Podcast Episodes

I’m Back! 🙂 I share an example of how this was true for Devon. Then I share the exciting news – I am changing my podcast back to Finding Joy in the Journey. I am excited to move forward with this! Hear my reasons why. 🙂 HELPFUL LINKS Today’s Show notes – https://sheridanripley.com/sometimes-going-backwards-is-actually-moving-forward/Follow me on […]

I am happy to report I am mothering a high schooler differently this time. My youngest son is 5 years younger than my middle son and as Bryson is doing high school things now, I can see so clearly how I am at least trying to do things differently this time. I recently saw this

If you find yourself struggling with moving past a situation or maybe you are just overwhelmed with the emotions you are having, scribbling is such a great tool. It is also SO easy to use this tool with children. They are pros! I love sharing this tools with my students. It is easy to do

Do you notice that you are telling yourself stories all day long? Stories about your choices, what other people are doing, you name it. For instance, if my husband doesn’t do the dishes at night like he said he will, I will often tell myself the story of “He doesn’t love me.” In the morning

Yep…. This is where the 1/24/50/24/1 comes in handy. Though sometimes it really can be 50/50 or 99/1… each day is different. It is so interesting, because in reflecting on my life most of my days that have been the scariest and best days have all be about Devon. The day he was born The

Some people love to say life is 50% great and 50% bad. I really don’t like that. When I think of my vibration chart, of course we sometimes feel the lower vibrations, but I don’t think we need to feel them half the time, I think we can learn to get up to at least

A new point of view of the Stripling Warriors. Throughout the battles in which the young stripling warriors fought, many of their number were wounded, but not one of them was ever killed because, although “they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their

Do you find it challenging to monitor your child’s phone? The THOUSANDS of texts. The hundreds of emails. The websites they visit Not to mention the social media accounts. I will be honest when my older boys were younger, I would maybe check their phones every other week and it was so time consuming and

Are you ever stuck in this, “I don’t know” how to do this!?? energy And feel Confused and worried. In reality, there is not a right way. There are many different ways to handle this experience. Maybe none are “right” but some are better than others and each day will bring different opportunities to try

Do you have teenagers or young adult children? That creates 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 quite the learning experience for us all. Using faith