The Soul Enchilada

This Week’s Questions: Jess, when did you suspect you might have ADHD? Looking back, what were your childhood signs? How can ADHD be a superpower? What strategies have you learned that can help us all?   SOUL Group Questions: Ask each other these questions to build a stronger connection with a friend or in your Soul Group.   Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, is a neurodevelopmenta...

This Week’s Listener Question: Why do you think imposter syndrome is so prevalent today? What are some practical strategies women can use when the voice in their heads is telling them they’re an imposter?    SOUL Group Questions: Ask each other these questions to build a stronger connection with a friend or in your Soul Group.   Imposter Syndrome is the feeling that your success is not deserved an...

This Week’s Listener Question: Why doesn’t the Soul Enchilada Podcast discuss politics or take a stance on today's key issues?   SOUL Group Questions: Ask each other these questions to build a stronger connection with a friend or in your Soul Group.    1. What do you notice about your body/nervous system when you’re watching a heated, polarized debate?   2. Think of a political issue where people...

This Week’s Listener Question: Looking back before your best friend died, what do you wish you’d known and what surprised you about grief?   SOUL Group Questions: Ask each other these questions to build a stronger connection with a friend or in your Soul Group     1.    Laura and Aubrey invited you into their intimate conversation and shared raw stories of grief and loss. What’s one story you can...

This Week’s Listener Question: How do you reconnect with someone special to you when it’s been a hot minute/month/or even years?   SOUL Group Questions: Ask each other these questions to build a stronger connection with a friend or in your Soul Group.    1.    Name 2-3 people you’ve lost touch with whom you would like to reconnect with.   2.    What obstacles hold you back from reaching out to the...

This Week’s Listener Question: This week, Laura talks with longtime friend, author, and Orthodox Jewish woman Dinah Bucholz about how to love our neighbors in a world where antisemitism is ever present for Dinah and her family. They share real stories, raw emotions, and highlight how we can lead with love, even when our neighbors have different faith practices or worldviews.   SOUL Group Questions...

SOUL Group Questions: Ask each other these questions to build a stronger connection with a friend or in your Soul Group.   1.   What did you hear from Laura and Mick’s conversation that surprised you about grief?   2.  When have you walked through the D’s Laura brought up (death, divorce, devastation, disease, debt…)? How did that experience impact how you see the world today?   3.  What are ways...

This Week’s Listener Question: My child came home from college and says he now identifies as gay and has a boyfriend. I was raised in a church that believes homosexuality is a sin. What do you think I should do?   SOUL Group Questions: Ask each other these questions to build a stronger connection with a friend or in your Soul Group.   1.  What are your first thoughts and emotions after listening t...

This Week’s Listener Question: It seems that we’re living in a time when family and friends disagree significantly on important issues. I find myself arguing with some people and ignoring others because I’d rather live in unity and everyone get along. Do you have any advice?   SOUL Group Questions: Ask each other these questions to build a stronger connection with a friend or in your Soul Group.  ...

This Week’s Listener Question: I just got a job offer to move to Portland, Oregon. I’ve always lived in the Midwest. If I go, I’ll leave family, friends, and everything familiar. But this is a great opportunity for my career, and it could really feed my adventurous soul. How do I decide?      SOUL Group Questions: Ask each other these questions to build a stronger connection with a friend or in yo...

This Week’s Listener Question: I just got a job offer to move to Portland, Oregon. I’ve always lived in the Midwest. If I go, I’ll leave family, friends, and everything familiar. But this is a great opportunity for my career, and it could really feed my adventurous soul. How do I decide?      SOUL Group Questions: Ask each other these questions to build a stronger connection with a friend or in yo...

This Week’s Listener Question: I appreciate your podcast because, to be honest, I’m afraid to share the real details of my life. When I do share with my Christian friends, I feel judged, and they usually try to fix me. How do I find a safe community of Christians like the Soul Enchilada?      SOUL Group Questions: Ask each other these questions to build a stronger connection with a friend or in yo...

