Stay ConnectedHas something simple ever changed your life? A lunch box note changed mine. A few years ago, my husband wrote a timely message to our son that said: BE STRONG, PROTECT THE WEAK, LOVE EVERYONE. Those six words ignited our family’s mission to love others well.
Each week on Be Love. Do Good. podcast, we’ll share ideas, encouraging words, and stories that inspire you to love outside your comfort zone.
Today I am talking with Lauren Scrugg Kennedy. Lauren is a Blogger, author and wife to Jason Kennedy. This conversation could not be more perfect timing. When all of us are feeling a little down and nervous, Lauren’s powerful story of her finding healing in a tragic experience can make us all hopeful.
We talk about marriage tips and how she and Jason strengthen their marriage even though sometimes they are in the public eye. Jason is a correspondent for E news and hosts his own show called In the Room.
We talk about moving away from family to California and finding community in new places.
Lauren has a passion for helping us stay healthy with clean living. We talk about the importance of what we put in our bodies and what products we put in our home. She has a way of being so approachable and teaching us in such a gracious manner.
This conversation will lighten your heart during this hard time we are all facing right now. You won’t want to miss this episode.
To learn more about Lauren go to our show notes here
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This week I talked with Joanna Waterfall, Founder of Yellow Co. a community of women creating meaningful work. She is the guru of helping others find community. So much so that she started a company based on others finding each other and their shared passions.
Joanna and I talk about how we were all made for the community, how to find it, and why it matters. We discuss how hard it can be, how we can be a society that can be socially connected but lonely at the same time. She gives us advice on how to be vulnerable and take the risk to find those who will do life with you.
Another thing at which she excels is teaching us how to create meaningful work. Yellow Co. defines work as creating meaning in this world and making sure what you do aligns with you. A huge part in that is knowing yourself, so you can lead not only yourself but others.
We talk about our own struggles of identity and worthiness and how to find our wholeness so we can help others find theirs.
This is a conversation that will encourage you and set you on your next steps to find or strengthen the community you have always desired.
To learn more about Joanna and Yellow Co. Check out our show notes. https://www.bestrongstory.com/be-love-podcast
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Most of us know what’s important in our life, but does the time we spend on them reflect this?
If you looked at how we lived our life, would people know what was really important to you?
Would your life reflect your priorities?
Today I have my friend Kyle Barger, founder of Make a Day, on the podcast. He started serving others out of the success of his company. Something that started as a small opportunity to love others has turned into a non-profit that serves the homeless in Ohio.
Here are some of the main takeaways from our conversation:
If you want to get clear on what should matter in your life and how to make the right things important, you will love this conversation.
Join me as I chat with my old friend and teammate about what matters, how to make it a priority in your life, and how to leave a legacy by serving others in the unique way you can.
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Head to our show notes for more information on Kyle and some of the things we talked about today. https://www.bestrongstory.com/be-love-podcast
I love talking about things that are inspiring to me, something that I am learning, something that was an AHA moment for me.
And one of those things I am working on right now is being present in me.
Not scrolling my phone when I am bored or lonely, or adding something to my day that doesn’t really need to be there because I can’t just be still. But I am focusing on just being present, noticing things around me; the beauty, the sounds, the gift of that moment.
We live in a world where we are bombarded with stimulus at ALL hour, minutes, seconds of the day.
Today’s podcast I give some specific ways I am trying to BE more present, to be more at home with myself.
If you find yourself feeling cluttered or you can’t free up space in your mind, check out this short episode and try some of the things that are helping me right now.
For more show notes and how to start family coaching with us head over to www.bestrongstory.com where we go over topics that help strengthen your family and the community you live in. Simple teaching, simple tools, simple ways you can be love to those around you daily!
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Have you ever felt like you wanted to do something but didn’t feel qualified? Maybe you had a dream you wanted to go after but you didn’t feel like you were smart enough or had enough experience to succeed? Today we are talking to Kate Crocco, she is a licensed therapist+mindset and confidence coach and author of her new book “Thinking Like A Boss,” which you can now get on Amazon or anywhere books are provided. She is also is a mama to two little girls who keep her busy. I love picking her brain of how she is able to get the things she wants accomplished while loving her family well.
We talk about what to do when we feel unqualified, how to put practices in our life to practice our confidence, how to look at saying NO differently.
This episode is one you can think about your entire life. With tangible tools from her therapy practice, Kate teaches us to go for our dreams, gives us the freedom to help others go after theirs, and to set up boundaries in our life so we can say YES to the things that are important.
If you have ever had trouble saying NO to others or making boundaries, Kate gives us some steps to protect the life we want to create.
And guess what Kate is giving us 2 CHAPTERS of her book for FREE.
All you have to do is take her quick 45-second quiz that helps you discover what’s holding you back from taking that next move in life and business and then along with your results, you will receive the first two chapters of this book for free!
So head on over to KateCrocco.com/quiz to get your results and two free chapters
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CraftinGood supports and encourages families to come together, celebrate differences, stand up for equity and inclusion, improve the wellness of themselves, each other, the planet and to live with a focus on love and trust over fear and doubt.
They are giving 20% off to our listeners if you use the code BELOVE start your first kindness subscription box today.
For more show notes and how to start family coaching with us head over to www.bestrongstory.com where we go over topics that help strengthen your family and the community you live in. Simpled teaching, simple tools, simple ways you can be love to those around you daily!
Today’s guest is Hoda Melki. Hoda is from Beirut, Lebanon and lives there with her husband. They both founded Heart for Lebanon which is a non-profit that provides help to refugees. The trip that forever changed my life is the one I took to Beirut. To see first hand the refugees’ story, to sit with them on their floor as they tell of atrocities, and to see Heart for Lebanon come alongside in their pain was amazing.
