"The Fruit Snacks Podcast" with Emily Wardrop, the T1D Moms Coach

It's Day Two of the New Year!!  Are you a whole new person since switching out the calendar? Did everything you resolved to do daily without fail, fail on day one? Me too. So, let's just throw in the towel, shall we? Why not, that's how most years go. Let's just add one more to the failure pile... No! Let's not do that. Let's come up with some realistic expectations of ourselves this year ins...

My Coaching Origin Stories Series Part 3 Tyson Bradley  I always wanted to be a Mom and after Jody helped me love living my happily ever after, I decided to combine what she'd taught me with the parenting coaching from many different coaches and experts over the years and become a Peaceful Parenting Life Coach. Then after Crystal helped dig me out of layers of shame about my own parenting, I...

My Coaching Origin Story Series Part 2 Crystal Haitsma is "The Parenting Coach" She was my parenting coach after I finished coach training and was drowning in imposter syndrome.  I wanted to be a peaceful parenting life coach because I wanted to combine the life coaching world with the parenting coaching world that I'd been learning from and I didn't know of anyone who was doing that. But the...

Jody was the first life coach I had ever heard of and she continues to be my life coach to this day, over 6 years later.  She helps me love my life. What else would you expect from a life coach?  My whole life, I always wanted to be a mom and once I finally got my "Happily Ever After" most days it felt more like a nightmare than living the dream. Everything was perfect, no actual problem...

Merry "Christmas Adam"! Or so we called the day before Christmas Eve growing up. Cause we wanted to open a present early early. I have an early Christmas Present for YOU! Yes, YOU!! FREE RBC! Relationship Boost Call Sign up at dropthewar.com/appointments Now, on to our topic for today! The Purpose of Life!! That sounds a bit heavy but come on, it's me. We keep everything light and fun, right? No s...

I love stories. I love to hear people's experiences. To understand better where they are coming from. To get to know them better.  Today I am sharing an overview of my coaching origin story. The quick google search definition of origin is "the point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived." So in today's story I explain why I got into coaching, how it helped me, and then w...

Merry Christmas! Believe is a theme that we hear a lot at this season. My kids LOVE "The Polar Express" book and movie and music so Josh Groban is constantly reminding me when we're driving in the van that "you have everything you need if you just believe" He admonishes us to "believe in what your heart is saying" and "believe in what you feel inside" So, when you think that you're a terrible mom,...

Merry Christmas! I want to give you all a gift! I want to gift you a better relationship! Who doesn't need that?! Go to www.dropthewar.com/appointments and sign up for your FREE RBC! What's an RBC you're wondering? Well, I'm not giving you the Royal Bank of Canada, that's for sure! I am giving you a free Relationship Boost Call !! In a quick, easy, and fun 20 minute call with me on zoom, I will he...

We've all heard of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Well, today we are flipping the pyramid on it's head! I think we need "self actualization" the MOST and it is the highest priority. And after we have charged those batteries, the basic needs fall into place.  Especially with Faith in Jesus Christ! Because He himself told us in Matthew 6 to take no thought for the things at the bottom of the pyra...

GRIT is my word for the new year!  Get Ready It's Time! What is it time for for you? What resolutions are you thinking about setting? What goals do you have for 2023? Life Coaching is the perfect support you need to actually reach those goals, meet those resolutions and fulfill the yearnings of your heart!  This year I am gifting 365 FREE coaching sessions. Never too soon to get started!...

What is your New Year's Resolution?  How confident are you that you'll be successful with it?  I would love to help! Life Coaching is for people with beautiful wonderful lives like yours AND you also yearn for more. And you might feel guilty about that. You have it all. You've always wanted to be a mom and you finally are. You have a great and supportive husband. And it's still a struggl...

Shalom is a Hebrew word meaning Peace!  We are all about dropping the war to create more peace in our parenting here at Drop the War Life Coaching!! So I love this idea of Shalom! It is a peaceful wholeness, perfection, and tranquility.  Peace be with you, my friend! Especially at this Christmas time of year when we are all about Peace on Earth. And especially at this Hanukkah time of ye...

