After 8 months, I have dusted off my microphone to share pieces with you about where I have been since May, what I am doing now, and what is to come for me and for you and me.   I speak of the importance of wintering in our lives and the role it is playing as I grieve and heal through my second divorce.  This will be the final episode of Season 3 but not of Dawnbreakers.  The future is is bright for you and me when my spring comes again.
Show notes:
Kim Christenson “Talky Word to Me” 
“Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times” by Katherine May
Dawna Markova quote
 
*some links may provide a “thank you” to me if you decide to purchase from them
 

Friends this is one of my very favorite interviews. I am so honored to reshare from the LifeBeats Library a conversation with Dawnbreaker Andy Proctor of the podcast “More Happy Life” as he honored our community by sharing something he hadn’t shared publicly this fully.  I know he will be met with respect and love.  Andy shares his and his wife’s spiritual journey and the events that have led to them questioning everything they have believed, spurred by the hospitalization of his wife due to delusions and psychosis.  Andy lovingly describes what she experienced and their path of uncertainty but desire to believe in God.  He shares the questions that remain unanswered for him and what he is looking to understand.  Andy shares the importance of thriving and having meaningful experiences especially during these critical moments of uncertainty and what he is currently doing daily to foster having a happy life.   We also talk about the idea of loneliness and belonging as the antidote and what we can do to feel that in our lives.  Friends, I know that you’re going to just appreciate Andy’s vulnerability and honesty as you think of your own questions or periods of uncertainty in life.
Listen and be inspired to think of and push through your questions understanding that you can still thrive in uncertainty, do those things that bring joy in your life despite the questions that you might have as you can move forward with a desire to know dedicating your time to finding the answers, and create meaningful connections with offline relationships.
Show Notes:
Andy’s website “More Happy Life”
Andy’s podcast “More Happy Life”
“The Happiness of Pursuit”

Friends I am so honored to reshare a favorite story from the LifeBeats Library. I am so excited to welcome back Season 1 guest, musician Paul Cardall and introduce you to the phenomenally talented and impressively self-aware Ellee Duke.  Together along with many other artists they have produced an altruistic album called Worth of Souls with songs written for the express purpose of fighting depression, preventing suicide, and anchoring people to hope in a loving and merciful God, no matter who that God is.  Ellee shares her own story that inspired her to write the song “Life Me Out” that I spur on her to sing on the show!  She has such a glorious voice and message.  Ellee tells of following her gut and turning down the chance at American Idol to pursue her own path in Nashville as an artist only to experience one of her darkest experiences in her life upon moving there and finding herself alone.  She had lost the friendship of the one person who knew everything about her, sharing a bond that she thought was unbreakable.  She found herself depressed, locked in her room, and not eating.  She had wanted her dream so badly but never realized the cost that came with getting what she wanted.  It was these feelings that she drew upon to write “Lift Me Out” in which she turned to God to help lift her out of this “war in her mind” that she couldn’t find a way out of, that inner battle of the negative and positive thoughts that had paralyzed her, to find a confidence that would propel her forward in her career to find her footsteps she couldn’t find or see herself.  She shares her foundation for her impressive self-identity as her confidence in being a child of God and her supportive family who taught her that she could do this!
Listen and be inspired to identify where your self-awareness comes from, to connect to your higher power and reach out for help during moments you just can’t see how to get out of, and to get out of the negative thoughts to focus on the life and people you have right in front of you.
Show Notes:
My LifeLine podcast – Process of Recalibration and obtaining & retaining a quiet mind
Ellee’s song “Lift Me Out” Music Video
Worth of Souls Project website and resources
Ellee Duke’s website
Ellee Duke’s YouTube and Instagram
Paul Cardall’s website

