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This topic came up at the end of our dinner time. Addison announced she wanted to talk about something. This is the usual in the Raymond Household. Important topics come up during our dinner time. I pulled out my phone and started the voice recorder.

She pitched us in making her curfew later...to 12:30 or sometimes to 1:00 am.

What are her reasons?

She wants to practice time management before she goes to college in a year and a half.

How do Mark and I respond?

We have similar responses however we do disagree in some parts of this. With that being said, curfew is a struggle for us because Addison does not always have a set plan of what her friends and her are doing. We do not want her driving all around town at night so how do we come up with an appropriate curfew time?

She has to have more of a solidified plan of what she is doing in order for us to be comfortable making her curfew later. And it depends on what is happening the next day as well.

Listen in as to what we decide.

Our goal is to make sure everyone is feeling good at the end of the conversation, to avoid anger and frustration, and to keep navigating JOY in our household.

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Ahhhh, social media! The bane of my existence with my children! The 13 year old is pitching his reasons why he wants Instagram! We let his sister get Snapchat when she was 13 and if we could rewind, we would NOT have allowed that for at least a couple years later!

So now Hunter is trying to convince us why he wants IG. There are very clear reasons why as you will hear in this episode. Adding social media comes with a host of problems such as; more time spent on the screen, arguing about screen time, posting, strangers, fake crap, social pressures, and many more issues. As Mark and I navigate this discussion, we work on keeping it real and light with low reactivity. However you can tell at the end of the conversation, Hunter is not thrilled with the outcome. Since we did not receive clear reasons why we did not say "yes", he was not happy about it.

We even added some teen slang into the conversation to keep it fun and light.

Do you think there were some clear, good reasons as to why Hunter should get IG? Tell us why or why not and how have you navigated these conversations with your teens?

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This episode was recorded right before the holidays. I found an interesting article in the AARP magazine that talked about memory and steps on how to improve your memory. Even though AARP is for "old" people there were some great pieces of information about the distractions that notifications play in our lives. Every time our phones beep, we pick up the phone immediately and it derails our brain from the task we were focused on. It actually takes some time for use to refocus.

I have learned that coming to the table with data and research is much better than dictating something without any back ups. So instead of saying..."Your phone is not allowed to be with you during homework." I have learned that bringing in the research as to why phones should not be close when doing homework. That is why I shared this article. This brings in a conversation of multitasking and the impossibility of it even though we think we can do it. Do you think you can muli-task?

We then move to our screen time check. It is pretty funny to hear where we are all at what our goals are. If we do not check our screen time numbers than we do not know how much time we spend on our screens and it is actually very eye-opening. It is MUCH MORE than you expect!!

I challenge you to look at your screen time each week.

Our dinner dialogues are fun and make me laugh often.

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Jennifer Faye Colombo is a watercolor artist living in Connecticut. Her intention is to give the viewer an opportunity to tune into calm, peace and joy through her various collections. Jen is super grateful to live near the water, her happy place that influences many of her paintings. In addition to painting, Jen creates journals and card decks to support others on their journey. A Pocket Full of Joy is one of her card decks created as reminders to find joy daily including the little moments.

Her Card Deck was written by accident after writing different affirmations and reminders for herself. If she needed the reminders to tap in and tune into joy daily, then others need that too. She always thought that JOY was the bigger thing in life, like our JOYFUL occasions but there are little things throughout the day that can bring us JOY and if we take a pause and start to notice them. Some examples: noticing the dew drops on the blade of grass or a delightful conversation can add up to big JOY moments!

You could just spend a few seconds to tap into JOY.

She loves sharing her paintings with others. Sharing her art with others is how she serves others in bringing JOY into their lives.

She creates general art and personal art for people. Her work has intentions behind it. Jen always asks her clients to set an intention with her of why they want her to work with them. Setting the intentions makes a deeper, more impactful feeling for those who view the art.

One general piece of art she shares with others are her ¨Joyful Bubble¨ paintings. She receives lots of comments on how happy they make people. It brings back memories of playing with bubbles and a reminder to tune into those bubbles of joy.

