Do you struggle with the ideaology of a 'perfect' scripture study? Erin Ropelato, a former kindergarten teacher, has applied her knowledge of different learning styles to deconstruct this ideaology. Listen as we discuss a variety of ways to study scriptures, tailored to you! Take a look at her Free Learning Style Discovery Tool, as well as Free 8 S…

In this episode, Katrina Seamons describes the emotional intelligence tool she has created: Feeling cards! Feeling cards easily spur discussions on particular emotions, good or bad, helping parents connect to and understand their children. Get your cards today HERE!

One particular talk in the October 2022 General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints inspired this podcast. Tune in as I share my personal experience relating to the three levels of 'why' talked about in His Yoke Is Easy and His Burden Is Light By Sister J. Anette Dennis.

As a homeschool coach, Amanda Schenkenberger is a pro at connecting with kids in all aspects of life. Listen to her unique perspective in this interview, along with an exciting announcement about the upcoming event: Heart to Heart for the Holidays.

If you feel the weight of carrying the spiritual burden of your family, this episode is for you. I provide reassuances and share a few tips to help you with become the spiritual leader God needs you to be.By Diane Passey, parent guide and teen coach for Latter-day Saints

Nephi stated: "mine eyes water my pillow by night.." Have you ever related to these words? In this episode, we dive into the scriptures and the importance of prayer in overcoming heart-wrenching trials. Scripture we discussed: 2 Nephi 32:8-9By Diane Passey, parent guide and teen coach for Latter-day Saints

Did you know that most people can find their most successful coping strategies within 4 categories? Take this quiz to discover which coping strategies will best fit you! https://www.comehometopeace.com/opt-inBy Diane Passey, parent guide and teen coach for Latter-day Saints

Do you ever feel like no matter what you do, you’re never enough? Listen to this podcast as we dive into what your widow’s mite may look like.By Diane Passey, parent guide and teen coach for Latter-day Saints

Did you know that switching one word in your vocabulary will make the difference this school year? Whether you’ve started school already or are starting soon, learn how to make this school year the best it possibly can be!By Diane Passey, parent guide and teen coach for Latter-day Saints

What does it take to excell at sports on a highschool or college level? How does these skills apply to life? Nate Austin, BYU basketball player and basketball coach, shares his insights on what it takes to be a successful player.By Diane Passey, parent guide and teen coach for Latter-day Saints

Do you know a missionary who has returned home early? In this episode, I discuss what to say and what NOT to say and the struggle of being an early returned missionary. I reference these articles published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: Early-Returned Missionaries: You Aren’t Alone, I Returned Early from My Mission—Did I Ruin G…

Have you or a loved one experienced sexual betrayal trauma? How can you get the help you need in these heart wrenching circumstances? In this episode, Jeni Brockbank discusses with us what sexual betrayal trauma is along with her personal story. She shares helpful steps to take to heal and move forward. Here is Jeni's website: Betrayal Trauma SOS J…

Imposter syndrome is when you have a sense of being a fraud and a fear of being discovered. It often involves having high self doubt and low self confidence along with hiding behind a shield of perfectionism. Do you have imposter syndrome? In this episode I'll discuss how to combat this phenomenon.By Diane Passey, parent guide and teen coach for Latter-day Saints

Tamara K Anderson is host of the podcast, Stories of Hope in Hard Times, which is in the top 5% of podcasts listened to worldwide. In this episode we discuss what she's learned about developing resilience. To read the talk referenced, click here: But If Not...By Diane Passey, parent guide and teen coach for Latter-day Saints

Did you know that one of the best ways to connect with your kids is to get involved in their video games? In this episode, I share my discoveries as I connect with my kids through minecraft.By Diane Passey, parent guide and teen coach for Latter-day Saints

Melissa Merrill shares her personal experience with sextortion, an increasingly common predatory method. Listen to learn how you can protect your home and family from sextortionists. https://www.missingkids.org/HOMEBy Diane Passey, parent guide and teen coach for Latter-day Saints

Are you an emotion judge or emotion scientist? Which one is better? This episode will explore these different roles and which ones we want to use with our emotions.By Diane Passey, parent guide and teen coach for Latter-day Saints

How often do you feel joy? What if you knew a way you could feel joy for at least a moment every single day? In this episode I give you my favorite strategy for connecting with heaven daily so you can bring more peace and joy into your life. This strategy works for all ages, genders, income levels, and circumstances. Once you know what it looks lik…

