Situationally Speaking

Season of Gratitude 2024

A quote that I saw spoke volumes to me! It said "Rest is not a retreat from success; it's the fuel that sustains it"  
It resonated with me because I'm coming off this season of rest and am in the season of gratitude.
Check out this episode to hear some tips for my season of gratitude
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Love Language Series wrap up

Sorry for the delay in publishing this Love Language episode, but Life has been Life'n!!!  No excuse, but it caused a little delay so I hope you can grant us some GRACE!
 
In this podcast, we wrap up all 5 love languages and introduce the apology languages.  We learned that the barriers to love languages are
1) We love people with the language that WE want instead of THEIR love language.
2) Once the language is identified, trying to get to the same page can be a lot. 
 
Just to recap: 
1. Words of Affirmation - words are powerful
2. Acts of Service - doing the things for a person that you wouldn't do. 
3. Receiving Gifts - a visual symbol or representation that you were thinking of for them. 
4. Quality Time - undivided attention; doing something/activity that they enjoy. 
5. Physical Touch - really foundation and non-verbal. 
 
Listen to the podcast as we dive deeper into the wrap-up of the languages. 
 
Did you know that they are Apology languages??? Well, neither did I . Listen to us as we introduce them and will dive deeper later.
 
Email me at pamela@pamelabean.net and let me know your response, thoughts on the languages discussed thus far and, what your love language is.  I'd love to hear from you. 
 
Take the free 5 min love language test  - https://www.my-love-language.com/ 
 
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 Music creds: music producer, Grammy Award Winner Nez CARDE. You can follow his socials everywhere @nezcarde!  

The Love Language Series - Physical Touch

Sorry for the delay in publishing this Love Language episode, but Life has been Life'n!!!  No excuse, but it caused a little delay so I hope you can grant us some GRACE!
 
In the last few podcasts, I've had discussions of the "Let's Talk Love Language" series. I don't know about you, but this series has been eye-opening, revealing, and at some points, uplifting! 
Now the goal of discussing these languages is to understand better which love language speaks to you AND/OR to figure out why it matters to you so much in the first place! 
 
Previously, we've talked about the love language of Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Receiving Gifts, and Quality Time, and what a great dialogue about them all.  So many times, we could have gone on and on, but we had to pull back! If you haven't checked out all, the languages we have discussed thus far, you should check out the previous episodes. Courtney shared with us the benefits of the love languages and other great tips  - definitely a must-listen-to! 
 
In this episode, we are discussing the love language of Physical Touch! 
Listen to us discuss how this is a healthy foundation of touch / appropriate touches. What a GREAT analogy of "to be held; out of the womb". If you would like to learn more, listen to this conversation. We also discuss the most foundational ways to give love. 
Want to learn more about Tactile receptors - check us out! 
This episode challenge? Explore subtle things that you can do to show physical touch. When you pray - grab their hands. Initiate if you don't normal. VUNERABLE MOMENTS!!  Email me at pamela@pamelabean.net and let me know your response, thoughts on the languages discussed thus far and, what your love language is.  I'd love to hear from you. 
 
Take the free 5 min love language test  - https://www.my-love-language.com/ 
 
#podcast  #situationallyspeaking  #empower  #uplifting  #entertainment
 Music creds: music producer, Grammy Award Winner Nez CARDE. You can follow his socials everywhere @nezcarde!  

The Love Language series - Quality Time

In the last few podcasts, I've had discussions of the "Let's Talk Love Language" series. I don't know about you, but this series has been eye-opening, revealing, and at some points, uplifting! 
Now the goal of discussing these languages is to understand better which love language speaks to you AND/OR to figure out why it matters to you so much in the first place! 
 
In the last episode, we talked about the love language of Receiving Gifts, and what a great dialogue we had!  We could have gone on and on, but we had to pull back! If you haven't checked out all, the languages we have discussed thus far, you should check out the previous episodes. Courtney shared with us the benefits of the love languages and how gift-giving is a symbolism, along with other great tips  - definitely a must-listen-to! 
 
In this episode, we are discussing the love language of Quality Time! 
How does the other person view this? What does it mean exactly? We talked about how QT is when the other person is in tune with me; not necessarily audible or in a monologue, but IN MY SPACE!! 
Listen to why we said it's an agreed-upon attention towards each other! 
We gave examples of Quality time activities, too! 
 
This episode challenge? If Quality Time is NOT your love language, take time to consider what QT is for you! Do you struggle with this, why?  Email me at pamela@pamelabean.net and let me know your response, thoughts on the languages discussed thus far and, what your love language is.  I'd love to hear from you. 
 
Take the free 5 min love language test  - https://www.my-love-language.com/ 
 
#podcast  #situationallyspeaking  #empower  #uplifting  #entertainment
 Music creds: music producer, Grammy Award Winner Nez CARDE. You can follow his socials everywhere @nezcarde!  

