#70 Healthy Family Relationships: Part I of V - Two Essential Ingredients Every Family Must Have

#70 Healthy Family Relationships: Part I of V - Two Essential Ingredients Every Family Must Have

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2450061/fan_mail/new] We explore why strong family relationships matter so much for happiness and flourishing, especially as more families face division and estrangement over differences. We share two research-backed habits that keep families connected over time: tolerating disagreements and choosing forgiveness.  • the rise of family estrangement and disconnection over beliefs, politics, lifestyles, expectations, and unresolved hurts  • why long-term happiness tracks more with relationships than wealth, status, or achievement  • two essential ingredients for strong family bonds: tolerating disagreements and forgiving one another  • the difference between agreement and understanding and how being heard changes everything  • what tolerance actually means and why trying to control beliefs damages connection  • how forgiveness works without denying harm and without abandoning healthy boundaries  • choosing connection over winning and staying at the table when conflict shows up  • closing prayer for grace to love, listen, and forgive  If you have any questions or would like to go deeper into this topic or how it affects you in your own life, you can find me at Sharon Kcoaching.com. That's Sharon the LetterK Coaching.com. If you've enjoyed listening, please subscribe and leave a review on your favorite platform. And feel free to share with anyone you think might benefit from what you've heard.  Click the link below to set up a free discovery call to begin your transformation today.  Or email me @ smurph923.sm@gmail.com to find out more about how I can help.   https://calendly.com/smurph923-sm/discovery-call [https://calendly.com/smurph923-sm/discovery-call] https://sharonkcoaching.com/ [https://sharonkcoaching.com/] https://subscribepage.io/The-Five-Things-Your-Adult-Child-Needs-to-Hear-From-You [https://subscribepage.io/The-Five-Things-Your-Adult-Child-Needs-to-Hear-From-You]

#69 From Surviving To Thriving Through Life's Storms: With Special Guest - Theresa Matters

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2450061/fan_mail/new] We sit down with Teresa Matters to talk about finding peace when life feels chaotic, from divorce and grief to daily overwhelm and anxious spirals. We share how Catholic mindset coaching helps us manage our thoughts, invite Jesus into real moments, and move from fear toward clarity and freedom.  • Teresa’s background as a lifelong Catholic mom and coach  • Walking through divorce, annulment, and grief while rebuilding life  • How Teresa’s dad’s diaconate shaped faith and trust  • Why Catholic mindset coaching helps with overthinking and anxiety  • What makes coaching different from therapy while still supporting healing  • Little Way Freedom and who Teresa primarily serves  • PBJ Pause Breathe Invite Jesus as a daily practice  • Modeling simple prayer and emotional regulation for kids  • What clients can expect to gain: peace, joy, clarity, freedom  There’s a link for Teresa or myself for a free discovery call. It’s a 30-minute call, and it’s not just an interview, it’s a time for you to get help in any area of your life.  If you’ve enjoyed listening, please subscribe and leave a review on your favorite platform and feel free to share with anyone you think might benefit from what you’ve heard about.  Free PB&J Kit: How to Invite Jesus Into Everyday Moments:  https://mailchi.mp/0cc46e6a3d32/pbj-kit [https://mailchi.mp/0cc46e6a3d32/pbj-kit] IG: https://www.instagram.com/little.way.freedom/ [https://www.instagram.com/little.way.freedom/] Join The Little Way Community: https://theresamatters.thrivecart.com/little-way-community/ [https://theresamatters.thrivecart.com/little-way-community/] Email Theresa: http://littlewayfreedom@gmail.com [http://littlewayfreedom@gmail.com] Book A Discovery Call with Theresa: https://calendly.com/tmatters/1hour [https://calendly.com/tmatters/1hour] Click the link below to set up a free discovery call to begin your transformation today.  Or email me @ smurph923.sm@gmail.com to find out more about how I can help.   https://calendly.com/smurph923-sm/discovery-call [https://calendly.com/smurph923-sm/discovery-call] https://sharonkcoaching.com/ [https://sharonkcoaching.com/] https://subscribepage.io/The-Five-Things-Your-Adult-Child-Needs-to-Hear-From-You [https://subscribepage.io/The-Five-Things-Your-Adult-Child-Needs-to-Hear-From-You]

#68 The Power & Purpose Of Regret

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2450061/fan_mail/new] Regret has a way of sneaking into the quiet moments, replaying old conversations and parenting decisions like a loop you can’t turn off. I’m Sharon Murphy, a certified life and mindset coach, and today I’m speaking directly to mothers, especially moms of adult children, who feel the weight of “I should have done it differently” and wonder if it’s too late to make things right. We get honest about what regret really is: an emotional signal that something in the past didn’t align with our values, wisdom, or hopes. Then we make a crucial distinction that can change your spiritual life and your relationships: regret isn’t automatically the problem. What matters is whether it becomes a teacher or a prison. We walk through healthy regret that leads to humility, repentance, wisdom, and compassion, and we contrast it with unhealthy regret that turns into condemnation, despair, and hiding from God. You’ll also get practical tools for emotional healing and Christian growth, including questions to discern whether a thought is moving you toward action or paralysis, peace or despair. I share a motherhood example many of us relate to, plus three simple steps to transform the moment: name it, learn it, and release it. For Catholic listeners, we also talk about confession as a real encounter with Christ’s mercy and how to stop “resurrecting” what God has already forgiven. If this helps you, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a friend who’s carrying regret in silence. What part hit home most for you? Click the link below to set up a free discovery call to begin your transformation today.  Or email me @ smurph923.sm@gmail.com to find out more about how I can help.   https://calendly.com/smurph923-sm/discovery-call [https://calendly.com/smurph923-sm/discovery-call] https://sharonkcoaching.com/ [https://sharonkcoaching.com/] https://subscribepage.io/The-Five-Things-Your-Adult-Child-Needs-to-Hear-From-You [https://subscribepage.io/The-Five-Things-Your-Adult-Child-Needs-to-Hear-From-You]

