Embrace It All!

I have learned and experienced over the last 22 months the many ways that grief manifests itself in me.  I knew that anger could be one way, but up until December of 2024 I hadn't experienced it.  Then it it.  In this episode I briefly share my epxerience with the overwhelming anger that flooded my body and mind for three months.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: adamsangela707@gmail.com

It's been a while, I know.  But I am back!  Today I will briefly explain part of my journey over the last few months and one way that helped me climb out of my own  discouragment and worry spiral.   And it all has to do with understanding my "why" for everything I do.  There is so much we can discover when we are still and ask oursleves "why".  The key is to ask "why" 5 times.  When you can answer honestly, you will discover what your true intentions are.  The awareness this brings may surprise you, or not.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: adamsangela707@gmail.com

In this episode I briefly share how EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) Therapy helped to unlock not only the trauma from Jessica's death, but trauma from years before.  I will explain what it is designed to do and my own experience with it.  If you are experiencing any type of trauma, I highly recommend finding a therapist who is trained in EMDR therapy.  The results can change your life!To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: adamsangela707@gmail.com

It's been awhile, I know. Over the last month, my emotions were quite heavy overall.   I have felt the pain and sadness of Jessica's absence more than I thought I would. And it confused me.   Afterall, it has already been a year and half since her death.  Shouldn't I be feeling better by now?The truth is, I continue to feel the waves of sadness and pain.  It comes and goes, but last month it came and stayed.  In this episode I will share this experience and discuss how, through understanding what I was feeling, visualization, and ultimately self-compassion has been helping me heal my wounded soul.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: adamsangela707@gmail.com

Shortly after Jessica died, I started to travel down the road regret.  suddenly I found  myself  in the state of “ wish I would have and wish I could have”.    I wish I would have told her I loved her more often.  I wished I would have not gotten so angry over petty things when she was growing up.  I wish I would have stopped her from hiking that day.  I wish I would have celebrated her more on her last birthday.  I wished I would have laughed with her more.  And the list goes on and on. But traveling down the road of regret led to dead ends and nothing but misery and pain.  In this episode I talk about regret and how I have learned to stop it dead in it's tracks. To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: adamsangela707@gmail.com

Shortly after Jessica's death, a friend of mine shared with me that there is a high percentage of marriages that don't survive after the death of a child.  Although shocked at first that she would share this with me so soon after Jessica's passing, it gave Dave and I a chance to discuss our commitment to each other, and how we were going to make a conscious effort to turn toward each other during the most difficult trial we were facing.    It would be so easy to turn inward as we process and grieve the death of our daughter, but neither of us wanted that.In this episode I will share some simple things that we have done over the last year and a half to stay connected as we have chosen to turn toward each other.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: adamsangela707@gmail.com

For the past several weeks I have been going through pictures and trying to organize them. Each picture created a memory and gave me a chance to reflect on how our family has evolved and grown over the years.  The experiences captured in these pictures not only tell a story, but they also create feelings of love that have deepened over time through shared experiences.  Usually, the way we process the experiences in our lives is what creates the feelings we have about that experience. Our perception of any experiences creates an emotion.  And it is those emotions that jog  our memories. There are many times in our lives when we feel something, a feeling so strong and undeniable during certain experiences.  These feelings can bring tears of joy.  Have you ever experienced something like that in your life?  I would be willing to bet we all have a time or two.  These strong, undeniable feelings can fill you with so much joy and happiness, it's as if your very your very  soul fills up  with light, even for a moment.  These are the experiences we always want to remember.  But if we are not careful, they can be so easily forgotten. In today's episode I will share with you what I am learning about the importance of remembering, why we forget so quickly, and how we can make sure to keep these memories from fading away.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: adamsangela707@gmail.com

Over that last three months a lot has happened with our family.  So many wonderful and hard experiences at the same time.  And in the middle of all of it,  my faith and trust in God and my Savior was stretched more than it has ever been.    In today's episode I will share this personal experience with you and how I am learning that faith and trust in God, and surrending my will to His is hard.  And it is an every day process.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: adamsangela707@gmail.com

I am learning that after experiencing a traumatic event, your mind is constantly on high alert, just waiting for the next traumatic thing to happen.  This is quite normal, but it is not easy to go through.  In this short episode I will share an experience that is helping me to put it all into better perspective.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: adamsangela707@gmail.com

This month was filled with celebrations, and also many "firsts".  During the first year after a loved one dies, you experience the holidays and celebrations for the first time without them, and it can be so painful.  I've struggled a lot this month, and my tears flow daily.  But as I have reflected on the memories each "first" presented, I'm seeing  the miracles we've experienced along the way.  Ronald A. Rasband reminds us that miracles are a lifeline from heaven to earth.  And I believe that 100%.  As I have been finding and reflecting upon my own miracles, the sorrow has become less heavy.  When we seek for our miracles, with even just a tiny particle of faith, God will show them to us.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: adamsangela707@gmail.com

