Meet Sarah's cherished friend Zoe; bosom buddies through various stages, evolutions and traumas...like being kidnapped by your own family and nearly burning a church down.  The Whipping Boy http://www.sidfleischman.com/ LDS Doctrine and Covenants 19-16-19 https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/19?lang=eng Ephesians 2:8-9 https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Ephesians-2-8_2-9/

Romans 10:9-10 https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Romans-10-9_10-10/

What does one do with a basket full of beer steins? Fifteen of them?  By the way, we would love for you to come join our Facebook group. 

Your Wednesday Wisdom is fresh out of the oven, delivered straight to those beautiful ears of yours, wherever you happen to be reading this. Imagine that; your entire life has brought you to this moment. What could that mean?   Maybe it matters, maybe it matters not. At the end of the day, let's spend this time together now. Because that's really all we got. 

Hit play. Listen, learn, grow and become your best self with us and invite others to come along too. We are ready to get started, how about you? 

"You're destroying your family..."

"You won't be together in heaven..."

"I am all powerful and you are a POS..."

The Power of Vulnerability - Brene Brown

Permission to Feel - Marc Bracket

Book of Mormon: Mosiah 2:21

LDS Doctrine and Covenants: Section 101:4-5

Narcissism

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

The Book of Job

Tested, Proved, and Polished By President Henry B. Eyring Second Counselor in the First Presidency

"You're destroying your family..." "You won't be together in heaven..." "I am all powerful and you are a POS..." Episode 007 drops on Monday, October 3rd 2022 and it is a great one friends. Reach out if you think you know the story we are talking about. 

Your Westbrook Wednesday Wisdom for today. Sarah breaks down the difference between the two. Full episode 006 - Unpacking Trauma is here and we would love for you to listen, learn and grow with us. 

Trigger warning. Discussions of complex, compound and community trauma. 

We all need help recognizing the effects of trauma in our lives. 

For those of you with therapists, If you don't feel safe or it just isn't working, please find another therapist, but don't confuse that with being uncomfortable, which is required. This isn't all puppy dogs and ice cream. 

Come join us as we learn, grow and become our best selves together.

We would love to hear about how you are doing. How is your head? How is your heart?

Walden University Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; American Psychiatric Association Total Money Makeover- Dave Ramsey Mormonism Live episode #89 Better Help Counseling NCTSN- The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

For those of you with therapists, If you don't feel safe or it just isn't working, please find another therapist, but don't confuse that with being uncomfortable, which is required. This isn't all puppy dogs and ice cream. 

Next week on Unpacking Mormonism we talk about trauma and we do hope you listen. Come join us as we learn, grow and become our best selves together.

Spreadsheets and finances are hard, but what we might find even harder is sticking to a budget. That being said, hardest of all might be walking away from toxic relationships with grace, which we know is better for everyone.  This is a Wednesday Wisdom clip of our recently released episode 005. Check out the full episode here.  Reach out and let us know how you are feeling. How is your head, how is your heart? [email protected]

Time for us to ask ourselves; are we practicing the type of self-care that leads to long-term wellness? Reach out and let us know how you are feeling. How is your head? How is your heart? [email protected] Westbrook's Pillars of Wellness: physical health, mental health, emotional health, spiritual health. 

Maslow's Hiearchy of Needs

Reptilian complex: The reptilian complex (also known as the "R-complex", "reptilian brain" or "lizard brain") was the name MacLean gave to the basal ganglia, structures derived from the floor of the forebrain during development. The term derives from the idea that comparative neuroanatomists once believed that the forebrains of reptiles and birds were dominated by these structures. MacLean proposed that the reptilian complex was responsible for species-typical instinctual behaviours involved in aggression, dominance, territoriality, and ritual displays. "Untamed", Glennon Doyle "On grief and grieving" by David Kessler and Elizabeth Kubler-Ross "Total Money Makeover" by Dave Ramsey Self-Care Wheel This Is What 'Self-Care' REALLY Means, Because It's Not All Salt Baths And Chocolate Cake