Finding Joy in the Journey: Recent Episodes
Sheridan Ripley
I love to share a tip or tool each week to help YOU find Joy in YOUR Journey through life.
Short and sweet episodes, with a simple tool to try each week.
Welcome and join in the conversation @powerupyourprayers
In this episode we explore how to navigate sudden changes in life with grace and adaptability.
I share some personal stories of interrupted plans and howflexibility allowed for new opportunities and insights along with practical tips.
01:07 The Impact of Unexpected Changes
03:00 Stories of Flexibility and Adaptation
04:12 Navigating Change with Curiosity
06:45 Making Conscious Choices
08:28 The Power of Flexibility and Flow
10:11 Practical Tips for Embracing Change
12:07 Conclusion: Finding New Paths
Explore my favorite money tools that can transform how you think and manage your finances. From Ramit Sethi's Teach Meto Be Rich series to a practical budgeting app and 2 other enlightening books on money mindset
00:04 Exploring Ramit Sethi's Financial Resources
01:56 Benefits and Challenges of Financial Discussions
03:01 Second Favorite Tool: YNAB (You Need A Budget)
04:08 Recommended Books for Financial Mindset
In this episode, I share the items and concepts that have significantly impacted my life over the past year. From practical household tools to self-improvement resources, discover a variety of recommendations that might save your life too. Visit my website for links to all the products and services mentioned.
https://sheridanripley.com/2025-top-picks/
Essential Tools for Enhancing Communication in Your Marriage
In this episode, we're diving into two key tools that have transformed my marriage by improving communication. I'll share insights from Dr. Wyatt's 'The Bullseye Question' and the Connection Codes' emotion wheel.
Demonstrating how these techniques create a safe space for sharing and understanding emotions.
Tune in to discover how you can apply these practical tools to strengthen your relationship with your spouse
00:57 The Bullseye Question by Dr. Wyatt
02:55 Connection Codes Emotion Wheel
04:25 Demonstrating the Connection Code Wheel
07:04 Benefits and Personal Experiences
Dr. Wyatt Fisher
Connection Codes
In this episode, I share some exciting changes coming to the Finding Joy in The Journey podcast. With my primary focus shifting to the Awesome Autism Tools podcast, I'll be releasing new episodes of Finding Joy in The Journey every other week until the end of 2025. Despite the changes, I'm committed to delivering content that brings joy and value to our listeners, and I look forward to your input and feedback on future series and episodes.
On the final day of the Loving Yourself More experience, I encourage you to reflect on your journey of self-love. Ponder using the idea of implementing a 'fast, feast, ask' approach for the next 40 days. Some examples you could choose from (or create your own!): fasting from negative self-talk - feasting on kind words for yourself - asking for increased self-lovefasting from victim energy - feasting on gratitude - asking for more 'hero' energyfasting from mean girl energy - feasting on being your own best friend - asking for more self-worthfasting from self-judgement - feasting on new daily routine of _________ - asking for self-compassionHere is a podcast episode more about the feast/fast/ask idea I am so grateful you have taken this time for loving yourself more.I would love to hear how it has helped you!If you feel like you would like more support check out the different sessions I offer.
I encourage you to continue using the self-love techniques you have learned over the past 19 days. Here is a recap of all the strategies discussed so far and suggest you choose one or two techniques that resonate with you the most to incorporate into your daily routine. Show up for yourself!Visualization of unlocking love balls and placing them in the heart.Embracing all feelings (good and bad), practice how to feel feelings.Seeing yourself as the hero of your own story.Clarify your desires and reasons behind them.Clear unhelpful beliefs daily - use the simple 3-minute tool - Release and Embrace.Being your own best friend.Praying and asking for angelic help.Practicing self-love in front of the mirror.Using love from nature as self-love.Performing acts of kindness for yourself.Speaking kindly to yourself.Use affirmations.Recall past feelings of love and applying to yourself now.Grounding and shielding daily.Choosing to love life and experiences.Forgiving and being grateful for yourself.By doing so, you can enhance your self-love journey. Let's keep the momentum going and love ourselves more each day!
I love the transformative power of gratitude and how it can elevate your journey towards self-love. Learn how gratitude is intertwined with forgiveness and love, and how it can change your energy and perspective. From simple daily acknowledgments to profound insights, discover the hidden tool that can bring more joy into your life. Don't forget to write down five things you're grateful for about yourself as part of this weeks challenge!Join the online classroom for a special forgiveness squared with yourself tool.
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Harness the transformative power of forgiveness. Learn why we struggle with self-love and how feelings of guilt and judgment hold us back. Discover how forgiving ourselves, others, and even inanimate objects can free us from negativity. Take time to embrace forgiveness today and unlock the love you deserve.https://sheridanripley.com/14-hooponopono-squared-a-silly-name-for-a-powerful-healing-tool/Or join the online class to access a visualization of Forgiveness Squared - specifically for forgiving yourself.https://school.sheridanripley.com/56472
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Loving Yourself through good and challenging timesHow can you love your life and experiences, especially the challenging ones?Discover tools to bridge the gap between challenge and love, and the significance of forgiving yourself and moving forward with faith and hope. Here is a link to The Mexico Miracle - https://amzn.to/4gvSPtu
Dive into the concepts of grounding and shielding to enhance self-love. Learn why it is important to stay grounded and protect your energy from external influences.This will help your heart to feel safe to love itself more! Ground - https://sheridanripley.com/7-grounding-in-3-steps/Shielding - https://sheridanripley.com/8-color-shield-crazy-way-to-stay-safe/Sign up for my newsletter for my Ground and Shield with a Song Class https://sheridanripley.com/about-me/enjoy-life-newsletter/
Let’s explore how to remember and embrace past experiences of love, either love for ourselves or for others. By tapping into these moments, we learn how to feel that love deeply and accept it into our hearts. This practice helps in increasing our self-love, reminding us that every little bit counts in our journey to love ourselves more.Here is a link to The Mexico Miracle - https://amzn.to/4gvSPtu
Today we focus on the power of affirmationsand how they can help us speak kindly to ourselves. Let Affirmations build on each other to help our minds and bodies accept them.Downloadable PDFs and Word documents containing these affirmations will be available in the online classroom.Join the online classroom here for more tools! https://school.sheridanripley.com/56472
Today, we dive into the importance of positive self-talkand how it can transform your relationship with yourself. I'll share my personal journey from negative self-chatter to loving self-communication. Drawing on my experience as a birth doula, I emphasize the power of speaking to yourself with kindness, much like you would to someone in a delicate situation. Join me in setting small, manageable goals to improve the way you speak to yourself, ultimately creating greater self-love. Remember, every kind word is a step towards a brighter, more loving you.
Today's focus is on doing something kind for yourself, recognizing yourself as your own best friend. Whether it's reading a book, listening to a fun song, going on an adventure, or simply enjoying a cup of herbal tea.The key is to find what feels right for you and make time for it. Remember, acts of self-kindness can be small or bigand it's important to listen to your needs and desires. Join the online classroom here for more tools! https://school.sheridanripley.com/56472
This week I recap key highlights from our recent Zoom class in the online classroom, where we cleared a negative energetic weapon, symbolized by a giant hammer of judgment and criticism. We replaced it with comforting images of a soft blanket or pillow embodying love and acceptance. Additionally, we visualized repairing our love bucket, transforming it into a beautiful, ornamental bucket brimming with love. Tune in to explore how we can remove hurtful energetic weapons from our lives and replace them with comforting, loving energy. Don't miss out on the deep dive into these transformative exercises by watching the full class recording in the online classroom. https://school.sheridanripley.com/56472Join my VIP group for a coupon code! :) https://sheridanripley.com/about-me/enjoy-life-newsletter/Also join us in my MPoWeR Facebook Group of Instagram @powerupyourprayers for discussion! https://www.facebook.com/groups/mpowerwithsheridan
Today, we'll explore a unique tool to help you love yourself and your body more. By focusing on something you love in nature, like a flower, tree, or animal, and transferring that love to yourself, you can boost self-love and acceptance. Try this exercise and let me know if it makes a positive difference for you!
This weeks challenge involves looking into the mirror and expressing gratitude and love for the parts of yourself that you may not like. Whether it's a scar, your hair, or a part of your arm, acknowledge it, thank it, and tell it you love it. This exercise aims to help you cultivate self-love and acceptance. Tomorrow, a new idea will be shared to further support this specific challenge .
Explore two powerful tools for increasing self-love: prayer and angels. Learn how to ask for divine assistance from God, Jesus, and angels, and discover how specific prayers can help you foster self-compassion and kindness. Here is how to access a free 5-day course on asking angels for help.https://sheridanripley.com/ask-the-angels-they-are-anxious-to-help-you/Join the online classroom here for more tools! https://school.sheridanripley.com/56472Join my VIP group for a coupon code! :) https://sheridanripley.com/about-me/enjoy-life-newsletter/Also join us in my MPoWeR Facebook Group for discussion! https://www.facebook.com/groups/mpowerwithsheridan
Learn the importance of being your own best friend and nurturing self-love. We can not depend on other people to fill our love buckets!By focusing on loving and appreciating yourself, you can increase your inner love!
This week we delve deeper into the beliefs that obstruct self-love. Discover how to identify and clear limiting beliefs efficiently, using various tools and techniques. We discuss sorting beliefs into core categories for rapid clearing, and link to a related podcast episode for more insights. You'll also find practical exercises and resources to start shedding these beliefs and enhancing your self-love journey.
In the online classroom, the hour class I did was a session on clearing out limiting beliefs, including inherited ones, about loving ourself and then putting IN the positive beliefs about loving ourself. It was very powerful and definitely worth your time!
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This week our focus is on identifying and understanding your motivation for self-love. It is important to recognize what you want and why you want it, as this awareness helps maintain momentum and overcome obstacles.
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This week we explore the difference between a victim mentality and a victor mentality. Learn how to stop hiding your love away due to past hurts and take control of your narrative as the hero of your own story. Gain insights into transforming your mindset with helpful tools, stories, and analogies (even Snow White!). Embrace the power of choice and self-love, and become the hero in your journey to love yourself more.Join the online classroom here for more tools! https://school.sheridanripley.com/56472Join my VIP group for a coupon code! :) https://sheridanripley.com/about-me/enjoy-life-newsletter/Also join us in my MPoWeR Facebook Group for discussion! https://www.facebook.com/groups/mpowerwithsheridan
This week we explore the importance of feeling your emotions and recognizing that it's safe to experience both positive and negative feelings. Using a series of reflective questions, you will learn how to tap into feelings of calm, love, self-worth, acceptance, and compassion. Practice these exercises daily to improve your emotional awareness and self-love. Don't forget to check out the linked episodes and simplified feeling wheel for further guidance!Links Mentioned:Feeling Feelings Episode with SIMPLE feeling wheel - https://sheridanripley.com/5-steps-to-feel-emotions/Self-Worth, Self-Acceptance, Self Compassion podcast episode - https://sheridanripley.com/the-garden-of-self-love-nurturing-compassion-worth-and-acceptance/Join the online classroom here for more tools! https://school.sheridanripley.com/56472Join my VIP group for a coupon code! :) https://sheridanripley.com/about-me/enjoy-life-newsletter/Also join us in my MPoWeR Facebook Group for discussion! https://www.facebook.com/groups/mpowerwithsheridan
This week we'll explore the concept of how we are born filled with love and how life experiences can cause us to lock that love away. Through a short and sweet guided visualization, you'll learn how to unlock that love within yourself and allow it to shine out. This practice aims to help you love yourself more, promoting self-acceptance and inner peace. Let's take practical steps to unlock those 'bubbles of light' and let our hearts shine brighter.Join the online classroom here for access to the longer visualization!
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We begin a 21-week journey of fun, easy, and short activities aimed at helping you love yourself more. This week take time each day to show up for yourself! That will help you recognize you are worth loving more. Good Job! Join the online classroom for the 21-Day Love Yourself More Experience here for more tools! https://school.sheridanripley.com/56472Join my VIP group for a coupon code! :) https://sheridanripley.com/about-me/enjoy-life-newsletter/Also join us in my MPoWeR Facebook Group or Instagram @powerupyourprayers discussion! https://www.facebook.com/groups/mpowerwithsheridan
It was a mindshift to really understand that I can actually love others more when I love myself more.
This experience with my son and our automatic kitchen faucet really taught me that!
Get ready for 21 weeks of loving yourself more.
I am busy starting a new podcast- Awesome Autism Tools -
and was so grateful I could share the audio of my 21-day challenge over 21 weeks for you.
They are new to most of you and a nice reminder of those who have heard them. :)
Fasting, Feasting, and Asking: Transformative PracticeIn this episode, we explore the concepts of fasting, feasting, and asking, inspired by a practice I tried during Lent in 2023, where I successfully improved communication with my husband by implementing this method.Fasting from avoiding conversationsFeasting on communicationAsking for a deeper connection. This year I was inspired by the Telepathy Tape Podcast to create a new podcast. Fasting from this current podcast of Finding Joy in the JourneyFeasting on focusing and and diving into a focus on new content, including my experiences working with nonverbal autistic children for over 11 years, with this shift being inspired by the telepathy tape podcast. I am asking that God will help my new podcast into the ears of those who will benefit from it.Once I have it up, I will come back and link to my new podcast here!I wrap up the episode with suggesting some ideas to go along with the loveyourself more challenge. Such as:Fasting from negative self-talkFeasting on kind words to oneselfAsking for increased self-love.I can’t wait to hear how you apply this tool!
Delve deep into the importance of acknowledging and feeling emotions.
How do emotions manifest physically?
Why is it important to allow ourselves to feel emotions?
Some strategies to process emotions....
and more!
00:00 Introduction to Feelings
00:08 Thoughts vs. Feelings: Which Comes First?
01:24 Understanding and Naming Feelings
02:15 Physical Manifestations of Emotions
04:28 The Importance of Acknowledging Emotions
08:54 Navigating Grief and Low Vibrations
10:45 Tools for Managing Emotions
11:55 Conclusion and Further Resources
Transforming Negative Beliefs: Letting Go and Embracing Positivity
In this episode, we explore the process of identifying and changing negative beliefs that hold us back from loving ourselves.
Learn how to replace these thoughts with positive ones and understand the impact of core beliefs related to worthlessness, failure, abandonment, and scarcity.
With insights into how beliefs form and practical techniques for clearing them, you'll gain valuable tools for personal growth.
