One night I had some friends over at my house. We were having a great time. My teenager came home, said hi to everyone and I thought nothing of it. A day later one of my friends called and said she had to tell me something. She sounded hesitant but said she had prayed about it and knew …
41. Drug Testing my Teenage Son AKA Another fun day at my house. Read More »
In the Finding Joy in the Journey podcast episode 37 “the most powerful thought you can use to stay calm while parenting” I shared the thought “it’s age appropriate” I also shared a story about how Devon got stabbed by Santa before Christmas. I sort of mentioned it by accident, because I quickly realized while …
40. how in the world was my son accidently stabbed by santa? Read More »
I had a great question asked on a recent post about strengthening our Energetic Boundaries – What are Energetic Boundaries? A very simple definition. It is an energetic protective boundary between you and others. There are different layers, the main ones are: physical emotional relational spiritual It isn’t something you physically see or feel. Emotionally …
39. What are Energetic Boundaries, and Do You need to strengthen yours? Read More »
What teams do you have in your life? Do you have too many? Not enough? Let’s talk about the power of teams, why do we need them, how do we create them? We are not meant to survive on this earth on our own. I think this is one of the hardest parts of …
38. have you found an amazing team for your personal success? Read More »
I have had my share of challenges while raising my boys. I spent the first 14 years or so of parenting losing my temper, yelling, being frustrated and disappointed in my kids and in myself. Do you struggle with staying calm while parenting? I have done a lot of work with coaching and emotional clearing …
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Ahh, being the parent of a fiercely independent 18 year old. I love it, so many opportunities for growth. So many opportunities to try and let go of control, while also recognizing there are certain things I do still have stewardship over and have to set certain boundaries. However achieving the balance in that is …
This is something we really work together on in Essentials to Enjoy Life group coaching class. Recognizing when you are spinning Recognizing when someone else is spinning Learning how to stop spinning! Which helps you to avoid spinning wars. What is Spinning? Spinning is when thoughts and or emotions start swirling around in our head …
35. what is a spinning war and how can you avoid one? Read More »
We went back to church in the last few weeks my 15 year old mentioned, “Wow, I am out of practice. Church feels so long.” And it is even shorter than it used to be, by well over an hour! I agreed. My attention definitely has suffered over the last year. How about yours? …
34. It’s crazy but I think Covid ADD is a real thing! Read More »
Presents – Buying Presents, Wrapping Presents, Shipping Presents, Organizing Presents, Making sure we have equalish presents…. I think that a lot of the holiday activities are really just a distraction from the real meaning of Christmas. You can tell I am in the thick of the presents aspect of holiday activities. Todays podcast episode I …
32. What is more important: presence or presents? Read More »
How about you, is time weird for you too? Should we just not count 2020 as a year? Pretend it never existed? Listen Here Maybe it didn’t exist! It almost feels like it doesn’t exist on whatever weird world I am living in. But I do have a 2020 calendar with a lot of erased …