Can we create the type of holiday season we want and and throw stress and overwhelm to the curb?  Today we discuss a list of powerful questions that will help you keep the magical holiday feeling without the stress!  Yes. This is about how to be intentional in approaching the upcoming holidays!  You will learn to create your ideal holiday vision by defining the feelings and type of environment you want to create in your home.  We discuss what thoughts you can change to evoke that emotion and how to choose activities that will help you execute a great holiday season!

Live Life Clearly The Podcast

EPISODE 10: Holiday Management With Intention

Join me today as I talk about the lessons I've learned about conflict during COVID-19.  Learn how to be okay with unresolved conflict, how discomfort can actually serve us, and how to have the conversation when you and your partner disagree about the quarantine/pandemic.  

# 21 Partner Conflict with Covid-19

The symptoms of Bipolar Disorder can often be overlooked because of their similarities to ADHD.  Studies show that thirty percent of people diagnosed with ADHD will have a depressive episode or have a mood disorder in their lifetime.  I have always been fascinated with this association because of my own anxiety and depression disorders and also having family members with Bipolar Disorder.  Today I discuss mental health with Mental Health advocate, Keirstyn Secord @dancingwithdarkness on Instagram.  We discuss some BIG TOPICS and suggestions that those of us with ADHD can directly relate to: -The empowerment and grieving process of a diagnosis. -How to differentiate between who you are and your diagnosis. -How to embrace the awkward with mental health. -How to know if your therapist is a right fit for you. -Going beyond the grocery store response. -Self compassion and empathy.

#20 Bipolar & Mental Health with Keirstyn Secord

Today is an interview with Dr. Sharon Saline.  She teaches us how to communicate and negotiate with our kids and teens by using Reflective Listening and giving them a sense of autonomy through Directed Free Choice.  We discuss how to get on the same page as your partner and meet in the middle with struggles you may be having during through the quarantine.

#19 Conflict Resolution With Kids During Quarantine

Join me today for an EXCELLENT interview with David Kozlowski.  David is not only a licensed therapist but is host of my favorite parenting podcast, Light the Fight!  David and Heidi Swapp produce a parenting podcast to learn his relationship philosophy and how to develop a true partnership of trust with their teenagers.   In this episode we discuss relationship roles, how to connect and partner with your teen, how to evolve as parents and become more intentional in our efforts, the key to running your family like a business, Netflix vs. Blockbusters, and SO MUCH MORE!    

EPI 18: Running Your Family Like a Successful Business

Today I interview Elli Kennedy of my FAVE digital journaling app, Day One!  Journaling has always been an outlet for me to destress and organize my life.  It gives me an opportunity for self connection and clarity. Day One has over 10 MILLION downloads and a 4.8 rating on the Apple Store!  They have also been nominated as Apple Store's Editor's Choice, App of the Year, and received the Apple Design Award.  I have used Day One since 2013 and they continue to improve their user platform and enrich the journaling experience.  

EPISODE 17: Day One Digital Journaling App

Join us today for an interview with Molly Bice Jackson, a keynote speaker and Child Loss Survivor.  She shares her story of the loss of her sweet daughter, Lucy and how the power of human connection got her through the most tragic experience of her life.  

16: HUMAN CONNECTION

Today I interview Dr. Sharon Saline, a licensed clinical psychologist.  She helps families navigate through the confusing maze of diagnoses and conflict to successful interventions and connections.  She is also an author, lecturer, and workshop facilitator.  I had the privilege of meeting Sharon at the CHADD conference in St. Louis in 2018 after the presentation on her book, What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew:  Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life.  She even signed my copy! (The pic you see of us together is at the CHAD conference--she was seriously so nice and we had a great conversation with her!)   In our podcast interview we discuss the 5 C's in her book and it's practical application to help parents aid in our ADHD child's success!

EPISODE 15: What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew

Today I am joined by speaker, author, reading specialist, and ADHD advocate, Katelyn Mabry.  She is the author of the children's book, "Hi, It's Me! I have ADHD".  This book will make every ADHD child feel understood, connected, and loved.  In the show we discuss helping your child recognize and use their strengths, finding unique strategies for their ADHD brain, rumination and obsessing, training our brains and thoughts, Executive Function and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria.   

EPISODE 14: BOOK: Hi It's Me, I Have ADHD

Join me today as I take you through my journey of understanding and defining my personal core values.  I will teach you what core values are, how to define them, and why they are important to your parenting. 

EPISODE 13: Defining Your Core Values

Today I interview my son, Max who has ADHD inattentive type.  Max gives some helpful advice for parents and other ADHD teens. We discuss when he actually started noticing that he was different and he opened up about how he felt before and after his diagnosis.  He shares how important time management is—wait….what???  

EPISODE 12: ADHD From a Teen Perspective

Check out today’s new episode of the podcast!  I walk you through my formula to help you manage when life gets overwhelming.  I also talk about Jon and I’s backpacking trip and how the preparation formula can be similar to managing your overwhelm.

EPISODE 11: The Formula for Overwhelm

Join us today as we talk about ADHD Awareness Month.  Summer has been posting to social media an ADHD myth accompanied by a myth bust, every day of October.   Today we will be talking about her favorite myth and how its counterpart - hyperfocus - was actually such a blessing for her as a kid.

EPISODE 9: ADHD Awareness Month

Join Jon and Summer today as they discuss the basics of finance. You will learn what you need to focus on, how to plan for the unexpected, and the pros and cons of money management with ADHD.

EPISODE 8: Basic Principles of Finance

Today we're talking about what executive function is and why making dinner, and all the steps leading up to it, requires so many of these skills.  Learn about my dinner menu process and a strategic plan to follow through on it.  Grab your freebie here!

Episode 7 Executive Function & Making Dinner

Join ADHD wife, Summer and non-ADHD husband, Jon as they talk about how ADHD plays a role in their lives. He is a doctor and she is an ADHD life coach and together they find ways to address challenges and live a successful life.