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Today, Neil and I are sharing some thoughts and ideas on how to make your home a safe haven from the craziness of the world. We talk about this concept of our homes being a holy place as well as our responsibility to make our home special. We’re sharing some of the things we loved from the homes we grew up in, and some of the traditions we’ve started in our own little family. It’s never too late to start incorporating these family traditions into your home as well – creating lasting memories, providing grounding experience, and bringing a good, happy spirit into your home. We also reflect back on some of the things we learned through COVID and what we’re continually trying to do to make our home a safe and peaceful place. And when we strive to do that in our house amid the craziness and imperfection of it, God does something miraculous.In this episode, you will hear: When the Lord warns us about the perils of the last days, he counsels us. As our ability to gather in churches has been restricted to varying degrees, one of the holiest places on earth is the home. Part of making our home as a holy place is by using our living room as our home church. Being able to have the Sacrament(of bread and water) in your home is specifically tied to Jesus Christ and it makes it more powerful and special. The present restrictions on gathering will eventually end. However, your commitment to make your home your primary sanctuary of faith should never end. Decorate your home in a way that feels peaceful, you’re drawing the Spirit in, and it really feels like home.  Pictures also help make kids feel secure, solidifies memories for them, and makes them feel like they belong, and they are part of something.  Having a picture of Christ in your home has a grounding effect, you're more spiritually connected, and it changes the feel in your house. Food such as Sunday dinners and other family traditions make lasting memories. They make people feel secure and like they're part of something.  Praying as a family solidifies the unity, spiritually speaking, as well as family scripture study. Another way to turn your home into a safe sanctuary is by working on your personal growth and overcoming character weaknesses. Make people in your home feel loved. Supporting Resources:“What We Are Learning and Will Never Forget” Talk by Russell M. Nelson https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2021/04/36nelson?lang=eng“The Finest Homes” Talk By L. Whitney Clayton https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2020/04/55clayton?lang=engEpisode 120: Mark Mabry: Being Led to Reflections of Christ https://www.mintarrow.com/podcast/episode-120-mark-mabry-being-led-to-reflections-of-christ/  Subscribe and ReviewHave you subscribed to our podcast? We’d love for you to subscribe if you haven’t yet. We’d love it even more if you could drop a review or 5-star rating over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast.Episode CreditsProduced by Emerald City ProductionsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Mark Mabry is the photographer and creator behind the beautiful photos portraying Jesus Christ in the art collection called Reflections of Christ, which has been so transformative and a huge piece of not just art in our home, but a piece of my testimony that’s so powerful to me and my family. Mark also has an Instagram account, @reflectionsofchrist, where he shares thoughts about the Savior, insights, and inspiration behind the shots he created. I was so curious to know more of the back-story behind what made him want to pursue this work. Today, Mark shares with me some incredibly inspiring stories about change, being willing to listen to God's direction, and little miracles that have happened as he's created Reflections of Christ.Mark wants to leave everyone today with this inspiring message that all of us have this glimmer of hope because hope is what keeps us alive. There's this little tiny light inside of us. Sometimes, it may feel like it's not even there. But when you dig down deeper, you can find hope that’s planted in us by God's loving son. Through the power of Christ, everything can be just, and bad things can turn good really fast once we acknowledge that the source of our hope is in Jesus.In this episode, you will hear: Mark originally created the Reflections of Christ exhibit as a part of an Easter pageant in their town. It sort of opened the floodgates for him because it became a massive hit. But shortly after, his past popped up – a sexy ad with him as the photographer got released. A lot of times, we feel like everyone's eyes are on our mistakes or character defects when they're really not paying attention because they’re also worried about their own character defects and whatever's going on in their life. There are so many great resources out there for people who struggle with addiction, but if we didn't need a Savior, then we could just go pay for some other resource to fix our problems.  Jesus is the only one who can wholly, perfectly, and completely heal people. He finds broken people who weren't even looking for him. He saves us, loves us, and makes us whole. Self-forgiveness is so hard. We think we can never rise above it. But you can rise above it, and you can be stronger than you were before you had the addiction.  