As a life long optimist; I thought gratitude just 'was' because I was optimistic to external world. But, my internal world was a hot mess. Minimizing self, wondering when things would stop happening to me, and wondering when life would cut me a break, because I was killing myself working so hard, AT EVERYTHING. Yet, what makes gratitude is the deep sense of thankfulness as if you were given a gift. The benefits of gratitude are immense; including a connection to life, disposition to act positively, greater sense of purpose to  Cheers and thanks for listening! Stacy   Reach out to explore coaching! Accepting high achieving individuals who want to level up in business and personal life. Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Website www.stacyidema.com Instagram: stacykehrenidema Facebook: stacyidemacoaching Medium: skehrenidema Twitter: stacyidema

The Transitional Mom Podcast

049 | Gratitude

When everything you've accomplished and learned rattles around in your head instead of on paper, you undermine where you've been and what you overcome. I know it's not intentional; it happens because what has been accomplished gets mixed up with what's next on the list. Listen for a few thoughts and nuggets on how to reward yourself, reflect on the long list of what you've done, the new skills you've learned and where to go next. Cheers and thanks for listening! Stacy   I have openings for 1:1 coaching and my Women's Empowerment Group. Experiencing anxiety, self-doubt or fear, let's chat. Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Website www.stacyidema.com Instagram: skehrenidema Facebook: stacyidemacoaching Medium: skehrenidema Twitter: stacyidema

048 | 9 Months of Learning

As a strength, leadership refers to the tendency to organize and encourage a group to get things done while maintaining good relations in the group. . Leadership involves setting goals, enlisting effective help, building coalitions, smoothing ruffled feathers and accomplishing goals. Yet, there's something to be said about leading yourself. Regardless of opinions from those around you, only you decide what you do next and what is best for you. So, go lead yourself   Cheers and thanks for listening! Stacy   I have openings for 1:1 coaching and my Women's Empowerment Group. Experiencing anxiety, self-doubt or fear, let's chat. Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Website www.stacyidema.com Instagram: skehrenidema Facebook: stacyidemacoaching Medium: skehrenidema Twitter: stacyidema

047 | Lead Yourself

Zest is about approaching life in general and situations with excitement and energy. Those full of zest are excited to get up in the morning and see their lives as an adventure and contributes to your sense of purpose. Zest is one of the two strengths connected to happiness. Zest is on the bottom of my strengths ladder at 24. Listen to how I incorporated strengths to improve a weakness! Cheers and thanks for listening! Stacy   I have openings for 1:1 coaching and my Women's Empowerment Group. Experiencing anxiety, self-doubt or fear, let's chat. Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Website www.stacyidema.com Instagram: skehrenidema Facebook: stacyidemacoaching Medium: skehrenidema Twitter: stacyidema

046 | Zest for Life

Perseverance: despite obstacles you finish what you start. You’re hardworking and you organize self to support the needed activities and when all else fails your strength of perseverance helps you push through to the end. This helps build confidence for future success and goals. You have more perseverance than you give yourself credit for. It's likely you believe failure means not good enough instead of lessons learned and new skills acquired. Listen for a few more nuggets on perseverance! Cheers and thanks for listening! Stacy   Interested in learning how to parent better together or parent while moving your life forward? Let's chat. Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Website www.stacyidema.com Instagram: skehrenidema Facebook: stacyidemacoaching Medium: skehrenidema Twitter: stacyidema

045 | Own Your Perseverance

Empathy is about hearing others and truly listening and understanding their pain. Empathy is not, sympathizing or fixing a problem. Empathy is a meaningful and influential activity. It is a hot topic and can get a bad rap. The bad rap comes in when you make it about yourself. When you turn someone else's conversation into what you've felt, heard or experienced that's similar and that person 'should get over it or move on because all will be OK," you've stepped out of empathy. Empathy requires you to feel uncomfortable and live in that discomfort but not to take the roller coaster ride of emotions the one sitting across from you is taking on. Empathy requires practice and patience. Positive outcomes come from being on the giving and receiving end of empathy. Listen to learn more!   Cheers and thanks for listening! Stacy   I have openings for 1:1 coaching and my Women's Empowerment Group. Experiencing anxiety, self-doubt or fear, let's chat. Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Website www.stacyidema.com Instagram: skehrenidema Facebook: stacyidemacoaching Medium: skehrenidema Twitter: stacyidema

044 | What is Empathy

Really, no one needs an internal devil and yet, we allow one to take shelter and hang out like it was a best friend You speak to yourself worse than you would speak to any other loved one. Yet, you do it often. What would it look like for you to reduce your negative self-talk and show up with self-compassion? Listen to learn more!   Cheers and thanks for listening! Stacy   I have openings for 1:1 coaching. Experiencing anxiety, self-doubt or fear, let's chat. Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Website www.stacyidema.com Instagram: skehrenidema Facebook: stacyidemacoaching Medium: skehrenidema Twitter: stacyidema

043 | The Devil Inside Doesnt Need an Advocate

So I judged myself hard, why not? Easier to judge self than to have other judge me. Yet, I also assumed others judged me. Then again, sometimes they did; however, I didn't understand a couple things I've come to learn and appreciate about judgement. 1. Judgment is about your decision making process. Judgment is a critical thinking skill 2. When others judge you, it is a reflection of their own insecurities. Listen for more nuggets on ideal use of judgement and how use it as a strength.!   Cheers and thanks for listening! Stacy   I have openings for 1:1 coaching and my Women's Empowerment Group. Experiencing anxiety, self-doubt or fear, let's chat. Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Website www.stacyidema.com Instagram: skehrenidema Facebook: stacyidemacoaching Medium: skehrenidema Twitter: stacyidema

