Join certified LDS mid-life coach Tanya Hale on a journey of discovering how to navigate middle-age with more meaning, acceptance, contentment, and happiness.
…
continue reading
A funny, inspirational, REAL podcast that correlates with the weekly Come Follow Me curriculum of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The host, Melanie Stroud, shares her thoughts about the weekly lessons and gives REAL LIFE examples showing how we can apply the scriptures to our lives every day One mother wrote that her son said recently, "Melanie is a big fan of Heavenly Father - you can tell." That's the truth! She is! If you want to grow closer to the Savior and the scriptur ...
…
continue reading
There's more than one way to be a spiritually minded woman who wants to make and keep covenants, know her Savior and make it back home. Yes, there are essential CHECKPOINTS on the covenant path, but there are NO CHECKLISTS with a million checkboxes you must check off. Each week on the Spiritually Minded Women podcast I’ll be sharing insights about how to embrace YOUR journey on the covenant path with CHECKPOINTS instead of CHECKLISTS.
…
continue reading
What is it like to be gay? Am I alone in this journey? How do I reconcile my faith and my sexuality? Is leaving my religion to find happiness even possible? Welcome to Latter Gay Stories! We're a podcast featuring real people, real stories, and real talk! We discuss life inside and outside of the closet—and living your best and most authentic LGBTQ+ self. You are not alone. You are not broken. And your best days are ahead. Most of our guests have a background in Mormonism and we discuss how ...
…
continue reading
This podcast started out as a self help podcast for moms trying to find balance in motherhood and business but morphed into a documentation of Crystal and Sean Escobar's journey out of the Mormon church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints). The Podcast has been therapeutic on so many levels for its hosts. They vulnerably share their pitfalls and triumphs as they work to deconstruct a lifetime of indoctrination from the LDS church which they exited in the Spring of 2018. Sexual s ...
…
continue reading
Hi, my name is Russell Brunson, and I want to welcome you to the Book of Mormon challenge. Recently I spent a small fortune and purchased one of the original 5000 copies of the book of mormon that Joseph Smith originally printed.. I did it because I had been treating this sacred book lightly... and I wanted to make it special again to me and my family... As Ezra Taft Benson said... there is a power in the book which will begin to flow into your lives the moment you begin a serious study it. ...
…
continue reading
Last week we revisited a concept called 'clean love', a space where we learn to love without expectations of others. A question I frequently get when discussing clean love is, 'But aren't there inherent expectations in relationships, such as a marriage?' The answer to that is absolutely. So, in this episode, we are going to be discussing how to hav…
…
continue reading
Today we are revisiting episode #92 Clean Love. This is one of my favorite concepts that I teach about, and for those of you who haven't gotten that far back in listening, here's your chance to catch up on this concept. Clean love is a space where we learn to love without expectation, without an agenda, something that many of us don't know how to d…
…
continue reading
Many of us were raised to believe that not rocking the boat was the best bet for happy relationships, and yet, from my experience, not rocking the boat created an unequal relationship that caused feelings of either resentment or contempt in my relationship, both of which were very destructive. Rocking the boat is not only necessary, but also an imp…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
#318 The Challenge of Parenting Adult Children
34:14
34:14
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
34:14
We hear a lot of talk about how hard it is to raise toddlers and teenagers, but not many of us were prepared for the challenges of having adult children. In this episode we are discussing five reasons it can be so challenging and how to work through them so you can be the kind of person you really want to be with your adult children. Want to check …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
#317 Fawning – What Is It, Why Do We Do It, and How To Stop
34:32
34:32
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
34:32
In recent years, fawning has been added to the survival responses of flight, flight, and freeze. While fight is a conflict strategy and flight and freeze are avoidant strategies, fawning is referred to as an appeasement strategy. When we fawn we seek to bring ourselves into alignment with the other person, who our brains perceive as a threat, by pe…
…
continue reading
Sometimes the decisions we need to make feel overwhelming and super scary. And because of that we hesitate and procrastinate, and we drag it out and cause ourselves extra hours, days, weeks, months, or even years of angst as we struggle to make the decision. How can we find the confidence to make decisions easier and faster? And how will we know if…
…
continue reading
People having a mid-life crisis is common enough that it is often the focus of movies and tv shows, memes and jokes. It is often portrayed as middle-aged people buying expensive cars or running off and having an affair. But a mid-life crisis does not need to be something that brings down the financial well-being or the family. If we understand it a…
…
continue reading
Setting healthy boundaries is an important part in every relationship, and sometimes, it is just so hard. When the other person is not happy about the boundary, when they get angry or make accusations or threats, it can be so challenging to stick with what we feel is important for our relationship. So, when we get pushback from those few special pe…
…
continue reading
