"The Fruit Snacks Podcast" with Emily Wardrop, the T1D Moms Coach

Happy Diabetes Awareness Month!

And Happy Thanksgiving!

So Grateful to all of you for reading, listening, applying, and learning and growing with me on our journeys!

Drop the War Life Coaching is all about helping us drop power struggle wars with our kids to create more peace in our parenting.

Drop the War for Peace.

That's what I'd been doing as a coach when the diabetes diagnosis came. Twice!

All moms have to deal with the battle of wills. And as T1D Moms, we have to deal with even MORE power struggles!!

In today's episode I share a couple tips for dropping those power struggles so that we can still do what needs to be done without sacrificing our relationship with our kids in the process.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

I sure am thankful for all of you listeners!! Thank you for supporting the podcast! Thank you for listening, sharing, rating, and reviewing. Your support really helps us support all other T1D Moms around the globe!

In honor of diabetes awareness month, I am re-airing this fun episode with guest host, Andelin Price.

You know that you have a relationship with your child, but did you know that you have a relationship with their Type 1 Diabetes also? 

In this episode fellow life coach Andelin Price and I chat about our experiences having children with T1D and how life coaching tools have helped us manage ourselves as we manage our child's diabetes. 

The way we think about the disease matters and it can make it harder or easier on you as the Mom.

Whether your child has T1D or not, the principles discussed in this episode can be applied to any struggle you are dealing with. 

Please forward this podcast to any Moms you know that do have children with Type 1 Diabetes, there is so much additional suffering that can be eliminated as we work together to manage our relationships with Diabetes! 

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving this week!

So Grateful to all of you for reading, listening, applying, and learning and growing with me on our journeys!

In honor of November being Diabetes Awareness Month, I am re-airing this interview episode with Dr OC. Enjoy!

I am the T1D Moms Coach.

Two of my five kids have been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in the past few years and so I love to support other moms with T1D children. Because we do SO much to keep our kids healthy and well, but how much time and energy does that leave for us to take care of ourselves? And if we don't do it, who will?

And, of course, the mental and emotional load of caring for young kids is taxing enough but then add the constant stress, scared, and sad feelings and we've got quite the hot mess of a mom trying to manage her child's diabetes. Not ideal. We need clear minds and bodies ourselves in order to take care of everyone else. So I teach strategies to generate on purpose more feelings of connection, calm, and confidence instead!

So, I've got you Momma!

And today I have an extra special treat for you. Dr OC and I discuss her personal journey being a T1D Mom herself in addition to her pediatric career. And her son is all grown and doing amazing things in the T1D world now also! So it is really fun to be able to learn from her years of experience and "light at the end of the tunnel" perspective.

This week we have a guest on the podcast to help us with some ideas on how to handle overwhelm, worry, and guilt. These three emotions are normal for moms and can be amped up even more as T1D Moms, so listen in as the two of us life coaches geek out on all the ways we can still enjoy motherhood, even amidst the intense emotions.

Kristen Mattison is founder of the blog This Routine Life. Kristen is passionate about spreading the word that motherhood doesn’t have to feel so hard and daunting, and it IS possible to enjoy the years with your kids without feeling overwhelmed and like you’re always behind. When she’s avoiding her To-Do list, you’ll find her watching Bravo TV, reading, or working on her latest cross-stitch project. She has her master’s in counseling and is a Certified Life Coach through The Life Coach School. 

After we get Awareness of what's happening in our minds and bodies with Acceptance and allowance, we then naturally live in Alignment with our true selves.

God made us and said that it is good. And that's good enough for me. I AM good. You ARE Good.

AND we do things, feel things, and think things that are not always good.

That is our human condition. We are eternal beings living a limited mortal life.

When we do, think, and feel things out of alignment with who we truly ARE at our eternal core, we can feel that dissonance. And that's ok. That's what being human is all about. So it's not a problem but to maximize our experience in this life, it is useful to get Awareness and Acceptance in order to live in Alignment as much as possible.

I call these AAA batteries for a reason. Just like rechargeable batteries, this process is not one and done. And it's not always linear. We have thousands of thoughts a day causing just as many feelings. There's no way we can be in conscious control over all of them but if you are overwhelmed with results in your life that don't feel aligned with who you want to be, sign up for a coaching session and we'll start working to get you there.

