Think New Thoughts

The more determined you are to keep your teenager from making mistakes, the better mom you are...right? Maybe not. In this episode, we'll challenge a common belief that keeps many LDS moms stuck in fear and explore a different way of thinking about mistakes, agency, and your role as a mom. ------------------------- Wanna change your mind about your teenager's mistakes? Grab my free guide, The 3 Shifts That Change Everything.It will help you feel more parent with more faith. :) You'll discover: • The Energy Shift that moves you from worn down to wise • The Perspective Shift that carries you from discouraged to empowered • The Boundary Shift that takes you from frustrated to anchored Get your free copy at emilyrickscoaching.com Ready for deeper support? I offer 1:1 coaching for moms who are ready to experience these shifts in a deeper, more personal way. I'd love to help you renew your mind so you can enjoy your kids again. Learn More about Renew Your Mind Coaching --------------------------- Helping LDS moms of teens navigate parenting with more connection, trust, joy, and inner peace through gospel-centered life coaching, thought work, and practical tools from a parenting coach that align with LDS doctrine and scripture. Explore conflict resolution, forgiveness, mindset shifts, faith over fear, personal growth, emotional resilience, overcoming mom guilt, reducing disconnection and power struggles, learning to trust God, and strengthening family relationships through faith-based parenting and life coaching.

If you've been worrying about your teenager, or feeling like you're not doing enough, this episode might completely change how you think about your job as a mom. Listen in to discover the difference between influence and control—and why understanding that difference can help you enjoy parenting more without loving your kids less.

You might not realize it, but there's something quietly shaping how you show up as a mom every day—and it's probably making you more frustrated, more exhausted, and more stuck than you need to be. In this episode, I'm talking about the "hidden contract" so many of us are unknowingly living by, how it forms, and why it keeps you feeling miserable even when you're trying so hard to do everything right. And then I'll show you a simpler, more freeing way to think and relate to your kids that can change everything about how you experience motherhood. Feeling a little worn down as a parent? Grab my free guide, The 3 Shifts That Change Everything. A simple guide for moms who want to enjoy their kids again. You'll discover: • The Energy Shift that moves you from worn down to wise • The Perspective Shift that carries you from discouraged to empowered • The Boundary Shift that takes you from frustrated to anchored Get your free copy at emilyrickscoaching.com Ready for deeper support? I offer 1:1 coaching for moms who are ready to experience these shifts in a deeper, more personal way. I'd love to help you renew your mind so you can enjoy your kids again. Learn More about Renew Your Mind Coaching

In this episode, we're building on last week's conversation about holding space for your kids and turning that same practice inward. I'll show you what it looks like to hold space for yourself when you're feeling overwhelmed or stuck, and why most of us tend to either coddle or criticize instead. We'll talk about a gentler, more powerful option—and why learning to hold space for yourself is one of the kindest things you can do for yourself and everyone in your family. Feeling a little worn down as a parent? Grab my free guide, The 3 Shifts That Change Everything. A simple guide for moms who want to enjoy their kids again. You'll discover: • The Energy Shift that moves you from worn down to wise • The Perspective Shift that carries you from discouraged to empowered • The Boundary Shift that takes you from frustrated to anchored Get your free copy at emilyrickscoaching.com Ready for deeper support? I offer 1:1 coaching for moms who are ready to experience these shifts in a deeper, more personal way. I'd love to help you renew your mind so you can enjoy your kids again. Learn More about Renew Your Mind Coaching

Do you ever feel like you're at war with yourself? Yesterday you decided all the amazing things you were going to accomplish today… but when it's time to follow through, you suddenly have 20 reasons to do something else instead. In this episode, I'm sharing what's actually happening inside your brain when you avoid the very things that matter most to you — and why your brain isn't broken… it's just doing its job. Tune in to learn how to become the one in the cockpit who calls the shots, instead of letting your primitive brain run the show. Curious about coaching? Schedule a free mini session with me to see what it's like! Are you tired of constant negative self talk? Come to my free webinar: Stop Being Mean To Yourself Register Here

If you've been waiting to make a decision because you're holding out for an option that won't feel hard, this episode is for you. We're talking about the hidden cost of your maybes—and why the indecision meant to protect your options may be the very thing holding you back. Tune in to learn how to spot a "miserable maybe," what it's really costing you, and the surprising belief that will help you move past your maybe and into a clear decision that will finally move you forward. Tired of constant negative self talk? Come to my free webinar: Stop Being Mean To Yourself Register Here Curious about coaching? Schedule a free mini session with me to see what it's like!

What I'm sharing in this episode, most people resist at first. It might even sound wrong when you hear it. But if you're willing to open your mind to it, this idea can be INCREDIBLY freeing once it clicks. If you long to let go of frustrations about things that have happened in your past, this epsiode is for you. Wanna try out coaching and see what it's like? Schedule a free mini session with me here.

As a new year begins, many of us feel inspired to set goals—but too often, those goals quietly slip away. In this episode, learn how distraction, dispersion, and drift subtly pull us off course—and why recognizing them ahead of time can change everything. If you want to move toward what matters this year without beating yourself up along the way, this episode is for you. Take the ideas on the podcast to a deeper level inside the Think New Thoughts Academy Learn More Come to my next Free Webinar: Stop Being Mean To Yourself Register Here