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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 @ positivelymidwest@gmail.com --- 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 @ positivleymidwest@gmail.com --- 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 @ positivelymidwest@gmail.com --- 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 @ positivleymidwest@gmail.com 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 @ positivelymidwest@gmail.com --- 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 @ positivelymidwest@gmail.com --- 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.

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!

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 @ positivelymidwest@gmail.com --- 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!

In this weeks episode your ole pal Steve is riding solo again and we discuss genuinely being happy for others! Something I know we have probably all struggled with! I found a great article at medium.com "The Benefits of being genuinely happy for others" by Marvin Marcano at link : https://medium.com/the-gyst/the-benefit-of-being-genuinely-happy-for-others-6305f7f2c191 Read up and share your thoughts with us OR stories. positivleymidwest@gmail.com Online @ www.positivleymidwest.com Thank you! Please Share! #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

In this week's episode Kat and Steve discuss some tips and reasons why it's important on focusing on creating positive memories with your kids and teenagers! We found some great information to share from Psych central.com - 5 Ways to Make Happy Memories with your Kids - https://psychcentral.com/blog/5-ways-to-make-happy-family-memories#1 All Pro Dad.com - 34 Memory Making Things to Do With Your Kids - https://www.allprodad.com/34-memory-making-things-to-do-with-your-kids/ Very Well Family.com - Ways to Spend Quality Time With Your Teenager and make it fun and positive - https://www.verywellfamily.com/things-to-do-with-or-for-your-teen-2609590 Check it out, share with people, screenshot and share it. We thank you! Online - www.positivelymidwest.com Contact us @ positivelymidwest@gmail.com #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

Would you know that Mrs. Kathryn Jurrens thought it would be a great idea to talk about the arts in education! Well by golly it turned out to provide some great information. We found this neat little fact sheet and then of course threw our Positively Midwest thoughts in there.

This has to be something lots of people struggle with! I know we do! There are so many different variables to this and it can effect people in many different ways too. We of course looked for some good information to share with you folks and here are the links. https://drliza.medium.com/7-reasons-why-trying-too-hard-to-be-liked-will-backfire-d89c7c56a812 AND https://socialpronow.com/blog/trying-too-hard/ Check it out! Share with us your thoughts! positivelymidwest@gmail.com www.positivelymidwest.com Thank you VERY much 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

So recently, like in the last week. I have begun to watch Hoarders. I started on Netflix which was like a more recent season from 2020 I believe. Then I searched and found the older seasons on Prime and started at Season 1. WOW! I am just amazed at what these people and families go through. I wanted to know more about it and the psychology behind it! I even searched some of the doctors on the show just tonight before recording this episode and found one that is from North Dakota! So I reached out and hope we can snag an interview! That would really be interesting! For the time being I just had to put some of this out there. I found some good information at these links: https://adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/hoarding-basics and to help with an intervention : https://adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/hoarding-basics/staging-intervention. It is quite a disorder to deal with and according to the show upwards of 19 million people are affected. WOW! Check it out and share your thoughts or do more research or help someone in need!

Hey oh! It's another solo Steve episode! My lovely partner Kathryn is working VERY hard with our kiddos during 4-H achievement days! So this past weekend we decided to have a date night while the kids went to a rodeo with their Uncle. So I decided to plan a bit of it out and surprise her. We also had some impromptu fun! I decided this would be a good subject to tackle again, solo, and share my thoughts. I pulled from 2 different articles as well which fit perfectly!