As we work on our goal to feel less sad, scared, and stressed; and to feel more calm, connected, and confident, we have to first learn how to allow instead of resist emotions.

Last week we learned the coaching tool to help us intentionally choose which emotions we want to feel on purpose, but in the meantime of figuring out how to do that, we cannot be resisting the reality of our current emotional state.

Feelings are not a problem that need to be fixed.

In this episode we will learn the actual how-to of processing emotions so that they aren't just getting stuffed and stuck in our bodies.

Emotions are a message from the brain and that message needs to be heard and understood just like a toddler pulling on your shorts whining "Mommy Mommy Mommy!"

So listen in to learn how to be sure you are allowing and accepting your current emotions in order to clear your mind and body to be ready for intentional thought and feeling creation.

Before we get too far into this new "Fruit Snack Podcast", we need to get a foundational working knowledge of two of my favorite coaching tools which I will refer to over and over in future episodes.

The first is "The Model" which Brooke Castillo trains us in at The Life Coach School and the second is my personal coaching framework which I refer to as the "Triple A Batteries"

The Model consists of 5 parts abbreviated as CTFAR

Circumstance

Thought

Feeling

Action

Result

The troubles you are having with your child's diabetes all fall into one of these 5 categories.

T1D is your circumstance but it isn't a problem until you have problematic thoughts about it which causes feelings that drive less than ideal actions and those lead to the result that you're not happy with and that's when you come to me and we can change anything below that Circumstance of Diabetes to improve your life.

Maybe you're not happy with the way you're showing up or what you're feeling. And we blame diabetes for that. But the fact that your child's pancreas doesn't produce insulin anymore is not the problem. It's your thoughts about that fact. So that is where we need to explore.

And we do that exploring in the AAA framework.

Awareness

Acceptance

Alignment

The goal is to live in alignment with our highest truest holiest selves. And in order to get there, we must be aware of where we are not. But awareness without judgement; with acceptance.

Listen in to today's episode for more detail on both these coaching tools and use this episode as a reference guide through our journey in the future.

Together

Everyone

Achieves

More!

Diabetes Parenting works better when you focus on being on the same TEAM. Not the same page.

You don't actually have to be on the same page.

Team members have different strengths and that's what makes team work so effective. We each play different positions. No one is right or wrong. We're all just cooperating together to meet the same goal.

There are many, many virtual conferences you can attend nowadays.

If you've never heard of General Conference, I am honored and excited to be the first to let you know that this is no ordinary conference of people with a similar interest getting together to learn more from experts and motivational speakers.

The General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is an opportunity to hear from the Lord's living Prophet and Apostles on the earth today!

Did you know we have a Moses among us now? A Noah? Abraham? Just like in days of old, God leads His church directly through prophets. and Just like when Jesus was on the earth, he has again called 12 Apostles to lead and guide in His name and under his direction.

Awesome, right?!

What does that have to do with being a T1D Mom? Come and find out! Life coaching tools and the gospel of Jesus Christ are the ways that I have best managed my own mental and emotional health while managing my girls' Diabetes. Without the strength that comes from Jesus, there is no way I could do what's required.

I know that He knows you, He knows what you're going through and He wants to help you! Come listen in to get your own inspiration on your life. When I talk about becoming your own personal expert on how to parent, this is a key to knowing how. We always want to look for outside sources to tell us what to do. Go internally, the Most Expert Source you can find on how to care for you and yours is He who created you all in the first place!

Guilt says you've done something wrong.

Shame says there is something wrong with you.

Shame is a lie and there is no room for shame with diabetes!

You didn't do anything wrong, your kid didn't do anything wrong. We just are here doing the best we can to manage blood sugar levels and no shame needed.

We do need a healthy amount of guilt to keep us on track but if you are spending your whole life in guilt energy, your nervous system doesn't ever get the chance to rest and recover.

If you make it mean that there is something wrong with you every time your child's blood sugar levels are too high or too low, you will drive yourself crazy. You must get off of the roller coaster. The monitor will show the glucose levels are on a roller coaster, but your emotions don't need to go with it.

