In this podcast we focus on strengthening attachment relationships. Do you want to know how to draw closer to a family member, a friend, or to God? You will find answers in this podcast. Host: Russell T. Osguthorpe, instructional psychologist, church leader, husband, and father..
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This podcast is for current and former missionaries in the Tahiti Papeete Mission.
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(5.24) Earth Has No Sorrow that Heaven Cannot Heal
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9:00Send us a text Sometimes we feel beyond God's reach. We might feel that we are unworthy of help or unwanted by God. But earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltos…
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(5.23) My Birthday Gift for President Nelson
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16:02Send us a text President Russell M. Nelson once spoke to Church leaders about Hesed, covenantal love. In this episode, I ask questions that I believe President Nelson answers in this talk. I believe it is one of the most important messages he has ever given in his very long ministry. So, this is my gift to him on his 101st birthday--to re-read his …
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Send us a text Sometimes we focus so much on accomplishments that we forget that the most important thing in life--the thing that will contribute to our happiness in mortality and our joy in eternity is the quality of our relationships. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more…
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(5.21) Deepening Our Understanding of God's Grace
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16:40Send us a text God's grace is, perhaps, the central principle of the gospel because it is the expression of Christ's Atonement. No other doctrine deserves more of our attention than this one. In this episode, our son Aaron, who lives in Puerto Rico, shares his thoughts on grace. I'm convinced that if you listen closely and consider his explanation …
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(5.20) Learning, Teaching, and Relationships
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10:25Send us a text We can learn a lot from the early example of gospel learning and teaching in the School of the Prophets. How can we consider ourselves and those we teach as covenant keepers, and what does that mean for the way we greet and teach? __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] …
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(5.19) Personal and Spiritual Growth at Any Age
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9:47Send us a text We all want to do better and better. We want to grow personally and spiritual whether we're old or young. I talk about this process--how can we grow both personally and spiritually? __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my…
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Send us a text We can't know ourselves fully until we know God. He is the literal father of our spirits. The Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ helps us know God and in the process of knowing God, come to an understanding our divine destiny. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want mo…
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(5.17) Happy 24th of July: Forgotten Saints
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10:06Send us a text A few years ago I wrote a book entitled Forgotten Saints: A Pioneer Story of Those Who Lived and Died without a Trace. In this episode I share an excerpt from Chapter 10 of that book. It's a story about how I imagined two young people falling in love in Nauvoo. That love story led to the birth of Valerian Russell, the sole survivor o…
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(5.16) What's BDNF? 5 Secrets to Improve Our Brain
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18:00Send us a text Our physical body is a miracle, but our brain is even more amazing. In this episode, I share 5 proven ways to improve our brain, ways that we can all use to take better care of our control center. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and …
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Send us a text We all would like to be a little more wise, but how do we develop wisdom. I suggest 7 keys to help us gain wisdom. I'm convince that if we work on any one of these, wisdom will grow inside us. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talk…
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(5:14) 12 Thoughts on Freedom--Happy 4th of July!
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10:50Send us a text Some of my favorite thoughts about freedom, responsibility, and moral agency. Happy 4th! __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosguthorpe.com/ Want to order a book? Just go to Amazon and typ…
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(5.13) O Be Wise! Seven Letters that Could Change Your Life
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11:44Send us a text Wisdom. What is it? Why is it one of the most important qualities that we can develop in our lives here on earth? My hunch is that wisdom is more than you might think. I try to unpack the word and show how essential and comprehensive it is for each of us. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me…
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Send us a text Living life is all about making meaning. The more meaningful our life, the more joyful mortality can be. When we have purpose, real purpose, we are not only happier, but we live longer and more healthy lives. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about m…
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Send us a text Kids can teach us a lot if we observe and listen. In this episode I recount a conversation between a mother and her 12-year-old son. We can all learn something from this 12-year-old. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to m…
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Send us a text It is a blessing to serve in this Church. For me service is a sacred gift from God. In this episode, I talk about an early returning missionary, and how his going home reminded me of how sacred a gift service really is. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more i…
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Send us a text What is the Doctrine of Christ? When did the term begin to appear in talks and Church publications. What does it mean to me and my life every day? __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosgut…
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Send us a text This is about renewing old relationships that have lain dormant for along time. We all have such relationships. After listening to this brief podcast, I hope you will be motivated to seek out an old relationship and renew it. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want …
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Send us a text Is truth a set of propositions, hypotheses, and facts to be tested? Or is Truth something very different? Is it a living thing? Does it need to live inside us? How do we help Truth live inside us? __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and …
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(5.06) Coaching Wisdom and Prophetic Counsel
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16:13Send us a text In this episode, I choose some of my favorite one-liner coaching statements and apply them to our everyday life. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosguthorpe.com/ Want to order a book? J…
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Send us a text Reality seems like the most important thing in our daily life. But there's something even more important. I discuss this in this episode. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosguthorpe.com…
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In this episode, I take one-liner quotes from some famous coaches and then one-liners from President Nelson and show how they apply to missionary work.By Russell T. Osguthorpe
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I discuss the similarities between life and a mission, the challenges, the blessings, and the rewards.By Russell T. Osguthorpe
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Send us a text Sometimes we're asked how many missions we've served and if we plan to serve another mission following this one. Our response is always the same--"Life is Mission." We need to keep seeking to know what our life's mission is throughout our life. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: rtosgutho…
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Send us a text A young missionary friend died this past week. His passing was emotionally devastating to all who knew him. His name was Manutahi Adams. I talk about his passing and some of what he taught me. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talk…