Over the last 8 months I am learning what it means to become resilient.  Some people think that resiliency means that you brush off your challenges, pull up your boot straps, and move on.  But as I continue on this journey, I am coming to understand that resiliency is definitely not that at all.  On today's episode I will share what I am learning  about becoming resilient and how it has helped me.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: adamsangela707@gmail.com

There will be times in our lives when we receive strong impressions.  Sometimes those impressions make sense, but more often than not, at least in my life, they don't.  Today I will share one such impression with you and why I am so grateful that I followed it even though at the time it didn't make complete sense.I will also share with you what I learned from feeling angry.  I am realizing that anger is a natural emotion that occurs when going through any type of grief.  When it hit during these last few weeks, it was difficult.  I tried to ignore it, I judged myself for it, and then I decided to let it be there.  Today I will share where the anger was coming from for me and how I let it teach me.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: adamsangela707@gmail.com

Two months after Jessica's death, I would consistently wake up in the middle of the night with my stomach in knots.  I would try to figure out what triggered it, using some familiar tools, but nothing worked.  In this episode I will share what I am learning to do when sleep doesn't come.To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: adamsangela707@gmail.com

The way we experience grief can be so different in the way others do. One of the things I am noticing in my own grieving process is that I am moving at a much slower rate than I ever have been.  On today's episode I talk about what this looks like and how I am learning to embrace this in myself.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: adamsangela707@gmail.com

I thought I knew what it meant to mourn with those that mourn and comfort those that need comforting.  But I didn't quite fully undersand.  In this brief episode I will share with you what I am learning and the impact it is having on my family.To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: adamsangela707@gmail.com

My heart is broken, and I suppose it will be for a very long time.   As I am mourning, I am learning what it is to be comforted, truly comforted in very personal way.  Today I want to share with you what I am learning from my broken heart.To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: adamsangela707@gmail.com

It's a new year.  In the past I would be excited for the new year, making long lists of resolutions and goals for myself.  But this is year is different.   Honestly, the thought of making any type of resolution or goal for this upcoming year seemed to be too much and I decided I was just going to let this year happen and push through.   But a couple of things brought me to me knees, so to speak, and helped me to figure out what it is I truly want for 2024.  Today I wanted to share it with you. To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: adamsangela707@gmail.com

This Christmas is going to look a lot different for our family.  And to some, it might seem like we are going to have a terrible Christmas.  Today I will share, briefly, my thoughts as to why I will have a good Christmas this year.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: adamsangela707@gmail.com

Four months ago my life took a very unexpected turn.  In today's episode I will share with you where I've been and the impression that has carried me through.  If you are willing to come on this journey with me,  maybe together we can learn how to embrace even the emotion of grief.   To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: adamsangela707@gmail.com

I confes,  I am a self-improvement junkie, so to speak.  My bookshelf is lined with a wide variety of self-help books spanning the topics of, marriage, motherhood and parenting, spiritual growth,  goal setting, productivity, mindfulness and meditation, personal growth,  mental health, etc. In most of these types of books, the authors usually have some type of formula, or how-to tips or lists to follow  in order to succeed in  whatever the topic is they are writing about it.  And, like you, I try to do all the things, most of the time following them to a "T".  The interesting thing, though, is that I'm not always happy or successful. In today's episode I share with you another thought that has helped me understand the reason why I am not always happy or successful after doing all the things on those how-to lists.  This thought is:  What I do doesn't make me happy; what I think, does. And spoiler alert, this thought can be applied to aspect of our life.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

When we are feeling stressed, often our brains get stuck thinking that there is only one option regarding the situation.   For many, thinking there is only one option available, causes immediate overwhelm and sometimes even a little panic.  In today's short episode, I will teach you why your brain wants to hold onto this belief and the most effective tool to help your brain let go and step into believing that you really do have many options available when it comes to any situation.  By intentionally using this tool, the stress will disapate and you will feel much calmer and reassured.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

I don't believe in coincidences.  I don't.  I believe that God always has my back and what some people call coincidences, I call tender mercies.Tender mercies are described  as very personal and individualized blessings, strength, protection, assurances, guidance, loving kindnesses, consolation, support, and spiritual gifts we receive from and because of and through the Lord Jesus Christ.  (David A. Bednar)Knowing that God has my back and will bless me with the tender mercies I need, gives me hope and assurance, especially when I'm going through a personal challenge.  Tender mercies remind me that I am never alone, and knowing that gives me the strength to keep going .On today's summer short episode, I share a few personal examples when it was clearly evident that God always has my back.  God doens't work in coincidences.  He extends to us His tender mercies.To read more, vist the link below:The Tender Mercies of the LordTo connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

 I have come to realize that before I can make any type of improvement or progess in my life, I have to create shifts in my thinking and belief first. These shifts don't have to be big.  In fact, consistently making small shifts in my thinking have created amazig results.  Massive success doesn't always require massive action, or massive thought change.In his book, Atomic Habits, James Clear states, " by making 1% improvement in a host of tiny areas, the cumulative benefits would be extraordinary."   And I would add that this is only possible when we make those 1% shifts in thinking first.  We can do all the things on someone else's list that they claim will make us successful, but until we make those 1% changes in our thinking, bridging the gap from unbelief to belief first, we will only get frustrated.  In this short and sweet episode I share the story of how  this principle created remarkable results for the Brittish Cycling team, as well as my own personal example.  I will also introduce how to bridge the gap between unbelief to belief.  https://jamesclear.com/marginal-gains To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

