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The Session with Tom Russell — 281 episodes

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The Session: Help for Bullying - Part 1

2

The Session: Helping Children Adjust to the Stress of a New Teacher or School

3

The Session: 8 Simple Steps to a Lifelong Marriage

4

The Session: 5 Important Fundamentals of Strong Marriages

5

The Session: The Importance of Laughter

6

The Session: Children of Divorce 2026

7

The Session: Giving our Children Tough Love

8

The Session: The Importance of Dad in the Home

9

The Session: Defeating Alzheimer’s

10

The Session: Faith of our Founding Fathers Part 2

11

The Session: Faith of our Founding Fathers Part 1

12

The Session: The Impact of Media on America Part 3

13

The Session: The Impact of Media on America Part 2

14

The Session: The Impact of Media on America Part 1

15

The Session: For a Successful Marriage, Avoid “The 5 R’s”!

16

The Session: Forgiveness versus Unforgiveness

17

The Session: Children of Divorce

18

The Session: What is Schizophrenia?

19

The Session: The Sandwich Generation & Caring For Aging Parents

20

The Session: Teen Depression - Part 2

21

The Session: Teen Depression - Part 1

22

The Session: When Your Spouse is Unfaithful - Part 2

23

The Session: When Your Spouse is Unfaithful - Part 1

24

The Session: The Impact of Sleep on Our Mental Health

25

The Session: Important Marriage Tips Part 2

26

The Session: Important Marriage Tips

27

The Session: It’s not normal! Part 2

28

The Session: It’s not normal!

29

The Session: Marriage Habits of Millennials, Gen X and Gen Z - Part 2

30

The Session: Marriage Habits of Millennials, Gen X and Gen Z - Part 1

31

The Session: The Psychology of Eating

32

The Session: Shopaholics

33

The Session: So, she said yes in December…now what?

34

The Session: The Kids part 2

35

The Session: The Kids part 1

36

The Session: Favorite Christmas Story Characters and Favorite Christmas Movie

37

The Session: What Christmas Means for Vulnerable Children

38

The Session: The Spending habits of Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z

39

The Session: Gratitude

40

The Session: 5 Ways Your Blended Family Can Find Peace Over the Holidays

41

The Session: The First Christmas Without A Loved One

42

The Session: The Christian Response to AI

43

The Session: Celebrating Down Syndrome Awareness Month with Scott & Erin, Part 2

44

The Session: Celebrating Down Syndrome Awareness Month with Scott & Erin

45

The Session: Supporting the Pastor's Spouse

46

The Session: Celebrating the Success of your Pastor

47

The Session: A Pastor’s Struggles Part 2

48

The Session: A Pastor’s Struggles Part 1

49

The Session: Bullying

50

The Session: 7 Essentials For Grandparenting Your Grandchildren

51

The Session: When Our Adult Children Walk Away From The Faith

52

The Session: Tips for Parenting Twins

53

The Session: Grandparents Parenting Their Grandchildren

54

The Session: 5 People to Surround Yourself With

55

The Session: Words We Shouldn’t Use

56

The Session: 7 Habits of Men Who Have Quietly Lost Their Joy in Life

57

The Session: Important Priorities in Christian Marriage

58

The Session: How to Keep Dating Your Spouse...Even After Kids

59

The Session: Fundamentals of Christian Marriage

60

The Session: 5 Marks of a Biblical Marriage

61

The Session: 4 Things We Can Learn About Biblical Manhood From Joseph

62

The Session: Boomerang Children

63

The Session: Helping The Family Survive An Election

64

The Session: The Empty Nest

65

The Session: The Need For Rest

66

The Session: The Energy Vampire

67

The Session: Family Issues

68

The Session: Causes of Family Stress

69

The Session-The Middle Child

70

The Session: The 5-Cylinder Intimacy Engine of Marriage

71

The Session-Loneliness

72

The Session: Trust & Relationships

73

The Session-Temptation

74

The Session-Living in the Victory of the Cross

75

Lessons From the Life of Jesus

76

The Session-Self Forgiveness

77

The Session-Artificial Intelligence

78

The Session-Dating in the Digital Age-Part 2

79

The Session-Dating in a Digital Age-1

80

The Session-Love Month 2

81

The Session-Love Month 1

82

The Session-5 Challenges Christian Families Face-Part 2

83

The Session-5 Challenges Christian Families Face-Part 1

84

The Session-Dealing with Aging Parents-2

85

The Session-Dealing with Aging Parents-1

86

The Session-Goal Setting

87

The Session: Our Christmas faves!

88

The Session: Journaling as Therapy

89

The Session: Helping Your Teens Handle "Young Love"

90

The 3 Fuels of Anger-3

91

The 3 Fuels of Anger-2

92

The 3 Fuels of Anger-Part 1

93

The Session: Extending & Receiving Grace

94

The Session-Down Syndrome from a Parent's Point of View-2

95

The Session-Down Syndrome From a Parent's Point of View-1

96

The Session: Faith & the Difference it makes in our lives

97

The Session: ADD/ADHD

98

The Session: Being a Blessing During Pastor Appreciation Month

99

The Session: The Pastoral Grind

100

The Session: Screen Time & Your Kids

101

The Session: Grief Awareness Day

102

The Session: Making school fun!