Well... they grow up eventually! There's nothing we can do about it! So let's learn to positively talk with our teens about dating! We go through an article from good therapy.org https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/9-tips-for-talking-to-teens-about-dating-and-relationships-0227157 They also recommend you check out www.loveisrespect.org for more advice! Thanks so much for your support! Contact us @ positivelymidwest@gmail.com Online @ www.positivleymidwest.com --- 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's episode Steve took a solo ride. It's crazy to think that after over a year and a half of therapy, reading tons of positive quotes, and articles. That I could still slip into depression! Well, we have always been about being raw and organic on our show. So here we are talking about my starting journey for looking into an antidepressant with a doctor. This week this episode is released I will be seeing a doctor to find advisement on what could help me the best. We will then talk it about it more on the shows as they develop. This episode is packed full of information as if I was (which I was) researching it for myself! So here are a couple of links to check out if you like: https://www.cigna.com/individuals-families/health-wellness/hw/medical-topics/depression-ty6745 AND https://www.rethink.org/advice-and-information/living-with-mental-illness/medications/antidepressants/ So in theory antidepressants help you get that chemical brain imbalance fixed and you can perhaps go off of them! WE can learn together! Thanks for the support everyone! www.positivleymidwest.com Contact us @ positivelymidwest@gmail.com #staypostive --- 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's episode Kat takes the reigns and discusses one of her life passions, 4-H. I admit I had a negative outlook on this in the earlier part of my life with her, which I discuss in the episode. I have now grown respect for this organization and how it's positively affected my children! You can search for a local 4-H organization in your area too! They are even global!! Thanks for all the support everyone! We hope you enjoy! Share with all you cool friends! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram at Positively Midwest Podcast contact us @ positivelymidwest@gmail.com #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 Kat and Steve tackle arguing! Which we still do like everyday! BUT holy smokes have we come a LONG way!! IT TAKES TWO!!!! We found a great article on psychologytoday.com - called "10 Tips for Constructive Arguments with your Loved One" Link: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/emotional-fitness/201905/10-tips-constructive-arguments-your-loved-one Give it a read for yourself! Then do MORE research! Then LEARN! Then APPLY! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook at Positively Midwest Podcast & online @ www.positivelymidwest.com Contact us @ positivelymidwest@gmail.com Thanks!!!!!! Much Love!!! --- 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 week's episode we came across a "Happiness Practice" from the Great Good Science Center! https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/best_possible_self It's a quick 15 minute practice they suggest you do once a day for 2 weeks. BE SPECIFIC! It really helps you find gratitude, perspective, and motivation! Let us know how it went! positivelymidwest@gmail.com www.positivelymidwest.com #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

Check out this week's episode with our new friend Jerilynn Stephens! Her resume is amazing and when you listen to this episode you'll understand! LOL!! In sum she a Hollywood hairstylist, self image coach, author of "The Five F's", and speaker! Our mutual friend Kat Perkins hooked us up! She's SO cool!! We discuss so many different perspectives and situations! We even talk a bit about her current bout with Ovarian Cancer! The Five F's : Fearless - Feel - Figure - Faith - Focus! Check her out at all these websites!! Facebook: - https://www.facebook.com/jerilynn.stephens Her Book: - https://www.amazon.com/Five-Words-Manifesting-Your-Life/dp/0578587106/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PE6AL4N6BQAL&dchild=1&keywords=the+five+f+words&qid=1604535509&sprefix=the+five+f+%2Caps%2C226&sr=8-1 Her website: - https://jerilynnstephens.com/ WE LOVED this episode! What a great chat! Please like, comment, share, and screenshot and tag us! Thanks all!! Much Love! Stay Positive! --- 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 week's episode we talk with actress Shanna Toft! She hails from Texas and like everything big there she just exudes confidence, positivity, and gratitude! What a great conversation! We talk about her biz, how she came to that profession, and some great conversation about being positive, grateful, confident, and chasing your dreams!! We can't thank her enough for doing this with us! Especially when she hooks up with Keanu Reeves! WHOA!! I know it'll happen!

