Finding the Floor - A thoughtful approach to midlife motherhood and what comes next.

 “Create space within your heart and your children will always rest secure.”  In this episode, I share a few more words of wisdom from the book, The Parent’s Tao Te Ching: A New Interpretation - Ancient advice for modern parents by William Martin.  I chose 3 different chapters that have similar themes.  To learn to relax your grip with your children and rely more on the Tao.  To make room and not fill all of your children’s time and to be still, open and spacious.  Simple ideas and good things to think about.  

For show notes come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep195

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Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “…And make the ordinary come alive for them. The extraordinary will take care of itself.”  In this episode I will be sharing a quote from William Martin from the book, The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents.  In this quote is the idea that we need to help our kids find wonder in the ordinary things and the extraordinary will take care of itself.  I share a little bit from 3 Nephi chapters 1 and 2,  that some of the people were no longer astonished about signs and wonders.  I  mention my youthful ideas, looking forward to extraordinary things and not realizing how wonderful and happy an ordinary life can be.  I then explore the quote by Plutarch, who talks about our learning less like a vessel to be filled but wood that needs to be lit on fire.  Finding wonder and being lit on fire - all good things to help us appreciate the goodness of an ordinary life.   

For show notes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep194

I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at [email protected] or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!

Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “It is weird to think about being 50.”  This week I am going to share a few of what I am calling my midlife musings.  I have been reflecting on my life lately and how it has changed from even just 5 years ago and the busyness is just so different.  I also take some time to think back to when I was a teenager and my thoughts of what I was looking forward to as I grew up, not even really thinking about being 50.  Then I share an instance of how different my life is by comparing how my mornings with kids used to be and how they are now.  I am no longer treading water and now it feels a bit weird to have things a little easier. 

For show notes come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep193

I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at [email protected] or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!

Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “Nothing new is easy at the beginning.”  This week I experienced momentum as we were finishing up my daughter’s bedroom redo.  So in this episode I share what helped me gain my momentum this week and how it kept getting easier and easier to keep going.  I then share the physics definition of momentum. I also explain the force that we need to get us out of the state of rest, which is not easy.  Near the end I share how momentum can benefit our spiritual lives as well. 

For show notes come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep192

I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at [email protected] or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!

Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

“You can really kick off a positive cycle of increasing transparency and closeness.”  This episode is a part 2 of sorts to the friendship from episode 190. I am talking about things to do when you feel lonely.  I had a great newsletter from Ellen Hendricksen that started it off with 4 things you can do when you feel lonely. She begins by defining loneliness which I share.  Then I especially liked the suggestion which she says, “Use each bout of loneliness as a cue to make social plans.”  Then I also share some things from two other articles.  Two highlights that I share are: When you are feeling lonely - call your mom and turn that feeling of loneliness into an opportunity to serve and drop off something for someone.   There are a lot more suggestions as to what we can do when we are feeling lonely.  So if things are feeling that way for you - come listen for some ideas and try out a few.

For shownotes come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep191

I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at [email protected] or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!

Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “When we share about our lives, it signals to the listener that we trust them.”  Friendship is the topic for today’s episode.  As I  know many of our children and youth are starting up school and have the opportunity to make new friends, this episode will help explain a little more about the skill or things we can do to foster new friendships or work on current ones as well.  I share my daughter's situation and her need to make some new friends.  I refer back to episode 83 titled Cultivating Friendships which uses information from the book How to be Yourself by Ellen Hendricksen.  I review a little bit from that episode but then go in depth more about the importance of sharing more with others and fostering connection.  Then I talk about making friends as adults and we can treat it almost like dating.  Connection is so important but as adults especially we have to be more intentional about it.  So here’s to making new friendships and working on current ones.

For shownotes come to www.findingthefloor.com/ep190

I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at [email protected] or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!

Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

“For the first two editions (1896 and 1900), participation in [the Olympics] Games was literally a prize in itself.” In this episode I am sharing a few stories or background to a few women who competed in the Olympics and a few who will compete in the upcoming paralympics and the honor of just getting there.   I share about two pregnant women who competed in the olympics, an archer and a fencer Also an 58 year old woman who also made it to the Olympic in table tennis,  a dream of hers since she was 16.  Then I share a little about 3 women who will compete in the paralympics.  Kim Crosby, McKensie Coan and Julia Gaffney.  Women overcoming great odds to compete at this level.  Pretty cool their backstories. 

For show notes come to www.findingthefloor.com/ep189

I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at [email protected] or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!

Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “If you bless someone with your abundance, when it comes time and you need something, it will just appear.” I am back to decluttering.  Taking another go and this time I am doing it on my terms.  I share how I have decided that there is not “right” way to get rid of your things or that you even have to but that I can do it using what works best for both my strengths and weaknesses.  I talk about my new thoughts about all my stuff and how I have been so blessed to have enough that I can even think about decluttering.  I can bless others with my abundance.  Also enjoy the Olympics!

For show notes come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep188

I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at [email protected] or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!

Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

Ok friends - another throwback episode.  This week I had a few unexpected things pop up and I ran out of time to get my episode out.  So this is a good review for me about thinking of organization and decluttering which I will explore next week.  In the meantime enjoy this 3 year old episode (if you can believe it, because I can't!)

“The basic aim of organization is to know where things are and to be able to retrieve these things with minimal to no fuss. “  My kids are back to school and I wanted to get more organized, hoping this is the year the kids actually hang up their backpacks. The only problem is I don’t like traditional approaches to organization. Thanks to a little HGTV binging I found the show Hot Mess House and some new philosophies.   The Clutterbug and the PixiesDidIt who share that organization are definitely not one size fits all.   It is all about your personality and organizing that fits your lifestyle.  Well I can definitely try this.  If you have struggled with organization and want to start fresh with this school year listen up and while I share a few things I have learned to tackle this school year. 

I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at [email protected] or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!

Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “The invitation is always more than just an invitation…”  In this episode I share a little bit about the anxiety I felt as I was putting together the list of people to invite to my daughter’s wedding.  I  tell of some interesting ideas about the power of invitations, like being a witness and belonging.  Also the hard side of not being able to invite everyone and worrying about leaving people out. Finally, how all of this can also remind us of Jesus Christ and his invitations to us. 

Fro show notes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep187

I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at [email protected] or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!

Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!