 I've been thinking about fairy tales over the past couple days. In fairy tales it doesn't matter where the main character starts. It matters where they finish. Cinderella doesn't start out as a princess, but that's where she ends up. We are the exact same. Where we are right now doesn't matter. Where we're going does. This moment right now doesn't define who we are. Let's talk about it! 

Perfectly Patti

Episode 146: Fairy Tales and Other Truths

I was talking to a friend going through some very tough times, and we started to discuss faith.A recent quote popped into my head and it kind of blew my mind:"We receive more faith by doing something that requires more faith."Crazy, right?To receive faith we have to show faith?My friend and I started talking about it and a few insights popped up that i wanted to share with all of you...

Episode 145: Faith Requires Faith?

What does boxing have to do with service?Not much, in reality.But as I watched a documentary on Muhammad Ali, I discovered how the two were linked in his life.So how do we serve?Who do we serve?How do we find opportunities?Let's talk about it!

Episode 144: Service & Boxing

It's been promised that we can have peace in turbulent times.How do we find that peace though?When things are bad and our lives feel like they're falling apart, where do we turn?For me, I think back to the hardest time in my life.When my husband was dying.Where did my peace come from?Let me tell you about it...

Episode 143: Peace in Troubles

 When I was 19 years old I almost made the biggest mistake of my life.Not over-exaggerating.I wanted something.I wanted it pretty bad.When I prayed, I thought I knew the answer.Almost instantly though, as I got up off my knees, something happened.I want to share this with you, along with my own doubts about myself, so we can look at prayer and how the Lord makes sure that even if we're not looking in the right place, he will try to show us the way. 

Episode 142: Prayers & Mistakes

Ah pets...As you know, last month my 10-year-old daughter came into our bedroom just before my husband and I were going to bed and gave us a full Power Point presentation about why we should buy her a pet.It was adorable.It also put us on a path that has been unexpected and in some cases (I'd like to think, anyway) out of our control.Let me share this comedy of errors, and whether or not we now have a bird...

Episode 141: Yes...We Got the Bird.

When it comes to social media, it's really easy to get pulled into someone else's agenda.Agendas of fear.Agendas of anger.Agendas of being the victim.But what is Christ's Agenda?Are we following that agenda?Are we loving God and our neighbor?Simple questions with massive consequences.Let's talk about it...

Episode 140: Christ's Agenda

 The #1 fear for a lot of people is public speaking.I don't suffer from that.And apparently neither does my ten-year-old daughter.She spoke in our church yesterday to the kids, and In learned a great lesson from her that I wanted to share.It's our personal trials and stories that have the greatest impact.What happened? What did she say?Let me tell you about it! 

Episode 139: Authenticity & Public Speaking

Tough Love.We let the consequences come when people make bad choices.It's an important aspect of life.But how far do we go down that path with judgment and anger?Do we refuse to help when someone around us does something we know will turn out bad, and that eventuality occurs?That's what I want to talk about today.It's a tough personal choice, but one we need to reevaluate.Let's talk!

Episode 138: Tough Love Balance

With this weekend being the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, I found myself thinking a lot about miracles, and how sometimes they don't happen when or how we think they should.I was reading in the first part of Luke when he writes, "with God, nothing shall be impossible."That statement is true.But that doesn't mean that everything we want is possible how and when we want it.I've been thinking about this in my own life, and I wanted to share my thoughts with you.Join me!

Episode 137: Belated Miracles

It took me awhile to understand just how much I needed a best friend.It's easy to think we can go through everything alone and that we don't need anyone else's help.Once we go through those times in our lives that beat us down though, we realize how much we need the support of others.I wanted to introduce you to one of my best friends.We're going to talk a bit about how that relationship has fostered our growth over the years and decades since we first met.

Episode 136: The Importance of Best Friends

I don't know about you, but sometimes I feel like my brain finally understands something that I should have comprehended decades ago.These epiphanies normally have something to do with how I can be more aligned with my Father in Heaven.This week a friend of mine said something along the lines of how to we can draw our actions closer to those of our Savior...and my brain just clicked.Let's talk about it!

Episode 135: Epiphanies & Other Lessons

As many of you know, I wrote a book about my Spiritual journey during the months of my late husbands cancer struggle.But I didn't do it alone.I had Crystal.I wanted to sit down with her to talk about what the experience was like, and how we were able to create something so special and personal...together.

Episode 134: How to Write a Book

 I know that for a lot of people, organized religion is a turn-off. Going to church, hearing instructors and teachers, all of it seems disingenuous. I was thinking about this yesterday as I interacted with members of my congregations, and I came to a conclusion. If going to church were just about me, then I'd agree that it could be far less uplifting. But here's the thing: Going to church isn't just about us. It's about our neighbors and how we can serve and love and uplift. Let's talk about it! 

Episode 133: Why Do You Go To Church?

This is my favorite time of year!Yes, I love my kids, but once school is back, I feel a little more freedom.And peace.That's what I want to talk about today: Peace.God is not a God of confusion, but peace, and as we seek it, we will find it.

Episode 132: Back to School!

Hi, I'm Perfectly Patti. Not 'Perfect' Patti, but 'perfectly' Patti. In other words I'm perfectly me, and you're perfectly you! Let's laugh, cry, and ponder together.

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