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Filled with His Love
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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Filled with His Love(4.06) No Problem!
Send us Fan Mail Sometimes worry can overcome us. In this episode, I share some of the feelings I've had during our first month as senior missionaries in…
Filled with His Love(4.05) Ia ora na! That You Might Live!
Send us Fan Mail I talk in this episode about the Tahitian greeting: Ia ora na! It literally means "that you might live!" or "Life to you!" I believe that's…
Filled with His Love(4.04) Mortality is Sacred
Send us Fan Mail We sometimes think of the next life as a sacred existence--a time when we will be free from all the challenges of mortality. But mortality…
Filled with His Love(4.03) The Standard of Truth
Send us Fan Mail The Prophet Joseph Smith penned an amazing prophecy in 1842 as he wrote the Wentworth Letter. In this episode, I share some excerpts from that…
Filled with His Love(4.02) What is One Key Indicator of Our Relationship with God?
Send us Fan Mail The Articles of Faith are such clear statements of our beliefs in the Church of Jesus Christ. In this episode, I take a look at the 9th…
Filled with His Love(4.01) On Time and Love
Send us Fan Mail A new year. A new season. Who knows exactly what this season will be? Today I wish you a Happy New Year! In this episode, I talk about time as…
Filled with His Love(Bonus) Christmas Bells by M. Diego Gonzalez
Send us Fan Mail Here's another Christmas song arranged and performed by M. Diego Gonzalez. I feel very blessed to have his music on my podcast. He has…
Filled with His Love(Bonus) Silent Night by M. Diego Gonzalez
Send us Fan Mail Here's another Christmas song arranged and performed by M. Diego Gonzalez. I feel very blessed to have his music on my podcast. He has…
Filled with His Love(3.96) The Most Unlikely Friends
Send us Fan Mail Is there anyone in your life you have a hard time loving? In this episode, I recount the story of my dad and his unlikely friendship with…
Filled with His Love(Bonus) I Saw Three Ships--M. Diego Gonzalez
Send us Fan Mail M. Diego Gonzalez plays his new arrangement of "I Saw Three Ships." A great way to kick off the Christmas season. I hope you enjoy it! I saw…
Filled with His Love(3.95) War and Relationships
Send us Fan Mail In some miraculous way, relationships can often survive the pain of war. This is a day to reflect on WW II and hopefully, help us find ways…
Filled with His Love(3.95) 1st John 4: Fear and Love
Send us Fan Mail We talk a lot about the relationship between fear and faith, but in this episode, I will discuss how perfect love can eliminate fear…
Filled with His Love(3.94) What Are You Grateful For
Send us Fan Mail This episode is my own expression of gratitude for the blessings I've received throughout my life. I hope you will think of all that you are…
Filled with His Love(3.93) 7 Tips for a Long and Healthy Life
Send us Fan Mail I discuss the data from people who live the longest on earth--people who live in the "Blue Zones." What can we learn from these people that…
Filled with His Love(3.92) Warren Buffett's 3 Secrets of Success
Send us Fan Mail I discuss Warren Buffet's three secrets of success as stated in a recent article in the magazine Inc. I also show how his advice parallels…
Filled with His Love(3.91) Bronco Mendenhall: "Relationships Trump Everything!"
Send us Fan Mail I've taken excerpts from an interview Sheri Dew did with Bronco Mendenhall and his wife. A great interview. And I've emphasised how Bronco…
Filled with His Love(3.90) Philemon: Be a Brother or Sister Beloved
Send us Fan Mail Paul uses the term "brother beloved" in his epistle to Philemon. I love this phrase. This describes how we look at each other as children of…
Filled with His Love(3.89) Would You Like to Become an Ageless Wonder?