103

The Session: Honoring National Grief Awareness Day

104

The Session-Bullying

105

The Session-Role Models

106

The Impact of Anxiety-part 2

107

The Impact of Anxiety-part 1

108

The Session: Phobias, part 2

109

The Session: Phobias, part 1

110

The Session: Ways that we make singles feel invisible in the church

111

The Session: Ask Me Anything!

112

The Session: Imaginary Friends

113

The Session: Father's Day, part 2

114

The Session: Father's Day, part 1

115

The Session: Journaling....is it for everyone, or should Eeyore stay away?

116

The Session: The Impact of Trauma on the Brain and on Relationships

117

The Session: More Mother's Day Thoughts

118

The Session: When Mother's Day is Hard

119

The Session: When God Seems Silent

120

The Session: Our Missionaries Need Encouragement! Part 2

121

The Session: Our Missionaries Need Encouragement!

122

The Session: Pastors are still wanting to leave the church!

123

The Session: The Implications of Jesus' Death on the Cross

124

The Session: 10 Beautiful and True Things God Says About You

125

The Session: 10 Ways We Unintentionally Make Singles Feel Invisible at Church

126

The Session: 5 Ways to Help Your Children Stand for What's Right

127

The Session: Dating in the Digital Age-2

128

The Session: Dating in the Digital Age-1

129

The Session: The 5 Cylinder Intimacy Engine for Marriage & Goal Setting for Marriage

130

The Session: Fear of Intimacy

131

The Session: P.R.E.P.A.R.E.

132

The Session: Letting Go of the Hurts of the Past

133

The Session: The Impact of Social Media on Our Kids-part 2

134

The Session: The Impact of Social Media on Our Children-part 1

135

The Session: Are You Prepared For Marriage?

136

The Session: The Kids

137

The Session: What We Can Learn From Joseph About Biblical Manhood

138

The Session: 4 Lessons We Can Learn from the Wise Men

139

The Session: 10 Ways to Beat the Holiday Blues

140

The Session: 5 Steps to a Successful Blended Family-Part 2

141

The Session: 5 Steps to a Successful Blended Family, part 1

142

The Session: A 30,000 Foot View of Step-Families

143

The Session: Balancing Sports & the Christian Family

144

The Session: Christians & Halloween

145

The Session: Helping the Pastor's Spouse

146

The Session: 3 Essential Keys to Thrive in Ministry

147

The Session: How to Support Your Pastor

148

The Session: Helping Your Spouse Through a Significant Loss

149

The Session: Parenting the Addicted Adult Child-2

150

The Session: Parenting the Addicted Adult Child-1

151

The Session: Bullying, it's not just swirlies anymore!

152

Maintaining a Relationship with a Child Who Has "Left the Faith"

153

The Session: Teens & Sleep

154

The Session: The Importance of the Mother-Son/Daddy-Daughter Date

155

The Session: 33 Forever

156

The Session: Sending Your Kids Off to College, or How Long Do You Wait Before Turning Their Room into a Man Cave?

157

The Session: Communication Hiway

158

The Session: Using Exercise as a Treatment for Depression; Or...Is Scott trying to put Tom out of Business?

159

The Session: Helping Teens Have a Purpose (aka the DUH show)

160

The Session: Protecting & Preserving our Heritage as a Christian Nation

161

The Session: Burnout, part 2

162

The Session: Burnout, part 1

163

The Session: Out-of-the-box ways to connect as a family

164

The Session: Encouraging Widows & Widowers

165

The Session: Parenting Through Divorce

166

The Session: Parenting Introverts & Extroverts, Part 2

167

The Session: Parenting Introverts & Extroverts, part 1

168

The Session: Parenting the Middle Child

169

The Session: The Impact of Kindness

170

The Session: The Unexpected positive power of Optimism

171

The Session: The 5 Love Languages

172

The Session: 7 Myths About Easter

173

The Session: How to talk with your kids about the news

174

The Session-Phobias-2

175

The Session-Phobias-1

176

The Session: Therapy and the Senior Citizen

177

The Session: Tom's Top 3 Parenting Strategies

178

The Session: Top 10 Marriage Myths, part 2

179

The Session: Top 10 Marriage Myths, part 1

180

The Session: Premarital Counseling

181

The Session: How to keep dating your spouse...even after kids!

182

The Session: S.A.D., or, Why am I always depressed when winter comes?

