Love, The Nilsens

***PART ONE IN A TWO PART SERIES*** This week, we take a deep dive into Thomas's experience with mental health in his own life. Thomas is diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), but didn't receive that diagnosis until he was 25 years old. OCD comes in many different forms, so we talk about what it looks like for him and dispel various rumors/stereotypes that surround OCD. Alyssa has be...

Just as a heads up, this episode contains dialogue regarding suicide, substance abuse and addiction. After a five month hiatus, we make our grand return to the podcasting world! This episode, we share how we've done our best to be resilient and mindful despite major challenges that we've faced. Listen along as we share the roller coaster of emotions that has been the last 5 months. Hosted on Acast...

After giving you our story starting at 8 years old and having our first guests on the show, we feel it's time to give you a glimpse into where we are now with our lives. We share a bit about our current hobbies (both as a family/couple and as individuals), what we're doing for work, and what we're doing with our church. Join us as we share the "here and now" of the Nilsens and where we'll be going...

You've heard about them multiple times in previous episodes, but now they join us live for an episode! Join us this week as Brad and Briar Jacobsen make guest appearances and share their story -- one that panned out a little differently than our own. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The moment you've all been waiting for! Thomas gets home from his mission and doesn't waste ANY time in taking the next steps with Alyssa. We'll cover our long-distance engagement, our big day, and how we got to where we are now. We're excited for this story wrap up and for the next steps that we'll take with future episodes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The time we'd been anticipating for so many years has now arrived. Thomas departs on his mission and Alyssa puts her nose to the grindstone and gets to work in her own life. We'll talk all about how we kept in touch through letters and emails (just like when we first met each other!) and the growing experiences we went through as we lived parallel lives for these two years. We talk mental health a...

This week, we talk all things senior year of high school and first semester of college. Alyssa and her family moved up to Utah right before our senior year, but before she moved, did we break up? One of us says yes, the other says no. What do you say? Take a listen and let us know! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

On this inaugural episode, we share our story! A story that began in 3rd grade and continues on now to this day. We discuss our first memories of each other, our "secret" passing of notes throughout middle school, first time holding hands, our first kiss, and our relationship in high school. This episode is chalk full of your cheesy "young love" and the awkwardness that oftentimes comes with it. H...