Word of the year: Recent Episodes
Jenny Hochstein
A place to share my honest feelings with all the audacity and actual passion in which I am grateful for my life.
Hot tub, hormone yoga therapy, metis beading, colouring, walls around the lake and yoga to Christ,
My biggest take aways from listening to a virtual grandpa to me, Jeffrey R. Holland, as he spoke about the “Hidden Fire” of prayer. I was grateful to be reminded to pray vocally, and to consider the power of prayer for a shield against temptation ( setting my intention for my own light to have no boundaries). I loved remembering how connected I feel with God, and that He cares about me connecting with Him.
Learning together with my faith focused friends of all ages 12 and up ( joys of my experience with “general conference” April 2024)
Finding my cherishing honouring and respecting spirit of integrity and virtue as I approach a challenge with trust peace and hope to replace the once shame filled way of attacking a challenge
Cultivating joy along my journey of transitioning out of a sprinting mentality to health to a long view
From selfish to service purpose of life - learning to be compassionate- learning to speak and give kindness, respect and honour
Next steps to make sure both genders feel like they have a voice ( especially the shy girls -that have something to say, but it takes all of them to get up and say it)
Calendaring self-compassion to avoid running out of gas unexpectedly ( unknowingly, and unaware)
Growing pains from my inner child to becoming even more capable, competent, confident, caring and compassionate ( remembering feeling inspired by a women’s circle of social workers)
Realizing that an invisible greenhouse is not enough for my sacred seeds ( the soil needs to be ready to nourish, and allow for the full fruition of these seeds)
Celebrating the gladness that God helps me uncover, especially as I dive into ancient texts that invigorate my heart, mind and spirit to consider the wisdom of those that came before me to allow for a seed of goodness to be planted in my heart and be nurtured. Creating an invisible greenhouse sanctuary to allow for my sacred seeds to germinate and grow to fruition.
Feeling deep gratitude for my friend Kym Peavoy, a Gottman Certified Marriage Coach, for sharing with me and my spouse the emotional needs quiz, and helping me uncover the difference between our solvable problems and our perpetual problems and knowing what to do with them. Ref: https://www.marriagebuilders.com/emotional-needs-questionnaire.htm
Enjoying life- being ok that others can see my face, and being noticed. Rejecting the lie that if someone sees me, I’m in danger, but realizing the truth that perhaps another can be blessed by the light in my eyes that has been hard earned
my sacred role to be my husband’s best bet, and the reciprocation of him holding me in all of my tears over the years
“I get to do this!”- emotional woundedness bandaged, brought to emotional surgery, and emotionally recovered ( ref: https://facebook.com/events/s/hormone-river-retreat/314122591650537/ )
Milestone of forgiveness, hope and trust to continue in my purpose in sharing light and love. ( ref: “River of God’s love”: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2023/10/13daines?lang=eng ref: upcoming retreat : https://www.facebook.com/events/sunshine-lake-high-river/hormone-river-retreat/314122591650537/ )
Age 18: learning to love what I got ( family ties, being a better daughter, preparing myself for the love of my life)
Age 12-15: the beginning of my health journey of noticing my mind body connection through good input of foods for good output of athletic performance
Piecing together how to be with others who are working more from their frontal brain than their primitive brain
Gentling myself into a life that preserves my energy the most efficiently ( ref: https://secure.kolbe.com/k2/show_takeIndex/indexType_A?campaignid=10504076281&adgroupid=109620034690&adid=484169250128&gclid=CjwKCAiAt5euBhB9EiwAdkXWO6KtlEzalzhfSN21EDF-yJXpNny0sB2Q0q6525Y39aMscbblBqxGNRoCGsAQAvD_BwE )
Respecting God’s creation ( my female body)- and giving it the time it needs in different inner seasons of my feminine cycle
Feeling blown to shreds - then planting myself in places of nourishing soul filling soil ( retreats and rhythms of stillness)
Allowing my body to be built and not broken by the transformation and rite of passage through the child bearing years
beginning to explore the difference of pouring into something bearing fruit versus the opposite
Milestones of vulnerability to share my naked face and words with others- and embracing the beauty of imperfection in my becoming journey
Age9-34: my journey in communication and connecting with others through words, and writing. I have felt relieved to have reached a milestone in the healing of my creative soul, and allowing for space to believe, to hope, and to co-create.
Ponderfully considering my next footprints and how they will help me to feel the love of God and share that even more naturally
Better than striving ( learning to be compassionate, caring, kind, human, moral and natural in my path of growing and becoming, and not doing it alone)
Grateful for the primitive and the prefrontal cortex. All parts of my brain and God that give me grace to progress at my own pace with healing, and skill- development, and serving in my abode.
