Best Tanya Hale Podcasts (2025)

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#378 What Can Happen When We Don’t Set Boundaries 27:00

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2d ago27:00

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Who knew that a lack of boundaries could cause so many emotional and mental struggles in our lives? Today I’m sharing with you an article adaptation from Dr. Henry Cloud’s book Becoming an Adult: Advice on Taking Control & Living a Happy, Meaningful Life. Dr. Cloud is one of the co-authors of the Boundaries books, and he shared 22 symptoms that we …

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247. Living in Overflow with Tanya Hale 41:00

8d ago41:00

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In this empowering episode, Heather welcomes returning guest Tanya Hale, a certified coach and podcast host, to explore the transformational idea of living in overflow—not depletion. Tanya challenges the traditional “fill your bucket just to empty it again” mindset and introduces a refreshing, soul-centered alternative: what if we are meant to live…

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248. Holiday Peace in Foster & Adoptive Homes with Bonnie Butler 44:41

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In this episode, coach Bonnie Butler is back to share her experience working with foster and adoptive families navigating the emotional complexities of parenting children from hard places. The conversation dives into the often-overlooked grief and trauma that can resurface during the holidays, even in seemingly “settled” children. Bonnie offers ins…

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#377 What Is Your Intention? 28:27

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Learning to live our lives with intention is a powerful way to begin to create the lives we truly want. And it is going to push the boundaries of your comfort zone when you step into intentionality. But only when we decide what we really want in life and choose to intentionally move toward it will we find the fulfillment and contentment that is ava…

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246. Declutter for Good with Rachelle Heywood 36:26

15d ago36:26

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In this episode, Heather sits down with coach and mom of six, Rachelle Heywood, to explore how decluttering isn’t just about stuff—it’s about your peace, your presence, and your emotional freedom. Rachelle shares her personal journey from overwhelmed mom to peaceful homemaker, and how life coaching helped her understand the emotional and mental lay…

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#376 The Misery of Uncertainty 29:46

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Many of us have parts of our lives where we want to grow and progress, things we want to do that we haven’t done before, and yet, we hesitate and don’t move forward because it can be so uncomfortable to do something new, to step into change. I call this the certainty of misery. We’re not happy with where we are, but at least it’s comfortable, we’re…

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245. The Power of Joy with LeAnn Austin 33:26

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In this warm and heartfelt episode, Heather welcomes back Coach LeAnn Austin to explore one of life’s most misunderstood emotional states: joy. More than fleeting happiness or surface-level positivity, joy is revealed as a deep, spiritually rooted experience that can coexist with grief, frustration, and uncertainty. Through personal stories, gospel…

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#375 Sense of Self and the Relationship Circle 28:43

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Having a strong sense of self is the key fundamental tool to creating strong relationships. Only when we have a sense of belonging to ourselves, a sense of our worth and value, of our inherent goodness even amidst our flaws and weaknesses, can we show up in the relationship circle as an equal partner. The stronger our sense of self, the greater our…

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244. Reclaiming Your Energy with Mindy Neal 35:59

29d ago35:59

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In this powerful and practical conversation, Heather welcomes returning guest Coach Mindy Neal to discuss a hidden epidemic among high-functioning women—particularly those in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: chronic fatigue. But this episode goes far beyond sleep and supplements. Mindy unpacks the emotional, mental, and relational c…

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#374 Greatest Hits - Creating More Safety in Your Relationship 40:47

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When we feel safe in our relationships, we feel we can show up with more vulnerability. When we show up with more vulnerability, we create more emotional and physical intimacy. But oftentimes, the behaviors we are engaging in in our relationships put the other person into protective mode rather than feeling safe, and so we struggle to create the co…

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243. Redefining Superwoman with Jody Long 38:18

1M ago38:18

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In this insightful episode, Heather is joined by coach Jody Long to dismantle the “supermom” and “superhuman” ideal that so many women unknowingly carry. Jody shares her personal and professional insights on the emotional toll of perfectionism, the burden of unrealistic expectations, and why the badge of “superhero” may actually be causing more har…

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#373 Greatest Hits – Safety in the Relationship Circle 38:33

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A strong, healthy relationship is one in which we create a very safe place for each person to be 100% themselves. So many of us did not learn growing up what it means to be in a relationship this way. If you're like me, you thought that growing up and getting married would mean that you would have someone to love you, to shore up your insecurities,…

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242. Breaking Food Rules and Finding Body Trust with Lisa Salisbury 39:55