Hey friends. I am taking a break from the podcast for a few months while I deal with a lot of chaos in my life. Please follow me on Instagram @comefollowmeforus for some weekly quick thougths on the lesson for the week. Also, I've lowered the price of my book from $16.95 to $9.99 for the summer. I want as many people as possible to be able to get i…
…
continue reading
This week I get to interview my husband, Sione, on his experience with moving forward after divorce. Though it can often feel as though divorce is the end, and it absolutely is in some ways, it can also be the beginning of greater self-awareness, cleaning up your dysfunctional behaviors, and creating a life, and even a relationship, you could only …
…
continue reading
Divorce is tough, and when it happens to you, it can be devastating, and it can feel like the end. And to be honest, in many ways it is. But divorce can also be the beginning of finding yourself in a way you never have before. It can be the beginning of understanding who you really are and how you can grow into a healtheir and happier version of yo…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
#311 The Business and the Personal of Relationships
37:13
37:13
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
37:13
There are parts of our relationships that we would consider 'business', and parts that we would consider 'personal'. When we get the two all jumbled together, we end up with a lot of drama and miscommunication. On this podcast I'm talking with my great friend and fellow coach Wendy Lee Johnson about how we can recognize these two aspects of our rel…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 23 - Alma 5-7, "Have Ye Experienced This Mighty Change in Your Hearts?"
52:19
52:19
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
52:19
Here is a link to the lesson in the manual. Here is a link to the resources listed in this episode. Buy my book today! "Feasting on the Words of Christ." This book contains an easy five-step method for studying the Book of Mormon to receive personal direction in your life and answers to your prayers. It's a perfect companion for this year's study o…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
#310 Understanding Our Adaptive Child - 'Us- by Terrence Real
38:25
38:25
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
38:25
In Terrence Real's new book 'Us', (one of my newest favorites) he talks about our adaptive child. This is the part of us that learned to adapt to the dysfunctional parts of our childhoods, which we all had. And although these adaptive behaviors served and protected us as children, very often they are destructive to our adult relationships. In this …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 22 - Mosiah 29 – Alma 4, "They Were Steadfast and Immovable"
51:01
51:01
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
51:01
Here are the resources mentioned in this episode. Shine on! Here is a link to my website. You can find the podcast and resources mentioned, as well as information about my book, "Feasting on the Words of Christ." This book contains an easy five-step method for studying the Book of Mormon to receive personal direction in your life and answers to you…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
#309 What An Equal Relationship Looks Like
38:15
38:15
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
38:15
When I work with many of my clients regarding their one-up and one-down beliefs and behaviors, they often find themselves at a loss to describe what an equal response would look like or sound like in their circumstance. We don't live in a world where equal partnerships have been modeled for us, in fact, mostly we live in a world where the opposite …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 21 - Mosiah 25-28, “They Were Called the People of God”
52:31
52:31
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
52:31
Here are the resources mentioned in this lesson.By Melanie Stroud
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 20 - Mosiah 18-24, "We Have Entered into a Covenant with Him" (PART 2)
1:16:17
1:16:17
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:16:17
This episode contains interviews with many people about how people in the church Mosiah 18'ed them. This is part one of two. Mosiah 18: 8-9 "and now, as ye are desirous to come into the fold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another’s burdens, that they may be light; Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 19 - Mosiah 18-24, "We Have Entered into a Covenant with Him" (PART 1)
36:48
36:48
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
36:48
This episode contains interviews with many people about how people in the church Mosiah 18'ed them. This is part one of two. Mosiah 18: 8-9 "and now, as ye are desirous to come into the fold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another’s burdens, that they may be light; Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn…
…
continue reading
Some of the areas where we can feel the most stuck in our lives are places where we are just dabbling with change in our lives rather than digging in and doing what needs to happen to create the change we want. And yet, dabbling is comfortable and easy and even justifiable, whereas committing to doing is scary and risky and requires some determinat…
…
continue reading
When we're not paying close attention, we can very easily slip into critical words and behaviors in our relationships. Often, we won't even see it, because in our minds we are being helpful or just expressing concern or our opinion, but it can still very easily be perceived as criticism. And criticism breaks down relationship by treading on trust a…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 18 -Mosiah 11–17, "A Light … That Can Never Be Darkened”
45:47
45:47
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
45:47
Please go to Instagram @comefollowmeforus for the latest information.By Melanie Stroud
…
continue reading
