Finding the Floor - A thoughtful approach to midlife motherhood and what comes next.

Send us a text“Cozy up to these nap benefits.”  As summer begins I use this episode to talk a little about rest and napping.  I have enjoyed this extra time to rest after surgery and am a little reluctant to get super busy again.  I think resting has been good for me.  I share some great benefits of a short nap in the afternoon.  I also mention information from a few articles that describe just the right way to nap to get the most benefits.  I invite you to try out resting a little more during the summer.  For shownotes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep221 I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

Send us a text  “Expectation Hanovers is not about changing your reality, but about changing your reaction and responses to it so that true transformation occurs.”  In this episode I explain why I didn't get out an episode last week due to the unexpected and happy early return of my son from his mission.  I share what happened and how we had barely over a day's notice.  I then also realize I am in a bit of an expectation hangover.  All my plans that I had put in place for his original release date (just only 10 days later) ruined  and  then doing our best to make the most of his homecoming.  I share thoughts about the book The Expectation Hangover by Christine Hassler which I talked about in episode 27 way back in October of 2020.  I share some tips I am trying to use to cope with this good yet very unexpected change. For show notes come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep220I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

Send us a textIn this episode I look back at the last 6 months and see how I have started becoming a little bit better with cleaning and decluttering goals of becoming.  I share a few things that I noticed that used to be harder for me.  One example is that I like to clean up at the end of the day - which was usually something I was just so tired of doing before.  Then I also share how cleaning in the temple has helped me with my cleaning schedule - cleaning clean.  It has been fun noticing the change.  I hope this also shows how you can work on your goals and directions too.  It does take some patience to keep going and it is rewarding to see the slow change.   (This episode was recorded last week.  I will share more as to why it came out a week late in my next episode which will come out later today or tomorrow.)For show notes come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep219I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

Send us a textHappy Mother's Day!  In this episode I want to share a few things to think about to be able to appreciate the day.  I share my plan to write my children notes of appreciation.  Additionally I talk about the things I appreciate learning or gleaning from my own mother.  Hopefully thinking in this way - with gratitude toward your kids and your own mother can help you have a good Mother's Day.  (and maybe even get nap:))For show notes visit www.findingthefloor.com/ep218 I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

Send us a text “What have I done?” After over a month off due to travel and surgery I am back recording.  And this episode I am sharing my thoughts about my recent surgery and catch you up a bit about my life.  I got surgery to repair my abs basically and I  share many of the details.  I mention the good and the bad and how excited and also naive I was about all of it.  I have made good progress and share how I am getting stronger everyday. For show notes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep217 I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

Send us a text “... Be not afraid. Only Believe.”  In this episode I am talking about fear and the counsel we get from Jesus Christ to not be afraid.  I share a story of when I learned a new dive and how that experience is related to fear.  I share lots of scriptures from the old and new testament of times when we are asked to not be afraid.  I also explain how time is the fuel of fear and how through ordinances we can reorder our experience of time, as we focus on Jesus Christ. I also mention some ways to help us overcome fear from Elder Ronald A Rasband.  I then tell a story shared by Sister Jean Stevens of her helping a boy walking home late at night.  Fear is very real and as we learn to rely more on Christ we can not be troubled by it.   For show notes and info www.findingthefloor.com/ep216I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

Send us a text “Once the football team learned to ignore the many distractions facing them and focused on their goal, they succeeded beyond what they thought possible and experienced great joy.”  In this week's episode I am talking about having joy as we focus on Jesus Christ.  I share the story of the 1996 Nigerian Football (american soccer) team who won the gold medal.   This win created infectious joy for all of Nigeria.  This story was used as an example that Elder I. Raymond Egbo uses in his talk titled  Focus on Jesus Christ and his Gospel from October 2024 General Conference.  I also loop back to the idea of our natural state being of joy, peace and contentment.  Then bring in some scriptures from the Book of Mormon about people feeling so much joy because of Jesus Christ.  As we are preparing for Easter in a month this is a good time to reflect on the great goodness of God that can help us experience such great joy that we can't even imagine. I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

Send us a text In this episode I evaluated how I am doing with my key results that I set at the end of January (ep208) when I talked about objectives and key results.  I talk through all of my key results and tell you how I am doing.  Some are a green and a few are red.  I also share this new cleaning idea I have that is working for me.  I also mention how I do feel like a change is slowly happening in me.  I am slowly becoming someone who enjoys the process of cleaning and decluttering her home!! How are your goals going so far this year? (Pardon my congested voice getting over a cold)For info and show notes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep214 NewsletterI would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

