I'm Janet Quinlan, a Catholic life coach, and this is Finding Joy in Marriage and Motherhood - a podcast for women who want peace and joy in their marriage and motherhood. I'll help you create mindset shifts that change the way you discipline your children, love your husband, and enjoy your day. This podcast is about coaching women to be the best woman God is calling her to be. I'm a former elementary school teacher and homeschooler, a wife of 39 years, mother of 7, and "Grandma Jan" to 18 g ...
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New crayons, new backpacks, a special breakfast for the first day of school - these often accompany a new year as our children go back to school. But…whether you see it or not, whether your children say it or not – and they probably won’t – here’s what they really want and need for success in school and in life. Looking for a Catholic life coach to…
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This episode airs on the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, the Mother of Jesus – when Mary was taken up into heaven to be with her son. And so while so many moms in my audience are going through the chaos of back-to-school, I thought I’d record this episode as a reminder to all of us, that we have in Mary, the mother of Jesus, the perfect role model…
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If You Say it Enough, Does that Make it True?
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I think it’s important to see the cultural shifts that affect our families. Shifts in what used to be some issues for a few, now are so common place that EVERYONE suffers or deals with them. Serious issues are now considered normal or easily accepted and have become commonplace in our families. As soon as we make something common place – something …
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{REPLAY} Important Habits for School Success
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School success for your children depends on what happens inside the classroom AND outside the classroom. In this replay episode I talk about the most important habits to teach your children so they can love school and achieve all they're meant to achieve. Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a …
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As Michael and I celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary, and as our 2nd daughter gets married, I had an opportunity to reflect on what really makes a great marriage. This episode talks about the #1 secret to great marriages. Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me t…
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One of the biggest problems we have is that we have "dreams" or "expectations" about how our life, relationships, the behavior of our children, and our home culture should be. They're just fantasies with no clear actions to create them. Setting goals helps us act in the here and now to create the life we really want. Looking for a Catholic life coa…
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Whatever form "evil" takes in your life - sadness, anger, unmet expectations, St. Josemaria's advice to "Drown Evil in an Abundance of Good" works! Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan…
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We seem to always want to attack or find fault with people – with ourselves, with our husband, our children, our parents or in-laws. But if we take the “personal” away from assessing the situation, it’s so much more neutral. And when a situation is neutralized, we can let go of the flight or flight emotions we have and we can actually find solution…
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Teaching You How to Parent So You're a Happier Mom
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You can find my parenting course, "Virtue-Based Parenting" at janetquinlan.com/parentingcourse Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan.com for more information. Follow me on Instagram @ja…
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In this episode, I explore the dangers of labeling our children. As parents, when we label a child that label becomes a part of his or her identity because they look to us to know themselves - we box them into a specific behavior rather than helping them explore all parts of themselves. Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriag…
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The first step in creating your best summer for yourself and your family is to decide the results ahead of time. In this episode, I teach you key routines to have in your home that will create a general structure for your family life, while also giving freedom for lots of play. Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and mot…
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Who are you as a wife and mother? When you die, what do you want your husband and children to say about you? It's important to think about whether or not we're showing up in the world and in our family as we'd like to be remembered. Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session w…
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Why did you want to become a mother? I don't think many of us ask ourselves that question. It's just a rite of passage for many. And yet, the enormity of raising humans is an endeavor that forces us to identify our "Why". If not, we won't enjoy the process nor will we reap the benefits of sacrificial love. Looking for a Catholic life coach to help …
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You Become Who You Surround Yourself With
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Many different people have expressed this thought - you become who you surround yourself with. We taught this concept to our children as they were growing up and choosing friends. However, it isn’t just for our children and the friends they choose. It’s for all of us in many different ways. Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate mar…
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Did my motherhood shape my faith, or rather, did my faith shape my motherhood? I’m not sure I have the answer, but after that retreat when I understood that I wasn’t just marking time here, that I had a mission from God, I knew that when I embraced my vocation with a joy and fervor I had not done before, vocation and faith worked together to change…
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Self-care has gotten a bad rap, and I think that’s because we’ve blurred the lines of self-care and over-indulgence. We can’t live in either extreme – putting yourself so last that you’re not even on your list nor putting yourself 1st all the time to please all your whims and desires so that all you think about is yourself. So, let’s look at self-c…
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Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan.com for more information. Follow me on Instagram @janetquinlancoachingBy Janet Quinlan
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How do you find joy in motherhood or in your marriage? It's not by depending on yourself or expecting that your children will be perfect. We find hope and joy by seeking it. Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life yo…
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Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan.com for more information. Follow me on Instagram @janetquinlancoachingBy Janet Quinlan
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Interview: Navigating Your Relationship with Your In-laws
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Part of forming a family of your own is figuring out how to be in relationship with your spouse's family of origin. This episode is from "Fairest Love" Podcast where I was interviewed on how to accept and embrace the "in-law" relationship - from both sides! Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for …
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Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan.com for more information. Follow me on Instagram @janetquinlancoachingBy Janet Quinlan
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Our brain and it’s job to seek pleasure, avoid pain, and conserve energy is what creates the feeling of resistance - the force against the change or thing we need or want to do. And we need to just identify it that way – notice it, name it, find a way to move through it. Saying to ourselves, "Oh, this is just my brain resisting, but my brain doesn’…
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How do we express our love for our spouse? Do we wait until Valentine's Day and do what the world tells us - cards, flowers, and candy or is there a deeper, more meaningful way that love requires expression? Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coachin…
