Lifting the Lifter's Podcast
227 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago -This show dedicated to “lifting the lifters” in the day-to-day business of raising families. We will use real-life experiences to discuss topics, ideas, resources, and tools to help lift and fortify the mind, body, and spirit of women and moms so she can nurture with confidence and love! When they are fortified the home, family, and community can thrive!
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Have Your Own Back
July 14, 2023 13:10 - 11 minutes - 11.4 MBThere are many people in our lives we will defend to the death. Family members, friends, teammates, co-workers. There may also be people in our lives that we feel have our backs, but do you have your own back? Sometimes we can be really good at showing up for others and supporting them, but we let ourselves be on the backburner. We don't keep commitments to ourselves and we don't give ourselves any support when we screw up. In this episode, we will talk about ways to have our own backs! We ...
Humility and Confidence
July 07, 2023 09:31 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBHave you ever thought about confidence AND humility, together? Do you think they can coexist? This is something that’s been on my mind and I’ve been doing some thinking about. Jarred and I have a motto, “Teach the kids confidence, the world will teach them humility.” We have always tried to build, build, build because we live in a world that will tear down pretty quickly. Confidence is the feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something; firm trust. What is the real mea...
The Night the Sky Turned Orange
June 30, 2023 08:51 - 18 minutes - 17.6 MBIt was an early morning, or middle of the night at 1:00 a.m. and I heard Otis our dog barking right by my window. Otis’ bark was loud and persistent. We live in the country so I was pretty sure there was a critter or even possibly someone in the yard so I got up. I was sure he was going to wake the whole neighborhood! I walked to the back door and, turned on the back patio lights, then walked to the front door. I got to the front to do the same, turn on the lights, and saw this weird ora...
Sometimes I Get Mad and Fight!
June 23, 2023 16:13 - 13 minutes - 13 MBMost of the time we are told to not get angry and fight, but is it always a bad thing!? Listen in to this podcast as we discuss times when it might not always be bad! Anger is an energizing emotion, and for me, I find myself getting to work and being extremely productive when I get mad. I get determined, put my nose down, and fight through the challenge ahead. Fighting doesn't mean we have to get mean and nasty, it can work for us sometimes to protect, defend, and stand for truth! Listen i...
23 Years and Counting: Marriage Advice I'd Tell My Kids, Part 2
June 16, 2023 10:18 - 13 minutes - 13.1 MBHere it is! Part 2 of 23 Years and Counting! Marriage! It can be one of our greatest blessings but also one of our greatest challenges! When we first get married it is nothing but bliss and excitement and as the years go on, we can forget WHY?! Why did we embark on this journey together? Why did we join forces and want to go at this life together? In today's podcast, we talk all about our WHY, and relate that to being on the same team. When we join a team, we have a group of people working ...
23 Years and Counting: Marriage Advice I'd Tell My Kids, Part 1
June 09, 2023 08:54 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MBTwenty-Three years ago Jarred and I said "I Do" and were married! We have learned A LOT throughout these 23 years, and although we don't have it all figured out, there are a few things I'd pass along to my children about marriage. In part 1, we talk about being friends. Usually, a romantic relationship begins with a friendship and then blossoms into a romantic relationship, but then after years together the friendship can die and it becomes more like a business partnership. Yes, that is i...
Summer Routines Made Simple!
June 02, 2023 08:13 - 23 minutes - 22.3 MBHas summer started at your house?! My kids got out of school last week and we are in the thick of starting our new summer routine and schedule! It is taking some time, some adjusting to the new normal, and some patience, but it's coming! Back in 2020 I did a podcast episode about summer routines and thought it would be fun to revisit that episode! Here are the topics we discussed: Take a breath, you won't turn the Titanic in a day! Let the kids have some flexibility and say. Set som...
It's Growing Season!
May 26, 2023 08:44 - 18 minutes - 17.8 MBIt's that time of year we plant gardens and fill our pots with flowers because it's growing season! Have we ever considered that this time in our lives is a growing season for us?! It is the time we are learning, adding skills and knowledge, growing roots and branches, and becoming! In this episode, we talk about being as tender with ourselves as we are with our new budding plants! We discuss four basics of our plants and what we need as growing humans. Ground Water Light Fertilizer ...
