Life's Seasons Speaks

10 Episodes
Subscribe

By: Chris, Bob, Jenny, Tina

Weekly episodes delivered by counsellors from Life's Seasons Care & Support Inc., Sarnia, ON. Canada. They utilize their professional and personal experiences to discover, unravel, explore, and process the complexities within and through the changing seasons of life. Listen in as they tackle an array of topics and vulnerably share their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Whatever season you’re in, you will be impacted!DisclaimerThe Life's Seasons Speaks Podcast is presented solely for general informational, educational, and entertainment purposes. It is not intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional, diagnosis, or tr...

End of an Era - Here We Are Now
#140
09/27/2023

End of an Era - Here We Are Now

Last episode!

Thank you , thank you, thank you for all your support over the years.  This journey with our listeners has been amazing!  It wasn't an easy decision... and it's been some time in the making... but it is time to say good-bye.
Join in for one last episode where we talk about things coming to an end, surrendering to the "now", and preparing for what's to come

Conference info and registration
https://lifesseasons.org/certified-training-2023/

CO...


What Do We Mean By Healthy, Healing & Integration?
#139
09/20/2023

The desire to be healthy makes sense. But what do we really mean when we say that we want to be healthy?
How do we measure that?
What or who determines if we are healthy?
What about mental health?
What does a healthy person look like?
Today we take a look at what it means to be healthy and how we can be healthy again, even if we have experienced trauma.
 Join Jenny as she asks explores this topic and shares what her personal healing journey looks like. 

Conference info an...


Psalm 127 - A Man's Psalm
#138
09/13/2023

My podcast is Psalm 127 - A Man's Psalm

Join Pastor Bob for another Soul Soothing episode.  
Psalm127 focuses on a man's world...in particular a man and his family.  It's known as a wisdom Psalm because it was written by the wisest man who ever lived...Solomon. Solomon addresses the areas of a man's home, a man's community/city; a man's work, and a man's family (in particular, a man's sons)

In all these areas Solomon basically says they are all meaningless....UNLESS...the LORD is the center of them all

...


Success...Why Is It So Threatening?
#137
09/06/2023

Success...why is it so threatening?

How do you define success?
How does society define success? 
How does your success measure up to other people?
How do men handle the women in their life that are "more successful" than they are?

Join Chris as he shares his lived experience as being seen as less successful than some of the people in his life and how he handled that.

"Men, it is possible to have successful women in your life without it being threatening."

CONNECT  THROUGH FACEBOOK
...


Co-existing Feelings
#136
08/30/2023

Co-Existing Feelings & Jenny's search for her biological family

Have you ever had more than one feeling at once? 
Have they ever been seemingly opposite or maybe even conflicting? 
What is that like for you? Is one feeling more important than the other, or does one weigh heavier than the other? 

Join Jenny as she explores her experience of co-existing feelings both in general while talking about her life experiences...but also as she explores these co-existing feelings as she shares more of her journey about her search for her birth family. And...


Fear of Abandonment - And How it's Hurting Your Relationships
#135
08/23/2023

Fear of Abandonment - And How it's Hurting Your Relationships

Tina is back this week and ready to tackle an important topic... The Fear of Abandonment.  Are you wondering if this is something you are struggling with?  But you're not completely sure?  Join the conversation to find out.
 
Today you will hear about the fear of abandonment and how it impacts relationships - with others and yourself. 

Specifically, Tina will discuss: 

What it feels like to fear abandonment in your relationshipsDifferent ways of being abandonedBehaviors that a fear of abandonment can le...


Psalm 126 - A Prayer For Restoration
#134
08/16/2023

 Psalm 126 - A Prayer For Restoration

It's a Soul Soothing episode with Bob, and he is looking at Psalm 126, a prayer for restoration.

Psalms 120 - 134 are Psalms of Ascent...or songs the people of Israel sang as they journeyed to Jerusalem

There are sad songs... happy songs - and everything in between.  
They are the songs of life,  depicting life's journey.

Today's Psalm is a song of mourning over was once experienced in the past.

Psalm 126 is also a prayer.  And in it we find a simp...


I Had An Idea
#133
08/09/2023

I Had An Idea

Have you ever had an idea but didn't realize how following through was going to effect others?

What were the motivations behind those ideas?

Did those ideas come with expectations of others?

Join Chris as he talks about some of his ideas throughout his marriage, how those ideas effected those he loves, and the expectations that he unwittingly put on others.

"Sometimes we put expectations on the ones we love to make us feel good so that we don't have to face whatever it is...


How do YOU change your mind?
#132
08/02/2023

Do you just change your mind because you can?
Do you take a while to think about changing your mind?
Are you allowed to change your mind?

What happens after you change your mind?
What if people don't get it? What if they don't understand?
What if it changes your relationships?
Do you as a person change when you change your mind? What if you do change?

Is it still worth changing your mind?

Tune in to hear Jenny's process of changing her mind, and some of her...


Connecting with our Inner Child
#131
07/26/2023

Connecting with our Inner Child

"The problems of our adulthood, were the solutions of our childhood"

We all have an inner child.  It's the piece of our personality that still feels and reacts as we did when we were a child. 
It’s the piece that thinks, feels, and acts a certain way now because it reminds us of when we were little.
It’s the piece that acts a certain way now because it’s what we did as a child in an attempt to have our needs met.