Plus, get a sneak peek into next week's focus on the connection between thoughts and feelings and learn how you can join our self-love class for a deeper dive.
00:00 Introduction to Changing Negative Beliefs
00:27 Identifying Common Negative Beliefs
00:50 Sources of Our Beliefs
01:28 Choosing and Changing Beliefs
01:51 Personal Story: Misinterpreted Belief
02:48 Visualizing and Clearing Thoughts
03:56 Upcoming Topics and Self-Love Class
06:09 Clearing Techniques for Negative Beliefs
06:30 Personal Example: Cooking and Beliefs
09:04 Final Thoughts and Encouragement
Breaking down self-love into three essential components: self-compassion, self-worth, and self-acceptance.
Using a garden analogy, Sheridan explains how self-worth is the fertile soil that forms the foundation; self-compassion is the water that nourishes, and self-acceptance acts as the protective fence.
Each aspect is crucial for fostering a thriving 'self-love garden' where you can grow and reach your full potential.
Which of these 3 areas do you need to work on most?
00:00 Introduction to Self-Love
00:32 Understanding Self-Compassion
01:14 Exploring Self-Worth
01:50 Embracing Self-Acceptance
02:40 The Garden Analogy of Self-Love
04:31 Interconnection of Self-Worth, Compassion, and Acceptance
06:20 Conclusion and Self-Love Challenge
6 Powerful Self-Healing Tools to Transform Your Life
These tools include scribbling, journaling and shredding, affirmations, tapping, grounding and shielding, and deep breathing exercises.
Each method provides unique ways to clear out negativeenergy, process emotions, and instill positive beliefs.
You can use these self-healingtools during the '21 Day Love Yourself More Challenge.'
Join me as I teach you these techniques
00:00 Introduction to Healing Tools
00:17 Scribbling Technique for Emotional Release
01:24 Journaling and Shredding for Emotional Processing
02:21 Using Affirmations to Build Positive Beliefs
03:03 Tapping for Emotional Freedom
04:12 Grounding and Shielding for Energy Protection
05:08 Breathing Techniques for Energy Clearing
06:15 Conclusion and Additional Resources
LINKS:
Scribbling
Write and Burn (looks like I need to do a podcast aboutthis!)
Affirmations
Tapping (looks like I need to do a podcast about this too!)
Grounding
Shielding
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Breathing
Discover practical tips to enhance self-love and self-care.
Covering the importance of self-compassion, affirmations, positive self-talk, setting boundaries, self-care practices, mindfulness and meditation, and expressing gratitude.
By incorporating these practices into your life, you canincrease awareness, acceptance, and kindness towards yourself.
Join the 21-day 'Love Yourself More' challenge to deepenyour journey into self-love.
https://sheridanripley.com/loveyourselfmore/
Overcoming Obstacles to Self-Love: Comparison, Guilt, Shame, and Limiting Beliefs
Explore the differences between shame, guilt, and godly sorrow.
Learn the importance of recognizing and changing limiting beliefs.
00:00 Introduction to Overcoming Obstacles
00:06 The Trap of Comparison
00:58 Finding Neutral Sources for Improvement
01:48 Dealing with Emotions: Guilt and Shame
04:14 Understanding Limiting Beliefs
05:28 Changing Beliefs and Emotions
05:48 21-Day Love Yourself Challenge
The Power of Self-Love: what self-love really means and why it's crucial for your well-being.
Tune in to understand how self-love can help lower stress,improve relationships, and increase your overall happiness and resilience.
Get inspired to join the upcoming 'Love Yourself More 21 Day Challenge.
https://sheridanripley.com/loveyourselfmore/
SelfLove #MentalHealth #PersonalGrowth #TonyRobbins#ChristianMusic #Resilience #SelfEsteem #WellnessJourney #21DayChallenge#LoveYourselfMore
Why Crying is as Normal as Peeing: Embrace Your Emotions
In this episode, I explore the idea that crying can be justas natural and necessary as other forms of physical release, such as peeing.Through a personal story, learn why crying shouldn't require justification and how it's essential for emotional health. If you feel the need to cry but can't, try listening to music or watching a movie that triggers your tears.
Embrace your emotions and understand the importance of releasing them, much like you would with any other bodily function.
Plus, get a helpful tip on deep breathingto aid in emotional release.
Embracing Miracles: My Word for 2025
In this episode, Sheridan shares her word for 2025:'miracles,' and the mixed emotions it initially evoked. She recounts theexperience of choosing this word through prayer. Despite her initial fear, inspired by pastevents where miraculous outcomes followed harrowing situations, she now embracesthe word.
Sheridan shares her affirmation: 'I choose to witnessmiracles every day,' emphasizing the power of witnessing and sharing dailymiracles, even the uneventful ones.
Join the free online class your meaningful word for theyear.
00:00 Introduction: My Word for 2025
00:15 Choosing the Word: The Journey
00:37 Embracing Miracles: From Fear to Acceptance
01:28 Uneventful Miracles: A Personal Story
02:52 Daily Affirmations: Witnessing Miracles
04:36 Applying the Word: Life Wheel and Visuals
05:48 Conclusion: Finding Your Word
Find your word for next year using my free class
sheridanripley.com/findword
In this week's podcast, Sheridan shares her transformativeexperience with adopting three words for the year 2024: Relax, Receive, Radiate.
She explains how each word played a critical role in herself-growth, especially through enrolling in a coaching program specifically for Enneagram Type 9's and learning to ask confidently for help.
An experience of breaking her foot emphasized the importance of truly resting.
The host also reflects on radiating God's love as a part ofher personal and spiritual journey.
Listeners are encouraged to find their own word, throughSheridan’s free class, for the upcoming year and join her community for support.
00:00 Introduction: The Power of Words for the Year
00:14 The Three Words for 2020: Relax, Receive, Radiate
01:07 The Bold Nine Coaching Program Experience
02:19 Transforming Family Dynamics: The Private ChefRevelation
04:09 A Forced Lesson in Relaxation
05:32 Radiating God's Love
06:17 Conclusion: Embrace Your Word for the Year
Here is the link to the free class, as well as how to have me intuitively pick a word for you!
The Power of Choosing a Word forthe Year
In this episode, Sheridan discusses the transformative practice of selecting a focus word for the year.
Starting with her personal journey in 2008 with the word 'Zen,' she shares how picking a word annually has brought growth, ease, and clarity into her life.
She explains the significance of involving God’s guidance, creating affirmations, and how each chosen word has shaped her experiences.
Sheridan offers a free class to help you find your word for the upcoming year, along with support via her newsletter, Facebook group, and Instagram.
She also has a service where she intuitively finds words for others.
00:00 Introduction: The Power of a Word
00:11 My First Word: Zen (2008)
01:06 The Turning Point: Involving God (2018)
01:39 Free Class: My Gift to You
02:18 Personal Word Stories: 2018-2023
05:04 The Gift of Healing
09:43 Gift of a Word for the New Year
Links:
Sign up for free class here
You have to have hope when you go whale watching, otherwise you would never venture out.
We were blessed with seeing a whale who gave a us a great show at the end of our whale watching cruise.
It made me get in touch with the power of whales and how to bring that into my daily life.
Let's keep in touch on Instagram or Facebook!
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Visiting Lahaina and seeing the remains of the fire destruction, was overwhelming.
A church meeting brought clarity and peace.
With an image of serving with two hands inspiring me moving forward.
Let's keep in touch on Instagram or Facebook!
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Ponderings from Thanksgiving.
How can we make gratitude more meaningful?
A gratitude, not only of the lips...
but of the SOUL?
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Sometimes you need to take a break from things,
to help you find more joy in your journey.
I am going to have to take a podcast break,
But I hope to be back sometime in 2024!
Let's keep in touch on Instagram or Facebook!
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See you in 2024!
Whether it is a change in your family dynamics
or the change that the holiday season brings.
These 4 easy steps will help you find joy in the journey!
I share my biggest goal for 2023 and how it is going.
It was funny when I started recording I couldn't remember why I had set this goal, but at the end I suddenly remembered.
And it has given me the motivation to continue forward!
We talked about saboteurs last week.
This week we will talk about your sage powers.
Which is your positive brain, the wiser part of you! :)
There are 5 sage powers, listen in to learn more!
We all have a judge inside of us.
We also have other saboteurs that pop up!
I share the other saboteurs that get in our way!
We bought so many different things for our 5 week trip.
Here I cover the best and worst tools and tips I tried.
A few must haves for any length trip
a few things I WISH I had gotten
and some that were not worth getting!
The last day of our trip
was maybe the most magical.
Part of that was because Stonehenge was EMPTY,
which never happens according to our private tour guide.
Find out what made that possible
and how timing of things can make a huge difference
in trips
and
in life!
I have talked about 1/24/50/24/1 before.
In a day, or a week, or a trip...
1% is horrible, 24% is bad, 50% is good, 24% is great, 1% is awesome.
And this really helped keep my perspective during our 33-day trip.
And that 1% horrible actually showed up on the very first day.
Italy was our first chunk and it was just Bryson and I. And I had it all planned out so that we would land, we’d have plenty of time to get to our Airbnb. It would still be daylight.
I knew how to get there on this special train in Rome and it was going to be easy.
Well, it did not go that way.
HELPFUL LINKS
Today’s Show notes – sheridanripley.com/1-24-50-24-1-travel
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Podcast Episodes – https://sheridanripley.com/category/podcast/
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Gain Free Access to My Favorite Tools
How not to shoot yourself with an arrow twice
AND
How to avoid spending an extra $200 for Metro tickets in Paris!
HELPFUL LINKS
Today’s Show notes – sheridanripley.com/expensive-metro-tickets
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Grab a Copy of one of my Books
Gain Free Access to My Favorite Tools
Whenever you have something big in front of you, try to break it into chunks.
Then, it doesn’t feel so overwhelming.
Also, reviewing how things are going between chunks,
what went well
what could you do better for the next chunk?
can really help you to process and then move forward with confidence into the next chunk “or section” of your journey.
With my 33 day trip, I broke it into five chunks of the actual trip, but really seven chunks when I include the preparation, and then readjusting back to home.
HELPFUL LINKS
Macros 101 - https://www.bicepsafterbabies.com/macros/
Travel Affirmations - https://sheridanripley.com/affirmations-helped-me-survive-trip/
Follow me on Instagram @powerupyourprayers
Podcast Episodes – https://sheridanripley.com/category/podcast/
Grab a Copy of one of my Books
Gain Free Access to My Favorite Tools
I loved doing this interview with Catherine Read about her book The Genius of Home.
My 2 youngest boys went to a Waldorf Inspired Charter school and I loved it, I think they did too...
So I enjoyed reading Catherine's book about her journey doing school at home with the Waldorf Curriculum.
We dove into daily, weekly and seasonal rhythms.
And then talked about how we are parents are the students in our family. Or how taking this mindset can help.
You can check out her book The Genius of Home here.
Catherine's website is https://thegeniusofhome.org/
and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bycatherineread/
I was so afraid about my 33 Day Trip
We had a chance to do some long-awaited traveling in May and June, and I had a lot of anxiety and worries about it beforehand.
I did a lot of emotional clearing, life coaching, and using affirmations in the months before our trip, so I could find joy in that travel journey.
And it worked!
I share them with you today.
You can download a copy on my website.
sheridanripley.com/affirmations-helped-me-survive-trip
I'm Back! :)
I share an example of how this was true for Devon.
Then I share the exciting news - I am changing my podcast back to
Finding Joy in the Journey.
I am excited to move forward with this! Hear my reasons why. :)
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I am happy to report I am mothering a high schooler differently this time.
My youngest son is 5 years younger than my middle son and as Bryson is doing high school things now, I can see so clearly how I am at least trying to do things differently this time.
I recently saw this with Bryson asking a girl to homecoming. (** I am taking a break for May/June and also JULY! So this is a repeat episode. I should be back in August. :)
When Carson did this, it was such a stressful time as I tried to help him with these things. It was not fun for me at all!
So, this fall as Bryson started pondering asking a girl to homecoming, I sort of got sucked back into my old way of “helping” which was to stress out and try to help too much.
I found myself saying, “I wish you weren’t even going, this is just too much.”
Here are the steps I took to break that pattern!
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Pause, what is this pattern and what thoughts, and emotions are behind it?
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What do you actually want?
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What do you need to do to create that?
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What emotions do you need to clear to help open the path to take you there?
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Clear the emotions
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Choose a new thought and actions
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Take them and give yourself grace and try again!
Tips to clear the emotions around the situation
Take a bit of time to figure out what you want and find a new thought and emotions to help you create that. Sometimes you do need to also clear the emotions around it, especially if they are strong!
The power of neutrality can be super helpful!
A fast and easy way to do this is scribbling
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If you find yourself struggling with moving past a situation or maybe you are just overwhelmed with the emotions you are having, scribbling is such a great tool.
It is also SO easy to use this tool with children. They are pros!
I love sharing this tools with my students. It is easy to do and works so well.
HELPFUL LINKS
See a video here - https://sheridanripley.com/21-7-steps-to-scribble-out-emotions-and-stress/
If you want to dive deeper, you can read Allie Duzett’s Book The Scribbling Solution.
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** I am taking a break for May/June and also JULY! So this is a repeat episode. I should be back in August. :)
Do you notice that you are telling yourself stories all day long? Stories about your choices, what other people are doing, you name it.
For instance, if my husband doesn’t do the dishes at night like he said he will, I will often tell myself the story of “He doesn’t love me.” In the morning when I see the sink full of dishes.
Ahh, that is not a good story to tell myself. But what can I do to change it?
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Do you notice that you are telling yourself stories all day long? Stories about your choices, what other people are doing, you name it.
For instance, if my husband doesn’t do the dishes at night like he said he will, I will often tell myself the story of “He doesn’t love me.” In the morning when I see the sink full of dishes.
Ahh, that is not a good story to tell myself. But what can I do to change it?
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Yep…. This is where the 1/24/50/24/1 comes in handy.
Though sometimes it really can be 50/50 or 99/1… each day is different.
It is so interesting, because in reflecting on my life most of my days that have been the scariest and best days have all be about Devon.
- The day he was born
- The day he broke his jaw and arm mountain biking
- The day he was kidnapped in Mexico.
** I am taking a break for May/June and also JULY! So this is a repeat episode. I should be back in August. :)
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Some people love to say life is 50% great and 50% bad.
I really don’t like that.