Send us a text “…our natural state of being is joy, love and peace.”  Ever been unable to sleep because you mind can't shut down.  Today I am sharing insights from the book, Don't believe everything you think - Why your thinking is the beginning and end of suffering by Joseph Nguyen.  This book is a great help to explain how thinking about our thoughts is the problem to our suffering.  And when we try to stop thinking then we can find love, joy and peace.  I share insights from the first half of his book. I mention my aha moment and his simple solution to help get us back to peace. Pause and eventually we can calm our minds so that we can sleep. Simple ideas with great impact. For show notes and resources come by www.findingthefloo.com/ep213Substack newsletter link Subscribe to my SubstackI would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

Send us a text We are at the end of February and this episode finished up the 4 weeks of things that I love.  This episode I share a bunch of little things, instead of just one.  I share things like the sun and sunset.  Experiences with family like playing games and being at the beach.  I also mention foods that I love, caramel, as one example.  Then at the end I invite all of you to make your own list of things that you love.  Take the time to reflect on all of the things you love and make life so much richer for you.  Subscribe to my Substack My recent newsletter on Substack I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

Send us a text “Music is a mood booster”  For the third episode in February I am sharing another thing that I love … music! And there are so many great benefits to listening or playing music.  I choose to share a handful of benefits that music has for us.  First, as a mood booster.  Second, as a way to help our physical bodies and third as a way that it can improve our mental health.   There are so many great things about music.For show notes and references come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep211I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “Exercise has been described as the miracle drug.”  This week I share another thing that I love, exercise.  I share a bit about how much I loved it when I was young and reflect on how that changed as I became an adult.  I love how there are also so many different ways to move your body that you can find something that you like.  I also share all the fabulous benefits of exercise, on the brain and the body.  One of the great benefits I mention is better mental health and all the happy hormones that are released when you exercise.  I share that even though I began exercising as an adult to lose weight, it has grown to this love because of how it helps me feel so much better each day.  For show notes and references come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep210I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “Love is good for you.”  Welcome to February and in honor of the month of love, I am sharing a few things that I love this month. This week's episode I am talking in defense of the love story and confessing how I just really love reading them and happy endings and sharing some of my favorite books. I share my own thoughts but then one of my new favorite author's notes from two of her books about the importance of love stories being in our lives.  We learn to love better by reading about people who learn to love better.  I will tell you about 8 books, love stories that I have been loving lately. In defense of the love story, “Let's immerse ourselves in hope and joy and goodness and read and read and read.” (Katherine Center)  Fro show notes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep209Authors and Books that  I share in this episode:Katherine Center - The BodyguardSophie Kinsella - Burnout Courtney Walsh - The Happy Life of Isadora Bently Julie Wright - Glass Slippers, Ever after and me. Amber Gilchrist - Rules of EngagementJoanna Barker - So True a Love and A Heart Worth Stealing Nancy Campbell Allen - Matchmake series and The secret of the India OrchidJulianne Donaldson - EdenbrookeI would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

“Ideas are easy - execution is everything.”   This week's episode I am talking about objectives and key results for our goals.  Due to an invitation from my husband, I read the book, Measure what matters by John Doer.  This book is geared toward business but I use the main points to use as a tool for our goals for this year.  It is a way to think about the how of your big idea that you want to work on.  I share my rethinking through my objective and share the key results for how I want to declutter.  I also share  the great idea of the BHAG, the big hairy audacious goal and stretching for amazing.  I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 When you look for trash that shows your brain that it is easy to declutter.  In this episode I share a few more decluttering tips as well as a story about the effects on your pipes due to the extreme cold or the polar vortex.  I found a couple of great tips I am passing on in this episode from the Clutterbug.  One of the tips is when you don't feel like decluttering, grab a trash bag and just start looking for trash that you can throw away.   She says it gets your brain going in the right mode.  I mention my experiment with this tip plus also share a couple of other ones.  Then I tell a story about the polar vortex, which we had this week and the temperature was as low as -18 degrees F.  We had a pipe burst while out of town and how our kids were great at dealing with the problem while we were sitting on a cruise ship for our anniversary.  A short episode today, nothing mind blowing but a few usable tips and a story.  For shownotes and references come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep207I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “Know how you spend your time.”  This episode I talk about making sure to schedule time to implement your systems that you want to put in place for the new year.  I first begin with a tip to find a word or phrase for the year that sums up what your direction is for the year.  And then I share how I am not doing so well with my decluttering and I realize that is because I am not setting aside time.  I mention how I have a few systems in place, like my morning routine and our dinners and how once they get put in place they make life easier.  Lastly, I discuss a few ideas about planning and different ways you can think about scheduling and planning your day.  For show notes and references come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep206I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

