Finding Joy in the Journey

Do you find it challenging to monitor your child's phone?

• The THOUSANDS of texts.
• The hundreds of emails.
• The websites they visit
• Not to mention the social media accounts.

I will be honest when my older boys were younger, I would maybe check their phones every other week and it was so time consuming and mind numbing too!

Then I discovered Bark.
(You can see video here) of this episode. 

This is an AMAZING app that monitors your child's 

• texts
• emails
• google drive
• social media accounts
• and MORE

Then I get an alert if something suspicious comes up. 

It is so wonderful. 

I save so much time and also everything is being checked, so I don't miss out on any warning signs or dangerous things.

I go into more detail in this weeks podcast.

Also Bryson likes Bark. 

He feels like it is less invasive than me reading all of his texts.

And he will even warn me "You might get a Bark notice" and tell me what is going on. 

I wish I had this tool when my older boys were younger. It may have prevented the whole Mexico fiasco!
You can do a free trial of Bark to see if it is right for you!

** I am taking May and June off, so this is a replay episode.  :) Enjoy!

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Are you ever stuck in this,

"I don’t know" how to do this!??

energy

And feel Confused and worried.

In reality, there is not a right way.

There are many different ways to handle this experience.

Maybe none are “right” but some are better than others and each day will bring different opportunities to try again.

Try on the belief

– there is no right way to do this. There are many ways. Which should I try today?

** I am taking May and June off, so this is a replay episode.  :) Enjoy!

Do you have teenagers or young adult children?
That creates so many opportunities to try and let go of control, while also recognizing there are certain things I do still have stewardship over and have to set certain boundaries.  However achieving the balance in that is quite the learning experience for us all.
Using faith in my mothering has been so helpful, even essential as my boys have grown.
Today I dive into

Cheerfully –

Do All things that lie in our Power – 

Stand Still – 

With UTMOST Assurance of God –

That His Arm will be Revealed –
I also am excited to announce Essentials to Enjoy Life Class is open.  Through this class I have helped so many Moms increase their ability to mother cheerfully through faith.  
Come join in the fun!  

** I am taking May and June off, so this is a replay episode.  :) Enjoy!

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Have you ever wondered if your teenager was on drugs?
One day a few years ago, my friend called and said she had to tell me something.

She sounded hesitant but said she had prayed about it and knew she had to tell me.  I reassured her and told her to tell me.  If she was inspired to tell me something, I wanted to hear it!

She explained she had an impression that my son was on drugs that night.  She had experience with this herself, via family members.  So she knew the signs.  

I told her Thank you!!!  

Then talked to my husband, prayed and pondered.  

I bought some drug tests off of Amazon, just in case I wanted to go that route.
In todays episode I share how this led to a really great experience for our family and even created a wonderful way for my boys to get out of tricky situations when their friends offered them drugs.  

** I am taking May and June off, so this is a replay episode.  :) Enjoy!

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Your body can hold energy and emotions. Which is great when they are happy, but if you are angry or sad, typically we don’t want to just hold those and carry them around with us.

One of the easiest tools I share about clearing emotions and stress is Walking WHILE Talking.

In today’s episode I share tips for using this tool and what to do if you don’t have anyone to talk to!

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What is Spinning?

When thoughts and or emotions start swirling around in our head and body.  

You can have positive spins 

•       Trigger – Roller Coaster

•       Feeling - Excitement

•       Thought - Remembering Fun trips there 

•       Trigger - Memories of Park

We focus on negative spins, because those are what can cause problems

•       Trigger - Roller Coaster

•       Feeling – Sick, nervous

•       Thoughts – Remembering throwing up on friend

•       Trigger – Memories of being embarrassed

Another one, that is more common than seeing a roller coaster – dirty dishes in the sink!

•       Trigger - Dirty Dishes

•       Feeling - Frustration

•       Thoughts – Memories, all the times he didn’t do the dishes

•       Trigger

There is so much power in recognizing when you are spinning.  There is also power when you teach someone you trust and love about spinning, because when appropriate you can point it out to each other and help each other stop spinning.  
Learn more about spinning and what spinning wars are and a tool to stop them in todays episode.  
Link to Help I'm Spinning and Can't Stop Class 
https://enjoy-life1.teachable.com/p/help-i-am-spinning-and-i-can-t-stop

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This week I share the importance of learning from past mistakes and how it can lead to lowering expectations for oneself. This is a valuable lesson that can be applied to various aspects of life, including work, relationships, and personal hobbies.

Last summer I was feeling overwhelmed and stressed during my busy summer and it made me realize the importance of taking a break to prioritize family time this summer.

What is coming up for you this summer? If you are feeling overwhelmed by some things, here are some good questions.

1. Is this essential to do?
2. If you need to do it, is there a past experience you can learn from to help you do it differently this time?
3. In what ways can I lower my expectations?
4. Make a choice to make it more manageable AND create an affirmation to help!

Here is what I am choosing to do –

1. Take a break from social media and podcasting for two months to focus on family time.
2. Lower expectations for oneself to avoid feeling overwhelmed and stressed. If I choose to post replays to fill the 2 month gap, I am not going to edit them to have a new intro… I may just add a 15 second intro in front of the old one. This way I may actually have time and energy to do this.
3. Create affirmations to help. I am actually using the one from Carson’s wedding. Staying flexible, calm and present helps me enjoy the day.

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This episode discusses the importance of growing patience as a skill rather than expecting it to be given. I share personal struggles with patience and how I have learned to be intentional about practicing patience.

I share tips on how to identify situations in your own life where you need more patience and intentionally practice growing that skill.

• Identify situations where more patience is needed
• Intentionally practice growing patience – either in the situation or before hand.
• Discuss situations that require patience – when both parties are calm

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A simple text that I misunderstood put me firmly on a platform of fear.

Here are some simple steps I took to get on a platform of faith.

And it saved me hours of worry and fear!

What platform are you on when your child is facing a challenge?

Do you sometimes feel like you’re running on empty with only your power?

You have gotten so far with your power, but it has run out and you realize,

• my kids are not going to fuel me up
• my spouse cannot fuel me up.

And certainly you can make some choices like fueling yourself with rest and food and affirmations, but sometimes you just need something more.

For me, I turn to Jesus.

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