Liberation while moving from Painful to Prepared and peaceful transitions into intimate transformations in life ( pregnancy, birth, menopause)
Enjoying my recent visits with angelic people and pondering what does the restoration of the church of Jesus Christ mean to me? https://www.facebook.com/becauseofhimalberta/videos/216293881047843/?mibextid=3JLxgoXK8XkhKqoE
Passionately feeling validated and seen in the caregiving calling I so naturally step into every day as I review “We are His Children” by Christophe G. Giraud-Carrier ( https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2023/10/56giraud-carrier?lang=eng )
Reflecting on my good life, and even gratitude for my extra weight and delightful squishiness ( and also acceptance when I need to say goodbye to it because of my new yoga practice)
Unperfectionizing: learning to forgive myself for not being as professional as I would like to be in every situation of my life
Lasting life force energy from my beginnings with hormone yoga therapy: ref : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PVvZX3CXWgA
Accessing that deep well of love that I am grateful others offered to me when I was scattered- grateful for others who were a part of my healing journey rather than breaking my confidence while I was cumbersome
Remembering what is needed to care for others who have high emotional needs to be compassionate with ( those in the 13-17 age group) from John Bytheway @ldspma #ldspma
Healing, giving the benefit of the doubt, and doing good by others. Overturning my old belief patterns and biases about people of diverse backgrounds. Learning to embrace love even more than division as I virtually attended the 2nd keynote speech of multicultural panelists from Deseret Industry on the Friday @ldspma
Owning my own: learning to delight in my creativity in different seasons from Bonnie L. Oscarson’s keynote @ldspma
Embracing hope, Beethoven and Mozart’s through the lens of Steve Sharp Nelson’s keynote address @ldspma
My why to virtually attend a gathering of creative light-centered minds this weekend #ldspma @ldspma
My interview with my husband Rory about his most recent lessons learned and when he learned to let Christ into his life
2022-2023- my healing journey of letting go of what was extra, and keeping the essentials (ref: https://youtu.be/9EX2ZHiRhTY?si=UNDkYbIMkdXdzU1_ )
Demystifying English as a second language, this book “uncovering the logic of English” by Denise Eide is blowing my mind. My initial review after reading 1/3 of the book.
Mon respect pour qu’est-ce que cet auteur me donner en comprendre l’anglais. Je peux maintenant savoir “s” n’a pas simplement le son ssss, mais aussi z (dedans chapitre 2 de “Découvrir la logique de l'anglais: une approche sensée de la lecture, de l'orthographe et de l'alphabétisation” par Denise Eide)
J’avais gagner avec Mon fils de 8 ans ( apprendre à lire avec mon école chez nous) homeschool en francais
Decouvertes des regles et des barriers de ma tete dans le passé a propos des interactions avec les autres
le calme avec la meditation me donner un bon sommeil et plus de confiance pour faire de meilleurs choix
j’aime d’être enseigner par les grand-meres et grand-Peres du monde ( le conference general samedi matin, ref: Dallin H. Oaks : https://youtu.be/AwAdrgYZ8Bg?si=WlWYKCgiijVCjNZN )
The juice of the gospel of Jesus Christ- drinking it in for all it is worth: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gJLnm-FIwbU
Ma coeur a propos d’un fun semaine complete: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCaOmC6OqqInirZHMn5oMs-g
I have a secret prayer in my heart that I will always have the best teachers given to me in every area of my life- and it has fruitioned
“Never let myself move forward with the excuse that something is too much work to persue”
Processing what it’s like when I’m unprepared to help someone because I still need to help myself
Repenting and forgiving myself as I learn to be a peacemaker again: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2023/04/47nelson?lang=eng
Excited to deep dive in my own learning journey: https://www.librariesofhope.com/catch-the-vision
Learning how to not hold on too tight, hold more loosely and find more space for me to do me ( rather than others)
Thinking that I was going to help someone, but being helped tenfold back ( permaculture peer pressure is the best kind of pressure there is)
I love the simplicity of a mentors and classics approach to learning, but I am also intrigued by the synergy of what could happen when a larger amount of people can be blessed and influenced for good at one time rather than one at a time.
Building a permaculture community one root at a time ( a community that will sustain caring for itself as it is setup properly). one class at a time
Intentional thoughtful loving and living. ( letting my heart and hands be healed as I learn to live generationally- reflections after a full day workshop with TIAG https://m.youtube.com/@HavenPermaculture/videos
Harmonizing the spiritual and the temporal in my heart as I learn to nurture. mindset of a caregiver nurturer
The lifecycle simulation of a traditional yoga class. And finding pockets of yogic breathwork with my stillness time.
Decluttering my life of all the distractions of this world so I can really uncover the mysteries and miracles awaiting for me to truly cherish a gift I have already received from God that is mine to share
Calming the perfectionist in approach of always and never dialogue. Respecting the conative responses of different types of people. Digging deeper to strengthen my attachment to God and self that I may show up in my other relationships with even more love to give
Peace in the process of finding lifestyle balance of fun and work, relationships, and growth, spirit, and physical
Learning compassion about how to see different seemingly difficult situations, and smoothing them out with a willingness to speak up
Inner compassion for progressing in areas that were overwhelming but I am finding the silver lining
Compassion with myself about how far I have come and looking forward to my next milestones
Guiding questions to help me discern between my desires and my DESIRES ref: Essentialism, by Greg Mckeown)
Happy to be entering my next rite of passage to enjoy and love myself as I was created to.
