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Letters From Listeners
08/14/2013
Giving Me the Balls to be My Kids' Mom Recently my hubby, me and our 4 kids, ages 17,14,11,8 (3 boys, 1 girl), were on a cross-country trip and we listened to your show as much as possible. During one particular call... More >>

Tags: Behavior, Having the balls, Parenting, Protecting children, Response to a Call, Response to a Caller, Values
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08/13/2013
How Long Will It Take for My Husband to Come Back to Me? During a recent counseling session I told my husband I was starting to imagine my life without him. As I uttered these words I saw the hurt in my husband's entire being... More >>

Tags: Behavior, Compliment, intimacy, Sex, The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands, Values
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08/13/2013
A Shift In Attitude About Eating a Cookie Something you said recently changed my life. It was about discipline. You said, in regards to not eating a cookie, for example, that most people look at it with the loss... More >>

Tags: Attitude, Eat Less-Move More, Fitness, Health, Motivation, Perspective
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08/13/2013
My Self-Discipline Accomplishment We live in rural area where my husband farms. A local firefighter and his wife opened up a CrossFit gym in their farm shed. Our son began crossfit with them... More >>

Tags: Attitude, Behavior, Compliment, Eat Less-Move More, Fitness, Gym, Internet-Media, Motivation, Teamwork, Television, Values
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08/12/2013
Children are Children, Adults are Adults Parental authority has changed so drastically over the years that as a teacher and Rabbi's wife I can tell you not only are parents worried about making their children upset rather than the other way around... More >>

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08/12/2013
Taking the Time to Show He Matters My husband is a very simple man. He is very 'low-maintenance' and it's the little things that make him happy. What little I have to offer is not only wanted, but very important. More >>

Tags: God, Marriage, Religion, Values
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08/12/2013
Does Anyone 'Win' in Step-Families? So where do I start? I've been married to a man with 2 children from the first wife for 32 years - so we have seen/dealt with much. And I, the 'wicked stepmom' have had the most to 'deal with.' More >>

Tags: Budget, Marriage, Money, Morals/Ethics/Values, Values
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08/09/2013
Physically Challenging Myself Removed the Dark Cloud I've been listening to you for at least 20 years thanks to my Dad. Over the years you have shared your physical and creative challenges. These past ten years I have taken on my own challenges... More >>

Tags: Death of a parent, Eat Less-Move More, Fitness, Relationships
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08/09/2013
Why My Favorite Teacher Was Important to Me I cried, scared to death when I found out I was going to have a 'man' for my 6th grade teacher, but for me, Mr. Davis was life changing. At the time I did not know we were his first class. More >>

Tags: Academics, Education, Parenting, Teacher
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08/09/2013
Childhood Fears This subject has been a stump I get on often over the years. When I was a child I was so blessed to live in the country. We didn't have a TV and my mom stayed home. More >>

Tags: Fears, Health, Internet-Media, Mental Health, SAHM stay-at-home mom, Television
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