Épisodes

  • What We Want You to Know (Episode 100)
    Oct 18 2025

    Brent and Janis talk about some of the highlights of what they have covered in the first 100 episodes of Life and Love Nuggets. In this episode they emphasize “What They Want You To Know”.

    View the transcript at https://www.brentandjanissharpe.com/what-we-want-you-to-know.


    Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible.


    The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982. They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.


    The podcast is produced by ⁠Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only. This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

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    36 min
  • Attachment Styles – How knowing and understanding our style can lead to deeper levels of connection in all relationships (Episode 99)
    Sep 27 2025

    Brent and Janis look at the subconscious beliefs and behaviors that develop from our relationship with our care givers at a young age. They discuss the four styles of attachment and how realizing insecure styles, even though a necessary coping strategy as a child, may not be serving us well as an adult. They look at how to understand our style and how we can push against our natural insecure styles and develop healthier ways to connect in our adult relationships.

    View the transcript at https://www.brentandjanissharpe.com/attachment-styles.


    Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible.


    The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982. They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.


    The podcast is produced by ⁠Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only. This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

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    30 min
  • Revenge Addiction (Episode 98)
    Sep 6 2025

    Brent and Janis discuss the current research in neuroscience on revenge and how powerful it is in our own life. They talk about how our current culture is being lured into a form of revenge addiction. They also look at how can we find freedom in our own life and have an impact in our current culture.

    View the transcript at https://www.brentandjanissharpe.com/revenge-addiction.


    Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible.


    The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982. They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.


    The podcast is produced by ⁠Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only. This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

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    30 min
  • Play Therapy Part 2 (Episode 97)
    Aug 23 2025

    Janis and special guest Hayley Williams talk about teens in therapy, how therapy can help all children and resources that parents can use at home to help their children identify emotions and learn self-regulation.

    For adults who struggle with play:

    The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer

    When I Relax I Feel Guilty by Tim Hansel

    For parents and kids:

    A Little Spot of Feelings by Diane Abler

    Hey Warrior by Karen Young


    View the transcript at https://www.brentandjanissharpe.com/play-therapy-part-2.


    Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible.


    The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982. They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.


    The podcast is produced by ⁠Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only. This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

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    26 min
  • Play Therapy Part 1 (Episode 96)
    Aug 9 2025

    Join Janis and special guest LCSW and certified play therapist Hayley Williams as they discuss therapy for children, the role and effectiveness of play therapy and how children can benefit from therapy.

    For adults who struggle with play:

    The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer

    When I Relax I Feel Guilty by Tim Hansel

    For parents and kids:

    A Little Spot of Feelings by Diane Abler

    Hey Warrior by Karen Young


    View the transcript at https://www.brentandjanissharpe.com/play-therapy-part-1.


    Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible.


    The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982. They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.


    The podcast is produced by ⁠Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma.


    The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only. This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

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    23 min
  • (Revisited) Phubbing • Our Phones and Our Lives: Part 2 (Episode 95)
    Jul 26 2025

    Our phones are extremely helpful, but the “overuse “of our phones or ignoring others because we are on our phone has become a real problem that effects our relationship and our mental health. Listen to see if you are guilty of “phubbing” or if you are addicted to your phone and ways to make healthy changes to your phone use.

    View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/revisited-phubbing-our-phones-and-our-lives-part-two.

    Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible.


    The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982. They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.


    The podcast is produced by ⁠Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only. This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

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    32 min
  • (Revisited) Our Phones and Our Lives: Part 1 (Episode 94)
    Jul 12 2025

    Phones have changed our lives and so has the etiquette for using a phone. We’ve all been irritated with someone walking around in public talking on their phone with the speaker on. Brent and Janis share tips that are considerate ways to use your phone, or how not to be irritating on your phone!

    View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/revisited-our-phones-and-our-lives-part-one

    .Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible.


    The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982. They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.


    The podcast is produced by ⁠Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.


    This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

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    35 min
  • Hope for Sexual Brokenness - Part 2 (Episode 93)
    Jun 28 2025

    Brent continues his interview with Blaine Bartel about resurrection from sexual brokenness. They discuss the process of healing from any brokenness and how it is possible to find a new life of freedom and health as well as how to help heal the marriage traumatized by betrayal.

    View the transcript at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/hope-for-sexual-brokenness-part-2


    Help us reach more couples! Donate at https://www.lifeandlovenuggets.com/donate. Your gift is tax-deductible.


    The Life & Love Nuggets podcast will help you learn valuable insights into relationships, life, and love. Brent and Janis have been empowering couples through pre-marriage and marriage therapy in their private practice, Life Connection Counseling, since 1982.


    They recently retired after forty years of pastoral ministry and are continuing to help individuals, marriages, and families in their private practice.


    The podcast is produced by ⁠Clayton Creative (http://www.clayton-creative.com) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The content should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.


    This podcast should not be considered or used for counseling but for educational purposes only.

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    37 min