Finding my deeper connection with my dear older brother: Jesus Christ ( as I listen to brother Halverson talk about Alma 32 ) : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=asYd3Iv_Nu0
Fortifying my soul through support ( *therapy), and taking my power back to be an agent in my awesome life to be a creator of good ( * https://www.wolfcreekcounselling.ca )
how I’m incorporating deep play into 6 hours of my life for the next 70 years of my life
Finding my inner calm pilot ( for my life and to guide my parenting): https://www.wolfcreekcounselling.ca
Inner compassion and acceptance for my “organizing style”: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hYtiQhCJ574
What are the fruits of my communication? Does it lead to better connection and understanding, or does it divide?
Discovering my strengths in hyperfocusing towards protecting me from burnout ( see “ 4 ways to avoid burnout” : https://www.coachcrystal.ca/blog?page=14 )
“There’s nothing like getting to drive in the car with someone who actually knows what they are doing” ( anticipating my favourite conference of the year: https://m.youtube.com/user/LDSGeneralConference )
Noticing what gives me energy and what takes it away ( learning new habits of reflection and planning to create a life supportive of creativity and miracle making)
Body mind and spirit mapping ( thanks to self care kit: https://www.coachcrystal.ca/opt-in-32c8ca7b-0419-4042-b94f-ac8b51dd1294 )
Emotional and spiritual preparation to behold our eternal companion for life and beyond.
Letting go naivety to purely enjoying the beyond beautiful in intimate human relationships
Reality vs Real Eternity ( finding my love of life even amongst the hiccups, challenges and trials- besides the growing- the growing from a tiny seedling to a fully fruitful plant ready for harvest)
Reflections after the final relaxation- gladness to be watching the hand of God touch mine and others’ hearts ( day 1 bedtime yoga with the mom recovery cycle@ Mountain retreat)
loving to live in the body we are given - from being a slave to the body, to feeling blessed and supported by our body - reflections on Day 1 bedtime mom recovery yoga @ Mountain Retreat
Delighting in deep rest ( through the 3 levels of a mom recovery cycle) as introduced by a senior mom at Mountain Retreat ( by moms for moms)
Take a kid to work day on the Miracle making team- supported and sustained while helping birth Mountain Retreat ( by moms for moms)
Rules increase my confidence- enabling and empowering me to be my own best friend ( pacing myself in all the most meaningful aspects of my life)
( instead of feeling exhausted by my home, setting up rules to allow for my home to give me more energy)
Finding my happy eternal perspective about rules ( ex: dishes first before meal preparation)
Putting off the natural man of parenting and stepping into my spiritual man ( learning to give rules to those in my care to give them a blanket of safety- overcoming the assumption that rules are connected with tyranny, dictatorship and unrighteousness dominion)
Managing the suffering of womanhood, inner chamber of my heart, my angels, and becoming like an angel
Support makes everything more fun, engaging, motivating, and interactive. I am grateful for the miracle of support
Supported by others shoulders who I stand on to look a little farther and let my heart grow link the grinch
Self-compassion over mom guilt about not being a totally prepared parent to hold space for a child when I need space held for me first to heal my wounds so I can be ready next time to help them heal their’s
Sorting my impatience in manners, feedback, gratitude, hurt feelings, and compassion for the highly sensitives and social anxieties
Sorting my choking feelings from my childhood basement belief of ingratitude for anything parents could offer
Giving gratitude to and with all people with whatever paths they choose for their mental health and healing
hard days versus happier days and gleaning from people who have tread hard days an overcame: https://www.pickuplimes.com/video/for-anyone-feeling-lost-in-life-206
Uncovering inner feelings that I may have been trying to avoid by dramatically relocating my life
Respect for women during times of higher sensitivity ( and always anyways- because you never know how heavy their heart might be)
the hope in Christ ( described as a creating the universe club, miracle making team, time travelling, and learning how to cook like the master chef, our creator, rather than just ignoring there was a chef that created the most glorious meal ever made)
Gardener of my Life: learning how to cultivate a mustard seed of faith, and planting that seed in my heart and day to grow and flourish into a miracle making day
Considering what fruits I might want from switching up different routines in my life to be even more supportive of mental health growth and success
Singing my soul away- helping myself regulate after a full day of worry and triggers, hoping to let go, forgive and give space for myself to think peacefully and calmly
Part5: Age 29- kickboxing during the pregnancy of my 5th child, and babymooning under the sun in my garden days after her birth in May
Part4: age26: with the birth of my 4th child: embracing beauty, and relishing in the privilege it is to be a woman and have a network of sisters to rub shoulders along and feel supported
Part3: Age 24 - pregnancy and birth of my 3rd child and the intensity of baby blues - then adding to my feminine energy toolkit ( encouragement and kindness to allow myself to soften into learning how to love even more)
Part2: Age 23 - using feminine energy to allow for subtle soft energy to prepare ground for a massive miracle ( birthing a breech baby in the bathroom)
Part1: Age 19-20 ( my rite of passage into submitting and trusting In the feminine energy within and without to process and move through painful experiences)
Early morning personal sacred time @ 4:30 am today and relishing in my time to just study, experiment, build, ponder and invigorate all my hopes and dreams
learning to minimize with my friendal ( friend Crystal: (https://www.coachcrystal.ca/blog/s05-e24 ) and reviewing how I did it earlier this year during my mid-year crisis
