Life's Seasons Speaks

20/09/2023

*NEW*

We use the word healthy a lot…but what does it mean to be healthy? In all areas of our life?
What is healing? What does healing look like- especially when we’ve experienced trauma?
Join Jenny as she explores health, healing and what that can look like in the midst of many different definitions and perspectives.
ALSO
if you’re local or in the Sarnia area be sure to check out our the Life's Seasons Care & Support Inc. Conference on October 19 & 20th and become a Certified Trauma and Resilience Clinical Specialist!

https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com

06/09/2023

Success...why is it so threatening?

How do you define success?
How does society define success?
How does your success measure up to other people?
How do men handle the women in their life that are "more successful" than they are?

Join Chris as he shares his lived experience as being seen as less successful than some of the people in his life and how he handled that.

"Men, it is possible to have successful women in your life without it being threatening."

https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/13536261-success-why-is-it-so-threatening

30/08/2023

*NEW*
Co-Existing Feelings & Jenny's Search for her Biological Family

Have you ever had more than one feeling at once?
Have they ever been seemingly opposite or maybe even conflicting?
What is that like for you? Is one feeling more important than the other, or does one weigh heavier than the other?

Join Jenny as she explores her experience of co-existing feelings both in general while talking about her life experiences...but also as she explores these co-existing feelings as she shares more of her journey about her search for her birth family.

And you might be surprised to hear just how that is going. There's quite the update!

https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/

23/08/2023

Fear of Abandonment - And How it's Hurting Your Relationships

Tina is back this week and ready to tackle an important topic... The Fear of Abandonment. Are you wondering if this is something you are struggling with? But you're not completely sure? Join the conversation to find out.

Today you will hear about the fear of abandonment and how it impacts relationships - with others and yourself.

Specifically, Tina will discuss:

What it feels like to fear abandonment in your relationships
Different ways of being abandoned
Behaviors that a fear of abandonment can lead to
The connection between self-abandonment and a fear of abandonment from others
Ways to address these thoughts, feelings and behaviours

Whether this is you or a loved one, this information will be incredibly helpful for your understanding, and the changes you want to see happen in your life. https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/13401939-fear-of-abandonment-and-how-it-s-hurting-your-relationships

16/08/2023

It's a Soul Soothing episode with Bob, and he is looking at Psalm 126, a prayer for restoration.

Psalms 120 - 134 are Psalms of Ascent...or songs the people of Israel sang as they journeyed to Jerusalem

There are sad songs... happy songs - and everything in between.
They are the songs of life, depicting life's journey.

Today's Psalm is a song of mourning over what was once experienced in the past.

Psalm 126 is also a prayer. And in it we find a simple formula to craft our own prayers.

The formula is simple: Remember the Past...Believe for the Present

It is a simple prayer that will carry us through the ups and downs of life. https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/13368804-psalm-126-a-prayer-for-restoration

11/08/2023

09/08/2023

It’s a new episode with Chris, and he’s sharing “I Had An Idea”

Have you ever had an idea but didn't realize how following through was going to effect others?

What were the motivations behind those ideas?

Did those ideas come with expectations of others?

Join Chris as he talks about some of his ideas throughout his marriage, how those ideas effected those he loves, and the expectations that he unwittingly put on others.

"Sometimes we put expectations on the ones we love to make us feel good so that we don't have to face whatever it is that is keeping us from feeling good".

https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/13358306-i-had-an-idea

02/08/2023

✨NEW EPISODE ALERT✨

Do you change your mind because you can?
Do you take a while to change your mind?
Are you allowed to change your mind?

What if it’s about something really big? Does it just impact you? Do you as a person change when you change your mind?

Tune in to hear Jenny’s process of changing her mind, and some of the answers to these questions.

Check it out wherever you listen to podcasts!

https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com

26/07/2023

Now Availabe❣️
Important message for our healing💔❤️‍🩹❤️

Connecting with our Inner Child

"The problems of our adulthood, were the solutions of our childhood" 💯

We all have an inner child. It's the piece of our personality that still feels and reacts as we did when we were a child.
It’s the piece that thinks, feels, and acts a certain way now because something reminded us of when we were little.
It’s the piece that acts a certain way now because it’s what we did as a child in an attempt to have our needs met.