When I think of my vibration chart, of course we sometimes feel the lower vibrations, but I don’t think we need to feel them half the time, I think we can learn to get up to at least neutral, curious or courage 50% of the time!
So, I came up with my own percentages that feel better and more like a belief I want to choose to have.
It is a lot harder to say and not as pretty, but way more useful for me!
1-24-50-24-1
Life is 1% amazing…
24% pretty good
50% OK
24% not so great
1% horrible
This could be throughout 1 day, or throughout a month, or throughout a year…
This is so helpful, because when the bad things happen, I can remember, this is normal, of course 100% can’t be good. Also, when the boring normal ok things happen, I can remember this is normal too.
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A new point of view of the Stripling Warriors.
Throughout the battles in which the young stripling warriors fought, many of their number were wounded, but not one of them was ever killed because, although “they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them.”
How were the stripling warriors taught by their mothers?
What helped them have faith?
I think about the power of a mother’s prayer.
Do you think these warriors had seen their mothers praying for them over the years?
Do you think they saw their mother’s faith?
I would say yes! They were taught by their mother’s directly, but also most certainly saw their mother’s praying for them and felt their faith.
These moms were praying their guts out while their children were away fighting for them. They were saying powerful prayers for very specific things, like safety and wisdom and protection, to be able to listen to and follow their leaders.
When things got scary and the warriors needed courage, I can picture them remembering that their moms were praying for them and gathering strength from that image.
It wasn’t just that they had been taught in their youth, they knew their mothers were actively helping them through prayer, even while they were far away.
Prayer is one of my most favorite and powerful Mothering tools, especially as my boys have grown up and moved out!
One of my Powerful Mom Prayers
In this podcast I share how a powerful prayer I uttered on November 11th 2014 and how it helped save my oldest when he was kidnapped when he was only 16 years old.
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Do you find it challenging to monitor your child's phone?
- The THOUSANDS of texts.
- The hundreds of emails.
- The websites they visit
- Not to mention the social media accounts.
I will be honest when my older boys were younger, I would maybe check their phones every other week and it was so time consuming and mind numbing too!
Then I discovered Bark.
(You can see video here) of this episode.
This is an AMAZING app that monitors your child's
- texts
- emails
- google drive
- social media accounts
- and MORE
Then I get an alert if something suspicious comes up.
It is so wonderful.
I save so much time and also everything is being checked, so I don't miss out on any warning signs or dangerous things.
I go into more detail in this weeks podcast.
Also Bryson likes Bark.
He feels like it is less invasive than me reading all of his texts.
And he will even warn me "You might get a Bark notice" and tell me what is going on.
I wish I had this tool when my older boys were younger. It may have prevented the whole Mexico fiasco!
You can do a free trial of Bark to see if it is right for you!
** I am taking May and June off, so this is a replay episode. :) Enjoy!
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Are you ever stuck in this,
"I don’t know" how to do this!??
energy
And feel Confused and worried.
In reality, there is not a right way.
There are many different ways to handle this experience.
Maybe none are “right” but some are better than others and each day will bring different opportunities to try again.
Try on the belief
– there is no right way to do this. There are many ways. Which should I try today?
** I am taking May and June off, so this is a replay episode. :) Enjoy!
Do you have teenagers or young adult children?
That creates so many opportunities to try and let go of control, while also recognizing there are certain things I do still have stewardship over and have to set certain boundaries. However achieving the balance in that is quite the learning experience for us all.
Using faith in my mothering has been so helpful, even essential as my boys have grown.
Today I dive into
Cheerfully –
Do All things that lie in our Power –
Stand Still –
With UTMOST Assurance of God –
That His Arm will be Revealed –
I also am excited to announce Essentials to Enjoy Life Class is open. Through this class I have helped so many Moms increase their ability to mother cheerfully through faith.
Come join in the fun!
** I am taking May and June off, so this is a replay episode. :) Enjoy!
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Have you ever wondered if your teenager was on drugs?
One day a few years ago, my friend called and said she had to tell me something.
She sounded hesitant but said she had prayed about it and knew she had to tell me. I reassured her and told her to tell me. If she was inspired to tell me something, I wanted to hear it!
She explained she had an impression that my son was on drugs that night. She had experience with this herself, via family members. So she knew the signs.
I told her Thank you!!!
Then talked to my husband, prayed and pondered.
I bought some drug tests off of Amazon, just in case I wanted to go that route.
In todays episode I share how this led to a really great experience for our family and even created a wonderful way for my boys to get out of tricky situations when their friends offered them drugs.
** I am taking May and June off, so this is a replay episode. :) Enjoy!
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Your body can hold energy and emotions. Which is great when they are happy, but if you are angry or sad, typically we don’t want to just hold those and carry them around with us.
One of the easiest tools I share about clearing emotions and stress is Walking WHILE Talking.
In today’s episode I share tips for using this tool and what to do if you don’t have anyone to talk to!
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What is Spinning?
When thoughts and or emotions start swirling around in our head and body.
You can have positive spins
• Trigger – Roller Coaster
• Feeling - Excitement
• Thought - Remembering Fun trips there
• Trigger - Memories of Park
We focus on negative spins, because those are what can cause problems
• Trigger - Roller Coaster
• Feeling – Sick, nervous
• Thoughts – Remembering throwing up on friend
• Trigger – Memories of being embarrassed
Another one, that is more common than seeing a roller coaster – dirty dishes in the sink!
• Trigger - Dirty Dishes
• Feeling - Frustration
• Thoughts – Memories, all the times he didn’t do the dishes
• Trigger
There is so much power in recognizing when you are spinning. There is also power when you teach someone you trust and love about spinning, because when appropriate you can point it out to each other and help each other stop spinning.
Learn more about spinning and what spinning wars are and a tool to stop them in todays episode.
Link to Help I'm Spinning and Can't Stop Class
https://enjoy-life1.teachable.com/p/help-i-am-spinning-and-i-can-t-stop
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This week I share the importance of learning from past mistakes and how it can lead to lowering expectations for oneself. This is a valuable lesson that can be applied to various aspects of life, including work, relationships, and personal hobbies.
Last summer I was feeling overwhelmed and stressed during my busy summer and it made me realize the importance of taking a break to prioritize family time this summer.
What is coming up for you this summer? If you are feeling overwhelmed by some things, here are some good questions.
- Is this essential to do?
- If you need to do it, is there a past experience you can learn from to help you do it differently this time?
- In what ways can I lower my expectations?
- Make a choice to make it more manageable AND create an affirmation to help!
Here is what I am choosing to do –
- Take a break from social media and podcasting for two months to focus on family time.
- Lower expectations for oneself to avoid feeling overwhelmed and stressed. If I choose to post replays to fill the 2 month gap, I am not going to edit them to have a new intro… I may just add a 15 second intro in front of the old one. This way I may actually have time and energy to do this.
- Create affirmations to help. I am actually using the one from Carson’s wedding. Staying flexible, calm and present helps me enjoy the day.
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This episode discusses the importance of growing patience as a skill rather than expecting it to be given. I share personal struggles with patience and how I have learned to be intentional about practicing patience.
I share tips on how to identify situations in your own life where you need more patience and intentionally practice growing that skill.
- Identify situations where more patience is needed
- Intentionally practice growing patience – either in the situation or before hand.
- Discuss situations that require patience – when both parties are calm
Today’s Show notes –
sheridanripley.com/patience-has-to-be-grown
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A simple text that I misunderstood put me firmly on a platform of fear.
Here are some simple steps I took to get on a platform of faith.
And it saved me hours of worry and fear!
What platform are you on when your child is facing a challenge?
Do you sometimes feel like you’re running on empty with only your power?
You have gotten so far with your power, but it has run out and you realize,
- my kids are not going to fuel me up
- my spouse cannot fuel me up.
And certainly you can make some choices like fueling yourself with rest and food and affirmations, but sometimes you just need something more.
For me, I turn to Jesus.
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When you NEED your child to do something, it can put out some very intense energy and create a lot of push back.
When you can shift to just WANTING your child to do something
Everything can change!
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My son
and I
love Floor and Ceiling goals.
Because it gives us a range of success.
It isn't just do this giant thing or you failed!
Instead it is: do this little teeny, tiny thing and you've succeeded!
And of course you can always do more if you want, but you do not have to.
It is so liberating
and motivating!
In today's episode I share some favorite floor/ceiling goals for me and my kids!
TOPICS
[00:00:28] Succeed with Teeny, tiny goals!
[00:00:36] Stop Yelling Goals
[00:02:49] Goals don't have to be big to work!
[00:03:10] Use this tool with your kids! Book Report Example
[00:05:30] Prove to yourself a floor goal is OK!
[00:06:32] Fuzzy Socks Count!
[00:07:13] How can use Floor/Ceiling Goals?
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I Finally Found the Answer to my digital calendar issues! It’s not like a crazy digital calendar where you have to download all these programs and write with a pen on your ipad.
It hooks into your Google calendar or your Apple calendar.
And it pulls it into this program... Artful Agenda
It has all the calendar views and even better - powerful LISTS!!
Listen in today to hear why I love it!
TOPICS COVERED
[00:00:35] Part of Challenging Children - is Keeping Track of All their Appointments!
[00:01:04] My struggle with switching to digital calendars!
[00:01:49] I Finally Found the Answer - Artful Agenda!
[00:02:17] Really Pretty/Can Color Code/See More than just Colored Dots!
[00:02:51] Useful Lists!
[00:03:21] Easy to add things from list into the calendar!!
[00:04:16] First Digital Calendar that is seamless and useful in ALL the ways!
HELPFUL LINKS
Try a free trial and use my referral code... RS543050
artfulagenda.com
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Have you ever felt anxiety?
Maybe your child struggles with anxiety?
Here is an easy tool that can help!
- Feel the physical feeling in your body – just sit with it for a minute.
- Currently you are naming it anxiety.
- Add some deep breaths and name it something else –
- Excitement, Curiosity, Courage (whichever is best for the situation)
- Feel the physical feeling in your body and say – How would it feel to feel….. (fill in the blank with one of the above words)
There have been studies showing that this can work with giving speeches.
In todays podcast episode I share how it helped me and some examples of how it can help you!
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One of my favorite tools to share with parents
is Angels!
We surely have angels on both sides of the veil.
Earthly Angels
and
Heavenly Angels.
In this podcast episode, I interview Katie
and she shares her experience when her daughter got 3rd degree burns on her feet
and how Heavenly Angels helped during the drive to the hospital
and then so many other angels helped through the hospital stay!
If you want tips and tools to ask angels for help – I have a free email series to help!
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The other day I was spinning with thoughts and emotions
and feeling SO much anxiety.
Suddenly, I remembered -
I have tools to help me with this!!
I looked at my podcast episodes and listened to a few
used the tools in them
and found myself feeling better!
What do you do to help you remember to use your tools?
In this weeks episode
I talk about how cheat sheets can help you!
It was such a pleasure interviewing Katie today.
She shared her powerful IMPACT method, for creating intentional margins
so you can better enjoy life.
She also shared a wonderful question to help in parenting your challenging child!
TOPICS
[00:00:10] Meet Katie
[00:01:23] What do you do when you are stuck on the hamster wheel as a mom?
[00:02:28] The Creation of Intentional Margins
[00:05:47] IMPACT METHOD
[00:05:51] IM - Intentional Margins
[00:06:27] P - Priorities
[00:07:13] A = Action
[00:08:15] C = Calendar
[00:09:01] T = Timely Evaluation
[00:10:45] Using Intentional Margins and the IMPACT Method with the family!
[00:11:27] How do the people I love, feel loved by me?
[00:12:09] Breakfast more important than dinner for her kids!
[00:13:44] What do you want to do today??
[00:15:16] How to connect with Katie!
HELPFUL LINKS
Find Katie Here:
Instagram – @EverydayHappinesswithKatie
Website is katiejefcoat.com and that has all of the things!
Her Podcast, which is short and sweet, is called Everyday Happiness, finding Harmony and Bliss
See show notes here https://sheridanripley.com/use-the-impact-method-to-harness-the-power-of-intentional-margins/
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This is probably the book I most frequently suggest to my clients!
It proved invaluable in finally understanding Devon
and how he could be so chill in some ways and SO DRIVEN in others!
TOPICS
[00:01:42] I recommend this book to all my clients with challenging children!
[00:02:16] Brief overview of the types
[00:04:32] Christmas present example, understanding his typed helped us stay connected.
[00:06:27] Hiking disaster explained by his type 3 energy.
If I had understood this and really applied it sooner, it maybe could have prevented the Mexico Kidnapping!
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Get a copy of The Child Whisperer here.
What is it about feelings that can be so overwhelming?
Honestly, for me, even really happy feelings on an intense level was overwhelming to me as a mom of young kids.
Having three little boys with big emotions sometimes just was overwhelming.
And then to add my own emotions on top of it was a little much.
Here are 5 easy steps I now use to safely feel my feelings.
[00:02:42] Step 1 - Acknowledge you are feeling something
[00:04:05] Step 2 - Accept it is ok to feel this way
[00:07:14] Step 3 - Let the Feelings Flush Down and Out
[00:07:36] Step 4 - Choose what you want to feel
[00:07:45] Step 5 Practice Thinking and Feeling what you WANT!
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My children have done things that make me feel furious.
Bryson, when he was a new driver, he had an 11:30 PM curfew.
Well, one night, very soon after he started driving, he didn't get home until 1:00 AM
He did call us and say he was going to meet his brother Carson at In n Out.
and we were like,
“No, don't do that. You need to come home.”
But he didn't listen to us.
Of course our natural inclination was anger or frustration and really furious.
Here is how we shifted to curious and how it helped!
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My oldest son is what propelled me into becoming a life coach.
I learned a lot of tools and loved to use them and teach them.
They were put to the test when he was kidnapped in Mexico when he was 16 years old.
Would they be helpful in a time of extreme stress?
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Do you Feel Guilty when you learn a new tool?
It's okay That you didn't know all these things sooner.
The experiences you have had with your challenging child are okay,
and you don't need to judge yourself for it.
Sometimes when I learn a new tool, I think if only I'd known this sooner, it would've prevented so many problems.Then I start judging all the things I did wrong parenting my challenging child.
In Tibet, they do not have a word that equals guilt.
Instead, they have a word that means
“Intelligent regret that decides to do something differently.”
In this episode we delve deeper into that and I share a tool to help stop the internal judge that may come up when you learn a new tool!
