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In today's episode I am going to teach you about scarcity and how it affects us in our lives. You may have scarcity around money, your business, your relationships, or currently (March 2020) about toilet paper supplies. The antidote to this mindset that keeps us small and scared and stressed is to learn to live in abundance. This is something we have to practice every day, but it changes lives. If...

We're talking all about some tips to help you during your pregnancy after loss today! Grab your free 99 PAL journal prompts right here! We know that our thoughts create our feelings, but choosing intentionally to move our thoughts towards other things besides focusing on all we are scared of can be really helpful during pregnancy after loss. I've got 10 great, practical ideas that worked for me (p...

This episode is all about your relationship with you. So many of us are so hard on ourselves and we just think there is no way to change that.  Especially when it comes to the loss of our babies. We are so good at blaming ourselves. But you can change your relationship with you just by recognizing the thoughts you are thinking and deciding if you want to keep them. You are amazing, worthy and whol...

Today we are talking about Manuals, the unwritten rules that we have about the people in our lives. We want them to follow these rules so that we can feel how we want to feel.  Unfortunately it doesn't, work, because...humans are terrible at doing what we think they should! We're going to discuss what manuals are, give some examples and answer some common questions. Recognizing and dropping these...

  This episode takes a look at happiness and how we end up cutting into our positive emotions when we resist our negative ones. Amy teaches about how life is always going to be 50/50 in our emotions and experiences. She addresses common questions about this concept, the history of it and how it applies in our lives.  If you are a human, you need to listen to this one.  Amy is a life coach for moms...

No matter when your loss was, you probably have at least a few things for your baby. Some of us had a lot of things. It can be emotional trying to decide what to do with them, and then even more so when we actually try to do it. I've been decluttering in the new year, and I wanted to share a bit of my story and some things I have learned in the last 7 years. We also talk about managing your mind a...

Pregnancy after loss often brings a lot of fears and anxieties. Today's episode is all about the real feelings that happen during PAL and what you can do to manage them.  Amy shares some personal experience and then teaches how to allow the anxiety how worry is never useful and how actually going to the worst case scenario and showing yourself that you would still be ok is incredibly empowering. W...

Today I give you step by step directions on how to crush the goals you have made. Create a measurable, specific result that you want to achieve. Use the model to  identify the actions, feeling and thought you will need to accomplish that goal. Break the actions into specific "do goals" Identify obstacles that will come up for you Create strategies to overcome those obstacles. Put each step on your...

We are in the season of setting goals as we head into 2020, but a lot of us set them from a place of dissatisfaction with ourselves and our lives. Today we are talking about switching that around and loving ourselves first, and then finding better reasons to set goals.  We talk a bit about Mister Rogers and his influence, especially when it comes to being kind and liking people the way they are, e...

Today we have a special guest, Krista St-Germain. She is a life coach and expert on grief and post traumatic growth. She works with widowed moms and I am so honored she stopped by to share her wisdom with us. Regret is something that is very common in grief. Today we talk about the difference between guilt and regret and how to recognize them when they show up. Krista teaches us how to deal with r...

Today's episode explains why it is so important to feel our feelings. Feelings are what drive us to do anything we do, and we also avoid many things because of how we think they will make us feel.  Learning how to allow emotion gives us so much power over our lives.  I'm going to teach you a few ways to really allow the emotions, positive and negative, that arise. If you have any questions, let me...

So many of us find that we are avoiding our negative emotions by buffering. Buffering is eating, drinking, shopping, scrolling or anything we do to distract ourselves from what is really happening inside of us. There is always a negative consequence to these behaviors. To be able to change this and really live an authentic life, we have to recognize it and then choose to stop. When we stop, all th...

All of us have people in our lives who are difficult to deal with, for many reasons. They drive us crazy or make us feel terrible. But what if they can't actually make us feel anything? What if we could learn to love them, just as they are?  Join me on this episode as we learn new ways to deal with the difficult people in our lives, without them having to change at all. If you have any questions,...

Grief can feel that much closer to the surface during this time of year. All the happy togetherness can make the hole in your heart seem even bigger. Today I am giving you 3 simple tips that will help you manage your grief during the holidays.  If you feel like you need some help, please sign up for a free 30 minute session: http://smoothstonescoaching.com/free_mini If you want to submit your baby...

Today I am teaching you the main tool we use in coaching, The Model. It is so simple yet so powerful. Here is the Model: Circumstance (neutral fact) Thought (one thought you have about the Circumstance Feeling (a one word emotion that the thought creates) Action ( what do you do or not do when you are feeling this emotion ) Result (what is the result of these actions, will always tie back to the o...

How many kids do you have? It's a question we will face throughout our lives. For most people it is just small talk, but for moms of angels it seems anything but small. This episode is going to give you the answers you need to be able to handle this question with confidence, every time it comes up. You have to check it out if you have ever struggled with knowing what to say....and I don't know any...

I love the image of smooth stones, and the meaning I found behind it. In this episode I will tell you all about why I chose Smooth Stones as a symbol for all of us.  I will also give you some practical tips on how to best work during each of three stages of grief. Our episode begins with the story of Chloe Ella and Gabriel. You don't want to miss this one. T shirt fundraiser Oct 2019  https://www....

Byron Katie is an amazing teacher who has given us so much wisdom in her decades sharing The Work. On this episode we explore some of her ideas and show you how they can apply to anything that is causing you to suffer now. Katie is truly an example of what's possible when we learn how to manage our minds. You will definitely come away with a new perspective after this episode. T shirt fundraiser O...

We all have times when we want to feel better.  We have things happening in our lives that we wish were different. But today I am going to teach you how you can feel better in just 4 steps, without anything outside of you changing. This is the best news!  Stock Music provided by ZingDog / Pond5 Photo by Unsplash Submit your angel's story here:  http://smoothstonescoaching.com/podcast-submissions F...

There are a lot of names used to describe our babies. Many of these seem to cause us pain. But today we learn how words can never hurt us, unless we attach meaning to them. We don't have to give our power away to things people say. We can choose how we want to feel intentionally, and it's not as hard as you might think! stock music provided by ZingDog / Pond5 Submit your angel's story here:  http:...

Today we are launching the first episode! I give a little bit of my story with pregnancy loss and pregnancy after loss. I explain what we are going to talk about on this podcast. Later, we discuss how you are the creator of your future, and that your life after loss can truly be a beautiful one.  If you would like to learn more about Amy or are interested in a free 30 minute mini session, please c...