Today I welcome two very special guests to the show: Verah Mthombeni and Jonathan Mthombeni. She is a retired nurse practitioner, he is a retired pediatrician, and they just happen to be my Mom and Dad. Dad is also an ordained minister and together he and my mom have counseled quite a number of couples about their relationships. Today is Fathers’ day and it also happens to be my mom’s birthday. I feel very fortunate that I can honor them both by inviting them onto the show to share their wisdom about breakups and to talk about a very special project that they have founded and manage in South Africa, where they go each year to escape the Southern California winter.

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