Mark gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the Reflections of Christ. He wasn't worried about the technical aspect of it, but focused on the actor portraying Jesus Christ. He was intentional about having the presence of the Holy Spirit there.  When he called the actor to ask him to do the part of the new Jesus, he listed all the stuff he had done in his life that would not qualify him to play Jesus. It was the same man who was moved by Mark’s exhibit 18 years ago and decided to change his life. Mark realized that everybody showed this other element of Jesus, not just the actors who portrayed Jesus. Mark did depictions of Christ that are black. But he chose the actor not because he's a person of color, but because he was the right person to tell the story of Jesus getting up out of the grave.    Supporting Resources:Marks Website and art can be found at https://reflectionsofchrist.org/ Instagram: @reflectionsofchristhttps://www.instagram.com/reflectionsofchrist/?hl=en Mark’s personal Instagram: @itsmabryhttps://www.instagram.com/itsmabry/?hl=en Subscribe and ReviewHave you subscribed to our podcast? We’d love for you to subscribe if you haven’t yet. We’d love it even more if you could drop a review or 5-star rating over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast.Episode CreditsProduced by Emerald City ProductionsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

May is mental health awareness month and it’s also been exactly a year since we had our fourth baby, Harry. And we felt like this would be the perfect time to finally openly talk about everything I experienced last year during a very intense period of postpartum depression.Having experienced postpartum depression with my first child and with Harry, I was able to compare both experiences – and this latest one being a lot more different. I had intense feelings of fear and anxiety. I had extremely low energy and I was feeling super sad and depressed for no reason.One of the lessons that I learned from my therapist is that your mental health has to come first, and the baby second. Then everything else comes after that. Through this experience, I have learned things about myself and about others that I would never unlearn. Any time we go through major life challenges, we learn about judgment versus acceptance, understanding, and compassion, especially to oneself. I hope that by sharing these experiences, another mom will not feel so alone, that she’ll know what some of the signs might be and how things can and will get better. We also talk about having the courage to reach out for help and the things that were helpful to me. If you’re a friend or loved one of someone struggling with postpartum depression, find out what you can do to help too.In this episode, you will hear: I experienced my first postpartum depression with our first child. I really didn’t understand it at that time and I was just crying every day. I took one of the most commonly prescribed medications for postpartum depression with my first child. My crying stopped, but I didn’t feel anything as well. Harry was born on May 8, in the middle of a pandemic. It wasn’t too long when I felt mentally healthy because I had extreme feelings and emotions of hopelessness and overwhelm. Part of my depression would be having these extreme fears – that feeling like your heart drops into your stomach the way a roller coaster would make you feel.  I didn’t want to turn into medication with Harry so I started doing physical activities. But I still had zero energy. It was like an out-of-body experience watching myself laying in bed every day. When it got worse, I started feeling shameful about it. The longer it went, the more I was asking what's wrong with me. I felt like I was robbed of my experience to really enjoy Harry. Neil gave me a blessing to get help and have the courage to ask for help. And so I did. My doctor gave me medication and asked me to attend talk therapy. The therapist taught me that I have a very small gas tank. And if I use that up, doing things that other people could help me out doing, I will not have enough room to take care of myself. It was comforting to know that this doesn’t go on forever, it will end and I will be back to myself. "Faith means trusting in God in good times and bad even if that includes some suffering until we see His arm revealed in our behalf." Supporting Resources:“Like a Broken Vessel” Talk by Jeffrey R. Holland https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2013/10/like-a-broken-vessel?lang=eng “Lessons from Liberty Jail” Talk by Jeffrey R. Holland https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/jeffrey-r-holland/lessons-liberty-jail/ “Waiting on the Lord” Talk by Jeffrey R. Holland  https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2020/10/57holland?lang=eng Subscribe and ReviewHave you subscribed to our podcast? We’d love for you to subscribe if you haven’t yet. We’d love it even more if you could drop a review or 5-star rating over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast.Episode CreditsProduced by Emerald City ProductionsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If you’ve ever wished you could sit down and have a quick chat with the genius man who wrote the New York Times best-selling book Essentialism and now Effortless too, then you’re in for a real