Friends I am so honored to reshare a favorite story from the LifeBeats Library. Dawnbreaker Rachel Nielson is the host of 3 in 30 podcast, a podcast for moms to give them 3 solid takeaways in 30 minutes.  Rachel shares her battle for having control in her life that lead to a decade long eating disorder emerging from dealing with the health decline and death of her mother at a young age to her battle with infertility.  She goes from one extreme of excessive running and starvation to lying to her husband to sneak away to eating multiple drive-thrus.  After fighting long and hard to bring children into her family, upon the arrival of her child she came to the realization that she was done treating herself like that and no longer wanted any hidden shame.  Rachel provides a fascinating insight into her own mind during that period of battling with her eating disorder as she moves through narrative therapy by personifying and giving a voice to it.  So compelling to hear how poorly we treat ourselves and helps us to identify and rid ourselves of any similar thoughts.
Rachel shares how counseling and living true to who she actually was through living out her desires and passions helped turn around her negative thinking and need for control.
Rachel then shares the next part of her chapter that she has never shared before, how she fears for a tailspin back into her eating disorder, how it has been placing a strain on her marriage, what she hopes will come from sharing it, and how we can support her.   In the spirit of sharing, I also reveal something about my divorce I have not since spoken of.
Listen and be inspired to remove shame in your life by bringing things to the light, realize we don’t have to have the perfect plan to start making changes, and to support others by not trying to fix them but by loving them.
Show Notes:
Rachel’s podcast 3 in 30
Rachel’s Instagram feed 
Rachel’s article “The Surprising Way I Confronted My Eating Disorder”
Rachel’s podcast in which she read the narrative

Today I have the honor of bringing you another video podcast episode in the Stiry Studio with another inspiring and life conquering guest. Jodi Orgill Brown is a national speaker, non-profit consultant, and author whose life experiences have taught her the importance of the unique worth of each individual,  taking charge of our own lives, cherish each day and each relationship, as well as pressing on to find a new normal.  During her “white picket fence” time of life, she calls it, in which she had the husband, kids, schooling, certification, had her dream job, house, she began to have debilitating symptoms that revealed a brain stem tumor that her doctor told her he wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole.  After having her scans distributed throughout the world, the unique connections of one individual brought her to a doctor who saved her life.  Complications after multiple brain surgeries resulted in facial paralysis and a serious infection that nearly took her life and brought her to a place in which she had to make a decision to live and take charge of her own life.  After leaving the hospital she also left with the very same symptoms that brought her there, the nerve damage had been done and she found herself dealing with depression but once again found a determination to press on to find a new normal and be a part of the solution to help others dealing with depression by writing a book.
Listen and be inspired to have gratitude for the every day things and people in your life, see the worth of each individual and the unique value they contribute, trust your inner voice and take charge of your own life, be a part of the solution, and to press on in new life circumstances and find your new normal.
Show Notes:
Jodi’s website
Jodi’s social media: Facebook, Instagram
Email Jodi: authorjodibrown@gmail.com
Jodi’s books: “The Sun Still Shines: How a Brain Tumor Helped Me See the Light” and “Rise Above Depression: Encouragement and Tips From Those Who Do It Everyday”

Friends I am so honored to reshare a favorite story from the LifeBeats Library.  On today’s show I have the absolute honor to bring you the guest that over the past years has been the most requested person that I interview.  The stars have finally aligned and she is with me today on the show.  You will instantly hear the warmth, humor, and passion in her voice and know why.  Natalie Norton is force in this world, she is a writer, photographer, speaker, and life consultant, and the energy behind her newly launched podcast “Show Up”.  Her story is as deep as the passion she has found in her calling to help others see & feel their inherent capacity & worth & to take ownership of that sacred responsibility that comes as a result as then help empower them to live in that highest purpose & potential in their own businesses and lives.  Sounds powerful?!  You better believe she is.  Today we speak to so much of that – leaning in with courage, opting out of ghost worries, and knowing your best is good enough and you are going to be ok – we do this through relating both of our stories, me struggling and making mistakes as a single mom but also being enough for myself and my children, and Natalie drawing upon her wealth of experiences from her own incredible story of years of loss and tragedy, losing her only sibling, then her son, then separation from 3 adopted children, then a mini-stroke, followed by the severe accident of another son.  Friends can you even imagine?!  Natalie is a testament that it is our response to difficulty that determines the quality of our lives. She knows that ⁣it can be really hard, but each of us has what it takes and we truly can find happiness & peace, no matter what life throws our way.⁣
Listen and be inspired to lean into life with courage no matter the circumstance, to opt out of those ghost worries that distort reality, to see the greatest gift of becoming self-aware is the trust we gain in ourselves, and to know that your best is always good enough and you are going to be okay.
Show Notes:
Natalie’s video “Show Up”
Natalie’s Instagram feed
Natalie’s Instagram post that shares a synopsis of her story
Natalie’s blog

