This week Brooke steps away from teaching to just tell you about her week. A flashing school zone light that shouldn’t have been on. A lost boy on the side of the road. A laugh-filled walk with a friend. A pickleball loss that still felt like a win. A chance conversation with a church service...
Today I’m talking with Camden Hainsworth, a certified ADHD coach who was diagnosed herself at 36, has children with ADHD, and has spent the last several years helping people understand and work with their ADHD brains instead of fighting them. We talk about what ADHD actually is (it’s a difference, not a deficiency), why the...
Five things I’ve learned working in the Utah State Prison: People are good. Treating people with respect, even when their problems seem small compared to what they’re facing, opens the door to real connection. We are not our worst mistake. That mistake is part of our story, but it doesn’t have to define who we...
The Mother-in-Law Series: When It’s Hard This is the last episode in my five part series on being a mother-in-law. If you’ve listened to the other four and felt a wince here or there, this one is for you. Even if things have been hard for a long time, it isn’t too late to change....
The Mother-in-Law Series: New Traditions Welcome to week four of the Mother-in-Law Series. If you haven’t caught the earlier episodes, go back and start with weddings. And if you’re new here, one of the women I interviewed said something I keep coming back to: joining a family is like moving to another country. You don’t...
The Mother-in-Law Series: Service That Actually Helps Midlife with Brooke, Episode 3 of 5 We are back for week three of the mother-in-law series. We started with weddings, then talked about being the fun aunt instead of another mother. This week is all about service, the kind that actually helps and the kind that (even...
This is week two of a five part series on our relationship with our daughters-in-law. Last week we talked about weddings. If you missed it, you can go back and listen to that one too! This week is about a shift in how we think about our role. One of my daughters told me an...
Welcome to the first episode of my Mother-in-Law Series. In preparation, I interviewed women in their mid 20s to early 30s about their mothers-in-law, and one of them said something profound: joining a new family is like moving to another country. You don’t know the customs or the language. So we (as the mothers-in-law) get...
Two inmates. The same caseworker. One thinks she’s amazing; the other thinks she shouldn’t even have a job. So which is it? In this episode, I share stories from my coaching classes at the Utah State Prison that perfectly illustrate one of the most foundational principles in coaching: our thoughts — not our circumstances —...
Consider What You’re Considering: A Lesson from King Mosiah When King Mosiah’s people wanted a new king, he gave them counsel that applies to every decision we make in our families today: “I desire that ye should consider the cause which ye are called to consider” (Mosiah 29:5). In other words — consider what you’re...