Yesterday I saw a sign that read, “Don't look back.  You're not going that way”.   This has become a very popular sentiment, especially when it comes to our mental health and well being.  But, I don't fully agree with this idea of not looking back.  I think there can be real value when we look back. In this short and sweet episode I will explain the three different lenses that we most commonly look through when we "look back".  The lens of regret and shameThe lens of nostalgiaThe lens of accomplishment and growthI believe that there is a very real difference when we look back and stay in that space, vs. looking back to see where we've been.  I will share a personal example that shed some light on this for me just recently.  I do believe that sometimes looking back can actually give us the momentum to keep moving forward. To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

Sarah and I are back to discuss even more ideas on how to create positive and loving relationhsips.  It's no secret that men and women think differently, act differently, and feel love differently.  And because of this, marriage relationships require a lot of time and effort to create the love we desire.  In this episode, Sarah and I will discuss:What love looks like within a marriage, How to understand your spouse's love language and why that is important, Why the popular belief that we can fall into or out of love anytime is not true.  Why marriage and family relationships are so importantJoin us as we share what we have discovered within our own marriage and family relationships.Below is a list of references:Carroll, J. S., Badger, S., & Yang, C. (2006, July). The ability to negotiate or the ability to love? Evaluating the developmental domains of marital competence. Journal of Family Issues, 27 (7), 1001-1032.Gottman, J. M., Coan, J., Carrere, S., & Swanson, C. (1998, February). Predicting marital happiness and stability from newlywed interactions. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 60 (1), 5-22.Gottman, J.M. & Silver, N. (1999). The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. Terry Baker, “Don't Let Negativism Ruin Your Marriage,” Ensign, March 2001.Chapman, G. (1992). The Five Love Languages.Lynn G. Robbins, “Agency and Love in Marriage,” Ensign, October 2000.To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

Episode 100 is here, and I knew I wanted to discuss something that is extremely important to me.  This topic is something that I am so passionate about, and one that I have devoted most of my life, my time, and my energy into.   Over the years I have learned that anything that is important to me, requires a lot of attention and work, but the rewards along the way are amazing.So the topic I chose to feature on this 100th episode is creating strong, positive and loving relationships, particularly  Marriage and Family relationships.   Of all the roles I hold in my life, being a wife and a mother are the two most important to me. Because this topic is one of great importance, I invited Sarah Curtis, an expert in the field of Marriage and Family relationships, to discuss these things with me.  I have a very special guest with me here to discuss how to create those strong, positive, and loving marriage and family relationships, because this is something we are both passionate about.  Not only is Sarah a wife and mother of five sons, she holds a Ph.D. in Marriage, Family, and Human Development and taught marriage courses at BYU for several years.  She is fun, positive and passionate about sharing her knowledge.On this episode we will be discussing:the definition of marriage competence positive Affect within your marriage what to look out for when it comes to resolving conflict within your marriageBelow is a list of references she shares:Carroll, J. S., Badger, S., & Yang, C. (2006, July). The ability to negotiate or the ability to love? Evaluating the developmental domains of marital competence. Journal of Family Issues, 27 (7), 1001-1032.Gottman, J. M., Coan, J., Carrere, S., & Swanson, C. (1998, February). Predicting marital happiness and stability from newlywed interactions. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 60 (1), 5-22.Gottman, J.M. & Silver, N. (1999). The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. Terry Baker, “Don't Let Negativism Ruin Your Marriage,” Ensign, March 2001.Chapman, G. (1992). The Five Love Languages.Lynn G. Robbins, “Agency and Love in Marriage,” Ensign, October 2000.To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

I am not naive to the fact many things we experience in this life aren't always described as fun.  I get that, believe me.  There are so many circumstances that can seem very heavy and serious.  But I also believe that sometimes we can make even our everyday circumstances a lot harder than they really are because of the thoughts we believe about them; the stories our brain is making up about those circumstances.  Take summer, for instance.  The kids are out of school and home 24/7, and the infamous "I'm bored" is what you hear over and over again.  And your brain wants you to believe that it is now your job 24/7 to etertain them.  How does that feel?  Pretty stressful and overwhelming, right?On today's episode I discuss the thought "Make it easy. Make it fun".  I admit, when I first heard this thought, I rolled my eyes.  I'm the kind of person that , takes life pretty seriously for the most part. And sometimes I've even judged people who have such a way of making everything they do, even mundane tasks,  seem fun no matter what. And a lot of times I  could not wrap my head around it. But this thought, make it easy, make it fun, really is asking the question,  how can I make this situation easy and fun?  How can I respond to this circumstance in an easy and fun way?  And this question feels light and freeing.  It gives me the opportunity to explore another perspective regarding the circumstance. I really like this thought because it helps me to focus on keeping things simple.  And for me, when I keep things simple, I feel a lot less stress and overwhelm.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

