Morning Coffee with Larry Quicksall

Good Morning and Good Coffee!!!  Today I want to share with you some wisdom from others.  I came across an article from Good Housekeeping.com by Charlotte Hilton Andersen where she lists tips from 45 longtime couples on how to keep your marriage going through for the long haul.  In today's podcast I share with you the first 14 tips, and if you would like to check out the others you...

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Recently I have been seeing several memes and infographics related to narcissism on my Facebook feed, and I thoughts maybe we should review the actually criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder to make sure we are looking at this personality disorder in an accurate way.  I also briefly discuss an article on mirror neurons and a possible role they may...

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Vacation is over and my routine should be a bit more consistent.  Today I want to talk about angry people and how their battles are not actually with you but with themselves.  So, grab your coffee and let's get started!

Good morning and good coffee everybody! Well today you get to join me in a deer stand as I relax and enjoy my annual retreat into nature. You too can enjoy the benefits of planned trips to nature whether it’s to specifically enjoy God‘s creation, or to give your mind the opportunity to not only relax but to be inspired.

Good morning and good coffee everybody! Today I whine about having to be back in Illinois with the cold, wet weather we are having today, and I’m wanting to go back to sunny warm beaches this week in Florida. On one of the days I was reading about neuroscience on the beach and thought I would share today a little bit of what I learned.

Good morning and good coffee! Well after a weekend of clouds we are finally seeing the sun today which gives us new energy and excitement about heading back to the beach and doing a few more fun things for our last day in Florida. However are there rays of sun in your life that can make your day better? Are you a ray of sunlight in other peoples lives? Well that’s today’s topic.

Good morning and good coffee everybody! Today I want to address the importance of timing as well as the importance of being available in various situations so that you may have and make an impact on somebody else.

Good morning and good coffee! Sometimes our plans have to change, so what can we do with that? Well for my wife and I, our plans were changed on our getaway vacation due to the weather. We could be very frustrated, or we could see this as an opportunity for maybe something that is very important. How do you handle and what do you do with these kinds of changes in your life?

Good morning and good coffee everybody! Today I am recording from the warm and wonderful state of Florida as my wife and I escaped the sudden bitter cold of Illinois on a well needed vacation. Our goal is to not only relax, but also decompress from the responsibilities of every day life. There’s a lot of benefit to an escape vacation for decompression and I share some of that on today’s podcast.

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Today I want to talk with you about a meme I saw from Promise Keepers that defined the word KINDNESS as "Loaning someone your strength instead of reminding them of their weakness."  I love that definition, and today I show you examples of how you can practice kindness every day!

Good Morning Everyone!  I came across a meme that had two ways of writing F.E.A.R. - "Forget Everything and Run" and "Face Everything and Rise".  I love both of these for different reasons and I want to share with you why!

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Today I am sharing information on pain and insomnia.  Few things are as frustrating as the combination of pain and insomnia, so today I share with you my thoughts on 11 tips for helping you sleep better in spite of chronic pain.  I am also including some links I talked about on the podcast.   11 Tips for Sleep if Your in Pain , Music by Kitaro , D...

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Today I want to offer you tips for coping with Chronic Pain:  motion is like lotion, pace yourself, watch your language.

Good Morning Everyone!  Today I've been thinking about starting over, when is the right time to start over, what does it mean to start over, and how to do it effectively.  I also share various saying related to starting over.  Do you need to start over?  Maybe you need to listen to today's podcast for ideas and inspiration.

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  This week one of my listeners, Nancy, sent a meme about experiences and crossing paths, and that meme got me thinking and remembering people, places, and paths along my life journey.  The take away is that while our journeys are different we can find opportunities to share and encourage when our paths cross.

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Isn't it funny they way one thought can lead to another and another and another.  Well, that is what happened to me as I was prepping for today's show.  Today I want to talk with you about negative and positive intrusions: negative and often painful thoughts that intrude our daily lives and make us feel bad vs positive and uplifting thoughts that we cr...

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Be An Encourager!  That is today's topic.  When you encourage another person who is going through struggles it can be like a glass of refreshing water that revives them in the moment.

Good Morning and Good Coffee (or hot chocolate)!!!  Today I was inspired by a meme/infographic related to pain that is impacted by unforgiveness or the need for forgiveness.  So, how are you in the area of forgiveness?  Have you mastered those skills?  Do you still question the need to forgive.  Take a listen to today's podcast to learn a little more on this very important...

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Today I am joined by my lovely wife, Dawn, as we talk about our BIG project from the weekend and we had to work together as a team to have the success that we had.  I also referred a blog post at SYMBIS.com on marital teamwork, and you can view the post HERE .  

Good Morning and Great Friday!!!  Today I want to share with you the power of music and its impact upon our emotions.  When we understand how this works we can use it to help us confront and overcome anxiety in our lives.  I use two musical examples in the podcast to help make the point. 

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Today I start off with a sincere "Thank You" to my old friend Tom Phillips for a beautiful gift prompted by my September 11th podcast.  Next I move into a meme on gentle revenge thinking, but then share with the listeners how negative thoughts become automatic thoughts that can plague us long term if we let them. UPCOMING BOOK! Do you have a list of favorit...

Good Morning!  Today I wrap up this series on Doing Life with Your Adult Children with the topics of financial independence and responsibility, in-laws and step families, and party time with grandchildren.    UPCOMING BOOK!  Do you have a list of favorite episodes of this podcast?  If so, then I need your help!  I am putting together a book titled "Morning Coffee with...

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Today I'm continuing in my series based upon the workshop handouts from Jim Burns on the topic of Doing Life with Your Adult Children.  Today's topic is When Your Grown Child Violates Your Values.

Good Morning Everyone!  Today I'm continuing with the workshop I attended by Jim Burns from his book Doing Life with Your Adult Children.  The topic I am I'm covering is Failure to Launch when your adult child is living at home and not actively pursuing independence and adult functioning.  Creating YouTube videos and playing video games is NOT a career when you live in your parent's...

Good Morning and Good Coffee! PLEASE make this head cold go away!  Today I continue with the workshop notes from Jim Burns with Principle Four and the topic of How to Raise an Entitled Adult Child...or Not.  The sections I talk about includes Are you enabling your adult child or helping, negotiating boundaries and expressing expectations, clearly expressing expectations, and always keepi...