treat. Today Greg McKeown humors me with a few extra minutes of his time to share answers to YOUR questions submitted on Instagram, and a few random questions of mine too.If you’ve read the book Essentialism, there’s a good chance it changed your life as it did mine. You probably went through your life and started eliminating everything that was not essential, and found freedom and joy in living your new life as an essentialist! But what happens when everything left is actually still really important? What now? This is the question Greg McKeown asked himself after writing, speaking on, and teaching Essentialism for several years which led him to write his newest book, Effortless. If you’re wondering how to get yourself out of a rut, how to move onto the next most important thing when it feels like everything is the most important thing, or how to not drown in all of the responsibilities life demands of you, Effortless is going to provide breakthrough clarity for you. I’ve read this book and devoured its contents, and I am so very excited to share with you today my interview with my friend and mentor Greg McKeown on Effortless, a new way to live once you start asking yourself, “what if this could be easy?”In this episode, you will hear: Essentialism is related to the big rocks theory where you put in the big rocks in a container first before putting in the small rocks and the sand so that they would all fit. But if you put in the sand and the small rocks first, before the big rocks, then nothing fits.  The big rocks theory is a metaphor of putting your most important relationships first and the projects you feel most pulled towards doing.  But what if you have too many big rocks in your life? You can either give up on something essential, or look for an alternative, easier path. Not because you're lazy, but it's a matter of necessity to find a different way to do things.  The book, Effortless, is for high performers who feel on the edge of exhaustion. The 3 principles in living an effortless life: being in effortless state, creating effortless action, and effortless results One way of being effortless is by taking something you already enjoy doing, and linking it with something essential to you (ex. dinner with family). Make things easier so you have much more energy to just be together and not have that extra exhaustion on you.  We often have a grudge to fulfill an emotional need that is not currently being met. But grudges don't deliver a satisfying return on our investment.  What percentage of your emotional energy and mental energy do you feel has been absorbed by your grudges and your anger? Think of the productivity loss and the opportunity cost.  Forgiveness is the ultimate productivity hack. Removing grudges will have a tremendous rebate.  Keeping the commandments is a shortcut to happiness and so many things – results and fulfilling your mission in life. Life is full of struggles. But primary among the tests of life is whether we will trust Him.  We need to unlearn all the ways we overthink, over exert, over complicate, overburden, over judge, over criticize – all of that too much.  Supporting Resources:“Effortless: Make it Easier to Do What Matters Most” by Greg McKeown https://amzn.to/32ILx2oGreg McKeown’s website https://gregmckeown.com/Greg McKeown’s Podcast “What’s Essential” https://gregmckeown.com/podcast/“Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less” by Greg McKeown https://amzn.to/2QQMwL8See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If you’ve read the book Essentialism, there’s a good chance it changed your life as it did mine. You probably went through your life and started eliminating everything that was not essential, and found freedom and joy in living your new life as an essentialist! But what happens when everything left is actually still really important? What now? This is the question Greg McKeown asked himself after writing, speaking on, and teaching Essentialism for several years which led him to write his newest book, Effortless. If you’re wondering how to get yourself out of a rut, how to move onto the next most important thing when it feels like everything is the most important thing, or how to not drown in all of the responsibilities life demands of you, Effortless is going to provide breakthrough clarity for you. I’ve read this book and devoured its contents, and I am so very excited to share with you today my interview with my friend and mentor Greg McKeown on Effortless, a new way to live once you start asking yourself, “what if this could be easy?”In this episode, you will hear: Essentialism is related to the big rocks theory where you put in the big rocks in a container first before putting in the small rocks and the sand so that they would all fit. But if you put in the sand and the small rocks first, before the big rocks, then nothing fits.  The big rocks theory is a metaphor of putting your most important relationships first and the projects you feel most pulled towards doing.  But what if you have too many big rocks in your life? You can either give up on something essential, or look for an alternative, easier path. Not because you're lazy, but it's a matter of necessity to find a different way to do things.  