In Joy Life with Mattie Jackson

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Resolutions, Intentions, and Setting Your Filters for 2024 Dec 26, 2023

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Do you fall victim to resolution regret every year? Maybe you go into the new year strong, with genuine, I-can-do-it-this time convictions and then come March, you're right back where you started. Ever think maybe we're teeing all this up wrong?

What if in place of rules or resolutions, this year we focused on rhythms? What if instead of shooting for that 180 degree turn in our health or relationship or professional life, we chose to get 1% better each week? What if we mapped out who we wanted to be 5 years from now instead of what boxes we wanted to check in 6 months? What if we worked backward with our goals – setting not undoable finish lines to cross but establishing core values through which to filter our decisions and plans?

Shannon and I are no experts - we've done it wrong plenty of times. And this year, we're flipping the script. Join us in changing our approach to New Years growth and goals, including the attached, customizable vision board for you and your family to adjust your vision for 2024.

Happy New Year, y'all!

A Chat with Santa & Christmas Party Tips from My Fav Elves Dec 12, 2023

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As we grow nearer and nearer to Christmas, I hope this week's jolly episode brings you a burst of joy as you shop, wrap, bake, or hustle to get whatever checked off your Christmas list this week! In part 1, you'll hear from some of my favorite elves (BFFs) on some fabulously easy and delicious Christmas app & cocktail recipes as well as some insider tricks for parents reeling in the face of two more weeks of elf on the shelf.

In part 2, I get to chat with Santa himself!!! We get a little insight on his health journey over the past year (don't worry, he hasn't given up cookies, and neither should you!), how he and Mrs. Claus celebrate Christmas, and more.

I hope this festive episode brings you a little lightness and joy this week as we continue the advent and Christmas season!

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Elves' fav recipes:

Emily's easy bacon crackers: https://www.aforkstale.com/easy-bacon-cracker-recipe/

Emily's Boursin, prosciutto crostinis: https://www.hungryhooker.com/new-recipes/cheesy-crostini-bites-84maf

Madison's homemade shortbread: https://thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/stem-ginger-shortbread/

Ryba fudge & treats: https://ryba.com

Rahaf's spicy sweet potato bites (serves 4):

2 sweet potatoes, cut into rounds and then halved

Your favorite chili oil (recipe discussed in episode)

Toss in salt, pepper and chili oil

Roast at 425 for 15 minutes or until soft

Relish topping (chopped by hand or in food processor):

1/4 cup pistachios, almonds or walnuts, chopped

1/4 cup figs or dates, chopped

zest of 2 limes

1/8 cup olive oil

1 bunch of mint, roughly chopped

salt to taste

Put on top of sweet potatoes and enjoy.

Elf on the shelf creative tips:

https://creativelykaty.com/products/elf-on-shelfs-journey-to-the-manger-2023?_pos=1&_sid=fc9e9840f&_ss=r

Hope in the Hard Diagnosis & How to Stay Allies in Your Marriage Dec 05, 2023

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Shannon and Chase Willardson may as well be brand ambassadors for this podcast. Their family's story, their enduringly hopeful hearts, and their unending commitment to choosing joy during lifelong difficulty is inspiring. Within the first year after the birth of their second child, Shannon and Chased learned that their daughter, Charlie, suffered from an extremely rare disease called CDG, a lifelong prognosis with no treatment or cure. And even more, as they worked to accept and adapt to Charlie's profound lifestyle needs, they became pregnant with their third child who was diagnosed in utero with the same disease.

Shannon and Chase share openly the spiritual and emotional turmoil that facing these diagnoses brought on their family, but even so, never stray too far from the hope that their foundation of faith and resilient relationship have provided. They are courageously honest about the struggles and darkness of their reality and yet always return to active gratitude and celebration of the family they love. They are admirable and enduring allies on this journey and in their marriage. They are truly such a joy!

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Listen to the Willardsons on Don't Judge, Just Love podcast

Is Worry Free Living (and Parenting) Possible? with Sissy Goff Nov 28, 2023

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Sissy Goff has not only spent 3 decades counseling children and their families but is a prolific author and speaker and just pretty much spews joy and wisdom everywhere she goes. Her most recent book is a MUST READ for all parents and really all humans. The Worry Free Parent: Living in Confidence So Your Kids Can Too offers empathy, intellect, and endless tangible resources for all of us to better identify and manage anxiety.

A few of the awesome topics we cover:

-5 ways to identify when anxiety shows up (in our bodies, minds, and hearts)

-How to "stop, drop, and flip" intrusive, anxious thoughts

-Learning to trust your gut

-The power in "letting the bottom 20% go"

I could not love Sissy or her heart for people and families more! This is truly a don't miss for everyone, in any stage of life.

Kinda Counseling with Mattie & Shannon: How boundaries better your relationships Nov 21, 2023

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Are you in a relationship that continues to feel depleting, unhealthy, even toxic? How do we know when it's time to create some space, have a conversation, or – as we talk ALL about in today's episode – set a much-needed boundary with a partner, family member, colleague, or friend? Boundaries are at the foundation of healthy relationship in the counseling world, but what do they mean practically for us? Shannon and I discuss: · What are boundaries?· Why do they matter?· Why they are NOT selfish when the motive is love.· Why they are the key to preserving healthy relationships.· How they build foundation and margin for necessary self-care.

