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Melissa Merrill shares her personal experience with sextortion, an increasingly common predatory method. Listen to learn how you can protect your home and family from sextortionists.  https://www.missingkids.org/HOME    

Are you an emotion judge or emotion scientist? Which one is better? This episode will explore these different roles and which ones we want to use with our emotions. 

How often do you feel joy? What if you knew a way you could feel joy for at least a moment every single day? In this episode I give you my favorite strategy for connecting with heaven daily so you can bring more peace and joy into your life. This strategy works for all ages, genders, income levels, and circumstances. Once you know what it looks like, you'll begin to find joy showing up in more places than you had ever noticed before. Want to learn more? Visit my website at www.comehometopeace.com . I'd love to help you find the joy that a loving Heavenly Father has customized just for you. 

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

The average teen spends 9 hours a day looking at a screen. Boys are gaming and girls are scrolling social media. Yet, none of us love looking at screens all day!  There's good news... You are the boss of your phone, social media, screen time, and brain. Since most of us adults and therefore teens, use phones as a way to numb, medicate, or ignore the uncomfortable things going on around us. We have to make sure we are setting up healthy rules and guidelines with applicable consequences. Starting with these safety nets in place is ideal, but if you haven't done so yet, no worries! You can still make changes. If you need some help figuring out your home's media usage, visit www.comehometopeace.com to schedule a call. I can help you get the best solutions set up for your family. https://www.wvea.org/content/teens-spend-astounding-nine-hours-day-front-screens-researchers https://www.commonsensemedia.org/articles/step-by-step-tips-to-set-up-your-kids-iphone

Most of us aren't aware of these six basic human needs. Not only is it important to learn about these needs, but it's essential to learn how to meet these needs ourselves. No one is responsible to meet our needs but ourself. We have to learn to love ourself, feel significant, provide stability and variety in our lives, connect with the Spirit, provide growth, and contribute to a greater cause before we can really feel inner peace.

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

We may think that the stories we tell about our own experiences have to be all rainbows and unicorns, but there is a healing power when you tell your story. It brings generations together and gives our children hope and inspiration. How do we go about telling these stories? How do we fit recording them into our chaotic lives? What if you don't think you're a writer? How can you record your experiences in a practical way? You can connect with Stephanie at her website https://www.stephaniefrancom.com/, Rooftop publishing at https://rooftoppublishing.org/  

You’ll get your missionaries suits, white shirts, sturdy shoes, and a bike.   But did you teach your missionary how to fail? Do they know which coping skills to use? Do they know how to handle stress? Can they clearly communicate with other young adults? What happens when they get angry? How well can they connect with others? Are they perfectionists? Parents, these skills aren’t on your missionaries packing list, but in my opinion, they are even more important than anything you can find on their packing list. They will learn how to study the scriptures, teach, connect with their Heavenly Father, and stretch spiritually while they serve their mission. But none of that growth will happen without these essential emotional resilience skills. Here are the 10 questions you can ask yourself to see if your missionary has the emotional resilience to serve a mission. 

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria or RSD is an overwhelming emotional sensation that a person may experience in response to an actual or perceived rejection or criticism. It is a serious condition that can result in low mood and self-esteem and is not a person being overly sensitive. Kids and teens with AHDH  are much more likely to experience RSD than kids with typical brain types. ADHD kids are very emotional, sensitive, and aware of the feelings of others and their own feelings. Being aware of the signs of RSD and understanding it's cause will empower you to help your kid through it by giving you knowledge and tools you need to assist them through managing it.  Be your child's advocate. They need you!

I used to think that if I was a good parent, my kids would excel in school. I did all the things and all the extra stuff that I thought really made a difference and felt really good about myself. Then I had a couple special needs kiddos. Now I know that my kids success has nothing to do with my parenting. I work really hard with my kids and they do the best they can. School is just a lot more complicated than it ever was before for me and them. For example:  Can you list the 8 steps to successfully completing and turning in an assignment?  Are you able to accept  messy homework and assignments? Do you know how much to break down each assignment to be easily understood by your child? They get overwhelmed really easily with large things to do. Do you understand time dysmorphia? This podcast episode will cover these questions and more to help you be the best support system for your ADHD kid. They need our love and support because they work very very hard and are rarely recognized for their work. I've got you covered and can help you help your ADHD child manage school. 

Although it's easy to look at all of the difficulties that ADHD brings, people with this type of brain has amazing superpowers. Incredible strengths. Powerful abilities. Unique opportunities.  I am so stinking excited to talk to you about these superpowers. These kids need to know that they are unique, brilliant, and will change the world with the powerful ways they think. I am excited to help you learn these superpowers too so you know how to tap into your kids talents to help them succeed.