Welcome to the new "Fruit Snacks Podcast!"

I have been "The T1D Moms Coach" for awhile now and going forward my podcast is going to reflect more of our focus on diabetes here also.

The Believe you ARE a Good Mom podcast published at least one episode a week for exactly a year and now we are pivoting to focus more on the specific needs of our families who are managing their child's type 1 diabetes and need support in managing their own mental and emotional health along with this Herculean life long challenge that has been dropped into their lives.

If you don't have a child with diabetes, you are always welcome here and if you've enjoyed this podcast thus far, I'm sure you will still benefit from it and chances are, if you don't already, you will soon have loved ones in your sphere of influence that have been effected by T1D also so continue to listen and share. The principles I share can definitely still be applicable to you and yours also.

We are here to start feeling less scared, sad, and stressed and start feeling more calm, connected, and confident.

In today's intro to the fruit snack podcast, I want to start with befriending our nervous systems. We have all been through traumatic experiences as our child was diagnosed and our bodies remember those feelings as a threat. So now every time your dexcom beeps, your body interprets that as a reason to go into panic mode.

But panic mode is only as useful as your glucagon shot. Super important in case of an emergency, but not needed for the constant ups and downs on managing diabetes on a day to day basis.

Sometimes when we grow up in a fairy tale culture, we think that we are not complete until we find and marry our "other half". Or maybe even after our "happily ever after" we still aren't feeling whole so we add babies to the mix in search of completing ourselves.

This enmeshment and codependence can cause a lot of problems for us.

What is the solution and how to we get to a healthy differentiated place?

Dr Jennifer Finlayson-Fife is going to help us explore these questions on the podcast today.

She helps us understand how to develop our sense of self so that we don't completely lose ourselves in motherhood and as a wife.

The secret is agency. Choice. We chose the life we are living. And we need to intentionally remind ourselves frequently of our choosing in order to stay in ownership and not victim mentality. This will get out out of the trap of resentment and help us love ourselves, our families, and our lives.

As we work on our own relationship with self, we can nourish ourselves with enough love and acceptance, that we have enough and to spare to pour into others.

"Emotions are not a problem that need to be fixed.

Feelings are just meant to be felt, not a fire to be put out."

I say this all the time. But what does it really mean?

In today's episode, we look into it with the feeling of resentment as the example.

Feelings are not a problem but they are a message.

And if we don't receive that message, it can become a problem.

If the only thing we know how to do with an emotion is avoid it, buffer away from it, or act out on it, we are missing the message and it will keep coming back like a persistent toddle pulling on your pant leg.

So how do we find what the message is and how to we adjust things in our life so that we don't have to be caught in the trap of feeling this way perpetually?

Find out in this episode about resentment.

Have you heard the phrase "get your own back"?

What does that even mean exactly?

Why do we say it?

And why would "Get your own Heart" actually make more sense?

Let's explore these questions and more in today's episode.

Once you personally decide what makes you a Good Mom and you drop the rest of the expectations, you can know that others will have their opinions of your parenting. Then what? How do we stay in love for ourselves, God, and others while also protecting our own agency?

Get your own heart.

Love and accept You.

Then you know that no matter what anyone else "throws" at you, you are safe. You will protect yourself with compassion and understanding. No one else needs to understand. You've got you.

We can go through life following the rules that were handed to us.

Some of us are very good and this and have "successful" lives.

But do we love the life that was prescribed by others?

Maybe you feel lost in your life.

Maybe your children do too.

Developing who we actually ARE and then modeling that for our kids so that they can learn how to discover who they really are is a skill we are not usually taught.

Today I discuss this will Homeschool Mom Coach Laura Lines.

Laura tried doing public school until she and her husband realized that it didn't work for their family. She shares with us a little bit of her journey in that transition that has led to her own style of Heart Learning for her children.

Learning from the heart instead of the head helps us figure out who we really are, what our passions and interests are, and it makes learning fun and enjoyable.

If you are in a constant power struggle with your kiddos, they may need more autonomy to exercise their own agency in their life. This doesn't always look like home schooling but the principles we discuss in this episode can be applicable to all of us.

