The Luella Jonk Show
by Dr. Luella Jonk, PhD
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Episode #112: What is Therapy Really Supposed To Do?
Episode #112: What is Therapy Really Supposed To Do?
About this podcast
From the therapy room of a registered psychotherapist, dating coach and solopreneur who has tirelessly attempted a 'healthy' work-life balance for 25 years, it rarely existed for me and likely does not for most business owners, entrepreneurs and executives. The truth is relationships can really suffer.
I will be interviewing expert guests who are doing things right so we can all learn to mix business with pleasure. Topics will range from building better relationships, connection, dating, and how to spread more kindness and compassion towards others while doing so. Listeners, you have the right to have passion surrounding your work while maintaining passionate relationships.
You can have your cake and eat it too.
New episodes premiere every Tuesday.
Episodes
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- Episode #112: What is Therapy Really Supposed To Do? · 38 minIn this solo episode, I’m standing up for something I care about: therapy. Not because it’s perfect, and not because it works for everyone, but because I keep hearing it…
- Episode #111: Three Kids, One Business, Zero Family Nearby: How Erin & Dusty Stanczyk Are Still in Love · 1 h 4 minErin and Dusty Stanczyk are back, and this time we went deep. If you don't know them yet, they're the couple behind Eat Move Rest: certified health and lifestyle coaches…
- Episode #110: I’m Back, And I Have Some Things to Say About Truth, Suffering, and Real Life · 35 minI'm back. It's the third week of September and honestly, it took a little longer than I planned to get here—but I'm glad I waited until I had something worth saying. This episode…
- Episode #109: See You in the Fall - A Honest Note Before the Summer Pause · 16 minIn this solo episode, I'm doing something a little different—and a little vulnerable. I'm pausing the podcast for the summer. And I wanted to come on here, just the two of us…
- Episode #108: Stephanie Moore on Fuel vs. Nourishment - What Women Are Getting Wrong About Health · 1 h 10 minIn this conversation with Stephanie Moore—clinical nutritionist, health coach, and author with over 35 years of integrative practice—we're going deep into the gut microbiome, and…
- Episode #107: Jillian Mariani on "The Most Important Thing About Your Supplements? What's Not in Them" · 59 minIn this conversation with Jillian Mariani—founder of Niyama Wellness and 20+ year veteran of Canada's vitamin and supplement industry—we're talking about something most women…
- Episode #106: Ester Munt-Brooks on The Empty Nest, Aging Parents, and Falling in Love Again · 60 minIn this conversation with Esther Munt-Brooks—Catholic speaker, sacred scripture scholar, and wife of happiness researcher Arthur Brooks—we're doing something a little different…
- Episode #105: Dr. Richard Dixey on Pre-Conscious Awareness: The Science Behind Every Marital Conflict · 1 h 8 minIn this conversation with Dr. Richard Dixey—Oxford-educated scientist, Buddhist scholar, and founder of a London Stock Exchange-listed biotechnology company—we're diving into…
- Episode #104: Purification or Incompatibility - What Is Your Marriage Really Asking of You? · 51 minIn this solo episode, I'm tackling one of the most quietly asked questions I hear in my therapy room—one that couples rarely say out loud, but almost always think: Is this…
- Episode #103: Fr. Branden Gordon on Mercy, Masculinity, and What Surprised Him Most About Priesthood · 60 minIn this conversation with Fr. Branden Gordon—a newly ordained Salesian priest serving at Saint Benedict Parish in Toronto—we're exploring something I rarely discuss on this show…
- Episode #102: Joseph Pearce on How Marriage Is Meant to Transform You, Not Just Make You Happy · 56 minIn this conversation with Joseph Pearce—internationally acclaimed author, Shakespeare scholar, and visiting professor of literature—we're exploring something I don't often…
- Episode #101: The Difference Between Caring and Feeling Responsible (That's Destroying Your Marriage) · 46 minIn this solo episode, I'm challenging the way we've been taught to approach life—and it all started when I saw someone ask for the macros on a recipe online. Not how it tasted…
- Episode #100: Why Women Who Carry Everything Feel So Empty · 35 minIn this solo episode, I’m following up on last week’s conversation because many women reached out with the same exhausted question: Why is it always me who has to change? Why am…
- Episode #99: The Real Reason You're Exhausted in Your Marriage (It's Not What You Think) · 39 minIn this solo episode, I'm walking you through something I see every single week in my therapy room — and something I've lived myself: the moment a small, ordinary trigger sends…
- Episode #98: Nothing Was Wrong, But Something Felt Off · 45 minIn this solo episode, I'm being honest about something I don't think we talk about enough: what happens after the spiritual highs. It's the Friday after Easter, and instead of…
- Episode #97: Hannah Spier on Why Feminism Taught Women to Resent Men in Marriage · 55 minIn this second conversation with Norwegian psychiatrist Hannah Spier, we're diving into territory that most clinicians won't touch: the rise of personality disorders among women…
- Episode #96: Why I'm Calling Out Chatelaine - The Dangerous Truth About Weight and Responsibility · 36 minIn this episode, I share my reflections after listening to a recent Chatelaine podcast on weight, identity, and responsibility. This is an important and, at times, uncomfortable…
- Episode #95: Kate Christie - She Bought a Palazzo in Sicily—Here's Why Every Woman Should Have a Life List · 60 minIn this episode, I'm sitting down with Kate Christie—Australia's top time management expert and the woman who bought a palazzo in Sicily as her midlife manifesto. After losing…
- Episode #94: The Defensiveness You Feel in an Argument? Here's What It's Really Telling You. · 46 minThere's a version of conviction that looks a lot like control. And most of us have been living there without realizing it. This week I'm coming to you solo — and honestly, a…
- Episode #93: Ester Munt-Brooks on Why Loving Well Is the Hardest — and Only — Thing That Brings You Peace · 1 h 4 minIn this episode, Catholic educator Ester Munt-Brooks returns for a deeply honest conversation about what it really means to love — not as a feeling, but as a decision. From her…