Understanding a Woman's Cycle with Brad Jensen
May 19, 2023 08:06 - 46 minutes - 38.1 MBIn honor of May, and celebrating womanhood and motherhood I wanted to talk a little bit about hormones and a woman's cycle. I reached out to Brad Jensen from Key Nutrition and the Key Nutrition Podcast to help us understand that! Brad is a fitness and nutrition coach focusing on not just physical health, but mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Yes, Brad is a man, but he’s a coach. The beauty of having a coach is having someone as an observer. Someone who’s more like the data collector ...
PINK with Megan Rydalch
May 12, 2023 07:42 - 27 minutes - 24.1 MBWhat's it like being a 16 year old girl these days? And what's it like to raise one? In this podcast, I have the opportunity to interview my one and only daughter Megan. Megan wrote a paper for her English class last trimester entitled PINK that described how she felt about womanhood and motherhood. It was raw, real, and honest, and it brought me to tears. She reads this paper and describes how she felt like she initially was given the short end of the stick by being a girl, but through l...
How to Have More Joy!
May 05, 2023 08:17 - 14 minutes - 14.2 MBSometimes the day-to-day tasks we have can get boring and mundane. Sometimes what used to bring us joy has become just a to-do on our list and another item that causes stress and overwhelm. Does it have to be this way?! The answer is NO! There is a way to bring more joy into our lives! We were meant to experience and have joy! It is an emotion that is available to us at any time! Join in this episode as we discuss the way to have more joy, and it isn't a to-do list of items! It's a couple ...
What Identity Are You Wearing Today?
April 28, 2023 07:02 - 17 minutes - 17 MBWhen our kids were little, they loved the superhero costumes! One of our kids in particular wore his Mr. Incredible suit religiously! It became part of who he was. When he had that suit on he was strong, fast, and invincible! We all have multiple identities we wear in our lives, but are we intentional with them? Do we decide ahead of time what identity we are wanting to put on or just run on default? In this episode, we discuss the many identities we have and how sometimes we can forget, get...
What Feels Like Home?
April 21, 2023 09:44 - 14 minutes - 14.2 MBWhenever we go on vacation the best part is coming home! Sometimes we will have different places, experiences, people, actions, or things that will feel like home to us. Where we relax and are able to stop stressing. However, those places that feel like home don't always serve us! Are the places that feel like home to you serving you? Do you go back to your old habits just because they are comfortable and easy? In this episode, we will discuss what feels like home and how to tell if those pl...
Self-Worth vs. Perceived Self-Worth
April 14, 2023 06:04 - 16 minutes - 16.2 MBHow many times can we be told we have worth, we are valued, loved, and appreciated, and yet, still not understand?! We can have days we believe it, and days that we question it! In today's episode, we discuss why this sometimes is the case. We talk about our self-worth, and how we are born with it, we always have it, we never lose it, and we don't need to look outside of ourselves for it. However, sometimes we question it. The reason for our questions? Our thoughts about our self-worth. We...
Your Redemption Story
April 07, 2023 08:24 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBI don't know many people that don't love a redemption story. One where there's some struggle, some fight, some grit, and a comeback. It's what makes good movies, good books, and good stories. Many of us have our own stories of the struggle and fight and coming out on top. For some of us we are smack dab in the middle of it, and for some of us it is every darn day! But it's real! And when we do come out on top, oh how sweet it is! This week's episode is all about our redemption stories. ...
Engage in the Wrestle
March 31, 2023 08:00 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MBSometimes words are communicated we don't always agree with or understand. Sometimes we misinterpret them. When the words come from leaders and people we trust, it can be a little tricky and cause us to have some cognitive dissonance. What do we do then? We can shut the door and not do anything, or we can engage in a little bit of a wrestling match. Just a little bit of desire, opening the door to a bigger view, asking questions, and knowing that we don't have the ability to have all the...