If you are interested in learning more about Laura's Heart Learning methods or just need a coach in your corner (who doesn't?) as you navigate figuring out what homeschooling could look like in your home, find Laura at:

As a mom, we know our job is to take care of the physical needs of our kids. We clothe them, feed them, feed them again, more food, brush teeth, get good sleep, and on and on.

What about their emotional needs?

The best way to take care of your kids emotionally, is to take care of yourself emotionally. (and physically also, actually)

Learn more about how to raise your emotionally healthy family in our upcoming free virtual summit!

Emily Hamblin from Enlightening Motherhood has put together an amazing virtual summit with 30+ experts teaching us more about how to raise emotionally healthy families.

We all know what it's like to deal with a child who is having a melt down and how hard it is to control our own emotions when we are sleep-deprived and overwhelmed.

Emily has brought together so many experts with so much help for us to learn new skills and tools on how have more healthy relationships with all the emotions.

Being a Mom can be very hard! And when we think that we are the only one who is struggling, it is also a very lonely hard time.

Some of us think that just because we had the desire to be a Mom, that would qualify us to know how to do it and do it well. Then we actually have kids and it's a huge wake-up call!

But it's hard to admit that we need support because everyone else looks like they are doing it all just fine and they don't need help.

I hope to pop this shame bubble that we put ourselves in.

On this episode, I have a delightful conversation with life coach Mimi Porter where we explore how our idealistic views of what life and motherhood were supposed to look like can get us into trouble.

We discuss the acronym for shame:

Should

Have

Already

Mastered

Everything

When we are a brand new mom, of course we have no idea what we're doing! And with every phase our children grow into, we are continually learning and trying new things. There is no point at which we can proclaim mastery in motherhood. AND you ARE still a Good Mom!

Listen in to learn more

And if you have a husband that you would like to introduce coaching to, Mimi is "In the Good Guy Corner"! She helps men who are struggling to love their lives even though they are a good guy and doing all the good things.

Your brain controls everything else your body does. It is made up of tiny blood vessels and neuropathways that are quite sensitive and super powerful.

Sometimes we treat the symptoms we are experiencing without knowing the core reason for them and thus miss an opportunity to heal the base of the problem.

Bethany Lewis combines her expertise as an Occupational Therapist working in a Concussion Clinic and her Life Coaching skills to help people who are still suffering with post concussion symptoms have hope that this doesn't have to be their new normal. They can heal their brain and become a new version of themself.

Every week I host a free T1D Moms support group call for fellow moms with kids that have Type 1 Diabetes. If no one else comes on the call, I share an idea that has been helping me and post it on our replay page. Today I'm sharing that video with all of you here on the podcast.

Are you a Hot Mess Momma?

Is there any other type?

Maybe that one neighbor down the street or your sister-in-law or for sure those Moms at church who don't look like they've been to heck and back just to get their gaggle of children into the pew on time.

Those moms all have "it together" but you? You are a hot mess!

Actually, you ARE a Good Mom AND sometimes also a hot mess. And that's ok!!

Plus, if you spent more time with those other moms who seem to have it all together, you will see the reality that we are all a hit of hot mess sometimes!

Today on the podcast I have a sister duo in Liz and Holly joining me to talk about this.

check them out on instagram @ahintofhotmess

We've all heard of PTSD for veterans or car accidents but did you know that your own Mommy nervous system has been affected by legit traumatic experiences also?

Trauma is not about what happened but how you responded to it internally.

If you feel triggered throughout your day, you are experiencing a nervous system response that is understandable and with brain science on our side, we can actually reprogram our minds and bodies to react differently in the future.

Leah Davidson is the stress, burn out, and resilience coach and she has a professional background in healing traumatic brain injuries.

Every human on this planet experiences trauma. Our brains are designed to keep us safe and if we interpret a situation as unsafe, we will remember that so that we can stay safe in the future. This is an amazing and useful function of our brain but in our modern world, it can get overused.

Listen in to today's episode where Leah gives us practical takeaways of how we can start calming ourselves so that we can more effectively model this for our kids and help them co-regulate to learn these useful skill also.

How is your summer break going?

What are you referring to when you think that your neighbor friend is "such a good mom"?

Or when you call yourself such a terrible mom?

What determines whether you or anyone else are worthy of this title?