Join Tina today as she talks about our inner child:

-What they need
-Why they need it
-How to provide it all for them
-The benefits we reap as adults

https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/13277266-connecting-with-our-inner-child

19/07/2023

Rock Solid Faith

It's another Soul Soothing episode with Bob! Join in as he discusses Psalm 125 - "The LORD Surrounds His People" - A song the people of God sang on their way to Jerusalem.

In a challenging, frightening, out of control world we all are looking for something, aren't we? Yes - PEACE.

Where does true peace come from? Deep rooted peace comes from rock solid faith.

Where God is - there is always hope. So, those who trust in the LORD live in peace. Not necessarily a peaceful world, but with an inner peace...
And inner peace comes from 3 truths which are embedded in Psalm 125 about the God who loves us:

God Surrounds His People
God Protects His People
God Does Good To His People

https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/13237138-rock-solid-faith

12/07/2023

Have you ever tried something new that seemed to come easy but then all of a sudden it wasn't?

Have you ever went through something in the past that you thought you worked through, just to have it come up again in other ways?

Have you noticed something unusual going on within yourself and you're not sure where it came from?

Join Chris as he talks through how these very things are currently effecting his life. Listen as he shares his past and how it is effecting his here and now, the questions he has had to ask himself, and the choice he now has to make.

"I can ask for help or continue to live in the chaotic emotional upheaval I've been living for the past weeks. The reality is that choice is mine."

https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/13205752-the-choice-is-yours

05/07/2023

Who's writing your script?

Have you ever felt like there's a certain way that you're supposed to be? A certain way to heal? A better or even a best way to grieve?
Or maybe there is even some sort of script that you're supposed to live by because "that's how people who have experienced X are"?

Join Jenny as she shares some of her personal scripts, and explores the idea of universal experiences- if they even exist.

Check us out wherever you listen to podcasts, and let us know what you think- we LOVE hearing from you!

https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/

14/12/2022

A repeat episode from last Christmas, because someone this year will be experiencing the same heaviness...

We've all heard the song "I'll Be Home For Christmas", but going home for the holidays is not really about a location. Is it? It is often about a person. It's about being with that special someone who feels like "home".

So what do we do when we can't go home for Christmas... because they just aren't there anymore?
How do we reckon with the reality of not having anywhere to go, especially when the whole world is focused on being HOME with our loved ones?

Join Tina as she talks about being a mama, without a mama... and not being able to go home for the holidays - not having that place to take her kids. Listen in as she describes the grief but also her answer to wondering, "Where do I go if I can't go home?"
The answer is also in the song..... "I'll BE Home for Christmas"
https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/11789107-i-ll-be-home-for-christmas

07/12/2022

Blue Christmas

Christmas is not always about joy, cheer, and festive get-togethers.

Every year, someone is facing their first Christmas without someone they love. It may not even be the first Christmas after a loss. It may be the second, 12th, or 30th. The number of years don't matter as much as the very real pain does.

Join Tina as she speaks about experiencing the holiday season, while suffering with the reality that someone very special is just not here. She will speak about the validated thoughts and feeling that may very well be present, as well as the possible options for taking care of ourselves and protecting our hearts.

If you don't feel full of joy this Christmas, may you feel loved and cared for.

Re-releasing this episode from last Christmas, because it's such an important message. https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/11801452-blue-christmas

30/11/2022

SAD. Seasonal Affect Disorder

Where has the energy and motivation gone? 😩 And what's with these carb cravings? Sleep... never enough! Socializing? Nope. 🛑 Not today thank you!

Are you starting to think you are actually a bear, and hibernation is the only answer? 🐻 Well, there may be a perfectly good reason for thinking this.

Join in today as we talk about SAD, Seasonal Affect Disorder. We discuss what the symptoms look/feel like, diagnostic criteria a doctor would look for, as well as treatments that could be prescribed to help relieve some of the experiences of having SAD. We also look at the difference between the Winter Blues, and SAD.

