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

Send us Fan Mail “For the first two editions (1896 and 1900), participation in [the Olympics] Games was literally a prize in itself.” In this episode I am sharing a few stories or background to a few women who competed in the Olympics and a few who will compete in the upcoming paralympics and the honor of just getting there.   I share about two pregnant women who competed in the olympics, an arche...

Send us Fan Mail  “If you bless someone with your abundance, when it comes time and you need something, it will just appear.” I am back to decluttering.  Taking another go and this time I am doing it on my terms.  I share how I have decided that there is not “right” way to get rid of your things or that you even have to but that I can do it using what works best for both my strengths and weaknesse...

Send us Fan Mail Ok friends - another throwback episode.  This week I had a few unexpected things pop up and I ran out of time to get my episode out.  So this is a good review for me about thinking of organization and decluttering which I will explore next week.  In the meantime enjoy this 3 year old episode (if you can believe it, because I can't!) “The basic aim of organization is to know w...

Send us Fan Mail  “The invitation is always more than just an invitation…”  In this episode I share a little bit about the anxiety I felt as I was putting together the list of people to invite to my daughter’s wedding.  I  tell of some interesting ideas about the power of invitations, like being a witness and belonging.  Also the hard side of not being able to invite everyone and worrying about le...

Send us Fan Mail I am back … this is not a throwback .  Today I share a short reflection about the wedding and making an experience.  I mention how it can be so easy to get caught up in all of the things: dress, cake, food, venue, music, invitations that the experience during the party can be more of an afterthought.  I share how my daughter had a great vision of what she wanted for the experience...

Send us Fan Mail Ok friends - last throwback for the summer and then I will be back with new stuff.  I love thinking about making small changes and how it can make such a difference.  You can also look into the series about The Atomic Habits series  (Ep 76,77& 78).  Enjoy! “Doesn’t matter how small the improvement.”  This week I am sharing a bit about the British cycling team and the story of...

Send us Fan Mail Hi friends!  I did get to a episode this week.   I thought I would be doing a lot of this as for the wedding so I thought I would share the power of introductions.  Original episode 71. “Make the world a bit more human in the process.”  After last week I  have thought a lot about starting conversations and that led me to explore the power of introductions.  Introductions are helpf...

Send us Fan Mail  Another throwback episode.  Although just before the episode I share a short story of the miracle of the maueverability test.  Just had to share.  Then to the episode because I think we all could use a reminder about what it means to be proactive in life.   Enjoy! “Response - ability” the ability to choose your response. This week I talk about habit 1 - to be proactive from the b...

Send us Fan Mail Hey friends - another throwback episode.  Just a few weeks til the wedding.  I thought this a great reminder of ways to look for the best in myself this summer!  I hope this helps you too.  Such practical tips! (now I really need to do them :)) “...keep looking for the best in yourself.”  Continuing this episode talking about Confidence and the book, The Confident Mind - a Battle...

Send us Fan Mail Hi friends!  June is proving to be pretty busy.  So this month I will be posting some older episodes for you to enjoy.  This one from the Book, I don't have to make everything all better and I think a great review.   Enjoy!!    “All of us want to be listened to and understood.”   This episode I begin sharing principles from the book “I Don’t Have to Make it All Better”  By Ga...

Send us Fan Mail   “What time is it? Summertime!!” Summer is here for us and now what?  This episode I share a few of our plans for the summer and a few reflections on my favorite time at the pool with my kids when they were all small.  I also reflect on how I am doing with the concepts from The Anatomy of  Peace book.  I share an experience that I can’t decide if it’s a failure or simply me not c...

Send us Fan Mail “Peace – whether at home, work, or between peoples – is invited only when an intelligent outward strategy is married to a peaceful inward one.” This episode is the last one of the series talking about the book, The Anatomy of Peace by The Arbinger Institute.  In these last chapters we learn about the rest of the Pyramid of Change that was mentioned in the first episode.  It is wit...

