How to Celebrate with Less Pressure and More Joy

The holidays are full of excitement, but they can also be full of pressure for parents and hosts. There are ways, however, to simplify our celebrations without losing any of their impact. Lisa talks with wedding planner Amanda Everson and author Karen Trefzger about 4 ideas for celebrating with less pressure and more joy.

There is an art to celebrating, but it isn't about doing more. It's about doing it better. Brittany Watson Jepsen, founder and CEO of lifestyle and design company The House That Lars Built, shares 6 tips for improving our celebrations without additional work or stress.

Eleanor Roosevelt believed the greatest gift we could give our children was curiosity. But why? Eva Witesman of the BYU Ballard Center for Social Impact discusses why curiosity is so powerful, including its impact on education, faith, and world peace. #curiosity #education #women #faith #worldpeace #peace #educatedwomen #womenempowerment

How can we become individuals that have resilience and grit? 2024 Paris Olympic athletes Whittni Orton Morgan and Stephanie Rovetti share 8 tips for staying emotionally and mentally strong in the face of setbacks. #thelisashow #BYUradio #olympics2024 #paris2024 #athletics

You found something inappropriate on their phone. It could be pornography, or sexual messages, or something else that crosses the boundaries. What do you do now? What's the right way to have this conversation? Lisa and mental health counselor Steven Shields from Unashamed Unafraid dive into exactly how to respond to compulsive sexual behavior in your home, especially as a parent. In today's world, most kids will be exposed to pornography by the time they reach 13 years old, and nearly half will consume it on an ongoing basis. Gone are the days where parents can completely prevent or restrict their children's access—it's too pervasive. Fortunately, there are now more resources than ever to help families have healthy conversations that appropriately frame sexuality without shame. Steven offers specific language for loved ones starting the conversation with their significant other or child, as well as strategies to protect emotional and physical safety in the meantime. Whether the conversation is with a spouse or a child, it's possible to dispel adrenaline and shame ahead of time, so that family dialogues about sexual boundaries foster trust and healing. #thelisashow #BYUradio #unashamedunafraid #addictionrecovery #recovery

What do you do when you or someone you love is struggling with compulsive sexual behavior or addiction? Steven Shields, mental health counselor and founder of the Unashamed, Unafraid podcast and nonprofit, joins Lisa for a conversation about recovery, outlining seven critical aspects of the healing process. They discuss the the most common pitfalls that keep people from healing and recovering, including the "try harder" fallacy, and outdated labels and language. Whether the issue at hand is pornography use, affairs and infidelity, or betrayal trauma, anyone can heal. Steven and Lisa discuss strategies for forming safe communities that foster honesty and recovery, especially in church environments. #thelisashow #BYUradio #unashamedunafraid #addictionrecovery #recovery

ADHD is a common diagnosis, but the shame that can accompany the disorder often goes undiscussed. In this episode, Lisa speaks with Becca Hurley Luong about her diagnosis with ADHD as an adult, her journey in coming to terms with the disorder, and some of her best strategies for finding traction and hope in the face of ADHD. #thelisashow #BYUradio #adhd #adhdawareness #adhdwomen #adhdproblems #adhdproductivity

When's the last time you felt completely overwhelmed as a parent? Or looked at the child in front of you having a meltdown and felt your own meltdown coming on? And to be clear, we're not just talking about toddler tantrums. At any age and every stage, kids' big emotions can be difficult to deal with, especially when you're trying to regulate both for them and for yourself. How do you deal with the anger, frustration, overwhelm, fatigue, overstimulation and overall sensory overload? Comedian, writer, and filmmaker Whitney Call offers the parenting lessons and techniques that have allowed her to be the first line of defense for her children's big emotions, while sustainably regulating her own. She and Lisa talk mom anxiety, decoding the way kids communicate, and what self-compassion looks like as a parent. #thelisashow #BYUradio #parenting #emotions

Have you ever been on the receiving end of a tiny act of kindness? A text, a call, a meal, an unexpected visit, a remark from a stranger, or a small gesture from someone who couldn't have known just how much you needed it? Rachel Hunt, founder of tinykindness.org, explains how looking for these moments of tiny kindness impacted her life as she grappled with intense grief, isolation, and depression. She and Lisa break down collective memory and the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon while sharing stories of tiny kindness from around the world. #thelisashow #BYUradio #tinykindness #bekind

Jenedy Paige, award-winning artist and American Ninja Warrior, is known for excelling at her passions. But those passions are the result of years of trial and error, failure and success, and inspiration and determination. Jenedy talks with Lisa about her own journey in pursuing art and ninja while sharing three ideas on how all of us can find more passion and purpose in our own lives. #thelisashow #BYUradio #americannijawarrior #ninja #art #artninja