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This works with all ages of children.
However, it looks different at different ages.
Here's the thing that makes this so tricky.
Logically, we know,
“Or course, if my child is having a tantrum, I don't need to.”
But our challenging kids know exactly how to push our buttons, and they get our internal saboteurs all riled up and suddenly we are spinning in our own thoughts and emotions. And they are spinning in their thoughts and emotions and we create what my youngest likes to call a spinning war.Learn my 2 tips to help!
TOPICS COVERED
[00:00:35] Our Challenging Children Know Exactly How to Push our Buttons!
[00:01:01] Tantrum in a Food Court
[00:01:58] Hiking Trip Cut Short
[00:02:50] Teenage Tantrums Sometimes Look Like Lawyer Logic
[00:03:32] Tip #1 - Recognize Tantrums (more obvious when they are younger)
[00:04:33] Tip #2 - Use PQ Reps to stay calm!
[00:05:06] Parenting Challenging Children Calmly and Confidently in only Three Months
[00:06:42] The next time your child is having a tantrum - try these tips!
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I am shifting my podcast from Finding Joy in the Journey to Parenting Challenging Children.
In this weeks episode, I explain why I am changing focus
and also the start of my journey parenting a challenging child,
how for years we were so lost and confused
and what made the biggest shift!
[00:00:54] My Challenging Child
[00:01:27] Pregnancy and Birth
[00:02:42] Developmental Delays Addressed - but Doctors still Perplexed
[00:03:47] Finally Some Help!
[00:05:30] I was inspired to learn more!
[00:06:37] Our children are our greatest teachers!
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God told me, “Your phone has hacked your brain, so you need to use your brain to hack your phone!”I pondered on that for awhile and then asked for clarity, what did I need to do?
Here are the steps I took to hack my phone
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Nope!
In fact I think it is pretty normal for people to struggle with the holidays.
Remembering 1/24/50/24/1 can help!
In fact, I imagine for Mary, the original Christmas Day was only 1% wonderful!
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How much time do you spend thinking about the things you need to do?
If you are like me, I make lists that contain many, many things to do and I can always think of more things to do.
Someone presented a question to me and it has been a game changer.
What should I NOT do today?
In this episode I talk about how pausing and asking that question has helped me to find more joy in my journey. And frankly, helped my family find more joy in their journey as well!
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I know the power of affirmations, indeed today I was planning on just reposting my awesome snow affirmation podcast,
but then realized I needed to share some holiday affirmations to go along with it. So I am going to start with the holiday affirmations I have gathered and then will repost my snow affirmation podcast to demonstrate how powerful affirmations can be.
If you feel you need some more specific ones in certain areas, go google it and copy and paste your favorites.
Or You can download these affirmations on mywebsite at sheridanripley.com/holiday-affirmations
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As Halloween drew to a close, I remembered how I used to have worries and concerns about the upcoming holidays.
I wanted to enjoy Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year, and I did have moments of joy.
But those joyful moments were overshadowed by a cloud of stress that seemed to follow me around.
I started a quest to learn how to find more joy in my life and as I did,
I started to have more joy during the holidays too.
I have gathered some holiday specific tools to help you.
These are not tips like, Do Christmas shopping early…. My tips are a bit deeper and about thoughts and emotions.
In 12 Tips to Find Holiday Joy, I will walk you through, step by step how to implement these tools.
As the class finishes you will feel more prepared and have solid ideas and a plan to find more joy this holiday!
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One of my favorite healing tools!
Shifting up to gratitude.
It isn't always easy,
but it is always powerful.
Need some help doing this?
Check out this weeks episode!
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Gifts are tricky for me at Christmas, here are some steps I have taken to simplify. * Set a Budget * Set Limitations * Shop Online * Give Experiences * Clutter Free Gifts – * White Elephant Parties * Wrapping Gifts
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Find your Word for 2023
Words are powerful.
What is your job title?
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You can find more information at www.ceogivinggala.com
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Find your Word for 2023
Words are powerful.
What is your job title?
HELPFUL LINKS
Come to the CEO Giving Gala Come get a ticket to the CEO giving gala. It’s online, so no matter where you are, you can participate. You don’t have to be a CEO to attend. It is definitely geared towards entrepreneurs, but really anyone can attend and it is for a great cause.
You can find more information at www.ceogivinggala.com
Today’s Show notes – https://sheridanripley.com/wait-im-a-ceo/
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Find your Word for 2023
Some people do quarterly routines, but I have 5 typical seasons a year
My Typical Seasons
Jan – Spring Break
April – End of School
Summer (This year I had an extra season – summer and then wedding season)
Start of school – Bryson’s Birthday
Holiday Season – Halloween – New Years
R – Review Last Seasons – Reflect and Reset
E – Expectations for this season
W – Want what do I actually WANT,
O ––Observe what you are grateful for
P – Prayer cheat sheet update…
S – Simplify
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Some people do quarterly routines, but I have 5 typical seasons a year
My Typical Seasons
Jan – Spring Break
April – End of School
Summer (This year I had an extra season – summer and then wedding season)
Start of school – Bryson’s Birthday
Holiday Season – Halloween – New Years
R – Review Last Seasons – Reflect and Reset
E – Expectations for this season
W – Want what do I actually WANT,
O ––Observe what you are grateful for
P – Prayer cheat sheet update…
S – Simplify
HELPFUL LINKS
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WPoWeR is my weekly routine.
Last week I talked about NPoWeR (night time routine), the week before MPoWeR (morning routine)
this week let's dive into what key things can make your Weekly routine give YOU power!
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Prayer Sheet - https://sheridanripley.com/12-prayer-cheat-sheet-to-revolutionize-your-prayers/
Artful Agenda - easy to use AND pretty digital calendar https://www.artfulagenda.com/
I have taught MPoWeR morning routine for years.
Now I am doing NPoWeR night time routine and it is a game changer!
Here are some simple things you can do with your night time routine to make it more powerful.
Today I revisit MPoWeR, to inspire you to create a morning routine to empower your day!
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[00:01:08] Free Class
[00:01:32] Meditation
[00:02:44] Prayer
[00:04:04] Floor and Ceiling Goals
[00:04:30] Other/Optional
[00:05:06] Writing in Journal
[00:05:47] Extra
[00:06:20] Read
[00:07:03] Tracking Tools!
HELPFUL LINKS
Today’s Show notes – https://sheridanripley.com/simple-spiritual-routine-to-start-your-day-off-strong/
Link to free class - 3 Easy Steps to Intercept Your Saboteurs - https://enjoy-life1.teachable.com/p/find-peace-and-hope
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Letter to God - https://sheridanripley.com/3-reasons-writing-letters-to-god-is-so-powerful/
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By saying this simple phrase, you can lessan the stress in your life and clear out judgement around things too!
It's really easy for me to have a specific idea in my head about how things are supposed to go.
When I'm in situations, if they're not going that way, it can get me very frustrated and it's hard for me to stay patient.
Or it's hard for me to not jump in and try and change the situation.
This happens at home.
This happens at activities out in public.
This happens when I go to the store and I'm waiting in a line.
The way my mind works, I can always see a better way to do things.
And it has caused me a lot of stress in the past.
What really helped me to shift was to say,
"it's not my responsibility."
TOPICS COVERED and CRAZY STORY SHARED
[00:00:49] An easy phrase to change your energy around a situation
[00:02:28] This can help when others are having strong emotions
[00:05:10] Perfect Storm of Craziness
[00:06:35] This phrase allowed me to have empathy
HELPFUL LINKS
Today’s Show notes – https://sheridanripley.com/the-thought-thats-not-my-responsibility-gives-you-space-to-have-empathy/
Link to free class - 3 Easy Steps to Intercept Your Saboteurs - https://enjoy-life1.teachable.com/p/find-peace-and-hope
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By saying this simple phrase, you can lessan the stress in your life and clear out judgement around things too!
It's really easy for me to have a specific idea in my head about how things are supposed to go.
When I'm in situations, if they're not going that way, it can get me very frustrated and it's hard for me to stay patient.
Or it's hard for me to not jump in and try and change the situation.
This happens at home.
This happens at activities out in public.
This happens when I go to the store and I'm waiting in a line.
The way my mind works, I can always see a better way to do things.
And it has caused me a lot of stress in the past.
What really helped me to shift was to say,
"it's not my responsibility."
TOPICS COVERED and CRAZY STORY SHARED
[00:00:49] An easy phrase to change your energy around a situation
[00:02:28] This can help when others are having strong emotions
[00:05:10] Perfect Storm of Craziness
[00:06:35] This phrase allowed me to have empathy
HELPFUL LINKS
Today’s Show notes – https://sheridanripley.com/the-thought-thats-not-my-responsibility-gives-you-space-to-have-empathy/
Link to free class - 3 Easy Steps to Intercept Your Saboteurs - https://enjoy-life1.teachable.com/p/find-peace-and-hope
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I went out to the van and felt sorry for myself and was really frustrated with myself because I am a flipping life coach.
I know how to clear emotions around things. I know how to do things differently. I have a lot of knowledge that I've learned and I just couldn't always apply it in the moment.
And while I was sitting there in the van, distracting myself. I came across an email that the author of Positive Intelligence, it was like way back in my archives from when I took the saboteur assessment.
It changed everything...
TOPICS COVERED
Hiding in the Van? This is Crazy!
[00:02:38] Taking a Mental Fitness Bootcamp Changed Everything
[00:04:29] Panic Attack
[00:05:22] Fight in car: I spoke up and handled the response gracefully
[00:06:35] I didn’t eat the Ice Cream! It was a small miracle!
[00:08:58] Do you have trouble following through?
HELPFUL LINKS
Today’s Show notes – sheridanripley.com/hiding-in-my-van-during-a-wedding
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I went out to the van and felt sorry for myself and was really frustrated with myself because I am a flipping life coach.
I know how to clear emotions around things. I know how to do things differently. I have a lot of knowledge that I've learned and I just couldn't always apply it in the moment.
And while I was sitting there in the van, distracting myself. I came across an email that the author of Positive Intelligence, it was like way back in my archives from when I took the saboteur assessment.
It changed everything...
TOPICS COVERED
Hiding in the Van? This is Crazy!
[00:02:38] Taking a Mental Fitness Bootcamp Changed Everything
[00:04:29] Panic Attack
[00:05:22] Fight in car: I spoke up and handled the response gracefully
[00:06:35] I didn’t eat the Ice Cream! It was a small miracle!
[00:08:58] Do you have trouble following through?
HELPFUL LINKS
Today’s Show notes – sheridanripley.com/hiding-in-my-van-during-a-wedding
Link to free class - 3 Easy Steps to Intercept Your Saboteurs - https://enjoy-life1.teachable.com/p/find-peace-and-hope
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My middle son recently got married and it was pretty glorious.
I will say I don't usually do well with parties and wearing nice clothes and all these things made me a little uncomfortable,
but I really was very intentional in how I wanted to show up the day of the wedding.
And practicing certain things ahead of time, helped me to be successful.
TOPICS COVERED
[00:00:33] My son got married
[00:00:53] Prepared in ALL the Ways!
[00:02:59] Flexibility is key
[00:03:27] PQ Reps helped me harness the calm
[00:04:56] Practice ahead of time in smaller situations!
HELPFUL LINKS
Today’s Show notes – https://sheridanripley.com/staying-flexible-calm-and-present-helped-me-enjoy-a-wonderful-celebration/
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I love the story of Joshua knocking down the walls of Jericho.
Circling the walls with faith for 7 days....
I have seen 1 wall knocked down by my husbands faith and his circling prayers.
And now have hope for another wall to be brought down.
Today I share 2 tips to help you knock down your walls with prayer!
TOPICS
[00:00:50] I love the story of Joshua
Tip 1. Let others have faith, even if you think it is impossible!
[00:01:58] My Husbands Prayers of Faith
[00:03:18] I believe in the power of prayer, I just couldn't see it being possible
[00:03:39] Devon Going Back to School??
Tip 2. Prayers AND Patience are both needed!
[00:06:02] Prayers + Patience Can Knock Down Walls
HELPFUL LINKS
Today’s Show notes – https://sheridanripley.com/2-tips-to-knock-down-walls-with-prayer/
Link to Joy in All Seasons Summit - https://www.choosingwisdom.org/joy-summit-2022-sheridan
Link to free class - 3 Easy Steps to Intercept Your Saboteurs - https://enjoy-life1.teachable.com/p/find-peace-and-hope
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Do you find transitions tricky?
It always takes me a few weeks to adjust when school starts or stops.
Bigger transitions are even trickier for me.
I share some ideas and a powerful tool to help you with tricky transitions in todays episode.
TOPICS COVERED
[00:00:56] Types of Transitions
[00:01:53] Transitions Can Create Uncertainty and Our Saboteurs Pop Up More Often
[00:02:29] Saboteurs - the 10 types
[00:03:05] This transition, really got me spinning!
[00:05:21] Intercepting a Saboteur.
[00:07:03] Once we got used to Devon being home - now he is moving out! Another transition!
[00:08:54] Free Class
HELPFUL LINKS
Today’s Show notes – https://sheridanripley.com/
Link to Joy in All Seasons Summit - https://www.choosingwisdom.org/joy-summit-2022-sheridan
Link to free class - 3 Easy Steps to Intercept Your Saboteurs - https://enjoy-life1.teachable.com/p/find-peace-and-hope
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A year ago, I had a colonoscopy and gathered all this great information and tips from friends that had gone through it.
Those tips really helped me, so I created a word document with all these tips put together.
I have passed it on to quite a few people, all of whom really appreciated it.
Today I'm going to share 13 tips for you to find joy in your colonoscopy journey.
*There's gonna be a lot of poop discussion in this episode, and it may not apply to you, so feel free to skip it!
If you are having a colonoscopy anytime soon, stick around - Trust me - You'll appreciate the tips and tools I share with you today.
BEFORE HAND
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When scheduling, ask lots of questions to help plan a good time.
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Ask your Doctor about the PILL option for prep day.
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If you need to do the drinking kind, ask for the one that requires less liquid.
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Don’t plan anything big for the prep day (day 1)
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Don’t plan anything for the actual day (day 2)
SUPPLIES TO HAVE ON HAND BEFORE YOU START YOUR PREP
- Whatever the doctor prescribes for the cleaning out portion (ask about ALL the options!)
