Jennifer’s answer to the question I posed at The Market in Larimer Square was short and sweet. I asked what her therapist told her she should do. Jennifer said forgive everyone, everything. And wait until you hear what Jennifer had to learn to forgive!

From a series of conversations recorded and produced at The Market in Larimer Square, downtown Denver, I asked Brendan what his therapist said he ought to do. Brendan replied that he’s been on and off marijuana for several months. We talk about the triggers that make him want to smoke weed.

Stacey says her therapist said she should not worry if the kids’ rooms were messy. This was years ago but Stacey’s found that advice helpful throughout her life. From a series of conversations I hosted and produced on different themes, recorded at Denver’s Kaladi Coffee.

Daniel has struggled with anxiety for years. After his wife’s cancer diagnosis, their daughter Lydia began to develop her own issues around fear. Answering the question I posed about what his therapist told him he should do, Daniel tells me one of the coping mechanisms Lydia came up with.

I asked folks at St. Mark’s Coffee in Denver what they remember from the first moment they knew they were in love. Yolanda tells me that it wasn’t a romance with a man but rather the moment her daughter was born.

From a series of conversations in Denver-area coffeehouses…here is Ron at the Bardo Coffeehouse on South Broadway. I asked when was the moment he first knew he was in love. He doesn’t use that word for anyone except his daughter.

Rusty remembers bullying an African American girl in his neighborhood. He knew better, but he says if he didn’t become a bully, someone would come after him instead. It’s the worst thing he ever did. From my Denver interviews, another in this series recorded at St. Mark’s Coffeehouse.

Erin says the worst thing she’s ever done is slap a child. It wasn’t hers. And she was in a foreign country at the time. This is more from the series called “The Worst Thing I Ever Did,” recorded at Kaladi Coffeehouse in Denver.