New Years intention. Reflecting on my past word of the year “ spring to soaking” to my new words for 2023
Finding my happy “always” activities that bring me into a “rest and digest” place. Thankful to my therapist Pam for teaching me words to my feelings and helping me find space to let go and move forward : https://www.wolfcreekcounselling.ca
Deep happiness in unexpected holy moments that give me hope for an even better and brighter future
My favourite special moments getting to know my Father and reading His love letters to me. Finding more inspiration to give back to my loved ones by reading and studying even more https://bofm.page.link/android
Catching myself before teetering from yellow to red, and getting back on my feet/ breath/ heart spce
Giving my burdens to God, sorting through the pain of woman, holding my husband in gratitude like I would my Savior
Ages 0-33 my nature versus nurture, and my role in nurturing others in their nature, and the influence others have had on me and my Influence with loved ones
Unexpected lift that others offer without knowing it. ( time capsule activity for nov 26, 2032)
Pondering on “ overcoming the world,” by Russel M. Nelson. Falling and getting back up again
Laughing at how healing podcasting is for me, and also how it is my inhale, so I can exhale better.. ooh- and “ the talk!”: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2022/10/31causse ...and loving the story of the 3 nephites
Learning and growing and trying in all contexts of my life in home and family and volunteerism
Learning to find peace with myself as I was raised and also find peace with how I am doing helping the next generation
Picking myself up again after falling into my red zone, finding my green as I reflect on the foolishness of pushing when I was in the yellow several times and feeling burned out
Learning to prioritize my time to be as much of a blessing as possible for the physical needs of 7 mouths for 1-2 weeks
Breaking down my icy heart and bitterness about areas of my weakness. Finding my words and my heart this morning, my desire, my inner softness. ( questioning whether the speed of light is the fastest, or the speed of love? ponderings on plan of salvation, eternal life, covenants, as I study self reliance : https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2022/04/46martinez )
Self-Compassion as I find my boundaries with demands/ requests when it clashes with my differing values/ standards of living a full good life
Compassion and gladness that comes from feeling positively patented and feeling safe and secure from my own heavenly mommy and daddy. Pondering on some of my recent coaching about “zones” from Crystal: https://www.coachcrystal.ca/blog/helping-our-children-move-through-their-zones
Learning to be soft and ready for my own “ restoration of parenting style” - dialogue has I reflect on my ponderings after my last coaching call with Crystal and her definition of “ positive parenting”: https://www.coachcrystal.ca/blog/what-is-positive-parenting-anyways
Being willing to put in the painstaking work of learning a skill in order to be ready to change someone else’s life
Finding my honest inner parent ( reprogramming old parenting patterns and finding what myself and my kids and family need)
Glad for more perspective using zones to help me improve my self-concept, self -love, self-care as described in one of my favourite podcasts by The Parenting Coach
Happiness witnessing the desire and willingness of good people to help when help was needed
Ages 15-18, 19, 20-33- reflecting on my journey through loving and caring for others and with others
Clarity searching amongst my struggles to process my own insecurities and not hurting others feelings in the process
Pensive about the culture of nannies becoming educated and traditions of naming nannies with their families they served
Tender memories with my grandma and grandpa and relating to Ruyter’s life with her nanny
Glad for a special angel moment with a friend. Gratitude for the example of a writing style from a little girl’s perspective
Finding parallells with my life and the preface of “ As I have loved you” by Kitty de Ruyter
Naivity about happiness to feeling deep joy of being a receiver and a giver of prosperity and love
Parwnting ages 7-12 yr olds. Finding my compassion to hold space for my children as they grow in each stage
Overwhelmed with joy. My favourite gift of the mornings I can access that free gift. i couldn’t ask for anything more than that free lift to boost me out of my bed. Counting all my blessings: teaching yoga, respecting others with different needs and the possibility that I am not the best fit for them- but also realizing I may be the best fit even if it is not a mutually glorious boosting experience for our relationship every time ( weathering the parent child relationship)
How glad I am to just be having an honest checkin with myself and collecting all of the best tips and advice I have received today
Depression in mine and in my family members - peace with what I can do, and what others can do and not what We cannot
Excited to put my whole heart and soul into doing whatever in takes to setup me and my family to take care of ourselves and others in any situation.
Learning self-reliance in creating cushions and supports for myself to enjoy a spectacular inner winter
Finding a way to step into the zone of protected emotional intelligence rather than feeling flooded instantly from another’s complaint
multigenerational family togetherness, the hand of God, milestones of happiness, deep happiness from baptism
Gratitude to be in a birthday phase of life AND to see silver lining of hope for a sustainable government
Grateful for guidance in my own path to finding answers to my prayers about how I can bless people around me even more
Gratitude to have the constant of a marriage coach in my life to help me and my husband have marriage first-aid for all the bumps bruises and brakes that are just a part of being alive together. Sometimes emotions can be too overwhelming to manage by ourselves- it is such a relief to know that support is always available ( similar to the relief of having an emergency room or just regular doctor visits).