183

The Session: 33 Forever

184

The Session: How to be the next Tom Russell, part 2

185

The Session: How to be the next Tom Russell, part 1

186

The Session: How to be the next Tom Russell, part 1

187

The Session: "The Kids"

188

The Session: 5 Biblical Tools to Help with Anger at the Holidays

189

The Session: Keeping Romance Alive at the Holidays, or How to Date Your Spouse While Lying About Their Christmas Present

190

The Session: Dealing with Guilt at the Holidays

191

The Session: A Special Guest & A Special Conversation With Warrior's Respite!

192

The Session: Are We Excluding Single People From Church?

193

Pastor Appreciation-2

194

The Session: Pastor Appreciation-1

195

The Session: BONUS EPISODE: Prayer in Schools, EXTENDED CONVERSATION

196

The Session: Prayer in Schools

197

The Session: Suicide & Our Veterans

198

The Session: Bullying

199

The Session: Remembering 9-11-01

200

The Session: Teaching Your Kids About Money-3

201

The Session: Teaching Your Kids About Money-2

202

The Session: Teaching Your Kids About Money-1 (Or, how not to blow the allowance on bubble gum)

203

The Session: Helping Your Children Deal With Grief, From the Family Dog to Favorite Uncle

204

The Session: Learning Styles

205

The Session: Why Are More Pastors Wanting to Quit?

206

The Session: Parenting Adult Children

207

The Session: Color Psychology

208

The Session: Independence & Mental Health

209

The Session: PTSD

210

The Session: Honoring Dad-2

211

The Session: Honoring Dad-1

212

The Session: Pre-Marital Counseling 3

213

The Session: Pre-Marital Counseling-2

214

The Session BONUS EPISODE!

215

The Session: Pre-Marital Counseling-1

216

The Session: Nutrition & Mental Health-2

217

The Session: Nutrition & Mental Health-1

218

The Session: Honoring Mom

219

The Session-Dr. Dobson's Life on the Edge

220

The Session-Lessons Dads Can Teach Their Daughters-part 2

221

The Session: Lessons Dads Can Teach Their Daughters, part 1

222

The Session: 13 Lessons Moms Can Teach Their Sons, part 2

223

The Session: 13 Lessons Mothers Can Teach Their Sons

224

The Session: Loss, Loneliness & Longing-2

225

The Session: Loneliness, Loss & Longing-1

226

The Session: Keeping the Romance Alive, part 2

227

The Session: Keeping the Romance Alive, part 1

228

The Session: Marriage Fundamental from Colossians 3, part 2

229

The Session-Marriage Fundamentals in Colossians 3

230

The Session-Goal Setting

231

The Session - The mental health benefits of worship

232

The Session-Forgiveness, Part 2

233

The Session: Forgiveness

234

The Session: The Kids

235

The Session: 5 Ways to Avoid Awkward Conversations at Christmas

236

The Session: Christmas Traditions

237

The Session: 10 Ways to Motivate Your Child-2

238

The Session: 10 Ways to Motivate Your Child-1

239

The Session: Veteran Suicide-2

240

The Session: Veteran Suicide-1

241

The Session: 5 Ways to Support Your Pastor

242

The Session: Love on your Pastor-Help Them REST!

243

The Session: 5 Ways to Help Your Kids Stand for What's Right

244

The Session: Bullying-it's not just for kids anymore

245

The Session: Depression & Physical Activity, part deux

246

The Session: Depression & Physical Activity, part 1

247

The Session: Sleep Schedules, part 3

248

The Session: Sleep Schedules, part 2

249

The Session: Sleep Schedules, part 1

250

The Session: Narcissism part 2

251

The Session: Narcissism

252

The Session: The Stress of Returning to Work In-Person

253

The Session: The Power of Play

254

The Session: 5 Ways Church Leaders Can Improve Communication

255

The Session: Zoom Fatigue

256

The Session: Father's Day Celebration!

257

The Session: Twisted Thinking! ~ Part 2

258

The Session: Twisted Thinking!

259

The Session: Stress and Worry, part 3

260

The Session: Stress & Worry, part 2

261

The Session: Stress & Worry 1

262

The Session: Mother's Day, part 3

263

Mother's Day, part 2

264

The Session: Celebrate Mom, part 1

265

The Session: Insomnia

266

The Session: Impatience!

267

The Session: Living in the Victory of the Cross

268

The Session: 7 Things Dads Do That Go Unnoticed

269

The Session: The 3 Fuels of Anger

270

The Session: How Do Single Moms Do It?

271

The Session: 10 Ideas to give your marriage a fresh start-part 2

272

The Session: 10 Ideas for a fresh start, part 1

273

The Session: 9 Lies That Can Destroy Your Marriage, part 2

274

The Session: 9 Lies That Destroy Marriage, Part 1

275

The Session: Laughter

276

The Session: Are you a workaholic? Part 1

277

The Session: Goal Setting for the new year

278

The Session: Christmas Traditions

279

The Session: 5 Things to Teach Your Kids at Christmas

280

The Session: 7 Simple Traditions that Teach Kids the Real Meaning of Christmas

281

What Pastor's Wives Wish Someone Had Told Them