  “If you win each day with consistent preparation, work ethic, and expectation for excellence, the results will take care of themselves."  Happy New Year, friends!  It is so exciting to begin new goals or directions for the year - a becoming. I begin with a few tips that I have found in helping you start a new habit. With my goals,  I noticed how I was ready to go all in, and went a little too much.  Like doing double workouts for a few days and wanting to get all my decluttering done in a week.  So this episode I emphasize the importance of progress over perfection.  I look back on Episode 75 when I talked about 1 percent better and then recap on the principles of the Great Britain Cycling team that did just that.  I mention a great quote from the CSU swimming coach, Wally Morton. I also share a great quote and idea from Thomas S. Monsoon, in joys and glories of creation as we think about creating this new year.   I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “In order to improve for good, you need to solve problems at the systems level.”  This week I am looking ahead and thinking about the new year.  Instead of setting the same goals that don't get done this year I want to be different.  So I thought more about becoming someone who does those things rather than simply thinking about an outcome goal.  I share an article from James Clear about the importance of systems that help you enjoy the process of accomplishing just as much as outcome.  I also tell you a little bit about the idea of setting a direction or intention instead of a goal.  It keeps us a little more open to making the process work.  Then I also share this great article from Ashely Jansen. First she has some great reflection questions before you even set your direction or goal.  Then, second,  as we put a system in place to plan for hardship. Which means we may not be super motivated to do it but putting something in place that we will follow through anyway despite that.   Lastly, I remind you of the importance of keeping promises to ourselves.For show notes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep204I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

“Christmas Day is God fulfilling His word!”  In this episode I confess that almost halfway through December we still haven't put up our tree.  And I have been thinking about all of the traditions, decorations, songs, gifts and what it all means.  I wonder if I can still feel the spirit of Christmas without all of it?  So I share some things that have helped me refocus my efforts and remind myself of the true meaning of Christmas.  I remind myself about love and thinking of others.  Then learn a great new idea that making peace with your family at Christmas parties was one of their purposes.  I also share two stories, each an LDS missionary, who learned the real meaning of Christmas when far away from home.  So I hope I can regroup to remind myself of the gift of this season and its true meaning.  For shownotes and references come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep203I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

“Our beliefs influence our thoughts, and those thoughts determine our actions.” This episode, I explore the idea of belief and how important it is in our lives. I mentioned at the beginning that Thanksgiving being so late in the month, I have begun to think that I am already behind on Christmas.  I noticed how this thought which could become a belief is not really helpful to me.  I mentioned Inside Out 2 that gave such a good visual on how we get beliefs.  I share how beliefs can be empowering or limiting.  And what belief can help us to do in our lives.  Then I also share a bit about how detrimental self-doubt can be.  Belief really does rule how we see the world, so let's be mindful of what we are choosing to believe.  For show notes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep202I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “Maybe when you start recognizing the blessing you have, others will reveal themselves.”  I really love reflecting on the things I am grateful for each day!  In this episode I am sharing a lesson I gave my daughter's young women's group in our ward last spring which I am also going to share with my extended family at our Thanksgiving gathering.  I wanted to share in case you might want to use all or a part of the lesson for your family at Thanksgiving too.  I am a big proponent of a gratitude practice.  It really can help you overcome the negativity bias and help you to recognize more of the blessings you have in your life. It has so many health and social benefits that I share as well. The most important thing is showing gratitude is a way of showing faith in our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. I will have these quotes and screen shots from my powerpoint on my website for this episode if you choose to use them for Thanksgiving as well.   For show notes and the info for this lesson come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep201I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 I am in celebration mode - it is episode 200!  In this episode I look back at some of my favorite episode topics over the past 4 and a half years.  I mention how much my life has changed in the past 5 years as well as how much I have learned and grown from all of the things I have shared on the podcast.  Some of the podcast episodes I mention, the 90/10 Principle, The science fair project struggle, The expectation series, Pet Peeves and Keeping commitments to yourself.  Then I also highlight some of the books that I have loved sharing about.  A few that I mention are, The Confident Mind, Atomic Habits, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and I Don't have to make Everything all better.  I have loved sharing these past 200 episodes with you!  For show notes and references for all the episodes mentioned come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep200I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

