Found Family Book Hive

Kristy is an adventurer and has spent a few months traveling Western United States with her 2 kiddos, adorable dog and their RV. She said it feels great to wake up every day to spend quality time with her kids. She has left behind the rushing around and has embraced being together all day every day. We talk about fears, her why and the importance to of finding me time.    My biggest takeaway: "I wanted to teach my kids there was more than our small little town and community. I wanted to give them that sense of adventure and travel so when they get older they will travel and experience their lives to the fullest.     Kristy is a mama, librarian, and has a successful Modere business. She is from Northern Alberta Canada and is traveling in an RV with her family.   You can connect with Kristy on her personal Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001779388366  or in her Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1038536082966483  where she inspires and connects like-minded people to follow their Souls purpose.   You can also follow her on Instagram at  https://instagram.com/choosingourownadventure?utm_source=ig_profile_share&igshid=1hbw3c46pcve   Learn more about Danielle Atkisson and The Silver Lining Life:  Website Facebook

Brooke Glassburn talks about how Random Acts of Christmas Kindness helped her to move through an incredibly difficult time in her life. In the same year she lost her dad and then was told she could not bear children, she knew she had to do something to move forward. During our chat we talked about the HUGE impact her dad had on her life and how he shaped her into the person she is today. We also talk the logistics of her RACK campaigns each year and how she has grace as she works her way through the month of December because not everything works out like she plans.    My biggest takeaway: "you don't know what story someone is living, so you don't know what that smile or those words can do!"   Brooke is a fun, incredibly passionate mama and wife. She creates a RACK campaign each year and makes an impact in her community with tiny ripples of kindness. If you would like to participate in her RACK campaign this year, you can find the list in the Silver Lining Mamas Facebook group:  Facebook.com/groups/thesilverliningmamas And/Or follow #glassburnrackd on Instagram   And as promised, Brooke's morning ritual song LOL Pancakes + Syrup - Biz Markie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob-DfIN2l_M   Learn more about Danielle Atkisson and The Silver Lining Life:  Website Facebook

Kaliopi Nikitas is on this episode talking about hitting rock bottom and working her way back. We talked about the impact of death, suicide and chronic illness on her life. All of this could be so heavy, but Kaliopi has a way of storytelling that is not only heartwarming, it's funny as well. She gives so many applicable tips of ways we can stop overcommitting, how to change how we look at things is a way we can move forward even in our darkest times and how we can use our hard times as motivation to keep going.  

Biggest takeaway for me: If you are alive you are a force!    Kaliopi Nikitas helps overwhelmed, people-pleasing wonder-women make themselves a priority, so they can change not only their own life, but the world at large. Her personal journey of dealing with an autoimmune disease and radically changing her life has led her to where she is  now: inspiring, illuminating and empowering others while living with authenticity, meaning and awe.   To find out more about Kaliopi you can find her at: https://www.facebook.com/coachkaliopi/ https://kaliopinikitas.com   Learn more about Danielle Atkisson and The Silver Lining Life:  Website Facebook  

On this episode, I chat with Vicky Andritsch about mothering 2 children that have had medical diagnoses that shakes a mama to her core. We chat about the changes in their lives as a result of those experiences. We also talk openly on the feelings she felt going through those times, the tough moments in the trenches and then the beauty on the other side. Vicky also gives recommendations on how we as a community can support families in difficult situations. 

One of the many great takeaways: "When we slow down long enough there are blessings within our reach."
  Vicky is a mama of 5, mamapreneur with a successful plexus business and also her family runs Team Luke Corp - A nonprofit, providing music therapy to children that are facing serious illness which was formed in honor of her son Luke, a cancer. They host drum circles at the local children’s hospitals and we also distribute Rhythm Pax. Rhythm Pax are canvas bags filled with percussion instruments and therapeutic items that help patients and their families connect, hope, and heal through the gift of music.   You can find out more about Team Luke below: www.goteamluke.org facebook.com/GoTeamLuke   Learn more about Danielle Atkisson and The Silver Lining Life:  www.thesilverliningdesign.com