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In this episode, Heather is joined by Lisa Salisbury, a life and health coach who helps women break free from diet culture and heal their relationship with food. Lisa opens up about her personal journey from chronic dieting to discovering intuitive eating, and how her faith and mindset shifts played a key role. Together, they explore what it means …

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#372 Greatest Hits - Why Our Relationships Need Validation 38:37

2M ago38:37

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Being able to validate your relationship is an important tool in creating a healthier space for the two of you to live and love. Validation is something that we often seek from others to shore up our sense of self. And this never really works, because SELF-worth is something that can only be created within ourselves. Validation in our marriages and…

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241. Understanding That Anger Isn’t a Sin with Jill Freestone 54:57

2M ago54:57

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In the third installment of our series on anger, Coach Jill Freestone joins Heather Rackham to explore anger through a spiritual and religious lens. Jill shares how scriptural teachings and church culture can sometimes lead to misinterpretations about anger, causing unnecessary guilt and shame. Together, they discuss how to differentiate between th…

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#371 Greatest Hits – The Relationship Circle 27:17

2M ago27:17

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The Relationship Circle is a concept that I keep coming back to again and again with my clients. Understanding the relationship circle helps us stay in our own lanes and resist the temptation to try and take control of things that aren't ours to control. When we more clearly understand how to allow the other person the space to work through their o…

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240. Showing Up for People in Hard Times with Susan Achziger 36:42

2M ago36:42

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How do you show up for someone in the middle of their hardest moments—especially when you don’t know what to say? In this heartfelt episode, coach Susan Achziger joins Heather to talk about the sacred work of ministering to people who are hurting. Susan shares her personal experiences navigating her son’s addiction, mental health struggles, and dee…

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#370 Conscious Conflict 24:51

2M ago24:51

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Conflict is a word that makes many of us squirm – it’s just so darn uncomfortable! And yet, conflict doesn’t always need to lead to contention. What if you had the skills to turn a conflict into deeper connection and intimacy instead? Thanks for listening! Want to learn more about this concept? Check out these podcasts: #3 Resolving Conflict #110 T…

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239. Real Communication That Builds Connection with Glenn Lovelace 55:53

2M ago55:53

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In this practical episode, coach Glenn Lovelace joins Heather to talk about the crucial role of communication in marriage and how small, honest conversations—like whether phones should be at the dinner table—can shape a foundation of trust. Glenn shares personal stories, current stats on marriage and finances, and communication tips grounded in liv…

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#369 Normal, Difficult, Human Interactions 28:54

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When humans act like humans, it can sure make our lives difficult. Of course it would be easier if they all just did what we wanted and behaved in ways we thought were appropriate, but that’s just not going to happen. Challenges and difficulties in our relationships are inevitable and a normal part of all relationships. Learning to allow and even e…

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238. Simple Business Growth Steps with Bonnie Wiscombe 23:31

2M ago23:31

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In this practical business focused episode, Heather welcomes coach Bonnie Wiscombe to discuss the essential but often overwhelming steps of growing a business. Bonnie shares her personal journey as a life and business coach while raising ten kids and explains how to consistently build a thriving business without perfectionism. They dive into the th…

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#368 Stay Out of Other People's Relationships 15:00

2M ago15:00

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It can be easy, and even feel intuitive, to get in the middle of other people’s business. And it’s even easier when they invite us in, asking for verification that what they are thinking is true and what they are feeling is valid. When we feel we’re being pulled into someone else’s relationship, it’s important that we learn to stay out and let the …

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237. Redeeming the Relationship with Your Body with Kerrie Nygard 36:22

3M ago36:22

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In this week’s episode, coach Kerri Nygard joins Heather to expose the spiritual, emotional, and cultural impact of diet mentality—and offers a healing path forward. With faith as a foundation, Kerri teaches how to move from battling your body to partnering with it. Together, they explore the power of divine identity, how societal messages distort …

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#367 Loving Your Adult Children Better with Brooke Oniki 50:26

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So many of us feel blindsided when it comes to the relationships with our adult children. We heard a lot about the struggles of being a parent to babies, toddlers, tots, pre-teens, and teenagers, but not a lot about our role and relationship with adult children. The reason it can be so challenging is because so many of us struggle to let go of our …

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236. From Fear to Faith with Karen Papin 39:50

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In this heartfelt episode, returning guest Karen Papin dives deep into the journey of moving from fear to faith. Drawing from scripture, personal experience, and practical coaching tools, Karen helps us see fear not as a sign of failure, but as an indicator that we’re stepping outside our comfort zone. Together, we explore how gratitude, self-compa…