Handle Your Hard Better
March 24, 2023 08:04 - 13 minutes - 13.6 MBIn 2005 Staples created the "Easy" button as a way to relieve stress and remind ourselves that things can be easy! True at times! But also, there is hard! There are times when it is just hard to change, to deal with our circumstances that are new and uncertain! We can sometimes think "It will be easier when..." but does it really ever get easier? The answer is no, we learn to handle our hard better. In this episode, we dig into what may be hard in health and family, and personal lives, and h...
Why We Overeat and How to Stop
March 17, 2023 08:22 - 18 minutes - 17.7 MBFood is everywhere. We have it at our fingertips, we see it in emails, ads, Pinterest, Instagram, and Facebook for recipes, and more! As the cook in the home, I am surrounded by constant reminders of food. Which reminds me that I can also eat that food! If we are trying to be more aware of our eating and choose consciously it can be hard with all of the reminders! With the reminders of the access we have to food, our bodies form cravings, and then respond and create the award! This is calle...
Why Am I Hungry?!
March 10, 2023 09:22 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MBFor years I had this story that I told about myself "I was always hungry!" I was never fully satisfied after eating and had the desire for more. I went to nursing school and took several classes about the body, diet, and nutrition, but didn't fully understand until I went to Life Coach School and learned about hormones and the brain. What I learned was there wasn't anything wrong with me! It was that my body was working exactly the way it was supposed to! It was the frequency and quality o...
March into Meals, Movement, and More!
March 03, 2023 09:18 - 18 minutes - 18.6 MBRosalynn Carter, board president of the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving, once said, “There are only four kinds of people in this world: those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers.” We are all in this boat! As we all strive to love and care for our families and those we are stewards over, we need to pay some attention to ourselves! This month we are going to discuss our physical health and addre...
The What, Why, and How of Self Love
February 24, 2023 09:04 - 25 minutes - 24.7 MBSelf Love is one of those concepts that can be a little tricky to understand. It encompasses so much more than pedicures and manicures and massages! Many of us shy away from "self-love" thinking that it is prideful and self-centered because we've been taught to be humble and selfless. Right?! In the scriptures, we learn to love our neighbor AS ourselves. This means to love ALL of us. Both ourselves and others. To have care, compassion, concern, and forgiveness for both parties. The inter...
The 3 Great Motivators with Jarred Rydalch
February 17, 2023 10:41 - 31 minutes - 30 MBWhy do we do what is right? Why do we serve others? Jarred and I are back again with an episode about the three great motivators! Every one of us has 3 internal motivations that drive us to do what we do. They are fear, duty, and love. Jarred and I will discuss these 3 motivators and what each one looks like in day-to-day family life. From fear, our story of Billy Bones and the police. Calling girlfriends out of duty, and love. The greatest motivator that drives us to do crazy things like ...
Simple Ways to Love and Lift this Valentine's Day
February 10, 2023 09:53 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBA few weeks ago I went snowboarding with my family and while sitting all skiwampus on the chair lift felt a RIP in my neck! Through all of the falls and recoveries, it was one little simple movement that has caused me a lot of grief these past few weeks! I've tried several methods to help provide relief, and one of them is KT tape. KT tape is designed to lift the skin to provide extra space for the lymph and blood vessels to move and repair and heal the damaged tissue. Just like the KT tap...
Love on Purpose
February 03, 2023 08:12 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBFebruary is a month filled with hearts, balloons, chocolates and reminders of love! With the month of love upon us, we are going to Love on Purpose! In this episode we are going to discuss the many different forms and uses of the word love and dig deep into what it is! We are going to discuss the emotion of love, how it feels, where it comes from, and how we communicate our love to others. We will discuss HOW to love on purpose when loving seems hard, lastly, discuss WHY. Why choose love? ...
Start and End the Day with Purpose with Marla Beech
January 27, 2023 08:48 - 32 minutes - 23.7 MBDo you ever feel like your day gets away from you? Like you are a victim to all of the comings and goings and moving parts of the day, but don't have any sort of direction? This podcast will help you start and end your day with purpose! My friend Marla Beech has created a First Aid Kit that does just that! It helps us connect with our SELF first and then deepen our connections with others. In this interview, we discuss the parts of her First Aid Kit. The compass, binoculars, magnifying glas...
