Holiday gatherings can feel overwhelming. Especially when you're navigating opinions, expectations, and judgement from the people you love most.

In this episode, I'm sharing my timely "Family Potluck" analogy to help you handle extended-family drama, and stay calm around challenging personalities.

You'll learn how to let others "bring what they bring" without taking it on or letting it ruin your mood.

If you'd like to dive deeper into this topic, here are a couple more episodes I've done on this topic:

Surviving Family Reunions

Holidays with the In-Laws

Is contention taking over your home?

In this episode, Christi shares practical, faith-centered tools for LDS moms who want more peace, love, and the Spirit in their homes- especially while raising teenagers.

Christi breaks down the three most effective strategies she has learned as a mom of teens and young adults:

1. Taking responsibility for setting the spiritual and emotional tone with intention
2. Inviting your kids without forcing or guilt-tripping
3. Being patient with your child's personal journey

You'll hear real life examples, LDS-focused parenting insights, and ways to strengthen your relationship with your teen, while keeping a loving, Spirit-filled environment.

Want to go deeper? Learn more about Christi's 12 week coaching program called "Love at Home" by visiting her website.

https://christidaviscoaching.com/

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Charles Dickens' famous line perfectly captures the messy beauty of mortality.

In this episode, Christi explores what it means to live in a world full of opposites, and how learning to hold both can deepen our peace and wisdom.

Through scripture insights and real-life examples, this episode reminds us that two things can be true at the same time.

When we allow that truth to settle in, we grow in faith, compassion, and spiritual maturity.

Today I'm attempting to share with you a meaningful skill I gained at a women's retreat last weekend.

Becoming acquainted with your true, wise, spiritual self can help you see things from a more eternal perspective.

You have light and wisdom inside you that can help you better navigate mortality.

Doctrine and Covenants 138:56

We all like to be nice. We like to be helpful and supportive.

But sometimes, in our efforts to make others happy, we end up taking responsibility for their emotions.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard we try, we can't make another person feel happy, or confident, or calm.

And sometimes, when we try too hard to be helpful, we end up walking on eggshells and damaging the very relationship we were trying to improve.

One of the most common things that I see sucking the joy out of family relationships is the constant worry and anxiety that we as mothers sometimes carry around.

We feel an urgency to make sure our kids are thriving and doing things the right way.

It sounds nice, but it's often counterproductive.

Today I'm reminding us all about a truth that President Dallin H. Oaks taught in the recent general conference.

Our kids learn more from who we are than from what we say.

This is especially true during the teenage years, when they start to tune our words.

Today's episode is about how to teach teenagers skills of emotional resilience, without them even knowing they are being taught!

With the passing of our dear prophet, President Russell M. Nelson, I have been reflecting on the many precious things I have learned from him.

While his general conference talks were not specifically issued as "parenting advice," his wise and inspired words have helped me so much in my parenting, and in my family relationships.

Today I'm sharing how I have applied his teachings to my parenting, and recognizing how profoundly I have been blessed by following a prophet of God.

Mothers are the heart of the home.

Today's episode is about how to be more intentional about the kind of atmosphere or feeling we are creating in our homes.

What if you were wearing smudged lenses, but you didn't realize it?

You would think that the world just looked dirty!

Today I'm talking about how the things we believe create our reality.

As we become aware of beliefs that create negative results in our lives, we create more options for ourselves.

We can, if we choose, let go of limiting beliefs and choose beliefs that open us up to new possibilities.