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You Were Made for This — 232 episodes
233: Kindness
232: Who Can I Trust?
231: A Glimpse of Heaven in an Unlikely Place
230: A Delightful Conversation Fueled by Silence
229: Thankful For Encouraging People
228: Beyond the Landscape - The Beauty I saw in Ireland
227: When Anxious Thoughts Come
226: End-of-Summer Conversations
225: A Joy to Be Around
224: God Cares For Us In Ways We Rarely Consider
223: A Christmas in July Story
222: "I Want to Hear Your Story"
221: An Act of Kindness Remembered Decades Later
220: A Podcast You and I Want to Listen To
219: The Christmas Story for 2024
218: It's Better to Listen Than to Talk
217: God Will Surprise Us
216: Our Past Helps Us Understand Our Present
215: Searching for My Birth Father
214: People Are Like Houses
213: Five Things to Watch for in Your Next Conversation
212: Little Things We Do Matter the Most to People
211: A Men's Breakfast Like No Other
210: Word of the Year for 2024 - Curious
209: The Christmas Story In 2023
208: Christmas - A Time to Reflect
207: How to Help the People We Love At Christmas
206: Thankful for the Stories of Others
205: How to Have a Meaningful Conversation
204: Deep Conversations
203: Three Reasons for Being Stingy in Sharing Your Story
202: The Best Stories
201: Three Relationship Tools to Remember in September
200: Give People the Gift of Hope
199: How to Help a Friend
198: Read Your Way to Better Relationships in 2023
197: We Don't Know What We Don't Know
196: How Will You Be Remembered?
195: Words Matter
194: Martin Luther King - The Silence of Our Friends
193: The Underachievers Bible Reading Plan for 2023
192: Word of the Year for 2023: Read
191: Wanting the Joy of Christmas to Linger Awhile?
190: The Christmas Story In 2022
189: O Holy Night - An Unusual History
188: Joy to the World - The Unintended Christmas Carol
187: This Christmas Carol Invites You
186: Thankful for Life After Death
185: Thankful for Curious People
184: Thankful for Parents Who Discipline Their Children
183: Thankful for People Who Inspire Us
182: Thankful for "The Last Time I Will Ever…"
181: Tenderness Found in Two Unusual Places
180: An Unusual Place to Find Joy
179: Listen to the Whispers
178: Good Relationships in Action
177: How to Relate With High-Maintenance People
176: The Joy of Relationships by Watching Others
175: Reflecting On Stories From Our Past Can Grow Us
174: Labor Day - A Time to Reflect
173: Celebrate National Relationship Transitions Day
172: How to Develop Deeper Relationships
171: We're All Connected with Each Other
170: When People Disappoint Us
169: A Daughter's Feel-Good Story About Her Father
168: How to Live Well
167: A Path to Meaningful Conversations
166: How to Spread a Little Relational Sunshine
165: Nosey People Weaken Relationships; Curious People Strengthen Them
164: Little Things That Matter in Relationships
163: What You and I Need Most
162: The Best Father's Day Gift For 2022
161: We Are Made For Relationships
160: Remember the People Who Made Our Life Better
159: For an Interesting Conversation Listen to a Missionary
158: What's On Your Mind?
157: Add This Book to Your Summer Reading List
156: Our Roots Bring Stability to Life
155: How to Find Joy No Matter What
154: How to Listen Like a Hostage Negotiator
153: Two Stories of How to Reflect the Character of God
152: A Better Thing to Do to Help Others
151: Hope is More a Noun Than a Verb
150: The Joy We See in Others
149: What Do I Say to Them?
148: What Not to Say When Bad Things Happen to Good People
147: Memories Grandparents Make
146: More Joy in Our Relationships
145: Delayed Gratitude Deepens Relationships
144: Initiate with People to Enrich our Life - Part 2
143: Initiate with People to Enrich Our Life - Part 1
142: One Gracious Blessing After Another
141: One Simple Way to Brighten Someone's Day
140: Two Relational Benefits to a Thank You Note
139: Why Should I Listen to This Podcast?