2. Sustenance Items
3. Comfort Items
4. Preparedness Items
PREP DAY
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Liquid Diet ideas
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Tips for when you have to drink the prep stuff
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Have an iPad and be prepared to stream some shows
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Bring in a tiny table to the toilet area
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If you can, put a comfy chair near the bathroom.
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Line a small garbage can with double plastic bags
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Baby wipes
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Vaseline is your new best friend
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Have Toilet bowl cleaner and brush handy.
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Poo-Pourri may be nice to have on hand.
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It is nice to lay an old towel down on the ground between your comfy chair and toilet
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use an adult diaper to be able to sleep and for car ride?
THE ACTUAL PROCEDURE TIPS
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wear skirt and flip flops…
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The procedure is the easy part.
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Don’t plan anything for this day either – except to rest.
MY OVERALL IMPRESSIONS OF MY COLONOSCOPY EXPERIENCE
It wasn’t fun.
But it was doable.
I would say a 4 out of 10 on the discomfort scale.
It was more just kind of gross than anything.
Having something to watch really helped and the Vaseline was a life saver!
The uncomfortable part was only 6 hours or so and it was very manageable.
Super glad I don’t have to do it again for 10 years, but when it is time, I feel prepared with my tools to make it easier.
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Please share this episode with your friends! Especially if they are nervous about having a colonoscopy!
You have probably asked yourself the question...
"What would Jesus Do?"
This can feel overwhelming.
Today I share an alternative question and why it can be more useful!
Prayer is the perfect way to Harness Heavenly Help!
and it can be harnessed for anything
big
or
small!
Even Parking Spots!
In todays episode I share how faith can help me even in these small ways.
TOPICS COVERED
[00:00:28] Prayer is the perfect way to harness Heavenly Help!
[00:00:52] "It is VERY difficult to park here!"
[00:01:21] When I left for her apartment, I prayed that a parking spot would be open.
[00:01:49] I prayed again - "This is a righteous desire!"
[00:02:18] God provided the impossible spot!
[00:03:04] Pray for all things!
HELPFUL LINKS
Today’s Show notes – https://sheridanripley.com/?p=1089
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We have so many people coming in and out of our lives. How do we know which ones to try and really connect with? Can God help us to know?
Here’s my tip for this week. Pray to know who you should get to know better.
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[00:00:30] Be a blessing to each other!
[00:01:27] 10 years of a friendship lost!
[00:02:16] Pray and ask God - who can I be friends with?
[00:02:29] Then REACH OUT!
[00:03:16] I love that God can Guide Us!
HELPFUL LINKS
Today’s Show notes – https://sheridanripley.com/10-years-of-friendship-lost/
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A simple choice of words can make a world of difference!
Bryson called me out on the words I first used and then I made a change.
In todays episode learn a simple tool to choose better words.
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I was caregiving for my Sister-in-Law who had just flown into town.
She started coughing the second day and I was worried she might have Covid,
which would ruin the first couple trip Rob and I had planned since 2019!
My anxiety was out of control...
Luckily my friends reminded me of the power of affirmations
and by creating some and using them every time she coughed,
we made it through
and I stayed calm.
I share my experience, and more importantly tips and tools to help you make affirmations in the moment!
TOPICS COVERED
[00:00:21] Could our long awaited trip to Cabos be in jeopardy?
[00:01:25] Sometimes we forget what we already know!
[00:01:33] Affirmations in the Moment!
[00:02:43] I had so much anxiety each time she coughed!
[00:04:06] She still was coughing, but I felt better about it!
[00:04:25] Do you have a current situation you need affirmations for?
HELPFUL LINKS
Today's Show notes – https://sheridanripley.com/each-cough-made-my-anxiety-sky-rocket/
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With 3 boys in the house, it had a lot of dirt brought in each day.
I would sweep
and then have to sweep again!
It was a challenge to find anything positive about the experience.
Then I realized it COULD be a Holy Experience.
Find out how in today's episode.
TOPICS COVERED
[00:00:37] There was a lot of dirt in my house and sweeping was not fun!
[00:00:59] Could my thoughts make sweeping Holy?
[00:01:24] Sweep in Gratitude
[00:02:20] It works with doing the dishes too!
[00:03:43] I get to choose!
[00:04:10] What is something you do often, that you want to make holier?
HELPFUL LINKS
Todays Show notes – https://sheridanripley.com/can-sweeping-be-holy/
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Does the Lord sometimes ask you to go on an errand for Him?
Are you always ready and raring to go, or do you sometimes try to push it off?
There is power in obeying right away, for yourself and those you serve.
Today I share an example that recently happened to me and how I tried to listen to a podcast instead of call a friend...
But God wasn't having that!
TOPICS COVERED
[00:00:29] "Sometimes the Lord Sends Me on Errands"
[00:00:47] Am I Open to the Errands God Wants Me to Do?
[00:01:25] It's not just ME thinking of Them. It was the Lord thinking of them.
[00:01:37] A Busy Day with No Time to Help
[00:02:28] God Creates a Space and First I said, "Nope!"
[00:03:11] God Made it Clear I was to Call My Friend NOW!
[00:04:17] I love the feeling I get when I obey and serve that way.
[00:05:07] Boundaries are Okay Too!
[00:05:21] What Errand Can You Go On for The Lord This Week?
HELPFUL LINKS
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I have a few key positive phrases I use to encourage myself.
I used to have a lot of negative self talk
and having a few positive phrases on hand
helped me change my thoughts and words to myself!
It is our Inner Saboteurs that sometimes get in the way of speaking kindly to ourself.
If you want to find out your top Saboteurs -
here is a way to find out
and also get a free 15 minute call with me
to get coaching on what you find out!
https://sheridanripley.as.me/saboteur
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[00:00:22] Using Words to Encourage [00:00:44] I used to be stuck in negative self talk! [00:01:41] It is our Saboteurs that tear us down. [00:01:56] Learn your top saboteurs with a free quiz and phone call. https://sheridanripley.as.me/saboteur
[00:02:31] Positive Intelligence can help you to learn to intercept the saboteurs [00:03:37] Having a Go To Phrase can help to change your negative thought loop [00:03:49] "Good Job Me!" [00:04:30] "I've Got This!" or "We've Got This!" [00:05:03] From Getting the Dishes Done - to Bigger Challenges... HELPFUL LINKS
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I used to hate exercising.
But QiGong changed all that.
The way it combines body-mind-spirit awareness
as well as flexibility and strengthening.
I also really love my Sifu - Anthony.
He is a great teacher and his classes are online, so it is super convenient.
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[00:00:23] I didn't used to like to exercise [00:01:12] Now, thanks to Qi Gong, I love to exercise! [00:03:05] I love how it intergrates the Body, Mind and Spirit [00:03:33] Here is how you can learn!
HELPFUL LINKS
Sign up for Qi Gong 201 here.
or
Sign up for Sifu Anthony’s free introductory classes here.
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Birth is a time when the veil between heaven and earth is thin,
so I love to hear of peoples experiences with angels at births.
Melissa shares a unique experience that happened for her.
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[00:00:53] Melissa - Mom of 8 and Birth Worker
[00:01:17] Why Angels Were Needed at this Birth
[00:03:16] Angels Standing Guard
[00:04:38] Spiritual Elements at Births
[00:06:00] How has this experience changed your life?
HELPFUL LINKS
Angel Class Series– sign up here
Link to transcripts - https://sheridanripley.com/angels-standing-guard-at-melissas-birth/
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Podcast Episodes
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Kati shares 4 really unique interactions she has had with angels throughout her life.
She also shares how the Ask Your Angels, They are Anxious to Assist You, has helped her.
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[00:00:35] Meet Kati
[00:01:33] The Tool that was Literally the most life-changing
[00:03:04] Super Excited about the Angel Class
[00:04:36] Kati's Angel Brother Visits Her
[00:08:01] Kati's Angel Grandmother Stops a Fight with a Smell
[00:09:45] Car accident prevented by an angel
[00:10:46] Kati in Grief after her son died, has a beautiful experience
[00:13:59] New Perspective on Angels
[00:16:06] I went about my life, asking and expecting
[00:19:09] Kati's Testimony
HELPFUL LINKS
Angel Class Series– sign up here
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Podcast Episodes and show notes
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Gain Free Access to My Favorite Tools
This is the wrap up of the Ask the Angels Series,
unless some of you want to be guests! (see below)
Here is what I cover in todays episode
[00:00:09] A Beautiful Thank You Card :)
[00:02:05] Let's Talk Earthly Angels
[00:04:25] Let's Talk Feathers
[00:07:20] Recent Heavenly Angel Help - An Empty Gas Tank
[00:08:57] What if it is just a Placebo? I don't care!!
[00:09:17]
Be My Guest!
I know people love angels, and sometimes they have experiences that they want to share that are appropriate.
So if you want to pray about it and see if there's an experience that you'd like to share about angelic help in your life, whether it be earthly or heavenly,
I would love to have you as a guest on my podcast.
I will have a link to a place where you can go ahead and sign up to do that.
And I really hope at least one or two of you,
maybe even more will be willing to come on and share.
It can be short and sweet or long. I don't care.
I just want to have you as a guest on my podcast.
Go to the calendar to set up a time, to be a guest. Thanks so much.
https://calendly.com/enjoybirth/podcast
HELPFUL LINKS
Angel Class Series– sign up here
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Podcast Episodes
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Gain Free Access to My Favorite Tools
How often are angels helping us out way more than we know???
Today you will learn about uneventful miracles and the power of asking for them.
Then I will review the things to remember as you move forward, asking angels for assistance.
I would love to have you on my podcast, if you have an angel story you want to share. :)
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I recently learned about getting alert notifications from angels. I prayed and asked God if I could recieve notifications from angels.
He said yes.
My intention was when I get a notification, I pause and ask –
- Do I need to be an angel for someone else?
- Do I need to ask for angels help for me or someone I love?
- Do I need to be aware that angels have helped me and say thank you?
Learn what alert notifications I asked for and how it showed up in surprising ways!
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I started to experiment with praying and asking for angels around early 2014.
I started with cooking angels, van buying angels, etc.
Then in November of 2014, I had an incredible experience where I was inspired to pray and ask for guardian angels to attend my son, who I thought was on a scout campout.
He actually had snuck down to Mexico and been kidnapped!
Angels definitely helped guide him safely home.
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In this episode I explain how I started learning to ask for angels help.
I also share so many examples of types of angels.
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The first place to go about to learn about angels is the scriptures. I also like to delve into talks and books about angels.
In todays episode, I share some scriptures and some of my favorite quotes about angels.
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Forgiveness is on my mind. It is so easy to be hurt by people, situations, or even ourselves.
It is also easy to stay stuck in the messiness of what happened and just wallow in it.
The other day I was praying about forgiveness and asked to see what it looks like when we use the Atonement of Jesus Christ to help us forgive and I saw something beautiful!
Here is the link to the Forgiveness Squared Visualization.
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One of my first episodes was explaining what Forgiveness Squared is.
When I use this tool with my clients, I walk them through a visualization.
I finally recorded a visualization,
so you can walk yourself through these steps!
PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN to this episode WHILE DRIVING!!
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When I was a newlywed, it confused me so much when Rob would ask me where the bandaids were. The first few times it made sense. But after showing him 5 times where the bandaids were. I was irritated when he asked.
It was only after I figured out, he wasn’t just asking where the bandaids were, he was wanting some love and attention because he got hurt. That I was able to respond to the question with kindness and love.
25 years later and he still asks where the bandaids are. Thank goodness I figured out what he really was asking for so many years ago.
What is a question someone asks you over and over again? Try using the AWARE tool to see if you can figure out what they are really asking
- Aware – Notice they are asking the question.
- Wonder – Why are they really asking this. What do they really want or need?
- Accept – accept my irritation, of course I was irritated when I thought it was this…. Accept what they really are asking, of course they would want this.
- Respond – Keeping in mind what I want to create, how can I respond next time they ask this?
- Evaluate – How did it go?
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It has been interesting hearing peoples thoughts on the Will Smith slap.
I am not interested in saying if it was right or wrong,
Rather today I want to share a tool that can help YOU,
if you are in a triggering situation.
It would have helped Will
to pause
and CHOOSE what he wanted to do
in that moment.
Today learn about PQ reps and how they can help you. :)
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In this podcast episode l do a mini session for you on a topic we all are experiencing.
Gas Prices!
I did this for some of my California clients, and realized we all could benefit.
I usually start a session gathering information on what your thoughts and feelings are.
This is just a bit of different feedback I have been given.
- I see a gas price sign and feel really worried, how are we going to be able to afford to live here?
- When will it be too high that we can’t afford to drive to work?
- I feel guilty I am upset about this when people in the Ukraine are suffering, but it is hard!
After I gather your thoughts, then we clear the emotion around them.
It is of course great to find new thoughts, but when there is so much emotion around situations, it is hard to just shift to a new thought.
Listen to experience the session and feel a positive shift. :)
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I have been decluttering my closet and decided to go through my many many pairs of yoga and sweatpants. There were some that I didn’t really love and decided to try each pair on, wear them for at least and hour and then rate them.
It was amazing how many were 5 or under, there were quite a few at a 7 and 1 ranked an 8 and 1 ranked a 9.
I was really hoping for a 10, but nope, none were a 10
I wondered, what would make a pair of pants a 10?
After pondering, I came up with, if I could wear it all day and not feel the need to take it off, indeed I could sleep comfortably in them it would equal a 10.
Hmm, that sounds like my pajama pants!
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When I am feeling overwhelmed by the war going on in Ukraine,
I have a tool that helps me to handle my emotions
and function in my daily life.
I call it Circle with Love and Let Go.
I did a previous episode on Circle with Love and Let Go
but today I share it more specificaly with this current situation.
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Someone posed this question to me, and it caused me to stop in my tracks.
Longing – such a powerful word.
Not what do I want or what do I need.
But what do I long for?
Sometimes I long for deep connection with others.
Not surface conversations, though those are needed and appropriate much of the time.
But deep heart felt conversations.
Sometimes I am longing for peace and quiet
To be all alone in my house
And read a book, snuggled up by the fire.
Sometimes I long for my family to gather round the table and play a game
See the boys laughing with each other
And relish in these boys and men
And just love them.
Sometimes I am longing for a hug.
I am lucky enough I have people here I can ask for a hug from.
It is very telling to pause and ask yourself this question
What are you longing for?
Your answer may change everything.
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Yep…. This is where the 1/24/50/24/1 comes in handy.
