Lunchtime in Rome

Lunchtime In Rome Podcast is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Welcome everyone and pull up a seat at the table. It’s Lunchtime in Rome. Tonight’s episode 180 is entitled, “Be prepared.” Are your relationships "good enough?" When is "good enough" not going to be good enough? Tonight at The Table we're going to be...

Lunchtime In Rome Podcast is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Welcome everyone and pull up a seat at the table. It’s Lunchtime in Rome. Tonight’s episode 179 is entitled, “Narcissism, Feelings vs Emotions pt3.” What is a narcissist? Why does narcissism fly in the face of loving others? How does narcissism use fee...

Welcome everyone and pull up a seat at the table. It’s Lunchtime in Rome. Tonight’s is episode 178 entitled, “Feelings vs Emotions pt2.” Do you find people of faith don’t respond to you emotionally? Do you get platitudes and judgment rather than true comfort? Does God care about our emotions? This week at The Table we will continue our discussion on Feelings vs Emotions and look at what God has to...

Feelings vs. Emotions * Last week, we hit on a topic when Brian said “feelings are different than emotions” and we began a discussion about what that really means? So what DOES it mean? * It is important to note that psychologists spend years studying and defining this on a clinical and scholastic level.  It is our goal/motive to make this relatable and understandable on a practical level.   * Fee...

“Love your neighbor as yourself.” A famous commandment from the Bible. Bible. We talked about it 2 podcasts ago in our “Respect” episode. We realized that THIS topic would take an entire session at The Table. We even intimated that it could take several. TONIGHT begins that journey! What does it mean to love others? What does it even mean to love yourself? Can we apply this to EVERY emotional need...

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"Love your neighbor as yourself." A famous commandment from the bible. We talked about it 2 podcasts ago in our "Respect" episode. We realized that THIS topic would take an entire session at The Table. We even intimated that it could take several. TONIGHT begins that journey! What does it mean to love others? What does it even mean to love yourself? Can we apply this to EVERY emotional need? We'll...

Welcome everyone and pull up a seat at the table. It’s Lunchtime in Rome. Tonight’s is episode 173 entitled, “Podcast Meeting.” This week at The Table we are having a meeting about the future of the podcast. Where do we want to go from here? What type of guests should we have? What topics should we cover? How is our overall format? We're talking about that at The Table this evening Pull up a seat...

Welcome everyone and pull up a seat at the table. It’s Lunchtime in Rome. Tonight is episode 172 entitled “Respect”. Is there an emotional need more often taken from us or not met than respect? It sure seems like there isn't a lot of it in our world today. It's certainly the one most often communicated. But what really is respect when you break it down? We're talking about that emotional need at T...

Welcome everyone and pull up a seat at the table. It’s Lunchtime in Rome. Tonight is episode 171 entitled “Online Comfort”. We talk about how to comfort people so very often here at The Table. Person to person and face to face it is important for us to join people in their emotions. Too few people try to do this let alone do it well (hence this podcast). HOWEVER, what about on social media? Do we...

Welcome everyone and pull up a seat at the table. It’s Lunchtime in Rome. Tonight is episode 170 entitled “Encouragement”. When you are completing a task does it feel good to know that others believe that you can get it done? Do you find yourself telling others that they can do it? Do you get a boost when someone checks in and asks you how a project is going? If you’ve answered yes to any or all o...

Welcome everyone and pull up a seat at the table! It’s Lunchtime in Rome. Tonight is episode 169 entitled “How was your Summer?”. What was good? What was not so great? What was totally AWESOME? Please take a minute and tell us live! We'd like to spend some time this week at The Table to celebrate and commiserate with all that has gone on this summer. Too often, we don't have anyone with which to s...

Welcome everyone and pull up a seat at the table. It’s Lunchtime in Rome. Tonight is episode 168 entitled “Joe Mitlo, one year later”. What's it like to be the guy that everyone believes has it all together but inside you have EVERY doubt in the world? What's it like to be left alone at college and not know how you're going to make it through the weekend, let alone the entire school year? What's i...

