A Bountiful Life

Our lives are filled with things we want or need to do, often without taking the time to be present, to enjoy, and to be intentional. Explore with Sharon, Sharlene, and Carla how it may be possible to pace, say no, and say yes.

We get to be with Sharlene's longest friend, Coralie Harless today. She tells her unexpected story from her first job as a director of marketing to a piano teacher extraordinaire. She begins with piano lessons in her home and her unexpected journey eventually takes her to teaching in the prison. This continues to show you probably don't end up where you planned. And often that is better than you could have imagined.

How do you share the joy of Christ? Perhaps delivering cards with feelings of Christ, praying to be the leader that Christ was and is, listening to others' experiences with faith. Common ground is available if we are looking.

Our first guest, Haley Munoz shares with us some of her journey of healing and how her community created safety and love. She shares her path to understanding her relationship with God that she learned is based on who she truly is as His daughter, not anyone else' s treatment of her. Haley teaches us that we each get to define ourselves, not be defined by what has happened to us. Join us for this remarkable journey with Haley.

Loneliness can happen in a crowd of people, with another person, and when we're alone. How do we interpret our own loneliness? And what do we do with it when we recognize it? Together we explore loneliness.

In our interview with Sharon we learn she may not have known how her teaching English in Japan, working for a senator in DC, and opening a toy store would prepare her for her unexpected career. Come along for our continued ride as we learn more about each other.

In our interview with Sharlene; and we learn how her family taught her to help others and work hard, how a sentinel event helped direct her relationship with God, and how she really doesn't like science fiction.

Sharon, Sharlene, and Carla embark on adding interviews to their podcasts. To start, they will practice on each other, beginning with interviewing Carla. What is wisdom to her? What skill does she wish she had? What nudge got her finally going in the direction of her much loved profession? Come along for the ride.

Kindness is such a simple word and it seems to hold a lot of weight and influence. Just simple kindness creates a whole world of good.

What bands are you part of? We have family, work, neighborhoods, friends, community groups, plus so many more. How do we make those bands fulfilling, successful, and worth being part of?. Carlos Santana finally found how to be a band in his 70s. What makes us work so that our bands can blend, work together, and make great music?

Is ambivalence weak? Is ambiguity a problem? Is uncertainty indecisive? They may not be comfortable, and that doesn't mean they are problematic states. Let's talk about it.

We seem to want to stay away from darkness, or the hard things that happen. Experience shows us that these times of darkness are really important for growth.

Enough? Am I enough? What does it even mean to be enough? It's often hard to accept that we are enough, even when we want so badly to be different, to be better. So how do we accept that right now we're okay? It's always a work in progress.

A humanitarian, a physician, and a therapist all talk about healing. No, it's not the beginning of a joke! How are they related? Did you know that starfish can regrow a limb, that our bodies regrow each time we are injured and it actually heals? Healing physically and emotionally occurs every day when we allow it happen. So now let's find out how, at least some ideas!

Stuff, More, Lots of? What actually is abundance? Sometimes it takes looking inward and actually discovering for ourself what creates abundance for us. It might actually be different than we think.

Life is enhanced when we have someone on our side. Who is your advocate? Who can you advocate for? One voice can make a difference in our life or in the lives of many.

A tree regrows despite the odds, steps are taken even when it seems nothing can change, the spur to be able to heal curing COVID, hope exists within each story. Finding the spark of hope helps us know that something is possible and gives us reason to continue to move forward.

It’s hard to ask for help. Can I ask for what I want, not just what I need? Being there for other people, accepting help ourselves.  

What’s on your mind? What’s keeping you up at night? What help are you looking for? The conversation explores the core building blocks for helping each other get what we really want in ways that build confidence and create connections that last.

Carla comes to a party and brings herself. She is the gift. We laugh, but it’s true. In the end – in the very best ways of God and man -- we are each other’s gifts. 

Self-Compassion is the door to believing you are worthy of rest, love, replenishment, and attention.  It’s so easy to run on negative motivation.  How to tame that critical inner voice?  Practical suggestions to be nice to yourself.  

This episode looks into how the ambitions we have for ourselves often soften and become more forgiving with time and experience and why that’s not a cop-out.   

It can be lonely in little idealogical boxes. This episode investigates how unity and common ground are sometimes at their richest when coming from very different points of view.

We all start out with beautiful dreams for life but reality takes various unexpected turns. This episode explores finding happiness and value in the unexpected.

Three friends of forty years come together in support, laughter, and encouragement for the joys and disappointments of life.