What are the "Yeah But"s that come to mind when I tell you that you can believe YOU ARE a Good Mom?!

I guarantee that all the things you just thought of are works. Actions. Behaviors.

Works do NOT determine Worth!

Your worth as an eternal being is 100%. Unchanging. It just IS.

You are also a human being right now and your worth is still 100%.

Your actions are not 100% good, but your worth is still 100%.

Just try believing that for one second and see how it feels.

It's a relief, right?!

I have finally found PEACE by believing this.

Yes I am a flawed human that thinks, feels, and acts out of alignment with who I eternally AM.

AND I am STILL 100% valuable.

No matter what, even if, and especially when.

And SO ARE YOU!

And so are your kids!

And your husband, and your neighbors, and in-laws, and even the politicians!

You are a Mom of young kids. Your life is crazy, chaotic, and busy. Everyone is pulling you in a thousand different directions all the time. You never get a break.

Day in and day out (and all through the night!) you are meeting everyone else's needs.

You are nurturing relationships with each one of your children and that takes a lot out of you.

You love your kids fiercely and you are also a person. That needs taking care of.

When and how do you take care of yourself?

My friend and fellow life coach Amanda Louder believes that one way we, as women, and as moms, can take care of ourselves is through sex.

A lot of us have been conditioned to believe that sex is for the man. And that our husbands are just one more person that we need to take care of. But if you look at the sexual differences between men and women, maybe God actually had something different in mind.

Listen in to this episode to learn more.

Amanda Louder is a Certified Sex & Marriage Coach who helps Christian men & women overcome their obstacles to create a more emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and physically intimate relationship.  She is also the host of the Sex for Saints Podcast that has over 1 Million Downloads.

In addition to being a coach, Amanda is also a wife to Kevin, and mom and step-mom to 5 kids, ranging in ages from 14-23.  In her spare time, she enjoys reading, watching her kids play sports, fishing, and camping.

If you are ready for support in this area, you can contact Amanda through her website or on instagram:

Do you wonder if you or your kids have ADHD and what should you do about it? Brigette is here to answer a lot of those questions for us.

Brigette Little is a Certified Coach and Proud ADHDer
She is the Mom of 6 and Parent of ADHD kids
Avid learner and lover of all things funny and interesting

To learn more from her:

Intuitive Parenting is being your own parenting expert and not having to look to outside sources for answers. You know best how to parent your own children.

Last episode we discussed that our sacred bodies are the user manual for this earth life, today is some specific hows to actually do so.

I have special guest and Intuition Coach, Megan Nicole Windhorst joining me to teach us more about how to tap into our own inner wisdom, heal our childhood wounds, believe in ourselves, reparent, etc. We've got ALL the goods for you today! Including actionable ideas that you can implement right away to start calming your nervous system in order to connect with your own intuitive parenting style.

Megan Windhorst is the owner and CEO of Megan Nicole Coaching LLC.

Megan is an intuition coach and nervous system expert helping women heal and connect deeply to their own inner knowing so that they can follow their soul's calling confidently. Megan is a former school counselor and teacher turned full time online entrepreneur. She holds a master's degree in counseling and a bachelor's degree in education. Megan is a best selling author, certified Reiki Master, certified breath-work facilitator, and an Intuitive.

Get access to all of her incredible offers here:

Satan doesn't have a family or a body.

So he uses ours as his centers for attack.

We frequently talk about how to protect our families with love.

How about our bodies?

Body love is a hot topic right now and I think that is awesome.

Cause our prior cultural body shaming tactic didn't work and actually caused much more harm than good.

You cannot beat yourself up better.

Love and Acceptance is the only way to change.

I am offering a new 8 week coaching package to support you in your journey of self-love, body-love, and transforming into your aligned eternal self both inside and out.

When I tell you that you ARE a Good Mom, what comes up for you?

All the "yeah buts"

"reasons" why you think that you are not a good mom.

But nothing you can tell me that you did, thought, or felt will convince me that you are anything but a Good Mom.

Why?

Because I know that God Loves and Accepts you.

Just as you ARE!

Even just as you are today.

In your imperfect state making all sorts of mistakes.

And when you can love and accept your flawed self, then and only then can you make improvements.

