Monthly Archives: September 2025

What really matters?



Philosophers and everyday men and women alike wrestle with the question, what is my purpose in life?  What actually matters–and how do we discover the answers?  In this episode, Alvean and Doug take on these pithy questions and offere their own experience and insights in response.  For a full transcript, click here: LL17


The wisdom found in pain



It sounds counter-intuitive but Alvean and Doug would tell you that some of our most painful experiences are also incredibly important teaching moments.  Although no one seeks out suffering, especially where relationships are concerned, emotional pain, loss and grief take us to places where we can look at ourselves and our lives in a more objective perspective and emerge–either through one’s own devices or with help into a better and healthier life.  For a full transcript of this episode, click here:LL16