What can you possibly learn in just 15 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good question. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. On today’s show, Bob discusses how drinking and drugging is an actual coping technique. Only issue is that for Bob this one become unmanageable and out of control. …

What can you possibly learn in just 15 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good question. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. On today’s show, Bob discusses why we need to occasionallyrejuvenate, freshen-up, invigorate, add some life to and shake up our connections to people, places and things. The "make over" and "revamping" of our connections will help us to continue to get our needs met while taking the connection to the next level! …

What can you possibly learn in just 30 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good question. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 30 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. On today’s show, Bob discusses our behavioral health need to find new challenges, new opportunities and new adventures all in the name of The Art of Healing. …

What can you possibly learn in just 15 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good question. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. On today’s show, Bob discusses what is really motivating you to engage in these little random acts of kindness. …

What can you possibly learn in just 15 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good question. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. On today’s show, Bob discusses your approach to riding the highway of life and healing. …

What can you possibly learn in just 15 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good question. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. On today’s show, Bob discusses some of the incredibly rude, insane and insulting things people said to him as he was burying his children. People do mean well. Right?! Or are they just interested in releasing their own anxieties at the griever's expense? …

What can you possibly learn in just 15 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good question. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. On today’s show, Bob discusses the benefits of a simple plan and life. The shorter the distance between the way you think your life should be and the reality of where your life is can be the difference between behavioral health and dysfunction. …

What can you possibly learn in just 15 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good question. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. On today’s show, Bob discusses his recent meeting with Illinois Govenor Bruce Rauner. People, with whom he was with at this event, were shocked and grateful that Bob was able to get "30 seconds" with the Govenor. Why are people so shocked when you do what it is that you do best? …

What can you possibly learn in just 15 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good question. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. On today’s show, Bob discusses that you better grieve your lost coping techinque (i.e. drinking and/or drugging), your social networks, leisure activities and places at which you hang-out. Fo one you get sober ALL of that goes away. And you are faced with rebuilding everything. …

What can you possibly learn in just 15 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good question. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. On today’s show, Bob discusses self-concept: the art of self-evaluation. Might as well go big or go home. …

What can you possibly learn in just 15 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good question. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. On today’s show, Bob discusses the two simple, and yet incredibly complex, steps in securing behavioral health and mental wellness. …

What can you possibly learn in just 15 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good question. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. On today’s show, Bob discusses how forgiveness is just the first and easiest step when it comes to the relational two-step of forgivenness and reconciliation. Reconciling and rebuilding a relationships is much more difficult than forgiveness. …

What can you possibly learn in just 15 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good question. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. On today’s show, Bob discusses the relational 2 step when it comes to rebuilding boundaries, intimacy and moving forward after a relational tension. Forgiving is just the first step. And this is for US. Part 2 is reconciliation. This is for the relationship. New boundaries are negotiated and rules of engagement are refined. …

What can you possibly learn in just 15 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good question. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. On today’s show, Bob discusses how anger is the sound of hurt and/or fear leaving the soul. Hurt and fear are toxic emotions that are generated and grow due to life storms or events called crises. …

In November 2014, I was honored as I was asked to provide the Fall Commencement Address for Argosy University's Schaumburg Illinois Campus. The commencement, held at the Hemmens Auditorium in Elgin, Illinois, celebrated the Bacheloriate, Masters and Doctoral academic accomplishments of Argosy students. Many friends and family members of the students were in attendance to celebrate this remarkable achievement. And I wanted to inspire ALL, graduates and audience members, to motivate themselves to Tell Their Story! The Power of Story is a key-note address and inspirational speech I created for the occasion. The talk encouraged all in the audience to view their own life story as a powerful inspirational tool for others and a motivational prompt for themselves. We all have a powerful story even if we think our story is not ready for prime time. Our personal story features each of us overcoming adversity and developing perseverance in order to pursue a dream. The Power of Story is NOT WHAT happens to you.  The Power of Story is HOW YOU RESPOND to what happens to you.  This is also the basis of most movies, television shows and our life long endevour of healing. …

What can you possibly learn in just 15 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good question. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. On today’s show, Bob discusses how hope, a powerful emotion, is generated by faith. Faith is a cognitive psychological fitness skills that we all need to learn. Faith is the belief in something that has not happened or can not be proven. …

What can you possibly learn in just 15 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good question. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. On today’s show, Bob discusses the idea that ALL behavioral health journeys start with the Art of Grief. Grief is a natural healing process through which we mend what is broken in our worlds, learn how to heal the hurt and manage the fear that plague our lives. …

What can you possibly learn in just 15 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good question. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. On today’s show, Bob discusses a two minute kitchen table therapy activity that will help you, or someone other than you who is an angry individual since you are not angry, get to the epicenter or root of anger behaviors in your life that mess things up. …

What can you possibly learn in just 15 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good question. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. On today’s show, Bob discusses anger. Anger is a behavior. Anger is emotion in motion. Anger is the sound of hurt and fear departing our bodies. We can heal the emotions that drive anger by changing how we view our world past, present and future. Ain't easy. Requires work. …

What can you possibly learn in just 15 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good question. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. On today’s show, Bob discusses how his tiny branch on a might river plan backfired and he was his usual, amped, crazed and wacky self. And who gives a @#$%? Be who you are and accept that versus some mind bending wacky trick that takes you out of you comfortzone. …

What can you possibly learn in just 15 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good question. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. On today’s show, Bob discusses the notion of going with the flow, letting things versus making things HAPPEN. That is a very difficult psychological fitness skill to master: allowing life to happen. …

What can you possibly learn in just 15 minutes that may change the quality of your life? Good questions. I guess you will have to tune in to find out. Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. Today, Bob discusses the problems and issues with the simple little phrase of "You don't @#$%ing Care!" Loads of issues with perspectives, perceptions and miconceptions. They lead to fear, depression and a host of bad behaviors. …

Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. Today’s show features a discussion on how gaining and maintaining sobriety is a scorched earth process. The one seeking recovery needs to give up their favorite coping techinque, social support networks and leisure activities just to get "healthy." Although sobriety is a goal, for may who suffer from addictions, they know all to well the price that is needing to be paid. A little compassion and understanding from the rest of you (and us) goes a long want in securing a sober future. …

Bob Zima, MA/LCPC, is a self described “Frequent Flyer to Hell and Back.” He has experienced many trips to the gates of Hell and has lived to tell the tale. In this short, 15 minute podcast, Bob shares with you his insights and lessons learned from several trips to Hell and back. Today’s show features a discussion on the behavioral health and mental wellness benefits of humor. How is humor the best medicine? Why is it that those who have a sense of humor often cope more effectively? Tune in and find out. …