We live in a society that can be a little happiness obsessed at times. And though the thought of being happy all the time can sound lovely, it's just not going to happen. Life is meant to be messy, to be challenging, and to provide us with a lot of opportunities to figure out the tough stuff. It can be difficult to remember this when we live in a w…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 17 - Mosiah 7–10, "In the Strength of the Lord”
44:24
44:24
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
44:24
Please go to Instagram @comefollowmeforus for the latest information.By Melanie Stroud
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 16 - Mosiah 1-6 Two lessons, “A Mighty Change” and “In the Strength of the Lord”
57:43
57:43
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
57:43
These two episodes got skipped. So they are here now, but I know they a few weeks behind. Please go to Instagram @comefollowmeforus for the latest information.By Melanie Stroud
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Ep #161: 1 Year No Social Media {Life Update}
14:53
14:53
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
14:53
It’s been almost one year since I last recorded a podcast and since I stopped posting on social media. This wasn’t necessarily intentional by the way. My plan was to take the summer off from everything so I could focus a little more on other things for a while. But when September rolled around I found myself not wanting to come back to podcasting a…
…
continue reading
Most of us, at one time or another, have had a story that we are not good enough. And it can really wreak havoc in our lives. It can cause us to feel insecure, and from that place we struggle to be the person we really want to be. Understanding how to address our 'not good enough' thoughts is a life-changing skill that will bring a confident and be…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
#304 Personalities, Preferences, and Perspectives
33:27
33:27
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
33:27
It is really easy for us to create dysfunctional and destructive relationships when we haven't learned how to respect and honor others' personalities, preferences, and perspectives. These three things are at the heart of who people are, and when we reject these things, we reject them. And when we reject them, we shut down the opportunity to create …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 15 - Enos-Words of Mormon,“He Worketh in Me to Do According to His Will”
55:53
55:53
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
55:53
This episode is about looking to our ancestors, especially our parents and grandparents, and learning from them. It also is a great reminder to consider the example you leave for your children. Here's a link to my website. To find the latest episode click on podcasts and you'll find the latest one. Shine on!…
…
continue reading
Although I talk about the thought model and use it here on the podcast, it's been a while since I talked about the basic parts of it and how they work together. On this podcast we will be looking at how the circumstances in our lives are neutral, how we have thoughts about those circumstances, how those thoughts create feelings, how our feelings fu…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 14 - Jacob 5–7 "The Lord Labors With Us"
45:58
45:58
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
45:58
This episode is all about laboring in the Lord's vineyard. It includes a short interview with my friend's eleven-year-old son and how this chapter answered his prayers. So great! Here is a link to the lesson in the manual. Here is a link to my website. Not only can you find the podcast and resources mentioned, but you will also find information on …
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
#302 Gottman’s Four Horsemen – Destroying Relationships Has Never Been So Easy
33:43
33:43
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
33:43
John Gottman is a brilliant relationship expert who has done an amazing amount of research on what makes marriages successful. He has identified four elements of dysfunctional behavior in marriages that are especially destructive, and he calls these The Four Horsemen. These four elements are criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling. In …
…
continue reading
Our primitive brain does some amazing things for us. However, if we aren't paying attention, it can keep us stuck and struggling to create the kind of life we really want to have. When we learn to manage our primitive brain and engage our pre-frontal cortex, we have the capacity to really show up for our life in the ways we want. On today's podcast…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 13 - My Interview with the Petersons
45:12
45:12
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
45:12
This episode is an interview that I did with Michelle and Logan Peterson. Earlier this year, they lost their newborn daughter just ten days after she was born. This is their story about death, loss, and the hope Easter, the Savior, and His resurrection bring to our lives. Don't miss it! Here is a link to my website. Not only can you find the podcas…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 12 - My interview with my Catholic Friend Ashley
41:49
41:49
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
41:49
This podcast is my interview with my sweet Catholic friend Ashley. We talked about how we met, the faith that she shared with me on a plane flight that helped strengthen my own faith, and some of the Catholic customs celebrated during the week of Easter. Here is a link to my website. You can find the podcast and resources mentioned there, as well a…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
#300 Lessons Learned From the Second Year of Our Second Marriage
40:48
40:48
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
40:48
Today Sione and I are celebrating our second year of marriage, and we have a lot to celebrate! In this podcast we are talking about how we have grown this past year, tools we have learned and implemented, and ideas we have come to understand better. This is a chance for you to see how the tools I teach here on the podcast are implemented in real li…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 11 - 2 Nephi 31–33 "This Is the Way”