Tina is not a wildlife biologist, so she can not say for certain that you are not a bear. She is not a physician either, so she always recommends seeing your doctor with any concerns you have regarding your health. https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/11736965-sad-seasonal-affect-disorder

27/11/2022

"Relax, I've Got This/That/Them!"

It's another Soul Soothing Sunday with Pastor Bob, and you don't want to miss this message from Psalm 23:5

"You prepare a feast before me in plain sight of my enemies. You refresh my head with oil; my cup is completely full."

The passage is about the Protection of God, and it shows us that:

-God doesn't want to expose David (us) to his enemies
-God wants to reveal Himself to David's (our) enemies!

We learn that it isn't about David (us) being unsafe in the presence of enemies.
It's about David's (our) enemies not being safe in the presence of our God!

It's like God is saying to David (us) "Relax, I've got this/that/them!"

Truth: you can rest in the center of anything you trust God with
https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/11736771-relax-i-ve-got-this-that-them

23/11/2022

Todays episode is out now!

“It's a Man! 68 Inches. 155 Pounds”.

You’ve been working on you for a long time. You’ve been eating up everything you can that will help you grow and now you just don’t belong anymore, where you had been being nurtured.

Because just like a baby, before they are born, you’ve been fed and continued developing who you are... and what was a safe place to grow, is now too small to keep you. And you find yourself with almost this force behind you, feeling like you’re being pushed from one realm, into the next.

You cannot keep growing in who you are… AND stay where you are.

Everything we grow through in life pushes us into a new version of ourselves. If we keep moving forward through it all, we will end up being born again, and again, and again! https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/11699212-it-s-a-man-68-inches-155-pounds

16/11/2022

Today’s episode… What does it feel like to be wrong? 🤦🏻‍♀️ Well, in all honesty, it actually feels a lot like being right. 😎. We don't feel wrong until we RECOGNIZE we are wrong 🤔... and that comes with some heaviness - and follows with some predictive actions too. 🙃

Today, we look at where this fear of being wrong comes from, why we often insist that we are right, and how we handle it when others don't agree with us. https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/11647142-right-enough-to-be-wrong

09/11/2022

Perhaps you don't feel like you've been living in greatness, in the way that we think of "greatness". But, maybe you have been. Maybe though, it has felt more like living in the greatness of grief or despair.

Today we talk about the reality of going in and through seasons of greatness - some feeling like the greatness of joy and contentment, other feeling the like the valley of the shadow of death... and shadows can bring with them so much fear.

Join in as we discuss what it's like to live in the darkness of the shadows, under the greatness of so much heaviness, and what we can do to keep going until we come out of it again. https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/11647362-living-in-greatness

02/11/2022

Today, on Life’s Seasons Speaks… https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/11582185-thank-you-midbrain

30/10/2022

It’s Soul Soothing Sunday with Pastor Bob!!! Tune in - you’ll be blessed as he continues in Psalm 23, looking today at verse 4... "Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassures me".

Join in as Bob talks about the companionship of God through life's difficulties. God may not spare us from all struggles, but he certainly doesn't send us through them alone either. Even when David felt that he was alone, he knew he wasn't.

Just as a shepherd is always there for his sheep, so is God always there for and with his people. https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/11566679-for-you-are-with-me

27/10/2022

https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/11560957-perfection-or-rejection

26/10/2022

Todays episode… Perfection or Rejection

Research tells us that we need to stop trying to avoid failure, and embrace it as something necessary for growth. But that is hard to do in a society that SHAMES us for the mistakes we make. We are now part of a world that doesn't accept apologies... instead, it calls for our resignation.

Let's talk today about living in an age that teaches us - It's Perfection or Rejection! https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/11560957-perfection-or-rejection

19/10/2022

I Will Not Take Off My Flipflops

So many of us are going kicking and screaming into Fall, and so reluctant to say good bye to summer... that we refuse to take off our flipflops! We aren't ready.

This can happen as we go in and out of seasons within our lives too. We don't want to say good bye to the seasons we are in. We don't want to have to experience the season that is coming. But it can't be stopped.

