Rich Thoughts, Poor Jokes
Latest Episodes
Welcome to Rich Thoughts, Poor Jokes. A mostly-serious show where two mental health professionals work together to teach you about having security, freedom, and luxury, in EVERY area of your life. Dr Roxy Riefkohl-Cook and Dr. Stephanie Ellis coach you on the path to mental wealth, covering topics from sex and relationships, communication and self-care, work and parenting, and so much more.
Five Critical Conversations (to Make You a Communication Super Hero)
Good communication is just like anything else in life: practice makes perfect. Today, we're digging into five crucial types of practical conversations you can have to help level up your communication skills.
Communication: Say What You Mean, & Feel Good About It!
It's time to learn how to how to speak with authority, confidence, and authenticity. This episode, Drs. Riefkohl-Cook and Ellis dig deep into practical strategies to help you level up your communication skills and ensure that you are HEARD.
Common Sense Isn’t Common (in Communication)
You'd think that, with a name like "Common Sense", sense would be, well, more common. But when it comes to communication with others, common sense is anything but.
Join us as we figure out how to identify and bridge communication gaps, examine "intention" vs "impact", and help identify how poor communication can cost you and what you can do to overcome it.
Listeners Win – The Secrets to Great Communication
What in the world is "communication wealth"? How do I even know if I'm a good communicator? Wait, what do you mean that good communication means that I have to listen too??
Those area probably all questions that you've had at some point, so let's get into it with the first episode of our Communication series: "Listeners Win".
Cats Don't Like Leashes
Sexual passion and intimacy can't happen if the environment to foster it hasn't been created. How can we be attentive to what lights the fire (and what smothers it!) to ensure an environment that creates the most fertile ground is present in our lives?
Work, Sex, Kids. Can They Coexist?
How in the world are we supposed to be able to even find time for sex, let alone prioritize it, when our lives are so busy with other commitments? Is it even possible? We dig into all of that and more in this week's episode.
