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Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 100 - Finding Joy part 7 - Compassion Compassion is a vital part of finding and reaching for joy. Joy is about embracing the entire human experience – the good, the bad, and the really hard. Compassion is the 7th pillar, and one of the pillars of the heart. When we use this pillar of compassion, we see the shared hu...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 99 - Finding Joy part 6 - Gratitude The Finding Joy series is based on the 8 pillars of joy outlined in The Book of Joy by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and The Dalai Lama. Gratitude is the 2nd pillar of the heart. So much has been documented about the benefits of gratitude, so I wanted to take a different approach to thi...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 98 Finding Joy part 5 - Forgiveness This is the first pillar of the heart – the emotional center of our bodies. Forgiveness is not an easy thing to do and if you’re tempted to bypass this episode, please stop and consider I might talk about forgiveness differently than you are expecting me to. Any emotion we experie...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 97, Finding Joy part 4 - Acceptance This is the 4th episode in the Finding Joy series. Once you have been able to step back and see your circumstances with a wider perspective, found humility and let go of your ego, let yourself find humor in yourself through it all, it is much easier to come to acceptance for where...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 96 - Finding Joy part 3 - Humor This is the third episode in a series of eight podcasts on creating joy in our lives. The eight pillars of joy are outlined in The Book of Joy by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Dalai Lama. Using humor to lighten a situation can help us to find solutions to the problems we face. Take away...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 95 - Finding Joy, part 2 - Humility Feeling joy is different than being happy. Happiness is found in the circumstances of our lives, joy is found in the way we live our lives no matter what the circumstances. In The Book of Joy , the Dalia Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu give us 8 pillars of joy. The second pillar...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 094 – Finding Joy part 1: Perspective Adam fell that we might be; and we are that we might have joy. How is that joy going for you? Are you feeling joyful?! You probably struggle to feel real joy and are just trying to make it through another day, week, or month. We really can find joy in our lives, no matter what i...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 93 Your Journey through the Know, Love, Grow Model When you’re in the middle of a difficult trial, it can be very hard to get perspective. It’s very easy to be reactive, to not see the situation clearly, and to get caught up in the emotion of it all. When we do this, we are allowing ourselves to play into the victim...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 92 – GROW Recap This episode is my summary and takeaways from the GROW episodes in MARCH The Know, Love, Grow series is all about how you spiral up, and grow in your own life, and in turn, how that carries over into your relationships with your family members. The greatest influence you can have on others is to live...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 91 – Growing Through Developing Emotional Maturity Emotional maturity is a super power, but very few people have this super power because no one teaches us how to develop it. We rarely have seen emotional maturity modeled for us, so we don’t even know it’s something that is available to us and a trait we can work to...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 90 - Growing through conflict with Crystal Hansen Conflict is inevitable in relationships. But What do you do when it shows up? Maybe you try to brush it under a rug, move on and forget, or maybe you do a lot of arguing and fighting. If you’re doing either of those, you’re not moving a relationship forward by using...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 89 – Growing from Scarcity or Growing from Abundance The way we talk to ourselves when we are trying to move forward and grow is very important. We can grow from a place on thinking we aren’t good enough and we need to improve so we are finally worthy. This is growing from scarcity and it doesn’t ever produce the gr...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 88 – Personal and Relational Growth, with Aimee Gianni, GROW part 1 March is GROW month in the Know, Love, Grow series. There have been some really great episodes on KNOW in January and LOVE in February. It would be helpful to get caught up on those if you haven’t already watched them.  When we know who we are, and...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 87 - KNOW Recap The Know, Love, Grow series is all about how you move forward in your own life, and in turn, you can begin to move forward in your relationships with your family members. The greatest influence you can have on others is to live your life in such a way that shows them what is possible. You communicate...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast #086 – Developing love and acceptance through self-compassion and curiosity When we open ourselves up to look at the parts of ourselves we don’t like, it can be hard to accept them, let alone come to love that part of who we are. Sometimes we just want to put that unacceptable part of us back in the bottle and pretend we ne...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 85 – Loving Yourself Takes Courage, LOVE part 3 Jennifer Finlayson-Fife said: It’s a moral act to love ourselves. Loving yourself is not about feeling good about yourself so much as it is about accepting yourself and investing in your own growth and development. It’s about doing hard things for the benefit of your d...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast #084 – Acceptance, Rejection, and Resignation Love and acceptance are the bridge that take us from knowing who we are to be able to change and grow in our own lives. But, we often have such a hard time loving and accepting ourselves and the circumstances of our lives. When we don’t get to love and acceptance, it blocks us f...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 83 – LOVE part 1: Finding Love For Who You Are, with Aimee Gianni This month I’ll be talking about the LOVE part of the KNOW, LOVE, GROW model for well-being. Once we start being more aware of ourselves, who we are, and what we have been creating in our own lives, it almost always brings up shame for us. But, shame...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 82 – KNOW Recap This episode is my summary and takeaways from the KNOW episodes in January.  The Know, Love, Grow series is all about how you spiral up in your own life, and in turn, how that carries over into your relationships with your family members.  If you want to have a positive influence in the lives of your...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 81 – KNOW part 4 – Knowing Yourself Through Self-Confrontation This is the 4th episode in the Know, Love, Grow series. Self-confrontation is the willingness to take an honest look at the parts of us we really don’t want to see- the parts of us we choose to keep hidden from ourselves and others because they are too p...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 80 - KNOW part 3, How Parents are Making Their Young Adults' Lives Harder, with Clarice Paulson and Caleb Price This episode is the 3rd in the KNOW, LOVE, GROW series and is all about getting to know your children better, specifically your young adult.    Download a free pdf training – 30 journaling questions t...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 79 – KNOW part 2, Expectations and Your Family, with Leah Davidson  This is the 2nd episode in the Know, Love, Grow series. Have you ever taken a personality test to get to know yourself better? This week’s episode is all about getting to know yourself better through different personality tests. I focus on one test...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast #078 – Coming to Know Who You Are, with Aimee Gianni Welcome to the first episode in the Know, Love, Grow series. January is dedicated to knowing yourself and knowing your family members in new and different ways.  The Know, Love, Grow model was created by Aimee Gianni, and she will be a podcast guest the first week of each...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast Episode 77 - Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2022, with Micah Gosney Micah is back and we talk about some of the things we've learned this year that were significant to us.   Micah's List: 1. Differentiation 2. Thoughts create feelings 3. Letting go of old habits is necessary to become your new self 4. Learning new infor...

Ask a question, send us a message, or let us know how you like the podcast #076 - Let's talk about "Original Grace" by Adam Miller, with Micah Gosney I've saved this episode for the week of Christmas because this book - Original Grace - was pivotal this year in the growth I've experienced this year in understanding grace, justice, Christ, and the Atonement. Adam Miller, a...