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Breaking the Silence: Nick's Journey from attempted Suicide to Hope
In today’s video, In this episode of the Stronger Families Podcast, host Noel Meador interviews Nick, a police officer from Washington, who shares his powerful journey of healing and hope. Nick recounts his experiences of enduring trauma on the job and the toll it took on his mental health and relationships. He opens up about his struggle with suicidal thoughts and how a timely phone call from his sergeant saved his life. Seeking help, Nick joined the First Responder Wellness Center and underwent a transformative in-patient program, addressing childhood traumas and learning healthy coping mechanisms. He emphasizes the significance of aftercare and the support of loved ones in the healing process. Nick's story is a testament to resilience and the importance of seeking assistance, proving that no one should face their struggles alone.
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The Impact of Trauma: How Childhood Abuse Shapes Adult Experiences
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Hello everyone, You are watching How Childhood Abuse Shapes Adult Experiences. In today’s video, the biggest struggles for those trying to help survivors of trauma include understanding what they are seeing, as survivors may experience drastic personality changes, such as going into a numb zone or having flashbacks. Trauma's impact depends on the severity, chronicity, and age at which the traum...
How to Stay Calm, Cool, and Connected as a Parent
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Hello everyone, you are watching How to Stay Calm, Cool, and Connected as a Parent. In today’s video, Hal Runkel talks about staying calm as a parent and being able to control oneself in the face of children's immaturity. He emphasizes the importance of being the most mature person in the room, as it helps to lead the child towards maturity as well. Instead of trying to control the child, the p...
Breaking the Silence: Coping with Loneliness in a Sex Starved Marriage
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Hello everyone, You are watching Breaking the Silence: Coping with Loneliness in a Sex Starved Marriage. In today’s video, Michele Weiner Davis promotes her TEDx talk and her book, "Sex Starved Marriage," as resources for couples struggling with one partner's refusal to participate in the sexual aspect of their relationship. She encourages people to keep trying and to seek professional help if ...
Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
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Hello everyone, You are watching Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation. In today’s video, Dr. Siegel helps us understand the complex interplay between our mind, brain, and relationships-and how to leverage this dynamic for improved health and well-being. Using scientific research from a broad range of fields including attachment theory, psychology, neurobiology, and medicine as ...
The Downward Spiral of Mental Health
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Hello everyone, You are watching The Downward Spiral of Mental Health. In today’s video, we talk with Dana Jackson about how no one "COMMITS" suicide. There is a path that leads there. There are signs before the action. Learning from others stories can save lives. It is a dark path that leads to that outcome that doesn't just happen in a moment. Dana Jackson shares her story of her husband's su...
Making Sense of Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress
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You are watching Making Sense of Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress. In today’s video, Matt Quackenbush is one of the leading voices on trauma and post traumatic stress. In this episode, he opens up and shares about the personal stories, clinical research, and his background as a therapist on how to treat PTSD/I. Our military and first responders are our national and local heroes. But unfortunate...
First Responder Couples Retreat by Stronger Families
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Stronger Families First Responder OXYGEN retreat is an experience designed for the police, fire, EMS and dispatcher couples to receive life-changing relationship skills so they can be strong and thrive at home and at work. This weekend includes tools and opportunities for couples to connect with their partners and to laugh, learn, and become empowered to better navigate their relationships. We ...
Betrayal, Trauma, and Rebuilding A Relationship
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Hello everyone, You are watching episode 6 of the Heroes At Home Podcast. In today’s video, Noel & Keni chat with Scott and Susan. Scott is a Marine Vet and Police Officer who shares about the choices and internal battles that resulted in an affair and a broken relationship at home. He’s joined by his wife, Susan, and they share how couples can fight for their relationship and make it to the ot...
How To Build a Thriving Firefighter Family
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You are watching an interview with Mike & Anne Gaglianos . In today’s video, Noel & Keni chat with Mike & Anne Gagliano, a firefighter couple who has literally written the book on overcoming the Challenges of the Firefighter Marriage. This conversation will help you navigate the inevitable challenges that come after tough shifts and deployments. Our military and first responders are our nationa...
Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone
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You are watching a masterclass with Dr. Mark Goulston. In today’s video, Goulston provides simple yet powerful techniques you can use to really get through to people including how to: * make a powerful and positive first impression; * listen effectively; * make even a total stranger (potential client) feel understood; * talk an angry or aggressive person away from an instinctual, unproductive r...
How do Military & First Responder Couples Stick Together After the Battles They Fight?
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What Are The Secrets Behind Highly Happy Marriages?
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How To Fight The Dragon Of PTSD In Your Marriage
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How to survive infidelity and heal from betrayal
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Understanding the Power of Forgiveness with Noel and Karissa Meador
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Komentáře

