Latter-day Life Coaches

In her book Dare to Lead , Brene Brown defines values as "a way of being or believing, that we hold most important." She goes on to state that you have to know what values guide your life. Coach Mary Ann Hill could not agree more. She feels values are the foundation for truly knowing yourself and how you want to live your life. She believes that when we don't live by our values then we are living...

I think it would be safe to say that every mother has an idyllic vision of how her children will turn out when it comes to the choices they will make and who they will become. Many think the hard years of mothering are when kids are young and require a lot of time and energy.  However, mothering dreams rarely turn out the way one thinks they should and the energy required to stay engaged in your c...

Drug addictions are no longer something that only happens to people we don't know or in low income areas. Chances are you know someone personally either in your family or friend circle who has or is suffering from a drug addiction. The LDS community is not immune from the grips of substance abuse.    In situations where there is an addiction, much of the focus is placed on the addict themselves ma...

So many of us feel at the affect of our circumstances, or the things that are out of our control. We tend to believe that the results we have in our life are because of those things that are outside of us. That can leave us feeling hopeless and powerless. But what if that wasn't true? What if even though you don't have control over things outside of you, you still had control over your results? To...

60% of women struggle with their mother-in-law. That's a staggering statistic surrounding the feelings women have about the woman who raised their husband. Why is the relationship between mother and daughter-in-law such a strained one? Is there hope for having a good relationship in this area - or with any in-law for that matter? Today on the podcast coach Minda Pacheco shares a secret to having g...

Having a baby can be one of the most amazing experiences of a woman's life but it can also be an emotional rollercoaster. "Baby blues" are normal within the first two weeks of giving birth, but for some those blues can turn into something more serious. Roughly 15% of women will suffer from postpartum depression after having a baby. This is a condition where a mother can find herself in a place of...

When Kolette Hall married her husband Jason, they believed that as his wife she should be in charge of all his care. But caring for anyone full time can be overwhelming and especially when it is your quadraplegic husband. When an accident five years into their marriage brought to light the burden of being Jason's sole caregiver, things needed to change for their marriage to survive. Fortunately Ko...

When our children make choices that go outside of the story we have told ourselves then it can be easy to try and fix our child, to make them conform to a set of rules we think they should be living their lives by. But when we decide to evolve as a parent we realize that our child doesn't have to change at all and that the ability to have a great relationship with them is really within us.  Come l...

President David O. McKay said, "The nobelist calling in the world is motherhood." As women in the church we are taught this truth from day one. All of our life plans and focus are on this calling, and for a good reason. Having and raising children truly is a noble calling. But what does it mean when we finally find ourselves in that role and we are extremely unhappy? Have we done something wrong?...

We all have to eat in order to live, but of all the relationships we have in our lives, the majority of us have a very unhealthy relationship with the food we eat. We are constantly labeling foods as either "good" or "bad" and if we eat certain foods that do things to our body, then we also must be "good" or "bad". But Heavenly Father doesn't love us based on the foods we eat or the size of our bo...

While grief and loss are a natural part of life, it is a process that we often don't know how to navigate. When hit with grief, our emotions are deep and complex and layered on top of each other. We can often feel like our entire world has been turned upside down and that we will never experience happiness and joy again. Learning how to make our way through the grief process so that we can be stro...

Adam Miller is a professor of philosophy at Collin College in McKinney, Texas and is the author of eight books. On today's special addition podcast you will be able to listen as Adam discusses some passages from his book "Letters to a Young Mormon" with the Latter-day life coaches you normally hear on the podcast.  Adam and the coaches address things like what sin is, what translation of the scrip...

When we become parents we have a lot of expectations of who our children should and will become. These expectations are only good until our children start to take a different path than the one we thought they would or should take. But as coach Christi Davis will show you, letting go of those expectations is the key to having a good relationship with your teenager and allowing you to enjoy them as...

There is a cultural belief in the Church that the best place for a woman to be is in the home and that if she does anything else outside of the home, has any desire to do anything other than tend to home and children, then there is something wrong - wrong with her or wrong with her life situation. But desires are God-given and each woman's path is as unique and different as there are women in this...

Loving yourself can seem like a selfish thing to do, but in actuality it is the most selfless thing because when you love yourself you allow yourself to love others more fully and completely. A mistake so many people make is that they believe that in order to be loveable, or to love themselves, they must be perfect and have all the desired traits and qualities they are striving for. But if we look...

Marriages are relationships that take constant work and input from both spouses. Even under the best of circumstances, there can be struggles and growing pains. When one of the spouses has issues with mental health, those struggles can become even more intense and difficult to navigate. Coach Jessica Farmer works specifically with individuals who have a spouse dealing with mental health problems,...

Spirituality is our connection with the divine. It is where our spirits are able to connect on a level above mortality with God. Often we can become scared and fearful of that higher level connection and what it will mean for the current truths we hold dear if we learn things that contradict them and the beliefs of those around us. To Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife, discovering those truths from a pl...

So often we think we know what's best for our kids. When they are young we make a lot of decisions for them, but as they grow older it can be tricky to let go and allow them to make choices for themselves. On this episode of the podcast, Heather and Tiffany talk about the importance of letting your young adult children make their own decisions, how that is good for them, why it's necessary for the...

When our expectations of life do not line up with the reality of the hand we have been dealt, we suffer. A way to work through the suffering is to build resilience. Resilience is our ability to bounce back, and grow, despite our challenges. Listen to my conversation with Coach Leah Davidson to find out how we can increase our resilience. Takeaways: *Resiliency is not bouncing back to who you used...

For many of us, there is constant chatter in our minds about our bodies and how we think our bodies should look. We think if we trash talk ourselves enough, we can bully our bodies into fitting what we perceive to be the social ideal. Like any relationship, love is always the answer, except the relationship with yourself is the most important one. Coach Amber Williams joins us in this episode to t...

This is a Special Edition of Latter-day Life Coaches. The guest today is not a life coach but someone who can greatly help us in our journey of gaining new perspectives in order to create the life we want to have. Marilyn Evans is best known for her honest and direct approach in confronting the challenge of raising kids in a media-saturated world. She is the founder of Parents Aware, an organizati...

Because we love our children so much, we often have big dreams and expectations for them. We want them to be happy, and because we see their greatness, accomplish all that we see them being capable of accomplishing. But this can make it so hard to be the parent they need us to be. Teen coach, Amy Koch, is here today as we continue our teen series. We will discuss ways that we can relax some of our...

This is another fantastic episode in our Teen Series. Today, coach Zach Spafford joins us to talk about teens and pornography and how we can help our children embrace their agency and make choices that align with their values, rather then feeling inadequate and unable to handle pornography. More from Zach: To work with Zach: zachspafford.com/workwithme   Self Mastery Podcast: https://www.zachspaff...

What does a school principal, school bus arsonist, and a foster parent all have in common? Ben Pugh. In this episode, Life Coach Ben Pugh is going to teach us how to connect with our teens, not the person we think our teen should be. Through personal and scriptural examples, Ben helps parents see how easy this really is. Join us on Thursday April 29, 2021 for our Podcast After Party. Bring all you...

In today's episode, I get to talk with coach Nicole Rasmussen about our interaction with our teenage children. From time to time, we'll get requests for a podcast episode topic. And this recording today is a result of one of those requests. So if you have requests for podcasts episode, jump on our Instagram, LDS life coaches, and just direct message me there. As parents, it is hard to sit back and...