“By Small and simple things are great things brought to pass.” The little things we do to build and strengthen our marriage add up. They compound. What small choices are you making daily that contribute the demise or the strengthening of your marriage?
When something negative happens, our brains automatically make up a story to protect us. What are the stories that you tell yourself to protect yourself from feeling negative emotions? What stories disengage you from your spouse or make them into a villain? While this is a great way to protect ourselves, it takes us further away from creating the emotional intimacy and connection that we all crave in our relationships. So what stories are you telling yourself?
Have you ever thought “Did I marry the wrong person?” or “Are we really meant to be?” Just about every married person I know has had those thoughts. But in this episode, we talk about why those thoughts aren’t serving you and your marriage.
The word SHOULD indicates an expectation, an obligation, a duty, and is typically used when criticizing someone. And usually when we “should” on others we have an expectation that they be LIKE US. And not only do we think they should be, think, or do like us, we expect them to be the perfect version of us. We have a personal set of rules of how people should conduct their lives. And when they don’t, it totally sets us up for anger, negativity, and disappointment. Talk about a set up for failure! Right? But when we drop the “shoulds” or the expectations we have of people, and just LOVE them we are able to create much better results in our lives, better relationships, and better marriages.
In several scriptures in the New Testament it says that the Savior was “Moved with Compassion.” We when we have compassion for ourselves and compassion for our spouse and others, what kind of miracles will we see in our own life and around us?
Do you often feel overwhelmed with life and everything you have going on? In this episode we discuss what is really the cause of you feeling overwhelmed and how you can overcome it so that you can be more confident, organized in your daily life, productive, and feel better.
Part of being an emotional adult is taking responsibility for our own emotions. Even in our marriage. It is not our partners responsibility for making us feel loved, secure, and…
We all know that to have good friends, we need to be a good friend. I'll teach you how!
What do you value? What is the culture of your family? By clearly defining your values and setting goals based on those values, you will be able to align your life and achieve the things you want most. This episode clearly outlines the way I set goals for myself and my family to reach our dreams. You can too!
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I get asked the question all the time, What is a Life Coach and Why do I need one? On today’s podcast I will tell you what I do and why EVERYONE needs a life coach!
What does success mean to you? What does a successful day look like to you? What does a successful marriage look like to you? Most of the time we define…