The Progress Project

In this episode, we're talking with Darla Trendler, host of the Spiritually Minded Mom podcast about communicating with God. Darla has so much wisdom to share when it comes to the spiritual life.

We chatted about:

1. Seeing God as a partner in motherhood
2. The most important thing Darla has learned about receiving answers from God
3. How taking action gives us power
4. How to start communication with God if you're feeling stuck in your spiritual journey
5. Creating an environment that invites God's presence in our lives
6. The secret to dealing with overwhelm (this part is life-changing!)

SHOWNOTES: For a recap of the episode and any links we mentioned in our conversation today, head to our website at: http://www.jointheprogressproject.com/podcast/71

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If you're listening to this podcast, you probably love personal development as much as we do. But what do you do when all that striving to progress feels tiring and hard? What about when you don't see the progress happening and are impatient for the outcome?

We've both been facing questions like this so it inspired a conversation about how to progress in healthy ways. We talked about:

1. How to make the striving itself feel memorable and even fun
2. The most exciting discoveries we've each made in our own personal growth
3. Why some of us are hesitant to step into making change in our lives
4. How we handle days or weeks that don't feel like progress
5. The foundational belief we need to have before we can ever make lasting change

SHOWNOTES: For a recap of the episode and any links we mentioned in our conversation today, head to our website at: http://www.jointheprogressproject.com/podcast/70

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We both love journaling and use it in so many ways. One of the most useful ways we've found to journal is to explore our thoughts to help us resolve problems in our lives and feel better.

In this episode, we're sharing:

• How we each approach this kind of journaling
• Why it can be so powerful
• Why we sometimes avoid it
• A simple process if you want to try out journaling to feel better
• Two of our favorite tools to solve problems through journaling

SHOWNOTES: We mentioned a lot of great links in this episode so go check out those & a recap of this episode on our website at: http://www.jointheprogressproject.com/podcast/69

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We're taking a different spin on creativity today!

If your marriage or relationship was lacking, you'd want to give it some extra time and attention and love right?

What if you thought of your creativity as a relationship that needed similar nurturing? That's the idea we're chatting about in today's episode.

We talked about:

• What the current state of your relationship with creativity is like (long-distance? neglected? needy? healthy?)
• The magic that happens when we commit fully to our creativity
• Laura's sneaky trick for getting the ideas flowing
• Dealing with creative burnout and knowing when to quit a creative project
• How to face the fear of criticism
• Why we don't need to worry about pleasing everyone

We LOVE this episode! It's perfect for anyone with a creative job, someone who feels burned out with their creativity, or anyone who's just feeling like they've lost the creative spark.

SHOWNOTES: To check out any links, notes and details from our conversation today, head to our website at: http://www.jointheprogressproject.com/podcast/68

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Even though we know guilt is not usually a helpful feeling, most of us struggle with feelings of guilt on a daily basis.

In today's episode, we're talking with Jessica Jackson about guilt; why we are so hard on ourselves and how to set guilt aside.

We talked about:

1. What to do with the "should statements" we all use and the phrase to use instead
2. Whether guilt is ever useful
3. How guilt can actually be an opportunity to reclaim our power to CHOOSE
4. How letting go of "should statements" free us from fear, comparison, and perfectionism
5. How to train our brains to overcome the habit of feeling guilty
6. Why we don't actually need to strive so hard to improve and how we can rely on God instead

SHOWNOTES: To check out any links, notes, and details from our conversation today, head to our website at: http://www.jointheprogressproject.com/podcast/67

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What does it really mean to be creative? What do you want to create more of in your life?

Some of us don't feel very creative, at least not all the time.

Today's episode is an encouragement to discover where in your life you can spark some creativity.

We talked about:

• A long list of ways you can add creativity to your life
• The power of recognizing, naming, and owning the creative things you're already doing
• How we can ignite an emotion that will fuel our creativity using music, movies, or any kind of art someone else has created
• The power of consuming art mindfully rather than information

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Today's episode is all about reading! We both love getting lost in a novel and learning through really great nonfiction books so we had a chat about the reading life and how to find more time to fit it into our lives.

We chatted about:

1. Figuring out what kind of books you like
2. Knowing how you like to read and different ways to fit it in
3. How to get excited about reading if you're in a slump or haven't read for a while
4. How to find great book recommendations
5. Making time for reading

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One of the best skills we've learned in the last couple years has been the ability to actually DO what we say we'll do.

We both spent so many years wanting to make progress on our goals and dreams but making excuses when it came time to take the action we said we'd take.

In today's episode we're talking all about how to develop that trust in yourself and start making real changes in your life.

We talk about:

• 6 easy steps to learning to trust yourself
• How to figure out what you're striving for in the first place
• Why taking actions without getting clear on your "why" behind it stops you before you've even begun
• The magic of design over willpower
• How to begin proving to yourself that you can do what you commit to
• Two easy fill-in-the-blank mantras to redirect your brain when you feel resistance

SHOWNOTES: To check out any links, notes, and details from our conversation today, head to our website at: http://www.jointheprogressproject.com/podcast/64

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Today's episode is a conversation between Laura Farr and Catherine Weis about what to do when someone you love is diagnosed with cancer.

Both women have the unique experience of having had cancer themselves and having their fathers both pass away from cancer so they know from experience what to say, what NOT to say, and how to help!

We chat about:

• Practical and meaningful ways you can help someone who has cancer
• How to use your own talents and abilities to serve them
• The best gifts cancer patients find meaningful
• What NOT to say or do to someone going through cancer
• What you need to do to take care of yourself so you can serve the best you can

Links we mentioned:

Laura's blog post on the 5 Best gifts for cancer patients

Catherine's blog post on The best comfort and care gifts for chemotherapy and cancer patients

You can find Catherine's beautiful hand picked gift boxes for cancer patients at Bestowegifting.com

SHOWNOTES: To check out any links, notes, and details from our conversation today, head to our website at: http://www.jointheprogressproject.com/podcast/63

We're talking about intentional parenting today! What does it mean to be an intentional parent and how can we create a parenting philosophy to guide our decisions and actions?

We chatted about:

1. Deciding in advance the kind of parent you want to be
2. Two super important questions: What do I want for my children? And what do I expect from myself as a parent?
3. The difference between teaching skills and teaching values
4. How we can be intentional but still relax about making sure we teach them everything they need to know
5. How to move past feeling overwhelmed with the pressures of parenthood

SHOWNOTES: To check out any links, notes, and details from our conversation today, head to our website at: http://www.jointheprogressproject.com/podcast/62

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