Merry Christmas season, my friends!! Hope you are all enjoying the decorations and symbols of Christ all around us at this glorious time of year!  Today's episode is "story time" so grab your teddy and gather around on the carpet criss cross apple sauce for me to read you this great book By Melissa Sunday and Alyssa Parker "See Christ in Christmas. 12 symbols of Christmas" In this beautiful b...

I frequently talk about your need as a Mom to fill up your cup first. You can’t pour out of an empty pitcher. And you have to put on your oxygen mask first in order to keep anyone else alive also. So in these metaphors, what is the oxygen exactly? How do you put on that mask? How do you fill your cup? And with what? The amazing and lovely coach Zil Eiler tells us her story today of when she was a...

Brooke Oniki coaches moms who are in the transition from raising the kids to letting them go off on their own in the world. Her perspective not only gives us light at the end of the tunnel but also we can see the pitfalls that the next season of life can bring if we completely lose ourselves in this phase. Of course we love our children and want to support them in their interests, but what are you...

Alyssa Michaela Jaco is a People-Pleasing Expert and Health and Life Coach. She stopped waiting to be saved & became the hero of her own story. Now she is helping you feel better, love yourself, be yourself & love your life!  Alyssa shares with us her journey and how coaching has helped her. She said that before coaching she never knew that she had choices. Of course we know we have a...

We use rechargeable batteries which I think is AWESOME! Today we are going in depth into my coaching framework which I call Recharging Your Triple A Batteries! AAA are Awareness, Acceptance, and Alignment No spoilers here, you've got to tap into the episode for the details on how to recharge each. And seriously, this is the secret sauce, my friends! The secrets to getting the life you've always wa...

My life coach, Jody Moore, taught me that what my brain is (almost always!) doing is what she calls the Shame/Blame trap. I'll teach you what that is in this episode AND I will teach you the quick and easy brain hack to get you out of the trap!!  It's all quick and easy in theory and if you need help putting it into actual practice, hit me up on FB, IG, or sign up for a free zoom chat at www....

Dr Paul Jenkins is a clinical psychologist specializing in the science and practice of positivity. He is the author of "Pathological Positivity" and hosts the "Live on Purpose Radio" podcast which he started in 2007! On Dec 15th 2022, episode 526 will drop and it is another conversation that we had for his show, so check me out over there in a couple of weeks! Dr Paul says that the number one erro...

Are you trying to get on the same page with your husband and kids? How is that working for you? When you think about it like that, how do you feel and act? What if we look at it like being on the same TEAM instead? Each player on the football team has a different job to do and if they try to be someone else, the team as a whole struggles. Same with our families. Just do your own 1/11th and then tr...

Ceri Payne is an incredible business coach for entrepreneurs and executives. She is also and Mom and built a thriving business while serving as RS Pres in her ward! She knows how to juggle all the hats!   We have an incredible conversation around rethinking the concept of Balance in order for you to feel better about the way you spend your time. Ceri helps us define our True Priorities so tha...

Sarah Larsen Shiozawa is a Leadership Coach! She is also a Good Mom to 4 year old twins and a 6 year old so she is in the thick of it with us and gives the working mom perspective plus she does a lot of work with Military Moms! She has a Masters in Public Administration and tells us a little bit about her work in Washington DC back in her single days. I love how she describes "interpersonal dynami...

If you need glasses to see clearly, you understand why we enjoy modern medicine for thinking clearly also. I am not anti any of this. Yes to glasses. Yes to medicine that helps you live your life the way you want to. As a general society, we are terrible at accepting the full range of emotions and the ebb and flow of ups and downs in our days and in our whole lives. Seasons and cycles in the world...

Special Thanksgiving edition of the podcast today we have special guest Bonnie Lyman!  As we are spending more time with our families this week, remember that your only job as a Mom is to Love your children. When you Believe you ARE a Good Mom no matter how they behave, you can drop the judgement and be free to just love them for who they are.  Bonnie coaches Moms about their relationshi...

We are all eternal beings having an earthly experience which includes the full rich human experience. Which includes ups and downs. Good times and bad times. We are everything. The good, the bad, and the ugly.  So when I say to Believe that you ARE a Good Mom, that includes your shadow side. You ARE Good. God made you, He is good, He called it very good after he made woman. You ARE Good. It's...