Stories, Inspirations and Moving Forward
by Sarah Ayers
The world needs stories right now! They bring us together and help us grow. I am constantly looking for guests who are passionate about anything and bring their stories to you every Saturday morning.My name is Sarah. I am an author, parenting mentor, podcast host and mommy to three kids and an incredible English bulldog.
Episodes
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Episode 57: The Pain of Moving Forward
Moving forward doesn't always feel empowering..if you are like me right now it feels quite the opposite.
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Episode 55: The Craft of Character Creation, Chatting with Author AG Flitcher
Andre is an author from Canada who writes under the name of AG Flitcher and has been writing as a published author for close to a decade. He is close to completing his fourth book and he shares with us in this episode the concept of creating a character cloud; a way of discovering who your...
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Episode 55: Lost Opportunities Due to Fear
What holds you back from pursuing your ideas, interests and projects. Perhaps what you label as procrastination is truly fear. And, if you could go back, would you? No guests this week; join me as I share my thoughts on the topic of fear.
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Episode 54: Kindness When You Need it the Most
In this episode I share episode 12 of my upcoming book The Making of Mia, telling about the great kindness of one of the directors I worked for.
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Episode 54: Mark Mears, The Purposeful Growth Revolution, Changing the World with Your Life's Work
"The Purposeful Growth Revolution" -- How Fulfilling Your Life's Work Can Change the World. Essentially, I help individuals, teams and organizations find purpose in fulfilling their true growth potential. www.facebook.com/mark.mears.184
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The Story of Two Highschool Sweethearts, Episode 53 with Author Jeanne Gormick
Everyone loves a good love story. Jeanne is an incredible friend and a long-term business woman and author, but she is also a romantic who married her highschool sweetheart. Her book is for everyone and she plans to travel sharing it with the world....
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Episode 52: Setting Your Hopes High
Sometimes to the frustration of others, I have always set my hopes, dreams and goals very high. Let's talk about that!
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Rough draft for episode 52
Mark Mears is going to guest and share about his upcoming book.
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Episode 51, Procrastinating, Playing and New Projects
My original plan was to delve into talking about procrastination, but then I took this episode in another direction and shared my favorite chapter in The Making of Mia!
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Episode 50: Inside of the Scarcity Mentality
Scarcity is so much larger than a fiscal matter, it truly is relational. In this episode I share chapter 41 of my book The Making of Mia.
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Episode 48: Loving the Life You Live
It is so easy to just live your life as an empty or frantic routine. Let's talk about the idea of falling in love with your life!
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Episode 47: A Positive Spin on Rejection
Rejection can be debilitating and today we talk about Darryl Stinson s TedTalk about it and my experience in my book.
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Episode 47: Giving Yourself Space
I read chapter 35 from my book The Making of Mia, and shared my practice of making space to think as well as a challenge I am facing.
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Episode 46: Seeing Those Who are Suffering
So any people 's struggles are experienced in silence. In this episode I share chapter 30 of my book, but through the lens of Sarah Steven 's Ted Talk "Stripped: the Art of Being Seen."
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Pushing Through the Odds to Create a New Beginning.
In this episode I shared chapter 41 of my upcoming teaching memoir The Making of Mia. This chapter gives me the shivers every time I read it!
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Another Perspective of the Rainbow with Rachael Poffenroth
Rachael Poffenroth is on Instagram, YouTube, creates course and contributes in my coaching and podcast groups. The thing that most struck me in this chat was her perspective on the rainbow, likening it to aspects of what makes each of us unique as people. I was really challenged to step outside…
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The Story Behind My Book
I assumed that everyone already understood what my book was about. This episode I share the passion behind The Making of Mia!
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The World Doesn't Need Perfect People
In this episode I share a story of a daycare boy who is very dear to my heart. We were able to help each other so much because we each needed to be loved. He didn't need a perfect daycare teacher, he needed one who cared.
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Reframing Your Story and Taking Time to Heal
So! This whole week I have been recovering from testing positive for COVID-19 last Thursday. That is why I didn't schedule a guest and why it is just us chatting about you and my upcoming book! Thanks for listening and your continued support! You mean the world to me.
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Bonus episodes 3: Lara Elijah's Mom, Understanding Junior High
In this episode we learned about what happened as Lara's son moved from a small middle school to a large junior high. His behavior changed a lot, but it turned out that he needed his mom's attention all the same. I read this one before starting the day and I think that was a better way. Thanks…
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Bonus Episode: David's Story, First Love
My goal is to read from my favorite parenting book every day, Meg Meeker's Strong Mothers, Strong Sons. I wasn't able to read a full chapter today... But, I love what I did and know you will too!! This book is incredible!
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Special Episode: Strong Mothers Strong Sons
I plan to read from Meg Meeker's book Strong Mothers Strong Sons every morning with commentary. Yes, a New Year's resolution! ;)
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Life Happens, A Missed Appointment
Today's interview was with Shareka Swaby! She runs a fantastic YouTube channel called "Self Mastery. Master the I Am." Her mental health tip was "build a relationship with yourself." That is *such* an important practice that some people never utilize! https://youtu.be/pUDeTF_ixSY
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Christmas Episode!! Finding Your Reason
What a blustery winter day for us in Northwest Washington! Our Christmas plans did not quite go as we expected, but we have gotten some wonderful time together as a family.
