Tea Of Life Podcast

In today's episode, I talk about a time when God asked me to do something really hard, and I rebelled. In the end, I ended up submitting to His will, even though it wasn't easy. Today, I am grateful for that hard journey, and I want to encourage you to go where He's asking you to go. For full transcripts, visit teaoflifepodcast.com. 

I'm back! I took some time in 2021 to reflect and refuel, and now I'm ready to get back to it! Enjoy this introductory episode for season 6 and make sure you SUBSCRIBE for future episodes! For full transcripts and links, visit teaoflifepodcast.com. 

Today, I hope to make you feel a little better and possibly put a couple of things into perspective with your homeschooling journey. My hope is that, after listening to this episode, you will be able to feel a bit more prepared and encouraged as you begin, or continue, homeschooling through high school. For show notes, links, transcripts, or to subscribe to our podcast, visit http://teaoflifepodcast.com/.   

Homeschool High School - We Did It and So Can You! Part 1 This past May, we graduated our firstborn from high school, but not just any high school...homeschool high school. It was scary, awesome, terrifying, amazing, and all the feels at the same exact time. We did it! We graduated our son from homeschool high school, and YOU CAN TOO! These next few episodes, we will go through what it takes to homeschool high school and give you the encouragement you need to know that you can do it too! For transcripts, show notes, and links, go to http://teaoflifepodcast.com/. 

I can’t believe it, but this is officially Season 5 of the podcast! I know a few of you have been listening since the beginning, and I’d like to say a great big THANK YOU for the continued support and encouragement. Lately, I've noticed a huge spike of downloads, and that’s been really super exciting! Thank you all so much for joining me in this journey. In my last episode, I made a reference to how I have been taking time to reflect and consider how I want to move forward with this podcast. There are things about doing this podcast that I love, and things that I really don’t love. Join me as I unpack this on this episode, and then tell me what you think I should do. For full transcripts, links, and show notes, go to http://teaoflifepodcast.com/. 

I am hearing that for Thanksgiving, there are some places that aren’t allowing people to gather in groups of more than 10 people. Is this in your area, or do you have a similar but different mandate that your authorities are trying to implement? If so, what, and how do you feel about it? Are you planning on following it, or are you gonna ignore it and do what you want to anyway? How does your Thanksgiving celebration today look different than your celebration as a kid? I read a recent article from Mike Rowe called It’s Enough to Make a Grown Man Weep and chat about holiday depression.  For the full transcript, links, and show notes, go to teaoflifepodcast.com.

The Edge of Everywhen is a fictional book by Author, Allison Mackey, that will keep you on the edge of your seat. It is written for upper elementary/middle school ages; however, I found that I couldn't put the book down, and I am...well, let's just say that you should never ask a lady her age. I first interviewed Allison Mackey back in episode #30, How to Pursue Your Writing Passions. In that previous episode, we talked about how she became a writer and why. Also during that interview, she was in the process of writing The Edge of Everywhen and had actually just presented her book to her publisher that very morning. My favorite quote from that episode was, "We don't seek perfection in order to obtain the Father's blessing. We seek perfection because we already have the Father's blessing." During our current chat and also in her book, Allison refers to quite-a-few other books that are great reads for everyone. Here are just a few of the books she referred to that can help you start your very own amazing journe

While quarantined during the Coronavirus shutdown, Shelley also found herself in a similar situation as us and a lot of other people. She too has had to sit back and watch all of her work disappear. Due to this, I wanted to invite her on to have a chat and get her perspective on how she is handling being shut in and unable to get out, make money, and hang out with her friends and family. So, as everyone should know by now, this video is part of a series released in order to get perspective on how others out there are handling being quarantined during Coronavirus / COVID-19. I am asking the same questions to all of my guests in all of the videos in this series so that we can see how others are doing. My hope is that my guest can say something that you can identify with that will help you feel better about the situation you may be experiencing as well.  Even though we may feel like it sometimes, we are not alone, and I hope that you are able to identify with Shelley and our conversation can help you. We first h

This quarantined conversation with Rayson took place on May 5th, 2020, at the height of the world-wide Coronavirus Pandemic. Rayson is the host of the Raygacy Show, where he is a motivational and inspirational speaker, where he has had the privilege of interviewing top entrepreneurs such as Gary Vaynerchuk and Grant Cardone. He is also a nurse at the Institute of Mental Health in Singapore. I invited Rayson on today because I wanted to get his personal experience with being quarantined from Singapore with the current COVID-19 / Coronavirus crisis. There, they are also experiencing shutdowns and stay-at-home orders; however, they call it the “Circuit Breaker.” Rayson shares a little bit of how the Circuit Breaker got its name. I first interviewed Rayson about 2 years ago in episode #59, and at that time, he had about 1000 followers on Instagram, and now, just 2 years later, he has over 10,000 followers! He was kind to give us a quick rundown of how he has been able to grow his brand so quickly. Rayson tells u

Erica Greene is juggling her experience with being a new mom while being quarantined from COVID-19. She shares how not being able to depend on others to step in and help her has been really tough.  Erica's husband is a pharmacist, and his work demands have been drastically increased, making her time at home even more difficult. Both with taking care of her 9-month-old son and not being able to have grown-up conversations on a regular basis has been the toughest part of this for her. During this conversation, you can watch Erica as she is even juggling taking care of her son, who has also just learned how to crawl making him more mobile, and video-calling with me at the same time.  Erica says that she misses her friends the most, and she misses the pressures of obligations the least. Make sure you watch the other videos in this series. If you've missed them, you can see them here: http://teaoflifepodcast.com/.