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#366 The Art of Not Negotiating 35:27

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The conflict between our primitive brain and our prefrontal cortex is as old as our brain itself. Primitive brain wants to avoid pain, pursue immediate pleasure, and conserve energy, while our prefrontal cortex wants to plan for long-term goals and growth to improve the quality of our life. This conflict will often trigger internal negotiation betw…

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235. How Doodling Can Help You Embrace Your Whole Self with Michelle Keil 37:27

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In this episode focused on creativity, Heather chats with coach Michelle Keil to explore how simple doodles can become powerful tools for emotional healing and spiritual growth. Michelle shares how doodling helps us access self-acceptance, process emotions, and see ourselves through a more compassionate lens—all while tapping into our divine creati…

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#365 Villains, Victims, and Heroes 27:03

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Our brain loves a good story, and what it doesn’t know in facts, it will make up with fiction. It also really like to have a villain, a hero, and a victim in its story, and it especially loves to put us in the victim mode because when there we don’t have to shoulder the responsibility for solving our problems, we can just stay in a place of blame, …

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234. Understanding ADHD Through a Gospel Lens with Kamden Hainsworth 54:15

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In this episode, Heather is joined again by coach Kamden Hainsworth to talk about a topic that impacts more people than we often realize—ADHD. As an ADHD coach and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kamden shares 10 things she wishes Church members understood about ADHD. From emotional dysregulation to time blindness to ho…

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#364 Relationship Neglect 36:46

3M ago36:46

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It can be so easy to neglect the relationships we most value because we have this ideas that they will always be there. And then, because of the neglect, they are no longer there. We may still be married, but we are distant and disconnected, and it can seem daunting to find our way back to connection. But it is possible to change the trajectory of …

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233. Helping Your Adult Children Feel Safe to Share with Brooke Oniki 47:42

4M ago47:42

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In this deeply meaningful conversation, Heather sits down with coach Brooke Oniki to talk about the evolving relationship between parents and their adult children. Based on powerful focus groups with young adults, Brooke shares what adult children wish their parents understood—especially when it comes to feeling heard, seen, and believed in. They t…

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#363 Breaking Your Over- and Under-functioning Cycles with Jane Copier 48:54

4M ago48:54

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When we over-function, we are stepping into other people’s lanes and taking responsibility that is not ours. When we under-function, we are stepping back and inviting people into our lane to do things that we are responsible for doing. These one-up and one-down behaviors are so detrimental to our relationships and not only stem from our own insecur…

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232. Raising Emotionally Intelligent Boys with Alicia Davis 35:22

4M ago35:22

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Today Heather sits down with coach Alicia Davis to explore the often misunderstood world of teenage boys and emotional intelligence. Alicia, a mother of four boys and a coach for moms of teen boys, shares practical tools and personal stories that help break down emotional stigma, teach boys how to recognize and express emotions, and create emotiona…

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#362 A Luxurious Life, part 2 30:18

4M ago30:18

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Continuing our journey this week of discovering ways that we can ive a more luxurious life by creating energy, living in alignment with our values, and stepping into the person we have the possibility of being. Living a luxurious life requires intention and focus, it requires discipline and dedication. And it is so worth it. When we are living with…

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231. The Law of Love: Letting Go of Transactional Faith with Steve Young 56:01

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In this unforgettable conversation, Heather chats with Hall of Fame quarterback and author Steve Young to explore one of the most transformative concepts: The Law of Love. Steve invites us to examine how our culture—especially within faith communities—often leans into transactional patterns in relationships, spirituality, and even identity. Through…

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#361 A Luxurious Life, part 1 38:17

4M ago38:17

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Many of us dream of living a luxurious life, and we tend to confine that idea to materialistic luxury, houses and cars and clothing and jewelry and travel, all the things money can buy. And yet there is another type of luxury I want to talk about with you today, and it’s the luxury of living in alignment with our God-given possibility, the luxury o…

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230. Turning Conflict into Connection with Jill Freestone 59:40

4M ago59:40

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In this follow-up episode, Heather sits down again with Jill Freestone—an anxiety and emotion coach and somatic experiencing practitioner—to go even deeper into the emotion of anger. We focus on how anger shows up in family dynamics, especially between parents and children, and how we can change our relationship with this often-misunderstood emotio…

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#360 What Men Wish Women Knew About Men's Sexuality with Dan Purcell 51:26