  • @user-jw1bl4hq9j
    @user-jw1bl4hq9j Před 12 dny

    SEX STARVED ……THAT HAPPENS FROM MANY REASONS …..FIRST IS BECAUSE MEN NEED TO UNDERSTAND ONCE MARRIED THEY CAN NEVER LUST FOR SOMEONE ELSE ……EVER …..OTHERWISE THE WIFE WILL REFUSE SEXUAL ACTIVITY …..MONOGAMY …..MONOGAMY ……

  • @zapszapper9105
    @zapszapper9105 Před 16 dny

    He he, first I didn't push, but now after 15 yrs of rejection, I have started confronting. Anger is her answer. But the sex stops Then the intermacy stops Then any touching at all intiated by the sex dodging partner starts. Then prayng together and communicating stops.

  • @zapszapper9105
    @zapszapper9105 Před 16 dny

    Problem is when I bring, or try to bring the subject up, my wife gets angry " you got sex on the brain, we are to old for that" But zero times in 15 yrs????????

  • @geoffmccoll4640
    @geoffmccoll4640 Před měsícem

    Getting married after aged 58, I do not give a fuck, love me anyway?

  • @MonicaBU
    @MonicaBU Před měsícem

    When I try to “listen and find out more” I find that people get very defensive and I can’t get to the bottom of the issue. It makes communication impossible.

  • @Brian-sh2gi
    @Brian-sh2gi Před měsícem

    10+ years and no matter what you do to help the situation, it just never changes. Take care of self.

  • @Jefleopard
    @Jefleopard Před měsícem

    This just sounds like another woman who wants to manipulate men. This is why men are pulling away. We are tired of the manipulation. We’re also realizing that women are not made of sugar and spice.

  • @user-hx1sp2zu6p
    @user-hx1sp2zu6p Před měsícem

    Sex is a waste of time

  • @kevmoiz1718
    @kevmoiz1718 Před 2 měsíci

    "dont wait to long, or else the marraige dies. it feels like I'm a lodger in my own home, we keep it going for the family." 42 years, (Im the bloke)😱

  • @LazyH1984
    @LazyH1984 Před 3 měsíci

    I quit initiating entirely several years ago. There's only so much rejection a person can take before they shut down. I no longer view my wife as a sexual person anymore. She is a non-gendered being that lives in the house with me.

  • @judyk4629
    @judyk4629 Před 3 měsíci

    Addiction is a secular term for bondage what the Bible cause bondage to sin. This is from someone who has had drug and alcohol addiction. Something that is being completely overlooked is the spiritual, demonic element also.

  • @user-de3vn8ux1y
    @user-de3vn8ux1y Před 4 měsíci

    Very encouraging

  • @TheLegend-uq1gz
    @TheLegend-uq1gz Před 4 měsíci

    Mercy / pity sex is the worst.

  • @nancydrew5
    @nancydrew5 Před 5 měsíci

    These frigid selfish people putting their spouse through hell. End the marriage.

  • @nccrchurchunusual7990
    @nccrchurchunusual7990 Před 5 měsíci

    Thank you for your service to help marriages!!

  • @davidwinet5607
    @davidwinet5607 Před 5 měsíci

    She is wonderful.

  • @AK-no2yb
    @AK-no2yb Před 5 měsíci

    Looking at porn is not normal.

  • @vanillaroseeeable
    @vanillaroseeeable Před 5 měsíci

    @21:23-23:25 hit hard!!