042 | Judgment and Being Judged

I wished and hoped through many years of my life. Hope, as a strength. Hope can look like many things. A couple of examples: 1. Setting a long list of unachievable goals only to never take action and wonder when good things will happen 2. Positivity all the time without acknowledgement that crappy things happen in life and you work through them to get back to the good. Hope is optimism; however, hope requires action. Hope alone will not bring you what you desire. Action with you hope produces results. Listen for more nuggets on how using strengths. Cheers and thanks for listening! Stacy   I have openings for 1:1 coaching and my Women's Empowerment Group. Experiencing anxiety, self-doubt or fear, let's chat. Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Website www.stacyidema.com Instagram: skehrenidema Facebook: stacyidemacoaching Medium: skehrenidema Twitter: stacyidema

041 | Finding Hope

When someone says to you, you don't do that well, go to it better. What do you feel? What do you say? Getting better at something is almost always desirable; however, when the goal is to improve the weakness, the pain to work through that weakness is grueling. What if you improved your weakness using a strength? How do you use strength to improve a weakness? Listen for more details. Cheers! Stacy   I have openings for 1:1 coaching and my Women's Empowerment Group. Experiencing anxiety, self-doubt or fear, let's chat. Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Website www.stacyidema.com Instagram: skehrenidema Facebook: stacyidemacoaching Medium: skehrenidema Twitter: stacyidema

040 | Improve Your Strengths, Not Your Weaknesses

The last of a series exploring my journey to Purpose. I believe everyone has a purpose, maybe several purposes. Whatever you feel calling you, explore it. Understanding now everything happens for a reason, I also know I ignored what was speaking to me. Some procrastination came from self-worth, or the lack of; some, came by way of priorities. Regardless of your situation, you deserve to do what you love; however, only YOU will grant yourself permission to do the work. What are you waiting for, go get it! Cheers and thanks for listening! Stacy   I have openings for 1:1 coaching and my Women's Empowerment Group. Experiencing anxiety, self-doubt or fear, let's chat. Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Website www.stacyidema.com Instagram: skehrenidema Facebook: stacyidemacoaching Medium: skehrenidema Twitter: stacyidema

039 | The Purpose to Journey Part III

I believe everyone has a purpose, maybe several purposes. Whatever you feel is calling you, explore it. This is the 2st of a 3 episode journey exploring my Journey to Purpose. My early 30's were a hot mess. And then, something in me decided enough was enough. I started to take a stance and begin exploring what I believed was tugging at me. Listen for more details!   Cheers and thanks for listening! Stacy   I have openings for 1:1 coaching and my Women's Empowerment Group. Experiencing anxiety, self-doubt or fear, let's chat. Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Website www.stacyidema.com Instagram: skehrenidema Facebook: stacyidemacoaching Medium: skehrenidema Twitter: stacyidema

038 | The Journey to Purpose Part II

I believe everyone has a purpose, maybe several purposes. Whatever you feel is calling you, explore it. This is the 1st of a 3 episode journey exploring my Journey to Purpose. Knowing from a very young age my destiny included helping others, my belief system of working hard and financially providing for self and family consumed so much energy. And my limiting beliefs second guessed when I would have time to do what tugged at me for so long. Listen for more details!   Cheers and thanks for listening! Stacy   I have openings for 1:1 coaching and my Women's Empowerment Group. Experiencing anxiety, self-doubt or fear, let's chat. Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Website www.stacyidema.com Instagram: skehrenidema Facebook: stacyidemacoaching Medium: skehrenidema Twitter: stacyidema

037 | The Journey to Purpose Part I

Self-acceptance is a bitch. You are born into the world without anxiety or pre conceived notion of life. You learn all of the sh*t from our experiences, our perception and our perception of perfection. You are an imperfect human. So am I. And when the world finally makes a little sense or you finally feel like you fit into a space, acceptance of self is just a little easier. Acknowledging the moments you accept yourself for the holistic human you are - is powerful. Never stop, it's a process! Today I speak to my journey of self acceptance and when my life and the world around me started to make sense. Cheers and thanks for listening! Stacy   I have openings for 1:1 coaching and my Women's Empowerment Group. Experiencing anxiety, self-doubt or fear, let's chat. Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Email me at hello@stacyidema.com Website www.stacyidema.com Instagram: skehrenidema Facebook: stacyidemacoaching Medium: skehrenidema Twitter: stacyidema

036 | Radical Self-Acceptance

Thought provoking conversation between generations on racism. I did not do as good of job as I thought when it comes to talking about racism. The 21 YO and I talk about it. In fact, our family has a long way to go; however, we've started the conversations and are committed to the dialogue. I did struggle with using my platform to talk about racism. I'm a white female and we are a white family. And it's not about us. It's about our friends and our loved ones who live in racism daily. That said, my goal is to help even one family move beyond 'how to I even start…' because the answer is 'just start talking.' You can't do anything about the past, you can only move forward. We commit to being part of the change. Will you join us? Stacy  

035 | From the Mouth of Babes_Conversation Racism

Real-life discussion, learnings and life lessons for real life parents, co-parents and stepparents and child influencers. The raw perspective of one woman who's been divorced once, married twice and is still learning what it means to be a parent while growing up (herself) and raising kids. Focused on creating a community of the parenting journey jumping in from adolescence, skipping over to teen and young adult where Stacy shares many stories of while single parenting, co-parenting and well, just plain old parenting for the last twenty-two years (and counting). The show is hosted and stories are shared from the life of Stacy Kehren Idema, an adult (sometimes), a mom (all the time) an imperfect person (every second) and last, but not least, a character strengths and parent coach (a.k.a.: life coach).

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