Connecting members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with certified coaches who have all the tools to help you live a life full of peace, love, fun, and progress.
Each episode features a highly trained and impactful life coach who is listed on the Life Coach Directory for Latter-day Saints (ldslifecoaches.com) and is filled with practical tools and ideas to get even more out of this life then you thought possible. Your life may be good already, but what if it could be amazing?
We all have goals we want to accomplish in our life. Some goals are big and some are small but no matter the size, all goals need certain ingredients to make sure they are accomplished. Coach Lisa Salisbury is no stranger to goal setting as she is a weight loss coach and her clients come to her with the goal to lose weight but what they leave with is so much more. Lisa is on the podcast today talking about how all goals have a sweet spot to accomplishment that lies between too hard and too easy, how planning for the obstacles with curiosity is key to dealing with them, that support is different than accountability in accomplishing your goals, and how the number one person you need support from in making your goals come about is always yourself. Goals are what help us grow and progress but there are great ways to accomplish goals which will make the process more enjoyable and fun. If you would like help with goals - especially losing weight, please reach out to Lisa and let her help you along the way.
Jill Freestone is back on the podcast this week talking about what happens when those who have OCD bring it into religion. This type of OCD is called scrupulosity and it happens when someone obsessively worries about their behavior going against their religious or moral beliefs. In a church that has a lot of “do’s” and “don’ts” thinking clearly and not obsessing and acting on compulsions can be very difficult for someone with OCD. Jill does a great job of teaching why rules are actually there and how sometimes in order to be free of scrupulous thinking you have to learn to break the rules not for disobedience but so that you actually can take a higher moral road and live with more faith. Scrupulosity is probably more common than you know and this episode will help you see where it shows up either in your own life or in the life of a loved one.
At some point or another in your life you have probably joked about your own tendencies or someone else’s as being OCD. But OCD is a real condition that those who struggle with are not laughing about. Jill Freestone is on the podcast today talking about what OCD really is, the myths surrounding it, the warning signs, and the effective treatment. Jill covers a lot of ground in this podcast and during her interview showed slides. If you would like to see those slides, please click on the link in the show notes that will take you to our YouTube channel. This is an information packed episode and Jill brings both her personal and professional experience to this topic. If you have questions and want to learn more, please reach out to Jill and set up a time to chat with her.
It is natural for the brain to think in black and white. There is good and there is bad. On the surface it makes situations seem easy to navigate but when our thinking and reality don’t line up, it can create a trauma response within our nervous systems. Coach Cami Birdo is on the podcast today talking about how to identify trauma induced by black and white thinking and where we see it in our religion, parenting, and dealings within society. The good news is that healing can take place and black and white thinking can be replaced with an abundance of curiosity which ultimately leads to more love for ourselves and others.
Are you a planner? Whether you classify yourself as one or not, everyone has some sort of plan or way they think their life will go. Having a plan is good but more importantly is being able to let go of the plan if needed and still know there is meaning and purpose to your life. Coach Caleb Price is on the podcast today talking about how young adults will have a much more fulfilling life as they learn to trust God and create the emotions they want to even when the plans they have made don’t work out exactly as they’d hoped. Caleb wants young adults to know that God can make much more of their lives then they could ever dream if they are willing to see the good that can come when life doesn’t go as they had planned.
When your child comes out as LGBTQ+ it can often be overwhelming and filled with a lot of questions, fears, grief, and other big emotions. But coach Jenny Byam wants to reassure parents that those big emotions and questions are normal and that you can eventually get to a good place with their child’s sexuality. She encourages parents to get all the knowledge they can, be patient with themselves, and to know that having an LGBTQ+ child is a blessing. She is talking about all these things on the podcast today. If you are someone who has an LGBTQ+ child and feel you need to know how to support them better, you definitely want to listen to this podcast. You will come away feeling better about your and your child’s position.
We all experience loss in our lives but when the loss happens early during pregnancy or even soon after, many don’t know what to do to support the grieving parents. Coach Amy Watson experienced two baby losses, one at 14 weeks and then a stillbirth at 39 weeks. She now works with women who have experienced similar loss and helps them navigate the grieving process. She is on the podcast today giving many helpful tips on how to deal with baby loss if you have experienced it yourself or if you know someone who has experienced it, what you can do to support a family member or friend through this process. Amy is honest but loving in this conversation with Heather and brings a lot of hope to those dealing with baby loss.
Agency, the chance to come to earth and make choices for ourselves is central to The Plan of Salvation. We value and cherish our individual agency but sometimes it’s hard to hold the same feelings towards others agency - especially when they use it to make choices we may not agree with or to do things that could hurt or harm us. Coach Tanya Hale is on the podcast today discussing more about agency and why it is such an important part in our growth and development here on earth. Tanya has some great insight on how to use our agency better and to honor and value the agency of others.
Much of the suffering we see in the world is visible and we reach out to help but a good part of the suffering in the world is silent suffering. There are so many who suffer from emotional and psychological abuse that can go undetected that those who suffer may feel they have nowhere to turn. Coach Alicia Hall has taken her own experience of being a survivor of emotional and psychological abuse and come up with a formula to help those in a similar situation she was in to find healing and forgiveness. She is talking about that formula on the podcast today. We all have found ourselves in need of healing and extending forgiveness so even if you haven’t suffered from emotional or psychological abuse in a relationship, you will want to listen so that you can apply this formula in your life as well.
Our brains are wired to resist change and yet change is what is needed for us to be refined and to make us into who God knows we can be. On today’s podcast, coach Jackie Swainson talks about why we need change, why it's an important part of our development and how change can truly take place through small and simple steps. If after listening to this episode you want more help making the changes you want to see in your life, please reach out and contact Jackie. Enjoy the episode!
