Seeking Light Podcast

Recently, I watched a video about Jennie and Brent Taylor. Jennie shared this comment in her interview that "life is incredibly unfair in our favor". I paused and wrote it down because it struck me so hard. I began to think about the different unfair experiences I have had in my life and how God has taken something so incredibly unfair yet in my favor. Brent Taylor was killed overseas while servin...

Happy Thanksgiving to each and everyone of you! Thank you for listening to this podcast. I thought it would be wonderful to hear from young adults about their views on gratitude and living in a spirit of gratitude. Join me today as I have a conversation with nine of my nieces and nephews about their lives, and how they show gratitude to others. Also, how they feel gratitude in their hearts.  "But...

While reading my scriptures, I came upon a phrase that I hadn't really thought much about. The scripture said, "And thus Laman and Lemuel, being the eldest, did murmur against their father. And they did murmur because they knew not the dealings of that God who had created them."  My mind then started thinking about other individuals that KNEW and did NOT KNOW. Join my today as I share some scriptu...

Emily Brems grew up in many different locations in the United States. Her dad was a scientist and instilled in her a curiosity for learning and finding answers. The oldest child of 6 she was a second mother to her triplet siblings! After finishing high school she went to college thinking that she wanted to become a lawyer. Plans changed and she decided to go into teaching. She ended up getting mar...

While listening to the Follow Him podcast about Daniel. The guest Lili De Hoyos Anderson shared some insights about agency and freedom. I had never put into context the idea that she shared. I started thinking about different scriptures and people who use their agency even when their freedom was taken from them. Daniel chose to exercise faith in obedience and trust in God instead of rejecting him...

Mai & David grew up in California. They both were raised in families that had come from Laos. Mai's parents fled to Thailand with their family to find freedom when she was 2 years old. David's parents were sponsored by a religion to come to America and start a new life. Mai grew up in the Hmong practice of religion. She had a friend in grade school who was a Christian and invited Mai to pray and c...

Recently, Julie and I decided to join forces and create a life coaching business together. For years we have paralleled our lives in raising children, serving in the gospel, transforming ourselves personally and spiritually. During this season of our lives, joining together to spread LIGHT through life coaching felt right. We decided to launch Beth & Julie Newell Coaching. Join me today as Jul...

Amanda Mason grew up in Oregon. She is the 3rd of 4 children. As a child Amanda has fond memories of trees and backyards of her friends homes that she used to play at. After being married for a few years, Amanda and her husband Jed had the opportunity to move back to her mothers childhood home in a small town in Oregon. Amanda was so excited because she felt like her grandmas home was the most mag...

For many years I have thought about the word BOASTING. What does it mean to boast? Marvin J Ashton said “Boasting is to glorify oneself, to talk in a vain or bragging manner, or to talk especially about one’s deeds. Boasting is to speak with pride and to take pride in, to brag about, to be proud to possess. Oftentimes, boastful people are starving for attention. Boastful people may not be aware of...

Noah Perry just returned home from a mission in Oklahoma City and Leeds England. He spent 14 months of his mission in Oklahoma and then 10 months in England. Noah grew up in a small town with a great group of friends. His parents taught him the gospel and from an early age prepared him for a mission. He graduated in 2020 during the start of the Covid pandemic. He was originally called to Leeds Eng...

What does it mean to be filled? •To put something into (a container, for example) to capacity or to a desired level. •To supply or provide to the fullest extent. I had the opportunity to go to the temple recently and witness our friends receiving their endowment and being sold to their children. It was an incredible experience that brought my mind to the way that the Savior can fill our lives with...

Amity & Laura are both mothers with busy lives. Women who have read to their children and hope to install a love of books. They feel like the classics have not been as assessible as they could be. What are they classics? Books that have stood the test of time. That are applicable to our lives today. Amity and Laura have a common love of the classics and decided to create a podcast called OUT OF TH...