  • @rbee2150
    @rbee2150 Před 5 měsíci

    No, just no. He may be a Dr, but he doesn’t have a damn clue.

  • @SparklingDiva1111
    @SparklingDiva1111 Před 6 měsíci

    So you never had him back it seems to address this nutritional stuff and brain health, incl after brain injury?

  • @davidguthrie5941
    @davidguthrie5941 Před 6 měsíci

    5:55 Why I have my own bedroom.

  • @srob4660
    @srob4660 Před 6 měsíci

    I do all the little things, putting my wife first. Come home from 24 hour shifts as a firefighter and get my daughter up for school so she can sleep in. I take over evenings of dinners and do bedtime with my daughter so my wife can watch tv and relax. It’s endless. Getaways for herself as Mother’s Day gifts, airbnb trips as a family as surprises and constant words of affirmation and acts of service and trying my best at emotional connection. If it wasn’t for me coming in for hugs and kisses even I wouldn’t get Jack shit. I work 60+ hours/2 jobs so she can be the stay at home mom she wanted to be. I leave notes, give back rubs foot rubs, the list goes on. I take care of my health and fitness and image, and living depressed and get belittled for wanting more and wanting my wife and our romance and spark back. At the end of my ropes, not looking good.

    • @marieball1772
      @marieball1772 Před 2 měsíci

      Sounds like you treat your wife like a queen. Marriage is not about one person getting everything they want at the expense of destroying the other. Sometimes we have to face the fact that a person has issues that we can’t fix no matter how much we do for them. Something is broken ( not saying that is the case in your situation) At the end of the day we should not have to beg for love and affection and intimacy in our marriage. It shone a given. So sad for you. You sound like a wonderful and caring husband. All the best to you.

  • @stephencummins7589
    @stephencummins7589 Před 6 měsíci

    In ten minutes I learnt more for free than thousands of dollars of counselling which ended in divorce anyway

  • @Lemoncare
    @Lemoncare Před 6 měsíci

    I hate life. Life is flawed. I wish I was never born into this mess.

  • @JohnnyD69FG
    @JohnnyD69FG Před 7 měsíci

    That apology at 7:00 is meaningless.

  • @sundipowellrn8258
    @sundipowellrn8258 Před 7 měsíci

    sorry, that is wrong and off base wow.

  • @user-zv3dt1yr4i
    @user-zv3dt1yr4i Před 7 měsíci

    I too tried counselling for me She only heard my side She didn't give me choice of staying together only said he can't change you won't be happy that negative talk made me think ill prove you wrong last week husband wanted to split up after 22 years I was shocked he's now seen my vulnerable side and I am now being kind and working on myself and respect to him I regret how I treated him This book is amazing and I can relate completely

  • @melkerner
    @melkerner Před 8 měsíci

    You can't just do it - when "we will never have sex ever again." is followed by "I don't see that it's that big of a deal." That is no starter. Perimenopause and completely intimacy withdrawal is impossible to consider. Will not discuss it - states she is happy to never have sex again.

  • @chironow3446
    @chironow3446 Před 8 měsíci

    Thanks to shiela I haven’t had sex in 6 months. My wife wants 100% perfection first. I paid her $106,000 student loan, she hasn’t had to work, visits friends and family whenever she wants. I took her mother in with Alzheimer’s when all her siblings refused and she died in my den which I set up as bedroom in her last 3 months of life. I am a doctor and she has full control of our finances, so she is not refused clothes, food, decorations, whatever… She is a control ing person. All I have ever wanted was her to stop criticizing me for things which is constant. I am very physically fit and quiet and listen. We talk 1-3 hours per day. Another 6 months and I am leaving.

  • @FairUseMotherWit
    @FairUseMotherWit Před 8 měsíci

    11:11

  • @vladvale
    @vladvale Před 9 měsíci

    Just dump her. Cut your losses because this issue is not going away.

  • @henrikrothen5640
    @henrikrothen5640 Před 9 měsíci

    Is this, word for for word, the same speech Bettina Arndt always gives??? Its even the same examples given! Are they twins, or the same person, in disguise?

