Power For Positive Living

It's All About Me When one develops an interest in self-study, the most frequent beginning evolves with our perception of ourselves as the humans we are and how we choose to see the world in which we live.      In our own individual life, do we tend to meet our own personal needs before we are able and/or willing to be helpful with the others in our world?   Or will our own personal needs be met w...

Telling Unpleasant News A listener question asking how to tell unpleasant information is addressed.   We each decide on the amount of risk we are able and willing to accept with ourselves and with others whenever we face such a situation.   Few persons appreciate receiving information "for their own good" regardless of our motivation. 

Creating My Personal Journal   A personal journal can be a unique, trusted, helpful, creative and intimate friend during our Life Journey.    Any journal we create is personal to us!   Questions and Points to Ponder (PTP) are offered for consideration in the diverse possibilities we each have with the creation and use of our journal.  These PTPs are similar to aspects we use in developing a friend...

Mind Games Management-Part 2   We all play various emotional mind games with ourselves and others.  We can strive to understand the invitations, structure, rules, and payoffs of various psychological games. We are then able to use our personal power to choose what games we do or do not play to strengthen the basic life position we favor for daily living.     This Power for Positive Living podcast...

Mind Games Management-Part 1   We all play various emotional mind games with ourselves and others.  Using the personality theory of Transactional Analysis (TA), we can strive to understand the invitations, structure, rules, and payoffs of various psychological games. We are then able to use our personal power to choose what games we do or do not play to strengthen the basic life position we favor...

Paying Relationship Prices   One of the most frequent wishes that so many have is to change another so that they are more like us in the way we see "reality".  It seems my world would be so much easier if others saw and did things my way.  It can be difficult to actually implement the guideline of "different strokes for different folks".      We may avoid trying to understand that relationships fr...

Red Ink Thinking   "If I am 98% perfect in everything I do, it will be the 2% I remember when all is through."   Does this view of perfectionism fit you?  Your host shares his own experiences with this 'red ink' view of behavior.     

Psychological Ministry   Psychological ministry is the process of helping others using the concepts of Wellness Psychology.  Ministering to others using a psychological format offers information and support for strengthening one's emotional and physical health systems.   Psychological ministry often encourages the participants to be able and willing to participate in a "deep and open conversation"...

My Emotional Facade   Each of us creates and maintains an emotional facade to regulate how we choose to interact with our world and to utilize self-talk.     This personal system of filtering our emotions with self and others can be more 'open' or more 'closed' and protective according to our choices.   Like the clothing we wear, most of us utilize a layered emotional system that is thick and heav...

Loving and Being Loved   After watching the movie, "Wonder", your host continues an exploration of the basic question we each may face every day:  Is It All About Me?   If it is, what methods do I use and to what degree am I best able to coexist with others as I seek healthy ways to care about myself  and  others who are part of my world.   Exploration of self-concept is usually a crucial aspect o...

Who Are You?   From the moment we are born, you and I receive input from others on who they wish us to be and what labels they believe define us as 'normal'.   While most of these labels are applied to us in the context of caring and support, few of us receive encouragement to question these labels or to possibly re-label our self-image with current and more accurate terminology.  Wellness Psychol...

Our Passions and Beliefs Maintaining the various passions we often feel during our younger years can be a challenge.  As we live day after day, year after year, we may fall into the patterns of habituation.  Habits may become the motivation for our attitudes, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.   Examining these emotional and physical habits with passion is usually difficult for us.  This can be es...

My Birthday Letter October is the month each year that your PFPL podcast friend and host celebrates his personal holiday of living this gift of life for another 12 months.   A letter is written to individuals who have contributed a significant presence to this Life Journey over many years.   The letter's goal is to share the current thoughts and feelings of the writer as well as lay the foundation...

Bridging Friend Ship Radio Continuing the format change from episodes of over-the-air broadcasts to producing internet podcasting, your host is interviewed on this transition phase of sharing personal growth options.   Their conversation focuses on the changes and similarities over the years with wellness psychology.