Join with me as my Uncle Gordon, father of eight children, shares tried and true secrets to organizing a family in a way that teaches leadership and builds confidence. Gordon Taylor councils us to work smarter rather than harder by working together as a team.
My grandfather suffered from a degenerative eye disease, Retinitis Pigmentosa, that would eventually claim most of his sight. As a child, I learned the many ways he could actually "see" so much more than I would ever be able to. In many ways, we are all a little blind. Join with me to learn to focus our lives on joy.
Are you tired to trying diet after diet and either not losing any weight or gaining it right back the minute you stop? Join me on the episode to discover the secret to real lasting life changes. Lose that weight for the very last time, not through deprivation and ridiculous food choices, but by eating foods that really fuel your body!
What if the Journey to achieving your big dreams is just as rewarding as actually getting to the finish line? So often, we use willpower to power through without really appreciating our milestone successes and the person we are becoming as we achieve our goal. Join with me to discover how joy IN THE JOURNEY can be at least as rewarding as achieving our dreams!
There are great lessons to be learn from the ancient parable of the six blind men from Indostan as they are introduced to an elephant for the first time. Each describes the part of the elephant they are introduced to, yet none of them have the whole picture. Thus, while they are all partially right, they are still all wrong. What if we each stop clinging to our partial truth, and step back to see the big picture and the whole truth!!
So often, we give up what we want MOST for what we want right NOW. If what we really want is to be our most physically healthy self and we eat a bunch treats along the way, we are ultimately choosing those treats we want now over what we want most-our ideal weight. If what we want most is a peaceful home, let's stop screaming and yelling about the little stuff and focus on the big goal of PEACE.
To focus on the thorns, denies us of the true beauty the rose has to offer. People also have thorns of sorts. We are all imperfect. When we choose to focus on those thorns, we deny ourselves of the opportunity to really be enriched by the beauty they have to offer.
Service opportunities come in many forms. Some are much bigger than others, but the biggest impact is made as we take action and do something! Join with me in this podcast to learn how the Everill family has used their family and their business to unite other families year after year!
The holiday season can be so fun and magical as we have opportunity to interact with so many people. It can also be stressful. Maybe you aren't the traditional family. Maybe you are forced to interact with people who aren't nice to you. Learn how to navigate it all!
Even DIVORCE is completely neutral until you have a thought about it. My sister, Debbie Kerr, joins me on this podcast her share her story of leading with compassion through a messy divorce. She learned to show compassion to herself, her children AND even to her soon-to-be-ex.
It's our responsibility as parents to teach and to keep our children safe. Our greatest chances of being successful in this mission is to act out of love instead of anger; set clear boundaries and rules; and to remember we are working in synergy with our Heavenly Father to help guide these children back to him.
Please join me and my super spunky and down to earth neice, Rachel, as we discuss what being a teenager is like in today's world and how parents can best support their teenagers through it all. Ever wondered how divorce affects teenagers and how they navigate their way through it? Do you have teenagers that fight? Rachel has some solid advice based on real experience!