The Value of Margins
January 20, 2023 08:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBIn a book or document, there is a little space around the outside of our page that is called a margin. This helps create a border around the words, but also then creates some white space around the page. How many of us create margins in our lives? A little space in between tasks. Or are we scheduling one thing right after another? These margins can be very valuable to allow our minds to wander, think, process, receive spiritual impressions, and connect to ourselves, to others, and to God....
Intention with Jarred Rydalch
January 13, 2023 09:05 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBMy husband Jarred and I were having a discussion one morning in December and he mentioned his word for the year was intentional. I said, "That's funny! Mine is deliberate!" They mean basically the same thing! Doing things on purpose! Although most of us are intentional with some things, maybe there are some areas we could do a little better. Maybe it's with our relationships, maybe our health, maybe our scripture study or spirituality. At any rate, whether we choose to work on goals or pic...
Give Me 10 Minutes!
January 06, 2023 09:15 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBAt the beginning of the new year, we can set goals and have aspirations, and heck, even just want to finish a project! But sometimes they just seem too big. We can find ourselves not moving forward because it will take too much time, we don't have enough time, and frankly, we just don't want to! We had this problem with Stockton when it came down to reading his 20 minutes daily. It just was too much at once, so we compromised, 10 minutes now, 10 minutes later. By breaking up these 20 minu...
Becoming the Mighty Oak
December 30, 2022 09:20 - 14 minutes - 10.6 MBEvery year I pick a word to focus on for the year and this year's word was "Becoming." As I have gone throughout the year I've been taking notes and paying attention to what that word means to mean and learning all about becoming. In this podcast, we discuss what I have learned throughout this year! And it comes down to one thing: humility. Becoming who we have been destined and designed to become comes down to us realizing our own nothingness, but yet also our greatness. It comes down to ...
Choosing the Good Parts
December 23, 2022 09:00 - 19 minutes - 14 MBLife is like a movie, full of suspense, thrills, and highs and lows. As we near the close of 2022, have we taken the time to reflect on the year? If so, what parts do you see? Do we see good parts or bad parts? Our brains are naturally wired to look for problems and challenges to keep us safe and alive, but we can CHOOSE to see the good parts. In the Book of Mormon, the family of Lehi went traveling in the wilderness and the sons each had a different version of the story. Nephi's was full...
Feeling Good: The Best Gift You Can Give Yourself and Others
December 16, 2022 09:19 - 15 minutes - 11.8 MBFeeling Good! Do you know how powerful that is and what it does!? When we feel good we show up as our best selves. We have energy, we are open, and we take action. In this episode, we discuss three things that we can do to keep our heads in a good place! First, filter your inputs. There is so much coming at us, some we can control and some we cannot. So let's control what we can! Watch what comes in and keep the filth and negativity out! Second, pay attention to that inner critic. That inn...
Keeping Christ in Christmas
December 09, 2022 09:00 - 14 minutes - 11 MBEarlier this month I noticed someone wrote on our whiteboard 23 days until Xmas. It took me by surprise and I made a mental note to have a discussion with our kids about this. Later that very day our 9-year-old asked, "Mom, what's Xmas?" We went into detail about why that sometimes is used to reference Christmas and then I had him tell me what was missing. What is it that is missing? Christ. Many of us this time of year can lose focus of what Christmas is about. The beginning of the mont...
10 Tips to Enjoy the Holiday Foods Without the Weight Gain
December 02, 2022 08:59 - 17 minutes - 12.7 MBThe Holiday Season is here! That means there are lots of extra holiday parties, gatherings, and goodies! Unless we make some conscious decisions ahead of time we can end up with some weight gain at the end of the season from overeating and overindulging in the good food available. In this episode we discuss 10 tips to help us enjoy the holiday foods without weight gain! 1. You get to eat whatever you want, in moderation. 2. Decide what it is you want and like. 3. Exercise 4. Drink ...