A few weeks ago my dad called me to tell me about his brothers passing. After a few conversations, I realized my parents really need to get their thoughts out to each of us kids. I told my parents "let’s come to you and mom to meet about your next 5-15 years of life." I messaged my siblings and we all converged on my parents house to talk about my parents future and plans when they die. No kids, n...

I have been thinking a lot about my role as a mother-in-law. Carter got married last November. I have thought about the importance of integrating my daughter-in-law into our family. Fast forward a few weeks ago, I took Bailey to college and spent time with our kids in Idaho. My friend Dayna drove home with me and we talked about the experiences of this time in our life having children in law. Dayn...

While personally reading the Book of Mormon, I came across the word tribe mentioned several times in 3 Nephi chapter 7. Before the Savior appeared in the America's the people divided, seperated and destroyed the government. They became tribes. I thought about how to overcome the instinct to be in a tribe and be ONE in Christ. Join me today as I share some thoughts and scriptures about being ONE an...

Robert grew up in a small Mississippi town with a population of 800 people. His parents separated at the age of eight. Robert, his mother and little sister lived in a small trailer barely making it each month. At the age of 12 the trailer burnt down and he his mother and his little sister had to move to California to live with his grandmother and uncle. One day at the end of his 8th grade school y...

Recently I was asked to coach Gannon's soccer team because his coaches were on vacation. I was super excited because I love soccer. I had played soccer as a child and it’s my favorite sport. I ended up learning a very valuable lesson after coaching a soccer game this last Saturday. Join me today as I share the lessons that I learned on a soccer field.  bethnewellcoaching.com  bethnewellcoaching@gm...

Susan grew up in Texas. She attended BYU and served a mission in France. At the end of her college experience, Susan suffered from depression. Susan met her husband when she was 30 years old, at 35, she had her son Eli. She had an experience that led her to decide to return to school and get her bachelors degree. In this process, she fell in love with family history work and genealogy. She calls h...

In the mornings when Gannon and I drive to school we read the quote of the day and the scripture of the day on the Gospel Library app. Gannon is at a private Christian school that’s Seventh-day Adventist. Each day they have Bible study and on Fridays they have chapel time. Gannon has really loved the discussions that they have in his Bible study class. This morning he started talking to me about J...

In 1998 a small group of mothers joined together to create Pioneer Heritage Academy for their children. They spent the summer organizing and writing up what the school would look like and how things would move forward. 24 years later Pioneer Heritage Academy is still thriving. Erika Blanchard is the administrative chairman for PHA. she is the mother of three and married to her high school sweethea...

I recently drove Bailey to BYU Idaho to start a new chapter in her life. It was a wonderful whirlwind trip that brought many memories back to me. Join me today as I share a few things that I was reminded of about my life and what I have learned through the years by taking Bailey to college.  bethnewellcoaching.com  bethnewellcoaching@gmail.com

Matt and Sabrina met in high school. After Matt returned from his mission, they got married and started their life and family. May 2022, they planned a quick trip to Mexico with friends to have time away with their kids to relax and have fun. Matt realized that he had a gun in his truck that he hadn't taken out. While passing the Mexico border, he was taken into custody and sent to a Mexican priso...

When we go through trials, afflictions, tribulations we might think that Jesus is asleep but he is in the boat with you. You’re not alone. Mark 4:36–41 36 ​And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. ​​​37 ​And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. ​​​38...

McKenzie Allred was born in southern Utah. She was the middle child of a family with 7 children. After graduating from high school, McKenzie went to school at UVSC in Orem Utah. She started a job at a sleep clinic and found that she loved this area as a career. She later moved to Los Angeles and worked for a sleep clinic. At the time she met Corbin Allred and fell in love over time. They started t...

After running into a former bishop that I served with, I began to reflect on the many callings that I have had in the church and how much I have learned from many priesthood holders that I have served with. Join me today as I share some thoughts and words of gratitude about these callings and these men. bethnewellcoaching.com bethnewellcoaching@gmail.com