The book, Effortless, is for high performers who feel on the edge of exhaustion. The 3 principles in living an effortless life: being in effortless state, creating effortless action, and effortless results One way of being effortless is by taking something you already enjoy doing, and linking it with something essential to you (ex. dinner with family). Make things easier so you have much more energy to just be together and not have that extra exhaustion on you.  When you deal with something important, the challenge is simply asking – what's the effortless way to do this?  Everybody is suffering in some way almost all the time. That's why the principles, questions, and practices in Effortless are so essential. There's no situation so hard that a certain way of thinking and operating won't make them harder. Reading the book Effortless allows for emotional unlocking, mental unlocking, and mental paradigm shifts. It doesn’t mean you're not going to put in any effort anymore, but you're doing a whole different way of utilizing that precious effort. We often have a grudge to fulfill an emotional need that is not currently being met. But grudges don't deliver a satisfying return on our investment.  What percentage of your emotional energy and mental energy do you feel has been absorbed by your grudges and your anger? Think of the productivity loss and the opportunity cost.  Forgiveness is the ultimate productivity hack. Removing grudges will have a tremendous rebate.  Keeping the commandments is a shortcut to happiness and so many things – results and fulfilling your mission in life. Life is full of struggles. But primary among the tests of life is whether we will trust Him.  We need to unlearn all the ways we overthink, over exert, over complicate, overburden, over judge, over criticize – all of that too much.  Supporting Resources:“Effortless: Make it Easier to Do What Matters Most” by Greg McKeown https://amzn.to/32ILx2oGreg McKeown’s website https://gregmckeown.com/Greg McKeown’s Podcast “What’s Essential” https://gregmckeown.com/podcast/“Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less” by Greg McKeown https://amzn.to/2QQMwL8See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kimberly Lapides of Eat Sleep Wear is a fashion blogger, graphic designer, wife, and mother who has bravely shared her journey with infertility and IVF on her blog and social platforms for the past several years. A mother of one darling little boy, Otis, who was born in 2018, Kimberly is expecting a second baby boy this summer. But these pregnancies didn't come easily. In fact, she and her husband endured multiple failed rounds of IVF before both babies were conceived successfully. Today, Kimberly shares with me some of her most raw and tender moments, the heartache and joy that have come from bringing rainbow babies into this world, and her passion for bringing awareness and hope to other parents going through infertility. It's hard to keep your heart hopeful when you keep getting knocked down. And listening to Kimberly’s story gives us that glimmer of inspiration. Towards the end of our conversation, Kimberly also gives her heartwarming piece of advice to other women dealing with infertility to just hold on, never give up, know that you're not alone – and always choose love.Also, learn how you can show compassion for people going through this very challenging process and how you can be there for them and acknowledge them without having to say a word.In this episode, you will hear: Kimberly and her husband Blake decided to do insemination after a year of trying to get pregnant. It was an experience she described as a nightmare. They tried other less invasive ways to get pregnant but they still found themselves at square one. Kimberly describes exploring fertility as being hit by a bus, with so much uncertainty that it can be very overwhelming and scary.  Everyone's fertility experience is different so it's not to be belittled, even if you just had to do one of the hormone pills or you just had to do an IUD. It's all a very big experience on each of its own. Kimberly gives us a picture of how it felt like going through the IVF process. The IVF process doesn’t always work. They only got one healthy embryo from their first egg retrieval. It was much better than none, but they were still devastated.  Having support from your family, friends, and the community, no matter how small the gesture, is truly encouraging as you're going through this process.  Getting the worst news that the one chance they had to get pregnant failed, she realized that you could do everything possible, but the outcome you want still could not happen. On their second attempt, they got one embryo and on their third attempt, they got three, which doubled their odds. So after the third retrieval, they had four healthy embryos. And they were ready. After the second embryo transfer, they got Otis. They did another embryo transfer to get pregnant again, using the same protocol of medications and medical strategy they used that worked with Otis. Then the pandemic happened, and everything she had prepared for got canceled. The process for the next transfer pushed through but it failed again. Now, all they have left is one last embryo. Don't push people out just because you don't know how to talk to them about it.  