Hey PM fam! This subject is near and dear to our little hearts and just knew there would be a great article on the positive effects of owning a pet! We found our ole buddies at positive psychology.com had just what we needed. Link: https://positivepsychology.com/pets-mental-health/ It is pretty amazing what these pets can do for us! Share your story with us or send us stories @ positivelymidwest@gmail.com Follow us on Facebook and Instagram and online @ www.positivelymidwest.com Thank you VERY much! #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

I, Steve, receive a newsletter from the Great Good Science Center in Berkley. Also, where Steve is taking some online courses to learn about "The Science of Happiness." I came across this article the "5 Ways to Manage the Emotional Distress of Cancer" https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/five_ways_to_manage_the_emotional_distress_of_cancer We are all different and have different ways of dealing with things, but I felt this could help inspire or shed some light for someone. It seems we have all been afflicted by cancer in one way of another and IT SUCKS! Thank you all for your continued support! Online @ www.positivelymidwest.com positivelymidwest@gmail.com #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 inspirational story comes from true experience. We are so proud of Nathan's courage to tell his story and try to inspire others! We are connected through a blended family. His mom and my step-grandma are sisters! I never would have guessed this is something he has struggled with! Nathan shares his story of depression, struggles, and contemplated suicide. As we mention in the episode, below are some links to find help if you are struggling or even to learn how to help a friend or family member you feel could be struggling! US Dept. of Veteran Affairs - https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/suicide_prevention/ The Suicide Prevention for Veterans - https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/help-yourself/veterans/ South Dakota Suicide Prevention - https://sdsuicideprevention.org/ Suicide Prevention Lifeline - https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ Thank you again to Nathan AND thank you to everyone for your support! Don't forget if you or someone you know is struggling we will help you find therapy, rehab and even help you get started if you can't afford it! Contact us @ positivelymidwest@gmail.com Online @ www.positivelymidwest.com #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

Hello! Welcome to episode 73 where we discuss some techniques for staying or becoming "grounded" both in the mental mindful way and in the hippiesque way of actually planting your feet on the ground and letting the sun and the earth heal that mind of yours!!! Check out the article from positive psychology.com: https://positivepsychology.com/grounding-techniques/#:~:text=Soothing%20grounding%20techniques%20describe%20methods,a%20positive%20statement%20to%20yourself. Thank you VERY much for your support! Please review us on Facebook or your preferred streaming platform! www.positivelymidwest.com positivelymidwest@gmail.com --- 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

Happy Mother's Day to all you amazing women!! We decided we should do a sort of Mother's day special episode. We found a couple great articles and we'll post the links below! "How Mom's can cultivate Positive Emotions" by Maryam Abdullah - From the Great Good Science Center - https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_moms_can_cultivate_positive_emotions "How positive psychology can help working Mom's" https://www.workingmomsbalance.com/what-is-positive-psychology/ Check out he section on PERMA - great concept! Also, let us know if you did the "mommy thing" and what you choose?!

Well holy smokes! We made it to 70

Hello friends. It's a Kat and Steve episode again! It seems like we haven't done one in some time. Well what better episode than something that is relevant. So we have our first Emcee event coming up for a "fancy" dinner. So of course we are a bit nervous, which made me want to find out the science and psychology behind it all. Then guess what?! We can overcome it! I found a great article to help here: https://speakingaboutpresenting.com/nervousness/fear-of-public-speaking-causes/ Thank you all so much for your support. If you have a moment in your day please screenshot our podcast and share it with you friends. Go to our Facebook PAGE and leave us a review. Subscribe anyway you can on whatever you use to stream it! Thank you! www.positivelymidwest.com Contact Us @ positivelymidwest@gmail.com #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

In episode 68 meet Joe Scarpellino aka Smokin Joe. He's a musician with the likes of Dead Larry, Ironstar, Space Monkey Mafia, part of Galactic Get Down Music Festival, on crowdcast as Parallax TV, and owner/founder of Get Down Enterprises and resides in Minneapolis, MN! He had an amazing post on his personal page about mental health and destigmatizing it. Especially with men, which is one of my main missions. So I just had to reach out and ask him to be on our show! He's also a recovery alcoholic, sober now for 3 1/2 years. We really appreciated what he had to say about that! Listen for the phrase "lost time". These are the kind of episodes that really engage my brain and get me thinking of past, present, and future. Thanks Joe! Check out everything about him at www.smokinjoeonline.com From there you can find all his great stuff! Be sure to check out the sweet Facebook he started "Livestream Cover Challenge"! It's totally blown up! He's on the YouTube too! Thanks for all your support folks! If you find a minute please go to our Facebook PAGE and leave us a review! Also, wherever you stream our podcast please leave a review and subscribe to us! #staypositive www.positivelymidwest.com Contact us @ positivelymidwest@gmail.com --- 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

For me, this is personally a huge honor! I have followed Zane Lamprey since my VERY early retail days selling some of the first HD TV's in Watertown, SD!

