Find Your Calm

Find Your Calm

If you’re looking for space to take a deep breath, steady yourself, and discern what you need to move forward, you’re right where you belong. Listen in for a few simple tips to find your calm and take your next faithful steps forward.

Episodes

May 2, 2024 44 mins
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We know that mental health matters, that there are early indicators, signs that point to a coming crisis. But those signs can blend into the background, especially with teenagers. Listen in for a conversation with my daughter about the signs we missed and the faithful steps we're taking forward on the other side of that crisis. 

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March 7, 2024 21 mins

While everyday stress is a chaos that begs for solutions, high stress seasons can leave us paralyzed under the weight of mental load and decision fatigue. Let's clear a path forward together with 3 faithful steps forward as we navigate a stressful season. 

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February 8, 2024 37 mins

How do we pass on a faith our kids won't have to heal from? And how do we cultivate that kind of faith for ourselves? If you're looking for next faithful steps forward towards a curious faith, then listen in to this conversation between myself and Madolyn Elmer. 

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They say it’s not about religion, it’s about a relationship - but is it? With time to sort through some religious baggage, I sit here in the middle of the mess, suitcases splayed open and items strewn all over the floor. I’ve determined some parts of my religion I’m ready to lose and which I’m holding onto. Consider this my ins and outs list of 2024: religious edition.

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Have you ever struggled with unmet expectations? Do you have high expectations for yourself or for others? Then listen in for a few tips on how to manage your expectations so they don’t manage you. 

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November 27, 2023 32 mins

It’s one thing to find your calm in the holidays - I did an episode on that last year. It’s another team up - with your partner, your kids or your extended family - and find calm together. For this episode, my husband joined me for a conversation on how to teamwork the holidays so you can enjoy the season together.

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November 2, 2023 15 mins

Sometimes our inner voice is the calm in our chaos. And sometimes it’s the critic that causes the most chaos. As I’ve learned to respond to my inner critic with calm, she’s become a calmer voice in my head. Listen in for a few faithful steps forward towards calming your inner critic just in case yours is here to stay, as well.

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Wrestling with your faith is holy and even faithful, but it’s also disorienting. And in the wrestling, our faith can get… complicated. How do we find our calm as we untangle a complicated faith?  This is a question I’m still struggling with so I invited my Spiritual Director to join me for this episode so we could learn and navigate this chaos together. 

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April 13, 2023 23 mins

Have you ever felt the shifts of change inside of you, and suddenly found yourself completely disoriented? I think over the last few years we’ve all encountered change and had to make a decision - will I buckle down and hold rigidly to my routines, my beliefs, or my priorities, or will I bend like a reed and lean into the winds of change, allowing it to change even me? So if you’ve changed, if you’re changing, if you’re open to cha...

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March 29, 2023 29 mins

Do you ever worry if your kids will be ok? Or hustle to protect them from difficulty or pain? For many of us, we didn’t receive the tools to navigate hard things in healthy ways and we want something more for our kids So today we’re going to talk about raising children to be resilient so that when they face hard things - hurts, trauma or every day chaos - they’ll be able to adapt and even flourish.

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March 17, 2023 23 mins

As we continue the conversation about healing or recovery journeys, we’re going to look closer at what it looks like to support a loved who is on this journey. Doing our own work is hard. But supporting people we love who are doing their recovery work is hard too, and it can be difficult to find your calm and even know what a faithful step forward might be. In this episode we share a few truth bombs as well as a few practical and g...

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March 1, 2023 67 mins

Throughout life we all experience hurts, develop unhealthy habits, and get stuck on hang ups that fragment parts of us that God longs to heal. The road to recovery from these things is messy and even painful, and it often begins at the rock bottom moment we become desperate for change. Listen in to a conversation with Matt and Todd from The Recovery Guys Podcast as they have an authentic conversation about what recovery is like and...

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February 15, 2023 22 mins

If you are married, the reality is that you’ve either weathered a crisis or you will at some point. Sometimes in life, your marriage is the calm in the story. But other times, it is the storm. In this episode I share honestly and vulnerably what it was like to weather our own marriage crisis and the story of how we took broken trust and rebuilt it so that it didn’t lead to a broken marriage. 

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December 22, 2022 17 mins

If you're feeling the anxiety or stress building as you’re counting down to Christmas, listen in for a few last minute tips to manage the chaos and find your calm through the holidays.

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December 8, 2022 15 mins

All kids are unique, but sometimes as a parent, we recognize that our child is more than unique. That while all kids have challenges, some require more insight or information to parent them well. Listen in as I share the story of how I got to the place where I realized my child needed more than I could give, the steps that led to a diagnosis, and how I’m finding my calm in the midst of this new season of parenting kids with unique ...

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November 28, 2022 19 mins

Adulthood is a lot of work, and parenthood piles on top, then you multiply that by however many children you have, all needing you in different ways, and you have a recipe for overwhelm. Is it possible to parent each of your kids uniquely while not losing your mind? This, I can emphatically answer yes to. As a mom of 4, I’m here to share some tips on finding your calm in the midst of this particular brand of chaos…

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October 31, 2022 26 mins

Anxiety exists in every home and within every family. Some days it’s the boss of the house, and other days we can sweep it under the rug, but it’s always there, so we need to learn to learn to manage it in healthy ways. Listen in to find your calm, so you can take your next faithful steps towards managing anxiety in your home so anxiety doesn’t manage you. 

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Do you long to clear away the clutter on your calendar and your to do list so that you can relax and not just have more fun this summer but BE more fun this summer? Adulthood doesn’t let out for the summer, but maybe it can let loose a little. Summer is its own kind of chaos, but together we can take a faithful step forward and find our calm together. Listen in for a few simple tips for connecting with your fun side this summer. 

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Have you ever been so overwhelmed by hurt or disappointment in The Church that you struggled to stay tethered to your faith? If so, listen in for simple practices to find your calm, so you can take faithful steps forward as you connect with your faith even as you feel disconnected from the Church. 

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