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Send us a text A few thoughts on April 2025 General Conference. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosguthorpe.com/ Want to order a book? Just go to Amazon and type in Russell T. Osguthorpe Want to acces…
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In this episode I talk about God's language--a language of mercy, grace, and love. We can all learn another language, but this is the most important language we might ever learn.By Russell T. Osguthorpe
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Send us a text March Madness. It's been a fun ride for the BYU basketball team and lots of other teams. In this episode, I focus on how players and coaches alike focus so often on the quality of relationships that form as they try to win games--even relationships with God. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact…
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Send us a text I've been podcasting for the past three years, but need to take a break now, so I will say good bye at least for now. Thanks for listening! __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosguthorpe.c…
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Send us a text I talk about the gathering and about how central friendship is to the gathering. We can all reach out a little more to those around us, and we can all be a visionary as I describe in this episode. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and …
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Send us a text A new year makes us want to turn over a new leaf, see things in new ways. This episode will help you begin to see more and more in your daily life the manifestations of God's love, and the more you see these manifestations, the more you will feel his love, and the more you feel his love, the more you will love Him and his children. H…
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Send us a text A Christmas song by Elder Matthew Detweiler and Sister Chantel Harris both serving missions in the Tahiti Papeete Mission. Merry Christmas! __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosguthorpe.c…
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(4.54) Celebrating the Mortal Life of Jesus
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10:26Send us a text We understandably focus our study of the Savior on the power of His Atonement. But his mortal life has so much to teach us about how we should live here on the earth. In this episode, I talk about how he taught to love by the way he loved others. Merry Christmas! __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please co…
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(4.53) He Brought New Light--A Christmas Duet
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3:12Send us a text I hope you like the song that Lolly and I wrote called, He Brought New Light. Two of our grandchildren, Logan Moore and Olivia Osguthorpe, perform the song for this episode. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website…
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Send us a text Hello, goodbye, so simple--we say them every day, but greetings are more important than we might think. I talk about the ways we greet each other and invite us all to think about our own greeting moments. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my bo…
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Send us a text A two-word quote from Steve Jobs gave rise to this episode: "stay curious." I talk about how these two words go along with scriptural injection to ask, seek, and knock. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: htt…
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(4.50) Eight Characteristics of Divine Delegation
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11:47Send us a text We all ask others to do things for us and others ask us to do things for them. Delegation is part of every relationship. But what are the characteristics of divine delegation? __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my websi…
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Send us a text We usually think of delegation in the secular sense--as it occurs in the workplace, but in this episode, I define what I call "divine delegation"--a much more far-reaching principle that affects us every day and throughout eternity. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected]…
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Send us a text I quote President Jeffrey R. Holland from a training he gave to leaders of the Church in the Dominican Republic. His message is so similar to the message in our book, Be One. We need to see things in new ways, try things we've never tried before. And this applies particularly to relationships we have with God and with others. _______…
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Send us a text Elder David A. Bednar recently spoke to young adults about the power and the dangers of AI. He taught how relationships are key to our mortal existence, and how AI can interfere with them. I discuss in this episode how to exercise our moral agency more effectively to enhance our relationships and avoid the pitfalls of AI. ___________…
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Send us a text This is an episode about the second great commandment--love thy neighbor as thyself. We talk a lot in this podcast about our relationships with others and with God, but we also have a relationship with ourselves. The key, I believe, is self compassion. What is it? How can we experience it more often? __________________________ Do you…
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Send us a text Resilience and flexibility are characteristics we all need to develop. I talk about how important these characteristics are on a mission, but also throughout life. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://…
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A Football Team, a Mission, and the City of Enoch
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13:19I draw a comparison between a mission and a football team, and then look at what they have in common with the City of Enoch.By Russell T. Osguthorpe
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Une Équipe de Football, Une Mission, et La Cité d’Enoch
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18:12Je fais un comparaison entre le BYU Équipe de Football, le travail missionnaire, et la Cité d’Énoch.By Russell T. Osguthorpe
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Send us a text The BYU Football team can teach us something about relationships. I discuss several lessons we can learn from their performance this year compared with last year. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://w…
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(4.43) 7 Words to Help You Center Your Life on the Savior Now
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9:54Send us a text We sometimes have a post-conference down day or two. Here are seven words to help us keep that feeling of general conference with us--things we can do right now, today. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: htt…
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(4.42) 5 Ways Living Prophets Bless My Life
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11:51Send us a text General Conference is coming this weekend. I hope you'll tune in, and I hope you'll enjoy the messages. In this episode, I talk about ways living prophets have blessed me throughout my life. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks?…
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Send us a text The young need the old, but the old also need the young. Relationships at all points in life can be among the most rewarding and joy producing events of mortality. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://…
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Send us a text This is a 30-year-old recording of a song sung at our son Aaron's mission farewell. So the recording quality is not up to studio quality, but I thought you might enjoy it. My three sons, Russ, Rich, and Aaron sing the song with me, and my wife Lolly is at the piano. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please…
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Send us a text An old photo reminded me today just how sacred family life is. I hope you'll think back on moments when you have felt that holiness as a family. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about my books and talks? Go to my website: https://www.russelltosgutho…
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(4.38) Happy Birthday, President Nelson--Eight Lessons He Taught Me
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15:44Send us a text President Nelson turns 100 today! First prophet in this dispensation to live that long. I share in this episode personal experiences I've had with President Nelson and the lessons I took from those encounters. __________________________ Do you have questions or comments? Please contact me: [email protected] Want more info about …
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