In episode 66 we speak with Amber Siderewicz with the Watertown, South Dakota Beacon Center. The Beacon Center is a private, non-profit organization founded in 1977 that provides services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Beacon Center Services 24 HOUR CRISIS LINE for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault TRAINED ADVOCATES to provide information, support. and referral o COURT ADVOCACY—assistance with protection orders and accompaniment to legal hearings o MEDICAL ADVOCACY--accompany sexual assault victims during medical exam SHELTER for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, providing for victims that are fleeing a dangerous situation and need a safe place to live COUNSELING SERVICES o CRISIS COUNSELING - adult individual and group counseling; including rape crisis services o PERSONAL COUNSELING - specializing in working with victims of trauma, domestic violence and sexual assault o SUPPORT GROUPS -meets on Tuesday from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm -. Provides a safe, supportive place for discussion and healing from past or present trauma and abuse FAMILY VISITATION CENTER offers a facility where supervised visits and safe exchanges of children between parents where children will not be exposed to parental conflicts can occur (fee may apply) EDUCATION and OUTREACH — tours and presentations available ALL SERVICES ARE AT NO CHARGE!!

This week we talk with Sara Bradford! She is the host of the podcast The SJ Childs Show and has written 7 books that are helping bring awareness and normalcy to children about physical differences, anxiety, dyslexia, autism, and downs syndrome. She talks with us about dealing with this in her own family. We learned some great ways to stay positive and found some great perspectives as well. It really inspired us to continue to "be apart of the change"! You'll see....

In episode 64 we discuss something Steve recently learned through some classes he is taking from the Greater Good Science Center in Berkley! In the hopes of bringing continued great content backed by science and psychology! Anyway, this was a great practice on their website to "Making an Effective Apology" Here's the link to try it yourself! https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/making_an_effective_apology#tab-why It's short and sweet and we hope you enjoy it! Thank you all for your continued support! We sincerely appreciate you! Please feel free to screenshot and review our lil podcast! Share it with all your cool friends! Follow us on Facebook @ Positively Midwest Podcast Online @ www.positivleymidwest.com #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

In this week's fancy episode we talk with Patti Patrone Miller who is the Executive Producer, Co-Owner, Creater/Developer of Thumbs Up a upcoming book and animated series. An animated series for television about a boy with Autism and his dog with opposable thumbs! THUMBS UP! is an animated series created by Andrew and Patti Miller for television not only for children, but families with voice actors, Susan Ruttan, Jimmy Hanks, David Sobolov, Debi Derry Berry, Daniel Ross, Paulette McWilliams, Robert Catrini, Scott Kyle, Carey Means, Max Albert Vivino, Bill Beck and Tony Todd. They amazing team of Exodo Animation Studios is responsible for the shows animation. It's got some great names in the entertainment industry attached to it! We can't wait to see this continue to develop and are so proud of Patti and Andrew for helping bring light to subjects like this! The more awareness and education we get. The more the world will understand! Check out more here! https://www.facebook.com/elliotandjosephthumbsup?view_public_for=241545493455589 https://www.facebook.com/pattipetronemiller/ Thank you so much for your support! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @ Positively Midwest Podcast Online @ www.positivelymidwest.com Contact Us: positivelymidwest@gmail.com #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

In episode 62 Kat and Steve discuss another great article that gave me some feels! "After all this time, Don't you deserve to feel happy? By, Dr. Christine Bradstreet Click here to read it: https://medium.com/change-your-mind/after-all-this-time-dont-you-deserve-to-feel-happy-1bde173afb59 Thank you all for your continued support! We appreciate you VERY much! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @ Positively Midwest Podcast Online @ www.positivelymidwest.com Also, if you have a moment please review us on our Facebook PAGE and also any streaming platform you use. Especially if it's apple podcast! Thank you! #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