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I was thinking about what episode 200 could look like and I decided to keep it simple. My marriage probably isn’t much different than most of yours. We started off with rose colored marriage glasses and then the struggles came – and we had many. And they were serious and didn’t resolve quickly - probably just like your marriage. My children aren’t …
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Sibling rivalry is jealousy, competition and or fighting between brothers and sisters. Some experts say that sibling rivalry comes from children competing for their parent’s love. Others say the children's goal is to get their parent’s attention. Whether it’s about love or attention it’s ultimately about competition. Looking for a Catholic life coa…
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Procrastination makes you feel overwhelmed and incapable of taking charge of your life which, in turn, destroys your self-confidence. But when you say no to the short, immediate negative feeling of taking charge of your life, making the right decision to do the thing that needs to be done at the time you scheduled, THAT will make you feel strong, c…
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Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan.com for more information. Follow me on Instagram @janetquinlancoachingBy Janet Quinlan
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This episode is a replay of episode #4 - still relevant and still gives us something to consider as we find ourselves a little over a week away from Christmas! Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to …
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Judging others gives us a sense of control – even if that control is only in our thoughts. But when we judge others, it says more about us than about those we judge. We’re unconsciously judging ourselves and projecting that judgment onto others. Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coach…
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As we begin the "gift giving season", I'd like to give a different take on the most important gifts we can give to our husband, our children, our grandchildren, and those around us. Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the…
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Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan.com for more information. Follow me on Instagram @janetquinlancoachingBy Janet Quinlan
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Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan.com for more information. Follow me on Instagram @janetquinlancoachingBy Janet Quinlan
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How to Get Along Better with Your Mother-in-Law
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Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan.com for more information. Follow me on Instagram @janetquinlancoachingBy Janet Quinlan
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In this episode, I talk about the importance of protecting our child's innocence, but I begin with thoughts on why it is important to protect our own innocence! Do you want a home full of joy, beauty and Truth? It begins with taking from the world what you need, and then becoming very intentional about what you don't take in. Looking for a Catholic…
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How to Help Your Child Have a Good Self-Image
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Self-Image and self-esteem go hand in hand. Typically, a child with low self-esteem (how they feel about themselves) struggles because of a poor self-image (how they think about themselves). Check out this episode to identify poor self-esteem in your child and how you can nurture them to adopt a good self-image. Looking for a Catholic life coach to…
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Lessons I have Learned from my Grandchildren
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Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan.com for more information. Follow me on Instagram @janetquinlancoachingBy Janet Quinlan
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Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan.com for more information. Follow me on Instagram @janetquinlancoachingBy Janet Quinlan
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The secret to happiness is low expectations. So says pop culture. If you have low expectations you won't be disappointed or sad or feel any other kind of negative feelings. Is that really the life we want? In this episode I speak about the true cost of having low expectations - cost to ourselves, our relationships, our children and the goals and dr…
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We won't see the devil in red tights, horns, and breathing fire but he's in our midst and we have to be awake, aware and strong in our fight against him! Nothing would make him happier than for your family to fall apart. Listen to this episode to find the ways he quietly enters our lives, and learn how to live in God's peace. Looking for a Catholic…
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Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan.com for more information. Follow me on Instagram @janetquinlancoachingBy Janet Quinlan
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This isn’t just about keeping your house clean; it’s about forming the human spirit in virtue. The chores are simply the vehicle for deeper more important lessons and growth- Why is clearing the table or sweeping the floor so important to child’s well-being? One reason is that children feel competent when they do their chores. They feel capable. Wh…
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Why do we feel unfulfilled? Maybe it’s because we’re not all in - where we are isn’t where God wants us. Or maybe we’re not all in because where God wants us isn’t where we want to be. And rather than asking the question, “What does God want of me?” we stay stuck in the feeling of unfulfilled. We feel unfulfilled because we haven’t embraced God’s p…
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Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching can help you achieve the life you want! Go to janetquinlan.com for more information. Follow me on Instagram @janetquinlancoachingBy Janet Quinlan
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We all complain that we're so busy. And there are a growing number of experts who are in agreement that parents with good intentions are creating a generation of stressed, anxious kids thanks in part to their addiction to busyness and – you guessed it – the stresses and anxieties that come with it. But what is the real harm of all this 'being busy'…
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When we are attached to something, we have an emotional investment to it or to an outcome. We give away our emotional control to circumstances that either align with our attachment or misalign with our attachment. Learn in this episode how important and life-changing it is to detach from our expectations and the truly unimportant things in our life…
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Have you stopped and asked yourself lately how technology is affecting your children or how the tech and kids combo is changing your home life? What kind of family do you want in 10, 20 years? Create goals and an environment that will nurture that vision. Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a …
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[Rebroadcast] 5 Keys to a Successful Marriage
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As Michael and I celebrate our 39th wedding anniversary, I thought about what has helped us survive and thrive 39 years together! This episode is a rebroadcast of episode 30, but the 5 keys to a successful marriage are timeless. Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with …
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In this episode, I share a conversation we had on the "After Cana" podcast about the ups and downs and lessons learned in marriage. Make sure to share "After Cana" podcast with all young couples you know! Looking for a Catholic life coach to help you navigate marriage and motherhood? Sign up for a free coaching session with me to see how coaching c…
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Many people think that a boundary is a way of controlling someone else. But that’s not really what a boundary does. We can never control other people’s actions, feelings, or thoughts. But we can set up requests or boundaries that if not honored there will be consequences on our part. When we have strong boundaries in place, we honor who we are and …
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How does Church fit into your family life? It is a priority around which your family life revolves or is it just another 'obligation' to do during the week? Creating an environment where your children love going to mass and you love being together is a critical component to a close, faith-filled family life. Looking for a Catholic life coach to hel…
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