138: End the Year with Real Christmas Joy
137: Bonus Episode - The Christmas Story for 2021
136: Make it a Mary Christmas this Year
135: Christmas with a Good Man Brings Joy
134: A Better Kind of Christmas Joy
133: Relationships - The Back Story to the Christmas Story
132: Three Unusual Blessings to Be Thankful For
131: Thankful to Be the Person God Created Us to Be
130: Be Thankful We Can Make Memories for People
129: Thankful We Don't Always Have to Be Right
128: The Joy of Relationships
127: Don't Let Fear Drive Us Apart
126: Sometimes God Uses Strangers to Care for Us
125: How to Relate When They Come Home From College
124: Resting In Our Identity Frees Us to Love Well
123: Ask Thoughtful Questions and See What Happens
122: The Questions We Ask … and Fail to Ask
121: Experience the Relational Energy of Fall
120: The Best Relationship Advice From This Summer
119: An Important Quality to Look for In a Friend
118: Relationship Lessons from 3 Unlikely Places
117: What to Do When People Criticize Us
116: Finding Joy from a Thank You Note
115: Become More Self-Aware in 2021
114: Learn How to Age Well in 2021
113: Our Choices Define Us, Not Our Personality
112: Three Ways to Listen Well in 2021
111: How to Find Rest in Difficult Circumstances
110: Relationships We Didn't Choose
109: Rekindle Relationships by Remembering
108: When Our Family Rejects Us Jesus Understands
107: Seeing is Believing. Or is it? Listen in
106: How to Have a Great Family Vacation in 2021
105: How to Listen Better
104: The Question Behind the Question
103: The Secret to Great Relationships
102: One Way to Find Joy in Our Relationships
101: Life-Giving Relationships
100: Start Conversations with Remembering
099: Share an Observation Instead of Asking a Question
098: The Myth of "It Never Hurts to Ask"
097: Good Things Happen If We Ask Questions
096: Meaningful Questions Create Meaningful Relationships
095: What to Do When People Irritate Us
094: Self-Awareness Deepens Our Relationships
093: Remembering Deepens Our Relationships
092: 3 Benefits to Being a Keen Observer of People
091: Keeping Your Resolution to Do Good for Others
090: Encourage Ourself by Observing Others
089: How to Be a Better Observer of People
088: Get Them to say "Thank You for Asking"
087: Make it a Relational New Year's Resolution
086: How to Begin the Year with Joy
085: Finding Joy at the End of 2020
083: The Best Christmas Gift - Be with People in Community
082: A Christmas Gift of Anticipation
081: A Christmas Gift of Deep Personal Connection
080: A Christmas Gift of Silence
079: Thankful for Simple Gifts Found in Relationships
078: Fulfilling Relationships Don't Just Happen
077: To Impact the World is Easier than You Think
076: Participate in All Saints Day Like This
075: Getting a Letter Helps People Who Feel Isolated
074: Relationships During Elections
073: Could Curiosity About Others Minimize Racism?
072: What I Learned From a Grieving Friend
071: How to Help a Grieving Friend
070: Building Relationships Eases Racial Tension
069: When Our Kids Go Off to School for the First Time
068: Our Job is a Means to an End, Not an End Unto Itself
067: Self-Monitoring How We Listen
066: A Solution Better Than Suicide
065: End With Asking This Important Question
064: Start with this Important Question to Ask
063: Six Reasons Why We're not More Curious About People
062: Vaccine Now Available for this Relational Virus
061: How Changed Thinking Leads to Changed Relationships
060: One Perspective on Stay-At-Home You Probably Haven't Heard Before
059: The Last Place You Would Ever Think to Find Joy
058: How a Crisis Can Bring Out the Best in Us
057: Relational Goodness in Times of Crisis
056: Changing How We Think
055: How to Overcome our Greatest Relationship Obstacle
054: The Greatest Obstacle to Relationships
053: An Inconvenient Relationship Reality
052: Six Examples of Listeners Using this Podcast Content
051: More Than the Music
050: Three Reasons Why Relationships Are Worth It
049: Sacrifice in Relationships
048: Worship Without Words
047: What Mary Treasured on Christmas Day
046: Where Joy to the World is Found
045: Seven Relationship Lessons from the Greatest Christmas Movie Ever Made
001: Six Reasons to Listen to the "You Were Made for This" Podcast
044: Thankful for the People who Invested in Us
043: Thankful for People Different from Me
042: Thankful for the Irritations of Life
041: Thankful for the Cheerleaders in My Life
040: A Square Peg in a Round Hole
039: Listener Responses to Relationship Issues
038: Motivating Others to Love and Good Works
037: The Two-Step Process to Solve Relationship Conflicts
036: Investing in Relationships
035: Relationships and a Lawn Mower
034: Rescuing and Raising a Relative's Child
033: The Power of One Simple Question
032: What Am I Here For? What is My Purpose in Life?
031: The Rhythms of our Relationship with Time
030: An Adoption Relationship Story - Part 2
029: An Adoption Relationship Story - Part 1
028: A Memorial Day to Remember
027: When He Asks to Marry Your Daughter
026: When You Don't Know What to Do
025: The Toughest Job in America
024: Learning From Our Listeners
023: Reminding Each Other of Our Own Stories
022: Pay it Forward with Our Stories
021: The Most Important Relationship of All
020: Relating with People Who Talk Too Much
019: Encouraged by a Millennial and Her Gen Z Sister
018: Two Sisters - Part 2
017: Two Sisters - Part 1
016: Two Ways to Care for a Missionary
015: When There Are No Words
014: Relationship Skills - Level 4
013: Relationship Skills - Level 3
012: Relationship Skills - Level 2
011: Relationship Skills - Level 1
010: Two Features of Every Good Relationship
009: Shadows Connect Us with Each Other
008: How a Wife and her Daughter Brought Healing
007: The Year in Review. The Year Ahead.
006: The Gift of Joy - Part 2
005: The Gift of Joy - Part 1
004: The Gift of Even Though
003: A Gift for the Person Who Has Everything
002: The Gift of a Background Relationship