“Some of the most beautiful parts of our world are created through conflict….”  In this week's episode I am sharing what I learned about the difference between conflict and contention.  After finishing such a contentious election it is good to talk about how we can welcome conflict.  I share how I really love the idea that conflict is essential in creation. I also share how we need to remember to use love and respect as we learn of differing ideas and opinions.  I also mention that  instead of usually wanting to avoid conflict, I can now look at it a whole new way.  I can learn to create a space where conflict is welcomed and handled with love and understanding. For show notes and references come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep199 I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “I can be myself with her.”  In this episode I am going to share some thoughts about love and marriage after having my son's wedding a few weeks ago.  I share the idea that being loved for who you really are can help you blossom and love others because you can forget to worry about yourself and how lovable you are.  I also talk about how we as humans like to love things, my example of my cute and cuddly dog.  I also make a point about loving as Jesus Christ, being more able to be ourselves when we actually think less of ourselves.  There are a lot of thoughts about love. For shownotes come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep198I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

“Happy day! All is well!”  This is the last in the series using the book, The The Parent's Tao Te Ching: A New Interpretation - Ancient advice for modern parents by William Martin.  This episode I share 3 new passages.  With topics like, Respect, trust and confidence as a parent.  So many great thoughts - working on using  respect and kindness when you children behave or misbehave.  I talked about remembering that we are all part of the Tao and that all is well.  I also share the lyrics to the Hymn, Come, come ye Saints.  Then I discuss confidence in making decisions, that an answer will come to you when you need them.  So many really good things to ponder and work on.  Also a reminder I will be taking a break for the next two weeks, and will be back with new content in November. For show notes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep197I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

What has your child failed at recently?  Today's episode we continued taking a look at a few passages from the book, The Parent's Tao Te Ching by William Martin.  This episode is all about failure being our best teacher.  These passages remind us how wonderful it is to be human and with that comes mistakes.  There are also messages freeing us as parents to realize our life experiences in their fullness both the happy and sad, success and failure all help us to teach our children.  I share a few experiences of my own failure and hardships.  I also relay the story of Sara Blakely, the founder and inventor of Spanx, who was asked by her dad each night at dinner when she was young what she had failed at that week which helped her not be afraid of failure. For show notes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep196I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “Create space within your heart and your children will always rest secure.”  In this episode, I share a few more words of wisdom from the book, The Parent's Tao Te Ching: A New Interpretation - Ancient advice for modern parents by William Martin.  I chose 3 different chapters that have similar themes.  To learn to relax your grip with your children and rely more on the Tao.  To make room and not fill all of your children's time and to be still, open and spacious.  Simple ideas and good things to think about.  For show notes come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep195I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “…And make the ordinary come alive for them. The extraordinary will take care of itself.”  In this episode I will be sharing a quote from William Martin from the book, The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents.  In this quote is the idea that we need to help our kids find wonder in the ordinary things and the extraordinary will take care of itself.  I share a little bit from 3 Nephi chapters 1 and 2,  that some of the people were no longer astonished about signs and wonders.  I  mention my youthful ideas, looking forward to extraordinary things and not realizing how wonderful and happy an ordinary life can be.  I then explore the quote by Plutarch, who talks about our learning less like a vessel to be filled but wood that needs to be lit on fire.  Finding wonder and being lit on fire - all good things to help us appreciate the goodness of an ordinary life.   For show notes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep194I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “It is weird to think about being 50.”  This week I am going to share a few of what I am calling my midlife musings.  I have been reflecting on my life lately and how it has changed from even just 5 years ago and the busyness is just so different.  I also take some time to think back to when I was a teenager and my thoughts of what I was looking forward to as I grew up, not even really thinking about being 50.  Then I share an instance of how different my life is by comparing how my mornings with kids used to be and how they are now.  I am no longer treading water and now it feels a bit weird to have things a little easier.  For show notes come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep193I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “Nothing new is easy at the beginning.”  This week I experienced momentum as we were finishing up my daughter's bedroom redo.  So in this episode I share what helped me gain my momentum this week and how it kept getting easier and easier to keep going.  I then share the physics definition of momentum. I also explain the force that we need to get us out of the state of rest, which is not easy.  Near the end I share how momentum can benefit our spiritual lives as well. For show notes come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep192I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