I promise that this is how it works.

If you don't believe me, just try it!

No matter how old your kids are, the number one LIE that your brain is telling you is that their behavior means that you are a bad mom.

That is just NOT TRUE!

You ARE a Good Mom! No matter how your child is behaving or no matter how they "turn out"!

Just try to believe that with me for a minute.

Your child's behavior does NOT determine whether you are a good mom or not.

What?

It doesn't?

Well then, what does?

How do I know if I'm a good mom?

You just decide right now to believe that you inherently ARE Good.

It's who you Are!

And that doesn't change by what you do or by what your kids are doing.

We all make mistakes but those mistakes do not affect our worth.

Heather Rackham is the face and voice of the Latter-Day Saint Life Coach Directory.

She is also the host of the Latter-Day Life Coaches podcast.

After making such amazing transformations in her own life from coaching, Heather certified as a life coach herself and then decided that one way that she could help the most people get those same transformations is by creating a place where latter-day saints can come searching for a coach in one place. And the directory was born.

In our chat today we dig in deeper to what those personal transformations were for Heather and why it is so awesome to have a coach!

Maybe you already love your life. So what is a coach for, then? Well, what if there is more? It's fun to up-level from good. There doesn't have to be a big problem that we need to fix, but as humans, we are wired to progress and to grow. We crave the need to continually move forward.

We all understand the basic physical maintenance that our bodies need. We go to the doctor and dentist for routine check ups. A life coach does the same for our mental and emotional health.

Listen in for more about that and be sure to check out the directory to find a coach that resonates the most for you.

You ARE Special! and You ARE a Good Mom!!

Are you familiar with Max Lucado's children's book called "You Are Special"?

It's a great book for humans of all ages, actually.

I love love love it!

It's my favorite!!

And that is really saying something cause I love a LOT of children's books.

In this book he tells the story of a little wooden boy named Punchinello who gets lots of bad marks and decides to make that mean that he is a bad Wemmick.

But he meets a friend named Lucia who doesn't have dots or starts, nothing sticks on her!

I won't spoil the whole book for you, but listen in to the episode to learn HOW to Believe you ARE a Good Mom from Max Lucado's book.

And be sure to be the Lucia in your friend's lives by sharing this episode and this podcast.

We don't have to let other people's judgements define who we are!

God made you, you ARE Good!

You are not a mistake. You make mistakes, but that's all part of the plan for our learning and growth.

Through Jesus Christ, we can be make stronger through the repeated mistakes, picking ourselves up, not beating ourselves further down, quickly forgiving ourselves, asking for forgiveness from God and the offended, dust it off, and try again. and again. and again. Through the reps we get stronger! Jesus will help us!

Daily as we turn to God and remember who we ARE we will make the improvements we are yearning for.

You've got this Momma!!!

Our kids want to be heard and understood.

When they talk and we interrupt with corrections, comments, or critiques, they will stop talking to us.

And that would not be good!

So if you want to join me on this journey of getting more present in order to listen for understanding, check out today's podcast!

In our busy world, busy schedules, and busy brains it is really hard to silence the noise and listen.

It is hard to even find the time to be present with our kids and when we finally find the time, they're not in the mood.

So we have to be sure to have our needs met in order to be ready for them when they need us.

This is what we work on in coaching.

Give it a try with your FREE RBC Relationship Boost Call.

Who is your kid that you have the hardest time keeping your cool around? Who pushes your buttons the most? Who knows exactly how to trigger you?

Let's improve your relationship with that sweet kiddo!

God gave you them for a reason!!

There is SO much goodness you can learn from your triggers.

There are glorious opportunities to re-parent yourself, to heal your own childhood wounds.

Let me guide you, it's so Good!

Feeling a little burnt out?

Dr Wendy Schofer generously shares her burn out story with us and gives us tips on how to not burn out in our Motherhood.

If our energy levels come from our thought/feeling combinations, paying attention to what our thoughts and feelings even are gives us half the battle of regaining more precious energy in our busy days.

You are not failing, you are just burnt out from beating yourself up with thoughts of not being enough.

We have to catch those sneaky thoughts, remind ourselves that that they are lies, and redirect to the truth that you ARE a Good Mom!

