Hey friends you're listening to the fun therapy podcast where we dive into the horribly

messy parts of our stories with a smile. No talking points and no shameless self-promotion.

No, only beautiful imperfectness on display. And you may be asking, why do you call it fun therapy because this isn't funny and Mike you're

not funny and these conversations are difficult but and yes we talk about the hard things here but within the talking about the hard things we find out that we're not alone

that hope is real and we don't have to be afraid of our stories anymore and with that comes great joy. My name is

Mike Foster and this is fun therapy. Now before we get into this episode I just want to say a quick thank you seriously for the amazing support and feedback you've been giving about the fun therapy podcast.

Your reviews and the ratings and comments on social media and direct messages,

it just means a lot to me and so thank you and keep the feedback coming I read it all and I am listening

so on this episode of the Fun Therapy Podcast, I can't wait for you to listen in on my session with best-selling author Maria Gough. In her book, Love Lives Here, Maria shares how she has made a career out of loving her family and neighbors and turning houses into homes.

She's married to New York Times best-selling author Bob Gough, who wrote the book Love Does and whom she calls the most helpful and interesting man in the world, and he really is.

Together, they've started schools or marginalized kids in Uganda, Nepal, and Northern Iraq.

In this episode, Maria shares about how he previously unknown trauma from her

childhood is brought to the forefront at the most unexpected time.

As a quick side note, we discuss some sensitive topics

that may not be suitable for very young ears.

So parents use your best discretion.

And now, let's listen in on this session of fun therapy featuring my friend

Maria Gough. So Maria, get me up to speed on you and some of the things that are going on in your week right now.

2017 is a year in itself but 2016 was something else for me.

And I just kept thinking, what the heck,

this year's amazing?

All the stuff seems to be revealing itself

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