Everything we create in our lives is the result of what we think in response to the circumstances we experience.  One of the tools we use to become aware of  why we are creating our current results  is the Model.  But what about understanding our inherent identity? We know that we are all children of  God, born with unique gifts and talents, but what are some ways that we can discover our unique identity?  On today's episode I talk with Identity coach, Tyson Bradley., who has developed one Method to answer that question, called the I AM ME method.Tyson Bradley is the host of the Inherent Identity Podcast and the Author of the book Reclaim Your Inherent Identity: The 5 Steps To Instant and Lasting Change. He is happily married and the proud father of 2 redheaded girls and baby boy. He has studied mindset and behavior change over the past 10 years and has finally cracked the code on the fastest way to make change happen.  Tyson will walk us through each step of his I A.M. M.E. method and explain how using his I A.M. M.E. method awakens the remembrance of our inherent identity, and explain how pairing the model with his method helps us make the changes we want to make in an easier, more aligned way.  To find out more about Tyson Bradley and the I AM ME Method, follow these links:Website: https://www.inherentidentity.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamtysonbradley/Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inherentidentityEmail: tyson@inherentidentity.comTo connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

Because I believe self-awareness is so important, I use a tool with my clients that is somewhat of a "magic wand" so to speak.  It's a very simple but highly effective tool, called "The Model". This Cognitive Behavior Therapy tool was created in a very simplistic way by Master Certified Life Coach, Brooke Castillo that helps see that everything we create in our lives is the result of what we think and how we feel.  For me, the model is like a puzzle, that, when all the pieces are found and put together just right, a beautiful picture is revealed.  Each part of the model are the pieces that build upon each other,  in order to reveal what it is your brain is thinking and feeling in relation to the circumstances in your life.  In this episode I will explain each of the 5 components of this model: Circumstances ThoughtsEmotionsActionsResultsAnd how they all work together to reveal the big picture of what your brain is creating for you right now.  And that can be magical, because when you see what you are creating with your thoughts, feelings, and actions, you can change those things to create what you really want in your life.  The model is simple and brilliant.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

On this episode we will explore  a very simple concept, or rather a question that has made such a profound impact in my life since starting this work.  It's a question that makes you stop and when answered, puts you in control of whatever situation you may find yourself in.  Here it is:    How Do I  Want to Show Up?  Meaning: What is it I want to think? How do I want to feel, and how to I want to be?  (behave, act, respond, etc) in relation to the circumstances that I am in, or will be in.  For so long I believed that the way I felt on any given day really depended on the on what was happening around me; I thought that the circumstances or situations in my life determined how I felt, or how I responded.  When I discovered that my feelings had nothing to do with the circumstances in my life, and everything to do with the way I thought about these circumstances, it changed everything for me.  The only thing we can control is the way we show up/what meaning we give to that circumstance and how we respond.  and the way we respond to these circumstances will create the experience we have.In other words, we don't have control over our circumstances, but we do have control over how we respond.     We can intentionally DECIDE ahead of time what kind of experience we want, and create that experience no matter what the circumstance by answering the question, “How do I want to show up?”   Asking yourself this question Can be extremely useful when facing a new, or challenging experience.  As I work with clients, many times during our coaching sessions I will ask them this very question.   I do this for a few reasons:  1.    To help them understand that they have a choice in how they respond to their circumstances2.    To help them understand that they don't have to be a victim of their circumstances3.    To help them understand that they can create the experience they want to have4.    To help them be intentionalThis one question can change everything for you!To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

The other day one of my sons asked me to find a picture for him, one at about the time he was 5 or 6 years old. IN my quest for this certain picture, I took a trip down memory lane, looking through so many pictures of our young family.  But what I mostly focused on was the young mother in those pictures, the younger version of me deep in the throes of motherhood.  As I looked into her eyes, I could see a mother who would do and give anything for her family, but who constantly wondered if she would ever be good enough for them.   I could see a mother who, despite her best efforts, went to bed each night with a long list of regrets and things she messed up during the day, hoping that she didn't permanently scar her children for life.   I saw a woman who loved her family fiercely but often forgot to love herself, focusing so many times on her own imperfections, even questioning why God would trust her to raise these children in the first place.If I had the chance to put my arms around her and talk with her, knowing what I know now,  what would I tell her?  In this episode I will reveal the six things that I would want her and every mother listening to know, the most important being that you ARE the perfect mother for your children.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

As human beings we are wired for connection and one of the strongest ways we can connect is through shared feelings, and empathy.  In the last several years, researchers have actually found that our brains  have what are called mirror neurons suggesting that there is biological base for empathy.   These mirror neurons allow us to understand others' actions, intentions, and feelings.  They fire when we experience an emotion or when we see others experiencing emotion.  Think about a time when you saw someone experiencing sadness.  What happens?  Many of us would answer that we, feel sadness ourselves, without even thinking about it. Mirroring someone else's emotions can be very helpful, on occasion, especially when it comes to validating their emotions, but where we get in trouble is when we take mirroring negative emotions too far; when we actually take on another person's negative emotions, when we internalize them.   When this happens, it creates a vicious emotional cycle where everyone ends up feeling lousy. In this episode I will give you examples what this looks like and what it creates, and then we will discuss how we are responsible TO others and not FOR others when it comes to their own emotions.  We will explore what both of these concepts mean and how your relationships will change when you understand your own responsibility when it comes to another person's emotins. To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