Meet our new friend Andy Shepherd! He is a certified coach through Tony Robbins with a focus on relationships! We have a very enlightening conversation and I feel it helps inspire some need for therapy, yet alone a sense of life coaching! There are so many things we have the power to change in our lives! Sit back, listen and learn! Find Andy on the internet! www.shepherdcoaching.com Facebook @ Shepherd Coaching https://www.facebook.com/ShepherdCoaching Plus follow him on Instagram and Twitter! Thank you all for listening and supporting us! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @ Positively Midwest Podcast Online @ www.positivelymidwest.com #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

In episode 60 we interview our new friend Dacota Muckey! I originally saw him running around at Harmony Park during the Shang ri La and Project Earth music festivals! He was running around with his shirt off jamming at campfires! Fast forward a few years later and I snagged him for an interview! I am quite excited! Here's a bit of his bio: Dacota Muckey is a singer/songwriter/jam-band-frontman from Indianapolis, Indiana. He began playing and writing music at about 12 years old. Equipped with an acoustic guitar and a passion to live a life on stage, he immediately joined a local band and hasn’t stopped performing since. Some of his influences range from old school legends such as Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix to newer artists such as Trevor Hall, Alt-J, and Dermot Kennedy. Through dealing with childhood trauma and molestation, coming to grips with his sexuality, and battling drug addiction that resulted in multiple life threatening seizures, Dacota discovered his gift for music as a coping mechanism along his troubled path. Refusing to claim victimhood, he journeyed inward to reflect, heal, and openly share his story so others who’ve traveled similar paths don’t feel so alone. From songs like “This Is the Music That Heals Your Soul” to “Life Is Incredible”, you can hear how Dacota has turned his darkness into brightly shining insight through his soulful musical expression. The new project, set to be released in late 2020, helps listeners explore the darker side of life and fully embrace the spectrum of human experience. His vocals are dynamic with a bit of rasp, inspiring one music critic to declare, “when Dacota Muckey sings you can hear a bit of pain being released.” This accounts for the way his voice grips those who hear it, plunging them into the depth of self that gave rise to who Dacota is today. With a natural propensity for writing, guitar playing, looping, and singing, Dacota combines his talents with keys, sax, drums, and bass to breath life and vitality into the music. This is why he aligned himself with four talented musicians to create “Dacota Muckey and The Trip”. The brotherhood seen on stage is one of the reasons why the band has steadily created buzz in wide circles of music lovers from all walks of life. Consistently referred to as an “up and coming act with no sign of slowing,” Dacota Muckey & The Trip rise to new heights and gain new fans with every show they play. Since 2016 the band has released multiple projects including Gypsy, This Is the Music That Heals Your Soul, and Problems in a Song Parts 1 and 2. Throughout their burgeoning career they’ve shared the stage with Grammy Award Winner Blues Traveler, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Laith Al Saadi of NBC’s The Voice, Matisyahu, Wookiefoot, and many others. They’ve played music festivals across the US including Bonnaroo, Shang Ri La, Werk Out, Thrive Fest Hawaii, and more. With the recent purchase of an RV and a fire underneath him, Dacota has assembled a team of music industry professionals to help guide the band further than ever before. As the live music industry reopens and musicians hit the stage once again, you can expect to see “Dacota Muckey & The Trip” in your city soon. FIND EVERYTHING DAKOTA MUCKEY RELATED @ www.dacotamuckey.com **Thank you all for your continued support! It truly means a lot! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @ Positively Midwest Podcast Online @ www.positivelymidwest.com Contact us - positivelymidwest@gmail.com Thank you so much! #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

Episode 59 - That's a whoa nelly in itself!

