Latest Practicaltips Podcast Episodes
What Little Old Me?, Episode 61
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - March 07, 2023 21:07 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDoes anything you do really matter? Why do you feel so often like an insignificant cog in some giant wheel? Where you don’t matter. In this podcast, you’ll discover that you really do matter, that what you do – big or small – has impact, not just in some philosophical way, but real, important, v...
The Agony of Shame, Episode 60
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - February 21, 2023 15:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingYou beat yourself up endlessly over the “I should haves” and “I should have known betters” that punch nasty holes in your otherwise happy life, aka the “shame” of messing up. Yuck! What to do? In this podcast, you’ll find possible answers to that very question, so that you can mess up without fe...
The Choice For Love, Episode 59
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - February 07, 2023 15:37 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLove. Everyone wants it, in every aspect of their lives, from self-love to love of others, to love of how we are and what we do in the world. Too often, though, we are run by fear, not love. Our lives cease to be satisfying, and we are too often downhearted and unhappy. Yet there is a way to dea...
“A” Versus “The” Solution, Episode 58
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - January 17, 2023 15:30 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhy is it that the apparently easy one-shot answer to your problem just caused a whole bunch of other problems? You’re exhausted! Understandably so, because you see, one size does not fit all. In this podcast, you’ll learn how to figure out the impact of your possible solution before implementin...
New Year’s Resolution, Episode 57
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - January 03, 2023 15:30 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingYou resolve to be nicer, you get walked on. You resolve to be more assertive, people avoid you. What’s up with that? Why can’t you get this dealing with people thing right? Well, maybe it’s not that you can’t get it right, maybe, as you’ll discover in this podcast, it’s because you’ve allowed so...
On Choosing Enthusiasm, Episode 56
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - December 20, 2022 12:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhat you bring to life is what you get from it. No, that’s not just a cute platitude, it’s real. As in, you really do get what you give. But how? How exactly do you go about giving to life, your life, what you want from it? Good question! In this podcast, you’ll find possible answers to that ver...
Enabling v Helping, Episode 55
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - December 06, 2022 12:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHave you ever been caught between wanting to help a loved one, but worried that in your attempt to help, you’re just furthering their dysfunction? You’re not alone! It’s a dilemma faced by many of us who care about our nears and dears. Yet there is a way through the dilemma that does not involve...
A Matter of Focus, Episode 54
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - November 15, 2022 12:08 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIt is said that whatever you focus on, grows. Great. Except when you find yourself focusing on yucky hurtful things, which just seem to magnify the misery in your life. How can you use the enormous power of focus, or concentrated energy, to work for you, rather than against you? What tools can...
Approval v. Love, Episode 53
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - November 01, 2022 12:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhy is it you can never seem to find the love you seek? That special relationship that would fill you with such joy. What’s wrong with you? Nothing! What’s wrong is how you’re going about seeking love, namely confusing someone’s approval of you with loving you. In this podcast, you’ll discover t...
Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Episode 52
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - October 18, 2022 15:56 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDo you ever feel like your life isn’t in your control? Like you’re living what everyone else wants you to and you’re not happy, and you don’t know what to do about it? What a painful unfortunate way to spend your days! Well, you don’t need to put up with it anymore. In this podcast, you’ll disco...
The Power of Mental Rehearsal, Episode 51
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - October 04, 2022 15:53 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOlympic athletes use it, successful performers use it – guess what? You can use it too! When you have to have that conversation you dread, make that presentation for the first time, face that person you’re in awe or fear of, you too can use mental rehearsal to position yourself in the best possi...
Where’s The Horse? Episode 50
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - September 20, 2022 15:48 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHow can you make sense of the pile of manure you’ve just dumped into? The upset or disaster you didn’t anticipate but is now making a mess of your life? Good question! In this podcast, you’ll explore some of how you turn that pile of manure into something positive and valuable for your life (and...
Winner In The Making, Episode 49
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - September 06, 2022 15:41 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIs it ever just all too much? That the marriage or job or friendship you counted on to last forever falls apart? Or some dreaded disease afflicts your beloved child and all you can do is rant and rave? Rather than turning into a perpetually miserable victim or anger finger-pointer, discover in t...
Silence Is Not Always Golden, Episode 48
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - August 16, 2022 12:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhy can’t you get heard? Why, no matter how loudly, angrily or with tears abounding you speak your distress, your partner stands there like a stone? Aargh! In this podcast, you’ll find out how to express your unhappiness in a way that your partner can hear you and respond. Hopefully appropriatel...
How Judgment Hurts You, Episode 47
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - August 02, 2022 12:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingYou can’t help yourself. When “stuff” hits the fan, you go down that rabbit-hole of dread and despair so fast, it not only hurts, it hurts bad! But what if there was a way to avoid the rabbit-hole altogether? In this podcast, you’ll learn a surprising technique that will help you turn any “stuff...
When Love Is Not Enough, Episode 46
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - July 19, 2022 12:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAre you tired of endlessly “working” on your relationship? Why should you have to be “working” on it in the first place? Good question! In this podcast, you’ll explore some of the reasons why you can’t seem to get your relationship to “work” despite all the energy and effort you put into “workin...
