Howard W Hunter said, “Your detours and disappointments are the straight and narrow way back to Him.”
Parenting detours can be really hard to navigate, especially when the stakes are high and you want the best for your child.
This podcast is dedicated to helping you navigate those detours, no matter what they are, so you can preserve the relationship with your child and strengthen yourself in the process.
One of the hardest things to do is to let go of what you thought your child’s life was going to look like and allow them to take a different path, especially when the stakes feel really high. It feels like you’re living in the Twilight Zone because this was
The holidays are coming, and that means lots of extra activities, entertaining, get-togethers, and lots of added stress. Emotions can get high when we factor in the added stress factor. You don’t need to let your emotions take over during this time of year, and you don’t need to let
The topic this week is one that gets all of us in trouble – when we expect other people to be different than they are. It can cause frustration, anger, resentment, and a whole lot of other emotions. Listen to this episode to find out the 3 reasons why you
Are you avoiding having important conversations with people you love because it feels too difficult? You don’t know how to say what you want to say, so you say nothing at all? Or maybe your words and what you want to say get all jumbled up and it comes out
#019 – This is part 2 of my discussion with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife. I asked a group of parents what their hardest situations are with their young adult children and what they would ask Dr. Finlayson-Fife if they had the chance. She answers questions ranging from how to help the
Dr. Finlayson-Fife and I talk about the growing divide in the LDS church over LGBTQ issues. The divide has grown even deeper and wider after Elder Holland’s BYU address. How do we begin to bridge the gap and become one in the church? How do we find empathy and compassion
So many parents want their child to do something different or be different than they are. They tell me they just don’t understand why their child has made some of the choices they have made. I tell them they are focusing on the wrong thing. The things you are focusing
Micah is back for this episode where we talk about what unconditional love looks like for us. Micah is a natural at showing people love no matter where they are, so I knew he needed to be a participant in this discussion. People talk to us quite regularly about not
Crystal Hansen is a coach who works with people who have a family member in active addiction. She has a lot of first hand experience in her own life with the topic and has so many great things to share with parents who find themselves in this position. You can
I often coach people on their thought of, “I don’t know what to do.” Seems like a normal thing to say to yourself, right? It might seem reasonable, but it isn’t useful, and it literally puts a red light on your brain’s ability to come up with solutions. This episode
One of the hardest things to do is to let go of what you thought your child’s life was going to look like and allow them to take a different path, especially when the stakes feel really high. It feels like you’re living in the Twilight Zone because this was
The holidays are coming, and that means lots of extra activities, entertaining, get-togethers, and lots of added stress. Emotions can get high when we factor in the added stress factor. You don’t need to let your emotions take over during this time of year, and you don’t need to let
The topic this week is one that gets all of us in trouble – when we expect other people to be different than they are. It can cause frustration, anger, resentment, and a whole lot of other emotions. Listen to this episode to find out the 3 reasons why you
Are you avoiding having important conversations with people you love because it feels too difficult? You don’t know how to say what you want to say, so you say nothing at all? Or maybe your words and what you want to say get all jumbled up and it comes out
#019 – This is part 2 of my discussion with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife. I asked a group of parents what their hardest situations are with their young adult children and what they would ask Dr. Finlayson-Fife if they had the chance. She answers questions ranging from how to help the
Dr. Finlayson-Fife and I talk about the growing divide in the LDS church over LGBTQ issues. The divide has grown even deeper and wider after Elder Holland’s BYU address. How do we begin to bridge the gap and become one in the church? How do we find empathy and compassion
So many parents want their child to do something different or be different than they are. They tell me they just don’t understand why their child has made some of the choices they have made. I tell them they are focusing on the wrong thing. The things you are focusing
Micah is back for this episode where we talk about what unconditional love looks like for us. Micah is a natural at showing people love no matter where they are, so I knew he needed to be a participant in this discussion. People talk to us quite regularly about not
Crystal Hansen is a coach who works with people who have a family member in active addiction. She has a lot of first hand experience in her own life with the topic and has so many great things to share with parents who find themselves in this position. You can
I often coach people on their thought of, “I don’t know what to do.” Seems like a normal thing to say to yourself, right? It might seem reasonable, but it isn’t useful, and it literally puts a red light on your brain’s ability to come up with solutions. This episode