  • @josephroth8761
    @josephroth8761 Před 9 měsíci

    Men, watch and listen to Bettina Arndt a psychologist on CZcams, she has a 20and 30-minut videos of women’s changing attitudes all too soon after marriage. They lose interest in sex leaving men wondering what did they do wrong. Women’s chemistry changes after marriage and the husband is out in the cold wondering what is going on because she is just not interested anymore. I did not know about Bettina Arndt until the age of 76. I am writing so men will know what to expect when they get married or live with someone.

  • @nobledarkmoon
    @nobledarkmoon Před 9 měsíci

    This is something I am working on in my marriage. The big issue, is my partner is not willing to communicate on the issue. It is frustrating. When there was some discussion, it felt like a power game shift. I felt in some ways it would degrade respect me. I ended up pulling away, sleeping in another room. Drinking, reading, karaoke in the living room by myself, studying. Then any attempt by my partner to build bridges, it was civil sometimes warm, sometimes cold, and keep enough space. After several weeks, it starts to create tension. The loss of cuddling and other things also affects your partner. They will want to be cuddled as well. Now is a good time to discuss each other's emotional needs. Why those needs are important. This does open the doors a bit. Communication is very important. Sex that doesn't provide the emotional bond the marriage is over. It is just like having casual sex, it isn't something special for you to share together.

  • @VicariousVue
    @VicariousVue Před 10 měsíci

    Thank you for sharing this.

  • @jessies16
    @jessies16 Před 10 měsíci

    Accenture confessions with brian karla

  • @jessies16
    @jessies16 Před 10 měsíci

    #asmr university

  • @TP-vu3tc
    @TP-vu3tc Před 10 měsíci

    If you're not able to get your man interested and hard for sex, then it's not enjoyable for him anymore, and you should seek some kind of professional help with what your doing wrong

  • @DYLAN102001
    @DYLAN102001 Před 10 měsíci

    "How to avoid a sex starved marriage." Easy. Don't get married, buy a Realdoll. You can as much sex as you want with no condom. Shell never say no or tell you your dick is small or cheat on you and take your stuff in divorce court.

  • @louisjadot9194
    @louisjadot9194 Před 10 měsíci

    Just visit have Sex with a neighbour, neighbours can be good friends.

  • @erwinbrubacker7488
    @erwinbrubacker7488 Před 10 měsíci

    Im leaning toward divorce.

  • @ashleybellerose7104
    @ashleybellerose7104 Před 11 měsíci

    She says the exact same thing in every video. I want new. I want more. New

  • @UCkI6pPBQ1IaNlicrwsnR5_w
    @UCkI6pPBQ1IaNlicrwsnR5_w Před 11 měsíci

    I make several cups of tea for my partner every day. Each time it takes about 5 minutes, is a bit of a chore, gives her a small amount of pleasure, I barely get a thank you. I do it because I love her. But for some reason she can't bear to put in the same amount of effort for me if it involves my penis.

  • @quoteX98
    @quoteX98 Před 11 měsíci

    Don't know why i watch the whole video I'm 25 and i haven't have a boyfriend yet😂😂😂

  • @chiefp5340
    @chiefp5340 Před rokem

    Seven years since my wife let me touch her. menopause is cruel

  • @SG-iv8iw
    @SG-iv8iw Před rokem

    I am a woman.. And in sexless marriage for 5 years now. In 2021 once v had... After that never.. I am so so soooooo pissed off.. Being so much deeply connected to his family im unable to take a stand for myself

  • @EsseQuamVideriSe7en

    "Get more bite-marks on your tongue" - Love it!

  • @kasulealex9036
    @kasulealex9036 Před rokem

    am thrilled...😍

  • @fishstickbio594
    @fishstickbio594 Před rokem

    Men should marry only with their first choice …otherwise it’s not going to work .they will use porn , cheat , sexting ….anything….personally if I see I am not nr 1 choise ….I am not going to fill a sex void in anyone .

    • @nancydrew5
      @nancydrew5 Před 5 měsíci

      But isn't sex part of marriage? How are children made?.

  • @susanallen8214
    @susanallen8214 Před rokem

    What if you don't recall any specific memories of being "comforted" but you didn't grow up feeling "unloved" ?