Wendy Schofer, MD is the straight-talking pediatrician and life coach who specializes in helping parents learn how to raise kids to be healthy at every weight. Life doesn't revolve around portion control and the scale, and neither should our approach to health.

Learn how to love your kids and let them love themselves as they are, while creating lifelong healthy relationships with food, body and self.

www.wendyschofermd.com

Are you having a hard time with your littles and you don't know what to do?

Is life so crazy, chaotic, and you get swept up in the mayhem?

Did you know that you can feel peace amidst the chaos?

And that You have the answers within yourself!

Marielle Melling helps us today with finding answers to our questions. She uses her AWAY framework.

A-Apart, take some time apart from the problem to study and get in-tuned

W-Walk in your child's shoes, try to see things from their point of view

A- Appreciate what's going well

Y-You can do, focus on what's in your control

Marielle shares more of this wisdom live every Wednesday on instagram "Move and Muse"

You can also find her at

Nobody benefits when you're running on empty, and nobody suffers when you take care of yourself.

It's not that you are more important than your kids, it's that you Are important also!

Self care and alone time, my friends, is NOT selfish!

You cannot pour from an empty cup and you must put on your own oxygen mask first.

Elizabeth is a stress coach for Christian moms. She is the host of Emotionally Healthy Legacy podcast and a mom of 4. Elizabeth is super passionate about mental health and emotional wellness in motherhood. She helps overwhelmed Christian moms reduce the mental stress so they can respond with patience and calm towards their kids. She teaches proactive ways to be less stressed, prioritizing moms needs without guilt and ways to regulate emotions when feeling triggered.

To get her help with "5 ways to calm down when you are getting triggered"

Your worth is NOT determined by your works!

You ARE 100% Valuable

You Are 100% Good

You Are 100% Beautiful

You Are 100% Magnificent

You Are 100%.

You Are 100% Lovable

You Are 100%!

You just ARE

It's inherent

Your value is set

There is nothing you can do to change it.

Who you ARE never wanes.

It's not one of your batteries that drains and needs to be recharged.

It just IS.

The worth of souls is Great in the sight of God.

You are 100% Great!

You just ARE!

Because of HIM.

Jesus Christ makes it all possible.

Happy Palm Sunday, friends!

Have you heard of the most awesome, inspiring, motivational, uplifting, FREE Event that is happening THIS weekend?!! And you can tap in virtually from your own couch in your jammies?!

We call it General Conference which sounds stuffy and boring but it is packed with the Holy Spirit and messages straight from Jesus Christ to his Prophet and Apostles in our day!!

What?! Yes! God has called a prophet to the earth again! A modern day Moses! The people in Noah's day needed to be warned about the flood if they didn't repent. What do we need to be warned of? What does God want to tell us now? What messages does He have for YOU specifically?

Come find out!!

Are you living your dream as a Stay at Home Mom but sometimes it doesn't feel like the "Happily Every After" you thought it'd be?

Do you find yourself saying "I just want something" to help you feel more alive, more like yourself, more fulfilled, more validated?

Then do you feel guilty that being a mom just doesn't feel like enough even though you're thoroughly exhausted and drained?

Do you feel bad wondering about getting fulfillment outside of motherhood?

As if being a mom is supposed to be the end all be all of your existence and should meet all of your very complicated human needs?

If so, Mama, You are NOT alone!!

A LOT of us have felt this way and on the podcast today I have special guest Jennie Lakenan who will share with us her similar story.

She resisted a lot of these feelings also but after she found coaching, she realized that it was not only ok to feel this way, but embracing her true self and her God-given desires was actually the biggest gift that she could give her children!

What is your motivation to be a good mom?

What are you trying to prove?

Who are you trying to impress?

Or is it just who you Are?

Tap in to find out more

Jodi Schilling is a certified life coach for world-changers, a mental health advocate, and behavior support specialist in schools. She’s also a mom of 4 neurodiverse adult kids and the host of The Good Mom podcast. She believes strongly in equity, inclusion, and strength-based approaches to problems.

When asked what changes she would like to see in the world, we had a great discussion about inclusion and belonging. Acceptance goes both ways and it starts with accepting ourselves. Listen in for more!