Embrace It All!

It's a known fact.  We all have been blessed with  our own individual strengths and weaknesses.  And there's a reason for this.  But for many of us our weaknesses hold us back, or rather, we use our weaknesses against ourselves.   Throughout history and in the modern world, we have examples of people who have taken their weaknesses and turned  them into strengths.  Have you ever wondered...

Do you have a teenager who feels like they are never enough?  Who fears making even the smallest mistakes, because, to them, that means they have failed?  Who is constantly criticizing themselves, for every little thing?  Who, despite their many talents and accomplishments, only sees their inadquacies? If you do, then this podcast is for you.   Today I discuss teen perfectionism with Life Coach, K...

Every one of us is on our own journey toward something; a final destination or end goal perhaps.   Some may be working toward achieving a new goal, or making a change that will improve their quality of life.  Others may be  on a journey because of a significant change happening in their lives that they hadn’t expected, working toward a resolution.    Whatever your journey may be, today I am talkin...

Our bodies can be a wealth of information if we take the time to listen to it.  I think most of us would agree that when there is something physically going on in our bodies,  it is generally easier to listen to it.  However,  even though we can feel it, sometimes we might not really hear it.  It’s the same thing when we are experiencing an overwhelming amount of emotions, in particular anxiety an...

What are the things that you want more of in your life and what will you gain from having less ?  Do you wanat more peace and less frustration?  More space and less clutter?  More security and less scarcity? It took me a while to embrace the thought "Less is More".  But as I continue to define what it means to me, it helps me recognize more clearly the gift that simplifying can be..  Am...

It is 2023!  A brand new year!  Isn’t it exciting?  When I think of a brand new year, the words or phrases that come to mind are: A Fresh Start, I feel energized, hopeful, excited, I have a renewed commitment.  For many of us, the beginning of a new year sparks the desire to set new goals.    Why do we set goals? By Divine design, each one of us was created to learn,  to grow, and to progress thro...

For several days I struggeled to know what I wanted to discuss for this last episode  in 2022 of Embrace it All.  I wrote down several ideas, but nothing came together and I tried again.  At one point I resigned to the fact that maybe I would just let it go and not record anything.  Afterall, some of my kids are home for the holidays, and I wanted to just focus on spending time with my family.  Bu...

I love giving gifts.  It brings me so much excitement and joy.  But, for as long as I can remember, finding and giving that "perfect" gift to those I love for Christmas has created a lot of stress and pressure.  What if they don't like what I give?  What if they're disappointed?  If I don't give them the perfect gift, then their Christmas will be ruined!   Do any of these...

I'm so excited to have Amy Elkins, The Relationship Coach, on the podcast today!  We will be discussing how the relationship you have with yourself is the most important relationship in your life.  Now, of course, this relationship includes your relationship with God and understanding who you really are. The relationship you develop with yourself has a tremendous impact on all other relatiosh...

Our brain is  motivated by three things:  seeking pleasure, avoiding pain, and conserving energy.  Some refer to this as the brain's motivation triad.   And to achieve these three things, our brains tell us stories.  Lots and lots of stories.  And who doesn't love a good story?    But we can keep ourselves stuck when we believe every story our brain offers to us. Today I will share a per...

As women, entering the mid season of our lives can bring up all kinds of emotions.  For those who have dedicated the majority of their lives to raising a family, once their last child leaves home questions like "what do I do now?"  "who am I, really?", and "where do I fit in?"  are all too common.   For years your purpose was clear, but now, not so much. In today&apos...

As I was reading this past week on this subject of gratitude, I came across a passage that says, “In everthying give thanks for this is the will of God”.   I believe that my life is a gift from God.  All that I have and all that comes from Him.  After reading this, it got me thinking that maybe there is more to it than just recognizing and acknowledging the source of all our blessings.  Maybe this...

