Ready, Set, Go! 10 Travel Tips for Perfectly Planned Getaways
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Traveling is one of our family's favorite things to do. We love to get away, to experience something new, and to take a break from our day-to-day, but it can also be stressful! Today's podcast discusses 10 tips that can help you have a perfectly planned getaway! Consider your top priorities! What is most important, weather, accommodations, activities, what's the biggest priority on your list? Do your research! Start asking questions, reading reviews, and looking at a variety of different options before making a decision. Consider using a 3rd party. We just used Costco and it was...
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Supporting Your Family Through Nervous System Regulation with Leah Davidson
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Family life is exhausting, tricky, and at times very hard, but it is also very rewarding and full of joy. It has ups and downs all along the way—I feel like we're on a roller coaster ride many days! Some days we feel like we are successful and some days, we don't. In today's podcast, I interview guest Leah Davidson. She is a Nervous System Resilience Coach, a Speech and Language Pathologist, a wife, a mom, and more! She teaches about the Nervous System, regulation, what that means, how to do it, and how we can support our families with regulation. We talk about life's...
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We Don't Fail, We Fall
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Failing. That's a pretty big term that we use. We avoid the F on report cards as kids, avoid taking risks to avoid failure, and every single day, we experience failure. I can't tell ou the amount of times I hear: "I failed that one." "Epic Failure." "Mom Fail" But we forget, failure is just part of the journey. We think in our minds that it is the opposite of success, but it's not! In today's podcast we discuss Failure is part of the success equation. There are different types of failure. Fail is actually just a "fall" with an opportunity to get back up! Listen in to the...
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How to Build Successful Families
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Success. This is something we all crave and are trying to attain. Success personally and professionally, but what is it exactly? Can any one person define what success means for everyone? The answer is no. Success is in the eye of the beholder. Og Mandino said: "What is success other than a state of mind? Which two, among a thousand wise men, will define success in the same words;" Success is determined by each and every one of us. So what does success in family life look like? What does it mean? In this podcast we talk about how to define success in family...
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One Word
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Have you ever been in a conversation with someone and just stopped with one word they said? It either stopped you in your tracks, caused you to pause or think a little, gave you a reason to ask more questions, or taught you something. One word can make all the difference in the trajectory of a conversation, decisions, and day. When one of our kids went running into the parking lot at the grocery store with incoming cars…One word….Stop When we went to Olive Garden this weekend the waitress asked for soup or salad? Salad. Again, one word. As parents, the one...
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2024: A Year of Gains!
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Happy New Year!!! 2025 is under way! If you took a minute to reflect on the past year, what do you see? Do you see a year of Gaps or a year of Gains? When we are in the gap, we see where we didn't measure up. Where we missed the mark and didn't reach the ideal or the perfect scenario. The problem is, is it ever "just right?" Did we ever see the ideal or the perfect scenario? Gap thinking leaves us deflated, unmotivated, and unhappy. If we see a year of gains, we measure backward and see the progress we made. Even if it is little bits of progress, it is still progress. We see...
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Christ is In Your Story
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As we have just celebrated Christmas, the decorations will come down, the carols change to regular music, and family will go home, but Christ will still be there. He is in each and every one of our stories. He's in the thick things and the thin things. Do we see Him? In this podcast, I tell you a story about how we saw Crhist in our story and how we still see him. We talk about how he delivers, heals, changes, and provides miracles for each of us! Listen in and identify where you see Christ in your story!
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New
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New. This is the word I’d use to sum up 2024. We had a whole lot of new experiences, changes, surprises, challenges, and blessings come our way! When a package arrives on our doorstep we love to see what new thing the UPS man has delivered, but when it comes to life experiences, the Rydalch family loves to know what’s going on, loves to have a plan, and doesn’t necessarily love “new surprises” in the beginning, but we eventually warm up and see that “new” allows us to learn, grow, change, and bless our lives. In this podcast episode, I read you our family Christmas...
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Ten Holiday Hacks to Decrease Your Stress!
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This time of year can get a bit overwhelming and stressful with activities, social gatherings, gifts, and parties. I have the best of intentions to enjoy the holidays, but sometimes it is difficult to manage it all! So in today's podcast, we are going to talk about 10 Holiday Hacks to help with the stress! Make meal times easy! Make a list of what's on your mind. De-clutter a space or a room for projects or planning. Make time for you to "rest" and that doesn't necessarily mean sleep! Prioritize protein and eat less sugar. Drink WATER Don't eat late. PLAY! Communicate, and ask...
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HOME for the Holidays
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Whenever we travel, we love to come HOME. After a long day of school, work, and errands....HOME is the place we all want to be! At home is a place we can relax, let our gaurds down, feel safe, comfortable, and at peace. Maybe it's not necessarily your "home" that you feel this place, but if you have a "happy place" those feelings are the same. You feel safe. Sometimes going home, or to our happy place, isn't always possible, but the good news is we can access those feelings of home by a few simple practices! Every day our bodies go through what is called the stress response where we experience...
info_outlineAs we have just celebrated Christmas, the decorations will come down, the carols change to regular music, and family will go home, but Christ will still be there.
He is in each and every one of our stories. He's in the thick things and the thin things. Do we see Him?
In this podcast, I tell you a story about how we saw Crhist in our story and how we still see him. We talk about how he delivers, heals, changes, and provides miracles for each of us!
Listen in and identify where you see Christ in your story!