“You can really kick off a positive cycle of increasing transparency and closeness.”  This episode is a part 2 of sorts to the friendship from episode 190. I am talking about things to do when you feel lonely.  I had a great newsletter from Ellen Hendricksen that started it off with 4 things you can do when you feel lonely. She begins by defining loneliness which I share.  Then I especially liked the suggestion which she says, “Use each bout of loneliness as a cue to make social plans.”  Then I also share some things from two other articles.  Two highlights that I share are: When you are feeling lonely - call your mom and turn that feeling of loneliness into an opportunity to serve and drop off something for someone.   There are a lot more suggestions as to what we can do when we are feeling lonely.  So if things are feeling that way for you - come listen for some ideas and try out a few. I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “When we share about our lives, it signals to the listener that we trust them.”  Friendship is the topic for today's episode.  As I  know many of our children and youth are starting up school and have the opportunity to make new friends, this episode will help explain a little more about the skill or things we can do to foster new friendships or work on current ones as well.  I share my daughter's situation and her need to make some new friends.  I refer back to episode 83 titled Cultivating Friendships which uses information from the book How to be Yourself by Ellen Hendricksen.  I review a little bit from that episode but then go in depth more about the importance of sharing more with others and fostering connection.  Then I talk about making friends as adults and we can treat it almost like dating.  Connection is so important but as adults especially we have to be more intentional about it.  So here's to making new friendships and working on current ones.For shownotes come to www.findingthefloor.com/ep190I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

“For the first two editions (1896 and 1900), participation in [the Olympics] Games was literally a prize in itself.” In this episode I am sharing a few stories or background to a few women who competed in the Olympics and a few who will compete in the upcoming paralympics and the honor of just getting there.   I share about two pregnant women who competed in the olympics, an archer and a fencer Also an 58 year old woman who also made it to the Olympic in table tennis,  a dream of hers since she was 16.  Then I share a little about 3 women who will compete in the paralympics.  Kim Crosby, McKensie Coan and Julia Gaffney.  Women overcoming great odds to compete at this level.  Pretty cool their backstories.  For show notes come to www.findingthefloor.com/ep189I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “If you bless someone with your abundance, when it comes time and you need something, it will just appear.” I am back to decluttering.  Taking another go and this time I am doing it on my terms.  I share how I have decided that there is not “right” way to get rid of your things or that you even have to but that I can do it using what works best for both my strengths and weaknesses.  I talk about my new thoughts about all my stuff and how I have been so blessed to have enough that I can even think about decluttering.  I can bless others with my abundance.  Also enjoy the Olympics! For show notes come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep188I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

Ok friends - another throwback episode.  This week I had a few unexpected things pop up and I ran out of time to get my episode out.  So this is a good review for me about thinking of organization and decluttering which I will explore next week.  In the meantime enjoy this 3 year old episode (if you can believe it, because I can't!)“The basic aim of organization is to know where things are and to be able to retrieve these things with minimal to no fuss. “  My kids are back to school and I wanted to get more organized, hoping this is the year the kids actually hang up their backpacks. The only problem is I don't like traditional approaches to organization. Thanks to a little HGTV binging I found the show Hot Mess House and some new philosophies.   The Clutterbug and the PixiesDidIt who share that organization are definitely not one size fits all.   It is all about your personality and organizing that fits your lifestyle.  Well I can definitely try this.  If you have struggled with organization and want to start fresh with this school year listen up and while I share a few things I have learned to tackle this school year. I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “The invitation is always more than just an invitation…”  In this episode I share a little bit about the anxiety I felt as I was putting together the list of people to invite to my daughter's wedding.  I  tell of some interesting ideas about the power of invitations, like being a witness and belonging.  Also the hard side of not being able to invite everyone and worrying about leaving people out. Finally, how all of this can also remind us of Jesus Christ and his invitations to us.  Fro show notes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep187I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

I am back … this is not a throwback.  Today I share a short reflection about the wedding and making an experience.  I mention how it can be so easy to get caught up in all of the things: dress, cake, food, venue, music, invitations that the experience during the party can be more of an afterthought.  I share how my daughter had a great vision of what she wanted for the experience.  I also share a few experiences we had before the wedding which also made it so memorable.Show notes come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep186I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