This Week’s Listener Question: My sister found out that her husband had an affair and he is promising to stop and wants to save the marriage. Can people truly get over an affair?   SOUL Group Questions: To build connection with a friend or in your Soul Group, ask each other these questions.   1.   When has triangulation effected one of your relationships?   2.  What boundaries or expectations do y...

This Week’s Listener Question: My sister found out that her husband had an affair and he is promising to stop and wants to save the marriage. Can people truly get over an affair?   SOUL Group Questions: To build connection with a friend or in your Soul Group, ask each other these questions.   1.   How would you define someone having a physical affair?   2.  What crosses the line for you and indica...

This Week’s Listener Question: I feel like I’m running around doing a lot of things, but I’m not doing anything really well or making a difference. I’m skimming the surface, but never going deep. How do I know what to focus on so I’m not so scattered and can feel like I’m living my life on purpose.   SOUL Group Questions: To build connection with a friend or in your Soul Group, ask each other thes...

This Week’s Listener Question: My partner has Early Onset Alzheimer’s and every day feels like another challenge, crisis, or fire to put out. This is going to be a long journey. How do I not lose myself in it and find just a little bit of peace in the process?   SOUL Group Questions: To build connection with a friend or in your Soul Group, ask each other these questions.   1. When have you faced a...

This Week’s Listener Question: I’ve been invited to a silent retreat. I’d like to attend but honestly every time I try to meditate or sit in silent prayer, my mind races and I feel restless and distracted. What’s the point of sitting still?   SOUL Group Questions: To build connection with a friend or in your Soul Group, ask each other these questions.   1.  How would you describe your comfort leve...

This week we interview Claire Allen, a survivor of the 2021 Marshall Fires in Colorado in hopes of supporting friends now enduring massive fires in Los Angeles. This podcast is for anyone who is walking through trauma, loss, and grief or lovingly supporting someone who is.   SOUL Group Questions: To build connection with a friend or in your Soul Group, ask each other these questions.   1.   When h...

This Week’s Listener Question: I keep hearing that the new year is a perfect time to let go of the old in order to take hold of the new, but what does that really mean and how can I do it?   Would you like to be with Laura and Christine as they record their 100th Soul Enchilada episode? If so, email Laura at laura@3oclockwakeup.com to reserve your seat. The recording will be done the week of Janua...

This Week’s Listener Question: Even though I tried to make the holidays peaceful and wonderful for my family, everything seemed to blow up in my face. How is it that you can do everything “right” as a parent and your kids are still going through major mental health issues?   Would you like to be with Laura and Christine as they record their 100th Soul Enchilada episode? If so, email Laura at laura...

This Week’s Listener Question: My college-aged kid came home from school super stressed out! How can I talk her off the ledge when she’s about to have an anxiety attack?   SOUL Group Questions: To build connection with a friend or in your Soul Group, ask each other these questions.   1.  How do your family members show their anxiety?   2.  When you witness someone super anxious, what does it activ...

This Week’s Listener Question: What’s wrong with me? Every time I go home for the holidays, I revert back to my teenage self. I’ve matured so much since the but I act like a rebellious adolescent around my parents and siblings.   SOUL Group Questions: To build connection with a friend or in your Soul Group, ask each other these questions.   1.  During the holiday, how do you regress or revert back...

This Week’s Listener Question: Thanksgiving is in two weeks. I really don’t want to host my extended family because we’re divided on several key topics. How do I navigate family division and still enjoy the holidays?   SOUL Group Questions: To build connection with a friend or in your Soul Group, ask each other these questions.   1.  When you think about Thanksgiving this year, what feelings and t...

This Week’s Listener Question: I’m in a really uncomfortable space. I used to be in breadwinner for our family. Now my husband and I switched places. He’s going to work and I’m staying home with the kids. I feel lost, without direction, in this new role. How do I motivate myself in this weird space?   SOUL Group Questions: To build connection with a friend or in your Soul Group, ask each other the...

This Week’s Listener Question: I grew up in a house where it was wrong to express your anger so I learned to suppress it. Now I’m conflicted because anger feels like a natural response when you’ve been wronged. What do you think?   SOUL Group Questions: To build connection with a friend or in your Soul Group, ask each other these questions.   1.  What were you taught about anger when you were grow...