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123 | Is Your Teen Standing Firm and Not Wanting to Go Places With the Family? Understand Why We Should Not Allow Our Teen To Opt Out on Family Traditions and Events!

Hi Friend, thanks for stopping by and listening to the Life Coach BFF Show! Has your teen stopped wanting to do what the rest of the family is doing?
 
Do they dissapear in their room and give you 100 reasons why they shouldn't be forced to go along with everyone else?
 
Today we're discussing why we shouldn't allow our teens to opt out on family traditions and important family events. 
 
Get ready to hear:
•Personal stories of growing up going to church each week with the family.
•Why church is invaluable to the growth of your teen.
•Staying home and avoiding church on Sunday is not the answer.
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Book: "Keep It Simple, Sarah" (Amazon bestseller)Facebook Group: @midlifemoxieWebsite: www.ourmidlifemoxie.com
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*Quick Disclaimer- Heather Pettey is a certified coach and not a therapist. Always seek the support of a therapist for clinical mental health issues.
 
 

122 | SEXTORTION, and Maybe it’s Time for a Mom Reset- Hearing From a Mom Whose 16 Year Old Daughter’s Teen Tantrums Are Making Her Blood Boil!

Hi Friend! today in episode #122 on our podcast Life Coach BFF Show, we're discussing taking time for a mom reset and hearing from a mom whose 16 year old daughter’s teen tantrums are making her blood boil! We're also touching on sextortion and what to tell your teen.
•Learn in this episode the most common tactics used to prey on teens, according to NBC investigation.
•We're also hearing from a mom whose 16 year old daughter is making her blood boil, a parent whose 11 year old has been exposed to porn at a friend's home, and a disappointed teen on Valentine's Day.
Life can be challenging, Mama! Together, we can do hard things!
Xo,
Heather
*Mentioned in this episode
Brian Montgomery tells the story of his son Walker, who lost his life recently due to sextortion. Video by First Baptist Church Starkville.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=ZG-9-P2cg-c
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Book: "Keep It Simple, Sarah" (Amazon bestseller)Facebook Group: @midlifemoxieWebsite: www.ourmidlifemoxie.com
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*Quick Disclaimer- Heather Pettey is a certified coach and not a therapist. Always seek the support of a therapist for clinical mental health issues.
 
 

121 | Help Your Teen Spot the Early Warning Signs of a Toxic Relationship and Recognize Red Flags With Angie Phillips

Hi Friend, welcome back to Life Coach BFF Show! Todays's guest is Angie Phillips.
Angie is a mom to 3 kiddos and bonus mom to 3 additional loves. Their ages range from 12 to 20. Together with her husband, Aric, they embarked on a journey of blending a big, beautiful, and messy family together. Angie has been in the technology solution space her entire career which typically is not abundant with female leadership. So, as you might have guessed, she is very passionate about lifting women up! Angie also has an extreme love of traveling and exploring new places especially cute little towns. But her favorite thing is watching her kids live their best life and supporting them in all of their passions.A year ago, Angie and Aric started a podcast called “Blended, Blessed and Always a Mess” to create a sense of community for the families going through the blended struggles. Aric and Angie are raw and real about the highs and lows of blending a family. Unfortunately, on Nov 27th, 2022, Angie and her family’s lives changed forever when her oldest, Hallie, was tragically shot and passed away peacefully on November 29th.  Grabbing onto their faith and hope, they are focused on shining Hallie’s light in the midst of the darkness.
Connect with Angie Phillips
Website: www.blendedblessedalwaysamess.comTiktok: www.tiktok.com/@halliebears.momInstagram: https://instagram.com/blendedblessedalwaysamess?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blendedblessedalwaysamess?mibextid=LQQJ4dPinterest: https://pin.it/6WO7Xx
 
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Email: hpetteyoffice@gmail.com
Speaker Request HereInstagram @HeatherPettey_Facebook: @HeatherPettey1
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Book: "Keep It Simple, Sarah" (Amazon bestseller)Facebook Group: @midlifemoxieWebsite: www.ourmidlifemoxie.com
Don't forget to subscribe to the Life Coach BFF Show for more inspiring content and practical life advice!
*Quick Disclaimer- Heather Pettey is a certified coach and not a therapist. Always seek the support of a therapist for clinical mental health issues.
 
 

120 | Your Body Changes After 40; TIPS to Stop the Middle Age Spread With Dr. Jennifer Singh

Hi Friend! Today, on Life Coach BFF Show, we are chatting with Dr. Jennifer Singh. She's a doctor, wannabe-chef, wife and mom who is passionate about sharing the power of a plant-based diet and healthy lifestyle. Board-certified in Lifestyle Medicine, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, she is well-acquainted with the dismal health results of the Standard American Lifestyle.  
She uses her medical knowledge, cooking skills, and fifteen years of professional teaching & lecturing experience in medical education to teach groups of all sizes and backgrounds about the life- changing power of plant-based nutrition and lifestyle. By providing knowledge and support to help clients change their habits, she continues to be amazed by the health results that people can achieve.
Thank you for joining us. I hope this episode blesses you. 
Xo,
Heather
 
Connect with Dr. Jennifer Singh on Facebook
Email Dr. Jennifer Singh
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Connect with Host Heather Pettey:
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Book: "Keep It Simple, Sarah" (Amazon bestseller)Facebook Group: @midlifemoxieWebsite: www.ourmidlifemoxie.com
Don't forget to subscribe to the Life Coach BFF Show for more inspiring content and practical life advice!
*Quick Disclaimer- Heather Pettey is a certified coach and not a therapist. Always seek the support of a therapist for clinical mental health issues.
 