Ok friends - last throwback for the summer and then I will be back with new stuff.  I love thinking about making small changes and how it can make such a difference.  You can also look into the series about The Atomic Habits series  (Ep 76,77& 78).  Enjoy!“Doesn't matter how small the improvement.”  This week I am sharing a bit about the British cycling team and the story of their rise to greatness after 76 years of not doing much. It is with that context that I thought it would be helpful to go into the new year as we think about any new year's resolutions.  So I share the ideas that helped the British team rise to excellence, this idea of 1 percent improvement, aggregate of marginal gains or small improvement each day. I also share the story of Namaan, from the Old Testament, who was asked to do a very small thing that then healed him.  It is amazing how sometimes the small things really can make all the difference. For shownotes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep075I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

Hi friends!  I did get to a episode this week.   I thought I would be doing a lot of this as for the wedding so I thought I would share the power of introductions.  Original episode 71.“Make the world a bit more human in the process.”  After last week I  have thought a lot about starting conversations and that led me to explore the power of introductions.  Introductions are helpful both in writing and when meeting someone new and I share how they both can relate.  I also share how being willing to take the time to make introductions can really help everyone feel a little more at ease and comfortable, something I realized I needed to work on in my Gospel Doctrine class.  So this episode is really more of a help for me seeing the purpose of an introduction and then a few things to think about whether you are  introducing yourself or two friends.  For shownotes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep071I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 Another throwback episode.  Although just before the episode I share a short story of the miracle of the maueverability test.  Just had to share.  Then to the episode because I think we all could use a reminder about what it means to be proactive in life.   Enjoy!“Response - ability” the ability to choose your response. This week I talk about habit 1 - to be proactive from the book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey.  Being proactive has many different facets.  First I cover the unique human capability to have self-awareness.  Then thanks to the work of Victor Frankl the idea that between stimulus and response we have the ability to choose.  I share this idea that to be proactive includes being responsible - the ability to choose our response.  Then there are lots of other little ideas and ways we can think of being proactive.  First I mention being aware of our language.  The other concept within this habit I discuss is our circle of influence versus our circle of concern.  Then I briefly share the idea of the have's and the be's as well as moving toward being more proactive by keeping commitments to ourselves and to others.  With this concept we can  learn to be led by our values and character rather than our moods.  Come and listen as I share some stories about my calendar, my mom circle of influence and a walk a thon.  I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

Hey friends - another throwback episode.  Just a few weeks til the wedding.  I thought this a great reminder of ways to look for the best in myself this summer!  I hope this helps you too.  Such practical tips! (now I really need to do them :))“...keep looking for the best in yourself.”  Continuing this episode talking about Confidence and the book, The Confident Mind - a Battle Tested Guide to unshakable performance by Dr. Nate Zinsser.  In this episode we get to learn all about our mental filter and how to make the most out of it.  I cover chapter two of the book as we learn about ways to make regular deposits in our mental bank account or what I like to call it our confidence bank account.  You are invited to try 3 different exercises - making a top 10, your daily ESP and your IPR.  These exercises are super practical and help you look for the best in yourself on a daily basis. For show notes got to www.findingthefloor.com/ep128I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

Hi friends!  June is proving to be pretty busy.  So this month I will be posting some older episodes for you to enjoy.  This one from the Book, I don't have to make everything all better and I think a great review.   Enjoy!!   “All of us want to be listened to and understood.”  This episode I begin sharing principles from the book “I Don't Have to Make it All Better”  By Gary B.  and Joy Saunders Lundberg.  The first two principles that I share in this episode are: Be an effective validator and leave the responsibility where it belongs.  I share the Lundberg's definition of validation and learn a bit how to walk emotionally with people.  Then also the art of helping - like a doctor who sets a broken bone.  I also reference episode 34 - It's not about the nail - I don't have to solve their problems.  (So go back and listen if you haven't heard that one yet.  This episode adds on to this idea).  I would love to hear from you! You can reach meend me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “What time is it? Summertime!!” Summer is here for us and now what?  This episode I share a few of our plans for the summer and a few reflections on my favorite time at the pool with my kids when they were all small.  I also reflect on how I am doing with the concepts from The Anatomy of  Peace book.  I share an experience that I can't decide if it's a failure or simply me not correcting very compassionately.  I then share how this podcast will go this summer, some replays as well as some more live or recently recorded episodes will all happen this summer.  For show notes come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep185I would love to hear from you! You can reach meend me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