57:26
57:26
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
57:26
This episode is about Nephi's final words to his people. He encourages us to look to Christ for EVERYTHING! He is the way. Here is a link to the lesson in the manual. Here is a link to my website. Not only can you find the podcast and resources mentioned, but you will also find information on how to purchase my book, "Feasting on the Words of Chris…
…
continue reading
I think a lot of us grew up believing, at some level, that love was a reward for good behavior. And yet, when looked at through the eyes of God, love is never a reward. Love is actually the first and greatest commandment, it is a law. The law of love teaches us that regardless of how others act, regardless of how we're treated, regardless of what i…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 10 - 2 Nephi 26-30 “A Marvelous Work and a Wonder”
58:48
58:48
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
58:48
This episode discusses the contention and trouble prophesied about our day in the Book of Mormon. It also provides the means the Lord has given us to overcome these distractions - mainly Jesus Christ and His power found in the scriptures -especially the Book of Mormon. Here is a link to the lesson in the manual. Here is a link to my website. Not on…
…
continue reading
Many of the people I work with who are struggling in their marriages find friendship with their partner to be elusive. It was there when they got married, and over time, they have become more and more distant, negative, and dismissive, until they find they just don't have a good friendship with their spouse anymore. And this is a huge problem. Dr. …
…
continue reading
I hear so many people who just want us all to get along. What many of them are meaning is, why can't everyone have the same opinions and wants and needs? Why doesn't everyone just do things the way I want and then it would be easy? Of course that would be easy, it would also defeat a huge part of the reason we are here on earth, to learn to be more…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 9 - BOTH 2 Nephi 11-19 AND 2 Nephi 20-25
43:53
43:53
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
43:53
The church split this lesson from the one lesson they had done in 2020 to two lessons this year. What I had said was so intertwined that I couldn't really split them into two lessons so they are both here. This will serve for this week and next week's Come Follow Me lessons. Here is a link to my website. Not only can you find the podcast and resour…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
#296 Creating More Safety in Your Relationship
31:58
31:58
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
31:58
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…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 8 - 2 Nephi 6-10 "O How Great The Plan of Our God"
50:37
50:37
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
50:37
Here is a link to the lesson in the manual. Here is a link to my website. Not only can you find the podcast and resources mentioned, but you will also find information on purchasing my book, "Feasting on the Words of Christ." This book contains an easy five-step method for studying the Book of Mormon to receive personal direction in your life and a…
…
continue reading
So many of us did not learn growing up what it means to be in a relationship. 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, to validate you, or to agree with your opinions. If you're like me, what you wouldn't have thought was that a relationship…
…
continue reading
When I really got serious about dating in my 50's, I used something called the 90-day Relationship. An idea baby of Brooke Castillo from The Life Coach School, I took it and ran with it. Basically, you're all in, fully committed, and figuring things out for 90 days. It was a brilliant process for me to figure out relationships more and to find my p…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episodes 6 AND 7 - Free to Choose Liberty and Eternal Life, through the Great Mediator AND We Lived After the Manner of Happiness
43:57
43:57
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
43:57
Here is a link to the lesson in the manual. And HERE is a link to the lesson in the manual (because there are two, remember?). Here is a link to my website. Not only can you find the podcast and resources mentioned, but you will also find information on purchasing my book, "Feasting on the Words of Christ." This book contains an easy five-step meth…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
188: Chosen Path: A Memoir by D. Michael Quinn
1:01:33
1:01:33
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:01:33
Chosen Path, a memoir by D. Michael Quinn is a story of self-denial and inner struggle, while Michael strove to follow through on his personal commitments faithfully. The memoir, published by Signature Books is an intimate look into the life of one of Mormonism’s most prolific historians of church governance and LGBTQ intersections. Moshe Quinn, so…
…
continue reading
Dating in the middle part of our lives is a different ballgame than when we were in our 20s. Thank goodness! We have a much better understanding of who we are and what is really important to us in a relationship. And using the tools you learn here on the podcast you will be able to create something very different. I'm going to be sharing with you s…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 5 - 1 Nephi 16–22 "I Will Prepare the Way before You”
1:02:01
1:02:01
Play later
Play later
Lists
Like
Liked
1:02:01
Here is a link to the lesson in the manual. Here is a link to my website, melaniewstroud.com Not only can you find the podcast and resources mentioned, but you will also find information on how to purchase my book, "Feasting on the Words of Christ." This book contains an easy five-step method for studying the Book of Mormon to receive personal dire…
…
continue reading