Interview with Luke and Emily Grover
November 25, 2022 10:05 - 49 minutes - 33.6 MBLuke Grover is my brother-in-law who was recently diagnosed with non-smokers lung cancer. He and his wife and their 5 kids have been on a roller coaster as they have navigated this new territory of this diagnosis, treatments, and what the future holds for them. It hasn't been an easy road, but it's been a road full of lessons, learning, and miracles. In today's podcast, we have a chance to hear from Luke and Emily personally as they discuss this experience and what they have learned throug...
Grateful for Waiting
November 18, 2022 10:26 - 15 minutes - 11.7 MBSometimes we get a little impatient while waiting for a change, a cure, a car, or a flight. And sometimes in the waiting, there can be many lessons we learn. Join in this week's episode to hear about the lessons I learned while waiting in the terminal for a flight. These lessons are: First, learn to wait. There are miracles happening in the waiting. Second, God's love is abundant. It isn't scarce or in short supply and there always for all of us! Third: because God loves us, he is in the d...
Simple Gratitude Practices You Can Do Now
November 11, 2022 09:56 - 13 minutes - 10.1 MBMargaret Cousins said: "Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary." Simple expressions of gratitude can change the lives of others AND ourselves. In today's podcast, we talk about some simple gratitude practices you can incorporate into your day-to-day with yourself and with your families. The Thankful Tree is always a favorite of ours, expressions of gratitude more during our prayers, saying "thank you" more often, and ti...
Three Truths About Anxiety
November 04, 2022 08:37 - 18 minutes - 13.6 MBAnxiety is a word we throw around often that has almost become the norm for most of us. We use it to describe many emotions and experiences we have in the day-to-day, but there is so much to learn about this emotion if we whittle it down. In this episode, we discuss three truths about anxiety. First, it is an emotion. A feeling we feel in our body, and emotions are not bad! They are messengers. Anxiety is one of those to help us understand better what is going on inside of us. Second, we...
Bring the Fun!
October 28, 2022 07:14 - 15 minutes - 11.3 MBFun! When is the last time you had fun! Kids are very good at going and having fun doing the simplest of things, but as adults, we forget that fun is something we can still have and need to have! Fun is an emotion that is energizing, and motivating, and opens us up for connection! We have in our minds that we have to be "doing" something fun to experience the fun, but fun actually comes from the way we are thinking! We can make even the most mundane and boring tasks fun by asking ourselves o...
Encouraging Openness with Austin Rydalch
October 21, 2022 08:52 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBAustin Rydalch is a 13-year-old Jr. High student who is full of wisdom! This week on the podcast we talk about being open and how to encourage that! Austin was nominated to be on the Hope Squad this year which is an organization our school district is implementing for suicide prevention among teens. He has learned some very valuable tools that have equipped him for the Hope Squad and also in life. In this interview, he shares an experience where he used those tools and could see how they ca...
Being Our Best Selves
October 14, 2022 09:29 - 19 minutes - 14.4 MBMany times when I send my kids out the door I say, "Do your best!" However, we oftentimes forget that the "doing" starts with the being! The being is the fuel for the doing! It is the why, the motivation behind the doing. So how do we be our best selves? First: Recognize that the doing begins with the doing! Second: Be Yourself. Don't pretend to be something you're not! Be yourself. The parts that are good and not so good! Third: Be who you are becoming. Being our best selves doesn'...
How to Get Out of Burnout
October 07, 2022 09:16 - 20 minutes - 15 MBBurnout is something I think we all can say we have experienced at one time or another. Sometimes it lasts for a day, sometimes many days! Recently we had the opportunity to discuss burnout with our son Dylan, and we talked about ways we can overcome burnout. In this podcast we discuss the 4 steps to do that: 1. Take care of your physical health 2. Check your attitude 3. Make decisions and make a plan to carry out those decisions 4. Ask for help Burnout is so much more than just ph...