Friends I am so honored to reshare a favorite story from the LifeBeats Library, Dawnbreaker Nicole Breanne Shabada of Finding Sparkle, Chasing Light who shares her lifetime journey of finding a way to honor and celebrate her passion – people!  She also tells about the most devastating thing that has happened in her life and how it helped her to see that kindness is not a weakness, but the greatest strength you can possess and demonstrate to others.  Nicole shares how she grew up in chilly Canada dancing and the vulnerability which that taught her.  Her senior year in high school she created a montage of their dance trips & performances which was shown at their final recital.  Watching the emotional impact her video had on others – their eyes light up, the laughter, the tears – made her want to help people feel that again and again.  This sparked Nicole down a path, moving to LA and then to Toronto to get her degree in film, to then work in the TV world.  She soon discovered that it really was all about the people for her.  She began pursuing more of her photography but found that her clients were asking her questions about about starting a business and Nicole loved teaching them.  Nicole decided to fill the need herself for an affordable workshop for entrepreneurs to learn the basics of starting a business, and Bot Communications was born.  Nicole shares how she met a boy at the age of 19 who swept her up in a fairytale love story, whom she would marry at 23.  Nicole shares how she felt herself growing up with him, what his influence was in her starting her business, and what she was most grateful to him for.  She then tells of the series of events in 2016 in which she learned that he no longer wanted to be married to her and the 1 1/2 year long affair he had been having with someone Nicole knew.  Nicole was completely devastated and could not function.  Despite this devastation Nicole choose to treat him with kindness knowing that if she stopped being kind, he would have taken away something from her that made her her.  She had already lost of much of herself in all of this, so much of her identity and dignity, that if she stopped being kind, that would have been one more thing taken from her.  This led to her journey to understand that kindness is not a weakness but a strength.    That it takes more effort to be kind in hard situations than to not be.  From this experience Nicole has created a workshop for teen girls called Kind is Strong and a 7 day program for entrepreneurs called Find your Sparkle.  Listen and be inspired to face your world with more kindness – toward others, the planet, and yourself.
Want to know if this episode it for you?  This episode is perfect for someone who has been affected by someone else’s choices and is looking to find the strength to respond in kindness.  It will give hope and comfort to those who may be going through relationship difficulties or a divorce.  It is inspiring for those who are seeking courage to be kind, even when its not easy.
What is this episode about?   In this episode you will learn about:

* how Nicole and I met
* growing up in chilly Canada dancing and what she learned from it – discipline, vulnerability, teamwork, self-love
* why she was cautious of her personal brand
* why she is someone that other people open up to
* how video recording her dance studio led to her decision to go to film school
* how she discovered her passion – people
* why she turned more to photography and then how did her business idea develop
* what did her first workshop include
* she favorite part of her workshops and how she is the only one that gets to witness it
* what spurred her transition from a workshop of tangible skills to one of intangible skills
* the boy she met when she was 19 and what drew her to him