The Love Language Series -Receiving Gifts

In the last few podcasts, I've had discussions of the "Let's Talk Love Language" series. Now the goal of discussing these languages is to understand better which love language speaks to you AND/OR to figure out why it matters to you so much in the first place! 
 
In the last episode, we talked about the love language of Acts of Service, and what a great dialogue we had! If you haven't checked it out, you should do so. Courtney shared with us the benefits of the love languages and how it's an opportunity to show intentionally, shows that you've been heard and it also validates what they've heard - a must-listen-to! 
 
In this episode, we are discussing the love language of Receiving Gifts
 
Dr. Vagdevi Meunier (a clinical psychologist and Marriage and Relationship counselor) states a few things about this particular love language. Listen to hear what they are! Especially the confusion with the materialistic piece! 
 
This episode challenge? When you receive or give a gift, list 3 things that are symbolic about the gift and the intent about it, then share that with the other person. Email me at pamela@pamelabean.net and let me know your response, thoughts on the languages discussed thus far and, what your love language is.  I'd love to hear from you. 
 
Take the free 5 min love language test  - https://www.my-love-language.com/ 
 
 
#podcast  #situationallyspeaking  #empower  #uplifting  #entertainment
 Music creds: music producer, Grammy Award Winner Nez CARDE. You can follow his socials everywhere @nezcarde!  

The Love Language series - Act of Service -

Over the last 2 episodes, we've engaged in the "Let's Talk Love Language" series. In the last episode, we talked about the love language of Words of Affirmation, and it was a very informative dialogue. If you haven't checked it out, I encourage you to. We even had a challenge given to us.... did you take it? 
 
In this episode, we talk about the love language of Acts of Service, and we learned from Courtney how it's a close line to receiving gifts and that there is no time limit in revisiting our languages.
 
Are you ready for this episode challenge? Tell 2 to 3 ways "Acts of Service" speaks your language and how exactly that has to be communicated. Leave your challenge here or even email me at pamela@pamelabean.net and let me know. I'd love to discuss it on our next episode. 
 
I would love to hear your thoughts on these 2 love languages and if you took the online assessment and learned what your love language is. Email me at pamela@pamelabean.net and let me know. 
 
Take the free 5 min love language test  - https://www.my-love-language.com/ 
 
 
#podcast
#situationallyspeaking
#empower
#uplifting
#entertainment
 Music creds: music producer, Grammy Award Winner Nez CARDE. You can follow his socials everywhere @nezcarde!  

Love Language - Words of Affirmation

Last episode we had our intro to "Let's Talk Love Language" series and gave a high-level overview of the 5 languages: Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Receiving Gifts, Quality Time, and Physical Touch. In This episode, we dive right into the first language of Words of Affirmation!
You should listen to learn that there are so many elements to this language. Courtney Shields, our guest and licensed therapist tells us that to affirm is not to criticize. It is NOT a negative statement. She provides some great examples and we engage in enlightening conversation. 
Remember, these languages are not limited to just romantic, but family, friendship, and workplace as well!!! 
CHALLENGE: Courtney challenges you to affirm 3 people daily. Listen to the podcast to hear how that challenge came to be. 
This series definitely has you evaluating things! 
To find out what your love language is, take the free online quiz here. 
Tell me your love language at pamela@pamelabean.net
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#situationallyspeaking
#empower
#uplifting
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 Music creds: music producer, Grammy Award Winner Nez CARDE. You can follow his socials everywhere @nezcarde!  
 
 
 
 

Intro to "Let's Talk Love Language" Series

People throw the word "LOVE" around but how well do we understand the action portion?! In this episode, we discuss love languages, the phenomenon that was introduced to us by Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The 5 Love Languages. 
I reached out to my resident therapist, Courtney Shields to discuss all 5 languages over the next few episodes and I am excited to see how this all unfolds. She gives us a high-level overview and we will drive into it deeper in the next few weeks. Based on our discussion, I have a feeling that I will receive some GREAT tips and I hope you will do! 
The 5 Love Languages are words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving gifts, quality time, and physical touch. They can be associate with the following types: romantic, family, friendship and workplace. 
The 3 steps to strengthening your relationship:
learn your love language
exchange your results
strengthen your relationship
I. CAN'T. WAIT to tie this all together and learn more about love! Listen to this podcast to where Courtney is going to take us on this journey AND hear what my love language is!!!!! 
To find out what your love language is, take the free online quiz here. 
Tell me your love language at pamela@pamelabean.net
#podcast
#situationallyspeaking
#empower
#uplifting
#entertainment
 Music creds: music producer, Grammy Award Winner Nez CARDE. You can follow his socials everywhere @nezcarde!