Doesn't it feel so good when someone else extends mercy towards you?  When someone forgives you and has patience with you whenever you mess up?  Doesn't it just make you apprecite and love them even more?Why is it so hard to extend that same mercy and forgiveness to ourselves?  Why, instead, are we so hard on ourselves?  In today's episode we will discuss the 5 reasons I have found in myself and with my clients that prevent us from extending the much needed forgiveness and mercy to ourselves.  These 5 reasons are:Forgetting who we really areForgetting that we have a human brain that likes to point out perceived problemsWe focus only on the negative: past mistakes, things we aren't good at, things that are wrong in our live (or what our brain THINKS are wrong)We compare ourselves to othersWe mistakingly believe we have to be perfect right nowYou have an unlimited capacity to grow and change in the way you want to, but the only thing standing in your way is your well-meaning brain that will tell you otherwise, and tempt you to beat yourself up.  But I purpose that we stop beating ourselves up and start understanding that we are enough and perfect right now.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

Recently I have been reflecting on the struggles that some of my loved ones are going through.  This seems to be a common theme lately with some of my clients as well.  They all have someone in their lives that are struggling in one form or another, so Today I want to discuss a few things that I have noticed personally as I watch those I love struggle.We all know, or at least we are learning, that having struggles is part of God's plan for us.  We came to earth knowing that we were going to have the opportunity to learn and grow, and that usually comes from some sort of struggle.    There must be opposition in all things for us become who God knows we can become.  But when someone we love is struggling, I personally think it is much more challenging to accept this truth.   I have seen three ways people usually respond when someone they love is going through something difficult: As the handyman As the villian As the judge and juryIn this episode we are going to explore each of these in more depth, then discuss why they aren't effective.  Then we will discuss what happens when we put on the lens of compassion and how that changes everything.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

We all have inadequacies.  It's part of the human experience.  But it's what we think about our inadequacies that can keep us from learning, growing and progressing.  I have dealt with a lot of perfectionism for years.  At the heart of perfectionism is the desire to be good.  Not just in behavior, but to be good at everything they do.  So oftentimes people who have perfectionistic tendencies like to stay completely in their comfort zones and limit the things they do to what they are naturally good at and enjoy doing, things that come easy for them to excel at.    Anything beyond that is usually out of the question for them.  And the reason being is because of fear.    The fear of failing or being looked down upon to name a few.And this makes them feel very inadequate, which leads to self-judgment, self-doubt, shame, and even isolation at times.  This has shown up repeatedly in my life when I am trying something new, and many times, I tend to be hesitant to try new things. My own self-defeating thoughts have kept me from experiencing things that I may or may not enjoy.  I'm sure my brain is trying to protect me, and keep me safe within my comfort zone, because that's it's job, but instead of protecting me, it was blocking me from discovering new interests and talents, and alienating myself from others.   On this week's episode I share three thoughts that have helped me face those fears and given me permission to step out of my comfort zone:1.  I am willing to be terrible at this2.  I am willing to be terrible at this, but still have fun3.  I am willing to learn to be good at this, but willing to be terrible at it for as long as it        takes. In this short  episode we will take a look at why these thoughts  break down the barriers of perfectionistic self-doubt.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

What do you need? Such a simple question, right?  But did you have to take a minute to answer it?Sometimes as women we discount what we need, or don't understand how to communicate what it is we need because we have gotten into the habit of brushing our needs aside while caring for everyone else's needs.  We women are natural care givers.  It is in our DNA.  We care for our families, our friends, and even strangers, first before we care for our own needs.   And we are so good at meeting everyone's needs most of the time.  And it feels good to care for those we love, doesn't it?  But what about taking care of our own needs or voicing what we need?  That part isn't very easy for me.  And I have found that as I have gotten into this habit of brushing my needs aside to take care of everyone else,  I quit thinking about my own needs all together, and soon I forget what those needs even are.  Or at least my brain does. In this episode will discuss:Why your needs are importantWhat happens when you "forget" your own needsHow to communicate  what you needWhat happens to you and everyone you love when your needs are metWe, as human beings, have basic human needs.  But we also have very individual needs that are just as important.  Your needs matter because you matter!To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

When it comes to our overall mental and emotional health, expierencing both quick wins and slow and steady progress are equally important.  Our brain really likes the quick wins, but the slow and steady progress is much harder for our brains to navigate and stay motivated.    As we are working towards improving our mental and emotional health, sometimes we have to actually slow down before we make any progress.  When we experience quick wins, we feel good and go on our way.  Slow and steady progress on the other hand, not only takes time, but it doesn't always feel good because  we will experience both positive and negative emotion.  But this is never a problem or a sign that we are doing anything wrong.    In this episode we will discuss:What a quick win is and what it looks like Why quick wins are important on our mental health journeyWhat Slow and steady progress looks like and why it is importantHow to help our brain understand how to navigate the slow and steady progressTo connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

