Loving On Purpose

The most dreaded day of the year for many Mothers.  My heart goes out to those who could never be a mother whether it be from not getting married to infertility problems. Any enjoyment we get from life is generated by our thoughts.  What thoughts we think and choose to hang on to bring us pleasure or pain.  If we have a disappointing Mother's Day, it's all because of disappointing thoughts we choose to believe are true.  Listen to this episode to learn what your responsibility is in having an enjoyable Mother's Day. Have you received my new resource "3 Steps To Be Yourself Around Your Adult Children?" Click HERE [https://www.bonnielyman.com] to receive it. You'll be amazed what life offers you when you take back the power to be yourself around everyone. Have you ever considered 1:1 coaching? To get started, book a complimentary call [https://www.bonnielyman.com] with me to find out what the cause of your struggling relationship is with your adult child. Go to bonnielyman.com (click here) [https://www.bonnielyman.com/work-with-me/] to book a call.

Have you given up hope on actualizing a better relationship with an adult child? This episode is for YOU!  Our biggest roadblock is not being willing to wait for them to want a connection with us.  And it does happen.  I share an experience in my own life where after three years of a non-existent relationship with one of my children we are speaking and connecting with each other in a way I never dreamed possible.  I talk about in this episode why it's important to wait for your children to change their behavior, on their timeline, and how to wait without feeling hopeless. Have you received my new resource "3 Steps To Be Yourself Around Your Adult Children?" Click HERE [https://www.bonnielyman.com] to receive it. You'll be amazed what life offers you when you take back the power to be yourself around everyone. Have you ever considered 1:1 coaching? To get started, book a complimentary call [https://www.bonnielyman.com] with me to find out what the cause of your struggling relationship is with your adult child. Go to bonnielyman.com (click here) [https://www.bonnielyman.com/work-with-me/] to book a call.

Are you feeling unimportant because your child don't call you or invite you out to dinner?  Are you frustrated because you always have to reach out to them?  Are you disappointed on your birthday because they didn't plan a celebration for you?  Are you already dreading Mother's Day?  If your answer was yes to any of these questions, this podcast is for you.  I discuss how to remedy these concerns.  I help you understand what the real problem is in not living the life you thought you would be living and how to create a life you wish you were living. My daughter Natalie Clay, a marriage Life Coach, is offering a free class on Thursday, April 11, 2024  at 6:00pm PDT called DISAGREE WITHOUT ARGUING.  Even though it is focused toward couples it is easily applied to how to disagree without arguing with adult children. Click Here [https://natalieclaycoaching.lpages.co/freeclass/] to register.  You need to register to have access to the replay. Have you received my new resource "3 Steps To Be Yourself Around Your Adult Children?" Click HERE [https://www.bonnielyman.com] to receive it. You'll be amazed what life offers you when you take back the power to be yourself around everyone. Have you ever considered 1:1 coaching? To get started, book a complimentary call [https://www.bonnielyman.com] with me to find out what the cause of your struggling relationship is with your adult child. Go to bonnielyman.com (click here) [https://www.bonnielyman.com/work-with-me/] to book a call.

I'm interviewing my good friend Kurt Francom who is the founder and executive director of the non-profit organization , Leading Saints.  He also has a weekly podcast by the same name, which I highly recommend.  His mission is to help us become better leaders whether it's in a church position or as a leader of a family.  His podcast covers a various range of topics.  Today I'm interviewing him about his newly published book, "IS GOD DISAPPOINTED IN ME?  Removing Shame from a Gospel of Grace.".  We discuss how really understanding how much God loves us helps us be better parents.  We talk about why we don't need to worry about the disappointing actions of our children in relation to their standing with God.  I think you will find this episode enlightening but even more inspiring is his book. Click here to order the book [https://www.amazon.com/God-Disappointed-Me-Removing-Gospel-ebook/dp/B0CTD6KK2D/ref=sr_1_1?crid=6C50H2TY2IXR&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.2k3SQudtuWl68NRwfzvNGYEXqjubMBbs-3KMzgaXM6MEn123l9gD4Y5JZ6jitUjlniDCLYfetPzyVMOMS3EJdyqylAbudfpkl284LVQ3SMQweqvoyo5-9ZU7G8IRxNal-ddzNQHnG97qtobomXvkzCzmo_K46n871V8NIafvkLbKvcV9wfFJdn_zPNYMNnMDML1C4DNaL9XC2Cv-wDUOH4LRy7XxP2cwAOaNJgm6gOs.6ytgIGMpdJq8ZNUf7moCc6LhTeHIN5mJH1e7DbElL9c&dib_tag=se&keywords=is+god+disappointed+in+me+kurt+francom&qid=1712176920&sprefix=is+god+dissapoint%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-1].  It is available in paperback, audio, and Kindle versions. To learn more about his organization and to get access to a library full of helps on topics of controversial nature that may be pertinent to some of the issues families struggle with regarding their adult children, click here to go to his website [https://leadingsaints.org]. To listen to his podcast, click here [https://leadingsaints.org/featured-podcast/]. Have you received my new resource "3 Steps To Be Yourself Around Your Adult Children?" Click HERE [https://www.bonnielyman.com] to receive it. You'll be amazed what life offers you when you take back the power to be yourself around everyone. Have you ever considered 1:1 coaching? To get started, book a complimentary call [https://www.bonnielyman.com] with me to find out what the cause of your struggling relationship is with your adult child. Go to bonnielyman.com (click here) [https://www.bonnielyman.com/work-with-me/] to book a call.

What you think is the problem between you and your adult children is probably not what you think it is.  We were raised to believe that the way they behave toward us causes us to feel a certain way.  If they have very little contact with us, we may feel we are unimportant to them.  Their behavior is the circumstance.  Circumstances are neutral.  They are the actual facts about the situation.  The circumstance causes us to have certain thoughts.  These thoughts cause us to feel in a certain way.  Knowing the cause of our problems (our thoughts not our children's behavior) is they key to feeling the emotion you want to feel, in any situation, by managing our thoughts.  Listen to this episode to hear true stories of how to make this happen in your life. Have you received my new resource "3 Steps To Be Yourself Around Your Adult Children?" Click HERE [https://www.bonnielyman.com] to receive it. You'll be amazed what life offers you when you take back the power to be yourself around everyone. Have you ever considered 1:1 coaching? To get started, book a complimentary call [https://www.bonnielyman.com] with me to find out what the cause of your struggling relationship is with your adult child. Go to bonnielyman.com (click here) [https://www.bonnielyman.com/work-with-me/] to book a call.