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Relationships | Let’s Be Honest

Partnering with someone can be challenging, but it can also enhance your life in many ways. Elizabeth and Sheila discuss their own experiences with relationships, past and current. They share perspectives on the benefits of kind, candid honesty, especially in relationships.

How to Actually Be Helpful, Part 2

Offering support when not being asked to do so can be tricky, especially if you want to express concern without being judgmental. In this episode, Elizabeth and Sheila share thoughts about when and how to share your concerns with others. Executive coach Sharon Cavanaugh joined the conversation to provide her insights and perspectives as well.

Adjusting the Volume on Uncertainty

We like to think that life is controllable. But uncertainties in relationships, health, finances, politics – and even the weather! – abound. Elizabeth and Sheila share the way they cope with, and sometimes even embrace, life’s micro and macro uncertainties.

Outing My OCD

Coping with issues related to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder can take a toll on your own life, as well as your relationships with others. Elizabeth and Sheila discuss their personal experiences in that regard and explore their own efforts to address the reactions of others. Listen to hear their candid take on this topic.

How to Actually Be Helpful

Sheila and Elizabeth have been the recipients of a lot of love and support in their lives. Especially through their experiences over the past few years, they have seen how others can effectively offer support AND how well-intentioned attempts to be helpful can backfire. Listen to hear their candid take on this topic.

Can I Ask You to Remove Your Shoes?

Asking people to remove their shoes before entering the home can be a sticky subject, at least in the U.S. Sheila and Elizabeth discuss the ins and outs of wearing shoes indoors, finding the courage to state unconventional preferences, and the challenge of asking others to respect personal boundaries.

Living Solo by Choice

Sheila and Elizabeth have both, individually, made the choice to live alone. In this episode, they discuss the perks and the challenges of this lifestyle, as well as how it has created more ease and opportunity for each of them.

How Much of My Story Am I Ready to Tell?

Elizabeth wants to share the lessons she’s learned from the transformative experience she’s had over the past two years. But it isn’t easy or without its risks.

Can Friends Talk About Money?

Money can be a touchy subject, especially with family and friends. In this episode, Sheila and Elizabeth take the leap to have a long overdue conversation about how money affected their friendship in the past and may come into play in the future.