Glad to be rising above my funk and finding my gratitude in growth in my perspective about my marriage
A book the gave me hope at a time when I was feeling lost ( Teaching a generation of Leaders: A Thomas Jefferson Education for the Twent -First century, 1st Edition): https://tjed.org/product/a-thomas-jefferson-education/
“My only complaint is not that you don’t do what I ask- my complaint is that in order to lead you, I need to learn and grow more”
I feel soo supported and encouraged to be with sweet little sisters and strengthen them to be ready to be big sisters in my community.
Building another idea- to be continually organizing communities to learn, grow, serve, strengthen their bodies minds and hearts to be ready to to rise up and serve those abroad.
Pondering on what is mine and what is others to do- and having compassion on my inner season
Feeling thankful to notice the hand of God in my life- blessing me with simple miracles that help me know He is there.
I have messed up my life. ( after making this recording- I had to reach for my feminine cycle calendar and see clearly that I actually was in inner winter 3 days earlier and I had not taken the adequate time I needed to just rest in order to feel well and balanced)
Rite of passage into motherhood- motherhood gratitudes bests and just overall gratitude for life and ponderings ( reference to health coaching call at beginning: http://www.colorswithinus.com/leveling-up/)
Happy to be alive to learn and grow (even when I am feeling doubtful about it being a great day)
Remembering my first inner fire moments of igniting and feeling inspired. Stoking my fire and finding ways to continue stoke others
After doing an emotional needs activity with my husband. I am excited to be proactive in protecting our bond and attachment with eachother
Feeling soo above and beyond after the best yoga class I have ever had! Go yoga therapy with Melissa Redden! (Nourishedwellness.ca)
Coping through commitment a history of mine and my husband’s marriage and through covid
Feeling deeply uplifted after resonating with messy journalling from my last coaching sessio and feeling encouraged even during a messy morning ( to learn more about coach Stephanie: http://www.colorswithinus.com/employees/chris-donovan/ )
Talking with my husband Rory about habits and questions that lead to finding more good habits that align with an individual’s goals
I am debriefing with my husband about our experience learning at Success Engineering with Gregory Van Duyse. We have been going deep with the success engineering quadrant ( a visual to help average people engineer their own success using simple daily routines like Habits)
I am soo happy to just be growing up a little bit each day- just learning at my own pace how to be a homemaker, how to find my pleasant parenting stride and looking forward to feeding my spirit each Thursday @ Noon tuning into a beautiful Institute class over zoom.
Piecing together all the learning from learnings after attending and listening to “success engineering”, “atomic habits” and “start with why”
Ponderings on my processing change and shift and moving towards an even more accurate trajectory for where i want to go
Embracing my inner winter like a happy little woman in a cottage and herbal tea by candle light doing her art
26 minute yoga, visualization, meditation on a journey through the garden to the wilderness
Being an advocate for the areas of my life that I feel are dried out and need some more movement
Grateful for healing my communication patterns, lrarning how to find gratitude and soace and grace for myself to just embrace what is, and just being ok with what I am able and capable of doing. Grateful to be putting my brain and memory to good use, and feeling super grateful for my friends Steph and Aimie from http://www.colorswithinus.com/leveling-up/ letting me try out a meaningful hope generating health coaching session with them yesturday😁 I am soo excited to repopulate my inner microbiome and allow for the healing within me to radiate and perpetuate like a ripple effect to increase my own self-reliance and others around me
Jenny reviews Rory’s last episode about the 3 phases of greatness and then talks about the 4 quadrants of engineering success ( all learned from Success Engineering by Gregory Vanduyse)
Pillow talking: Jenny asks Rory” what have you learned and applied now that we are 48 hours after the Engineering Success course?”
New years Day is as exciting to me as my birthday- maybe more- its a day of being totally aware and grateful for all I have been able to become and receive in the past year and carrying forward the ideas and intentions that are only going to get better in the new year
“ it was like a thanksgiving dinner.. it was like somebody through awsy my shovel and rotatilled for me”
What does it look like to be an excellent ideator, with lower capacities for taking action, systemetizing, and taking the time to learn things really thoroughly (high quick start, moderate implementor, low fact find, low follow through? #kolbe
Gratitude for my strengths and weaknesses- acceptance about what I do really easily and well and what is harder for me #kolbe
Delighted to feel moments of bliss when I just don’t want the day to finish, and I just want certain moments to last forever ( and then I get washed over with gratitude because I know we can keep doing this forever- and more!)
Reflecting on what I learned transitioning from Winter to Spring with yoga ( and reciting my memorizations from my studies during my inner winter)
Soo happy to be trying some poses I did not feel brave enough to try during my inner winter. also processing my feelings of entering 2022
I am soo hapoy to feel settled and validated after finding resources to explore the mental, emotional, spiritual shifts in women throughout feminine cycles ( not just the physiological changes). For reference: Yoga for women (the menstruation slides I referenced in the podcast)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb0z4vTuPyo
I am soo delighted to spend time with my elders. It means soo much to me to just sit and soak intheir words from above and just allow for my heart and mind to consider, question and come to my own understanding of my path to find “the things of my soul” moving forward
Learning how to have a positive attitude while cleaning up- instead of crying about it every time
Grateful for the process of talking that allows me to allow for my focus to grow into something that brings me to a place where I want to be
Learning how to bre grateful for my day and finding gratitude for the tozzies of the day and also finsing the honesty of the reality of how hard it is for me to not feel motherly support
Learning how to be ok that I don’t have all the answers but being willing to keep trying anyways
Im excited for the opportunity to grow in building Yoga to Christ and getting more specific about my DIY, DWY, and DFY
Getting excited to allow for the delight of the day to trickle into the rest of the week
Doing dishes while processing how to be grateful for all the small and big things in my life. Reflecting on how I give everyone around me soo much grace to be human and giving myself the acceptance, compassion and permission to also be human
You know how some people are such big sports fans that they schedule time set aside to watch their favourite teams? This is the level of energy and enthusiasm that I have in watching General Conference. I love being connected with these people who are my elders.