Friends I am so honored to reshare a story from the LifeBeats Library.  On today’s podcast I am so excited to bring you such a fun and inspiring episode with two of your favorite people, well actually 3.  Nellie & Bryce Jurgensmeier also known to their YouTube and Instagram communities as The Jurgys joined me in the Stiry Studios along with their darling little girl Avalyn who makes her little self known to the world.   In the episode we explore stepping out of your comfort zone to embrace life, creating home wherever you are, the importance of revalidating your purpose, stepping into who we are meant to be, the necessity for pausing and making time for those most important relationships, and how it is a boss time to be a woman.  Nellie shares how having a cancer scare and a very powerful dream changed the trajectory of her life to step out of what was comfortable and embrace every moment.  Bryce and Nellie share that that led to the beginning of their video and YouTube journey and their desire to inspire others to get out and find adventure with their loved ones, knowing that life can change in an instant.  They share the struggles of maintaining their own relationship amidst being business partners and then becoming parents, and particularly after buying an RV to live in and travel the country to hide treasures and meet people along the way.   They share stories of wanting to return the RV, losing the relationship they had with one another, wanting to quit, and why they keep going and what they have done to grow strong together.
Listen and be inspired to be audacious in stepping into who you are and what you are meant to be, foster quiet in a loud world, and find adventure and inspiration with those you love outside of your phone and comfort zone.  As well as what is coming up in The Jurgy’s next adventures.
Show Notes:
The Jurgys YouTube channel
The Jurgys Instagram Feed
The video podcast with The Jurgys

Friends I am so honored to reshare a story from the LifeBeats Library.  In today’s podcast we will be discussing those disruptive moments in our lives that shift our identity, viewing our family as a business, how we as women can become Chief Home Officers and contribute to the wealth creation and management of our home, and how to teach our children about money and finances through our words and how we involve them in our family business.  I am honored to introduce you to Natali Morris, broadcaster, writer, speaker, and co-founder of Financial Freedom Academy. Natali shares her story of transitioning from being a public figure as a reporter for NBC, CBS, and The Today Show to becoming a wife and mother and how she struggled with her identity and worth and how she labored to learn how she could contribute equally in her home.  She speaks passionately about wanting women to not simply be the budgeters, password keepers, or administrators in the finances of their home, but to become a C-level executive as a decision maker simply by starting where you are and taking one small step at a time knowing you will be inspired to know that next step is for you. She shares tools as well as her experiences as a busy mother of 3 in our consumerist culture in continually teaching her children how to value and understand money and what it means to be a contributing member of the family as well as avoiding a fear based concept of money.
Listen and be inspired to see those disruptive moments in our life as opportunities to redefine our identity, take your finances in hand one step at a time knowing you will be inspired on each next step, and intentionally teach your children how to be contributing members of your family and resourceful and wise in how they see and use money.
Show Notes:
Natali’s blog
Find out more about Natali’s Financial Freedom Academy
Natali’s Instagram feed

Friends I am so honored to reshare a story from the LifeBeats Library, Dawnbreaker Tiana Swank who has overcome unthinkable things in her life and has come to a place of forgiveness and self-love.   She shares her journey of heavy drug use, dealing, being arrested, prostitution, miscarriage, and physical abuse, that began with a desire to want to belong and receive positive attention after being bullied as a young girl.  Tiana tells of the decisions that seemed so natural to make that led her on her downward spiral and then how those pieces of her soul that she had lost began to return to her.  She shares of the light that began to return upon seeing her self-worth, bringing God and prayer back into her life as well as the tools of self-talk, knowledge, and understanding that she used to be able to forgive herself.
Last week we at Stiry released her video story entitled “forgiveness is possible”  and friends my heart was so touched.  In it she asks the question “How can I forgive myself for all these things I have done?”  I am so honored to be able to share more of her story with you today.
Listen and be inspired to seek for knowledge and understanding in your life to put you on a path of forgiving yourself, to utilize the power of self-talk, and to see that you have divine worth.
Show Notes:
Tiana’s blog “From Which We Grow”
Tiana’s Stiry Story “Forgiveness is possible”
Connect with Tiana on Facebook
Email Tiana at office@seizeyourmission.com