Welcome everyone and pull up a seat at the table. It’s Lunchtime in Rome. Tonight is episode 167 entitled “Comfort - A Deep Dive” When we are hurt there is only one way for the hurt to be healed...comfort. There are many ways we deal (or don't deal) with hurts, however, having someone attach comfort to our grief is the only way that we can truly move on in healthy fashion. We’re talking about that...

The Best Food Ever | Episode 166 by Lunchtime in Rome Get full access to Lunchtime In Rome Podcast at www.lunchtimeinrome.com/subscribe

Welcome everyone and pull up a seat at the table. It’s Lunchtime in Rome. Tonight is episode 165 entitled “Relationship Communication” You're in a relationship and something bothers you. How do you communicate what you're feeling? How does it leave the other person feeling? Do they feel motivated to change or does it just go bad from there? Tonight we'll be talking about the best way to go about e...

Welcome everyone and pull up a seat at the table. It’s Lunchtime in Rome. Tonight is episode 164 entitled “Injustice In Loss”. Our guest tonight is Matt Cresto, a father and husband who recently went through one of the most excruciating and difficult things a person can go through - watching his beloved bride, Christy, confined to a hospital bed, slowly pass away right in front of his eyes while s...

Welcome everyone and pull up a seat at the table. It’s Lunchtime in Rome. Tonight is episode 163 entitled “Abby Herr”. What is the perspective like of a 10 year old growing up with an increasing knowledge of emotional needs? What’s it like being the youngest in a family that tries to practice healthy emotional responding in a world that desperately needs this understanding, even in the world of a...

Welcome everyone and pull up a seat at the table. It’s Lunchtime in Rome. Tonight is episode 162 entitled “Belonging” Does it matter to you that you have a close knit friend group? Are you always on a team or part of a club? Do you love AND enjoy being a part of your family? Does it matter to you that you are good at whatever role you play in a relationship? If you answered yes to those questions,...

Welcome everyone and pull up a seat at the table. It’s Lunchtime in Rome. Tonight is episode 161 entitled “Attention” There is a negative connotation with attention. Why is that? What makes someone need attention? Why can they be SO annoying when they don't get attention? We'll be talking about that at The Table this evening. Get full access to Lunchtime In Rome Podcast at www.lunchtimeinrome.com/...

Welcome everyone and pull up a seat at the table. It’s Lunchtime in Rome. Tonight is episode 160 entitled “Ethan Herr pt.2.” Ethan Herr will be with us once again (see episode 109 for his first visit) to discuss what it was like to, not only endure, but thrive through some extremely difficult times this past year. Do you remember your freshman year? Do you remember what challenges you faced? Do yo...

Welcome everyone and pull up a seat at the table. It’s Lunchtime in Rome. Tonight is episode 159 entitled “Douglas Bentley.” Douglas Bentley has a 45 year friendship with Jay. He has an amazing marriage. He is a great father. He has coached many young men. He's a proud veteran of the Air Force. He has had a relationship with the city of Atlanta (Dekalb county) as a police officer for 26 years, ris...

Welcome everyone and pull up a seat at the table. It’s Lunchtime in Rome.  Tonight is episode 158 entitled “Appreciation.”  Appreciation seems like a simple emotional need but it can really cause problems in a relationship when one needs it and the other does not.  Where is it needed?  How is it met?  What happens when it's not met?  We'll be taking a look at all things appreciation at The Table t...

Welcome everyone and pull up a seat at the table. It’s Lunchtime in Rome. Tonight is episode 157 entitled “Amy Rayman.” We do our very best to help everyone to not feel alone. Who's more alone than someone with a sick child? Not many. THAT is one of the many great things about Amy Rayman who will be with us at The Table this week. Amy has spent much of her career raising funds for families undergo...

Welcome everyone and pull up a seat at the table. It’s Lunchtime in Rome. Tonight is episode 156 entitled “Spring Springs Hope.” What are you looking forward to in the coming weeks? What is something that you are striving for and feels like it is, oh so, close? What is the carrot dangling in the near distance that keeps you taking the next step forward? That is what we will be discussing this even...