Remembering my troubles with being grateful and forgiving as a teenager and letting go of my prode to be humble enough to want to believe that I could soften up and try to make something even more beautiful moving forward
Feeing grateful for this song that has helped me refocus on my purpose many times when I have been frazzled
Remembering the hoys of songing the Efy medley and wanting to get good at this song to sing along with piano
Beginning the day a little pessimistic, but finding my enthusiasm for my dreams anyways and wanting to help others achieve theirs
Learning to be lighthearted about tense problems to solve and learning to give ntself baby stepsvto get there. From spouse stench to self stench.
Gratitude for the beginnings of habits that have stuck with me and continued to help me and others consistently
Growing my desires to maintain my daily practice in a way that is hapoy healthy and productive for everyone 😌
Finding my gratitude in my strengths, abilities and knowledge to keep propelling me forward
Reviewing my day and feeling the desire to overcome my late morning woes, and just accept and find comfort in looking forward to what I can do and being grateful for what I have been able to enjoy and look forward optimistically anyways
Coming to terms with my own biases and finding some level of flexibility in my parenting paradigm to be helpful and actually filled with the pure love of Christ
PMSX vs Kolbe: am soo glad to be coming to terms with the reality of the blessings in my life that have been carefully planted by a wise master gardener that is way ahead if me and the plants are growing and beautifying my life
Diving into my own world of fun- just enjoying learning in the yoga culture- taking my own world traveller hat with me and just soaking in the fun of another culture and way if life
Feeling full audacity to just share little elements if what “i am soo happy and grateful that I am now experiencing every day” ( my affirmation for this kind if life that I am soo happy to be living right now!)
So grateful to be finding peace and a warm welcoming encoragement to keep going in the direction i am headed
Sharing my experience with the passing ( both accidental and suicide) of several people in my circle during my teen years
A love for readers and writers in my life helped me bridge the gap for me to begin my writing journey with even more enthusiasm. In this way I have found that writing is not just an assignment given by a teacher, but an opportunity to have a party with words
Seeing a bleak present life, but going forward anyways with hopes of a betterlife in 10 years if I could just make it there- allowing for volunteerism to change and heal my heart and hopes
Beginning to talk more about the troubles- the challenges the moments in my life where I felt like I was barely hanging on- and the experiences that helped me pull out and get a breath if air to swim on
Pondering Being fully committed to want to receive help and give help in the name of Jesus
Feeling such warm feeings in reflecting on generous giving of those around me and my family throughout our young married and young family life through Christmas time
Beginning to ponder the moments where the tender mercies of the Lord were showered on me and my family in small and big ways during the pandemic
I had my baptism birthday yesturday. I am soo tefreshed knowing Inhave now been baptised for more years than I have not been baptised, having joined the chirch when I was 15 years old. I share some of my favourite moments being lifted up by my friends at the time, and feeling soo much strength moving forward
My journey through learning what General Conference was as a 13 year old, and transitioning to embracing it, to now loving it and enjoying soo much if the sinple truths taught by prophets and apostles
What to do on a free time delight day-my own voice to do with my real feelings about screen usage in my home and my openness and willingness to have different media intruduced at different times
I am soo grateful to feel permission to have faith in the process to do things that require my effort, for the hopes of creating something beyond beautiful
The honest mother to child story of our life together- the ups the downs the finding our common ground
Honest feelings of glad to get to have a parent child relationship yhat is soo full and rich and attached with this child I get to grow up together with
My healing journey from feeling that I needed to withold love because of another’s choice and opinion and evolving to embrace my child no matter the circumstance
The journey of finding what sticks for keeping me and my husband on the same path and wanting to be married
I love remembering how special it is to rwceive Heavenly Fathers love and light in my life.
Finding my own two feet as i swim throughtbthe journey of healibg childhood mushaps, and just allow myself to lean into truths that will help me along my way
Getting perspective of my own obstacles and moving forward with clarity about my divine intentions
Part 2 of my gratitude groundedness: just giving mysef permission to let lessons of thankfulness go deep
The quiet and humble beginnings of a little girl wanting to dedicate her life to Christ with even more accountability and opportunity to share her testimony even more openly.
Learning how to find gratitude when I am surrounded by immaturity and ingratitude. Learning how to shiled myself from others who are undeserving of my sacrifices for them. And yet, jnowing that I am undeseving of the sacrifices of those whos shoulders I am standing on too.
Finding answers to my deep hope desire and prayer right now. Beauty in mastermind, synergizing and discussing with likeminded invidviduals of how can we help raise the light and energy of ourselves and be as much if a light as possible.