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Episode 36: Looking in Through the Window
The theme of this episode is allowing yourself to grieve when things do not go as you anticipated. Grief doesn't only happen when a dear one dies, it is something that happens at times when we least expect. I opened by reading chapter eight of The Making of Mia and we talked about Nora Mclnery's...
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Conversation with Mohsin identifying your clients & designing multi tiered programs.
Mohsin is a coach to coaches teaching them how to generate an income on strengths and interests they already have. He is the founder of HTCA Consulting and can be reached through direct message at www.facebook.com/mohsinabdullaah. Thanks for joining us, Mohsin in create episode 35.
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The Biggest Compliment
Chapter 41: When You Find Yourself in the Kitchen 42: Stepping off of the Bus 43: The Biggest Compliment 44: Active Listening is One of the Hardest Lessons
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To This Day
Chapters 38, 39 & 40
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First Thing in the Morning, Three Chapters from The Making of Mia
Chapter 35: First Thing in the Morning Chapter 36: Having the Last Word Chapter 37: What Do Memories Mean to You
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Chapter 31: The Words that Saved Me
In this episode I read four chapters because they are shorter than the earlier ones, but very much their own.
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Chapter 30: Jessica, The Girl Who Did Not Have Enough
"Goodness is about character- integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people." Dennis Prager.
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Chapter 29: Connor's Sister: Noticing Children Who Don't Cause Any Trouble
"Vision is the Art of Seeing What is Invisible to Other." Johnathan Swif
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Chapter 28: Taking the Time to Fly So High with Charity
"My whole goal is to keep my spirit in tact. If that doesn't happen, none of this is worth it." Jewel.
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Chapter 27: The Boy She Loved Very, Very Much
This chapter tells the story of an infant foster child who I had the honor of carrying for for four months.
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Chapter 26: Malachi, The Baby with Two Stories
The child in this story is five children and the mother is multiple clients. The only "real" characters are myself and the physical therapist.
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Chapter 25: Choosing Another Chapter
What an emotional chapter! I really did a lot of cleaning up knowing that my children will read this book.
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Chapter 24: Where Broken Hearts Go
What a long chapter! I think the points and stories within this chapter is really the central point of The Making of Mia!
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Chapters 21, 22 and 23
Chapter 21: The Girl Who Decided Being Different Was Okay Chapter 22: Finding Your Safe Place Chapter 23: Adult Conversation
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Chapter 19 & 20
Chapter 19: Brooke, Showing Kindness to the Teacher Who Did Not Belong Chapter 20: The Girl Who Decided Being Different Was Okay
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Chapters 16 and 17 of The Making of Mia
Both of these chapters need a lot of work. I am publishing this, though, so that you can be part of the process. These will be a lot different in the finished product that will be on store shelves.
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Family Money Matters, Sarah and Nyree
One of the main lessons I have learned that just because plans don't always come to fruition as planned, they still can end up nicely. My husband says just don't get too attached to what you plan and I quite agree. I stayed in bed longer than I planned and missed my scheduled interview.…
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Chapter 13, 14 and 15 of my book!
Thanks so much for your support as I have been in the writing process of my first book!! Every evening I am going to publish me reading from the rough draft.
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Read my rough draft with me!
The editing process has begun and I decided to include you!! This isn't the height of my reading performance skills because I am editing at the same time. But, I like being a part of behind the scenes and thought you might too!
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Not Just A China Doll, Sara Fowler
Sara Fowler taught us today about the importance of self-care and identity in the midst of hard times. She works with women who have experienced or experiencing times of dissolution. She talks about how a china doll appears so beautifully put together and yet can shatter and be unrecognizable.
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Thanksgiving Greeting from Sarah And Nyree
Happy Thanksgiving from both of us!!! Though Australia (where Nyree lives) does not have the holiday Thanksgiving, it is still worth taking a moment to think about gratitude. For me (Sarah) practicing gratitude is what has made everything possible. We are excited to put out our Saturday morning...
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Slowly Building Up, Nyree Whittaker
I think I may just have found my co-host!! What a lovely visit with a gracious (my kids got a bit loud mid-way through our chat) guest. I learned a lot and really enjoyed myself. Nyree has her own podcast, which is called Stolen Our Hearts and can be found anywhere, but here is the direct link....
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A Call from New York
This episode I chatted with a life coach from New York. Her focus is helping women move past tramua, identifying what is blocking them from moving forward in their lives. "Relaxing" is how I felt through the interview. She was an absolute delight and I hope you are able to listen to the full...
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This podcast is for you!
I have had this podcast for a full year this month and put out less than ten episodes? The reason is simply because I have been far, far, far over thinking what it is going to be about, what I am going to say and dumbly asking myself if I am good enough to do it. All the while, doing at least a...
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Orange on Thursday
My guest today was the lovely Elena Lubenets. We met way back in February and I knew I wanted to have her on my show, but was certainly lacking the confidence. If you would like to schedule time with Elena, she has Calendly (the scheduling software I use) and she would love to chat about how she...
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The world needs stories right now! They bring us together and help us grow. I am constantly looking for guests who are passionate about anything and bring their stories to you every Saturday morning.My name is Sarah. I am an author, parenting mentor, podcast host and mommy to three kids and an incredible English bulldog.
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