Morning Coffee with Larry Quicksall

Good Morning!  Today I continue with this series based on the work and book by Jim Burns titled Doing Life with Your Adult Children.  Today's topic from his workshop sheets is Become a Student of their Culture and I address three key areas: distinctive, emerging Adulthood and The Cringe Factor.

Good Morning Everyone!  Today I continue in my series on Doing Life with Your Adult Children featuring content from a workshop conducted by Jim Burns.  Today's topic is Unsolicited Advice is Usually Taken as Criticism, and is full of great advice for you (wink).  If you are interested in Jim Burns' book by the same title, just follow this link.

Good Morning and Good Coffee (I'm drinking Cinnabon coffee this morning!)  Today I am starting a series taking from the handouts of the first breakout workshop at the recent AACC conference.  It is titled "Doing Life with Your Adult Children" and was presented by Jim Burns who is with HomeWord and lives in San Juan Capistrano, California.  This workshop is also the title of a book a...

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  What a great conference that Dawn and I attended!  Today I share a little about the event and share a valuable story I learned from one of the speakers about a man from South Africa who didn't know what he had.

Updates from Wednesday and Thursday from the conference.

Good Morning and Good Coffee Everyone!  Today my wife and I are heading to Nashville, Tennessee, for the American Association of Christian Counseling World Conference.  We will be joining almost 7,000 counselors, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, and pastoral counselors for three-and-a-half days of learning, networking, singing, and having fun!  On today's podcast I talk...

Good Morning and Good Coffee!!!  Today's topic is by request from my coworker Michelle.  It stems from a conversation last week on chickens and ducks.  OK, I'll admit that this topic sounds peculiar, but sometimes learned can be goofy!

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  LAUGHTER!  Does the thought of laughter bring a smile to your face?  Well, it should for many reasons.  That is the topic of today's show, and if you listen until the end you will learn of my reaction to the topic of laughter.  The article from today is found http://mentalfloss.com/article/539632/scientific-benefits-having-laugh

Good Morning Everyone!  Grab your coffee and let's have a conversation about four little works that can have an impact on your view of living life and that of those around you.  If you want to see the meme that I reference, please visit my facebook page at http://facebook.com/morningcoffeewithlarry/

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Today I share my thoughts about some quotations by Roy T Bennett.  Attitude is a choice.  Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind.  Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.  It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform. ~~~ R...

Good morning and good coffee!! You know, we all make trash, and sometimes we need to go through it and decide what we should keep what she what we should get rid of. The same applies to our lives each and every day. What trash from our past do we need to make decisions about? That is what we’re going to talk about today.

Good Morning!  Today's podcast is a little short, as we have a new and very large puppy in the house who is needing attention.  Today I share a Special Needs Poem with you and talk about about looking beyond the differences to see the similarities when it comes to their needs.

Good Morning Everyone!  Today I want to talk about trust and specifically a trust sequence I heard described yesterday at church as presented by Pastor Dan Smith at Effingham Assembly.  Many people struggle with trust, often for good reasons, but the trust struggles negatively impact their lives and those around them.  Today's podcast may just be the approach you need to consider to...

Good morning and good coffee! Last night my wife, sister-in-law, and I saw the movie Overcomer. It was a great movie, and it asked a very powerful question: Who are you?

Good morning and good coffee everybody! Performance anxiety or stage fright is one of the most common and intense fears experience by the general public. However, most of us are going to need to speak in front of public at one point or another in our lives, so today’s topic is to offer some suggestions and encouragement on how you can become comfortable talking in front of crowds without overwhelm...

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Today's podcast is an interview from 9/24/2019 with Colette Smith LCSW on using Prolonged Exposure Therapy for the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.  It's a great interview with a great explanation of the processes!  Thanks Colette!

Good Morning Everyone!  Today I want to share with you a fun list of 10 activities that if you make them daily habits then they will change your life.  This list will be in the comments on my Facebook page: http://facebook.com/morningcoffeewithlarry

Good morning and good coffee! Today I am on my way to Marion Illinois to attend a two day refresher training in cognitive processing therapy. So on the podcast today I thought I would share with you what his cognitive processing therapy.

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Happy Friday and Happy Storm Area 51 Day!  Who knows what the people in the desert are going to do, but I'll keep my ear to the ground and maybe give you a bonus weekend update.  Today I shared my thoughts on an infographic titled 7 Rules of Life.  I like these kinds of posts on Facebook, because it give an opportunity to think about topics often...

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  The other day I came across an insightful meme talking about being a widow or widower.  I was very moved by what it said and knew I needed to talk about this uncomfortable subject on the podcast, because it comes up for all of us with a parent, sibling, friend or even ourselves.  I will post the meme on the Morning Coffee with Larry Quicksall Facebook...

Good Morning Everyone!  So, are you raising kids or raising adults?  What are the skills you are teaching and instilling in your kids so they can be successful in living an independent life and not living in your basement at age 40!

Good Morning and Good Coffee Everyone!  Today I wanted to springboard off of yesterday's topic of positive affirmations and talk a little bit about how we see ourselves from the perspective of psychologist and theorist Carl Rogers.  I use to teach this to my Intro to Psych students years ago, and I have always found it a helpful topic to periodically review for my own benefit.

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  When negative thinking gets the best of us, we may benefits from practicing Positive Affirmations.  Today I explain what Positive Affirmations are, give several examples to consider, and how to install them for positive change and improvement in your own life.

Good Morning Everyone!  Today I share with you a meme talking about fake people, but as I read it I found a deeper side to it that also needs sharing.  If you would like to see the meme I'll have it posted on the Morning Coffee with Larry Quicksall Facebook page.

Good Morning and Good Coffee!  Today I take you inside a therapy session to understand how an a-ha moment or an epiphany moment occurs.  Our subject that I keep confidential is a Vietnam Veteran recovering from PTSD and making very good progress, but had a chance encounter seeing a Vietnamese family.  I share how we took this chance meeting and turned it into a recovery opportunity...