Latter-day Life Coaches

Life is busy and we are constantly bombarded with things we should be doing. This constant need to be doing puts us into a state of always being stressed. When we are stressed we often feel stretched thin, that our life is out of control, and that we are not fulfilling the things that matter to us. Coach Kara Kaufman is on the podcast today talking about the need to juggle the emotional, physical,...

Boundaries are essential for any relationship to be healthy and successful but when you are dealing with a child that is a drug addict, they can be the difference between being able to show up in a healthy way versus creating more harm for your child. Coach Susan Achziger is on the podcast today talking about the essential elements of boundaries with addicts and how they made a profound impact on...

Today on the podcast is a type of coach we have never had before but who brings her gift of energy work to the coaching world. Coach Maren Rasmussen is a coach who uses her gift of seeing the energy that people have around them to help bring awareness and healing to their lives. Many can be leery of energy work but we know that after listening to Maren you will see how she uses this gift from our...

Our goal as parents is to raise children that can go out into the world and be successful, independent, and self-sufficient adults. But in order for this to happen, parents need to allow their children to learn the vital skill of self-advocating when they are still living at home. Coach Daelene Byam is on the podcast talking about how parents can teach their children to advocate for themselves by...

We all want connection in our marriage but in order to achieve great connection it takes a significant amount of work from both partners. Coach Glenn Lovelace is sharing some key elements that every couple should include in their relationship pyramid as they strive for greater connection. From there, each couple is able to add what they value and feel is important to complete their connection. Gle...

We often define a relationship as a connection between two people but Coach Michele Gardemann is talking today about how we have relationships with everything around us and it is in the recognition of the relationship we have with all things that we become more like our Heavenly Parents. Michele emphasizes that it is us, through our thoughts about the people and things around us that can control a...

We all feel pain but when you are single and in the Church your pain can come from different areas. One major source can be the fact that you are angry at God because things haven't turned out the way you were told they would or the way you expected. Coach Melanie Yates is talking on the podcast today about how to use that pain and anger to propel you towards good things and towards the goal of ma...

We live in a world that is fast paced and has rules as to how things should operate and what is and isn't acceptable. If you are neurotypical you can easily fit into this world, but if you are neurodivergent, fitting in can be difficult. The same holds true for inside the Church. We have certain ways of operating and how we like to do things. Those who are neurodivergent can find this difficult an...

Goals are great things to set but all too often we let our goals be another area that we beat ourselves up and think we aren't good enough because we aren't accomplishing the goals fast enough or well enough. Coach Amber Winn has come up with a term she calls "Micro Focused Moments" where she helps her clients look for the small wins and accomplishments that are achieved everyday by stopping to re...

In the last few years have you noticed a large number of LDS women starting their own businesses? Why do you think this has been happening? Coach Bonnie Wiscombe believes that it is the result of so many of them feeling a call from God to do so and use them to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ through their business endeavors. Women are pulled in many directions and starting a business can seem da...

Anyone who has ever had to get up in front of a group either for a performance or to give a talk at church, has felt the nerves that inevitably come up. Coach Shelly Townsend coaches performers not to help them to eliminate their nerves but to help them learn how to manage them. Whether you are a seasoned performer or just someone sharing with others, being authentic and bringing who you are to th...

There is so much excitement and anticipation leading up to someone leaving and going on a mission. There is a training center to help missionaries adjust to missionary life, but what about when they come home? Where is the training center for helping them assimilate back into everyday life? Coach Brianna Stewart is on the podcast today talking about what many returned missionaries face upon return...

We all want to be seen and valued for who we are, what we want, and the things we need. In order for that to happen in any relationship, compromise must give way to collaboration.  Coach Tanya Hale is back on the podcast today teaching some great ways to engage in equal and collaborative relationships so that each person gets what they want and need and is valued as an equal partner in the relatio...

Every mother wants to have a connection with their son and that pull to be connected often seems to increase as they get older and are closer to leaving the nest. Coach Heidi Allsop is a mom to five boys and coaches other moms of boys in helping them build stronger connections with their sons as well as prepare their sons to go out into the real world. If you are a mom of boys and just don't know...

No one likes to get injured but when the injury is to your brain it can be a lot scarier and have a lot more unknowns. As you will hear coach Bethany Lewis is passionate about helping those who have suffered from a concussion because she is aware that there are a lot of unknowns and people often don't get the care they need to heal properly. This is an episode packed with useful information about...

Divorce is never easy and when a spouse has not lived up to commitments and promises that were expectations going into the marriage, the loss can be even more profound. Coach Jenn Zingmark is on the podcast today discussing what she has learned having gone through a divorce and most importantly how her life has been richly blessed post divorce by turning to the Lord for help and support. Jenn know...

We all know our spirits came to earth to inhabit a body but the union of those two is often one that creates dissonance and opposition since they have different roles to play. But as coach Michelle Keil will share, it is when we can reconcile the body and the spirit and help them both function well is when we can progress and move forward in the fastest way possible. Our spirits want to progress b...

While being a parent to any child brings its own unique challenges and struggles, parenting styles often vary based on the gender of a child. Boys need to be parented differently than girls. Coach Alicia Davis is a mom to four boys of her own and loves helping moms of boys learn how to better parent their sons. In today's episode Alicia is talking about three important areas she feels moms need to...

We are amazing individuals capable of so much and yet we are often living below are privileges when we do not actively seek and bring God into our lives and allow Him to make so much more of them then we ever could on our own.  Coach Jill Cleaver loves God and wants other women to come to have a greater connection with Him. One way we do this is by getting to know Him and His character.  Jill is p...

The coaching tools are something that many women have caught onto and adopted into their lives. They've seen amazing results by changing the way they think about the circumstances they come across. But what about their husbands? Coach Glenn Lovelace is on the podcast because he sees that while the women are changing, the men in their lives need to start changing. He coaches men whose wives have be...

Becoming a parent is daunting as is, but when you become a parent to children that are not biologically yours and come with previous family history, the road will have different and sometimes more difficult ups and downs in the parenting journey. Coach Bonnie Butler is on the podcast today talking about her journey adopting six siblings, how it went taking them into their home, the stress it put o...

We have all experienced pain of some sort or another. When it comes to physical pain we often attribute it to a structural abnormality. Coach Leah Davidson is on the podcast today and this episode will change the way you think about pain and its source. No matter if pain comes from a structural source or a learned source, all pain begins in the brain and because of this a key to easing pain is to...

No one gets married with the belief that they will get divorced and yet divorce is a reality for so many. No matter if you are the person who was forced into divorce or the one who wanted the divorce, there are so many emotions that come up when a couple goes through this process. Coach Suzanne Platt is on the podcast today talking about the importance of dealing with all the emotions that come fr...

We all have dreams and expectations of the relationships we will have with our children when they become adults. But far too often, they don't follow the script we have for those dreams and we find ourselves feeling like the relationships we have with them are out of control and lacking in so many ways. Coach Brooke Oniki is on the podcast today to share how the relationships we have with our adul...

President Russell M. Nelson has asked the women of the Church to rise to their potential and be a strong force for good not only in their homes but also in the Church and in their communities. But far too often women feel like they fall short and don't have what it takes to be an effective leader. Coach Meg Tilton is on the podcast today to talk about women leadership in The Church of Jesus Christ...