Latter-day Life Coaches

We all have the desire to be needed and in many ways we need each other for our comfort and survival but all too often we cross the line of being emotionally dependent on others in a way that is detrimental to all involved. This is a common occurrence with mothers in relation to their children. Coach Jane Copier is a coach who works with midlife moms and something that she sees a lot in her practi...

It goes against our natural instinct. The last thing we think will be effective in connecting to others is to expose our most vulnerable selves. And yet, vulnerability is the very thing that drives connection between ourselves and others. Coach Michele Gardemann is on the podcast today talking about how when she was finally willing to get vulnerable in her marriage, that is when she started to see...

Addiction, especially drug addiction, is not a subject we speak of much on this podcast but Coach Becky Garner is here today sharing her journey and story of being addicted to prescription medication. This is such a powerful episode and one filled with so much hope if you or someone you love is in a similar situation. Becky not only shares her story but shares how coaching was the thing that final...

It's a new year and with a new year many of us will be setting new goals. We all want to make 2024 our best year yet and many of us wonder if this will actually be the year we are able to do it.  Coach Molly Claire is here to talk you through five very practical steps to make sure your goals come to fruition and that you can do it in a way that is uniquely yours. Far too often when setting goals w...

We live in a world that is constantly changing. The earth goes through drastic cycles of change in the course of just one year. And yet, when it comes to change in our own lives, we often resist that change because of the discomfort it will bring. Coach Jackie Swainson is on the podcast today talking about how women - especially those over forty, need to really embrace change and learn to use it t...

We all love to have fun. It's when we are having fun that life seems less heavy, we are connecting with others, and we can often feel more confidence in our lives. Coach LeAnn Austin is on the podcast talking about the importance of fun in our relationships and how fun can help a heavy or tense situation become a lot lighter. She has even turned the word fun into an acronym.  If you have a goal to...

We all want a happy marriage, but happy marriages don't just happen. They take a lot of work and dedication by both marriage partners. A common misconception many couples believe is that a happy marriage is free of disagreements, frustrations, and boredom. Coach Crystal Hansen is on the podcast today to let you know that a marriage that has those things can still be a happy one. There are just som...

We are told many times that if we read our scriptures, say our prayers, go to the temple, and magnify our callings, we will always be led and directed by our Heavenly Parents. But what if we are doing that and the heavens seem silent? In this year's final episode of the 2023, Heather is reflecting back on her year and how it was a year that the heavens seemed very quiet. Instead of thinking someth...

We all want to have a good relationship with our children. We all want them to make good choices. We all want them to be happy and stay close to the Lord. But despite some of our greatest efforts our children are not always going to follow the "formula" that will lead them on the path we think they should go. Coach Christi Davis is on the podcast today talking about her book entitled "The Power of...

We all have had those moments in our lives when we have needed someone to listen to an experience we have had, hear it, and simply validate the way we are feeling. When someone does it properly, it allows us to calm down, draw closer to the person validating, as well as draw closer to ourselves. The problem is that finding someone who can do that for us is often difficult. Many times other's don't...

If you are a mother there's no doubt you have often felt like you are floundering and that the ground you stand on is shaky. Raising kids is not for the faint of heart. While the scriptures do not give much direction on how to be a mother there is one verse in the Book of Mormon that speaks volumes about mothering. Coach Heidi Allsop is on the podcast today talking about the profound impact the St...

Our main form of communication is through language - spoken, written, and thought. We live in a world full of language and much of it is negative. Is it any wonder that if we so willingly speak to each other negatively that the source may actually stem from how we speak to ourselves? Coach Michelle Keill is on the podcast today talking about how the way we speak to ourselves not only impacts us, b...

We live in a world that talks about love a lot, but far too often we are looking for that love outside of ourselves. But the truth is, the greatest and fastest way to put love out in the world is to actually already have it within yourself. The greatest love you can give to another is loving none other than yourself. Coach Amber Winn is on the podcast today talking about how each of us should beco...

We all have goals we want to accomplish in our life. Some goals are big and some are small but no matter the size, all goals need certain ingredients to make sure they are accomplished. Coach Lisa Salisbury is no stranger to goal setting as she is a weight loss coach and her clients come to her with the goal to lose weight but what they leave with is so much more. Lisa is on the podcast today talk...

Jill Freestone is back on the podcast this week talking about what happens when those who have OCD bring it into religion. This type of OCD is called scrupulosity and it happens when someone obsessively worries about their behavior going against their religious or moral beliefs. In a church that has a lot of "do's" and "don'ts" thinking clearly and not obsessing and acting on compulsions can be ve...

At some point or another in your life you have probably joked about your own tendencies or someone else's as being OCD. But OCD is a real condition that those who struggle with are not laughing about. Jill Freestone is on the podcast today talking about what OCD really is, the myths surrounding it, the warning signs, and the effective treatment.  Jill covers a lot of ground in this podcast and dur...

It is natural for the brain to think in black and white. There is good and there is bad. On the surface it makes situations seem easy to navigate but when our thinking and reality don't line up, it can create a trauma response within our nervous systems.    Coach Cami Birdo is on the podcast today talking about how to identify trauma induced by black and white thinking and where we see it in our r...

Are you a planner? Whether you classify yourself as one or not, everyone has some sort of plan or way they think their life will go. Having a plan is good but more importantly is being able to let go of the plan if needed and still know there is meaning and purpose to your life. Coach Caleb Price is on the podcast today talking about how young adults will have a much more fulfilling life as they l...

When your child comes out as LGBTQ+ it can often be overwhelming and filled with a lot of questions, fears, grief, and other big emotions. But coach Jenny Byam wants to reassure parents that those big emotions and questions are normal and that you can eventually get to a good place with their child's sexuality. She encourages parents to get all the knowledge they can, be patient with themselves, a...

We all experience loss in our lives but when the loss happens early during pregnancy or even soon after, many don't know what to do to support the grieving parents.  Coach Amy Watson experienced two baby losses, one at 14 weeks and then a stillbirth at 39 weeks. She now works with women who have experienced similar loss and helps them navigate the grieving process. She is on the podcast today givi...

Agency, the chance to come to earth and make choices for ourselves is central to The Plan of Salvation. We value and cherish our individual agency but sometimes it's hard to hold the same feelings towards others agency - especially when they use it to make choices we may not agree with or to do things that could hurt or harm us.  Coach Tanya Hale is on the podcast today discussing more about agenc...

Much of the suffering we see in the world is visible and we reach out to help but a good part of the suffering in the world is silent suffering. There are so many who suffer from emotional and psychological abuse that can go undetected that those who suffer may feel they have nowhere to turn. Coach Alicia Hall has taken her own experience of being a survivor of emotional and psychological abuse an...

Our brains are wired to resist change and yet change is what is needed for us to be refined and to make us into who God knows we can be. On today's podcast, coach Jackie Swainson talks about why we need change, why it's an important part of our development and how change can truly take place through small and simple steps.  If after listening to this episode you want more help making the changes y...

Parenting is a role in life that many of us don't get any formal training in. We often end up parenting the way we were parented and for most of you listening the model that was shown you was a fear based parenting style. Coach Crystal Haitsma is a coach that focuses on a different approach to parenting that she likes to call connection based parenting. She has come to believe that this is truly h...

Most of us try to avoid anxiety at any cost. It's an emotion that tends to not feel the best and our natural instinct is to run away from it. But no emotion is bad and all have been given to us by our Heavenly Father. Coach Cory Hardman is on the podcast today talking about all the benefits we can have in our lives if we can learn to use anxiety as a tool to propel us forward to achieving our goal...