulus. Have you ever had a child react in aggression when they were bore...
239: Drinking And Drugs Are Not The Problem
Connexions - July 29, 2023 03:31 - 15 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsYour child is on the brink of turning 18 and you find out that he's drunk at his friend's house. You're shocked! You thought he was safe. You call and tell him you're coming to pick him up. What type of boundaries do you, as the parent hold? Drinking is not really the issue at this point. Dri...
238: Parable of the Pineapple
Connexions - July 22, 2023 05:46 - 21 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsIn today's podcast, I'm sharing with you a family parable I have taught my children for years. The Parable of the Pineapple! When my son was very young, he made a dishonest choice and tried to conceal it through a lie. Distortion begets more distortion. That's a consistent pattern! In order to ...
237: Mother's Instinct to Protect
Connexions - July 15, 2023 04:53 - 23 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsHow can we wake up the women of this world and get them back to their natural instincts? Every animal in this world has protective instincts. As mothers, the women, the humans have lost their motherly instincts to protect their young. Women choose to hook up and be sexual with males who also a...
236: "Preserve" the Relationship
Connexions - July 12, 2023 05:05 - 26 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsIn this podcast, a mother asks how she can preserve a relationship with her adult children. Preservation is an outcome of applied principles. For example, preserving meat requires application of salt, brine, time drying and/or freezing temperatures. The idea of "preserving" a relationship also...
235: My Child's Caliber of Choices
Connexions - July 08, 2023 01:29 - 12 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsWhat do I choose? Do I choose to be honest, regardless of the outcomes? Am I willing to be humble and recognize when I choose poorly? These Truthful choices create a strong, sturdy foundation inside my child. I invite everyone listening to this podcast, to develop love for themselves by ins...
234: I'm Responsible For What Comes In My Home
Connexions - July 05, 2023 03:27 - 12 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsWhat if I am indebted to another person and I’m not able to return the favor, would that be distorted? This mother wants to know if she is obligated to follow through on a favor she believes she is responsible for, even if it puts her children at risk. Remember, my first responsibility is to c...
233: Can Fear Ever Be Truthful?
Connexions - July 01, 2023 06:35 - 11 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsAre there fears that aren’t distorted, but rather a part of the human experience? How can I differentiate between a fear that is reasonable and Truthful and a fear that is distorted? Come listen and find out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
232: Can You Go Overboard on Boundaries?
Connexions - June 27, 2023 17:51 - 17 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsCome, listen to a mother work through her distortions of holding boundaries with her child. The mother shares that she feels guilty for saying, "no," to her child. This mother may resemble others who fear that holding boundaries will create separation in relationships, instead of connection. Th...
231: Taking Responsibility for Childhood Trauma . . . Through Forgiveness
Connexions - June 24, 2023 03:11 - 18 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsAddiction . . . whether you're the one addicted or you're on the other side of someone's addiction, either way it is a nightmare. It's a hell where everyone is living in fear, abandonment, chaos, disconnection, entitlement, confusion, loneliness. And so so many other characteristics that the ad...
230: Honor Thy Father & Thy Mother . . . Even When They Are In Distortion
Connexions - June 21, 2023 06:23 - 20 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsHonor thy father and thy mother. These are words of wisdom. These words of wisdom are patterns that bring peace and connection in a family. So what do I do? How do I honor my father and mother when their choices are destructive. Honoring does not mean exposing myself to abuse. Honoring does no...
229: How Parents Manage When Children Won't Manage Themselves
Connexions - June 17, 2023 03:01 - 13 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsWhat do you do when you find out something that your child, your teen, is doing and the thing they are doing is in violation of principles? Most parents take what their children are doing, personal; they react. Then, what the child is doing becomes about you instead of keeping the thing that yo...
228: Be A Peacemaker
Connexions - June 14, 2023 06:24 - 29 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsIn proverbs we read that all contention comes through pride. Pride is at the root of all contention. Pride is another word for a lack of humility. When I lack humility I do not take responsibility for myself. . . I am living in distortion. When I live in distortion, I am a contention maker. If...
227: Counterfeits of Connection
Connexions - June 10, 2023 06:25 - 21 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsAll people need to be cared for. They need to be validated. They need to be invited into connection. All people need to be seen and heard and treated with care. Listen to how this child was attempting to secure those very Truthful characteristics, yet instead, because she didn’t know where to f...
226: Can I GET Others to Live in Truth?