Do you have a fixed or growth mindset? With a few simple questions, you can do a self check to see where your mindset is and what you can do to improve it. Your mindset will affect your teens mindset so taking a moment to listen to this episode will help your teen be able to grow to reach their full potential! For more information, order Carol Dwec…

The average teen spends 9 hours a day looking at a screen. Boys are gaming and girls are scrolling social media. Yet, none of us love looking at screens all day! There's good news... You are the boss of your phone, social media, screen time, and brain. Since most of us adults and therefore teens, use phones as a way to numb, medicate, or ignore the…

Most of us aren't aware of these six basic human needs. Not only is it important to learn about these needs, but it's essential to learn how to meet these needs ourselves. No one is responsible to meet our needs but ourself. We have to learn to love ourself, feel significant, provide stability and variety in our lives, connect with the Spirit, prov…

The adversary's job is to make our life hard. He is so envious of our bodies and experiences that he hopes to taint every aspect of being a human. His specific tactics may vary depending on what our individual weaknesses are. But he is NOT creative in the way he goes about bringing us down. In this episode you'll learn what to watch for and how to …

We may think that the stories we tell about our own experiences have to be all rainbows and unicorns, but there is a healing power when you tell your story. It brings generations together and gives our children hope and inspiration. How do we go about telling these stories? How do we fit recording them into our chaotic lives? What if you don't thin…

You’ll get your missionaries suits, white shirts, sturdy shoes, and a bike. But did you teach your missionary how to fail? Do they know which coping skills to use? Do they know how to handle stress? Can they clearly communicate with other young adults? What happens when they get angry? How well can they connect with others? Are they perfectionists?…

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria or RSD is an overwhelming emotional sensation that a person may experience in response to an actual or perceived rejection or criticism. It is a serious condition that can result in low mood and self-esteem and is not a person being overly sensitive. Kids and teens with AHDH are much more likely to experience RSD than …

I used to think that if I was a good parent, my kids would excel in school. I did all the things and all the extra stuff that I thought really made a difference and felt really good about myself. Then I had a couple special needs kiddos. Now I know that my kids success has nothing to do with my parenting. I work really hard with my kids and they do…

Although it's easy to look at all of the difficulties that ADHD brings, people with this type of brain has amazing superpowers. Incredible strengths. Powerful abilities. Unique opportunities. I am so stinking excited to talk to you about these superpowers. These kids need to know that they are unique, brilliant, and will change the world with the p…

ADD is a place where we are constant reminders for our kids. They get distracted super easily - and even though you reminded them 30 seconds ago, you may be reminding them another 12 times in the next 15 minutes. The magic to parenting an ADHD child and staying sane is to love them unconditionally, be the soft place for them to fall, and to have a …

According to ADDmagazine.com see reference here, about 6.1 million (9.4%) of children between the ages of 2 and 17 have been diagnosed with ADD. This figure includes: 388,000 (2.4 percent) of young children aged 2 to 5 years 2.4 million (9.6 percent) of school-age children aged 6 to 11 years 3.3 million (13.6 percent) of adolescents aged 12 to 17 y…

Perfectionism is one of the most common issues I come across when working with clients. As adults, many of us have chosen or become “perfectionists” but the youth nowadays are facing an epidemic of perfectionism as they navigate the pressures of social media we didn’t have 30 years ago. Perfectionism is the belief that everything must be perfect al…

Today’s podcast, We’ll unpack why the power of simply naming emotions is just that - powerful. If you ask someone the number of emotions they could name in one minute, the answer will be an average of 11. Eleven emotion words. That’s it. The first three emotions we name are happy, sad, and angry. With emotional resilience and intelligence only beco…

Affirmations can help you create new things in your life. You use them all the time, but most of us don’t recognize them. We get caught up in a trap of negative self-talk and seeing things through negative tinted lenses. But what if we could change all of that? What if we could make our lives better, help us feel more powerful, and get through time…

🥰 Words of Affirmation, 🤗 Physical Touch, ⌚ Quality Time, 💁 Acts of Service, and 🎁 Receiving Gifts. The Five Love Languages, developed by Dr. Gary Chapman (link to his website here) was first published in1973. Since the time he released his first book, he's been able to help us understand ourselves better as well as parent our kids and teenagers in…

"Never underestimate the empowering effect of human connection. All you need is that one person, who understand you completely, believes in you and makes you feel loved for what you are, to enable you to unfold the miraculous you." -Drishti Bablani, Wordions It can be a little tricky to navigate your relationship with your teenagers. It's really co…

