On The Brighter Side

Today’s guest is a Pastor of a church in Flour Bluff, Texas and the father of 5 kids, his and hers, but ultimately ours. He has some incredible advice and messages of hope for anyone in a second marriage and/or attempting to blend two families together to one. This can be challenging but so rewarding. He talks about some rules and strategies that helped he and his wife succeed in their second marriage and how they helped their kids. I love what they learned and how they taught their children about treating everyone like family regardless of their last name or how they got there. He shares his perspective having survived the child rearing years and now, as a grandpa.Brandon also hosts his own podcast called Beyond the Rut about taking the next step and making your own path. His podcast can be found here: https://beyondtherut.com.If you are missing the EPIC Marriage Summit and would like to purchase an all access pass, please visit: www.onthebrightersideofmarriage.com/all-access-pass to get unlimited, lifetime

My guests on the podcast today are providing an incredible resource for parents and children to help navigate the world of technology. Every child wants a phone or a tablet as soon as possible and they all feel like they are the only ones they know without it. How can we as parents, confidently hand them such a powerful tool without the proper training? We wouldn’t give them the car keys without having them go through driver’s ed, would we? That is exactly why David and Emily Jones created Family Tech University, the driver’s training for technology.They believe that the BEST thing we can do for our children before handing them devices, is to help them form a strong internal filter. The workshop they created helps to foster communication and discussion between parents and their children while training them to be successful with technology. They offer hope and resources for all of us to take heart and feel confident in this crazy technology-filled world that we live in.David and Emily have offered an incredibl

I’m so grateful for my guest on the podcast today and all of the amazing work she is doing to help parents teach their kids better screen time habits. In our interview, we talk about important discussions to have with your kids about screens, but we also talk about the toll too much time on devises can have on your marriage. She defines the term technoferance and how we can avoid common pitfalls and technology disasters in our homes.Better Screen Time is the name of Andrea’s business and you can find more information online at: www.betterscreentime.com. I highly recommend you check out their website, the free resources available there and get on the mailing list so you can be the first to find out when they release their course again. You can also follow along on Instagram or Facebook @betterscreentime.The Epic Marriage Summit was a huge success, so thank you all for your support. The all access pass is still available by clicking on this link: www.onthebrightersideofmarriage.com/all-access. Learn how to uple

Today’s episode is an interview with my friend Will Howell from The Thoughtful Moments Podcast. He interviews me about the EPIC Marriage Summit that starts tomorrow. I couldn’t be more excited about this finally getting out into the world. I have worked so hard bringing this to life!Starting tomorrow, 34 marriage experts will share their best advice about how to strengthen your marriage. The best part is that it’s FREE and it’s online, so you can watch in your pajamas!To register for this amazing event, go to: www.onthebrightersideofmarriage.com. Consider upgrading to the all-access pass to get the very most of the summit. It’s a small price to pay to get all the tools you need to create the marriage of your dreams!

This is part 2 of my interview with Dr. Matt Townsend of the Townsend relationship Center. We discuss the differences between men and women. In part 1, Matt goes over some differences in how our brains are wired. In part 2, we talk about the reason for some of the differences as well as how to deal with the differences within a marriage relationship. Make sure you listen to both parts and be prepared to laugh.You can find more great resources and content from Matt at www.matttownsend.com or on Instagram @drmatttownsend.Register for the EPIC Marriage Summit at www.onthebrightersideofmarriage.com.

Today’s episode is part 1 of an interview with Dr. Matt Townsend about the differences between men and women. In his hilarious way, Dr. Townsend describes the differences in the male and female brain, style of communication and organizational habits. His witty and educational explanations had my cheeks sore from smiling and laughing by the end. I just know you are going to love this interview.You can so much more from Matt in the form of courses, radio shows and interviews on his website: https://www.matttownsend.com or on Instagram as www.instagram.com/drmatttownsend.Make sure you register for the EPIC Marriage Summit to hear from 33 marriage experts on how to strengthen your marriage in 30 days. Register here: www.onthebrightersideofmarriage.com.Don’t forget to tune in next week for part 2 of this wonderful interview!

This week’s episode has been a long time in the making. I just know you are going to love my guest as much as I do. I have been following the Dating Divas for years and today, I sat down with their founder, Tara Carsen. I absolutely loved everything she had to share about strengthening your marriage, dating your spouse, spicing things up in the bedroom and that fairy tale marriages really do exist. She shares how get it in this episode!You can follow the Dating Divas here:The Dating Divas FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/thedatingdivas/For Better & Forever FB Group for Wives Only: https://www.facebook.com/groups/336923983418733/The Dating Divas IG Page: https://www.instagram.com/datingdivas/Get Our Newsletter – We’ll send you exclusive, free printables & you’ll be the first to hear about our BEST offers: https://www.thedatingdivas.com/get-the-7-days-of-love-program-free-when-you-sign-up-for-our-newsletter/Reboot your marriage in just 7 days! Enjoy our 7 Days of Love Program FREE: https://www.thedatin

My guest on the podcast today is a wife, mother of 2 and successful entrepreneur. Martine Williams is the co-author of The Daily Difference and a Thirty-One Gifts Representative. I love this interview, because we talk about some of my favorite things, life, marriage, business and confidence.You can find more of her on Instagram @martine31willims or on Facebook at Martine N Williams. She is excited to start her own podcast and relaunch her signature course called Choose You next year.Also, registrations for the EPIC Marriage Summit is now OPEN! This FREE summit includes over 30 marriage experts sharing their BEST marriage advice over three days from October 8th-10th. It’s virtual so you can watch from anywhere and the best part is it’s FREE. Register Today at: www.onthebrightersideofmarriage.com/epicmarriagesummit. I hope to see you all inside the summit!