119 | Worried About Paying For Your Teens College? Kara Walker Shares How She Graduated Debt Free With Money in the Bank!

Hey Friend! Are you a mom of a teen and worried about paying for your kid's college? As a midlife mom and parent of a teen, paying for college can be stressful! As a Christian mom, you want to avoid debt for your teen, and our guest today tells us how to do it.
I'm so excited to talk with Kara Walker. She's sharing today on the podcast, Life Coach BFF Show, how she paid for her own college and graduated debt free with money in the bank. Thanks so much for listening!
About Kara:
I'm Kara. I too was a stressed college student and over-achiever, looking for money and mental peace. I wondered if there were other ways to pay for college, and wished for clear direction on how to do it! I wanted an easier way to fund college with less anxiety. But I kept telling myself that I had no idea what I was doing… thought I wasn’t finishing school fast enough… AND felt like I would never have enough money to get through it without debt.
Until some scholarships and rare school hacks got me going. And I can show you how! In this podcast, you will find mental peace, answers for your future, and enough money to pay for college so that you too can actually, literally graduate debt-free!
So grab your cold brew and TI-89, and enroll in the most stress-free and debt-free class you've ever attended: this is Money and Mental Peace.
 
Kara's Podcast--> https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/money-and-mental-peace-scholarships-student-loans/id1602608122
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/moneyandmentalpeace/
Facebook --＞ Christian College Girl Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/734349047530666
Connect --＞ info@moneyandmentalpeace.com
Website --＞ https://moneyandmentalpeace.com/
 
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Connect with Host Heather Pettey:
Email: hpetteyoffice@gmail.com
Speaker Request HereInstagram @HeatherPettey_Facebook: @HeatherPettey1
Linkedin: @HeatherPettey
Book: "Keep It Simple, Sarah" (Amazon bestseller)Facebook Group: @midlifemoxieWebsite: www.ourmidlifemoxie.com
Don't forget to subscribe to the Life Coach BFF Show for more inspiring content and practical life advice!
*Quick Disclaimer- Heather Pettey is a certified coach and not a therapist. Always seek the support of a therapist for clinical mental health issues.
 
 

118 | Are You Overcome With Anxiety Each Sunday Just Thinking About the Week Ahead? 5 Ways to Get Past the Sunday Scaries

BFF, do you battle the Sunday Scaries? If so, you are so not alone. According to a Reader's Digest article, written by Leslie Finlay, polls say 75% to 80% of people experience these scaries. As a mom of a teen, I feel sometimes feel pressure on Sunday evenings to make sure I have a meal plan, clean uniforms, and lunch items for the week. The article names 5 ways to prevent the Sunday panic, and we're covering them on episode #118 of the podcast Life Coach BFF Show.
Thank you for being here with me today! I love you, and Jesus loves you even more!
Don't forget... the doors to join Cub BFF, our online membership for moms, will be closing January 31st. I hope you will decide to join us on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Mondays of each month @ 12:00pm CST.
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Connect with Host Heather Pettey:
Email: hpetteyoffice@gmail.com
Speaker Request HereInstagram @HeatherPettey_Facebook: @HeatherPettey1
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Book: "Keep It Simple, Sarah" (Amazon bestseller)Facebook Group: @midlifemoxieWebsite: www.ourmidlifemoxie.com
Don't forget to subscribe to the Life Coach BFF Show for more inspiring content and practical life advice!
*Quick Disclaimer- Heather Pettey is a certified coach and not a therapist. Always seek the support of a therapist for clinical mental health issues.
 
 
 

117 | Struggling to Find Time for Self Improvement, Growth and Community? You Too Can Benefit From Joining a Women’s Online Community: What Our Members Are Saying

Hey BFF! We have a BIG announcement on today's episode of Life Coach BFF Show. The doors are now open in Club BFF, our online community for moms of teens. If you are struggling to find time for self Improvement, growth, and community... this may be for you. Reminder- the opportunity to join will end January 31st. More info in this episode.
Also, there are 4 questions or comments from you, my BFF, and we're getting to the bottom of them all. Let's GO!
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Email: hpetteyoffice@gmail.com
Speaker Request HereInstagram @HeatherPettey_Facebook: @HeatherPettey1
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Book: "Keep It Simple, Sarah" (Amazon bestseller)Facebook Group: @midlifemoxieWebsite: www.ourmidlifemoxie.com
Don't forget to subscribe to the Life Coach BFF Show for more inspiring content and practical life advice!
*Quick Disclaimer- Heather Pettey is a certified coach and not a therapist. Always seek the support of a therapist for clinical mental health issues.
 
