Episodes

We all wonder what's at the root of the problem. Sometimes you need an encouraging word. Other times you need to dig a little further. Often, we don't stop to discover what is at the root of our challenges, and as a result, t...

We all want to know why most people see a therapist. It might help us formulate our thoughts for when we decide that we need a therapist, coach, or counselor. You may have heard Chuck or Julie say on the Positive Talk Podcast...

Maybe you are the parent or grandparent of an adolescent-aged child. Maybe you are a teen-aged kid. Regardless, you can gain a great deal of wisdom from this week's episode of the POSITIVE TALK PODCAST with hosts Julie Homric...

One of the best ways to strengthen or resurrect a marriage is to establish healthy internal and external boundaries. Join Chuck and Julie for this significant conversation that can help every marriage and every relationship o...

We all benefit from building healthy boundaries. This conversation can assist you in every relationship in your life. Join Chuck and Julie on this week's episode of THE POSITIVE TALK PODCAST .

NEURODIVERSITY. It sounds a bit daunting, but it is the term for when we or others experience and interact with the world around them in many different ways. Many families have some form of neurodiverse children and parents. ...

Join Julie Homrich and Mandi Allison for this special episode of the Positive Talk Podcast about what happens when our children don't live as we would like, or better stated when they do not bow to our idols. For every parent...

COMPASSION - True compassion requires us to, first of all, pay attention, because when we are preoccupied with our own lives, we won't enter this process. But an exciting thing happens in the brain once we notice a need or se...

We can all be more of our own therapists with a few tools and helpful steps. Join Chuck and Julie as they unpack what you can do for the "other 167 hours" each week to help to become your own therapist. This is a great episo...

After you leave the therapist, what can you do for the other 167 hours this week? We all wonder, at times, how to effectuate change in our lives, right? What is it that helps people change thoughts, behaviors, and actions? Th...

We all deal with the anxiety and stress that comes with UNCERTAINTY. The question isn't if we will deal with uncertainty but how we will learn to cope, tolerate and even lean into uncertainty. Learning how to hold our predete...

We all need to be reminded of the positive ways that we can strengthen our marriage. If we aren't Intentional, we will give greater attention to servicing our vehicles than servicing our marriage relationships. Join Pastor Ch...

In a very special episode of the Positive Talk Podcast, Julie joins Mandi Allison for a truly important conversation about how we know that it is time to seek help. Sometimes we just need more than what friends and family can...

When we feel like spiritual help hurts more than help, we might need to have a fresh look at a serious issue in a positive light - Spiritual bypassing can harm, hurt, and leave people traumatized for decades. Know how you can...

This is a challenging subject. But, as usual. Julie and Chuck offer a positive take on confronting the ugly in the next two weeks. Suppose you’ve felt like your pain was invalidated by a well-meaning person telling you to “pr...

We would all agree that the world seems out of sorts these days, but what can we do about it? It seems so daunting to consider what your part of our job might be as we attempt to instigate better in these turbulent days. Join...

We all feel it, know it, and experience it—that anxious, restless feeling in our world today. There is a not-so-subtle undertone of anger and angst in almost every sector of our society, and we have a way to combat that posit...

Last week, on the Positive Talk Podcast, we discussed what happens when our kids have a meltdown. In this week's episode, Julie and Chuck unpack how we can assist our children through a meltdown and how we can parent so that ...

If behavior is a form of communication, what are our children telling us when they have emotional meltdowns? And let's face it, every parent has been there - their child's meltdown. Even the best of parents can’t always avoid...

The Meltdown. That time when your frustration, anger, exhaustion, and impatience collide, and you just have a complete meltdown. We’ve all had them, and it’s not pretty. In this week's episode of the Positive Talk Podcast, Ju...

What do you do when the world is falling apart, or how do I stay okay in a definitely not okay world? That is the question, right? But we have some tools that might help you handle this "unokayness" a bit better. Is that a re...

The life you desire to create is directly proportionate to your ability to tolerate its opposite. The life you want is waiting for you, but it’s only going to become a reality for you if you can tolerate its opposite in the p...

The world is such a terminal state of change, and we all hate it when change is done to us. Join Chuck and Julie as they unpack how we can move past contemplation into significant change. The Positive Talk Podcast merges fait...

Welcome to change! For some of us, change is what we crave. But for some, change is a trip through "ulcer gulch." People don't always refuse change because they don't want to change. More often than not, people refuse to chan...