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Why Not? Noticing the Bids for Connection

Episode 43

What happens when we stop trying to convince others to love our best ideas and start noticing what already lights them up?

In this episode of Transformative Truths, Sarah and Wally explore a simple but powerful idea from Randy Bott: “Superior support of a mediocre idea is better than mediocre support of a superior idea.”

Through stories about family councils, watching ducks, handwritten notes from children, baking cakes, and everyday bids for connection, this conversation reminds us that love often grows when we listen for another person’s enthusiasm instead of forcing our own agenda.

This episode is a gentle invitation to notice the needs, interests, and excitement of the people we love—and to respond with connection.

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Notice the Good: Gratitude and Growth Conversation

Episode 42

What we notice shapes the life we experience. In this episode of Transformative Truths, Sarah Waldron Brinton and Dr. Wally Goddard reflect on a simple but powerful thought: the good things in our lives often become more visible when we practice noticing them.

Together, they talk about gratitude, perfectionism, marriage, parenting, service, and the spiritual shift that happens when we stop measuring ourselves so harshly and begin looking for God’s goodness around us.

A warm conversation about choosing gratitude, celebrating what is good, and learning to privilege the positive in everyday life.

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Feels Good to Be Nice: How Goodness Lifts Us

Episode 41

What happens inside us when we witness goodness?

In this episode of Transformative Truths, Dr. Wally Goddard and Sarah Waldron Briton explore Jonathan Haidt’s idea of “elevation”—the lifting feeling we experience when we see charity, gratitude, kindness, and moral beauty in action.

Drawing on Thomas Jefferson’s observation that acts of goodness awaken in us a desire to do good ourselves, this conversation invites us to look for light, receive it, and pass it on. From simple moments at the post office to kindness at home, we are reminded that goodness is contagious, edifying, and deeply needed.

Listen to Feels Good to Be Nice: How Goodness Lifts Us and consider how you can catch God blessing His children—and maybe become part of that blessing today.

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Crazy About You: Why Every Child Needs Someone Who Believes in Them

Episode 40

Every child needs someone who is truly “crazy about” them—someone who sees their goodness, cheers for their growth, and helps them feel deeply valued.

In this episode of Transformative Truths, Dr. Wally Goddard and Sarah Waldron Brinton reflect on a powerful insight from psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner about the life-changing influence of loving adults, mentors, aunts, uncles, grandparents, neighbors, and friends who help children feel safe, seen, and cherished.

Together, they discuss belonging, emotional connection, resilience, and the quiet ways we can become the kind of person who strengthens a child’s life.

Listen now and consider: Who helped you feel loved and valued? And who might be quietly hoping you will be that person for them?

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Capturing God’s Blessings: How Daily Journaling Helps Us See His Hand

Episode 39

In this episode of Transformative Truths, Dr. Wally Goddard and Sarah Waldron Brinton reflect on President Henry B. Eyring’s invitation to recognize and remember the hand of God in our daily lives.

Together they talk about journaling, noticing small blessings, recording moments of faith, and finding God’s goodness even in ordinary, busy, imperfect days.

Whether your journal is a notebook, a phone note, a family conversation, or a few simple lines at the end of the day, this episode is a reminder that God is often more present than we realize.

Listen now and discover how remembering God’s blessings can renew your faith, deepen your gratitude, and help you see His hand more clearly.

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Buoyant Faith: Hope, Not Burden

Episode 38

Faith was never meant to feel crushing.

In this week’s episode of Transformative Truths, Dr. Wally Goddard and Sarah Waldron Brinton explore the difference between religion that feels heavy and faith that gives us hope, peace, and joy.

Together they discuss grace, doctrinal hope, Christ as our Advocate, and how trusting Jesus can lift the burden of perfectionism, fear, discouragement, and shame.

If you’ve ever felt spiritually exhausted, weighed down, or like you could never be “good enough,” this episode is a reminder that Christ did not come to crush us with impossible expectations—He came to carry us.

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Gratitude, Encouragement, and Connection

Episode 37

A simple note of thanks can do more than we realize.

In this episode of Transformative Truths, Dr. Wally Goddard and Sarah Waldron Brinton reflect on a touching Reader’s Digest story about a teacher who received her first letter of appreciation after 50 years of teaching. Together, they explore the quiet power of gratitude, encouragement, and spiritual connection.

This conversation is a reminder to follow generous thoughts, reach out to the people who have blessed your life, and trust that even a small message of love can arrive at exactly the right time.

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Reordering Chaos Through Faith Episode 36

In this episode of Transformative Truths: Quotes for Learning, Growing, & Becoming, Dr. Wally Goddard and Sarah Waldron Brinton reflect on a powerful passage from Terryl and Fiona Givens about faith, suffering, agency, and God’s power to redeem chaos. Together they explore how God does not always remove difficulty, but can transform pain, mistakes, and disorder into growth, goodness, and grace. If you are looking for Christian encouragement, spiritual growth, hope in suffering, and deeper trust in God, this episode offers a moving perspective.

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Spiritual Rebirth Takes Time

Episode 35

In this episode of Transformative Truths: Quotes for Learning, Growing, & Becoming, Dr. Wally Goddard and Sarah Waldron Brinton reflect on a powerful insight from Brad Wilcox about spiritual rebirth, the Atonement of Jesus Christ, and God’s unending love. Together they explore why real change is often slow, sacred, and deeply personal. They also touch on why growth in Christ is more like birth than a single moment.

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Maternal Love Is Divine

Episode 34

In this episode of Transformative Truths: Quotes for Learning, Growing, & Becoming, Dr. Wally Goddard and Sarah Waldron Brinton reflect on a moving teaching from Elder Jeffrey R. Holland about maternal love, sacrifice, and Christlike service. Together they explore why the love that serves, lifts, and keeps showing up for children is more than instinct. It is divine. If you are interested in parenting, motherhood, and family relationships, this episode offers warmth, encouragement, and perspective.