Finding the Floor - A thoughtful approach to midlife motherhood and what comes next.

Send us Fan Mail  In this episode I evaluated how I am doing with my key results that I set at the end of January (ep208) when I talked about objectives and key results.  I talk through all of my key results and tell you how I am doing.  Some are a green and a few are red.  I also share this new cleaning idea I have that is working for me.  I also mention how I do feel like a change is slowly happ...

Send us Fan Mail  “ …our natural state of being is joy, love and peace. ”  Ever been unable to sleep because you mind can’t shut down.  Today I am sharing insights from the book, Don’t believe everything you think - Why your thinking is the beginning and end of suffering by Joseph Nguyen.  This book is a great help to explain how thinking about our thoughts is the problem to our suffering.  And wh...

Send us Fan Mail  We are at the end of February and this episode finished up the 4 weeks of things that I love.  This episode I share a bunch of little things, instead of just one.  I share things like the sun and sunset.  Experiences with family like playing games and being at the beach.  I also mention foods that I love, caramel, as one example.  Then at the end I invite all of you to make your...

Send us Fan Mail  “ Music is a mood booster”  For the third episode in February I am sharing another thing that I love … music! And there are so many great benefits to listening or playing music.  I choose to share a handful of benefits that music has for us.  First, as a mood booster.  Second, as a way to help our physical bodies and third as a way that it can improve our mental health.   There a...

Send us Fan Mail  “Exercise has been described as the miracle drug.”  This week I share another thing that I love, exercise.  I share a bit about how much I loved it when I was young and reflect on how that changed as I became an adult.  I love how there are also so many different ways to move your body that you can find something that you like.  I also share all the fabulous benefits of exercise,...

Send us Fan Mail  “Love is good for you.”   Welcome to February and in honor of the month of love, I am sharing a few things that I love this month. This week’s episode I am talking in defense of the love story and confessing how I just really love reading them and happy endings and sharing some of my favorite books. I share my own thoughts but then one of my new favorite author’s notes from two o...

Send us Fan Mail “Ideas are easy - execution is everything.”   This week’s episode I am talking about objectives and key results for our goals.  Due to an invitation from my husband, I read the book, Measure what matters by John Doer.  This book is geared toward business but I use the main points to use as a tool for our goals for this year.  It is a way to think about the how of your big idea tha...

Send us Fan Mail  When you look for trash that shows your brain that it is easy to declutter.  In this episode I share a few more decluttering tips as well as a story about the effects on your pipes due to the extreme cold or the polar vortex.  I found a couple of great tips I am passing on in this episode from the Clutterbug.  One of the tips is when you don’t feel like decluttering, grab a trash...

Send us Fan Mail  “Know how you spend your time.”   This episode I talk about making sure to schedule time to implement your systems that you want to put in place for the new year.  I first begin with a tip to find a word or phrase for the year that sums up what your direction is for the year.  And then I share how I am not doing so well with my decluttering and I realize that is because I am not...

Send us Fan Mail     “If you win each day with consistent preparation, work ethic, and expectation for excellence, the results will take care of themselves."  Happy New Year, friends!  It is so exciting to begin new goals or directions for the year - a becoming. I begin with a few tips that I have found in helping you start a new habit. With my goals,  I noticed how I was ready to go all in,...

Send us Fan Mail  “ In order to improve for good, you need to solve problems at the systems level.”  This week I am looking ahead and thinking about the new year.  Instead of setting the same goals that don’t get done this year I want to be different.  So I thought more about becoming someone who does those things rather than simply thinking about an outcome goal.  I share an article from James Cl...

Send us Fan Mail “Christmas Day is God fulfilling His word!”  In this episode I confess that almost halfway through December we still haven’t put up our tree.  And I have been thinking about all of the traditions, decorations, songs, gifts and what it all means.  I wonder if I can still feel the spirit of Christmas without all of it?  So I share some things that have helped me refocus my efforts a...