“Peace – whether at home, work, or between peoples – is invited only when an intelligent outward strategy is married to a peaceful inward one.” This episode is the last one of the series talking about the book, The Anatomy of Peace by The Arbinger Institute.  In these last chapters we learn about the rest of the Pyramid of Change that was mentioned in the first episode.  It is with this pyramid that we can finally learn how to help things go right. We learn how after our heart is at peace we can then invite others to change as well.  So during this episode I share the 6 levels of the pyramid.  Then we learn 3 lessons from the pyramid and finally at the end, I share why the name Camp Moriah is chosen for the wilderness camp.  For show notes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep184I would love to hear from you! You can reach meend me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

“While you are correct that a heart at peace alone won't solve your complex outer problems, those problems can't begin to be solved without it.”  Another part talking about the book, The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.  This week I share the chapters that help us identify how to get out of the box and go from a heart at war to a heart at peace.  I share more about Yusuf's background and the person he met that helped him get his heart to peace.  In these chapters we learn the 4 steps to get us to a heart at peace.  For show notes www.findingthefloor.com/ep183I would love to hear from you! You can reach meend me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “Joining the youth in their hardships helps them because it helps us not to invite their hearts to go to war.”  We continue learning from the book, The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.  This week I begin to talk more about the process of getting our hearts to peace.  I also tell of the metaphor of taking off our shoes; a way to allow space for others to help their hearts get to peace, thanks to the camper Jenny.  Then I also share more about Avi's story and how his heart was also able to change to peace.  ( Happy Mother's Day coming up all you moms out there. )For show notes come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep182I would love to hear from you! You can reach meend me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

“It will serve neither ourselves nor our loved ones to think that we are better.”  This week I share more about The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.  We are in part 5 and going over a review of what the book has shared so far.  In the story the parents are finishing their first day and I share a list of all of the things that the parents have learned so far.  With a little more clarification I share the importance of our way of being even if the behavior is the same.  I tell of the discussion during the story, clarifying a little more about causes of the different styles of justification.  As well as learning that we can begin to carry our boxes with us.  And at the end an invitation to ponder which boxes you carry and how it has invited a warring heart in your life.For show notes come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep181 I would love to hear from you! You can reach meend me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “The more sure I am that I'm right, the more likely I will actually be mistaken.” This is the 4th episode where I am talking about the book, The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.  Covering chapters 12 and 13, I share the 4 justification boxes or styles of justification that can be typical when our hearts are at war.  I share a few stories, one involving black beans and being wrong as an example of one of the justification styles. For show notes come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep180I would love to hear from you! You can reach meend me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “A choice to betray myself is a choice to go to war.” This is part 3 is learning more from the Book, The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.  In this episode I cover chapters 8 through 11 of the book.  I share more about how our hearts can be in war and learn a new term, self - betrayal.  I share the childhood story of the character Yusuf and how that story helps show the idea of self betrayal as well as the resulting justification.  I also share the choice diagram which is in the book which we learn about in the book and how self-betrayal and justification take our hearts to war. For show notes come to www.findingthefloor.com/ep179I would love to hear from you! You can reach meend me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “The deepest way in which we are right or wrong, is in our way of being towards others.”  This week I continue telling you a little more about the book, The Anatomy of Peace.  I share a few stories, like that of the lawn mowing kind, can help us see how we are seeing them.  The stories help illustrate the way we can begin to think of others as objects and then getting more of things that we don't like.  For more info and show notes:  www.findingthefloor.com/ep178I would love to hear from you! You can reach meend me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

 “I become an agent of change, only to the degree that I begin to live to help things go right….”  This episode begins a series sharing the principles from the book, The Anatomy of Peace written by the Arbinger Institute.  It is a fictional story that helps teach some principles.  We are going to have a handful of parts to this book and this week I will be sharing some of the things that I learned from chapter 1 through 4.  The book begins with a story of some families who are dropping off their children at a wilderness rehabilitation camp, called Camp Moriah.  There the directors spend a few days teaching the parents so they can help facilitate change when their children are done with the program.  In this part of the book, the main parts of change is to understand that we become agents of change when we spend more time on helping things go right rather than correcting and criticizing.  Then the first principle we learn is about having a heart at war or a heart at peace.  We learn about the crusaders and Saladin and which was more successful due to their heart being at peace despite being involved in a war.  For show notes come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep177I would love to hear from you! You can reach meend me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!