Friends I am so honored to reshare a story from the LifeBeats Library, Dawnbreaker Emily Brady shares her and her husband’s battle with male factor infertility and their journey to bring two children of their own into their family.   With a desire to bring a third baby to their family but left without the finances to do so, Emily wondered for years how they could do it.  Emily shares her decision to become a gestational carrier as the means to bring another baby into their family.  She tells of the lengthy process of being matched with a family and her advice to others considering the experience.  She shares the emotions she experienced along the way, including what it felt like to carry and deliver someone else’s baby, as well as the surprisingly most difficult part, the weeks after the birth, and how she was able to cope.  You will be moved by her incredible story of blessing the lives of another family as she blesses her own.
Want to know if this episode it for you?  This episode is perfect for someone interested in learning about becoming or hiring a gestational carrier as well as someone wanting to know more about male factor infertility.  It is also perfect for someone looking for hope to overcome a big obstacle in their life.
What is this episode about?   In this episode you will learn about:

* why they began getting tested for infertility and what they discovered
* what the process of in-vitro is like emotionally and physically
* how if felt to find out she was pregnant for the first time
* their second round of in-vitro and why Emily thought she had lost the baby
* how Emily felt after having her second baby
* the journey of deciding to become a gestational carrier and why her husband was hesitant for months
* the process of being matched to a family
* what you should make sure to discuss with the intended parents before moving forward
* the requirements and discussions between Emily and the intended parents
* the difference between a surrogate and a gestational carrier
* the mental preparedness involved in being a gestational carrier so as to confuse yourself that this is your baby
* her feelings and experiences during pregnancy
* why this pregnancy was harder than her own pregnancies
* her relationship with the intended mother
* how and what she told her kids
* her feelings upon the birth and the difficulties that came in the weeks after
* when they will try their third round of in-vitro

Show Notes:
Emily’s blog brettandemilybrady.blogspot.com
Emily’s Instagram @emilysbrady
Utah Fertility Center
KSL interview

 
 
Friends I am so honored to reshare a story from the LifeBeats Library Dawnbreaker, Kylie Chenn, as we chat in the Stiry Studio  Kylie is the founder and CEO of aCanela Expeditions, a travel company dedicated to artisan, culinary, and adventure expeditions around the world, shares her journey of working hard to achieve her dream as we discuss overcoming internal barriers of perfectionism, acknowledging failure as a teacher, and the power of self-talk in removing self-doubt.  Kylie tells of growing up in a small town in Idaho and her fascination with the world that begun at her kitchen table.  She recounts how she organized her first multi- international trip as a college student and the impact making connections with the local people had on her that eventually led to her founding aCanela at age 20.  Kylie shares how she has overcome criticism – both from outside sources and inner struggle with perfectionism.  As well as what keeps her going through all of the work and setbacks is her opportunity to inspire women and young entrepreneurs, anyone who is fearful of trying, to reach their goal, to go and attain it.  To tell them that it is possible, you can chase your dream, start that company, do whatever you want to do.  Kylie also lets us know what we can expect from an immersive and connective artisan trip with aCanela Expeditions as well as takes on a virtual tour of Peru, one of their most popular trips, walking us through what we would experience as a guest.
Listen and be inspired to take those steps toward reaching our own goals, to approach failure as a way to propel us to what we really want, and to realize that the more confident, positive, and aware of our worth we feel, the more it radiates to others.
Show Notes:
Kylie’s website – aCanela Expeditions
Kylie’s aCanela Instagram feed, Kylie’s personal Instagram feed
Kylie’s aCanela Facebook page
Email Kylie at kylie@acanela.com

