The Tapestry Podcast

Today, Daniel Peeks and Melissa King join Jeff for a conversation about.. well… everything.  Daniel is going to lead us into a discussion that will help you to think differently - more deeply - about your most disruptive or chronic personal, emotional and relational problems.  While sometimes we as counselors can offer strategies and interventions that bring relief from emotional disruption and relational problems, in other situations there is no relief.  How...

Today, Sarah Collier joins us for a conversation about parenting, the virtual world and the world of video-gaming. And as our resident gaming expert, Sarah’s husband Nathan will be joining us to share some insights about the game of Fortnight in particular.  Together, Sarah and Nathan bring a wealth of information about gaming and parenting.  I know this show is going to be valuable for parents of youth who game and I can’t wait to let you hear the insights offered.

Today, Bev Elliott and Melissa King join me to continue our conversation on the Tapestry Model for parenting.  As a grandmother, a mother, a play therapist, a family therapist and a house parent, Bev has great perspective on parenting and a wealth of wisdom to offer.  In today’s show, Melissa and I will be running to keep up as Bev presents the remainder of her “Tapestry” Model for parenting.  So, again, buckle in and hold on because we are going t...

Today, Bev Elliott and Melissa King join us for a conversation about parenting children.  As a grandmother, a mother, a play therapist, a family therapist and a house parent, Bev has great   perspective on parenting and a wealth of wisdom to offer.  In today’s show, she’s going to present a broad range of information on parenting as she presents her “Tapestry” Model for parenting.  So buckle in and hold on because we are going to cover a lot of material to...

Today Melissa King and Bev Elliott join me to continue our previous conversation about parenting adolescents.  Although the teen years are inherently challenging, in today’s show, Melissa is going to offer us some practical ideas for staying connected to your teen in a way that helps minimize conflict in  the home and foster development toward adult independence.  Download

Today Melissa King and Bev Elliott join us for a conversation about parenting adolescents.  In today’s show, Melissa is going to help us understand some key dynamics going on in the development of adolescents.  My hope is that today’s show will help you normalize your own experience at home in a way that both relieves some tension and allows you to be more present with your kids.  Download

Today we are continuing our conversation with Sarah Collier and Melissa King on anxiety and panic.  In today’s podcast, we are going to build off of our previous show and provide you with some strategies and resources for resolving panic and managing anxiety more effectively.  Sarah’s got some great ideas to help us stop avoiding our panic and deal with it.  Download

Today, Sarah Collier and Melissa King join me for a conversation about anxiety and panic.  While some of us are more prone to anxiety than others, my observation is that we will all go through seasons in our life where both anxiety and panic become a part of our experience.   So, whether your struggling with anxiety right now or not, I know that you're going to find some benefit from today’s conversation with Sarah as she helps us to better understand anxiety and pa...

Today, Stace Huff and Daniel Peeks are here to talk about communication in marriage.  More specifically, we are going to dig a little deeper into Stace’s material on Thinking, Feeling, Needing and Wanting.  Stace uses this model to structure a complaint in a marriage, but I think its a good framework for communication in general.

Today we are continuing our conversation with Daniel Peeks about Addiction and Suffering.  In this podcast, Daniel is going to lead us further into the significance of suffering and its power to facilitate growth in our lives.  He’ll offer some important spiritual direction as he challenges all of us - whether we identify ourselves as addicts or not - to move out of our petty coping vices and into a greater dependence on Christ . Download

Today we are talking with Daniel Peeks and Sarah Collier about Addiction and Suffering.  Daniel has some key insights into the scriptures and, in particular, I love the way that he brings a biblical understanding of suffering into his work with addiction.  In today’s show, he’s going to show us how we are all prone to using addiction to avoid suffering and growth.  Even if you don’t consider yourself an addict, I am confident  that you will find today’s sh...

In today's podcast we are continuing our previous conversation with Stace Huff and Danielle O’Neil about adolescence.   In our last podcast, we talked about 4 key insights into the change which adolescents are experiencing.  In today’s show we are going to build on that conversation by offering some practical strategies and ideas to help parents during this exciting albeit challenging time of rapid growth and change.  Download

If you’re the parent of a teen or a tween, I think that you’ll find today’s show helpful.  There’s a common misconception that adolescence is an inherently stormy and tumultuous time in the home.  However, if you can recognize the changes going on during those teenage years, it doesn’t have to be that way.  In fact, it can really be an exciting period of transition if you can understand that an adolescent’s mind is changing rapidl...

Today Daniel Peeks joins us for the fourth installment of a 6 Part series on infidelity.   In today’s show, we continue our conversation about the restoration process as we address some critical steps for facilitating healing.  Because that injured spouse is in post traumatic distress, the focus of that healing is predominantly directed toward them.  Often, as a couple struggles toward reconciliation, they are both so raw - albeit with differing emotions and r...

Today Stace Huff joins me for the third installment of a 6 Part series on infidelity.   In today’s show, we begin a discussion about the restoration process as we address some critical strategies for re-building trust.  Often, there are elements of this part of the recovery process that are somewhat counter-intuitive and can be very challenging for couples to lean into.  And yet, they are very important to accomplish.  So, if you or someone you know ...

Today Daniel Peeks and Melissa King join me for the second installment of a 6 Part series on infidelity.   In our last podcast, we tried to build the beginnings of a Biblical framework for thinking about recovering from infidelity.  In today’s show, we shift our focus toward providing some other categories for understanding the nature of infidelity and its impact on a marriage.  Download

 Today Daniel Peeks and Stace Huff join me for the first installment of a 6 Part series on infidelity.   The impact of infidelity on a marriage relationship is far reaching and the recovery and reconciliation process is complicated and difficult.  However, when reconciliation can happen, there is no more beautiful human representation of the gospel than a couple who has not only survived an affair, but tasted of the deep experience of sacrifice, forgiveness and intimacy ...

Today Daniel Peeks and Melissa King join me for a conversation about children and social media.  I think that we tend to be somewhat polarized in our feelings about managing our children’s involvement with social media.  Either we demonize it and make every effort to cut them off from it.  Or, believing that we’re helpless as parents to manage its influence, we just surrender to it and let them have at it.  I hope that today’s show will g...

Today Daniel Peeks and Mary Breshears join me for a conversation about the importance of owning your emotional experience.  All too often, we tend to avoid or talk ourselves out of unpleasant or negative emotions before we’ve adequately processed or expressed them.  In today’s show, we are going to talk about why we therapists make such a big deal out of emotion.  So, if you currently have feelings or some day hope to have feelings  ;-)  I thin...

Today Daniel Peeks and Bev Elliott join me for a conversation about assumptions.  We all know that its not a good idea to make assumptions.  The problem is that assumptions are sneaky and we often fail to recognize when we’re making them.  The very nature of emotional and relational learning is organized around the process of making assumptions - or anticipating what others might be thinking and feeling  and what they are about to do.  And ...