Kami Weddick might be one of the most fun people that I know. She is funny, worldly in the best way and has such an amazing perspective on life. I'm blessed to call her my friend and neighbor! If you are a 'Disney Adult', go take a listen to her podcast Mouse Debaters. Warning, it's a definitely a PG-13 experience, but they are hilarious!

Meet my friend Angie Dugdale! She could give a master class in compassion and positivity! I'm so beyond blessed to know her! Her family's journey into the world of Type 1 Diabetes began 6 years ago when her son Ben was diagnosed. What a ride it has been and it has only made them stronger!

Here are a few resources that she's shared about T1D and things that you should know!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjmeWR2QGlQ&ab_channel=AngieDugdale


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFxe7k7qAZM&ab_channel=JDRF

https://www.change.org/p/american-diabetes-association-align-with-doj-update-cgm-school-guidance-to-follow-t1ds?signed=true&fbclid=IwAR0E3ReIruSYw9WcrVxGJZdssQxMITLH8hb4erjPD2j0nPrMI1KtgBXx5x4

Longest episode title ever....but totally fitting! Scott Stone and his family have bounced all over the United States from the Pacific Northwest, to middle America, then the East Coast and now South Carolina where he and his family will stick around. He's made chips and cookies and cheesecakes and bread  all professionally....well, not the baking but the operations. Now he finds himself retired with a vegetable garden and hanging out with his grandkids. But his retirement doesn't look the way he and his wife Lori had planned. But would they change any of it, absolutely not. Find out why in this weeks episode. Oh, and did I mention that he's my uncle?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BZkYfqa4Fs&ab_channel=JohnLennon-Topic

The episode where my 5 year old son tells about dinosaurs and Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

My friend Nick (Hans) Huggler joins me again this week for an enlightening discussion about learning about other perspectives and other faiths-even those perspectives compete with your own. Spoiler alert, it makes you a better person and allows you to relate to the world better. 

Give a listen to Nick's previous episode:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2035065/13464969-the-unbeliever.mp3?download=true

Here is where you can find all previous episodes of The Cultural Hall including the most recent Temple Ticker which Nick probably hasn't even heard yet!
https://theculturalhall.com/

Can two things be true? Yes, yes they can.

https://collabfund.com/blog/true-at-once/

Yep, it's a line from The Matrix. But what does it have to do with me or you or God? Listen and find out!

I have noticed, that when my expectations are unrealistic, I end up in a rigid box that cuts me off from guidance and inspiration. Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ are ready and willing to give us the experiences that we need, but when our expectations are not where they should be, it becomes really hard for them to teach us and help us. Not to mention the disappointment that we might feel when things don't go exactly like we had hoped. But if we have realistic expectations we can align our priorities and focus on the things that matter most!

I never feel like I have enough...never enough sleep, never enough knowledge, money, food, willpower, friends, resources. I always feel like I'm lacking. And it's hard to get through life knowing that you need to do so much and be so much and get so much done when you don't have enough of what you need. But when the Savior fed the 5000, I think He taught us an important lesson about what He is able to do with limited resource, especially when we put our faith in Him.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/nt/john/6?lang=eng

I could not have asked for a more beautiful or inspiring location for this interview with my friend Hayden Slaymaker (coolest last name, huh?). Hayden is a fishing guide on Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories in Canada, but he is a native of Calgary, Alberta. Our family has had the privilege of having Hayden as a guide two years in a row-once in 2022 with my husband and my father in law and then this past summer. He is an outdoorsman through and through with all of the skills needed to land a giant lake trout! Plus, he has a very inspiring faith journey!

If you are interested in learning more about the fishing lodge that he guides out of, you can find all of that information here.

https://www.plummerslodges.com/lodges/great-bear-lake/