 
Friends I am so honored to reshare a story from the LifeBeats Library Dawnbreaker, Fatty Dedrickson of the blog Style Fit Fatty shares her journey of embracing who she is, the gifts she can share, working to find solutions, and stepping out of her comfort zone to achieve your goals and create connections in your life.  Fatty tells of coming to the United States from Sweden for as a collegiate athlete not speaking any English or knowing anyone.  She recounts the moments of discouragement and the decision she made that changed her path.  She shares more of her story including the sacrifice and determination for a year after her baby was born to train and race in the Swedish nationals in the midst of combatting defeatist thoughts and obstacles.  Her message is to inspire other moms to follow their dreams and to remind us that we can achieve anything as long as we are looking for solutions and willing to put in the work.  She shares her experiences as a mom battling guilt, searching out ways to help her son with a speech delay, and working to build her own mom village after moving to a new state.  We discuss the role of social media and comparison in robbing ourselves of blessings and how we can be confident in our own gifts and journey as well as how we can create the support and tribe we desire by simply beginning by being a friend ourselves.
Listen and be inspired to step outside of our comfort zone and embrace what we have to offer to the world, put in the work it will take to get what we want, look for solutions in the problems in our lives, and create connections by treating others the way we want to be treated.
Show Notes:
Fatty’s Instagram feed Style Fit Fatty
Fatty’s blog Style Fit Fatty
Karan and Kerry Bajaj’s podcast “Unlearning everything you know to learn about your true self and to connect as a couple”
More steps to seeing the extraordinary in yourself – check out the LifeLine episodes

Today on the podcast we have another interview coming from the party place, the Stiry Studio in Stiry HQ. I am so excited to introduce you to speaker, author, and media contributor Ganel-Lyn Condie as we open the conversation up to remind us all that we are each needed, this world needs you, we need you, and no one would be better without you and that you are enough, and the work you are doing and what you are going through is important and often sacred. Ganel-Lyn shares her story of losing her sister at the age of 40 to suicide and how it was a catalyst to sharing these crucial messages to women. She speaks of recognizing seasons in our lives, how we need to be aware of how we are speaking to ourselves, and the level of love we have for ourselves which indicates how much love we can give to others.
She tells of the importance of vulnerability and authenticity in her work as she battled infertility, issues with her son, grief from losing her sister, and her own health challenges with Lupus.
She speaks of having vulnerability with boundaries as well as showing vulnerability in the context of a parent- child relationship. She emphasizes the importance of not only sharing our journeys with others through speaking from scars and not wounds, but also making sure to document the pain and miracles through journal writing.
Ganel-Lyn expresses her belief of how important these conversations are to have with our families and sends out a loving plea to those who are suffering from depression or anxiety, that we are all fighting something and we know that you are tired but we need you and we’re not better with out you and you’re learning things that are going to help teach us. She speaks of the tools of gratitude and accountability that are making an impact in her life.
Show Notes:
Ganel-Lyn’s website
Ganel-Lyn’s YouTube channel, Instagram Feed, Twitter Feed
Listen and be inspired to catch a glimpse of our own greatness, to see that we are needed & irreplaceable, to have these open conversations with our families, and the work we are each doing is important and sacred.

Friends I am so honored to reshare a story from the LifeBeats Library Dawnbreaker, Jessica Dahlquist, the podcast host of Extraordinary Moms. Despite her admittedly feeling like she is in a funk, her influential messaging shines through. Today we have a powerful conversation about giving your own voice weight and how your voice is needed in this world. We talk about the transitions in our lives and friends, you know that there’s been a few in mine and there’s definitely been a few in hers. And how we share the joys as well as the challenges that have come into our lives for ourselves as well as for our children. Jessica shares the importance of self care for her and how hers is comes in the form of taking time for reflection. She invites us as listeners to be able to answer these questions of : Who was I before this transition or this change or the circumstances in our lives and Who have I become because of this experience. Jessica also shares what has been the common thread after three years of doing interviews on our podcast to being successful in navigating trials.
And how a lot of times we don’t want to share in the middle of our trials or in the middle of our mess. We don’t want to share until after we have this big bow that can tie on the top of our lesson that we’ve learned. She is so passionate about this lesson that no one needs to tell you that you are extraordinary, that you don’t need the validation from outside, that you have to be the one that knows it yourself. Be Confident in yourself and what you can offer, what your voice is, the extraordinary inside of you. Does that sound familiar? I know that it does.
So friends listen to and be inspired to give weight to your own voice and know that no one besides yourself needs to validate that extraordinary that already exists inside of you to make the best at a transitions for both you and your family and to invest in yourself as a best way to take care of others and to feel whole no matter our life circumstances. Be sure to stay tuned after the interview for a preview of next week’s episode.
Show Notes:
Jessica’s podcast “Extraordinary Moms”
Jessica’s Instagram feed and Facebook page
Kintsukuroi – “to repair with gold”
Know How Mom
Maya Angelou quote
Para app

