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 “What have I done?” After over a month off due to travel and surgery I am back recording.  And this episode I am sharing my thoughts about my recent surgery and catch you up a bit about my life.  I got surgery to repair my abs basically and I  share many of the details.  I mention the good and the bad and how excited and also naive I was about all of it.  I have made good progress and share how I am getting stronger everyday. 

For show notes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep217

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 “... Be not afraid. Only Believe.”  In this episode I am talking about fear and the counsel we get from Jesus Christ to not be afraid.  I share a story of when I learned a new dive and how that experience is related to fear.  I share lots of scriptures from the old and new testament of times when we are asked to not be afraid.  I also explain how time is the fuel of fear and how through ordinances we can reorder our experience of time, as we focus on Jesus Christ. I also mention some ways to help us overcome fear from Elder Ronald A Rasband.  I then tell a story shared by Sister Jean Stevens of her helping a boy walking home late at night.  Fear is very real and as we learn to rely more on Christ we can not be troubled by it.   

For show notes and info www.findingthefloor.com/ep216

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 “Once the football team learned to ignore the many distractions facing them and focused on their goal, they succeeded beyond what they thought possible and experienced great joy.”  In this week’s episode I am talking about having joy as we focus on Jesus Christ.  I share the story of the 1996 Nigerian Football (american soccer) team who won the gold medal.   This win created infectious joy for all of Nigeria.  This story was used as an example that Elder I. Raymond Egbo uses in his talk titled  Focus on Jesus Christ and his Gospel from October 2024 General Conference.  I also loop back to the idea of our natural state being of joy, peace and contentment.  Then bring in some scriptures from the Book of Mormon about people feeling so much joy because of Jesus Christ.  As we are preparing for Easter in a month this is a good time to reflect on the great goodness of God that can help us experience such great joy that we can’t even imagine. 

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 In this episode I evaluated how I am doing with my key results that I set at the end of January (ep208) when I talked about objectives and key results.  I talk through all of my key results and tell you how I am doing.  Some are a green and a few are red.  I also share this new cleaning idea I have that is working for me.  I also mention how I do feel like a change is slowly happening in me.  I am slowly becoming someone who enjoys the process of cleaning and decluttering her home!! How are your goals going so far this year? (Pardon my congested voice getting over a cold)

For info and show notes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep214
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 “…our natural state of being is joy, love and peace.”  Ever been unable to sleep because you mind can’t shut down.  Today I am sharing insights from the book, Don’t believe everything you think - Why your thinking is the beginning and end of suffering by Joseph Nguyen.  This book is a great help to explain how thinking about our thoughts is the problem to our suffering.  And when we try to stop thinking then we can find love, joy and peace.  I share insights from the first half of his book. I mention my aha moment and his simple solution to help get us back to peace. Pause and eventually we can calm our minds so that we can sleep. Simple ideas with great impact. 

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 We are at the end of February and this episode finished up the 4 weeks of things that I love.  This episode I share a bunch of little things, instead of just one.  I share things like the sun and sunset.  Experiences with family like playing games and being at the beach.  I also mention foods that I love, caramel, as one example.  Then at the end I invite all of you to make your own list of things that you love.  Take the time to reflect on all of the things you love and make life so much richer for you.  

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 “Music is a mood booster”  For the third episode in February I am sharing another thing that I love … music! And there are so many great benefits to listening or playing music.  I choose to share a handful of benefits that music has for us.  First, as a mood booster.  Second, as a way to help our physical bodies and third as a way that it can improve our mental health.   There are so many great things about music.

For show notes and references come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep211

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 “Exercise has been described as the miracle drug.”  This week I share another thing that I love, exercise.  I share a bit about how much I loved it when I was young and reflect on how that changed as I became an adult.  I love how there are also so many different ways to move your body that you can find something that you like.  I also share all the fabulous benefits of exercise, on the brain and the body.  One of the great benefits I mention is better mental health and all the happy hormones that are released when you exercise.  I share that even though I began exercising as an adult to lose weight, it has grown to this love because of how it helps me feel so much better each day.  

For show notes and references come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep210

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 “Love is good for you.”  Welcome to February and in honor of the month of love, I am sharing a few things that I love this month. This week’s episode I am talking in defense of the love story and confessing how I just really love reading them and happy endings and sharing some of my favorite books. I share my own thoughts but then one of my new favorite author’s notes from two of her books about the importance of love stories being in our lives.  We learn to love better by reading about people who learn to love better.  I will tell you about 8 books, love stories that I have been loving lately. In defense of the love story, “Let’s immerse ourselves in hope and joy and goodness and read and read and read.” (Katherine Center)  

Fro show notes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep209

Authors and Books that  I share in this episode:

Katherine Center - The Bodyguard

Sophie Kinsella - Burnout 

Courtney Walsh - The Happy Life of Isadora Bently 

Julie Wright - Glass Slippers, Ever after and me. 

Amber Gilchrist - Rules of Engagement

Joanna Barker - So True a Love and A Heart Worth Stealing 

Nancy Campbell Allen - Matchmake series and The secret of the India Orchid

Julianne Donaldson - Edenbrooke

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“Ideas are easy - execution is everything.”   This week’s episode I am talking about objectives and key results for our goals.  Due to an invitation from my husband, I read the book, Measure what matters by John Doer.  This book is geared toward business but I use the main points to use as a tool for our goals for this year.  It is a way to think about the how of your big idea that you want to work on.  I share my rethinking through my objective and share the key results for how I want to declutter.  I also share  the great idea of the BHAG, the big hairy audacious goal and stretching for amazing.  

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