Flushing oit my own controlling perfectionistic perspectives and inviting more prayer focus
Soo happy to be doing something I always hoped to do. Soo hapoy to be taking time to study and ponder on the things that matter most to me. Soo happy to be sharing this experience with my circle of people ( my family and my community)
Grateful to have perspective to focus on what is the most important priorities of my life
Pondering on my study, and finding the music in my soul to do my life’s work ( and joy). Enjoying my sweet people as much as possible
I am soo over the moon about the people in my immediate circle- the people who are mine to behold and nurture: self, spouse, sweeties; children, siblings ( community)
My process in giving my last talk; Fruits of Forgiveness and Family History. Gladness for perspective along the journey of finding my priorities.
What do you do when other peoples poor choices negatively effect you? What do you do when you have no control? What do you do to find acceptance in the midst of inconveniences and unexpectedness? What do you do to be prepared for real life?
Listing my gratitudes as I prepare to talk about my most basic priorities in building my family homeschool life for the coming season
Dialoguing how to be flexible, understanding and finding opportunities to be helpful amongst change
Finding my own meaning and my own patience amongst circumstance. Finding my own responsibilities and roles. Feeling like I am only able to do 1% of the 100% of what I feel required to do.
Why do I love family history work soo much? Because I love my grandparents and I love who they were and that they were mine
Feeling deep gratitude for the support I have received along my journey to invite better health in my life
Processing my gratitude for my opportunity to serve that others are ready to teceive what I have to share, at church, at work, at study groups
Learning how to discern truth and error. Seeing myself clearly for who I am. Standing up for the life I am creating and living- regardless of opportunities to please others and be dragged into their demands
Learning to find gratitude amongst all the Knots in my life. Finding ways to smooth them. Finding my path to make all the wrongs in my life write. Taking ownership for what I can do and create that is good for my own life, and loving as much as I can along the way
Feeling grateful for the good choices that have continued to support me in making more healthy choices
Coping with being offended, finding forgiveness, finsi Ng self control, finding my inner resolve and determination to serve and love others, finding charity, finding clarity about my mission, clarity about what my talents are for
Learning about my weakness and imperfection even deeper. Learning that I have soo much room to grow. Learning that I cannot afford to let myself be swept up my circumstances, but that I am to notice how I can be helpful no matter what
Delighted to look forward to be around people I fee comfortable with, and just feel such a desire to love and support. Happy to ponder on books and readings that make sense for me and my ponderings on life. Happy to be amongst my friends to learn and grow in big ways. Happy to ponder my role as a daughter of a King
Finding gratitude amongst my triggers through the smoke. Grateful for attachment theory and how it helps me to just see and understand my relationship and opportunity to draw closer to God through his love letters ( scriptures), our Daddy dates ( Sabbath day/ ministering) etc
Dishwashing and pondering my gratitudes about talents about my 17 journey of practicing at thinking good and doing good
Feeing soo glad to reflect on how much help I have received from the hands of my Creator in my life to be supported to succeed amongst obstacles
Ranting sbout the need to be in eachothers corners and really listen to eachothers concerns. Giving space for people to be inperfect, giving grace, for self and others
Grateful for the moments my eyes and heart can see and feel beauty. While singing All Creatures of Our God and King
I love learning from my souvenirs, my love letters, my treasures. i love singing songs that help me see a brighter future. I love remembering the times I was helped and held to to then have confidence to move forward.
Grace for a babbling baby, seeing problems, acknowledging, accepting, enduring to the end with joy
Learning how to teach cietual yoga for beginners, changing name to Cozy Yoga, and ideas about helping people save their money
Glad for life, glad to reflect on hard times turned good, glad to remember that God is a God of miracles, glad to remember teenage life as one story, and not the rest of the story of my life.
Remembering what it was like for me to go from convencience food every day to trying a new sport, becoming body aware of my stewardship
Learning the beauty of delegation; it is not laziness, it is a way to give others opportunities to grow and learn, while I contribute in even more meaningful mission ways
Looking to calm my jiytery mother’s heart when children are still learning to take smart risks. Learning how to teach them. learning how to set them up for success.
Struggling and finding my strength to grit through, to faith through my inperfections and find my truth
Simple warm up, down dog, child pose, plank, sun salutation, toe hugs, happy hips, smiling meditation
Processing permission to just express, delete and feel free to keep doing it to keep those for my for my progeny and delete others that are not necessary
Loving this rite of passage book of feelings and learning the skill to nurture. Also, feeling overwhelmed with joy thinking of the next and last book I am raving about for Book Club
Double foot massage, meditation on loving Heavenly Parents, shoulders, arms, hands, forward bends, balance, sun salutation, happy baby bliss, tight and relax
Reminiscing of my most fun and physically active seasons of my life and building a pilot program to make it a legacy moving forward
Oh the baby! My favourite funny moments growing up and enjoying children and deeply immersing myself with them in play
Grateful to be reading The Book of Mormon again and just getting exactly what is for my heart to hear
Processing my feelings of sickness , insexurities, prayer, and gratitude for tesources that help me to oush forward theough my struggles emotionally and physically
Pondering on my potential for the next year getting to turn 32, and really contribute in my best way to my community.