Have you ever had someone show up on your doorstep unnanounced, who just wanted to come on in and stay for a while?  I have!  In fact it happened just last week.  My self-critical brain showed up and wanted to stay for a while.  Unfortunately, I let it in.  Big mistake!  Without me realizing what was happening, that self-critic started to take charge, and before I knew it, I was convinced that everything in my life was a problem.   It took a few days to understand what was really happening, but eventually I was able to send that self-critic on its way.Being human means we have a human brain, and one of its main jobs is to notice all problems.  This is a good thing sometimes becasue this is how it keeps us safe.  But when it wants to attack us personally, pointing out all the things  that it wants us to believe are wrong with us,  it can have the opposite affect.  So what do you do when your own self-critic shows up and wants to stay?   In this episode I will walk you through the steps you can take to make sure that self-critic doesn't tak over when it comes for a visit.  You will learn:How to gain awareness and choose to believe what it tells you or not Take back control when it tries to take overChallenge your self-critic and help it expand its perspective without judgmentCompassionately retrain your self-criticCreate healthy boundariesCreate self-compassion when your self-critc takes over for a whileYour self-critic will show up over and over again.  But with these tools in place, you will be better equipt to not allow it to stay.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

The circumstances in our lives are always changing, so becoming emotionally resilient is such an important skill to learn.  It's an ongoing process, for sure, but when we can become emotionally resilient we have the strength to face any challenge life throws our way .One change in circumstance that many people find themselves experiencing is separation and divorce.  For anyone going through this, it can be quite a roller coaster of emotions from anger, resentment, hurt, sadness, self-doubt, and on and on.  Although I have not personally experienced this, there are many close to me who have and it hasn't been easy to say the least. On today's episode, I visit with Hyo North,  a Divorce and Discipleship Coach, who helps Women navigate separation and Divorce in a Christ-centered way. I met Hyo about a year ago. At this time she and her husband had separated and were in the stages of finalizing their divorce.  What drew me to her was her genuine desire to turn her own personal hurt and anger about her circumstances around and instead seek God's direction and strength as she navigated this new change in her life. Hyo's goal is to help her clients realize they don't have to walk this journey alone.  She states, there is so much joy, so much goodness still out there for you to take a hold of now…not later, but now. Hyo helps her clients let go of the anger and resentment that usually occurs during a divorce, by helping them learn how to access the spiritual direction to make decisions and choices from a place of confidence, love, and peace for themselves and for their family To find out more, you can connect with Hyo on any of the links below:Scheduling link:  https://hyonorthcoaching.as.me/Instagram handle:  Hyo North, Spiritual Mastery Coach (@hyonorth_coaching) • Instagram photos and videos Website:  Hyo North Coaching – Life & Spiritual Mastery CoachWaitlist for Women at The Well:  https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63e6936c781752946ff2bb78YouTube:  Hyo North - YouTubeTo connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

We cannot control the circumstances in our lives, and the circumstances in our lives cannot control us.  The only thing we have control over is the way we respond to them,  how we perceive them and what we make them mean, especially about ourselves. This  week we  talk about why we want to hold on tightly, trying  control everything and everyone  in our lives, what it takes to let go, and why focusing on how we respond can be much better for us in the long run.Being in control, for many of us, feels good.  It feels safe.  And that is exactly what our brain thrives on.  Remember, one of the jobs of our lower brain is to feel comfortable and safe, and being in control  creates this, or so we think. But what happens when your circumstances change?  Understanding  that the only thing we can control is ourselves and our response to any circumstance in our life can be liberating, and scary at the same time because it requires us to truly let go of trying to control everything and everyone else and trust.  But I believe our primary purpose as human beings is to learn to do just that. To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

Have you ever had situations come up where you find yourself immediately reacting to them.  Maybe someone said something to you or did something.  Maybe it was something you witnessed or heard.  Whatever it was, you reacted.  And if you're like me, you might have reacted in a way that you later regretted.   I would guess we all have done it at least one time in our lives.  Maybe not, I could be wrong.    But I don't think so. Why? Because  we are all human! Honestly it's human nature to react before we think because for thousands of years this was key to human survival.  We had to always be on the look out for danger, we had to be reactionary if we wanted to live.On today's episode I will  discuss a tool that has helped me understand what I was thinking on those occasions I reacted so quickly in a way I didn't like,  and then I want to talk about the POWER that happens when we take a brief pause in those situations.So often we think it's the situation, the event,  that causes us to feel a certain way. But guess what?  It's not the situation at all.  It's what we make that situation mean.  It's the thought we have about the situation that makes us feel the way we do.  And if we aren't intentional about what it is we want to think about the situation or event, our emotions might get the better of us, and we will end up reacting instead of intentionally acting.  There is so much power when we take a brief moment and pause.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