Miracles with Cody Rydalch
September 30, 2022 06:00 - 24 minutes - 16 MBMiracles are divine acts, manifestations and expressions of God’s limitless power, and an affirmation that He is “the same yesterday, today, and forever.” This past week our son Cody had the opportunity to speak on Miracles. For today's podcast, we get to hear Cody again speak of miracles! He teaches what miracles are, how we have seen them in the past, the miracles he's seen in his own life as he shares a story about his Batman mask and hunting, and the opportunity we will have to see t...
The Give and Take of Relationships
September 23, 2022 09:12 - 13 minutes - 10.7 MBRelationships are like a dance. Sometimes the dance is smooth like the waltz with fluid movements, in sync, beautiful and together. Sometimes it is like the tango where there is pushing and pulling like a tug of war with give and take movements. When we get into the more jerky movements like the tango, sometimes we can start "keeping score" in our relationship. We make it very transactional and want an "eye for an eye" or "tooth for a tooth." If you notice yourself in this type of relatio...
Clean and Dirty Pain
September 16, 2022 08:22 - 13 minutes - 10.2 MBClean and dirty pain. What is that?! Clean and dirty pain comes from the emotional pain and suffering that we feel. This pain comes from the way we are thinking about situations and circumstances. Some of what we are thinking we are conscious about. Some we are not always. The way we help get some clarity and consciousness is to just slow things down a little and be more aware of what's going through our heads. Clean pain is the pain that is useful and necessary. The reason for t...
Crushing Cancer
September 09, 2022 09:14 - 10 minutes - 7.67 MBLife is a juggling act. The balls we juggle are home, family, school, work, church, friends, and activities. Sometimes one of those balls drops. This week for our family, one of those did. A big one. And it reminded us all of how precious life is and how fragile it is as well. Join me in this week's episode as I talk about my sister and her husband and their new journey to Crush Cancer!
Is Food Your Frenemy? Understanding Emotional Eating
September 02, 2022 09:05 - 20 minutes - 14.9 MBFood, Food, Food! We are surrounded by it! Many cultures use alcohol and tobacco for celebrations and also coping mechanisms, but as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, what do we turn to? Food! Thus creating a frenemy relationship. Food is needed for our physical survival, but many of us can turn to it for emotional survival as well. In this episode, we dig into emotional eating. How it happens, what the cause of it is, and then I give you three tips to help when w...
Feeling All the Feels
August 26, 2022 08:47 - 17 minutes - 12.5 MBMany of us have heard the term "feeling all the feels," but what does that even mean? In this week's episode, we talk about that. We talk about feeling a range of emotions, highs and lows. Sometimes all at once! We talk about how these emotions are part of our human experience, but sometimes we don't like it! Many of us participate in different ways to avoid just feeling, thus prolonging the experience. We discuss how long an emotion takes to process through when we just allow, and ways to...
Loving Both
August 19, 2022 09:19 - 13 minutes - 9.72 MBWe make many daily decisions that require an "either/or" type of answer. Either get up at 6 or 6:30, wear this or that. Many times with people and with ourselves, we think we have to do the same. We think that we have to choose one or the other. We have to love the good and hate the "bad," but we may not have the whole story of any of it. What if it was possible to love BOTH. The good parts and the not-so-good parts. What if we loved all! When there is a break-up, we can love both peop...
The Should List
August 12, 2022 08:00 - 13 minutes - 10.3 MBWe create many lists in a day and a week to help us be productive and accomplish many tasks. However, there is a list that we create that most of us don't know about that is not very helpful. The "Should" List. Yes, that should sounds a lot like a familiar cuss word we know, and that's just what a should list is. In the words of Corrine Crabtree, "Anytime we think someone "should" do something, we automatically put them on our 'shit' list." Our lists can get pretty long with all the "shoul...
Endings and Beginnings
August 05, 2022 08:17 - 13 minutes - 9.94 MBLife is full of endings and beginnings. We have the beginning of a new day and the end of a new day. We have the beginning of summer and the end of summer, and we have the beginning of a new school year just around the corner. Many times we resist the beginnings and endings, but they are part of this mortal journey! We can sometimes find ourselves stuck in the emotional roller coaster of beginnings and endings, so in today's podcast, we are going to discuss what we can do to help ourselve...