Friends I am so honored to reshare a story from the LifeBeats Library Dawnbreaker, fellow podcaster and influencer Morgan Gifford of Motherhood Revival.  Through the sharing of Morgan’s own story of being a people pleaser, we address what it means to own your own story and not let others determine your narrative, recognizing that we cannot please everyone and everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but that doesn’t mean we have to adopt into the fabric of our own lives.
Morgan shares her desire to find love and approval in her early years that left her knocking down whatever she wanted for the sake of other people, which led to a point where she was done with that and was determined to do whatever she wanted. This attitude led her to a life of partying and pregnant a week after her 18th birthday.  Morgan openly shares her difficult and heartwrenching journey to find out what she really wanted in life, including two moments in which she felt real love, one from her parents, and another as her son was placed in her arms. We discuss the higher view of co-parenting and how we can project who we are at our core knowing that others may see us and our intentions differently, and that’s ok.
Listen and be inspired to recognize the real forms of love in your life, to let go of what others’ think of you as the determination of how you see yourself or the choices you make, and know that you determine your own story.

Today I am over the moon thrilled to reshare a story from the LifeBeats Library, Dawnbreaker Tiffany Han, writer, speaker, truth bombing creative coach, strategist, and rockstar podcaster at Raise Your Hand and Say Yes.  I am so honored that she would share with us today her journey to recovery and discovery through her year and a half of sobriety.  Tiffany shares the identity she had with alcohol and the reasons and circumstances that led to her decision to give it up for a month, then year, and now permanently.  Her goal of her podcast is so similar to The LifeBeats Project, to help people see there’s universality in the specifics of the story and this absolutely the case with her story.  She shares her belief that we are all recovering from something or a lot of things and how important it is for us to learn how to feel hard feelings and be uncomfortable in them which leads to redesigning our lives so that there aren’t things we have to numb.  She tells of her intention to be preemptive in her decision to give up alcohol, realizing that we don’t need to hit rock bottom to make a change, that we can decide if things are serving us or bringing us joy now before things fall apart or relationships are compromised.  She shares about the importance of paying attention to whisperings and her divine guidance system, an internal gps, and the creativity and peace that comes from making spiritual connection a priority.
Listen and be inspired to be preemptive in your decision making, evaluating each aspect of your life asking the questions “is this serving me?” and “does this bring me joy”,  examine ways you may be numbing in your life and what you can do to redesign so that there are not reasons to need to numb, and look at ways you can be more in tune with your diving guidance system.
Show Notes:
Tiffany’s website – Find out more about her year long creative mentorship program launching in September
Tiffany’s podcast Raise Your Hand and Say Yes
Tiffany’s Instagram feed
TLBP Podcast with Alison Faulkner of The Alison Show: The Juggle is Real
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up 
Other podcasts on Tiffany’s sobriety and spiritual journey:
 https://www.tiffanyhan.com/blog//my-ryhsy-life-on-giving-up-drinking

https://www.tiffanyhan.com/blog/ryhsylife-flowrecovery

https://www.tiffanyhan.com/blog/boldinspiredaction

Today’s episode is bursting with vibrancy and light on what you can do today to start being more present in your life and make a practice living! Friends I am so honored to reshare a story from the LifeBeats Library Dawnbreaker Amy Newman is the radiant woman behind Whole Life with Amy who helps people bring in more plants to live their best life. Today she shares soooo much more than plants. I learned sooo much from her!! She teaches about her path of taking ownership of her own life, wanting more for herself, and doing those things that served the core of who she really is, that came after her divorce and upon her diagnosis of lyme disease. She gives specific examples of how we can learn to pay attention to our own bodies and the practice of coming back to now. She opens our eyes to distraction and busyness as the means to not having to deal with pain or owning up to our light and awesomeness. She teaches us how she got rid of the distractions so she could really heal and show up as her whole self, tapping into the quiet. She tells her own story that began with being with plants and their vibrancy. I love the story she tells of learning how to honor other’s truths without feeling obligation to adopt them ourselves.
Listen and be inspired to practice living, to take ownership for your life, to find the courage to tap into the quiet to get rid of distraction to allow yourself to heal and show up as your whole self.
Show Notes
Amy’s website Whole Life With Amy and free courses
Amy’s Instagram Feed and Facebook Page