My guest on the podcast today is an LDS life coach and fellow podcaster with amazing confidence. Not only that, but she is literally my life twin. I had a wonderful time talking all about confidence with her in yourself, your spouse and your marriage. She shares her 3 best tips for gaining confidence and how to teach our kids about it. If you ever struggle with confidence, this episode is for you!You can find Hannah on her website: https://thecatalystcoaching.com. You can listen to The Confidence Catalyst Podcast wherever you get your podcast and find her on Instagram @thecatalystcoach.Hannah Coles will also be presenting in The Epic Marriage Summit along with 30 other marriage experts. This FREE online event is happening October 8th-10th, so make sure you mark your calendars.

Today’s episode is not for the faint of heart. My guest, Michael O’Brien, survived a biking accident that would have taken most people’s lives. In our interview, he talks about the accident, his long recovery and how he decided to make that his last bad day. He shares with us how we can change our perspective and mindset to not let bad moments turn into bad days or weeks. His story and passion are remarkable and I promise, you will need a pen and paper to take notes!You can find out more about Michael and all he has to offer on his website: www.michaelobrienshift.com. Even better, you can get a copy of his newest book for FREE here: https://www.mylastbadday.com/get-your-copy. If you use the code SHIFT at checkout, you can get 25% shipping and handling and the first chapter of his memoir is included. I cannot wait to read my copy!Look for Michael O’Brien along with 30 other amazing teachers and presenters in our Epic Marriage Summit coming October 8th-10th. Mark your calendars, because I promise, it will be EP

Today’s episode is perfect for back to school! My guest, Krista Lockwood of Motherhood Simplified, talks to us about decluttering our homes and lives so we can spend more time and energy on the relationships that mean the most to us. She shares the story of how she stumbled upon this concept and what she teaches hundreds of others about how to take the focus off our stuff and put it back on our relationships. She’s giving us her 5 tips on how to get started and so much more.You can find more information from Krista on her website: www.motherhoodsimplified.com, including courses and freebies to help you make this task a little less overwhelming. If you are looking for a community of like-minded mamas, you can join her Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2010014145929427/.  You can also find her on Instagram as @motherhoodsimplified.Stay tuned for more information coming about how you can be a beta tester for my On the Brighter Side of Marriage online course coming in September!

My guest on the podcast today is a life and marriage coach who shares with us some of my very favorite and most important principles that have the potential to completely change everything about your marriage. Chantel Allen of www.findyourbeautifulyou.com lays out a few simple ideas that once understood will blow your mind and improve everything about your life.She is a wife, mom of 4, life coach and podcaster. Her podcast, Find Your Beautiful You is available wherever you listen to podcasts. This is actually one of my favorite episodes that deals with some of my very favorite truths. We cover some of the basics that will be included in my On the Brighter Side of Marriage course. I listened with a pen and I recommend you do the same. If any of the topics we cover on this episode resonate with you, then you are ready for my course.Luckily, we will hear more from Chantel in the Epic Online Marriage Summit happening on October 8th-10th, so mark your calendars. I am so excited to learn more from her. You can find

My guests, Blair and Ryan, on the podcast today are creating a marriage movement. They are passionate about the idea that we are #bettertogether and leading and mentoring others who want to improve their marriages.In today’s episode, they share their story of how their marriage movement was born and their future plans for their online community. They tell us the number one problem plaguing many of the marriages they see and give us three tips for improving our marriages on the spot.They started their #21 day challenge in their Facebook group on August 1st, and I encourage everyone to join in. You’ve only missed a few days, but you can double up for a week or tack a few days to the end. I’m having lots of fun with it. You can hear more from this power couple in the Epic Marriage Summit, so stay tuned for more awesome details about that.You can find them on Facebook here. They are on Instagram as @marriagemovement and at: www.21day.marriagemovement.com.This was the first interview of many to come in our On the

On the Brighter Side Podcast is making a big change. We are pivoting from personal development to a strong emphasis on marriage. For the next several episodes, we will be focusing strongly on our marriage relationships. If you are, were or ever will be married, there is something for you in these episodes. Take a listen to this one to hear all about the exciting things we have in store for you.The Epic Virtual Marriage Summit will be broadcast starting on Tuesday, October 8th. We are still lining up fantastic presenters, so if you are interested, please email us at: onthebrightersideoflife@gmail.com for more information.The 10-day Bring Back the Sizzle Challenge will start on Tuesday, September 3rd, so make sure you join our mailing list at: www.onthebrightersideoflife.com to make sure you don’t miss it.I’m so excited about the new direction we are taking and hope you will enjoy all of the new content we are producing. Thank you so much for embarking on this new adventure with us!