Send us Fan Mail What is ageism? How does it affect us as we grow older? In this episode, I talk about motivational intelligence and its influence as a means…
Filled with His Love(3.88) Set Your Face Like Flint
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I talk about the 7th chapter of 2nd Nephi where he quotes Isaiah chapter 50. I explain how important it is to "set our face…
Filled with His Love(3.87) Reflections on General Conference--October, 2023
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I share some of my own thoughts about a number of talks given in general conference with the hope that you will want to…
Filled with His Love(3.89) Galatians 5: Walking in the Spirit
Send us Fan Mail When we walk in the Spirit, we act out of love--the fruit of the Spirit. The more we can feel God's love and share that love with others in…
Filled with His Love(3.86) Make the Ask, But Ask an Inspired Question
Send us Fan Mail Being unafraid to ask is so important, but we must make sure that our motives are pure and that we are asking what God wants us to ask…
Filled with His Love(3.85) Gifts, Talents, and Relationships
Send us Fan Mail We all have gifts--certain types of potential that are inborn. And as we develop those gifts, they become talents. When we use those talents…
Filled with His Love(Bonus) Update on My Podcast
Send us Fan Mail This is just a brief message to say that I will be releasing episodes every Thursday now so that I will have time to complete a book I've been…
Filled with His Love(3.84) 1 Corinthians: You Are Absolutely Essential
Send us Fan Mail Each of us needs to know how essential we are--how important our life is on earth. Paul helps us see that whatever our background is, our…
Filled with His Love(3.83) Six Ways to Disagree While Strengthening Relationships
Send us Fan Mail Disagreements can strain relationships, but if we follow President Nelson's six suggestions, we can disagree and strengthen our relationships…
Filled with His Love(Bonus) 15 Sentences to Help You Live the Good Life
Send us Fan Mail Therapists often give advice to their clients in short phrases or sentences. Here are 15 such sentences that appeared in an article recently…
Filled with His Love(3.82) 1 Corinthians 10: Collective Faith
Send us Fan Mail What is collective faith, and how can we nurture it? How can we develop unity, eliminate contention, and become peacemakers?…
Filled with His Love(3.81) 1 Corinthians 1:20--Do We Seek the Wisdom of the World
Send us Fan Mail Paul counsels us not to seek the wisdom of the world. What did he mean, and how do put his counsel into practice? __________________________…
Filled with His Love(3.80) Social Rigidity and Relationships
Send us Fan Mail A new study shows how social rigidity and cognitive rigidity correlate with each other. And this has implications for relationships whether in…
Filled with His Love(3.79) Romans 12-16: Jesus Christ--The Only Source
Send us Fan Mail Spiritual experiences are not inventions of our minds. They are encounters with the Divine. And the more we learn to follow the will of God…
Filled with His Love(3.78) Romans 1: Everyday Grace
Send us Fan Mail Why don't we accept God's grace so freely given every day of our life? I wish we could open ourselves to his strengthening power more often. I…
Filled with His Love(3.77) What is the One Most Important Trait of a Leader?
Send us Fan Mail We want leaders to possess a lot of qualities. We want them to be decisive, motivational, bright, and hard-working. But t one trait stands out…
Filled with His Love(3.76) Acts 26: Pure Testimony
Send us Fan Mail Some people talk their way out of the Church by using simple logic. But spiritual knowledge is not based on logic and reason. It is based on…
Filled with His Love(3.75) Acts 16: Have You Experienced Persecution?
Send us Fan Mail The early apostles experienced constant persecution. Most of them were assassinated for their preaching. We don't have that kind of…
Filled with His Love(Bonus) Two New Studies: Squeeze Your Way to a Better Memory
Send us Fan Mail I discuss one study showing that high fat-high sugar diets hurt our memory and another study that shows how we can increase memory in a very…
Filled with His Love(3.74) Becoming Like God
Send us Fan Mail Lorenzo Snow taught that "as man is God once was, and as God is man may be. This wonderful doctrine of the Restoration is often overlooked or…
Filled with His Love(3.73) A Pioneer Story About Those Who Lived and Died Without a Trace
Send us Fan Mail Share the preface and epilogue to my book: Forgotten Saints: A Pioneer Story About Those Who Lived and Died Without a Trace. I hope you have a…
Filled with His Love(Bonus) Come, Come Ye Saints by Manuel Diego Gonzalez
Send us Fan Mail I am so pleased to share with you Diego Gonzalez’s latest arrangement—a symphony of Come, Come Ye Saints. This is a special gift from Diego…
Filled with His Love(Bonus) Pioneer Day Weekend
Send us Fan Mail Happy Pioneer Day Weekend! I hope you celebrate in some way--wherever you live--the miraculous faith of those early pioneers who settled Utah…
Filled with His Love(3.72) Have You Heard of STP?