Friends do you have a dream that you are pursuing or wanting to pursue?  Have you ever experienced letting go of fear and surrendering to feel God’s peace in your life?  Have you ever wondered what makes an inter-faith marriage thrive?  Today my friends I am so honored to reshare a story from the LifeBeats Library as we be discussed all of these questions with Dawnbreakers Paul & Tina Cardall.  I am so honored to have them on the show.  Paul has been named the American Pianist as a Billboard chart topper for both the new age and classical categories having 3 consecutive No. 1 albums.  I’m so excited to be able to share a small sampling of his inspiring music on the show as well and tell how it has impacted my life.  Tina Cardall is a music executive for Paul’s record label Stone Angel Music and has an background in finance on Wall Street to working at Saddleback Church in Orange County with ministry trips to countries around the globe to aid with microfinancing, and help those in orphanages and those who have been trafficked.  You will be inspired by this humble power couple as we discuss topics at the heart of our souls:  surrendering, letting go of fear, pursuing a dream, discovering whether we are being driven or being led.  Paul shares the peace that he experienced in the most difficult of times,  waiting 385 days to know if he would receive a heart transplant and the relationship he developed with God during that time.   We discuss religion in this episode more than we have on the show, so invite you to explore that with us even if that’s not part of your core beliefs, that you’ll embrace the good that is in the episode.  We discuss Paul and Tina’s inter-faith marriage and how their personal relationship with God drew them to each other.  We also talk about expanding our view on worshipping and the power of music in communicating messages from God, including an incredibly touching story about a boy in Baghdad and the power of God in communicating to us one by one.
Listen and be inspired to open your mind and heart to all the good the world has to offer and know that what you truly desire is on the other side of fear in the arms of God and the peace that only he can bestow.
Show Notes:
Paul Cardall’s website
Look for Paul’s music on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora
Paul’s Facebook page and Instagram feed
Song played in the episode : “Life and Death”
“One by One”
“Come Thou Fount”
Stone Angel Music
Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City
Mormon.org
Saddleback Church
Tom Jackson

 
How you can help shape the world by teaching your children not to fear what is different, the power of the family dinner table, anchoring points in our life of change, and the strength of community during times of loss are topics for today’s podcast episode.
Today my friends I am so honored to reshare a story from the LifeBeats Library Dawnbreaker Melissa Dalton-Bradford, also known as the Global Mom, has spent 25 years raising children internationally in 9 different locations.  She has chronicled in written word what she has learned and is an author and a consultant for globally nomadic families.
She and her husband grew up in small farming communities but both parents’ instilled in them a love for other countries as they broke down fear and the sense of “otherness” and brought people from other cultures into their home.  Melissa shares the importance of parent’s values in helping to broaden a child’s view of the world outside of their own community through simple things including the language you use, how you talk about things that are different and how we be humble and can learn from others without jeopardizing our own patriotism.  She tells of their Norwegian farm table that became a physical axis in their home centering them and bringing learning and people to the table of each cultures were they moved: Norway, France, Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong, Switzerland.  We also tenderly discuss her faith as an anchoring point during the loss of her oldest son to a water accident and the power of her community and grieving together on her journey toward gratitude.
Listen and be inspired to create greater compassion and curiosity toward things that are different within yourself and your children, and identify what are your own anchoring points in a life of change.
Show Notes:
Melissa’s Instagram feed
Melissa’s books “Global Mom: a Memoir” and “On Loss and Living Onward”
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