Hoda grew up in a worn- torn country and tells about her experience. For those of us who can’t fathom this life, this is a podcast you need to listen to. We talk about ultimate forgiveness, what it looks like to forgive those who have wanted to harm you. We talk about love on an entirely different level and what it truly looks like to love someone who is suffering.
We talk about what it looks like now in the Middle East.
The one thing I love so much is conversing about how we can live in different parts of the world but our hearts can be so similar, and our pain and suffering can be universal.
“We can open our heart, listen to their story, give them eye contact, let them know we are here for them. Her voice is heard when I see her sorrow.”
“Her Story is my Story.”
We talk so much on be.Love podcasts about knowing other’s stories and coming alongside those who have different experiences than we do so we can understand.
Don’t miss this conversation I have with Hoda this week.
Check out more on our show notes:https://www.bestrongstory.com/be-love-podcast
Learn more about Heart for Lebanon and how you can support the incredible work they are doing.
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Today my guest is Mica May, founder and CEO of May Designs. You have seen her beautiful designs at Target. In this conversation we talk about finding our creativity in our own way, asking others for help in the areas we aren’t gifted in, and how to connect with others who are going through similar situations.
Mica has a successful business that she started by solving a problem for herself and her friends. She also is a part of the “Lucky Few” parents who have a child with down syndrome. We talk about what it was like to find a community that understood what they were going through as parents.
My favorite part is the last question, when Mica talks about connecting with her kids 5 minutes a day by just looking in their eyes and being present. This has been a game changer for me, I have been doing this with my kids. Don’t miss the last 5 minutes of our conversation of how to connect with our kids and our loved ones.
4:15-8:16: The story of how Mica May started her company
11:15: Don’t be afraid to ask others
12:28: How to validate each other and our spouses
14:13 How do we find our creativity
17:00 Being confident in your own giftings
24:00 Not feeling shame for not knowing things and asking for help.
27:00 Having their son Jackson who has down syndrome.
34:00 Struggling to find community
35:00 Book real life moments with people
36:00 Show up for people
42:00 Be present with others and ways we can do that by eye contact, and other tangible ways.
Connect with Mica May
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Today we are talking about all things GRIEF, specifically how do we walk with friends through grief. All of us will or have experienced grief in some way. It could be the loss of a loved one or friend, loss of a dream, relationship, future, family.
People around us are grieving every day, and we all want to help them, but how do we enter their pain? Many times we don’t know what to do or what to say, so then we find ourselves saying and doing nothing at all.
This year we have personally felt the sting of grief. We have lost 3 very important people in the span of 9 months. We have experienced some incredible support through this time and wanted to share what helped us. We also polled our community of what helped them through grieving.
This podcast shares very tangible ways you can support and care for your friends when they suffer a loss. Some may be things you have already done, and some of these may be new ways to support you have never thought of.
Join us today as we have a very real discussion on how we can support others through loss.
Molly Stillman is the founder and creator of Still Being Molly, a life and style blog started in 2007, and the host of the Business with Purpose podcast. Her true passion lies in helping inspire women to know that they were created on purpose, with a purpose, and for a purpose. Molly has had the honor of collaborating with brands such as Stitch Fix, Target, Elegantees, The Root Collective, Sseko Designs, Noonday Collection, and more. She is honored to have been featured in such publications and media as US News & World Report, Scary Mommy, The 700 Club, Cary Magazine, and was named as one of the “Carolina’s 75 Most Stylish People” by Carolina STYLE Magazine. She is a wife to John, mama to Lilly and Amos, dog mom to Tater and Audrey, a loud laugher, lover of Jesus, Diet Coke and all of the Chipotle burritos.
Here are some things we dive into this week:
Loving others by living out your purpose.
What do we do with the stirrings in our heart.
Don’t downplay the desire that has been placed in your heart.
What if our purpose doesn’t feel valuable?
Why does the world get to tell us what we have to be, or what is important?
There is room at the table for everyone.
We talk about singleness and those who feel content to stay single.
Loving others through your purchasing power.
How do we serve others in the way we purchase things.
My vulnerable journey about getting praise and accolades.
Head over to our show notes for more information and how to get in touch with Molly.
Find Molly:
Instagram: Stillbeingmolly
Website: www.stillbeingmolly.com
Listen to her Podcast: Business with Purpose
Episode 110, 120,130 are great to talk about ethical brands.
Check out this tab to search for ethical brands.
Today’s guest is one of my favorite Brits. Steve Cockram and I are talking all about self awareness. Steve Cockram is an international speaker, author, and consultant to top-level executives and leaders around the world. He is a subject matter expert on personality and wiring, organizational leadership, emotional intelligence, and interpersonal communication. Steve is the co-founder of GiANT Worldwide, a global leadership consultancy. He is also co-author of the books 5 Gears and 5 Voices published by Wiley.
There are some podcast guests I have on that I believe if we listened and put their knowledge into practice it could really change our lives. Today’s guest will do just that. Many of us think we are self aware but are we really. And if we don’t know ourselves and know how to lead ourselves how can we lead others. Every single one of us, whether you own a business or are a stay at home mom, you have influence on someone. Steve has years of experience in personalities, communication, and how to love others well by learning to communicate with them.
We talk about SO many things. You will want to listen to this several times.
Some of my big takeaways:
We talk about how to ask the right questions of our spouse and our kids. How we can go years without really knowing how to love and communicate with the people closest to us.
You will want to listen to this several times over.
And Steve has made many of the tools he writes about free for our listeners.
Go to https://www.giant.tv/bb to get these tools free for a month.
Also check out his book 5 VOICES: How to Communicate Effectively With Everyone You Lead
For more show notes click here. https://www.bestrongstory.com/be-love-podcast
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