Sometimes being human, with a mortal body can be pretty hard.  Especially when that body breaks down, and you begin to feel broken. Feelings of frustration, resentment resistance, sadness, and even hopelessnes can start to take hold because we think this is not how it should be.  I know, because that is how I felt and thought for so long.   Now It is my belief that this idea of being broken and fe...

Have you ever tried untangling anything that was so full of knots, thinking "there is no way I'm ever going to straighten this out!",  and accepting that this is just how it is going to always be?  Christmas lights? Thick, long,  wet hair?  Yep!  I hear you! Our minds are a lot like those Christmas lights or long, thick hair. Our brains have so much information going in and out all...

Our brain is constantly offering us thousands of thoughts every single day.  These thoughts come from all the information we see, we hear, and we experience.   Sometimes we think that when a thought is offered by our brains, we somehow are responsible for that thought;  even if the  thought offered  isn’t something we want to keep because of the way it makes us feel.  To make it worse,  we might t...

This idea of being enough is something that I believe most everyone faces.  The definition of the word "enough is this: occurring in such quantity, quality, or scope as to fully meet demands, needs, or expectations.  Now, I don't know about you, but I don't think there is one person on this planet that can say they fully meet every demand, need and expectation.  Whether you are in t...

Have you ever had one of those days where you are feeling so out of control?  And you try so desperately to regain that control, grasping for anything you CAN control? When we are feeling intense emotions, it feels like we are spinnin out of control.  When this happens to me, I try to find something, anything that I can control. I work,   I clean, i do some yardwork, run an errand,  something tang...

We all like to be surrounding by people who are cheering us on, supporting and encouraging  us in everything we do.  Some of our biggest fans are usually our parents, spouses, children and friends.  But what about you?  Are you your biggest fan?   I am going to guess that if you are like me,  naming yourself as your biggest fan was the furthest thing from your mind.   Maybe you just didn’t think a...

In this episode I discuss what resisting and avoiding my anxiety looked like for me just the other day.  Most days I am able to acknowledge and process the anxiety I wake up with, but this time it was very intense.  My anxiety was trying to tell me something and I just wasn't listening.  Instead, I kept pushing through, thinking that I had too much to do to and coulnd't wast any time.  T...

As many of you know, I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  Twice a year the leadership of our church (our Prophet and Apostles, and other leaders) conduct what we call a General Conference, a conference for anyone who would like to hear the messages they have prepared to the general membership of the church.  During their messages, often times we will hear the word &qu...

When our expectations aren't met, it creates disappointment.  But what are expectations, really?  And what can we do to soften the sting of disappointment when our expectations aren't met?  What are stealth expectations?  What happens when we reality check our expectations?  All these questions and more will be answered as we explore the expectations we may have and what they are creatin...

When you think of indulging in something, what would it be?  For me it is chocolate chip cookie dough. Whenever anyone in my family makes chocolate chip cookies, I am right there with a spoon ready to test the dough.  And warm cookies right out of the oven...yes, I will indulge in a few. When we indulge in something we  yield to the desire of that thing or give free rein to it.  Without even reali...

In this episode I share my personal experience of how my coach ucovered  my feelings of being overwhelmed only to reveal what I was truly feeling:   self criticism and self judgement. When I was in this space, of judgement, and self-criticism,  I wasn’t able to do anything.  I wasn’t present with my family, , I wasn’t working on my goals, or creating anything in my business, I wasn’t focusing, I w...

There is always more than one way of seeing things or interpreting the situations we experience.  Our brain is the lens through which we see the world around us.  As it filters  information coming in, it makes interpretations that create the experiences we have.  Sometimes our brain gets stuck using it's natural mental filter, focusing only on the negative.  When this happens over and over ag...

We came to this earth not to feel good, but to become good at feeling.   Our earth life experience was designed for us to feel the full spectrum of emotions and learning how to understand and manage our emotions is the foundation for everything we experience in life.  Think about this:  There is no possible way to understand true joy and happiness, if we have never experienced sorrow or sadness. W...