Latter-day Life Coaches

We all know that going through life without failure or making mistakes is not possible, and yet we still fight the reality of failure on the regular. We often fear failure so much that we not only try to shield ourselves from it but also shield our children from it. Coach Lindsay Law is talking on the podcast today about the importance of letting our kids fail and how failure is a gift and somethi...

Whether we intend to or not, we are all an influence to those around us. What we want to make sure happens is that the influence we are giving is coming from a place of love because that is where it will have the greatest impact. But how do we do that? Coach Marcie McGee teaches on the podcast how listening, seeing others as God sees them, and dropping judgment are all critical in being the influe...

As a parent, all one really wants is the happiness of one's children. But sometimes when children transition into early adulthood and are stretching their independency muscles, it can cause a push and tug between the desires of the child and what the parent feels is best and right for their child. Coach Sarah Rasmussen works with parents of young adults and helps them to make the transition from m...

We live in a world of countless voices all trying to get us to listen to them. At times it can be overwhelming and often distracts us from our path. Coach Debra Thomas has found that the most important voice to listen to is your own inner voice. But learning how to do this takes time and effort. On today's podcast Debra talks about how to better listen to your inner voice and gives some examples a...

If you are a human and living life, then you have without a doubt experienced another human doing something that has hurt you or made your life more difficult. In these situations we need to have a lot of self-compassion for ourselves but we also need to learn and start taking responsibility for our emotions and reactions.  Being a coach for those going through a divorce, coach Tanya Hale helps he...

In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints we have culturally painted a picture for what a good woman looks like and as a result we have seen in many ways how doing this has been damaging. Many of the podcasts here talk about how to help women break free of that story but on today's podcast we flip the coin to see how culturally in the Church we have also painted a picture of what a good m...

We all have thoughts about ourselves and if you were to really examine them, are you telling yourself mostly negative things or positive things? If you said something negative, you are in the norm. You have a wonderful brain that is constantly trying to make sure that you are safe but a lot of times it goes about doing that in a very unhealthy way.  After going through some hard things in her life...

As women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints we often feel our worth and purpose is solely tied to our children and so when they leave the house and are not an everyday and every moment focus, women can feel lost and wonder what their purpose is now. Coach Jackie Swainson wants women to know that life after children can be amazing, full of purpose and that there are great things ahe...

Often when we talk about God and becoming more like Him, we dwell on emotions or attributes that are positive and feel good. Feelings like love, charity, understanding, and patience.  We seldom focus on emotions like anger, frustration, jealousy, and hate. Somewhere in our earthly learning we have come to believe that God doesn't feel those things and so if we do, then we are doing something wrong...

When it comes to coaching there can be a lot of growth, mind stretching, and emotional maturing that takes place as old beliefs are questioned and replaced with new ones that create different results. We can definitely do a lot of cognitive growing on our own, but partnering with our Heavenly Parents is how we can do it so that our results are greater than we could ever imagine. The unique perspec...

We often think that it's selfish to focus on ourselves and do things that make us happy, but coach Kyla Beecroft could not disagree more. Today on the podcast she shares a tool she uses to help her clients really focus on themselves by learning their strengths not just so they can be happier but so that all around them can be happier. Kyla believes we were sent to earth to grow and fulfill a speci...

In the spring of 1820, the question by a young boy about which church he should join opened the Restoration of the gospel and allowed God to once again speak to men on earth. If Joseph Smith had never had that question, where would your life be today? Even though our religion was brought back to earth through a question, we as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints often have a...

Many of us have read or are familiar with the famous book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The story follows one fateful Christmas Eve for Ebineser Scrooge. That evening four ghosts pay him a visit. His old friend Marley, The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Future. Each ghost has an important lesson for Mr. Scrooge and that evening changes h...

We often feel like if our child is struggling in the gospel, there is something that needs to be fixed or changed about them. But what if the change you want to see in your children were to come from changing yourself? Coach Tina Gosney feels one of the best ways to help your child in their faith struggles and with their emotions is to be good at handling your own struggles and emotions. When a pa...

Almost every mature woman on this earth has a menstrual cycle and many of those women will have menstrual cycles on a monthly basis for an average of forty years of their lives. But knowing these facts has not helped society at large come to better understand the menstrual cycle and how to track it so that women can be functioning at their highest energy levels and resting at their lowest. Thus, s...

So many times in life, a solution is found when someone is ready for a solution or is allowed to come up with a solution on their own. Allowing a teen who is struggling with anxiety to desire help or voice what they need can be difficult for parents and even cause the parent to have anxiety about their child's anxiety. Coach Daelene Byam helps teens and young adults who struggle with anxiety and s...

Confidence is when you know you can do something because you've done it before. Self confidence is knowing you can do something even when you have never done it before or you run up against roadblocks. Coach Kristine Cramer helps her clients build more self confidence with themselves through their connection with themselves, others, and God. She firmly believes that we can't have true self confide...

We can often get swept up in doing all the "things" and when we are doing all said "things" and our lives start not going as planned, we can believe there is something wrong with us. We find ourselves in a place where the circumstances outside of us are deciding our worth and value in the world. College age kids are no exception to this way of thinking. They can often get really caught up in doing...

We are all busy and we all have many things we need and want to do in our lives. But there are only 24 hours in a day and sometimes it just seems like there is never enough time to do all the things. Coach Shannon Resare understands this struggle many women face in their lives. She has found that doing just three small things in her life has helped her not get more time but fit everything she want...

As a woman in the Church it is often easy to see the things we should be desiring in our lives. We know we should get an education, get married in the temple, have children and raise them in the gospel. But outside of those things, is there anything else our Heavenly Parents have in store for their daughters? Coach Annette Jones would emphatically say, "Yes!"   We women fill many roles in our live...

In a world that is swirling and on the go at a rapid and constant pace, it can be very difficult to be in the presence of what is right in front of you. But it is presence that actually allows us to more fully partake of the life we want to live.  Coach Denita Bremer defines presence as the state of being fully in the moment physically, emotionally, and spiritually, right here and now. When we can...

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship can be some of the most fraught relationships in our lives. Why is this? Well there are many reasons, ranging from how this relationship is portrayed by the media, what one thinks about the relationship upon entering it, comparison between one's relationship and others like it, and how one's own relationship is with their mother-in-law. But even w...

We live in a day and age where people are constantly sharing parts of themselves with others. Social media is meant for sharing our lives, our likes, our accomplishments, our heartaches, and so much more. And yet, many of us shy away from sharing who we truly are. We fear that who we truly are isn't enough. That if we share too much of ourselves it could possibly make others feel less than.  Coach...

How many times have you reached for your phone and pulled up Google maps to find exactly how to get to where you want to go? Roadmaps are how we reach our desired destination. Not all roadmaps lead to a physical destination. Many of the destinations we wish to reach are things like emotional connection and intimacy with those we love. This is especially true in marriage relationships. But as when...

There truly is no such thing as a bad person. All of us were born with divine goodness in us and that is who we are at our core. But Satan seeks to make all of us feel like we are eternally flawed and that the things we do or don't do make us either "good" or "bad". One of the greatest roles that gets attacked is motherhood. There are so many rules and expectations placed on mothers that when a mo...