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Learning from Everyone: Turning Irritation into AppreciationEpisode 63

What if the people who frustrate us most have something important to teach us?

Inspired by a powerful insight from Ralph Waldo Emerson, Dr. Wally Goddard and Sarah Waldron Brinton explore what happens when we stop judging others and start looking for the goodness and gifts God has placed within them.

Through personal stories, gentle humor, and practical wisdom, they discuss how humility, appreciation, and a willingness to learn can transform our relationships with family, friends, and even people who test our patience.

Discover how a simple change in perspective can help us overcome judgment, respond to irritation with greater compassion, and build more meaningful connections with others.

Listen to Episode 63 of Transformative Truths: Learning from Everyone: Turning Irritation into Appreciation.

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Trusting God When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned

Episode 62

What if the things that didn't work out were leading us toward something better?

We often have a picture of how life should unfold. We make plans, pursue dreams, and pray for certain outcomes. But sometimes God leads us in directions we never expected.

In this episode of Transformative Truths, Dr. H. Wallace Goddard and Sarah Waldron Brinton reflect on the blessings that can come from disappointment, unanswered prayers, and unexpected changes. Through personal experiences, family relationships, and a meaningful prayer about trusting God's wisdom, they explore how faith and gratitude can help us recognize His hand in our lives.

Join us for a hopeful conversation about trusting God's timing, finding peace in uncertainty, and discovering that some of life's greatest blessings are the ones we never planned.

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Where Is Jesus? Finding His Peace in Difficult Times

Episode 61

Where is Jesus when life feels overwhelming, anxiety takes hold, or peace seems out of reach?

In this heartfelt conversation, Dr. Wally Goddard and Sarah Waldron Brinton explore how recognizing Jesus Christ as a loving friend rather than a distant judge can change the way we experience fear, hardship, and everyday life.

Inspired by Charlotte Wilson's article Where Is Jesus?, they share personal experiences with faith, emotional healing, and the comforting assurance that the Savior is closer than we sometimes realize.

Discover how a simple question can help us recognize Christ's presence and find greater peace, hope, and strength through life's challenges.

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The Joy of Repentance: Finding Grace Instead of Guilt

Episode 60 What if repentance was something to look forward to rather than something to fear?

For many of us, repentance has felt like a checklist of mistakes, regrets, and things we need to do better. But what if we've been missing the joy at the heart of it?

In this episode of Transformative Truths, Dr. Wally Goddard and Sarah Waldron Brinton share personal experiences with guilt, perfectionism, and self-criticism, and how coming to know Jesus Christ changed their understanding of repentance.

Through thoughtful conversation, scripture, and insights from Elder D. Todd Christofferson and John Newton, they explore how the grace of Jesus Christ helps us grow, forgive ourselves, and find peace in our imperfections.

A hopeful reminder for individuals and parents alike that repentance isn't about becoming perfect on our own. It's about turning toward the Savior who loves us and helps us become better.

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Finding Gratitude in the Middle of Hard Things Episode 59Can the way we see our trials change the way we experience them?

In this episode of Transformative Truths, Dr. Wally Goddard and Sarah Waldron Brinton explore Brigham Young’s striking perspective on trials, gratitude, and spiritual growth. They discuss what it might mean to see difficult experiences not simply as suffering, but as opportunities to grow in faith, deepen our trust in God, and become more able to understand and support others.

Through personal experiences with illness, loss, family life, and everyday struggles, Wally and Sarah consider how gratitude, the Atonement of Jesus Christ, and serving others can help us move through hard seasons with greater hope and purpose.

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Bring Light Into Your Home: Choosing Connection Over Criticism

Episode 58

A hard parenting day doesn’t have to become a hard relationship. What helps when a child is upset, everyone is tired, and home feels anything but peaceful? Sarah Waldron Brinton and Dr. Wally Goddard reflect on a quote from Wilford W. Andersen about bringing light into moments of dissonance. Through Sarah’s honest stories of parenting young children, they explore how kindness, connection, faith, and gratitude can change the way we respond, even when the hard moment doesn’t end right away.

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Family Stories of Faith: How Ancestry Connects Generations

Epsiode 57

What can the faith stories of our ancestors teach us about trusting God with our own families?

In this episode of Transformative Truths, Sarah shares a remarkable story from the Fairbanks family history, where quiet encounters with the Book of Mormon eventually led an entire family toward faith in Jesus Christ.

Sarah and Wally reflect on family history, conversion, trusting God with the people we love, and the powerful legacy created when stories of faith are preserved and passed from one generation to the next.

Episode 56 is a gentle reminder that God may be working in the hearts of our loved ones in ways we cannot yet see.

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Where Is Your Faith? Lessons from Lucy Mack Smith Episode 56

When circumstances are uncomfortable or uncertain, how quickly do we begin to complain instead of remembering God’s goodness?

In Episode 56 of Transformative Truths, Sarah Waldron Brinton and Dr. Wally Goddard share a remarkable account of Lucy Mack Smith leading a group of early Latter-day Saints through an uncertain journey in 1831. As the Saints worried, complained, and wondered what would happen next, Lucy challenged them with a powerful question: “Where is your faith?”

We invite you to come with us as we explore what her story can teach us about gratitude, trusting God during uncertainty, and recognizing the gifts that are already surrounding us. It is a gentle reminder that sometimes our greatest suffering comes not from what is happening, but from what we fear might happen.

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Abundance, Joy, and Everyday WonderEpisode 55What does the beauty and abundance of the world teach us about God?

In Episode 55 of Transformative Truths, Wally Goddard and Sarah Waldron Brinton reflect on the generosity woven into creation, from mountains and birdsong to pizza, children, and the small delights of an ordinary day. They explore how gratitude, wonder, and even life’s difficult experiences can deepen our faith and help us recognize God’s goodness.

This warm conversation is an invitation to notice more, give yourself permission to feel joy, and rediscover some of the wonder that children seem to understand naturally.

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Finding God in the Quiet: Stillness, Family, and Sacred MomentsEpisode #54

What might you hear if you made a little more room for quiet?

In this episode of Transformative Truths, Wally Goddard and Sarah Waldron Brinton reflect on President Russell M. Nelson’s counsel that “quiet time is sacred time.” They explore how stillness can help us recognize God’s guidance, become more present with our children and spouse, and notice the small sacred moments that are easy to miss.

From putting down the phone to watching a sunrise, listening to a child, or remembering the moments when God seemed especially near, this conversation is an invitation to slow down, pay attention, and make room for what matters most.

A thoughtful episode about faith, family connection, gratitude, personal revelation, marriage, parenting, and learning to hear the still voice of the Lord.

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