Strategies for Living

Strategies for Living

by David C. McMillian, Ph.D. and Lauren Leon McMillian, M.S.

Mental Health Spirituality

Season 34

Success Doesn’t Have an Expiration Date with Chad Betz

What if the success you’ve been chasing no longer fits who you are? Life strategist and An Authentic Success author Chad Betz joins David and Lauren to explore reinvention, overcoming fear and complacency, escaping sunk-cost thinking, and redefining success on your own terms. Discover why you don’t have to start over to create a meaningful next chapter and why you’re never too old and it’s never too late to pursue a life that feels authentically yours. Original Airdate: 10/5/.2026

Loving a Wounded Earth: Nature Spirituality & the Environmental Crisis

What happens to our spiritual relationship with nature when the natural world itself is wounded? Philosopher and author Dr. Roger S. Gottlieb joins David and Lauren to explore nature spirituality, environmental crisis, eco-psychology, grief, gratitude, and our connection to the more-than-human world. Drawing from his book Nature Spirituality and Environmental Crisis: Embracing a Sacred, Wounded Earth, Gottlieb asks how love, compassion, and relationship with nature can transform despair and powerlessness into meaningful engagement. Find out more: www.rogersgottlieb.com Original Airdate: 10/1/2026

Lessons in Becoming Yourself

What does it really mean to become yourself? David, Lauren, and Jay explore self-discovery, authenticity, boundaries, people-pleasing, projection, self-trust, and the sometimes uncomfortable work of healing. From recognizing the mirrors life keeps placing in front of us to learning that “no” can be a sacred sentence, this conversation explores how we stop abandoning ourselves and begin living from a deeper place of self-respect and authenticity. Original Airdate: 9/20/2026

Questions That Quietly Shift Everything

What if the right question could quietly change the direction of your life? David, Lauren, and Jay explore powerful questions for self-awareness, mindfulness, personal growth, boundaries, authenticity, and intentional living: from “What actually deserves my energy right now?” to “When I’m 80, what will have mattered most?” Discover how curiosity can help you examine old habits and inherited beliefs, reconnect with yourself, and create a life that feels more consciously chosen. Original Airdate: 9/29/2026

Remember More, Carry Less: Healing Across Lifetimes with Alla Kaluzhny

Could fears, relationship patterns, and even physical responses have roots beyond this lifetime? Marriage and family therapist and spiritual psychologist Alla Kaluzhny, author of Turning the Pages, joins David and Lauren to explore past lives, reincarnation, intuition, and healing across lifetimes. Discover how bringing unconscious patterns into awareness may help us understand ourselves more deeply and perhaps remember more so we can carry less. Find out more: allakaluzhny.com Original Airdate: 9/28/2026

The ADHDer’s Guide to Self-Discovery with Sol Smith

What if ADHD isn’t something to overcome, but something to understand? Sol Smith, author of The ADHDer’s Guide to Self-Discovery, joins David and Lauren to explore ADHD through a neuro-affirming lens. They talk late diagnosis, masking and identity, executive function, dopamine and motivation, intentional procrastination, time blindness, body doubling, and practical ways to build a life that works with your brain instead of constantly fighting against it. Find out more: www.professorsol.com Original Airdate: 9/24/2026

Oh, the Frogs We Kiss: Love, Red Flags, & Starting Over with Dr. Victoria Vaughn

What can dating teach us about self-love, authenticity, red flags, and knowing when to walk away? Dr. Victoria Vaughn, author of Oh, the Frogs I Kissed Before I Finally Found My Prince, joins David and Lauren for a candid, funny conversation about dating after divorce, starting over later in life, relationship baggage, and the lessons we learn on the way to lasting love. Find out more: www.ohthefrogs.com Original Airdate: 9/23/2026

20 Sentences That Could Change Your Life

Can a single sentence change the way you see your life? David, Lauren, and Jay Murrell explore 20 thought-provoking ideas about change, self-worth, boundaries, fear, motivation, relationships, mortality, and living in the present. They challenge the easy answers, add some important nuance, and discover that the right words can become an invitation to greater self-awareness and real change. Original Airdate: 9/22/2026

Why Are Good Teachers Leaving? with Dr. Deanna Gilmore

Why are so many good teachers leaving the classroom? Dr. Deanna Gilmore, educator and author of There’s a Pig on the Playground, joins David and Lauren to explore teacher burnout, pay, classroom autonomy, standardized testing, and the challenges of retaining experienced educators. Plus, they look beyond the classroom to the bus drivers, paraprofessionals, cafeteria workers, custodians, and other often-unsung people who help make schools work. Original Airdate: 9/21/2026

Show Them: Stepping Into the Unknown with Dr. Glen Robison

What can a near-death experience teach a doctor about healing, and about life? Dr. Glen Robison, author of Show Them: Stepping into the Unknown to Find the Answers, joins David and Lauren to share his remarkable journey from childhood health struggles and academic setbacks to medicine, holistic healing, intuition and spiritual discovery. It’s a conversation about persistence, faith, listening within, and finding the courage to keep going when the path ahead is unknown. Original Airdate: 9/17/2026

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