Having her blog platform, she's able to share her story to also inspire other people going through infertility issues. Supporting Resources:Eat Sleep Wear Blog https://www.eatsleepwear.com/ Kimberly’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/eatsleepwear/ Eat Sleep Wear Facebook https://www.facebook.com/eatsleepwear Eat Sleep Wear Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/eatsleepwear/ Subscribe and ReviewHave you subscribed to our podcast? We’d love for you to subscribe if you haven’t yet. We’d love it even more if you could drop a review or 5-star rating over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast.Episode CreditsProduced by Emerald City ProductionsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today, we’re sharing our #1 tip for getting your kids to behave perfectly (just kidding - but seriously, to get them to be pretty darn good) on your next family trip, and it’s had an extremely high success rate for us. We’re also talking about something way more important – crucial conversations. It was the topic of one of my favorite speeches from a recent self-development conference our church held worldwide – the importance of having essential conversations with your kids to prepare them for real-life scenarios BEFORE they happen. We’re sharing some of the topics we’ve talked about with our kids, and how we’ve already seen the blessings of some of those conversations.In this episode, you will hear: The point system works great when you're traveling with your kids. They could only earn toward positive behavior – one point for each good thing they do. Then they could use up all their points at the end to purchase something they really wanted.  The point system is positively motivating to your kids, rather than giving them consequences for bad behavior. Having crucial conversations with your kids before they have certain life challenges hit them is so important.  The best time to teach is early – when children are still immune to the temptations of the mortal enemy and long before the words of truth may be harder for them to hear in the noise of their personal struggles.  Once kids start to struggle internally, they might question truth, or what to do or how to face things. Having had those crucial conversations, they’re then able to remember and draw strength from them, allowing them to make better choices. Have intentional conversations rather than accidental conversations. Being intentional in teaching and testifying can help children, at a young age, begin to feel the influence of the Holy Ghost – essential to our children's testimony and conversion to Jesus Christ.  You won't teach your kids when you think you're teaching them. It’s usually those things in between the lines and in random conversations where they will learn from you and that will stick with them their whole lives. Some topic ideas for those intentional conversations with your kids Have an open channel of communication where your kids feel they’re in a safe place, especially when it comes to vulnerable or sensitive situations. What truth do you want your kids to know eternally? Supporting Resources:“Essential Conversations” Talk by Joy D. Jones https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2021/04/13jones?lang=eng “Good Pictures Bad Pictures with Kristen Jenson: How to Protect Kids from Pornography” Mint Arrow Messages Podcast Episode https://www.mintarrow.com/podcast/good-pictures-bad-pictures-with-kristen-jenson-how-to-protect-your-kids-from-pornography/ Gospel Library App https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/pages/mobileapps/gospellibrary?lang=eng Subscribe and ReviewHave you subscribed to our podcast? We’d love for you to subscribe if you haven’t yet. We’d love it even more if you could drop a review or 5-star rating over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast.Episode CreditsProduced by Emerald City ProductionsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ben Ward has been teaching people for over two decades how to become great leaders, and recently published a best-selling book called Sell-er-ship. Sell-er-ship is a leadership parable that teaches some undying principles of leadership that apply to almost anyone who finds themselves in a position to lead people, whether that was sought after or just by circumstance. Ben and I worked together 16 years ago at a company called Firstline Security. Even back then, I remember him being a hugely positive force for good. And he has since taken the last 20 years of experience – leading and training sales teams, doing motivational speaking, leading masterminds, and coaching – to give the most impactful advice and lessons he has learned in a book you can listen to in a few hours or read in a couple of days. It was a huge eye-opener for me and I'm excited to share all his wisdom and some of his personal stories and ideologies with you too. In this episode, you will hear: It's an eternal progression to learn and grow and become the best version of ourselves. It's a challenge to make that switch from the spotlight that has been on you to the spotlight being on others. In order to be effective, it has to be about other people. When we honor somebody, we see them as they are – we see them as human beings. The starting point of effective influence is not the things you say or do as a leader – but the way you do them. The 3 things we do that turn people into objects: they become obstacles so we move them out of the way, they become vehicles, and they are irrelevant. If you're transitioning into leadership, the starting point is taking the people you're leading and just recognizing them as human beings. Correcting people is an act of love and service. If we don’t make corrections, we’re being selfish. We don’t want to be blamed and that’s usually because we don’t know how to give effective corrections that motivate and inspire. When you jump straight to correction, your ability to influence blows up. Having confidence in the people you lead is one of the best gifts you can give to inspire and unlock the best of people around you.   