This week Kathryn was ready to blast some gratitude. It all stems from a conversation she had with our oldest daughter.  Check it out and learn some gratitude!  Online @ www.positivelymidwest.com Contact us @ [email protected]  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-jurrens/support

Hello you wonderful people!  Thanks for continuing to listen! This week's episode we discuss ways to stay focused or refocus!  We found a great article HERE: https://psychcentral.com/blog/5-tips-to-help-you-refocus-and-get-things-done#5 Thanks for the support!!  Online at www.positivelymidwest.com Contact us @ [email protected] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-jurrens/support

In this weeks episode Steve is riding solo.  I subscribe to the Great Good Science Center newsletter and they had a great article just today!  3 Ways to See Meaning in Your Life - https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/three_ways_to_see_meaning_in_your_life?utm_source=Greater+Good+Science+Center&utm_campaign=34b251ffd5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_GG_Newsletter_November_2_2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5ae73e326e-34b251ffd5-75496027 Check it out!  Thank you all for your continued support! Online @ www.positivelymidwest.com Contact us @ [email protected] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-jurrens/support

Hey there folks! We have a nice and short little episode for you this week. Number 95 we are at already! YAY!!  Kathryn found a sweet article from Science of People https://www.scienceofpeople.com/conversation-starters-topics/ Check it out and leave us some feedback!  Online at www.positivelymidwest.com Contact us @ [email protected] Thank you for you support!!  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-jurrens/support

Hello you mighty fine people you!  It's time we talk about not burning out at work! With Kathryn and I starting new jobs and differing hours. It's important we all take a moment to keep this subject top of mind!  Check out this sweet article! https://health.clevelandclinic.org/7-red-flags-of-job-burnout-and-what-you-can-do/ Thank you all so much for you support!  Online @ www.positivelymidwest.com Contact Us @ [email protected] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-jurrens/support

This week Kat and Steve drop some BIG news about their live changes!  Then we discuss pros and cons and the process of staying positive!  Let's learn and do this together!  Thank you all for the support!  Online @ www.positivelymidwest.com Contact us @ [email protected] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-jurrens/support

This week we talk with a fellow podcaster and author Wendy M. Kok (coke) She hails from Michigan and grew up in Northern Wisconsin where she got the inspiration for her book A Grey Resort. It also won 2020 American Fiction Awards - 'A Grey Resort' book was honored as a 'Winner' in the Romance/Paranormal Category Pick up the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Resort-Thousand-Years-Crooked-Forest/dp/1543970494/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=a+grey+resort+book&qid=1571433757&sr=8-1 She also has a podcast called A Juicy Pear Podcast, which covers many different subjects including mental health, a close personal aneurism story, and even interviews with psychics. Check out her podcast here: https://www.ajuicypearpodcast.com You can also follow her on Facebook and check out her website here which will give you everything you need. 😁 https://www.wendymkokauthor.com/ You can follow us on Facebook and Instagram at Positively Midwest Podcast Online @ www.positivelymidwest.com Contact us @ [email protected] Thank you to our guest and thank you to YOU for your support!  #staypositive  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-jurrens/support

Welcome to episode 91!  This week Kat and Steve are going through Autumn in the Midwest, which can be so beautiful! So we decided to do an episode on it. So BAM! Find the positive in Autumn! Pretty simple! 😁 Thank you all for your continued support!  Online @ www.positivelymidwest.com Contact us @ [email protected] #staypositive --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-jurrens/support

This week we chat with Dr. Renae Reinardy!  I have been watching a lot of the TV show A & E Hoarders and was just fascinated by the psychology of these people and their situations. So I decided to look up some of the psychologists on the show and came across Dr. Renae Reinardy and she was from Fargo, ND. So I was thinking "No way! Of course I have to reach out to her!" She agreed to do the episode and I am happy to release it! Thank you so much to her!  Check out this amazing bio:  Renae M. Reinardy, PsyD is a Licensed Psychologist and Director of the Lakeside Center for Behavioral Change. Dr. Reinardy specializes in the evidence-based treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Phobias, Hoarding Disorder, Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors, Tic Disorders and related conditions.  She is the Program Developer of CourageCritters.com, a skills-focused online and plush animal system. Dr. Reinardy serves on the BTTI Faculty for the International OCD Foundation, and PTI Faculty and Board Member for the TLC Foundation for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors.  She has been interviewed on Good Morning America, North Dakota Today and the Joy Behar Show. Her treatment techniques were featured on Dateline NBC and A&E’s Hoarders.  She is an advocate for childhood mental health, the 2019 National Mother of the Year®, and a 2021 delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Check out her practice's website at http://www.lakesidecenter.org/ Thank you all for your support and listening! Please share this with all your cool friends!  Online @ www.positivelymidwest.com Contact us @ [email protected] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-jurrens/support

This week we get back to some interviews and we speak with Einar (anar) Haraldsson from all the way in Iceland!! Holy Smokes!!  We are so grateful he took time to record with us, since it was Midnight his time!!! WOW!! Thanks so much!  He was a former Icelandic police officer turned actor! He tells some great stories and we can find some positivity in there! 😁 Born in 1955 to a Danish mother and Icelandic father, Einar attended the School of Art in Iceland. Einar has been in several Icelandic TV series as well as the upcoming film “Ride the Wanted Trail”. FILM CREDITS Sistershood Stella Blómkvist 2 Vitjanir Verbúðin Berdreymi Black Sands Leynilöggan Copperhead Creek Ride the Wanted trail (Director Rick Groat, 2022 US release) Check him out at https://www.einarharaldsson.com/ Thank you all for checking it out!  Online at www.positivelymidwest.com  Contact us @ [email protected]  #staypositive  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-jurrens/support