Do you ever feel like you are talking and talking and nobody hears you? ✋✋✋ I’ve been there. Life with a huge household of kids meant that at one point I was always yelling at something or someone. Most parents can totally relate to this feeling. It feels powerless, frustrating, and desperate. What if there was a better way? I'm here to tell you th…

Mission, college, a job, travel, gap year??? If you're like most parents, sometime during your teen's senior year, you'll probably have a panic moment. Are they ready? What will they do? Can they make it? Have you done your job? One minute you see them all grown up and the next moment they seem way too young to be making all those huge adult decisi…

Have you felt like God just isn't there? The further you reach to feel Him, the emptier you feel? I have! I've had times in my life that I've pleaded for answers to prayers and tried really hard to find peace and refuge from the storms of life. I just wanted to know that God heard me and had a plan for me. When we're caught up in a storm that keeps…

"New research from technology companies suggests that children under the age of 10 now account for 22% of online porn consumption among the under 18 age while 10-14 year-olds make up 36% of minor consumers" (Bitdefender, 2016) Don't think pornography is a problem in your home? Think again. "There was a disconnect between parents’ perceptions of the…

This podcast episode may bring all kinds of emotions to the surface for you. What were the expectations of grades when you were growing up? What expectations do you have for your kids when it comes to school? If your kids fail, does that mean you're not a good parent? What about special needs kids? What do the letters of the alphabet or numbers on …

Is failure a trigger for you? 😟 It sure has been for me. If you're like me and are a recovering perfectionist, failure is very uncomfortable. But the more I've practiced failing (yes, you can practice failing!) the better I've become at it. And the better I get at failing, the more successful and happy I've become. ✨ (Sounds backward, right?) ✨ If …

Each year on New Year's Eve, my family had one tradition I did not love. My Grandma would have us write out our goals for the following year on a piece of paper. We’d fold them up and she would store them in this special envelope until the following year. We’d open up our goals and see what goals we had accomplished and then write out new goals for…

This week is Christmas. I want to give you the most wonderful and beautiful gift. I would like to wrap it up in beautiful paper, put a shiny bow on it and deliver it to you. I’d love to give each individual a gift of self-love this Christmas. You, my friends, are amazing. You are beautiful. You have more value and influence than you know. You are d…

What if our culture focused on self-love, self-acceptance, and trusting our bodies to do what they needed to do? What if we never felt guilt and shame around food? What would it be like to eat when you're hungry and not when you're stressed out or emotional? When we know better, we do better. As you listen to this podcast, keep that in mind. I have…

As a person who has struggled with depression for many years of my life AND parent of children and teens who have also experienced depression, I’ll tell you – this journey isn’t an easy one. Childhood depression is a difficult situation to manage. We watch our children, full of life and excitement, diminish to these kids who stay to themselves, don…

To get access to the referenced resource "Counseling vs. Coaching" click this link to have it emailed to you. Many of the parents I speak to wonder if working with a coach is the right solution for them or their teens. Counseling (or therapy) has been the traditional means of looking for a deeper understanding of our thought patterns, beliefs, and …

Today in this final episode of the Anxiety 101 four-part series, I share with you the main sources of anxiety that I see in myself and my clients. Perfectionism Insecurities Control Discomfort Fear Each has its own role in our lives and each can cause its own type of anxiety issues. I used to brag about being a perfectionist because I felt like it …

This episode might feel a little heavy today, but the good news is that there is so so much help out there. Anxiety is so common that there are many places to go and treatment options available to help you get to where you’d like to be. Do you know the differences between panic attacks and anxiety? Panic attacks usually occur without a trigger. Anx…

In part 1 of this Anxiety 101 series, we learned that anxiety is your body’s natural response to stress. It’s a feeling of fear or apprehension about what’s to come. The first day of school, going to a job interview, or giving a speech may cause most people to feel fearful and nervous. In part 2, we talk about what anxiety might look like in your t…

Did you know... In the latest national study, only 38% of the respondents reported to NOT having anxiety. (That means 62% do!) Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older Anxiety disorders are highly treatable, yet only 36.9% of those suffering receive treatment…

The digital scale read 201 pounds. I stared at it in disbelief. Although I had 2 young kids and an amazing husband, I couldn't imagine being worthy of anything if my weight was 201 pounds. I knew that ending my life that day would serve my husband, my two kids, my family members, and my friends the best. I would help them avoid the shame that they …