Send us Fan Mail “Our beliefs influence our thoughts, and those thoughts determine our actions.” This episode, I explore the idea of belief and how important it is in our lives. I mentioned at the beginning that Thanksgiving being so late in the month, I have begun to think that I am already behind on Christmas.  I noticed how this thought which could become a belief is not really helpful to me. ...

Send us Fan Mail  “Maybe when you start recognizing the blessing you have, others will reveal themselves.”  I really love reflecting on the things I am grateful for each day!  In this episode I am sharing a lesson I gave my daughter’s young women’s group in our ward last spring which I am also going to share with my extended family at our Thanksgiving gathering.  I wanted to share in case you migh...

Send us Fan Mail  I am in celebration mode - it is episode 200!  In this episode I look back at some of my favorite episode topics over the past 4 and a half years.  I mention how much my life has changed in the past 5 years as well as how much I have learned and grown from all of the things I have shared on the podcast.  Some of the podcast episodes I mention, the 90/10 Principle, The science fai...

Send us Fan Mail “ Some of the most beautiful parts of our world are created through conflict ….”  In this week’s episode I am sharing what I learned about the difference between conflict and contention.  After finishing such a contentious election it is good to talk about how we can welcome conflict.  I share how I really love the idea that conflict is essential in creation. I also share how we n...

Send us Fan Mail  “I can be myself with her.”  In this episode I am going to share some thoughts about love and marriage after having my son’s wedding a few weeks ago.  I share the idea that being loved for who you really are can help you blossom and love others because you can forget to worry about yourself and how lovable you are.  I also talk about how we as humans like to love things, my examp...

Send us Fan Mail “Happy day! All is well!”  This is the last in the series using the book, The The Parent’s Tao Te Ching: A New Interpretation - Ancient advice for modern parents by William Martin.  This episode I share 3 new passages.  With topics like, Respect, trust and confidence as a parent.  So many great thoughts - working on using  respect and kindness when you children behave or misbehave...

Send us Fan Mail What has your child failed at recently?   Today’s episode we continued taking a look at a few passages from the book, The Parent’s Tao Te Ching by William Martin.  This episode is all about failure being our best teacher.  These passages remind us how wonderful it is to be human and with that comes mistakes.  There are also messages freeing us as parents to realize our life experi...

Send us Fan Mail   “Create space within your heart and your children will always rest secure.”   In this episode, I share a few more words of wisdom from the book, The Parent’s Tao Te Ching: A New Interpretation - Ancient advice for modern parents by William Martin.  I chose 3 different chapters that have similar themes.  To learn to relax your grip with your children and rely more on the Tao.  To...

Send us Fan Mail  “…And make the ordinary come alive for them. The extraordinary will take care of itself.”  In this episode I will be sharing a quote from William Martin from the book, The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents.  In this quote is the idea that we need to help our kids find wonder in the ordinary things and the extraordinary will take care of itself.  I shar...

Send us Fan Mail  “It is weird to think about being 50.”   This week I am going to share a few of what I am calling my midlife musings.  I have been reflecting on my life lately and how it has changed from even just 5 years ago and the busyness is just so different.  I also take some time to think back to when I was a teenager and my thoughts of what I was looking forward to as I grew up, not even...

Send us Fan Mail  “Nothing new is easy at the beginning.”  This week I experienced momentum as we were finishing up my daughter’s bedroom redo.  So in this episode I share what helped me gain my momentum this week and how it kept getting easier and easier to keep going.  I then share the physics definition of momentum. I also explain the force that we need to get us out of the state of rest, which...

Send us Fan Mail “You can really kick off a positive cycle of increasing transparency and closeness.”  This episode is a part 2 of sorts to the friendship from episode 190. I am talking about things to do when you feel lonely.  I had a great newsletter from Ellen Hendricksen that started it off with 4 things you can do when you feel lonely. She begins by defining loneliness which I share.  Then I...

Send us Fan Mail   “When we share about our lives, it signals to the listener that we trust them.”  Friendship is the topic for today’s episode.  As I  know many of our children and youth are starting up school and have the opportunity to make new friends, this episode will help explain a little more about the skill or things we can do to foster new friendships or work on current ones as well.  I...