She is the conduit to pass that joyful energy onto the page. Her clients and her are co-creating together even though she is the one doing the artwork.

She also creates creative exploration with others. She gets them to tap into their own creative flow. It can be artwork, or setting intentions. People find it relaxing, fun, playful and JOYFUL! Creating SHOULD be fun!

Jen always creates for herself to help her move through emotions. It is for her own pure JOY and entertainment.

How else does Jen tap into JOY when she is not in that flow?

• She pulls from her own card deck
• Painting
• Going down to the beach
• Put on music
• Dance partners

Her last piece of advice:
¨Everyday be conscious of cultivating JOY in your life.¨
Ask the question:

What brings me JOY and can I do that today?

Such a powerful conversation with Jen!

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In this episode, I interview Jason Wolbers. Jason is a successful business owner, husband, dad, positive influencer, and author of the book The Power of a Positive Mindset! His purpose is to help people to develop and maintain a more positive mindset and all around outlook in life!

Jason shares how he grasped onto this positive lifestyle after being anxiety ridden for many years when he was younger. He also shares his inspiration for his book and how he supports others in living a more positive, joyful, life.

A lot of what Jason talks about are things I believe in and have even practiced myself. But it is always great to hear it again as it reminds us of things we might not being doing currently or have let slip away.

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Book: The Power of a Positive Mindset: Transform Your Mind Transform Your Life https://a.co/d/0JBKqhJ

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I love our family dinners! This is the time for us to connect about our day, what is happening personally and to hold family meetings. Our favorite place to hold these meetings is at the dinner table.

This week we discuss our puppy, Pearl, who is getting into items that are left out, specifically food. We also discuss with the kids their future in their orchestra for the remainder of the school year, and finally how to make some changes in cleaning up things that do not get cleaned up regularly by ALL of us!

Why are we discussing all of this? So Mom does NOT have to keep nagging everyone about it. Yep, I do because clean up does not get done and violin practice is NOT happening consistently! We all know that nagging is a huge JOY CRUSHER! Who wants to be nagged? And who wants to nag?

You will hear how we navigate these topics with the kids and as a family, keeping the emotion low and the fun up all the while coming to some conclusions!

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SPECIAL GUESTS:
My niece Toni and her boyfriend Austin.

Being in their early 20's they will share how they view:

• Joy
• What brings them JOY
• What takes them out of JOY
• How they get back to JOY

Hear what they have to say about social media, how it affects joy, and how "being in the moment" is essential to joy.

This episode is very valuable and enlightening not only for our children and young adults, but for all of us. I learned so much and we hope you do too!

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This episode is a conversation with Carla White. Carla is a Spark Igniter!

She’s on a mission to empower high performing

women to heal emotional overwhelm &

exhaustion so they can finally give themselves

enthusiastic, unapologetic Permission to Play… to reignite the Spark within, find joy, and boost their energy using the power of FUN. She is a 4x international

best-selling author, including her book Reignite

Your Spark & contributor to Chicken Soup for the Soul,

The Spirit of Canada. Carla is the creator of The Connection Club and Reignite Your Spark Retreat, held annually in the Canadian Rockies. She hosts the Permission to Play Show

Another enlightening episode on how one can reignite their spark through play and find JOY once again. Carla´s work in the world is based on the proverb, ¨The body heals with play, the mind heals with laughter and the spirit heals with JOY.¨

She talks about how the natural state of human beings is JOY however, we have all experienced drama, trauma, and shitastrophies that if left unhealed will keep us from actually enJOYing our life adventures.

Carla shares her personal experience and how she got herself to where she is today and how she supports professional women in finding their JOY again through play.

I love her take on PLAY and how important it is for adults to still PLAY. She also shares with us her ABC´s.

A-Allow what is coming up and let it be, don´t judge it.
B-Breathe- This is our energy life source
C-Connect with soul, community, higher power, or support system.

She also chats with us about about the three components of PLAY:
1. Connection
2. Playfulness
3. Flow

Enjoy this episode and please let me know what you took away from this episode that can change what you are doing right now!

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