Episode 093: The Grief That Shows Up at Barbecues: Memorial Day and the Losses No One Sees

Episode 109: Popcorn Prayers - When You Are Too Tired for a Quiet Time

Have you ever been so tired that even your quiet time felt loud? You love God. You want to pray. And then real life walks in wearing muddy shoes — and your “quiet time” becomes “Lord, help me not lose my mind” whispered in front of the fridge. Today, Coach Janet J names something almost too simple: that ten-second prayer counts. In this episode you will learn: * Why short, scattered prayers may be the most honest ones you pray * What Nehemiah 2:4 reveals about praying under real-time pressure * How brief intentional pauses interact with both your spirit and your nervous system Scripture: Nehemiah 2:4 (NIV) Research note: Micro-break research (Zacher et al., 2014; Albulescu et al., 2022) suggests brief intentional pauses can reduce fatigue and restore a sense of energy. Ready for your next step? FREE 5-Minute Daily Reset (instant download): YourNextBestStep.com  [https://YourNextBestStep.com] Weekly encouragement + practical tips: YouTube @CoachJanetJ [https://www.youtube.com/@CoachJanetJ] Instagram: @janetjjaecks [https://www.instagram.com/janetjjaecks/ ] If this episode resonated with you, please follow/subscribe and share with a friend who needs their next step.   One small step. One day at a time.

BONUS: The 3-Word Sticky Note That Changes Money Shame (YNBS 108)

What if the number on your banking app has nothing to do with your worth? This short gives you a 60-second mental shift you can run anywhere. No spreadsheet. No budget app. Just three words on a small piece of paper, placed somewhere only you will see. Save this one for the next time you open the app and feel that little tug of “should have known better.” Ready for the full episode? It is called The Christmas Bill That Is Still Here in June and it is for the woman who has been making payments since the new year and is ready for a little exhale around money this summer. Ready for your next step? FREE 5-Minute Daily Reset (instant download): YourNextBestStep.com  [https://YourNextBestStep.com] Weekly encouragement + practical tips: YouTube @CoachJanetJ [https://www.youtube.com/@CoachJanetJ] Instagram: @janetjjaecks [https://www.instagram.com/janetjjaecks/ ] If this episode resonated with you, please follow/subscribe and share with a friend who needs their next step.   One small step. One day at a time.

Episode 108: The Christmas Bill That Is Still Here in June

The Christmas bill is still here. And it is June. If you have been making payments since the new year and the balance is moving slower than you hoped, you are in good company. Researchers describe what you are feeling as a loop, and the way out has almost nothing to do with the numbers. This episode is for the woman who thought this would be gone by now. The woman who feels a little tug of “should have known better” every time she taps the banking app. We are looking at why a lingering bill feels heavier than the number on the screen, what the research actually says about financial stress and mental well-being, and one small thing you can do this week without spreadsheets, math, or guilt. Here is what you will walk away with: a clear way to see what the bill is and is not, a fresh handle on the difference between responsibility and shame, and a small first step that meets you exactly where you are. SCRIPTURE HIGHLIGHT: Proverbs 24:16. Research note: Financial Health Network on the connection between financial stress and mental well-being. Ready for your next step? FREE 5-Minute Daily Reset (instant download): YourNextBestStep.com  [https://YourNextBestStep.com] Weekly encouragement + practical tips: YouTube @CoachJanetJ [https://www.youtube.com/@CoachJanetJ] Instagram: @janetjjaecks [https://www.instagram.com/janetjjaecks/ ] If this episode resonated with you, please follow/subscribe and share with a friend who needs their next step.   One small step. One day at a time.

BONUS: The Strange Holy Moments (YNBS 107)

If you are caring for someone whose mind is slipping away from you, here is a gift that often goes undiscussed. To dive deeper, check out Episode 107 where Coach Janet will walk you through a Scripture that holds steady when memory does not and two researched frameworks that name what you are living through. "Loving Someone Who Does Not Remember You" Ready for your next step? FREE 5-Minute Daily Reset (instant download): YourNextBestStep.com  [https://YourNextBestStep.com] Weekly encouragement + practical tips: YouTube @CoachJanetJ [https://www.youtube.com/@CoachJanetJ] Instagram: @janetjjaecks [https://www.instagram.com/janetjjaecks/ ] If this episode resonated with you, please follow/subscribe and share with a friend who needs their next step.   One small step. One day at a time.

Episode 107: Loving Someone Who Does Not Remember You

If you are loving someone whose mind is slipping away from you — a parent with dementia, a husband with Alzheimer's, a sibling or friend whose memory keeps shrinking — the grief you carry has a name. Most people will never name it for you. So we are doing it here. In this episode, I sit with one of the most under-discussed experiences in the sandwich generation: caregiver grief. The kind that begins long before a funeral. The kind that comes with no casserole and no recognized mourning period. By the end of this conversation, you will: •  Recognize the specific kind of grief you have been carrying — and why it has felt so heavy and so invisible •  Understand what one researcher means when she says closure is a myth, and why that reframe matters for women in long-haul caregiving •  Walk away with two small, doable steps to help you steady yourself this week SCRIPTURE HIGHLIGHT: Deuteronomy 31:6 (NIV) Research note: This episode references the work of Pauline Boss on ambiguous loss, the program of research on anticipatory grief in dementia caregivers led by Franziska Meichsner and Gabriele Wilz, and demographic data from the Alzheimer's Association 2024 and 2026 Facts and Figures reports. Ready for your next step? FREE 5-Minute Daily Reset (instant download): YourNextBestStep.com  [https://YourNextBestStep.com] Weekly encouragement + practical tips: YouTube @CoachJanetJ [https://www.youtube.com/@CoachJanetJ] Instagram: @janetjjaecks [https://www.instagram.com/janetjjaecks/ ] If this episode resonated with you, please follow/subscribe and share with a friend who needs their next step.   One small step. One day at a time.