In this episode, Phyllis discusses her spiritual journey with a Zen Buddhist sect, and her experiences at Zen Buddhist retreats.  She also talks about the Buddhist monk who taught her, and who she later discovered was a sexual predator.  We discuss how she took back her life and became more self-aware. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/utalk-life-podcast/message

In this episode, Phyllis talks about specific steps to teach children how to avoid abuse and how to speak up about it.  We discuss the Me Too movement and how it can change public attitudes regarding sexual abuse.  She discusses how her relationship with her parents has been affected by her experiences, and how it changed the way she raised her son.  She tells us what she thinks is the most important thing we can do to help our children with this subject, and how discussing it has helped her. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/utalk-life-podcast/message

In this episode, Phyllis tells us how she confronted her abuser and her mother, how she was able to heal and move on from the abuse, and how we can overcome difficult things in our lives. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/utalk-life-podcast/message

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In this episode, Samantha talks about her experiences as a fitness coach, a marathon runner, and a pickleball player.  She describes ways we can incorporate fitness into our daily lives to make us feel better, even in middle age and beyond. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/utalk-life-podcast/message

In this episode, Betty shares some of her thoughts on life and death, marriage, relationships, abuse, hobbies, and attitude. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/utalk-life-podcast/message

In this episode, Betty discusses her move from California to Idaho, the 'Party House', job adventures, divorce, remarriage, a new son, the adoption of her daughter and the car accident of another son. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/utalk-life-podcast/message

In this episode, Betty discusses caring for 5 children with cystic fibrosis, the serious bicycle accident and brain injury of another son, and how she helped rehabilitate him.  We can't control what happens to us, but we can choose how we respond to it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/utalk-life-podcast/message

In this episode, Betty talks about growing up with a father who became schizophrenic, helping to raise her younger sisters and support the family, meeting her husband and having 4 children under the age of 3, and finding out 3 of them had cystic fibrosis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/utalk-life-podcast/message