#67 How To Overcome Procrastination

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2450061/fan_mail/new] Procrastination is not a character flaw or a laziness problem, it is often our brain’s way of avoiding an uncomfortable emotion. We break down the real cost of delay and share simple, practical steps to rebuild self-trust through action.  • procrastination as avoidance, not lack of discipline  • the short-term relief that creates long-term stress  • how broken promises to ourselves erode confidence and identity  • sneaky procrastination patterns like researching, planning, and overthinking  • how the four temperaments procrastinate differently  • the key question to unlock change: what am I unwilling to feel  • five tools to move into action, including smaller steps and timed starts  • progress over perfection and rebuilding self-trust with tiny commitments  If you have any questions or would like to go deeper into this topic or how it affects you in your own life, you can find me at Sharon K Coaching.com. That's Sharon the Letterk Coaching.com. If you've enjoyed listening, please subscribe and leave a review on your favorite platform. And feel free to share with anyone you think might benefit from what you've heard.  Click the link below to set up a free discovery call to begin your transformation today.  Or email me @ smurph923.sm@gmail.com to find out more about how I can help.   https://calendly.com/smurph923-sm/discovery-call [https://calendly.com/smurph923-sm/discovery-call] https://sharonkcoaching.com/ [https://sharonkcoaching.com/] https://subscribepage.io/The-Five-Things-Your-Adult-Child-Needs-to-Hear-From-You [https://subscribepage.io/The-Five-Things-Your-Adult-Child-Needs-to-Hear-From-You]

#66 - The Key To Emotionally Resilient Kids with Special Guest Emily Adams

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2450061/fan_mail/new] Grief doesn’t disappear when you “accept” it and if you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by emotions you can’t name, you’re not alone. I’m joined by Catholic coach Emily Adams, who shares how six pregnancy losses reshaped her life and ultimately led her to help women and teens build emotional resilience grounded in Christ’s love and mercy. We talk honestly about what it feels like to carry grief day by day, and why the missing piece is often learning what to do with your emotions instead of fighting them. We also dig into parenting and teenagers, because big emotions do not stop at adulthood. Emily explains why transitions and lack of control can amplify teen reactions, and how parents can respond without fear, fixing, or shutdown. We explore what changes when we replace “You’re fine” with curiosity, emotional vocabulary, and genuine space to be seen. If you’ve ever wanted better family communication, calmer conflict, and a faith-based way to talk about anger, jealousy, sadness, and shame, you’ll find plenty to take home. Emily offers practical tools you can start today: using an emotion wheel to expand your emotional language, doing a two-to-five-minute end-of-day emotional recon, noticing where emotions show up in the body, and connecting the dots between thoughts, feelings, and actions. We also make it prayerful, inviting Jesus into the 90-second “wave” of an emotion so it can move through you rather than take over you. If this conversation helps, subscribe, leave a rating and review, and share it with a friend who needs a calmer way to handle big feelings. What emotion do you most want to understand better right now? Free Discovery Call With Emily: https://calendly.com/emily_adams_1/discovery-call [https://calendly.com/emily_adams_1/discovery-call] Emily's Emotions Wheel:   https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:3af5feab-1ec1-48be-90fc-9982c4b0fde4?x_api_client_id=chrome_extension_viewer&x_api_client_location=share&locale=en-US&theme=dark&page_theme=light&viewer%21megaVerb=group-discover [https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:3af5feab-1ec1-48be-90fc-9982c4b0fde4?x_api_client_id=chrome_extension_viewer&x_api_client_location=share&locale=en-US&theme=dark&page_theme=light&viewer%21megaVerb=group-discover] Emily's Daily Emotional Recon: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:f6b1ce7e-bb88-4607-aee1-070a2e0fac36?x_api_client_id=chrome_extension_viewer&x_api_client_location=share&locale=en-US&theme=dark&page_theme=light&viewer%21megaVerb=group-discover [https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:f6b1ce7e-bb88-4607-aee1-070a2e0fac36?x_api_client_id=chrome_extension_viewer&x_api_client_location=share&locale=en-US&theme=dark&page_theme=light&viewer%21megaVerb=group-discover] email: eadams@eacreative.design IG: @__emily.adams Click the link below to set up a free discovery call to begin your transformation today.  Or email me @ smurph923.sm@gmail.com to find out more about how I can help.   https://calendly.com/smurph923-sm/discovery-call [https://calendly.com/smurph923-sm/discovery-call] https://sharonkcoaching.com/ [https://sharonkcoaching.com/] https://subscribepage.io/The-Five-Things-Your-Adult-Child-Needs-to-Hear-From-You [https://subscribepage.io/The-Five-Things-Your-Adult-Child-Needs-to-Hear-From-You]