What’s Wrong With Me? Episode 45
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - July 05, 2022 12:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDo you ever feel that you can’t do anything right? That you can’t get things to go your way no matter how hard you try? Rather than deciding something must be wrong with you – or with whoever’s not being helpful - discover in this podcast a different, far more powerful and empowering (!) approach!
What Now, Why Me?, Episode 44
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - June 21, 2022 12:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhy does it seem like just when life is going along so nicely, something pulls the rug from under you? Like losing your job, relationship, car? Why can’t things just stay steady on course? Like forever? In this podcast, you’ll find out how to deal with some of the ordinary inevitable losses of l...
Transform Parent into Adult, Episode 43
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - June 07, 2022 12:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNow there’s a challenge for you! Getting your parent to quit bossing you around when you’re waaaay past the need-bossing-around age. And yet, it’s doable! In this podcast, you’ll learn a surprising technique that will help your parent grow up into an adult, and thus treat you as one. Oh happy day!
Repost N4L 036: "Vitamin N" by Richard Louv
Nonfiction4Life - May 20, 2022 07:20 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsRichard Louv, co-founder of the San Diego-based Children & Nature Network, author Richard Louv adds Vitamin N to his growing list of books encouraging us to get outside. Aimed especially at families eager to share nature with their kids, Louv’s practical guidebook offers "500 Ways to Enrich the ...
5-17-22 What s the point
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - May 17, 2022 12:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFeeling overwhelmed? Feeling down about life, or has something knocked you for a loop? Psychologist Dr. Noelle Nelson believes that inside all of us is an often hidden optimistic perspective that can help us find greater happiness and success. Helping to uncover that inspiring inner gem is what U...
What's the point?, Episode 42
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - May 17, 2022 12:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFeeling overwhelmed? Feeling down about life, or has something knocked you for a loop? Psychologist Dr. Noelle Nelson believes that inside all of us is an often hidden optimistic perspective that can help us find greater happiness and success. Helping to uncover that inspiring inner gem is what U...
N4L 187: "Splitting" by Amanda Ellison
Nonfiction4Life - May 11, 2022 19:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsAmanda Ellison, a leading neuroscientist and physiologist at Durham University in the UK, explains head pain in her book Splitting: The Inside Story of Headaches. What is the point of pain, especially the kind we suffer from headaches? Ellison addresses this age-old question and, combining hum...
Value of Intuition, Episode 41
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - May 03, 2022 12:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFeeling overwhelmed? Feeling down about life, or has something knocked you for a loop? Psychologist Dr. Noelle Nelson believes that inside all of us is an often hidden optimistic perspective that can help us find greater happiness and success. Helping to uncover that inspiring inner gem is what U...
5-3-22 Value of Intuition
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - May 03, 2022 12:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFeeling overwhelmed? Feeling down about life, or has something knocked you for a loop? Psychologist Dr. Noelle Nelson believes that inside all of us is an often hidden optimistic perspective that can help us find greater happiness and success. Helping to uncover that inspiring inner gem is what U...
N4L 186: "Thrivers" by Dr. Michele Borba
Nonfiction4Life - April 27, 2022 13:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsIn her latest book, Thrivers, child psychologist Dr. Michele Borba identifies seven teachable strengths that can safeguard kids for now and the future. To find these traits, Dr. Borba combed scientific studies on resilience, spoke to dozens of researchers and experts in the field, and interviewe...
N4L 185: "The Epic Mentor Guide" by Illana Raia
Nonfiction4Life - April 20, 2022 07:01 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsAs a Forbes Next 1000 entrepreneur and founder of the mentorship program Etre, Illana Raia connects girls directly to the leaders they want to meet and encourages them to ask the questions that are really on their minds. The result is The Epic Mentor Guide, a treasure trove of never-before-seen...
The Pull of The Familiar, Episode 40
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - April 19, 2022 13:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhy is it that sometimes in the best of times, you feel anxious? Like the other shoe is going to drop any minute, and sure enough, something comes along to bump you out of your happiness bubble. How unfortunate! Especially since it doesn’t need to be this way. In this podcast you’ll learn how to...
The Trap of Comparison, Episode 39
Up! Uplifting, Inspiring, Practical - April 05, 2022 13:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIt’s tempting to compare yourself to others, you know, those slimmer-richer-happier-more successful others, yet whenever you do, you end up feeling awful about yourself. Lower than an earthworm, undeserving, miserable. That’s not a way to live! And certainly not a way to achieve your unique goal...
N4L 184: "Going Remote" by Matthew E. Kahn
Nonfiction4Life - March 30, 2022 07:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsUrban economist Dr. Matthew Kahn in his latest book, “GOING REMOTE: How the Flexible Work Economy Can Improve Our Lives and our Cities,” shows us how the urban landscape is shifting in our favor. Whether we’re working from home, in person, or in a hybrid fashion, Kahn explains how the pandemic h...
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