When it comes to healthy living, there is so much noise!  What to eat and not eat, when to eat:  Carbs, proteins, fats?What is the best "fad" diet out there? what exericise is the best to reach your goals:  Light, moderate, or intense, muscle strength or cardio? what is the ideal body weight for your age? and on and on and on?It seems like everyone out there has an opinion when it comes to your health.  But what if you have everything you need already?   What if all you need is to listen to your own body and understand what it is telling you?  On today's episode I talk with Life Coach, Lisa Salisbury, who focuses on healthy living and weight loss.  Lisa  has a Bachelor's Degree in Health and Human Performance from Brigham Young University, is a certified Life and Weight Loss Coach through The Life Coach School, and is a certified Health Coach through the institute for integrative Nutrition.  She has also spent years listening to and filtering out all the noise when it comes to healthy living and weight loss, developing a program that helps her clients Live well, think well, and eat well.    The tools she teaches will help you quiet all the noise around healthy living.  To connect with Lisa, follow the links below:Eat Well, Think Well, Live Well podcast https://podcast.wellwithlisa.cominstagram @well_with_lisa  https://www.instagram.com/well_with_lisa/website https://wellwithlisa.comemail: mycoach@wellwithlisa.comFree Go-To Meals ebook:  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

It's a known fact.  We all have been blessed with  our own individual strengths and weaknesses.  And there's a reason for this.  But for many of us our weaknesses hold us back, or rather, we use our weaknesses against ourselves.  Throughout history and in the modern world, we have examples of people who have taken their weaknesses and turned  them into strengths.  Have you ever wondered how they did it?  What was, or is, their secret?In today's episode I will discuss the following:The reason we have been given weaknesses in the first placeWhat is it that causes us to hold our weaknesses against ourselvesHow we can turn our weaknesses into our strengthsIf you find yourself stuck in the belief that your weaknesses are never going to evolve into a stregnth, then this episode is for you!Links to references used in this episode:https://www.wbur.org/kindworld/2017/06/30/kind-world-41-almost-impossiblehttps://speeches.byu.edu/talks/m-russell-ballard/strong-lord-power-might/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Kellerhttps://annathemissionary.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/lawrence-corbridge-the-fourth-missionary.pdfhttps://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/327395.Susan_GaleTo connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

Do you have a teenager who feels like they are never enough?  Who fears making even the smallest mistakes, because, to them, that means they have failed?  Who is constantly criticizing themselves, for every little thing?  Who, despite their many talents and accomplishments, only sees their inadquacies?If you do, then this podcast is for you.   Today I discuss teen perfectionism with Life Coach, Kendra Hoffman.  At age twenty, Kendra realized that she had been struggling for years, but it wasn't until she was in her mid thirties that she found the tools, through coaching that helped her know how to manage her perfectionism.  With her natural connection with teens, Kendra continues to help teenagers learn the tools they need to manage and overcome their perfectionism, while helping parents learn how to support their teens in the process.  If you struggle with perfection yourself, the things we discuss on this episode will also help you.  To learn more about Kendra Huffman, click on the links below:Instagram: bravestloveFacebook: facebook.com/coachingwithkendraWebsite: bravestlove.comemail: kendra@bravestlove.com To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

Every one of us is on our own journey toward something; a final destination or end goal perhaps.   Some may be working toward achieving a new goal, or making a change that will improve their quality of life.  Others may be  on a journey because of a significant change happening in their lives that they hadn't expected, working toward a resolution.  Whatever your journey may be, today I am talking  about why it is importat to stay focused on the journey  rather than just the final destination itself. If you're like me, you probably just want to hurry up and get to that end goal.   And why?  Because of the feeling you will feel once you get there!  In this episode I am going to help you understand ways that you can access that feeling throughout your journey, so you  can better appreciate the growth, progress and joy along the way.  To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

Our bodies can be a wealth of information if we take the time to listen to it.  I think most of us would agree that when there is something physically going on in our bodies,  it is generally easier to listen to it.  However,  even though we can feel it, sometimes we might not really hear it. It's the same thing when we are experiencing an overwhelming amount of emotions, in particular anxiety and worry.   When we experience a high level of overwhelming emotions, our body and mind feels threatened in some way.  And when this happens the tiny area at the base of our brain, called the hypothalamus, sets off an alarm system in our body.  Our brain and body have become hijacked with an overwhelming amount of emotions.  And when the alarm goes off, a surge of the hormones cortisol and adrenaline are released throughout your body.  And when cortisol levels rise, all the body's energy goes into handling the perceived threat instead of doing what it is supposed to do in a normal, relaxed state, like regulating the digestive and immune systems, for instance.  When your adrenaline levels are high, your heart rate increases, your blood pressure increases, and your energy levels increases.  Now this is a very normal reaction when you really are in a threatening situation, like being chased by a lion, for example, running for your life. But when the stress levels stay high in the absence of a real life or death threat, that can create anxiety and depression, as well as other mental and physical health issues. In this episode I will teach you what your body is tryin to tell you to do  when you are in this heightened state of emotion so that you can feel relief.  And, spoiler alert, it is NOT thought work.I reference the book "Anxiety RX"  by Dr. Russell Kennedy, which you can find herehttps://a.co/d/6ntFoLnTo connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