Send us Fan Mail STP was a gas additive for your car. But I offer a new way to use this acronym as a reminder of habits that will lead us closer to God…
Filled with His Love(3.71) Acts 10: Belonging and Attachment
Send us Fan Mail Belonging is a central doctrine of the Restored Church of Jesus Christ. How does belonging relate to attachment theory, and how can we help…
Filled with His Love(Bonus) The Three Pillars of Longevity
Send us Fan Mail We all want to have a long health span--living the good life as long as possible. So how do we do that? I talk about Peter Attia's interview…
Filled with His Love(Bonus) Marijuana, Physical Health, and Relationships
Send us Fan Mail Our physical health affects the quality of our relationships. Substance abuse can change our behavior in negative ways. I recount in this…
Filled with His Love(3.70) Addiction and Neuroplasticity
Send us Fan Mail Neuroscience has shown that the adult brain is much more plastic and changeable than once thought. Addiction to harmful substances has proven…
Filled with His Love(3.69) Acts 8: Getting Our Heart Right
Send us Fan Mail We all experience a little cognitive dissonance at times when we try to talk ourselves into doing something we know we should do but don't…
Filled with His Love(3.68) Agency, Attention, and Devotion
Send us Fan Mail We live in a world of distractions, making it hard to focus our attention on what really matters. In This episode, I discuss how agency, leads…
Filled with His Love(3.67) Agency and the Land of the Free
Send us Fan Mail We celebrate the gift of freedom on the 4th of July, but what is freedom and how does it relate to the doctrine of moral agency?…
Filled with His Love(Bonus) 9 Phrases That Can End Any Argument
Send us Fan Mail Arguments can damage relationships, so here are 9 phrases you can use to stop an argument dead in its tracks. __________________________ Do…
Filled with His Love(3.66) Freudenfreude and Forgiveness
Send us Fan Mail When we truly forgive--even the most heinous of sins, we can rejoice in the burden that has been lifted from us and rejoice again in the…
Filled with His Love(3.65) What is FreudenFreude?
Send us Fan Mail I discuss a German compound word: Freudenfreude--and invite all of us to use it more often! __________________________ Do you have questions…
Filled with His Love(3.64) Laying Down Our Weapons of War
Send us Fan Mail I discuss how conversion comes when we lay down our weapons of war as we focus on our conviction, submissiveness, and humility--building on a…
Filled with His Love(Bonus) Juneteenth
Send us Fan Mail We can celebrate Juneteenth all week long by freeing ourselves from an unwanted habit. __________________________ Do you have questions or…
Filled with His Love(3.64) Living Prophets: Why?--Matthew 27
Send us Fan Mail Why do we have living prophets? Why don't we rely totally on sacred texts of the past? Revelation is one reason, but I explore another angle…
Filled with His Love(3.62) Why Is Conversion a Life-long Process?--Luke 22
Send us Fan Mail Some think of conversion as one-time event, but in this episode, I discuss how we should consider conversion as a life-long process…
Filled with His Love(3.61) Infinite and Intimate: Christ's Atonement
Send us Fan Mail We often speak of how infinite the Savior's Atonement is, but this episode focuses on how intimate His Atonement is for each of us as His…
Filled with His Love(3.60) 10 Reasons Quiet People Find Personal and Professional Success
Send us Fan Mail I use an article by Holly Burns as the basis for this podcast and offer 10 reasons why quiet people are successful in life…
Filled with His Love(3.59) Becoming One With God and With Each Other: John 17
Send us Fan Mail How can we become one with God and with each other as Jesus prayed that we would? __________________________ Do you have questions or…
Filled with His Love(3.58) With God Nothing Is Impossible--John 15
Send us Fan Mail In John 15, Jesus compares Himself to the Vine and us, his disciples, to the branches. He explains that we can do nothing--we cannot achieve…
Filled with His Love(3.57) Loneliness, Solitude, and Zion
Send us Fan Mail I discuss the difference between loneliness and solitude, show how loneliness is an epidemic in our society, and invite us to think about how…