Connexions - June 07, 2023 04:34 - 9 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsLearning principles of Truth is exciting! Many desire to share what they learn with family and friends. And we hope you will! Sharing our zeal and awareness with others is enjoyable when others share in the enthusiasm. A woman writes in that she is enthusiastic for Truth and wants to know how s...
225: Fruits of Living in Truth
Connexions - June 03, 2023 04:36 - 14 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsWhat does it take to live in Truth? The answer is it takes a person's willingness to stay in reality, use your choices and choose Truth. Why is Truth/Reality so uncomfortable that many people run from it? The answer is, there's pain in reality. There's pain, inevitable pain inside reality from ...
224: Where Does Compassion Fit In?
Connexions - May 31, 2023 04:37 - 42 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsCompassion means combining elements of suffering and Truth and wielding them to obtain a higher purpose. Compassion is to be moldable through suffering. Compassion is only possible in Truth. Compassion aligns with, accentuates, compliments and fuels honesty, responsibility and humility. Compa...
223: Gen Z Desires Truth
Connexions - May 27, 2023 08:25 - 11 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsTruth is rare to find in our world. It’s even more rare to find someone who actually chooses to live inside the Truth. To find a person who is honest, responsible and humble is difficult. Why is that? Why are there so few people who choose to live inside values and principles? Today’s podcast t...
222: Denial Around Eating Disorders
Connexions - May 24, 2023 03:53 - 16 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsWhen I choose not to be honest, responsible and humble, I will choose to be irresponsible, dishonest and prideful. These irresponsible behaviors are what we use to control the discomfort of reality. Each person has their own flavor of control. Some examples of controlling behaviors include, pic...
221: My Son Wants to Wear Girl Clothes, Addressing Confusion with Principles
Connexions - May 20, 2023 04:18 - 27 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsWhat does it mean to "want to dress like a girl?" What would a girl dress like? Well, some people would say, "wear a dress," "wear pastels," "wear heels," "curl your hair," "put on makeup," etc. The Truth is there is no Truth to that. I, for example, am a girl and I dress very differently than...
220: Parenting Without Village Support
Connexions - May 17, 2023 04:22 - 19 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsParents, are you waking up to the reality that we are living in a world where we as moms and dads in Truth are not being supported? Can you feel the war being waged against raising children in Truth? It’s real! Distortion is constantly and deliberately battling Truth. And what better way for di...
219: My Child Doesn't Want to Go to Church
Connexions - May 13, 2023 06:36 - 11 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsMany people very intentionally decide to have children and some of us very intentionally decide not to have Children. And yet there are some of us who engage in sexual activity and then act shocked that they are going to be a parent! Regardless of whether a child is planned for and desired or w...
218: The Internally Motivated Child vs the Externally Motivated Child
Connexions - May 10, 2023 05:10 - 19 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsIn every decision that I make, I am responsible to understand my motive. Why am I doing this? Who am I doing this for? What did I expect? Knowing my motive is critical if I am to live inside truth. When I am unaware of my motive, I will default into living a life of distortion. Join me in ans...
217: Teaching Truth to Toddlers
Connexions - May 06, 2023 05:25 - 21 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsAre you someone who believes that a one or two year old cannot understand principles? At what age do you think they're able to understand? What if you enable them to live in distortion . . . which means you're not honest with them, you don't encourage them to be responsible, you don't hold bou...
216: Demanding Adult Children
Connexions - May 03, 2023 04:17 - 16 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsHow do I connect with a loved one when the loved one only takes? Is it possible to wallow in a pigpen and not get muddy? These questions pull at the heartstrings of parents and grandparents all over the world. Selfish entitlement cannot demand a relationship. Relationships are carefully built...
215: Is My Child Ready to Date?
Connexions - April 29, 2023 00:24 - 18 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsTeenagers who want to date? When is that experience appropriate for your teen? Is there a certain age when kids are ready to date? I would say no, there's not an age, but I would say that there's a baseline that you don't even consider that your child begins to go one on one with the opposite s...
214: Denial of Death Leads to Destructive Living
Connexions - April 26, 2023 00:00 - 15 minutes ★★★ - 320 ratingsThis life affords each human three guarantees. One is the opportunity to experience a physical body of flesh and blood. Two, the freedom to exercise agency to choose. And three, the realization of death. Each of us will experience the ending of life. We are all mortal. Just as our bodies differ...
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