Welcome to Part 5 of Our Quarantined Life. In this episode, I chat with a long-time friend, Kelsie Stone. Kelsie is the author of Glass Dust, and her wisdom certainly goes beyond her years.  Kelsie is passionate about people. In fact, she shaved her head in order to raise money for MUST Ministries during the COVID-19 crisis. Even though she is in isolation due to being immune-compromised, she wanted to continue to contribute to helping others in her community. She petitioned for people to donate money to this ministry in hopes of allowing more people to be fed during this pandemic. Kelsie has a connective tissue disease called Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, or HEDS for short. This disease is considered rare; however, Kelsie, along with others who have also been diagnosed, thinks that it is more common than we are aware.  Kelsie is immune-compromised and was also diagnosed with a disorder called Scheuermann Disease, and then eventually Ankylosing Spondylitis, after she found out that her spine was broken

Kristina Thrasher shares her answers and perspective to my quarantined questions. If you’ve been listening for a while, you will remember my first conversation with Kristina in episode #53, Aneurysm Survivor Finds Her Purpose. If you haven’t heard that conversation, please make sure you take some time to listen. You’ll be glad you did! This is the 4th video in “Our Quarantined Life” series. To see the first 3 videos, go to teaoflifepodcast.com or watch them straight from YouTube. Don’t forget to subscribe while you’re there, and hit that bell. We have more videos coming your way!

In part 3 of this video series, I invited Garrett Holcombe to share his perspective on how he and his family are handling our current situation with the COVID-19, Coronavirus shutdown. We talk through my quarantined questions in hopes of shedding some positivity, hope, and good news. Garrett is the President of Horizon Planning Group Inc, and he is known for having a heart of a teacher when it comes to his clients. He currently serves clients across the US and is a Smart Vestor Professional with Dave Ramsey. His passion for financial independence and prosperity for all is very evident in our conversation. For show notes and video links, go to http://teaoflifepodcast.com/. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv2CveelJEmC8UriSTHMt3Q

In this conversation, April spoke to our audience regarding how she and her family are handling being quarantined due to the global COVID-19, Coronavirus, outbreak. She has some really great advice on dealing with being shut-in, along with some great apps and videos to watch in order to bring some light and good news into the situation. For links and show notes, visit http://teaoflifepodcast.com/. To watch the full video, visit our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv2CveelJEmC8UriSTHMt3Q

We answer questions regarding how we have been handling the shelter-in-place quarantine order due to the Coronavirus outbreak. We want to give you a little glimpse of what our life has been like during the past 6 weeks and hopefully let you know that, no matter how you feel or what you're experiencing, you are not alone. We also desire to inspire you to look for your own adventure right now wherever you are. Visit http://teaoflifepodcast.com/ for more episodes that will inspire you to Transform Every Area of [YOUR] Life.

We are currently in a state of shutdown due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, and a lot of you are fearful. Fear is paralyzing. There is no preparation in fear. Fear doesn’t allow you to think properly or logically. Fear drives you to think about every possible scenario that could happen, or in your mind, will happen and doesn’t allow you to think logically about how things will actually and ultimately turn out. There is truth and there are lies. Sometimes, it’s hard to distinguish between the two. For show notes and transcripts, go to http://teaoflifepodcast.com/.

According to some research, having an identity crisis can sometimes be considered a psychological issue. Some people can suffer from identity crises all of their life, while others may experience it periodically, and then others may begin to experience it at short times during their life when they are in situations that they allow to “define them.” It’s not the questioning that causes an identity crisis, it’s the failure to execute that causes an identity crisis. The crisis part comes after not being able to execute who you really are after you have identified yourself. For show notes, transcripts, links and more, go to http://teaoflifepodcast.com/.

We’ve talked about the 7 Simple Steps to Loving Your Life, and if you have no idea what I am talking about or you haven’t heard that episode, I want to encourage you to go listen to that episode. I believe that doing those steps can actually help you find more happiness and contentment, but sometimes, we don’t actually know what would make us happy, so we don’t really know what goal we’re working for or what goal we are trying to achieve, regarding our happiness, so in today's episode, I want you to explore more about what really makes you happy and why and then set a goal to meet that target. I also introduced a new company founded by a few friends of ours and offer our listeners 10% off your entire order with a coupon code, so listen in to find out more about this and about what makes you happy!

Today, I have some exciting news! April Abraham is back for this episode as a guest-host, and I couldn't be happier about it! In this episode, we chat about: April's new bidet and her experience using it

We all want to feel known in a sense of having a deep connection with someone else or maybe even a group of someone else's. We all long for the security that we feel that it will bring to us. There is something about having a deep relationship with others by their physical presence that cannot be replaced with virtual reality. For some, we may have been told that we don't fit in, or maybe we have felt or currently feel that we don’t fit in; that we don't measure up or that we are different than those around us. We may feel different. We may think differently. We may even look different or dress differently. We are constantly wondering where we fit into this world we call home. If you have ever felt this way or are currently feeling this way, today, I talk to you. I let you know that you are not alone, and I talk about how to begin to see change.