What are the things that you want more of in your life and what will you gain from having less ?  Do you wanat more peace and less frustration?  More space and less clutter?  More security and less scarcity? It took me a while to embrace the thought "Less is More".  But as I continue to define what it means to me, it helps me recognize more clearly the gift that simplifying can be..  Am I perfect at it?  Not by a long shot! And that is okay.    Choosing the thought  less is more creates those feelings of peace, those feelings of contentment and security, and from those feelings, you will be able to create a life that is richer and more meaningful, and you will be able to really see and focus on the things that matter most to you.To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

It is 2023!  A brand new year!  Isn't it exciting?  When I think of a brand new year, the words or phrases that come to mind are: A Fresh Start, I feel energized, hopeful, excited, I have a renewed commitment. For many of us, the beginning of a new year sparks the desire to set new goals.   Why do we set goals?By Divine design, each one of us was created to learn,  to grow, and to progress throughout our lives and the desire to do so is instilled in every one of us.  We didn't come to earth to just be, we came to earth to BECOME; to discover our divine potential, see what is possible,  to create, and to thrive.  And this feels so invigorating, and so good. Setting and achieving goals hasn't always been something that I have been good at.  I will share my journey about how setting too many goals for myself became a recipe for overwhlem, exhaustion, and even resentment.  As a result, I would simply just quit.In the last few years I have learned strategies that have made setting and achieving goals much more doable and even fun, and in today's episode I will share them with you.  These steps are:DiscoveryPlanning Taking Action Taking control when your brain and emotions what to take charge  Celebrating the milestones, no matter how small Evaluating and making adjustmets along your goal journeyRemember, the only way you are going to fail  when it comes to achieving your goals is to quit.  When it comes to setting your goals, remember to Keep it simple and  Do what works for you.  And don't forget, I am here for you.  I would love to hear all about the goals you want to work on this year.  Get on a Free coaching call, or shoot me an email and let me know how I can help you achieve what you want to this year.To connect with Angela AdamsShoot me an email: angela@angelaadamscoaching.comTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

For several days I struggeled to know what I wanted to discuss for this last episode  in 2022 of Embrace it All.  I wrote down several ideas, but nothing came together and I tried again.  At one point I resigned to the fact that maybe I would just let it go and not record anything.  Afterall, some of my kids are home for the holidays, and I wanted to just focus on spending time with my family.  But I couldn't shake the feeling that there was something that I needed to share.  In the quiet of the moring, as I was reading, it came to me.  The phrase, grow in grace.So in this episode I share my thoughts about grace, in particular God's gift of grace through his Son, Jesus Christ. As I continue my own journey in understanding what it means to grow in grace, I am filled with gratitude for the choice that Christ made on my behalf because of His love.  His grace truly is the best gift I have ever received. To connect with Angela AdamsTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

I love giving gifts.  It brings me so much excitement and joy.  But, for as long as I can remember, finding and giving that "perfect" gift to those I love for Christmas has created a lot of stress and pressure.  What if they don't like what I give?  What if they're disappointed?  If I don't give them the perfect gift, then their Christmas will be ruined!  Do any of these thoughts sound familiar? Feeling all that pressure takes all the joy and excitement out of gift giving, and replaces it with dread and stress, something that I didn't want to experience during the Christmas season.  This year I came up with 4 ways to relase that pressure of giving the "perfect" gift, and it has made this Christmas season much more enjoyable.  Although I'm still a work in progress (aren't we all?), I wanted to share these 4 things with each of you, in hopes that you can create a very enjoyable Christmas yourself.   To connect with Angela AdamsTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!

I'm so excited to have Amy Elkins, The Relationship Coach, on the podcast today!  We will be discussing how the relationship you have with yourself is the most important relationship in your life.  Now, of course, this relationship includes your relationship with God and understanding who you really are. The relationship you develop with yourself has a tremendous impact on all other relatioships in your life.   When our own relationship with ourself is strong, we become more confident, more available for others,  stronger emotionally and spiritually. In this episode Amy shares several questions to ask yourself  in order to gain awareness of what your relationship with yourself looks like right now, and what we can do to improve that relationship. For more information on how to work with Amy, just click on the links below:http://amyelkinscoaching.com/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strong-as-you-think/id1546313481http://www.facebook.com/amy.s.elkins.5https://www.instagram.com/amyelkinscoaching/To connect with Angela AdamsTo get on my calendar, click on this link: https://coachwithangela.as.me/Visit my website to subscribe to my weekly email: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/To access your FREE guide to managing your emotions: https://www.angelaadamscoaching.com/lead-collectionI would appreciate your help! Please head over to the platform you use to listen to this podcast and leave a review of Embrace it All! It helps me know how I am helping you! And boosts the algorithims as well. Best of all, it's free and easy to do!