Though sometimes it really can be 50/50 or 99/1… each day is different.
It is so interesting, because in reflecting on my life most of my days that have been the scariest and best days have all be about Devon.
- The day he was born
- The day he broke his jaw and arm mountain biking
- The day he was kidnapped in Mexico.
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I was watching WyzeGuy (what I named the vacuum) moving around the house and was really getting irritated by how he was vacuuming. It didn’t make any sense. It didn’t seem logical.
I was sort of yelling at him and telling him there was a better way to do it.
Then I realized I was yelling at a robot; with artificial intelligence whose only purpose is to vacuum.
It hit me; I have a control problem.
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I was nervous to move to the mountains where there was so much snow.
My affirmations helped me to shift,
they also helped my friend to shift
and helped her to move here too!
Affirmations are powerful,
here are some tips to harness that power!
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I learned this tool last year
and it still amazes me how much it has helped me
get more done
and enjoy my day more!
If you only had 1 thing to do in a day….
chances are you would get it done.
But most of us want to get more than one thing done!
So what if our day really had 3 days in it?
I have 3 “days” in mine
- Early morning (6-9am)
- Daytime (9-3)
- Evening (3-9)
So I have 1 thing I want to do in each of my “days”
it really has changed how I think about things and helped me so much!
Listen to the full episode to learn more.
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In this episode I review 4 different habit trackers
that I used for 2 weeks
and share the clear winner!
Here are the different ones I tried:
Productive
Habit Share
Henry Habit and Mood Tracker
Streaks
See the show notes here - sheridanripley.com/which-of-these-4-habit-trackers-is-best-for-creating-change
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It is so much easier to find joy in the journey when you are not stressing about money.
So today I am going to share my favorite money tool.
It is YNAB – which stands for You Need a Budget.
Come visit me on Instagram and let me know if you have any questions!
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I usually just throw my dishes in the dishwasher after scraping them off.
No rinsing, or scrubbing.
This is how they say to do it
and frankly, it usually works.
But sometimes, you get the stubborn stuff
stuck on, that doesn’t want to come off.
I usually put it back in the dishwasher
in hopes this time it will work.
Sometimes it does.
But sometimes, after 3 or 4 tries
I finally get the scrubby brush out
and with a quick swipe or two
get it clean.
Here is how that can apply to finding joy in your journey!
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I loved Elder Dunn’s talk in October Conference called One Percent Change, he talked about the British Bike Team and how horrible they were for many, many years. And how positive change only happened when they had someone come in who focused on making 1 percent changes at a time. From how to put socks on correctly, to tuning their bikes a certain way. These 1 percent changes over a very short time made them into a winning team.
I want to you to harness the power of setting 1 Percent Change SIPS goals.
With SIPS standing for Spiritual, Intellectual/Mental, Physical and Social/Emotional Goals.
So how can having 1 Percent goals help in these areas?
As Elder Dunn says, “every effort to change we make—no matter how tiny it seems to us—just might make the biggest difference in our lives.”
My prayer for you today is you walk away from this episode with 1 to 5 - 1 percent - SIPS goals, that can help make changes you want in your life.
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I take time at the end/beginning of each year
to review the past year
and set goals for the next year.
Sometimes it feels overwhelming.
These words from my friend Felice
reassure me
that I don't have to overthing things
I already AM what I am becoming!
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2021 was “fun”
Are you ready to say – good bye 2021 and Hello to 2022?
Have you ever picked a word of the year?
Did you for 2021?
Do you remember what it was?
Did it help you in any way?
Often people don't remember their word...
but I have a simple 5 step process to guide you through
God helping you choose a word for your year.
Sign up for the free class here...
https://sheridanripley.com/findword/
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Nope!
In fact I think it is pretty normal for people to struggle with the holidays.
Remembering 1/24/50/24/1 can help!
In fact, I imagine for Mary, the original Christmas Day was only 1% wonderful!
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One of my favorite birth stories from being a doula, includes a miracle with our Christmas Choir.
The timing ended up perfectly, which required a miracle.
When have you seen divine timing in your life?
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I grew up in a home without religion. My parents are amazing and raised me well, but faith wasn’t a part of our life.
Except for Christmas Carols.
Every Christmas we would play Christmas Carols and sing them together. I vividly remember driving around town, seeing the snow falling and singing Carols with my Mom and Dad.
It was my introduction to Jesus. What a magical one at that. The songs all evoked amazing pictures in my mind and heart. I could feel that these were songs that were special in a way that no other type of song could be.
In todays episode I share some favorite Christmas Carol memories, I'd love to hear yours!
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This is a replay from 12 tips I shared in the holiday season of 2020.
They still apply today!
I dive deep into these 12 tips to help.
- Maintain your Spiritual Routines
- Stay Grounded during the Holiday Excitement
- What do you WANT?
- Say NO!
- Set your intention for activities
- Set Realistic Expectations and Boundaries
- Then, Let Go of Expectations
- Practice Acceptance
- Count Your Blessings
- Keep Traditions and Rituals (balanced)
- Be IN the Moment and Feel the Joy!
- Mindful Eating
- Bonus Tip - Watch Your Words
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This holiday season of 2021 with supply chain issues going on,
it is a great year to really focus on presence instead of presents.
Maybe instead of buying a gift for someone, you buy an experience.
Ski passes for the family?
A family get away?
I think that a lot of the holiday activities are really just a distraction from the real meaning of Christmas.
Today I share a tool to help you create what you deeply want this season - presence.
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I really loved this talk by Ronald A. Rasband – The Things of My Soul. He shared 7 of his 10 things written on his soul and challenged us to find our 8,9,10.
Here are mine!
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Grounding to the Rock of Christ and Shielding with the Armor of God strengthens and protects me.
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Prayer is powerful and I can use it any moment of the day
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Angels are anxious to assist me.
When I shared these with my friends, no one was surprised about the angels.
I LOVE praying and asking for angels help.
It is undeniable the experiences I have had over the years.
I even have a mini course I offer called Ask the angels they are anxious to assist you.
I am going to post the 5 lessons as podcast episodes in early 2022, but if you want to access it sooner you can go to this link to sign up for the email class right now. You will get one video a day for 5 days.
Here are 3 reasons why Angels are a top tool for me and why you should try asking for their help too!
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My friend and co-author Heather is living in Jerusalem.
I love hearing about her adventures with her family there.
She recently shared an experience about how they miraculously got a sofa
and then sadly lost the sofa
and then miraculously got it back again!
It was such a great example of 1/24/50/24/1 that I had to read it on todays podcast.
You can follow Heather on these 2 Instagram Accounts.
She is an inspirational writer!
Follow Heather here – Women In the Scriptures
and here – Hltfarrell
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I love to teach people that our days/weeks/lives have different levels of joy.
Life is
- 1% amazing…
- 24% pretty good
- 50% OK
- 24% not so great
- 1% horrible
This could be throughout 1 day, or throughout a month, or throughout a year…
This is so helpful, because when the bad things happen, I can remember, this is normal, of course 100% can’t be good. Also, when the boring normal ok things happen, I can remember this is normal too.
I was talking about this with my prayer group one morning. One of my sweet friends was experiencing something very challenging in her life – that 1% horrible so we were praying for her.
I saw in my mind as I was praying, she was having this huge temper tantrum that she was in this horrible moment, and it was like she was in a jail cell. Just having a fit!
In this episode I share what we both saw and the clarity that brought to us, each in different ways.
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Devon is living at home for awhile.
He does not enjoy the automatic faucet in the kitchen.
I got it for my birthday and I love it.
So the frustration of him messing it up (by turning it off and on with the handle) has been a challenge.
I thought I needed to love him more, but as I used it as an opportunity to love myself more, then everything shifted.
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Devon moved back home this month.
I was spinning in the ideas of:
- There must be a right way to do this.
- I don’t want to mess it up like I did last time.
- What is the right way?
- How can I figure it out?
It was so stressful.
I was honestly stuck in this,
I don’t know how to do this!
energy
And it made me feel
Confused and worried.
While coaching with my friend that is when I realized I thought there was a right way to do it. Before then I was just spinning about everything.
As soon as I saw that thought – There must be a right way to do this. But in reality, there is not a right way. There are many different ways to handle this experience.
Maybe none are “right” but some are better than others and each day will bring different opportunities to try again.
Suddenly the anxiousness was gone. I decided that when I thought that, I would change it to “There is not a right way to do this.” There are many ways to do this and I will try this today.
I also spend time each morning doing my MPoWeR’s and while I am journaling I ask God, “What should I do or know today?” Then I let what that answer is be my guide. That is what I will try today and tomorrow it may look totally different and that is OK.
What is something in your life that you are trying to do “right”? Or something that you feel like I don’t know how to do this?
Try on the belief – there is no right way to do this. There are many ways. Which should I try today?
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Spiritual Languages –1. Music 2. Social Activism/Acts of Service/Love in Action 3. Communing with Nature/Rocks 4. Solitude/Prayer/Meditation/Pondering 5. Ritual/Symbolism/Traditions/Temple 6. Scripture Study/General Conference Talk 7. Teaching/Learning/ Study Groups 8. Gratitude 9. Movement/Yoga/QiGong 10. Creativity/Journal/Art/Vision Board
My Main Spiritual Love Languages Are… What are yours?
- Music – I definitely learn spiritually through music. I often learn more at choir practice then church.
- Social Activism/Acts of Service/Love in Action – This is a favorite. I am all about love!
- Teaching/Learning – I love to teach lessons, or give talks, because I learn so much this way. I also love to feel the inspiration of the Holy Ghost as I prepare and as I teach.
Two Great Books to Delve Deeper
Whisper by Mark Batterson
The Love Languages of God by Gary Chapman
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My favorite tool to share is my Essentials to Enjoy Life Group Coaching Class.
It covers this and more!
- Foundational Habits
- Vibrations
- Spinning
- Neutrality
- Teams
- Coaching
- Self Coaching
- Wrapping it Up - 40 day plan for continued success.
My next group coaching starts Tuesday October 12th.
Check out all the details here.
Sign up online or contact me directly for more information.
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I have been a minivan mom for the last 21 years.
I actually loved driving a minivan and have lots of fond memories and stories...
Because we moved up into the mountain, I really needed to change to an AWD vehicle and it was hard to do something different.
Today I delve deeper into why it is hard to do things differently, but also how when we are brave enough to try it can bring us a lot of joy!
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I am happy to report I am mothering a high schooler differently this time.
My youngest son is 5 years younger than my middle son and as Bryson is doing high school things now, I can see so clearly how I am at least trying to do things differently this time.
I recently saw this with Bryson asking a girl to homecoming.
When Carson did this, it was such a stressful time as I tried to help him with these things. It was not fun for me at all!
So, this fall as Bryson started pondering asking a girl to homecoming, I sort of got sucked back into my old way of “helping” which was to stress out and try to help too much.
I found myself saying, “I wish you weren’t even going, this is just too much.”
Here are the steps I took to break that pattern!
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Pause, what is this pattern and what thoughts, and emotions are behind it?
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What do you actually want?
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What do you need to do to create that?
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What emotions do you need to clear to help open the path to take you there?
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Clear the emotions
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Choose a new thought and actions
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Take them and give yourself grace and try again!
Tips to clear the emotions around the situation
Take a bit of time to figure out what you want and find a new thought and emotions to help you create that. Sometimes you do need to also clear the emotions around it, especially if they are strong!
The power of neutrality can be super helpful!
A fast and easy way to do this is scribbling
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Somehow the beginning of the school year seems to create choice drama in our family.
Since my boys were little, I have almost always had drama around the start of the school year.
I had my boys in a variety of different schools –
- Private kindergarten for Devon
- Public School for a few years for the first 2
- Homeschooling for half a year for one
- Charter school for Carson and Bryson for years.
- Devon took the CHSPE and left high school early
- Then we moved and we chose a charter school for Bryson again
- Then this summer Bryson struggled with deciding if he should switch to the local public high school.
Sometimes the answers were SO clear in our schooling choices.
Sometimes you don't feel like you get an answer.
Sometimes you get the answer – it is up to you.
Tool for today – when you have to make a choice –
- pray about it, if the answer is clear, move forward.
- If the answer is unclear, then sometimes you need to gather some more information.
- pray about where to go for that information! Gather and pray again. Remember it is easy to get stuck in indecision and often when the answer stays unclear, we really just need to move forward and if it is wrong, we will quickly know.
- If the answer is it is up to you, choose what you want, and move forward…
Listen to learn a great trick to help you figure out what you really want
Link to the grounding meditation!
It is really helpful to get really grounded before you make a decision – here is a quick visualization to help you with this.
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I had to hop in and do a quick summer episode, after I had a cool experience at the firework show last night.
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I miss doing this weekly podcast and am so excited to be back full time in the fall! But am actually really enjoying working on The Gift of Giving Life Podcast. It is more fun than I thought it would be.
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I have been having some anxiety since things have been opening up and I have been venturing back into the real world. How about you? My most helpful tool has been grounding and shielding to help me through those situations. I am offering free access to my Ground and Shield with a Song class for my newsletter subscribers. https://sheridanripley.com/about-me/enjoy-life-newsletter/
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Patriotic Songs have always been powerful to me. Last night was especially healing!
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It is almost Finding Joy in the Journey’s Birthday!
Believe it or Not, this is episode 52.
One year ago, I did something I had wanted to do for a long time – I started creating a podcast.
It was a fun project to do during the quiet laid-back time of Covid Quarantine.
I had to pick a name, create a logo (with the help of my then 14-year-old), record episodes, learn to edit them….
I have loved so many things about doing a podcast.
So it was super surprising when God asked me to do something I didn't want to do...
In todays podcast I explain why I am taking a break from the podcast.
I will return with Season 2 in the fall!
See the Show Notes Here.
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Have a great summer!!!
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Are you conscious of the words you are using.?
When you notice you are using negative words,
stop and think – What DO I want?
Then change your words right away.
Here are some other simple examples of ways you can change your words.
- ~~~Crazy -VS- exciting.
- ~~~This person frustrates me. -VS- This person helps me to grow.
- ~~~Cooking stresses me out. -VS- Cooking is a way to show love to my family.
- ~~~There is always dirt on the floor from these boys! – VS – I am grateful for healthy boys that like to play outside.
Choose to say and focus on what You DO want!In todays episode, I share 2 simple, yet powerful experiences of how changing my words completelyshifted my perspective and help you harness the power of changing your words!
