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Caroline Boudreaux is a social entrepreneur and Founder of the Miracle Foundation, an international nonprofit that helps orphans and foster children find a safe, stable and permanent family.

Caroline is a firecracker Cajun who was born and raised in Lake Charles, Louisiana. She founded Miracle Foundation in 2000. While visiting a small village in India, Caroline was invited to the home of a local family that had taken in over 100 orphaned children. From the moment she met those children, she committed her life to helping children find forever families and the sense of belonging we all crave.For her achievements with Miracle Foundation, Caroline has received various awards, including The Hope Award, The Impact Award, and the United Nations Humanitarian Award. She is a popular speaker on topics of Reimagining Philanthropy, Social Impact vs. Charity, and how to Engineer a Miracle. In 2009, she was recognized as one of 200 Young Global Leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Caroline has completed executive programs at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Yale’s Jackson Institute for Diplomacy, and the India School of Business.Today it is my absolute delight to introduce you to this new dear friend of mine and I think you’ll fall in love with her just as quickly as I did the first day we met, when she bought me a sandwich at Sundance Film Festival before even meeting me in person because we were headed to the same meeting with mutual friends and she heard I was hungry. Her passion for saving families is absolutely contagious and I can’t wait for you to get to know her and be inspired by her goodness.

Find out more about the Miracle Foundation at Miraclefoundation.org

Email Caroline at [email protected] 

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00:00 Introduction and Background

01:54 Grief and Loss

06:32 Comparison of Grief Experiences

08:28 Dealing with Guilt and Negative Emotions

09:24 Struggling with the Concept of Joy

11:14 Finding Peace and Joy in Grief

13:40 Jesus' Example of Feeling Pain

14:09 Accepting Pain and Finding Light

17:47 Choosing Happiness in Marriage

22:06 Breaking Free from the Victim Mentality

23:30 Taking Responsibility for Your Happiness

25:26 Choosing Light in Postpartum Depression

29:35 Giving Yourself Grace in Mental Health Struggles

32:55 Choosing Light in Marriage

36:17 Choosing Happiness in Challenging Times

38:17 Conclusion

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Do you believe there are angels among us? I do, and Neil does, and we’ve had some really special experiences here in Hawaii with our family members who have passed on. So today we’re discussing the idea of angels in the form of family members and ancestors looking out for us, helping us, cheering us on, encouraging us in our darkest moments and giving us a little nudge when we need it. I promise you that you do have people on the other side who love you, care about you, and want to help, if you’ll be open to receiving it.

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Shawn Nelson is the founder and CEO of Lovesac, repeatedly recognized as the fastest growing

furniture brand in the US for over a decade. Lovesac is publicly traded on Nasdaq and is

projected to exceed $1 Billion in annual sales over the next few years with more than 270 Lovesac branded retail locations. From humble beginnings, Shawn founded Lovesac in 1998 making Sacs by hand for neighbors and friends while in college.

In 2005 Shawn won a million-dollar investment by Richard Branson on his prime time hit reality TV

show, The Rebel Billionaire, and was named acting President of Virgin Worldwide for a time. Shawn’s recent book, “Let Me Save You 25 Years,” celebrates Lovesac’s colorful history, and the many “mistakes, miracles, and lessons” learned along the way. Today Shawn and I get to talk about this brand new book release, and he shares with me some of the stories behind these mistakes, miracles and lessons. If you’ve ever wished you could sit with a super successful CEO of a publicly traded company for an hour and learn the most important lessons they’ve picked up along then way, then I think you’re really going to enjoy today’s episode.

Shawn’s new book “Let Me Save You 25 Years: Mistakes, Miracles, and Lessons from the Lovsac Story” https://amzn.to/47FVkoO

Shawn’s Podcast “Let Me Save You 25 Years” https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/let-me-save-you-25-years/id1714646855

Lovesac products https://www.lovesac.com/

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Are the January blues hitting you? Are you feeling like everything is piling up on you? Are you in your pajamas right now? Me too! But really, how are you right now? If you’re not doing great, then today my friend, we did a podcast episode just for you. I hope you can feel our love for you and that you’ll hear this message today and be able to tell yourself, “it’s okay to be in a season of survival.” And if you aren’t in that kind of season, but you know and love someone who might be right now, share this with them once you’re done. And to my friend who inspired this episode today, know that I love you and I’m here for you, and that this is just a season, and today is not forever.

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One of my favorite quotes is from C. Joy Bell that says, “You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them.”

Today Neil and I are discussing what things we’ve let go of to make room for better things in our lives. Labels, past experiences, burdens that don’t belong to us… We’re also talking about HOW to do this and some things you can evaluate in your life so that you have room to really step into who you were meant to be in 2024.

“Personality Isn’t permanent: How to Break Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs and Rewrite Your Story” Book by Benjamin P. Hardy https://amzn.to/4aDitLc

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If you’re feeling a little bit of a let-down after the wrapping paper is all thrown away and you feel like you survived the marathon of another Christmas season, but you wish you could’ve made Jesus just a little more central to it all, DON’T WORRY! I’ve got you, because I know just what that feels like. I have the perfect thing, and it’s actually really easy, and I’m going to walk you through how I do it, what I’ve done in past years, and how you can have this miracle in your life of learning from Jesus as you give a gift to Him this next year. It will take all your post-holiday blues away, I promise.

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Jenn Kautsch, founder of Sober Sis, is passionate about making it safe for women to have a conversation about alcohol without judgment, labels, or rules. She’s a retired “gray area” drinker who realized in her 40s that her “wine o’clock” habit wasn’t doing her any favors. She started Sober Sis to share her knowledge and experience with other women who wanted to overcome drinking as a habit and lifestyle and enjoy an alcohol free lifestyle instead. If you’ve been contemplating giving up drinking for the new year, or are as Jenn says “sober curious,” or even if you just want to know how to support others going through this journey, then today’s episode is for you.

Follow along with Jenn on Instagram @sobersis

Jenn's website sobersis.com

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In the spirit of Christmas so many of us (myself included) can get bogged down by the shopping lists and a full calendar and so many demands on our time and our wallets, but what really matters amidst all of that? Today we’re discussing the great gift we can give to others AND to Jesus by just simply following a prompting.

Notes:

“The Spirit of Christmas” Talk by Thomas S. Monson

https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/thomas-s-monson/spirit-christmas/

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Mary, the mother of Jesus, is someone I now think about more than I ever have during the Christmas season because of an experience I had two Christmases ago when I lost a pregnancy. Her attitude of being the handmaid of the Lord has helped me maintain the perspective of being willing to do the Lord's will even through some of the most challenging trials that have come with being a mother. Today I'm sharing my theory on miscarriage that has been pieced together over time and through my experiences with miscarriages. I don't claim that it's for sure a fact but it's something that has brought a lot of comfort to some of my friends who have experienced the same, and so maybe it can for you or someone you love, too.

Time Stamps:

[00:48] - Corrine and Neil recall their feelings about miscarriage and their personal story. PART 1

[07:48] - Corrine and Neil recall their feelings about miscarriage and their personal story. PART 2

[12:13] - “When does the spirit meet the body?”

[17:33] - Our lives are important to God’s plan.

[21:47] - “This is my theory.”

[29:37] - Build your faith and ask for revelation.

Supporting Resources:

"Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Spencer W. Kimball" Chapter 2: Tragedy or Destiny?

All In Podcast "Tried and True Marriage Advice - March 9th, 2022"

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