Trust in the Lord

Is the vending machine of life giving you what you expected? Or has life’s “selection” for you ended up much different than you’d planned? John Bytheway shares ways you can begin to trust the Lord's timing and His plan for you as you learn to navigate life's twists, turns, and surprises every day!

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How I Lead in the Ivory Coast

Norbert Kalogo Ounleu is from Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). He grew up Muslim and was baptized when he was 25 years old. Norbert served as a Sunday School teacher, ward mission leader, and Young Men president, and was called as a bishop at age 27, just two years after he was baptized. He then served as a stake president, mission president of the Ivory Coast, and area seventy. He currently serves as a Sunday School teacher. He has worked as an Institute director and teacher and currently works for the Church History Department. He and his wife Valerie have four children. Highlights

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The Teacher’s Lounge

This story from Bill Harley is a memory from his own childhood about his school life. As a kid, there are many mysteries about adults; especially teachers. Bill shares about a time when he finally got to learn what really happened in the teacher's lounge, and it was nothing that he had expected it to be.

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Acknowledging the Importance of Our Emotions

Every human being has emotions. They are an integral part of the human experience and yet, we push them away, ignore them, and label them as either “good” or “bad”. But really all that emotions are is a vibration in our body that is produced by a thought. Oftentimes though that vibration can be so intense that we can’t even get to the point of knowing the thought that is causing them. Coach Angela Adams helps her clients better understand, acknowledge, and feel their emotions. She talks about that process on the podcast today and really discusses the importance of normalizing each of our emotions so that we can have a better life and use our emotions for our growth and development instead of to our detriment. 

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