 
 

116 | Are Your Thoughts Causing Feelings of Guilt, Robbing You of Peace, and Wreaking Havoc on Your Mind? Author, Stephen Arterburn - Every Believer’s Thought Life

Hi Friend! Welcome back to Life Coach BFF Show! We're discussing our thoughts with author, Stephen Arterburn... we all have them! STEPHEN ARTERBURN is the founder and chairman of New Life Ministries and host of the number one nationally syndicated Christian counseling talk show New Life Live!, which is heard and watched by more than two million people on nearly two hundred radio stations each week. He is also the host of New Life TV, a web-based video channel dedicated to transforming lives through God’s truth; the founder of the Women of Faith conferences,
attended by more than five million people; and a bestselling author. With more than eight million books in print, he has been writing about God’s transformational truth since 1984.
 
Every Believer’s Thought Life: Defeating Destructive Mental Patterns to Gain Victory Over Temptation (Salem, January 10, 2023), New York Times bestselling authors Stephen Arterburn and Marcus Brotherton teach us how to take our thoughts captive, identify the root of our struggle and structure our lives in a way that facilitates biblical mental health. 
Thanks for Listening!
I love you,
Heather
 
Stephen Arterburn  ONLINE
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewLifeSteve/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveArterburn?s=20&t=PwGHe9enC1td1uF2SDC2tA 
Website: https://newlife.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjw4c-ZBhAEEiwAZ105RTP2gyfgAynsQ8shFOiyLhi_AAORfETdaSE7CUP65b7oYOv5515_vhoCD4MQAvD_BwE 
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Connect with Host Heather Pettey:
Email: hpetteyoffice@gmail.com
Speaker Request HereInstagram @HeatherPettey_Facebook: @HeatherPettey1
Linkedin: @HeatherPettey
Book: "Keep It Simple, Sarah" (Amazon bestseller)Facebook Group: @midlifemoxieWebsite: www.ourmidlifemoxie.com
Don't forget to subscribe to the Life Coach BFF Show for more inspiring content and practical life advice!
*Quick Disclaimer- Heather Pettey is a certified coach and not a therapist. Always seek the support of a therapist for clinical mental health issues.

115 | I’m Making Plans For the New Year and the 2 Things I’m Definitely Leaving Behind in 2022

Hi BFF! I'm so here for a new year. Not because the previous one was bad, because it was truly amazing! I couldn't have asked for a better year. I had some experiences of a lifetime, published a book, got to see friends I haven't seen in years, made new friends on the podcast Life Coach BFF Show, made appearances on CNN Headline News... I could go on and on! I'm just so incredibly grateful! But today I'm concentrating on my plan going forward, and I would love to hear your thoughts too. Let's get to it!
Thanks for listening!
Podcast Episode Mentioned:
109 | Elliot Kallen - A Brighter Day, Nonprofit Organization Dedicated To Helping Teens Manage Depression and Stress. : Depression In Teens, Teen Suicide, and Ways We Can Identify Both and Prevent
Connect with Host Heather Pettey:
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Book: "Keep It Simple, Sarah" (Amazon bestseller)Facebook Group: @midlifemoxieWebsite: www.ourmidlifemoxie.com
Don't forget to subscribe to the Life Coach BFF Show for more inspiring content and practical life advice!
*Quick Disclaimer- Heather Pettey is a certified coach and not a therapist. Always seek the support of a therapist for clinical mental health issues.
 
 
 

114 | Is Your College Student Home for the Holidays and Disturbing the Rest of the Family? Setting Healthy Boundaries With Your College Student

Life Coach BFF Show | Heather Pettey
Hi friend! Today, we're tackling more questions and comments on Life Coach BFF Show and going to try and do this in 23 minutes or less! Setting Healthy Boundaries With Your College Student, ”Only Mama Who”, & Sharon’s Sugar Cookie Recipe- Here we go!
 
Sharon's Sugar Cookie Recipe
-1 cup shortening or 1 cup softened butter (I use half of each)
-2 cups sugar
-2 eggs
-2 teaspoons vanilla
3-1/2 cups sifted self-rising flour
Cream shortening and sugar on low speed with an electric mixer. Gradually beat in the eggs and vanilla. Add the flour a little bit at a time.
Wrap cookie dough in plastic wrap and store in fridge for 2 hours to overnight. Roll about 1/4 inch thick, cut out cookie shapes and bake on an uncreased cookie sheet at 375 for 8 to 10 minutes. Tops will not be browned. Remove from hot cookie sheet after cooking 3 minutes.
Decorate with frosting and sprinkles when completely cooled.
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Connect with Host Heather Pettey:
Email: hpetteyoffice@gmail.com
Speaker Request HereInstagram @HeatherPettey_Facebook: @HeatherPettey1
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Book: "Keep It Simple, Sarah" (Amazon bestseller)Facebook Group: @midlifemoxieWebsite: www.ourmidlifemoxie.com
Don't forget to subscribe to the Life Coach BFF Show for more inspiring content and practical life advice!
*Quick Disclaimer- Heather Pettey is a certified coach and not a therapist. Always seek the support of a therapist for clinical mental health issues.