Podcast Episodes

When it comes to talking to others about p*** , whether we are struggling with it, or we find out someone we love is struggling. It is helpful to have a new perspective. One that doesn’t go to shame. This is audio from an old video I created over 10 years ago, after teaching a […]

Today I share a lesson based on Elder Soares’s April talk about Jesus Christ as the true vine. I explain why vineyards appear so often in scripture and break down the roles—God as the vinedresser, Jesus as the vine, and us as the branches—focusing on pruning and how it can feel painful but is loving

Whitewater Rafting and Practicing 75% Good or Better I share my whitewater rafting adventure and how it became a real-life practice of aiming for “75% good or better.” Rivers are unpredictable, with calm stretches and turbulent rapids that can change with conditions, and the trip helped me practice being present through both. For me, the

My Whitewater Rafting Adventure (and the Poop Box) I share a story from a five-day, four-night whitewater rafting trip from Moab to Lake Powell where I had to tent camp and learn to use the “poop box” system because the company has to pack out waste in the desert. As the trip got closer, I

Today I share a tool that’s helped me move up the vibrational scale when I’m stuck in fear: shifting from fear to love. Gratitude is usually my go-to, but in two recent, very different situations, I couldn’t get there—and I realized I didn’t have to. In my weekly prayer group, a friend reminded me that

Today I share how I’ve seen God prepare me in advance for things I couldn’t predict. How being willing to follow my promptings has been a blessing in many surprising ways!

In this episode, I share a church lesson I gave based on Emily Belle Freeman’s talk “Best Days and Worst Days,” which teaches that mortality includes both best and worst days as a place for growth as we walk with Christ. I relate this to my son Devon’s traumatic birth with rapid swings between fear

I’ve been practicing praying in advance with gratitude —thanking God for outcomes before they happen— and it’s felt powerful and better in my body than praying from worry. I share how I did this for my parents during a busy, challenging fall when my dad had three surgeries while they were selling their house and

I tried to record a podcast about getting triggered at church, realized I didn’t record it, and started over feeling frustrated. A speaker from outside our congregation shared a message on a common topic, but his angle and the “sticky,” old-fashioned, heavy emotional language didn’t resonate with me, so I stepped out for a bit,

Today I reflect on letting go of old identities, behaviors, and thought patterns, comparing change to shedding a snakeskin and a crab molting, which can feel unsafe until a new “shell” hardens. I saw an image of wearing hundreds of layered “Hi, my name is” stickers—some worth keeping (mom, friend, daughter) and others that no