Send us Fan Mail “While you are correct that a heart at peace alone won’t solve your complex outer problems, those problems can’t begin to be solved without it.”  Another part talking about the book, The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.  This week I share the chapters that help us identify how to get out of the box and go from a heart at war to a heart at peace.  I share more about Yusu...

Send us Fan Mail  “Joining the youth in their hardships helps them because it helps us not to invite their hearts to go to war.”  We continue learning from the book, The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.  This week I begin to talk more about the process of getting our hearts to peace.  I also tell of the metaphor of taking off our shoes; a way to allow space for others to help their hear...

Send us Fan Mail “It will serve neither ourselves nor our loved ones to think that we are better.”  This week I share more about The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.  We are in part 5 and going over a review of what the book has shared so far.  In the story the parents are finishing their first day and I share a list of all of the things that the parents have learned so far.  With a lit...

Send us Fan Mail   “The more sure I am that I’m right, the more likely I will actually be mistaken.” This is the 4th episode where I am talking about the book, The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.  Covering chapters 12 and 13, I share the 4 justification boxes or styles of justification that can be typical when our hearts are at war.  I share a few stories, one involving black beans and...

Send us Fan Mail   “A choice to betray myself is a choice to go to war.” This is part 3 is learning more from the Book, The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.  In this episode I cover chapters 8 through 11 of the book.  I share more about how our hearts can be in war and learn a new term, self - betrayal.  I share the childhood story of the character Yusuf and how that story helps show th...

Send us Fan Mail “The deepest way in which we are right or wrong, is in our way of being towards others.”  This week I continue telling you a little more about the book, The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.   I share a few stories from the book, Avi's story of mowing the lawn.    With these stories, I help illustrate how we begin to think of people, including our family members, as...

Send us Fan Mail   “I become an agent of change, only to the degree that I begin to live to help things go right….”   This episode begins a series sharing the principles from the book, The Anatomy of Peace written by the Arbinger Institute.  It is a fictional story that helps teach some principles.  We are going to have a handful of parts to this book and this week I will be sharing some of the th...

Send us Fan Mail  “... even so in Christ, all shall be made alive.”   Happy Easter!  A quick easter message about the hope that we can gain from the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  I share the belief that we all made a choice before we came to this earth to follow our Heavenly Father’s plan. I then talk of  a few ideas about this wonderful, miraculous gift that all of us will be resurrected one day...

Send us Fan Mail  “The best thing about goals is you can start them anytime.”   How are your goals going?  In this episode I share how I have been doing in the first quarter of the year.  I also look back at many of the things that were not on my list of goals but that I accomplished over the past few months.  I also look and see where I can be better to schedule time to put my plans into place. ...

Send us Fan Mail  “It’s important to grasp that we don’t eat for protein, per se, but for AAs.”  This week is the third and final part as I talk a bit about the book, Forever Strong - A new science based strategy for aging well.  Written by Dr. Gabrielle Lyon.  In this final episode I share a little bit about nutritional science and then most of the time talking about protein and the amino acids t...

Send us Fan Mail The best way to safeguard your independence is to protect your skeletal muscle mass.” This episode is part 2 in the series discussing the book, Forever Strong: A new science based strategy for aging well written by Dr. Gabrielle Lyon  This week I share about aging and talk about the things she mentions in the book from young age through each of the age decades and through sixty-fi...

Send us Fan Mail  “If your muscles are healthy, you live better.”  I am excited to start discussing the book, Forever Strong -  A new science based strategy for aging well.  Written by Dr. Gabrielle Lyon.  This episode will be one of a 3 part series.  In this episode I share Dr. Lyon’s theory about skeletal muscle health and aging well.  I share some of the different unexpected benefits of healthy...

Send us Fan Mail “Nostalgia is bittersweet.”   This week I am talking about nostalgia.  Triggered by a movie, The Adam Project, I mentioned how I thought it would be so fun to go back in time and see myself.  I also tell how I came across some fun videos when my kids were little which made me also nostalgic for when they were little.  As a way to gain a little understanding I share a handful of be...