My guest on the show today is a Comedian in Boise and seriously, one of my favorite new friends ever! We talk about life and some pretty serious topics, but somehow keep it light. Laughter is the best medicine and Megan is out to medicate the world. She just might do that and teach me how to do it too. We play a fun little improv game, so make sure you listen until the end.You can learn more about Megan on Facebook as Megan Bryant, Instagram or Twitter as @kookymegan or on her website, www.meetmeganbryant.com. She also has a podcast called, You Hardly Know Her and a book called Not My Plan, available on Amazon.I promise you will love this episode as well as my guest. Make sure you subscribe, so you never miss a new episode. I’m so excited to start my series on marriage next week, leading up to the Epic Marriage Summit in October. Stay tuned, because it’s just getting better! You can join my On the Brighter Side of Marriage Facebook group here: OTBS Marriage Group. You will love it!

My guest on the podcast this week, Chanelle Neilson, is a podcaster herself, author of several books, yoga instructor and mother of 5 children. She has the same 24 hours that the rest of us do, but she uses them so efficiently, you would think she has more. That is why I loved sitting down with her and picking her brain about how she gets it all done.Listen in as she shares how mindset and simplicity help her get everything accomplished. She also wakes up at [5:30] every morning and has a detailed morning routine. Self care is incredibly important to Chanelle and her morning routine is a non-negotiable. She shares a great analogy, using sand, pebbles and rocks about fitting in the important things first.You can learn more about Chanelle by listening to her podcast, called Moms Who Know or following her on Instagram @momswhoknowpodcast. She has a book called, Parenting with Purpose and a children’s book series called, Mckay and Coco. You can find her books on Amazon.If you enjoyed this episode, I hope you will

Today’s episode is with Charlena Smith, founder of Optio, a company that uses guided accountability to pair women together with perfectly matched accountability partners in order to help them achieve their goals and dreams. Charlena shares with us a rare disorder she developed during her pregnancies that nearly killed her. She defied the odds and lived to tell us what she learned from cheating death.Charlena developed an algorithm to pair women together with their perfect accountability partner and loves to see them accomplish things they never thought were possible. Optio is a 12 week program that start with extensive personality testing and training and has been tested and proven effective. To learn more about this program, visit www.myoptio.org. You can also find her on instagram at www.instagram.com/myoptio.org. You can find a planner and guided accountability journal by Charlena Smith on Amazon.I hope you all had a wonderful time celebrating the 4th of July and until next week: Have Courage, Be Kind and

In today’s interview with the sisters behind the Instagram account, The American Moms, Brittany and Andrea share with us their 4th of July traditions, how to get more involved in our communities, who inspires them and some thoughts on failure.Brittany recently ran for City Counsel in her town and shares with us her thoughts on small town politics and what she learned from the experience. She talked about her philosophy that you miss 100% of the shots that you do not take, and I loved her ideas about this. It’s ok if you do not win everything and there is still so much to learn and take from these experiences.You can learn more about these amazing sisters on their website: www.theamericanmoms.com or follow them on Instagram @theamericanmoms. I am so grateful to have had them on the show and I wish you all a very happy 4th of July.Please remember to learn about events that are happening in the world and in your area and always vote in every election! Your voice matters and is important!

My guest on the podcast today is a life coach and author of The Courage Habit. I call her Kate Courageous and she chats with me about how to make courage a habit and feel the fear and do it anyway. I love her definition of courage and the way she talks about this all important concept.Kate’s book, The Courage Habit: How to Accept Your Fears, Release the Past, and Live Your Courageous Life, is available on Amazon and anywhere books are sold. You can learn more about her on her website, www.yourcourageouslife.com or her coaching program at https://TeamCLCC.com. She is on social media as @katecourageous. She also hosts two podcasts, one on courage and the other on coaching. The are called, Your Courageous Life Podcast and The Craft of Coaching Podcast.Remember to subscribe to On the Brighter Side on your favorite podcast listening app, so you never miss an episode.You can get my bi-weekly Motivational Monday emails by going to www.onthebrightersideoflife.com.

My guest on the podcast today is the one and only, Lucy Liu. Well, there might be others, but this is the real deal. We open up the episode with Lucy’s experience sharing a name with someone very famous and why she didn’t change it when she got married. These experiences and others like them taught her confidence and now, she teaches women the same lessons.I just know you are going to love her style as she opens up about her journey to overcome her fears and become a life coach. She shares so much wisdom in this episode, you might want to listen while taking notes. I know I did.You can find out more about my amazing guest on her website at: www.lucyliucoaching.com. Or find her on Instagram at www.instagram.com/mslucyliu.Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast, so you don’t miss an episode. Also, I send out a Motivational Monday email every other week, so if you want short, sweet, relevant motivation to slay your week right to your inbox, please sign up for it at www.onthebrightersideoflife.com.