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Sexuality between men and women can get complicated because we experience it so differently. And until we can begin to understand and accept those differences, and then learn to work with them rather than fighting against them, we will struggle to find the connection and intimacy that a great sexual relationship has to offer us. In this podcast I a…

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229. Reclaiming Rage and Working with Anger with Jill Freestone 55:39

4M ago55:39

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In this powerful and validating episode, Heather is joined by returning guest and anxiety/emotion coach Jill Freestone to explore the complex and misunderstood emotion of anger. With warmth, insight, and a touch of humor, they discuss how anger—especially in women—has been shamed, suppressed, and mischaracterized. Jill introduces the concept of “sa…

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#359 10 Ways to Be a Safer Spouse 32:40

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If we want to increase the intimacy and connection in our relationships, it is imperative that we show up as a safe person who creates a safe space. Often, the patterns we have established in our relationships are the opposite of safe, they cause our primitive brains to go into hyper protective mode and want to run away emotionally and physically. …

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228. Four Ways to Shift Conflict into Connection with Crystal Hansen 25:00

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Couples conflict coach Crystal Hansen joins Heather to reframe the way we experience conflict in our relationships. With honesty, humor, and real-life examples, Crystal walks listeners through four common patterns that keep us disconnected and offers simple mindset shifts to create deeper connection and emotional safety in marriage. Whether you’re …

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#358 Feelings are Information, and Information is Power 32:45

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Difficult emotions can be, well, difficult. And because they don’t feel good, we will often dismiss, ignore, or resist them, which can be unfortunate when there is so much amazing information behind the emotions we are feeling and why we are feeling them. When we can learn to be aware of the emotion and then step into curiosity to figure out what i…

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227. Parenting with Peace with Tiffany Rhoton 49:05

5M ago49:05

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In this episode, Heather is joined once again by life coach Tiffany Rhoton to explore the delicate art of parenting young adults. Tiffany shares how parents can let go of control, embrace agency, and build strong, lasting relationships by parenting from love instead of fear. With wisdom drawn from gospel principles and her deep coaching experience,…

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#357 How to Be More Understanding 33:39

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Our insecurities and the protective nature of our primitive brain can make meaningful connection in our relationships difficult. These protective tendencies make it difficult for us to step into truly listening and seeking to understand the other person. When we can learn to consciously set aside these human tendencies to preserve and protect ourse…

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226. Wealth 360: Redefining Prosperity with Matt Rutter 45:06

5M ago45:06

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In this heartfelt episode, Coach Matt Rutter joins Heather Rackham to explore what it truly means to be wealthy. Moving beyond dollars and cents, Matt introduces the concept of “Wealth 360”—a holistic approach to prosperity that includes relationships, spirituality, health, experiences, and being fully present in life. Together, they unpack how pre…

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#356 How Coaching Changed My Life with Stacey 40:32

5M ago40:32

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When Stacey first met me for her free consult, she was months out from a divorce and really struggling getting her feet on the ground. She was stuck in victim mentality and it was impacting the relationships with her children, herself, and everyone else. We started coaching one-on-one, and within 1 1/2 years, Stacy was on solid ground, had cleaned …

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225. A Creative Approach to Flourishing with Jill Pack 31:49

5M ago31:49

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In this heartfelt and deeply reflective episode, Coach Jill Pack introduces a powerful exercise called “Building My House”—a metaphorical journaling and self-awareness tool that helps individuals better understand themselves, their values, and how they relate to others. As a midlife women’s coach and host of the Seasons of Joy podcast, Jill shares …

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#355 Understanding Menopause with Dr. Taylor Hahn 38:48

5M ago38:48

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Besides all of the life changes that occur in middle-age such as children leaving home, readjusting our marriage relationships, figuring out our next life steps, aging parents, etc., how about we add on a heaping serving of menopause where our hormones change and adjust and it affects us not only physically, but also mentally and emotionally as wel…

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224. Healing, Hope, and Help for Foster & Adoptive Families with Bonnie Butler 41:37

6M ago41:37

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In this episode, Coach Bonnie Butler shares her powerful journey as a mother of 10—including six adopted children—and the challenges and healing that come with foster and adoptive parenting. She opens up about emotional regulation, rebuilding relationships, and letting go of guilt and control. Bonnie also introduces her free virtual summit designed…

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#354 Figuring Out Fun 29:59

6M ago29:59

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For many of us, fun is something that became more elusive as we got older. We were so involved in making sure our children and our spouses were doing well, that they were learning and growing and having fun, that our own fun often got put on the back burner. And yet, having fun and engaging in play is an important part of our mental and emotional h…