I am soo grateful to find vehicles to help me from red-yellow- orange warning lights to a mild pale green, lurking into bright green. I am thankful to have a medium to express and just see my life as clearly as I can
Gratitudes for husband and my life, and sharing what is my favourite prt of living in an earthly body and experiencing this human life
Gentle warm up, arms, seated, gentle twist, laying on back, blanket lullaby Heavenly Parent duet meditation
Learning to choose my friends and love my friends, and fond the eays to love them out of love, not dridgery not obligation. Learning to be committed and non- avoident
Will building, becoming completely transprent about my past avoident tendancies, and finding a way to just make it work
Boticing when I go from green zone to yellow, then going to my safe place to get back into the green before teetering into red
My lifestory babbles (00:01-8:00), 8:00-15:00) french and english reading and testimony of BOM
Yahoo! Me sharing me and also the fun resources I have been enjoying to use in my personal time and looking forward to adding to my yoga teaching and scripture chasing lifestyle
Me struggling through getting pumped up to go have a fun day- soo much work- but looking forward to it being worth it
Frustrations of what it looks like to try finding my ancestors, and fonding faith and clarity anyways
Grumpy to grateful through talking it oit, quoting from Michelle wilson’s, Leaning on Jesus, finding my courage to take the next step regardless
Finding gratitude even when I am a little frustrated. Finding happiness in being sincere and genuine.
Learning how to complain constructively, to protect and own my own power, give others their signity and respect as well as my own- yahoo!
Soo grateful for inner encouragement to just keep trying. i don’t have to be tied to feel like I have to practice- in the same way it is no pressure for me to feel obligated to dig holes in my garden- it is all just needful expression no matter how it sounds- no matter where the dirt is flying
Gaining some awareness of the toxicity in perfectionism, and moving through the motions to overcome it in some stride
Breathing as I process some heavy emotions and patterns and triggers, and finding my way out
Soo much substance from the Spirit of God. What a blessing of learning. Searching, praying, and fasting
Learning my personal lessons from this weekend’s general conference. I feel deeply impressed by the special messages shared just for me to be even more ready to do what is mine to do one step at a time
Becoming even more present with myself. Transitioning from looking down on planning and organizing and instead seeing it as a beautiful way to be proactive
I was soo grateful to just make this happen- also to take the deeper lesson of what this could mean for me moving forward with some of my hardest struggles
Thinking outloud about the special priviledges i have had to be raised in a home with refugee and immigrant parents
Everything I would love to say about the contraversy of regulations regarding government involvement in social and health and education
My passionate audatious ideas about creating a business in the field of education and my lifestyle as a grandmother
It is such a humbling process to figure out how to communicate with sensitive people. It is also soo humbling to learn when to listen. It is soo humbling to know when I need to own feeling sorry for my actions that can inadvertantly hurt others without knowing it. And yet I still need to own the damage done.
Expressing how grateful I am to help myself and others feel how much God loves them for who they are regardless of their struggles. He loves them dearly. They are not wrong. They are just right in this part of their journey for a reason and I am learning to love them anyways
The choppy story of how my parents met: the faith, the serendipity, the sacrifice, the commitment, the trials, the learning to coexist together
Embarassments, immaturities, multitasking catastrophes- bringing me to my knees to hold on to a plan that lasts for all eternity
Im soo grateful for beautiful support to help me process and move forward from the drama of dysfunctional family life.
Feeling thankful for support in friendships and in finding good wholesome media to support me in my desires and endeavors ( for understanding my chinese heritage)
I love when I can make very specific and different choices in my life that make me very peculiar and yet there are people in my life who take the time to know me. What a treasure to have friendship alive and well!!
What happends when I just get side tracked. Me trying to get back up again and refocus on my actual mission.
Enseign le yoga en francais: mes succès en lire le livre de mormon, et en apprendre un autre langage.
Im soo grateful to be feeling supported in my simple life goals. I love learning and living in a way that is helping me to feel even more synchronized with my spirit and soul.
Helping myself remember the blessings from service and growth. Reflecting on my journey through developping immunity in physical hoals, immunity in spiritual growth, immunity in intellectual learning, and immunity for social goals in my personal relationships in my home
One of the most important days of my life came this year when I was able to believe that Christ’s love would be strong enough to bear the burden of my own imperfections
I love feeling strength, encouragement, and connection as I allow for the “ power in the book...to flow into [my life] the moment [I] begin a serious study of the book” ( The Book of Mormon Study Guide: Start to Finish by Thomas Valletta p.3)
Just motivating myself to do something that requires a lot of will to just do it , keep doing it. Trying to remember that some of the things I dread the most are just a part of my intentional life moving forward.
Processing my anxiety, mental fog, and going through the motions to allow for my Father’s hand to touch my life.
Being ok with toddler messes. Finding my fit. My process to helping myself express my hard learning curve as a parent.
Pondering on my recent discoveries about the importance of being willing to do things as a beginner ( as bleak as it is), and keep going, knowing that one day my bare dirt garden will be a thriving fruitful harvest.
Finding a way to be even more attentive and soft hearted when thinking about my role in my childrens lives