Listen in today as we specifically look at how the interaction between a tree and it's leaves can teach us what we need to know about the transitions we face in our journeys in life.

"Take what you need. Give what you can. Rest. Produce and grow. Repeat"
https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/11524115-i-will-not-take-off-my-flipflops

12/10/2022

Complaining About Answered Prayers

https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/11480801-complaining-about-answered-prayers

Have you ever stopped and realized that the very thing you are annoyed with, frustrated in, complaining about... is something you specifically prayed for??? 🙏

Join in as Tina admits to complaining about things she has literally dreamed of having in her life. 🤦🏻‍♀️Listen as she dives in to figure out WHY, HOW, WHEN... she lost the feeling of being privileged, and instead became entitled.

What do we do when we find that the very things we have prayed for, wished, for, and dreamed of come true? And they aren't exactly what we thought they would be?

Today we look at all the details regarding our complaints about answered prayers.

12/10/2022

Complaining About Answered Prayers

https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/11480801-complaining-about-answered-prayers

Have you ever stopped and realized that the very thing you are annoyed with, frustrated in, complaining about... is something you specifically prayed for??? 🙏

Join in as Tina admits to complaining about things she has literally dreamed of having in her life. 🤦🏻‍♀️Listen as she dives in to figure out WHY, HOW, WHEN... she lost the feeling of being privileged, and instead became entitled.

What do we do when we find that the very things we have prayed for, wished, for, and dreamed of come true? And they aren't exactly what we thought they would be?

Today we look at all the details regarding our complaints about answered prayers.

05/10/2022

It’s back! Behind Closed Doors is happening again this year… and we have tickets! For only $5 you get to shop the sales at Lambton Mall after hours and be entered into a draw for a $1000 Lambton Mall shopping spree. 100% of the tickets WE sell comes back to Life’s Seasons. Tickets are now available for purchase and pick up at our office. What an awesome, fun way to give back to your community through a local charity. Thank you to everyone who supports us!

05/10/2022

What's In Your Closet?
https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/11409137-what-s-in-your-closet
Do you shove things in your closet and close the door so the room looks clean? Does that make you feel better when you stand back and look around? Are you satisfied with the ILLUSION that everything is under CONTROL?

Today, we talk about the different ways we "shove stuff into the closet" in order to feel like we have some peace in our lives, through avoiding what's behind those doors. We'll also discuss how we can open the door, let all the issues spill out, and sort through them. We will explore the different feelings surely to be experienced, and the answer to successfully cleaning out that closet... for a real sense of control... and a real sense of peace.

28/09/2022

If These Walls Could Speak

Tina talks about the experience of being in the house her mom had last lived in and packing it up to leave for a new family to make new memories. But in the midst of reckoning with walls that could have something to say, Tina realizes where the real walls have been put up - and why.

Have you built walls in your life, thinking they could stop the pain, or at least slow it down while it tries to scale the protection you believe you put in place? Is it working for you?

Let's talk today, all about these walls and what they are really doing in our life. If THESE walls could speak... what would they say? https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/11359834-if-these-walls-could-speak

25/09/2022

Waters and Green Pastures

This week's message continues in Psalm 23, with Pastor Bob focusing on verses 2 and 3

Listen in as Pastor Bob leads us in reflective discussion about:

The provision of God as we follow His lead.
God is the cause/source of rest and refreshing .
God gently guides us on paths that bring glory to His name
The Lord's goal is for us to live in rest and peace as we trust Him to lead us

The Lord is our Shepherd

Trust in Him and let Him restore your soul https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/11359661-waters-and-green-pastures

21/09/2022

Shale is 24 days sober today! But before he made a massive change in his life, he became empty.
Empty can be painful and scary. We see it as a terrible thing. But what if “EMPTY” is a place to begin again?
If it is, the question isn’t “ARE YOU EMPTY?” - it’s “ARE YOU EMPTY ENOUGH?”
https://lifesseasonsspeaks.buzzsprout.com/1780268/11306929-empty-enough