Show Notes:
http://sheridanripley.com/crazy-versus-exciting-the-power-of-words-can-change-everything/
Links I mentioned:
Connie Sokol's Retreat - https://conniesokol.vipmembervault.com/products/courses/view/26
My newsletter - http://sheridanripley.com/about-me/enjoy-life-newsletter/
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Do you like the carpool line?
It is the hardest place for me to find peace.
My yelling, grumpy side comes out.
It isn't pretty.
One day, driving the carpool kids to school, there was a giant traffic jam...
I started getting grumpy, then decided to shift perspectives.
Why did God create this traffic jam for me?
I started to laugh out loud when I found the answer. He created this GIANT CARPOOL PARKING LOT at least a mile long!
What a wonderful opportunity for me to practice staying calm and finding peace.
Links mentioned in the show:
Show Notes:
http://sheridanripley.com/carpool-trafficjam-peace/
Meditation Resources
http://sheridanripley.com/meditation-resources-2/
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I have a gift of dreams. I have a lot of interesting dreams, but some are more than just dreams. Some have important messages. I usually know when I wake up if I have had one of those dreams and I quickly write them down and then pray and ask God what He wants me to learn from it.
I share this dream with you because the message was so beautiful.
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Is the Armor of God something you use intentionally every day?
Do you actively cover yourself from Head to Toe using the Armor of God?
I have been delving into the study of the Armor of God the past 2 years. I keep reading books, doing scripture studies, taking classes. I am always amazed there is so much to learn!
Did you know that Jesus wore the Armor of God?
And was amazed that there was not one to intercede;
Then His own arm brought salvation to Him,
And His righteousness upheld Him.
He put on righteousness like a breastplate,
And a helmet of salvation on His head;
And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing
And wrapped Himself with zeal as a cloak.
Isaiah 59:16-17
Do you know that His Armor is a gift He gives to us?
If we are not intentional about putting it on and using it, than it is a gift that is going to waste!
I love getting my power from Jesus – The Lord strengthens me!
His Armor strengthens me!
On todays episode I look at each part of the Armor of God and how it can help you.
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Have you ever worked hard to create something and then someone messes it up?
I can tell you that is the ideal time to Pray in the Moment.
A few years ago I had a crazy day, which included a fire alarm going off in the middle of my yearly exam!!!
The day only got worse when I went to pick up carpool.
Prayer saved the day!
Links mentioned in the show.
Prayer Cheat Sheet
Power Up Your Prayer Book
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One of the first things I did after I prayed with Rob and sent him off to rescue Devon from Mexico was to post a prayer request first to my prayer group and then to Facebook.
I learned the power of Facebook requests for prayers when Devon broke his Jaw and Arm and needed surgery that night.
I loved being able to call out for help and FEEL the prayers and support being offered.
Then I had an opposite experience when a few days later I posted a bullet point explanation of what happened on Facebook.
I knew people wanted an update, but I also knew Devon would be sharing his story at school and it sounds so unbelievable that most of his friends parents would think he was lying.
Within minutes I started to feel horrible. Like I just wanted to lay down on the floor, curl up and cry. I couldn’t understand what was happening. I had been handling things really well up to this point. Why this sudden nose dive?
In this episode I share what the difference was and how to make sure you are using the power of Facebook for good in your life and others.
See the shownotes here http://sheridanripley.com/what-are-energetic-boundaries/
Also I have a podcast episode #39 about Energetic Boundaries, if you want to learn more.
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I am excited to share some of my notes from a webinar I attended by, Arabah Joy & Jen Evangelista of Sojo Academy
God has a To Do List for me
– reading the word of God equips me for these good works!
Prayer Acronym – IOUS
- Incline my heart to God’s Word – Psalms 119:36
- Open my eyes to see the wonder – Psalms 119:18
- Unite my heart to God’s – Psalms 86:11
- Satisfy me – nourish me – Psalms 90:14
The Power of Journaling
- leaves a tangible footprint
- clarification of what I am learning - similar to what happened to me here http://sheridanripley.com/impromptu-lesson-on-sunday/
- preservation to help me remember what I learned
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Other links I mentioned in this episode -
Prayer cheat sheets
Power up Your Prayers
Also I share a great resource of over 50 digital items - Ultimate Christian Bundle - only available to buy this week!
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Have you felt like your brain has been getting dumber and dumber the past year?
In January, during episode 34, I talked about how I thought Covid ADD was a real thing. I shared how I hadn’t really been reading as much in 2020. That I usually LOVE to read, but my phone had taken over my brain and instead I would scroll on social media or read the news.
In todays episode I delve into the 8 steps to hack your phone, so your brain can be in charge again.
- Check and mark your screen time stats. Here is how to check screen time on iphone. Here is how to check screen time on android.
- Note where you are spending your time. Does anything surprise you?
- Delete Apps that are hard for your mind to control.
- Block the websites that distract you.
- You can also set up time limits on your phone!
- Change your phone to black and white.
- Leave your phone at a charging station when you can.
- Have a different device for nighttime/morning.
You can read the whole show notes here - http://sheridanripley.com/how-to-hack-your-smart-phone-so-it-stops-hacking-your-dumb-brain
Other links mentioned in the show -
my Instagram account – @powerupyourprayers
Bark. I LOVE Bark – I did a podcast episode all about Bark here.
Another great option is to get a Gabb phone! Get $10 off when you use the code ENJOYLIFE
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The teacher for the lesson on Sunday texted me 30 minutes before class to say she had the flu.
I had to quickly create a lesson about baptism.
I am a co-author of a book about spirituality and birth - The Gift of Giving Life.
This helped me as I quickly prepared a lesson. We had a great discussion comparing baptism and birth.
I ended the lesson by sharing the experience when my 16 year old baptized my 8 year old and the beautiful gift I was given to see the spiritual aspects of that sweet day.
The tool I share today is "Asking for Eyes to See"To see the chart with the baptism/birth comparisons visit http://sheridanripley.com/impromptu-lesson-on-sunday
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Do you find it challenging to monitor your child's phone?
- The THOUSANDS of texts.
- The hundreds of emails.
- The websites they visit
- Not to mention the social media accounts.
I will be honest when my older boys were younger, I would maybe check their phones every other week and it was so time consuming and mind numbing too!
Then I discovered Bark.
(You can see video here) of this episode.
This is an AMAZING app that monitors your child's
- texts
- emails
- google drive
- social media accounts
- and MORE
Then I get an alert if something suspicious comes up.
It is so wonderful.
I save so much time and also everything is being checked, so I don't miss out on any warning signs or dangerous things.
I go into more detail in this weeks podcast.
Also Bryson likes Bark.
He feels like it is less invasive than me reading all of his texts.
And he will even warn me "You might get a Bark notice" and tell me what is going on.
I wish I had this tool when my older boys were younger. It may have prevented the whole Mexico fiasco!
You can do a free trial of Bark to see if it is right for you!
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Have you ever wondered if your teenager was on drugs?
One day a few years ago, my friend called and said she had to tell me something.
She sounded hesitant but said she had prayed about it and knew she had to tell me. I reassured her and told her to tell me. If she was inspired to tell me something, I wanted to hear it!
She explained she had an impression that my son was on drugs that night. She had experience with this herself, via family members. So she knew the signs.
I told her Thank you!!!
Then talked to my husband, prayed and pondered.
I bought some drug tests off of Amazon, just in case I wanted to go that route.
In todays episode I share how this led to a really great experience for our family and even created a wonderful way for my boys to get out of tricky situations when their friends offered them drugs.
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In the Finding Joy in the Journey podcast episode 37 “the most powerful thought you can use to stay calm while parenting” I shared the thought “it’s age appropriate”
I also shared a story about how Devon got stabbed by Santa before Christmas.
I mentioned it by accident, and I quickly realized while recording, that the “age appropriate” thought didn’t help with that situation at all.
I talked about it with my advanced coaching clients class and we realized that some of our kids fall outside of the “age appropriate” thought.
You must know this interesting alternative thought to “it’s age appropriate”For me it is “It is Devon appropriate”
Because somehow it sort of makes sense that Devon accidently stabbed himself after forgetting he put a knife in his Santa statue.
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What are Energetic Boundaries?
A very simple definition. It is an energetic protective boundary between you and others. There are different layers, the main ones are:
· physical
· emotional
· relational
· spiritual
It isn’t something you physically see or feel. Emotionally you feel the power of it, if you have them. Or you feel the negative effects of not having them.
Do you need to Strengthen YOUR Boundaries?
Most people naturally have good energetic boundaries. My husband and oldest son for instance have pretty good emotional boundaries. If someone else is upset, it doesn’t really bother them. They have healthy relationships and are spiritually pretty grounded.
In todays episode I share 8 tips to Strengthen Your Boundaries.
Visit the show notes at http://sheridanripley.com/what-are-energetic-boundaries/
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What teams do you have in your life?
Do you have too many?
Not enough?
Let’s talk about the power of teams, why do we need them, how do we create them?
We are not meant to survive on this earth on our own.
I think this is one of the hardest parts of COVID-19.
We are isolated.
Our normal support systems may have been decimated.
Or even if we are back at school or church, people are wearing masks and not interacting as much as they used to.
Today we are going to talk about 3 different types of teams you can have.
Listen in as we dive into
- Heavenly Teams
- Personal Teams
- Professional Teams
And how to create and how to find the perfect balance for you
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Do you struggle with staying calm while parenting?
I have had my share of challenges while raising my boys.
I spent the first 14 years or so of parenting losing my temper, yelling, being frustrated and disappointed in my kids and in myself.
I have done a lot of work with coaching and emotional clearing to help get me to a place where I MOSTLY stay calm while parenting. Even when crazy things come up.
So, what is my favorite thought I use in these situations?
“It is age appropriate to…..”
In todays episode I will dive deeper into how to use this phrase for changing your thoughts about your kids and even your thoughts about you!
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Do you have teenagers or young adult children?
That creates so many opportunities to try and let go of control, while also recognizing there are certain things I do still have stewardship over and have to set certain boundaries. However achieving the balance in that is quite the learning experience for us all.
Using faith in my mothering has been so helpful, even essential as my boys have grown.
Today I dive into
Cheerfully –
Do All things that lie in our Power –
Stand Still –
With UTMOST Assurance of God –
That His Arm will be Revealed –
I also am excited to announce Essentials to Enjoy Life Class is open. Through this class I have helped so many Moms increase their ability to mother cheerfully through faith.
Come join in the fun!
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What is Spinning?
When thoughts and or emotions start swirling around in our head and body.
You can have positive spins
• Trigger – Roller Coaster
• Feeling - Excitement
• Thought - Remembering Fun trips there
• Trigger - Memories of Park
We focus on negative spins, because those are what can cause problems
• Trigger - Roller Coaster
• Feeling – Sick, nervous
• Thoughts – Remembering throwing up on friend
• Trigger – Memories of being embarrassed
Another one, that is more common than seeing a roller coaster – dirty dishes in the sink!
• Trigger - Dirty Dishes
• Feeling - Frustration
• Thoughts – Memories, all the times he didn’t do the dishes
• Trigger
There is so much power in recognizing when you are spinning. There is also power when you teach someone you trust and love about spinning, because when appropriate you can point it out to each other and help each other stop spinning.
Learn more about spinning and what spinning wars are and a tool to stop them in todays episode.
Link to Help I'm Spinning and Can't Stop Class
https://enjoy-life1.teachable.com/p/help-i-am-spinning-and-i-can-t-stop
Link to Essentials to Enjoy Life February Class - on sale 1/2 off right now.
https://enjoy-life1.teachable.com/p/essentials-to-enjoy-life-feb-2021
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We went back to church in the last few weeks my 15 year old mentioned, “Wow, I am out of practice. Church feels so long.”
And it is even shorter than it used to be, by well over an hour!
I agreed.
My attention definitely has suffered over the last year.
How about yours?
I share an example of how I am going to work on increasing my attention this week.
I would love to hear what you are doing!
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Have you ever picked a word of the year?
Did you for 2020?
Do you remember what it was?
Did it help you in any way?
The first few years I picked out a word for the year, I enjoyed the experience, but the word was forgotten after a month or two and it really didn’t make a change in my year.
The past few years I have been VERY mindful of including God in my choice of the word and it was a completely different experience.
I have a free class you can sign up for walking you through these steps.
It is officially starting today, but it is OK if you sign up at anytime. You should still get all the emails with the information, spread out over 5 days. :)
www.sheridanripley.com/findword
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Presents – Buying Presents, Wrapping Presents, Shipping Presents, Organizing Presents, Making sure we have equalish presents….
In todays short episode, I delve into presents vs presence.
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How about you, is time weird for you too?
Should we just not count it?
It almost feels like it doesn’t exist on whatever weird world I am living in.
But I do have a 2020 calendar with a lot of erased things we had to cancel.
But also a lot of things on my calendar in colored pens we did do!
So even though it feels different, I will keep 2020. It was 12 months that did happen.
In todays episode I go over the AWARE tool and how it helped me to rethink time and how to look forward to next year.
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Are you a little perplexed on how to keep this Holiday Season a Happy one?
In todays episode I dive deep into these 12 tips to help.
- Maintain your Spiritual Routines
- Stay Grounded during the Holiday Excitement
- What do you WANT?
- Say NO!
- Set your intention for activities
- Set Realistic Expectations and Boundaries
- Then, Let Go of Expectations
- Practice Acceptance
- Count Your Blessings
- Keep Traditions and Rituals (balanced)
- Be IN the Moment and Feel the Joy!
- Mindful Eating
- Bonus Tip - Watch Your Words
Links Mentioned in Episode
Grounding - http://sheridanripley.com/7-grounding-in-3-steps/
Shielding - http://sheridanripley.com/8-color-shield-crazy-way-to-stay-safe/
Light Switch Tool - https://enjoy-life1.teachable.com/p/light-switch
Register for the Find the Word Free Class - http://sheridanripley.com/findword/
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So last week people posted a whole lot of #givethanks posts.
It was very curious to see what that did to my brain.
We talked about it in my advanced coaching group and each one of us was having a different experience.
It triggered us in different ways.
Did you notice your brain responding differently to the gratitude posts than your normal social media feed?
In todays episode I share the AWARE tool and how it can help you create what you want.
You can download a PDF with the AWARE steps here. http://sheridanripley.com/what-have-gratitude-posts-done-to-your-brain/
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Do you struggle with finding things to be grateful for this Thanksgiving season?