This week we discuss the 5 Love Languages from Gary Chapman's book! We have talked about it in other episodes, but wanted to go more in depth. Here are the websites we references: https://www.5lovelanguages.com/ https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/the-5-love-languages-explained Thank you all VERY much for your continued support! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @ Positively Midwest Podcast Online @ www.positivelymidwest.com

In episode 57 it's a good ole Kat and Steve episode! This week we discuss "high functioning anxiety"! We reference a great article I found online @ https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-high-functioning-anxiety-4140198 There is much more for us to learn and together we can keep growing!! Thanks so much for the support! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @ Positively Midwest Podcast Online @ www.positivelymidwest.com #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

In episode 56 we talk with our new friend Richard Burgin! He's making his film debut as a director. The movie is Fang: The Movie and should be coming our way very soon!! We are quite excited to see what he has done! On top of everything Richard has High Functioning Asperger syndrome. He discusses having to observe people being "normal" in order to act more "normal" and not alienate people! Wow! What an inspirational story this turned out to be! We can overcome anything! We can hit any goal we put our minds too!! It's all about the drive and mindset! YOU CAN DO IT!! A HUGE Thanks to Richard for doing this episode with us!

In this solo Steve episode, it turns out to be a pretty powerful episode for me. We talk with Face It Together out of Sioux Falls, SD who specializes in helping with addiction. They help those impacted by addiction, including loved ones, get well and stay well through peer coaching and other support. You have to listen and then go check them out yourself! You NEED to make that first step if you are dealing with addiction! YOU CAN DO IT!! Here's how to find them! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wefaceittogether Website: https://www.wefaceittogether.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faceittogether/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/face-it-together/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wefaceit2gether YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKI-4Ker7SINISHv_Vw9jgA So check these guys out! They are helping save the world! Thank you all for your continued support! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @ Positively Midwest Podcast Online @ www.positivelymidwest.com Check out our merch on there too!

We hit 2021 with gusto and are advising it's necessary for you to TAKE ACTION!! What is all that advice, those self help books you read, those articles you read, those posts you shared and like....IF YOU DON'T PUT IT INTO ACTION!! We have a nice complimentary video I found of a Tony Robbins: https://youtu.be/_ybDjjOaGHE I also found a great article that really helps explain what we are talking about. https://addicted2success.com/life/10-actions-you-can-take-that-will-dramatically-change-your-life/ Thank you all for your support! We sincerely appreciate it!

We talk with a fellow South Dakotan in this fancy episode. John Small hails from Sioux Falls and rocks in the radio broadcasting biz! What a dude! This turned out to be a great episode. With plenty of tidbits to get you inspired, motivated, and to stay positive! John is into many things and over it all maintains FAITH will get him where he needs to be! Check out this dude bio!

In episode 52 we talk with our new friend Jeff Dowskin who has been in the comedy biz for over 18 years! Can you imagine how difficult it can be to stay positive and deal with all the rejection that comes along with that kind of industry. He has overcome a lot and give some truly inspirational vibes! Check out this BIO

We are rocking Positively Midwest Jurrens family style! We talk a bit about gratitude and our favorite Christmas movies! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram at Positively Midwest Podcast Online @ www.positivelymidwest.com Thank you ALL so much for the support this year! --- 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

NIFTY 50!!

These episodes just keep getting better and better folks! This week we talk with Ricci Milan an amazing multi-talented performer that currently resides in the Twin Cities, Minnesota! He is currently launching a great holiday virtual theatrical program called "Who Brought The Humbug" check it out on www.rhythmstreetmovement.com We are all over the board on this episode and in a great way, it couldn't have gone better! We find the inspiration and met another amazing human being! A special shoutout to our friend Kat Perkins for hooking us up! Thank you! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @ Positively Midwest Podcast Online @ www.positivelymidwest.com Holler at us positivelymidwest@gmail.com Thank you for all 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

In episode 48, we honestly just say thank you! It's a short quick thank you from us and a sort of lesson on gratitude. We also plug some future guests and some possible upcoming plans! Thank you so much guys! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @ Positively Midwest Podcast Online @ www.positivelymidwest.com #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