This is conversation applies to everyone, in all types of relationships. At the end of day, boundaries are to preserve, not to punish, and to help all of us "identify where the other person begins and where we end." They are the start of better health and honesty in relationship – don't miss Shan's professional wisdom and practical direction on boundaries!

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Resilience in Marriage, Attraction, and Anxiety/Depression with Doug & Jamie Hehner Nov 07, 2023

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If you've ever seen the reality show Married at First Sight, you know what a challenge those first months and years of being married to a full-on stranger proves to be for couples. Doug and Jamie Hehner, from the show's first season, are the quintessential arranged marriage success story. Ten years and two beautiful kids later, the Hehners commit their podcast and public platforms to share the real ups and downs of their lives and invite all their followers to do the same on their show, Hot Marriage, Cool Parents.

We cover everything in this episode from attraction and how it changes shape over the course of relationships to prolonged seasons of post-partum anxiety and depression. Whether you're single, newly married, or have been in this for a decade like them, we can all relate to the everyday humanness and hope Doug and Jamie's story offers. They're real. They're resilient. They're a couple who has refused to give up on joy in their marriage.

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Hanging with the Hehners on YouTube

Hot Marriage, Cool Parents podcast

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The waiting, the whys, and how-to's of secure, godly relationships with Madi Prewett Oct 31, 2023

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Madi Prewett Troutt has run the gamut of dating experiences and disappointments. From high school heartbreaks many experience, to publicly defending her faith on the Bachelor, to seasons of longing and wrestling with God when she was "always a bridesmaid, never a bride," Madi teaches us as much about waiting and contentment than she does love itself.

Madi's latest book, The Love Everybody Wants: What You're Looking for is Already Yours, is chock full of practical, doable strategies for dating intentionally and faithfully. She's done it wrong and done it right, and she's such an honest guide through the struggles of pursuing relationship. But more than that, her life is a powerful testament to the security, peace, and confidence that comes when we start to define our worth and identity, not by relationship status, but by the love that's already ours – the love of Christ.

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The spirit & science of hope with Dr. Lee Warren Oct 24, 2023

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Imagine you've spent your entire career studying the brain, treating it for trauma and disease, and subsequently, helping patients cope with the grief that follows. Dr. Lee Warren, an esteemed neurosurgeon and Iraq War veteran, had literally written the books on PTSD and the brain (No Place to Hide & I've Seen the End of You). But when he tragically lost his nineteen-year-old son, his neurological understanding of trauma recovery was met with his own struggle through the mental, emotional, and spiritual journey of grief.

Dr. Warren's latest book, Hope is the First Dose,walks us through his own unspeakable tragedy and how his profession and his faith came together to land at the one thing none of us can survive or live fully without – hope. Dr. Warren gives us tangible, powerful ways to understand what our bodies do after trauma as well as spiritual revelations of faith that bridge Scripture and science in ways that will, no pun in intended, blow your mind.

Breaking the mold and bridging the gap with Hannah Dasher Oct 17, 2023

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Hannah Dasher singer and songwriter, TikTok star and cook, and absolute, all-around entertainer. Known for her big hair, bigger heart, and hilarious wit, Hannah's presence and her music bring together followers from all backgrounds, belief systems, and walks of life. Like me, her passion is traditional country music – the kind filled with steel guitars and stories that cut to the heart of what it's like to be human. This woman tells it (and sings it) like it is and has a God-given confidence we all need a little more of in our lives.

Hannah has been named a CMT Next Women of Country artist, Fender Next artist, a MusicRow "Next Big Thing" artist, and more. She's as kind as she is talented and is a model of authenticity and grit to the women of our generation and the next. Her newest album, The Other Damn Half, debuts this month.

Follow Hannah on Instagram and TikTok https://www.instagram.com/hannahdasher/ https://www.tiktok.com/@hannahdamndasher?lang=en

Hannah's music https://open.spotify.com/artist/60JD0JML3KiTHFkKNGv16e?si=Be_lSeRbT_CJ-Z6y9VveHA&nd=1

Hannah's tour dates https://www.songkick.com/artists/6444959-hannah-dasher/calendar

Finding grace, freedom, and purpose in an overachieving world with Mary Marantz Oct 10, 2023

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"Each of us have a version of us who has already walked into the room ahead of us, introduced us, and left us uninvited." Have you ever felt this way? Helpless to outrun or outdo or undo the parts of your story you feel define you? This is Mary's story. Having grown up in a trailer park, Mary is the quintessential, American Dream success story. From rural West Virginia to Harvard Law. But even in her success, achievement slowly shifted from a thing worth celebrating to the thing that kept her running, exhausted, from that old story she longed to escape.

This conversation and Mary's latest book, Slow Growth Equals Strong Roots (https://www.amazon.com/Slow-Growth-Equals-Strong-Roots/dp/0800738462), is for anyone who has leaned on achievement, perfectionism, performance, or shapeshifting to try to outrun their past. Mary is brave and honest in sharing her lifelong struggle to escape the endless burden of being and doing more. Her story is an invitation to choose progress over perfection, slow growth over relentless grind, and contentment over control.

Take Mary's achiever types quiz @ https://marymarantz.com/quiz-get-started (https://marymarantz.com/quiz-get-started)

Follow Mary on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/marymarantz/)

Subscribe to her podcast,

The Mary Marantz Show (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mary-marantz-show/id1478272407)

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