Maybe because things are extra strange this year, it seems impossible to be grateful.
Do you know that gratitude is more powerful than love??
The power of gratitude is immense.
After Devon was home safe from being kidnapped in Mexico, I felt God impress upon me that I should express gratitude for the men who kidnapped Devon.
It was pretty easy to express:
- Thank you for not physically hurting him.
- Thank you for not being very good at kidnapping. Devon said, “If they had used zip ties instead of bandanas it would have been a lot harder to escape.”
- Thank you for leaving him alone to go off to try the ATM card.
Then I felt I should thank them for kidnapping him.
I paused thinking, “That is ridiculous.”
I paused again and pondered. Am I grateful that this experience happened? Could it have happened without the kidnappers?
Imagine if Devon had lied to us, gone to Mexico had a grand adventure and come home with us being none the wiser for it. Then this would have been a very different learning adventure for Devon, not a positive one. More “adventures” would have been taken with possibly much worse outcomes.
So I did express gratitude that this experience happened. I thanked those men for kidnapping him.
I prayed for my “enemies” and I thanked them for it too.
Join me today to learn how to harness the healing power of gratitude in your life!
Link to quote reference - https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2014/04/grateful-in-any-circumstances?lang=eng
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Have you ever set a seemingly impossible goal?
Then you told everyone about it....
Then you realized, "Oh crap, now I have to DO it!?"
Join as I celebrate with my family and friends, the accomplishment of a goal I set in January, to write the true story of when my 16-year-old was kidnapped in Mexico and the miracles that brought him home safely.
My goal had a hard deadline of November 11th, 2020. That is the 6 year anniversary of what we like to call the Mexico Miracle.
I had so many people help me achieve the goal, but a lot of it fell on me.
Writing, editing, editing, editing and more editing.
Mind you, I don't really enjoy any of those things...
Luckily I had a great team backing me up and we got it done.
The Mexico Miracle went live on November 11th and it also became a best seller in multiple categories on Amazon the same day!
I recorded the virtual book launch party, so you can enjoy the party too!
Meet 3 of my family members and hear their point of view.
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Writing letters to God is a wonderful blend of meditating, praying and journaling.
I am the type of person who likes to do things quickly. It is hard for me to slow myself down. When I pray, I use my prayer cheat sheet and sometimes I just speed through things.
When I journal normally, I just scribble out what happened during my day, rarely pausing to reflect.
I just move fast.
But when I write a letter to God and then pause to receive a response,
I have to slow down!!
This is why it feels like a combo of the 3 – meditating – being still and present, praying – because I am communicating with God, journaling – because I am writing things down (which also helps slow me down)
Links mentioned - Kelly King Anderson's Book - 10 Ways to Make Decisions with God - https://amzn.to/3kU52fG
http://sheridanripley.com/3-reasons-writing-letters-to-god-is-so-powerful/
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I wish I could teach the whole world about the importance of neutrality and give them the tools to stay neutral amidst chaos
Today I talk about 2 different platforms.
One of Unity and Love and the other Pride and Isolation
There is so much discord and fighting going on, in so many different ways and for so many different reasons.
I can’t help but think, if people could pause and take time to listen to the other and try to understand where they are coming from and responded from a love and unity platform, how much better things could go.
Links mentioned in the show -
-Lightswitch Tool http://sheridanripley.com/powerful-tool-to-stay-calm-a-light-switch/
- Candid Band http://candidband.com/music/
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Some people love to write. It is in their blood, it is a gift, they get great joy from it.
I have none of those things, yet I am an author of 6 books!!!
The process of writing a book is challenging, every step of the way. I am a pretty reluctant writer and when I have to make changes my editor suggests, that is not fun!
However the satisfaction I get from writing overpowers all of that.
In this episode I discuss what inspired me to write each book I have written and how I overcame the challenges of being a reluctant author.
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1%, 24%, 50%, 24% 1%
Jody Moore loves to say life is 50% great and 50% bad. I really don’t like that.
When I think of my vibration chart, of course we sometimes feel the lower vibrations, but I don’t think we need to feel them half the time, I think we can learn to get up to at least neutral, curious or courage 50% of the time!
So, I came up with my own percentages that feel better and more like a belief I want to choose to have.
It is a lot harder to say and not as pretty, but way more useful for me!
1-24-50-24-1
Life is 1% amazing…
24% pretty good
50% OK
24% not so great
1% horrible
This could be throughout 1 day, or throughout a month, or throughout a year…
This is so helpful, because when the bad things happen, I can remember, this is normal, of course 100% can’t be good. Also, when the boring normal ok things happen, I can remember this is normal too.
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Your body can hold energy and emotions. Which is great when they are happy, but if you are angry or sad, typically we don’t want to just hold those and carry them around with us.
One of the easiest tools I share about clearing emotions and stress is Walking WHILE Talking.
In today’s episode I share tips for using this tool and what to do if you don’t have anyone to talk to!
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If you find yourself struggling with moving past a situation or maybe you are just overwhelmed with the emotions you are having, scribbling is such a great tool.
I love sharing this tools with my students. It is easy to do and works so well.
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My friends like to tease me because I use timers and alarms for everything.
However, as they learned the magic and power of these tools, many of them use them more now!
Learn 5 new ways to use timers and alarms to improve you life in this episode!
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I love having a special spot where I meditate, read and pray every day. It is almost as if that spot gets infused with the Spirit and it is easier to feel there.
You don’t even need a specific spot, you can create that same energy with a basket or rug.
In this podcast I share how my spirit spot evolved from a basket to a whole room, but that both are equally effective.
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How much time do you spend thinking about the things you need to do?
If you are like me, I make lists that contain many, many things to do and I can always think of more things to do.
Someone presented a question to me and it has been a game changer.
What should I NOT do today?
In this episode I talk about how pausing and asking that question has helped me to find more joy in my journey. And frankly, helped my family find more joy in their journey as well!
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How do we keep pressing forward with hope, when there appears to be no end in sight?
I tackle this question and share 7 things to “keep” to help you survive crisis fatigue.
- Keep Energy
- Keep Laughing
- Keep Caring For Yourself
- Keep AWAY from…
- Keep Connecting
- Keep Track
- Keep Hope
If you want a free download of these steps, visit my website! sheridanripley.com
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Do you need help forgiving someone or something?
I LOVE this tool, I have used it to forgive in many situations, from my van, to my son’s kidnappers!
Listen to todays podcast to learn more.
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Creating a Prayer Cheat Sheet helped my prayers become more meaningful and powerful. They are easy to create and well worth every minute it takes, and it only takes a few.
Learn how you can power up your prayers with a cheat sheet!
You can download a sample prayer sheet on my website. http://sheridanripley.com/12-prayer-cheat-sheet-to-revolutionize-your-prayers!
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It is helpful to remind myself – It is safe to feel disappointment. Disappointment is part of life and maybe a little bit more right now in Covid-19 time. So it is a great time to practice feeling disappointment and how to easily feel it and move on to acceptance.
When I am spinning with thoughts and emotions, it is challenging to make a good decision out of faith instead of fear. It is hard to not get all caught up in worrying about possible disappointments.
In todays Episode I share 8 easy steps to survive disappointments!
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Do you notice that you are telling yourself stories all day long? Stories about your choices, what other people are doing, you name it.
For instance, if my husband doesn’t do the dishes at night like he said he will, I will often tell myself the story of “He doesn’t love me.” In the morning when I see the sink full of dishes.
Ahh, that is not a good story to tell myself. But what can I do to change it?
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A new point of view of the Stripling Warriors.
Throughout the battles in which the young stripling warriors fought, many of their number were wounded, but not one of them was ever killed because, although “they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them.”
How were the stripling warriors taught by their mothers?
What helped them have faith?
I think about the power of a mother’s prayer. Do you think these warriors had seen their mothers praying for them over the years? Do you think they saw their mother’s faith?
I would say yes! They were taught by their mother’s directly, but also most certainly saw their mother’s praying for them and felt their faith.
These moms were praying their guts out while their children were away fighting for them. They were saying powerful prayers for very specific things, like safety and wisdom and protection, to be able to listen to and follow their leaders.
When things got scary and the warriors needed courage, I can picture them remembering that their moms were praying for them and gathering strength from that image.
It wasn’t just that they had been taught in their youth, they knew their mothers were actively helping them through prayer, even while they were far away.
Prayer is one of my most favorite and powerful Mothering tools, especially as my boys have grown up and moved out!
One of my Powerful Mom Prayers
In this podcast I share how a powerful prayer I uttered on November 11th 2014 and how it helped save my oldest when he was kidnapped when he was only 16 years old.
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It is OK to want things, it is human nature. We often feel like we need it because it feels like a survival issue, but is it actually? Could there be power in just wanting it instead?
I love the tool of Want Vs Need. When I am in a situation where I am feeling the need to micromanage or overstep my bounds, I like to pause and ask “Is this a want or a need?”
Sometimes we feel we “need” something, but that can get us into trouble and live outside of what we value.
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Is Covid 19 is creating a lot of uncertainty in your life? I know it has in mine.
Today I talk about some steps I took to adjust to all the uncertainty of summer.
Then I talk about how we can use those steps to deal with the uncertainty with the upcoming school year too.
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If you had told me 6 months ago that people would be yelling at, spitting on or even shooting other people because of wearing masks I would have thought you were crazy.
I am a little nervous about sharing this podcast, because there are so many strong emotions around masks right now. But I felt God assure me that this neutralizing tool I am going to share can help the world have more peace.
I am not going to be convincing you of a “SIDE”, rather reminding you the power of having a neutral energy about a subject.
My hope is that as we hold whatever stance we have on masks from a place of neutrality, there can be greater peace and love in the world.
I hope I was so neutral as I talked on this podcast episode that you won’t even know what my “side” is.
I walk through the thoughts of 3 imaginary people from different perspectives of the mask issue and and how I would help them shift to neutral emotions about their and other peoples choices.
- 1 who thinks all people should wear masks in public
- 1 who thinks people shouldn’t wear masks in public
- 1 who gets anxiety while wearing masks
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This podcast episode is extra fun, because you get to use crayons! That’s right, get a piece of paper and some crayons or markers and get ready to create a powerful color shield that can provide you energetic protection throughout your day.
This may seem crazy, but coloring a “color shield” is one of my student’s favorite tools.
In todays episode I will walk you through doing this, so by then end you can have this crazy tool too!
- Green – Protects your Heart
- Red – Physical Protection
- Orange – Emotional Protection
- Blue- Relational Protection
- White – Spiritual Protection
- Apron – to help you support your immediate family
- Mail boxes – for others
- PO Boxes for “special people”
Once you have created your color shield with your mind and crayons, you can practice putting it on and strengthening it by listening to the visualization on my website. sheridanripley.com/8-color-shield-crazy-way-to-stay-safe
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Grounding is a great way to get to a place of peace. It is something I do every morning to start my day off right and I will do it throughout the day if something gets me off-kilter.
I know many people talk about the importance of grounding. One way to do it is to walk around outside in bare feet. I feel like that is a good beginning, but also not always feasible and incomplete.
I teach a more detailed and inclusive grounding method where you get your spirit/mind/body connected
- to each other
- to the earth
- to heaven
This puts you in the middle of an infinity of Love and Support
You also can do it just using your mind, shoes optional.
Free Gift – Once you listen to the podcast and know the steps consciously, visit this link
http://sheridanripley.com/7-grounding-in-3-steps/
to enjoy a brief visualization to walk you through the steps.
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I love the power of the 3R’s of routines, rituals and rhythms.
Listen to learn:
- How Routines Help you to Get things Done
- How Rituals Motivate you to DO your Routines
- How Rhythms help you to stay grounded because you know what to expect.
I share ideas and tips to create the 3 R’s as well as teach you about Micro Routines.
If you want support creating a powerful spiritual routine, you can access my MPoWeR class for free by signing up for my newsletter at www.sheridanripley.com
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Have you ever felt overwhelmed when you thought about someone you cared about who was struggling?
Maybe you drove by a car accident and started to cry, even though you don’t know who it was.
I have a tool to help those of us who are very empethetic and tend to carry that weight around with us, even hours after a situation is over.
In today’s episode I explain the Circle with Love and Let Go tool.
When I start to worry about a situation, I can’t do anything about, this is one of my favorite tools to use. I use it almost every day. From worrying about my son who is an EMT 2 states away, to world issues that tug at my heartstrings. The Circle with Love and Let Go tool, helps me to handle these situations in a way that I can send love and still feel peace.
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Does it sometimes feel like you are fighting against your brain?
When we understand the different parts of our brain and how they work, then it is easier to be in control of our brain and see it as our friend! In this episode you will learn about the 4 parts of your brain:
- Lizard
- Animal
- Human
- Angel
How can you learn to have your angel brain be in charge most of the time?
In this podcast episode, I will show you how!
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In the last episode we talked about the Vibrational Scale.
I used to want to help my students jump from lower vibrations up to the higher ones. However, I learned that it is hard to jump from low to high. It is much easier to take the bridge of neutrality to get there.
So in todays episode I am going to talk about
- The two platforms – an easy way to see if you are high or low on the scale
- The 3 steps to get to neutrality
- How combining the trifecta of curiosity, neutrality and courage can get you securely on that bridge from low to high!
You can get a copy of the Vibrational Chart at the shownotes http://sheridanripley.com/3-the-trifecta-of-curiosity-courage-and-neutrality/
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Do you sometimes feel stuck in negativity? It could be because your vibrations are low.
In this podcast episode we talk about what vibrations are and then look at the vibrations of different things.
- Words
- Thoughts
- Feelings
- People
- Places
- Things
Then you will learn some simple tools to help raise your vibration.
http://sheridanripley.com/2-raise-your-vibration-with-these-simple-tools/
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A daily spiritual routine is what can give you the foundation to find joy in your journey, even when challenging things come your way.
What You Will Learn in This Podcast Episode
- Who I am.
- Brief explanation of my MPoWeR spiritual routine.
- M – Meditation
- P – Prayer
- o – Other (bonus)
- W – Write in Jounral
- e – Exercise (bonus)
- R – Read Scriptures
- Tips on how you can apply it in your life.
- Motivation to actually do it once you plan it.
You can access the free MPoWeR class by signing up for my newsletter here. http://sheridanripley.com/1-what-the-heck-is-mpower-and-how-can-it-help-you/
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