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How do we manage to stay so very connected with everyone on the planet via all our devices, yet somehow disconnect from what our own bodies are trying to tell us? We tend to ignore our bodies' messages until they get so big, we can't do anything else than succumb to illness or some other health issue. In this podcast, you'll learn the incredible value of the mind-body system, and how to listen to...

What is 'character' anyway? And what does 'character' have to do with you? 'Character' matters, it's what tells you if someone is trustworthy or not, and trustworthiness is fundamental to good relationships of all kinds. In this podcast, you'll discover what 'character'- or lack of it - looks like, and how to determine if someone is likely to be trustworthy or not. https://www.youtube.com/@Dr. Noe...

There are people who genuinely like you, are well-meaning and truthful about their attraction to you. Then there are people who only like you for what you can give them in the moment, and are quick to dump you after they've gotten whatever it is they want. Yet they are often so wonderful to you that you succumb to their charm, oblivious to the unfortunate consequences that will probably ensue. In...

Wouldn't it be nice if you could control everyone and everything so they did just what you needed them to do, right when you needed it? Maybe. The reality is, that will never happen. But there is a way, an approach you can use that will get people and situations on board with what you want and need – that doesn't involve control at all! In this podcast you'll explore just how you might be able to...

What is it about blame that makes it so very tempting? And what's wrong with knowing you're right and others are wrong? Surely they should know they messed up! The problem with blame is that it may feel good in the moment, but it doesn't do a darn thing to resolve the situation. Dang. In this podcast, you'll learn an easy two-step process to bypass blame and boogie on to that success you so desire...

Does anything you do really matter? Why do you feel so often like an insignificant cog in some giant wheel? Where you don't matter. In this podcast, you'll discover that you really do matter, that what you do – big or small – has impact, not just in some philosophical way, but real, important, viable impact. https://www.youtube.com/@Dr. NoelleNelsonUp

You beat yourself up endlessly over the "I should haves" and "I should have known betters" that punch nasty holes in your otherwise happy life, aka the "shame" of messing up. Yuck! What to do? In this podcast, you'll find possible answers to that very question, so that you can mess up without feeling down. On the contrary, you'll find ways to deal constructively with whatever happened. A much happ...

Love. Everyone wants it, in every aspect of their lives, from self-love to love of others, to love of how we are and what we do in the world. Too often, though, we are run by fear, not love. Our lives cease to be satisfying, and we are too often downhearted and unhappy. Yet there is a way to deal with fear such that love, in its most expansive meaning, fills our lives. In this podcast, you'll expl...

Why is it that the apparently easy one-shot answer to your problem just caused a whole bunch of other problems? You're exhausted! Understandably so, because you see, one size does not fit all. In this podcast, you'll learn how to figure out the impact of your possible solution before implementing it, so that your solution really is a worthwhile answer to your problem. https://www.youtube.com/@Dr....

You resolve to be nicer, you get walked on. You resolve to be more assertive, people avoid you. What's up with that? Why can't you get this dealing with people thing right? Well, maybe it's not that you can't get it right, maybe, as you'll discover in this podcast, it's because you've allowed some very valuable aspects of yourself to go undeveloped and others to rule your life. Hmm . . . Time to f...

What you bring to life is what you get from it. No, that's not just a cute platitude, it's real. As in, you really do get what you give. But how? How exactly do you go about giving to life, your life, what you want from it? Good question! In this podcast, you'll find possible answers to that very question, so that you can live a life you genuinely enjoy. And watch some of your dreams actually come...

Have you ever been caught between wanting to help a loved one, but worried that in your attempt to help, you're just furthering their dysfunction? You're not alone! It's a dilemma faced by many of us who care about our nears and dears. Yet there is a way through the dilemma that does not involve abandoning your loved one, but rather supporting them in their healing. In this podcast you'll explore...

It is said that whatever you focus on, grows. Great. Except when you find yourself focusing on yucky hurtful things, which just seem to magnify the misery in your life. How can you use the enormous power of focus, or concentrated energy, to work for you, rather than against you? What tools can you use to keep from dumping into either a miserable victim or angry ranter? In this podcast, you'll lear...

Why is it you can never seem to find the love you seek? That special relationship that would fill you with such joy. What's wrong with you? Nothing! What's wrong is how you're going about seeking love, namely confusing someone's approval of you with loving you. In this podcast, you'll discover the profound difference between approval with love and some ways to get to that love you so ardently desi...

Do you ever feel like your life isn't in your control? Like you're living what everyone else wants you to and you're not happy, and you don't know what to do about it? What a painful unfortunate way to spend your days! Well, you don't need to put up with it anymore. In this podcast, you'll discover ways to live the life you want to live, without having to run off to a desert island or turn into a...

Olympic athletes use it, successful performers use it – guess what? You can use it too! When you have to have that conversation you dread, make that presentation for the first time, face that person you're in awe or fear of, you too can use mental rehearsal to position yourself in the best possible place for success. In this podcast, you'll learn the mental rehearsal techniques that will help you...

How can you make sense of the pile of manure you've just dumped into? The upset or disaster you didn't anticipate but is now making a mess of your life? Good question! In this podcast, you'll explore some of how you turn that pile of manure into something positive and valuable for your life (and it isn't fertilizer!).

Is it ever just all too much? That the marriage or job or friendship you counted on to last forever falls apart? Or some dreaded disease afflicts your beloved child and all you can do is rant and rave? Rather than turning into a perpetually miserable victim or anger finger-pointer, discover in this podcast a far more effective and soul-restoring process!      

Why can't you get heard? Why, no matter how loudly, angrily or with tears abounding you speak your distress, your partner stands there like a stone? Aargh! In this podcast, you'll find out how to express your unhappiness in a way that your partner can hear you and respond. Hopefully appropriately! Oh, the sweet relief. . .

You can't help yourself. When "stuff" hits the fan, you go down that rabbit-hole of dread and despair so fast, it not only hurts, it hurts bad! But what if there was a way to avoid the rabbit-hole altogether? In this podcast, you'll learn a surprising technique that will help you turn any "stuff" to your advantage. Yes!

Are you tired of endlessly "working" on your relationship? Why should you have to be "working" on it in the first place? Good question! In this podcast, you'll explore some of the reasons why you can't seem to get your relationship to "work" despite all the energy and effort you put into "working" it – and how to get on track in the first place.

Do you ever feel that you can't do anything right? That you can't get things to go your way no matter how hard you try? Rather than deciding something must be wrong with you – or with whoever's not being helpful - discover in this podcast a different, far more powerful and empowering (!) approach!

Why does it seem like just when life is going along so nicely, something pulls the rug from under you? Like losing your job, relationship, car? Why can't things just stay steady on course? Like forever? In this podcast, you'll find out how to deal with some of the ordinary inevitable losses of life so you can open up to the new and better yet to come.    

Now there's a challenge for you! Getting your parent to quit bossing you around when you're waaaay past the need-bossing-around age. And yet, it's doable! In this podcast, you'll learn a surprising technique that will help your parent grow up into an adult, and thus treat you as one. Oh happy day!