Podcast: EP 77 Transforming Your Pain with Kristine Carlson

Podcast: EP 77 Transforming Your Pain with Kristine Carlson

by | Mar 1, 2022 | Podcast, Self Care

What happens when you lose the love of your life?

 

This is what today’s guest discovered after her husband Richard died suddenly at age 45. She has written so much wisdom on this topic and I love hearing her insight and spirit speak on transformation, grief, and joy.

Kristine Carlson is a New York Times bestselling author, best known for her work with her late husband, Dr. Richard Carlson in the Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff series—with over 25 million books sold worldwide. She is a renowned speaker, inspiring podcast host, retreat leader and blogger. Her mission is to help women transform from heartbreak and loss to live their best lives with joy, gratitude, renewed passion and purpose. With her resilient spirit, powerful presence and heart-centered teaching, she guides women through the challenges and transitions of middle life and awakens them to their truth and the expression of their highest selves.

This conversation is about healing, transformation, success, trusting the process, and being open to joy. I hope it speaks to you as much as it spoke to me.

“We have to make the decision to become the hero.”

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Show notes:

  • The difference between overnight decisions and overnight success (11:20)
  • What a major loss can open in us (13:27)
  • How to invite healing into our lives (18:15)
  • The star mantra that got Kristine through her early grief (23:10)
  • How gratitude is related to joy (26:50)
  • The keys to transformation along the journey (35:00)

 

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Podcast: EP 73 The Power of Joy

Podcast: EP 73 The Power of Joy

by | Dec 21, 2021 | Podcast, Self Care

“What if joy could help you create more success in your life?”

 

Here are the facts about joy: happier people are more successful. Happier people are more magnetic. You’re a better you when you’re happier. This isn’t a fluffy idea just to pump you up. It’s the truth. It’s one of the first things I coach on with my clients because it’s a timeless success strategy.

In this episode, I share the ways I’ve learned to bring more joy into my life to increase my business, my success, and my overall wellbeing. I hope you make this a priority in your life because it will make a huge difference. And you are worth it.

“You’re a better you when you’re happier.”

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Show notes:

  • The facts behind the value of increasing joy in your life (1:20)
  • The keys to making and using a powerful joy list (5:50)
  • How to have more joy year round (17:00)

 

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Podcast: EP 72 Healing the Heart

Podcast: EP 72 Healing the Heart

by | Dec 15, 2021 | Podcast, Self Care

“What invites the cozy into your life?”

 

This is a question that popped into my mind as I was preparing this episode about healing your heart. The topic came to me as I was thinking about what my audience needed to hear right now, and I know it’s meant for you or someone you know. I love self-care, as you know, but this specific kind of self-care is extra important when you have been heart-hurt.

In this episode, I share 5 ways that I have learned to heal my own heart in times of challenge, pain or adversity. I hope they support you or someone you love in their season of healing, because it’s possible.

“A broken heart is an open heart.” – Mark Nepo

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Show notes:

  • A question to ask yourself in the middle of adversity (8:50)
  • The power of your self-talk (10:10)
  • How to self-care when you are hurting (15:45)
  • What creates sustainable success (20:40)
  • The power of service to heal yourself (26:01)

 

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Podcast: 45 Healing the Heart with Richard Paul Evans

Podcast: 45 Healing the Heart with Richard Paul Evans

by | Nov 24, 2020 | Podcast, Success

Let’s talk about the power of gratitude.

 

Every year at this time, I host a gratitude series where I have calls with a few incredible people who share what the power of gratitude is to them. Each year, it’s an amazing experience, and this year has been no different. I had to share this call with you on the podcast because it touched my heart so much, and it featured a recent guest on the show, who I love dearly.

When Richard Paul Evans wrote the #1 global best-seller, The Christmas Box, he never intended on becoming an internationally known author. Three years later, this quiet, simple story of parental love and the true meaning of Christmas made history when it became simultaneously the #1 hardcover and paperback book in the nation.

Since then, more than 8 million copies of The Christmas Box have been printed. Seven of Evans’s books were produced into television movies and have starred such well-known actors as Maureen O’Hara, Rob Lowe, Christopher Lloyd, James Earl Jones, Naomi Watts and Academy award winners Vanessa Redgrave and Ellen Burstyn. He has since written more than 35 consecutive New York Times bestsellers and is one of the few authors in history to have hit both the fiction and non-fiction bestseller lists.  There are currently more than 30 million copies of his books in print.

During the fall of 1998, Evans founded The Christmas Box International, an organization devoted to maintaining emergency shelters and providing services and resources for abused, neglected or homeless children, teens and young adults. To date, more than 85,000 children have been served by the Christmas Box House facilities and programs.

 

 
In this conversation we talk about what Richard has learned in his life about the power of gratitude, how it has transformed his perspective, his business, his relationships, and his marriage. This is one of the best conversations that I’ve recorded, and I’m so happy to share it with you.

 

“To live in gratitude is to live in power..”

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show notes

  • How Richard learned the power of gratitude (3:22)
  • The story of how Richard became a famous author (8:15)
  • How gratitude and generosity have changed Richard’s life (15:07)
  • Why living in gratitude is living in power (24:23)
  • How gratitude saved Richard’s marriage (39:15)

 

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Podcast: EP 34 Vivacious Living with Mary Crafts

Podcast: EP 34 Vivacious Living with Mary Crafts

by | Jun 24, 2020 | Challenge, Podcast, Self Care

I’m sharing one of my dearest friends on the show.

 

Mary is a sister to me, a dear friend, a light, an inspiration, and so much more. We’ve gotten to know each other over the past two years and what a gift that has been. I wanted to share her story on the podcast because I know everyone will relate to her beautiful transformation from fear to love.

Mary Crafts is…quite simply…. a living legend. From humble beginnings and dire circumstances, she invested blood, sweat and countless tears into building what would become the most celebrated catering company in Utah.

That multi-million dollar empire became the launching pad for so much more. Today, Mary has handed the reins of her catering empire to her incredibly gifted children who have taken her company to the next level, while Mary turns her attention to helping others build their dreams.

 

In this conversation, Mary shares her story of a huge wake-up call at 50 years old, her journey of learning to face her fears, lose excess weight, transform her life, and even climb Mt. Kilimanjaro at the age of 65. Get ready for an amazing story – Mary is the example that anything is possible.

“What would I do today if I wasn’t afraid?”

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show notes

  • The wake up call and health transformation Mary went through at age 50 (2:45)
  • Why we can be afraid to lose excess weight or improve our health (6:22)
  • How to begin a reinvention of self-love (8:47)
  • The importance of grace and grit to a strong person (14:30)
  • What prompted Mary to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro at age 65 (17:20)
  • The phrase that got Mary to the top of the mountain (21:55)
  • The passage from fear to love (34:01)

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