Supporting Resources:“Sellership: How Top Salespeople Become Remarkable Sales Leaders” by Ben Ward https://amzn.to/39Cqz9eBen’s website: www.BenWard.com   Subscribe and ReviewHave you subscribed to our podcast? We’d love for you to subscribe if you haven’t yet. We’d love it even more if you could drop a review or 5-star rating over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast. Episode CreditsProduced by Emerald City ProductionsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Is there anything, or anyONE, in your life that is making your life feel out of control? Are there worries keeping you up at night or stealing joy and happiness from the things you would like to be able to focus on or be more present with, but that worry in the back of your mind is just kind of always there, camped out, keeping you distracted or distraught? Today’s episode is just for you! We are going to teach you some life-changing concepts and guiding principles that have helped both Neil in his addiction and me in my journey with codependency. We’re going to help you – or anyone else who has worries and stresses as we all do – to identify what’s ours to control and when to let go.From that deep codependency that I lived in for so many years, I have hit rock bottom. And maybe that’s just what I needed so I could really feel that depth of despair and finally decide to not become a slave to my choices. At the end of the day, the best way to live is to live in control of yourself, and not of other people. Do what you know is best and that will bring you happiness and joy. In this episode, you will hear: The Serenity Prayer: "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference." It all comes down to trusting God and accepting that there is a higher purpose, higher plan, and an eternal perspective with whatever it is that's happening around us. There are all these different lies in addiction so the wisdom to know the difference, or to see the self-deception, to see the truth from error, or to see when you're lying to yourself is totally key and it takes time. Having that connection with God through the Spirit can help you differentiate and have the wisdom to know the difference between truth and error – right and wrong. The concept of touching your nose is to remind yourself that you are only in charge of yourself, and not of other people. Worrying doesn’t help solve your problems. Whenever you attach to someone or something, you lose control. And you forfeit your ability to think, feel, act, and take care of yourself. How Neil became codependent his own way and how it built a lot of frustration and resentment which led to him acting out more on his addiction How my happiness was so tied up in Neil's happiness and how working my own 12-step program has helped me to surrender things out of my control Surrender or detachment is not a one-time event. It's an everyday decision, an art, and a way of life.  "You need to detach most when it seems like the least likely or possible thing to do." – the COVID situation is the best example of this.  The 12-step is a step-by-step program. Whatever step you're on, don't look beyond that step. And you have to be willing to do each step. When we attempt to control people and things that we have no business controlling, we are controlled. Jesus is the perfect example of not trying to control others. Supporting Resources:“Codependent No More” book by Melody Beattie https://amzn.to/3tZGUg2“Addiction Recovery Program: A Guide to Addiction Recovery and Healing” (ARP manual) https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/addiction-recovery-program-a-guide-to-addiction-recovery-and-healing?lang=eng“Beware of Pride” Talk by Ezra Taft Benson https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1989/04/beware-of-pride?lang=engSubscribe and ReviewHave you subscribed to our podcast? We’d love for you to subscribe if you haven’t yet. We’d love it even more if you could drop a review or 5-star rating over on Apple Podcasts. Simply select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” then a quick line with your favorite part of the episode. It only takes a second and it helps spread the word about the podcast.Episode CreditsProduced by Emerald City ProductionsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Taylor Hartman, creator of The Color Code personality profiling system, joins the podcast to discuss understanding oneself and others through personality types. They delve into the significance of childhood experiences in shaping personalities and explore how different personalities can thrive in relationships. Additionally, they provide insights on creating a functional marriage with your opposite and emphasize the importance of effective communication and personal growth.