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Gotta Love Family Podcast

Mary Ann Johnson

Learn how to connect everyday in everyday ways.

kids & family parenting

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14:51

Choose the Scenic Route

Gotta Love Family Podcast ·

2024/06/30

I have a granddaughter and a dear friend with special needs. I have another friend who has six children with special needs. These relationships require us to face many challenges but if we can find beauty and joy in the journey, as my friend with the six special needs children says, we choose the scenic route. This doesn't just apply to families with children like my granddaughter and friends. Doesn't every child have 'special needs?' Isn't parenting any child a challenge of change and growth? Join

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11:39

Read, Learn and Bless Your Family

Gotta Love Family Podcast ·

2024/06/23

I read a verse of scripture that sparked this article. “I have commanded you to bring up your children in light and truth. . .therefore, First, set in order thy house” Doctrine and Covenants 93:43 On this day, I read it in a new way. I focused on “First, set in order thy house”. It brought to my mind another verse of scripture. “For now we see through a glass darkly”. 1 Cor. 14:12 Seeing through a glass darkly is an apt analogy when we are sharing knowledge with our children. If the windows to our

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Mary Ann - Cleaning - For the List Makers

Gotta Love Family Podcast ·

2024/06/16

This is the last article in the series on cleaning systems. This is the system I use today. Let me give you the back story. I have tried many cleaning systems, but I always returned to ‘THE LIST.’ I am a list maker. It seemed the most useful and satisfying way to manage my daily work. However, I am also a finisher. This and list-making can be a combination for failure. It isn’t that you fail, but you always feel like a failure because you can never finish the list. In real life, you never finish the

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14:59

Mary Ann - Cleaning - For the List Makers

Gotta Love Family Podcast ·

2024/06/16

This is the last article in the series on cleaning systems. This is the system I use today. Let me give you the back story. I have tried many cleaning systems, but I always returned to ‘THE LIST.’ I am a list maker. It seemed the most useful and satisfying way to manage my daily work. However, I am also a finisher. This and list-making can be a combination for failure. It isn’t that you fail, but you always feel like a failure because you can never finish the list. In real life, you never finish the

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05:19

Cleaning - An Experiment for Fun

Gotta Love Family Podcast ·

2024/06/09

I read an article my friend Donna Goff wrote called Trade in Your To-Do List. The article I read, resonated with me because my daily worksheet can feel overwhelming. The problem is, I rarely get each item on the list finished, even if I am running circles all day long, Donna had experienced the same thing. And no matter how much you accomplish in a day, if there are unchecked items left on your list it can leave you with a sense of not having done enough. It shouldn’t. I know better. You probably

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09:49

Anne Murdock – Cleaning –Why Am I in Such a Mess

Gotta Love Family Podcast ·

2024/05/26

Anne Murdock just retired from decades of working with special needs children. That is our big link, as I have a special needs granddaughter. We met in church and became fast friends. Although I moved, we have stayed in touch. Recently we began meeting for lunch. We each drive about 30 minutes and it has been fun. A few months ago, we discussed a cool system Anne uses to help women stay on top of their work at home and have fewer moments of feeling like they can’t manage. It’s called Household

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11:10

Donna Goff - Cleaning - A System For Staying on Top

Gotta Love Family Podcast ·

2024/05/19

In the next few weeks, I will be sharing some cleaning systems from friends of mine and myself. We all need help managing the 'pile' of things that need to be done so that we don't get bogged down and feel like failures. This is a very familiar feeling to most of us! I begin with my friend Donna Goff who is a writer, teacher, mentor, and mother to a large family. Join me as we explore how she stays on time and avoids the dreaded 'neverending list.'

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09:57

Recharging – Do You Know What Works for You

Gotta Love Family Podcast ·

2024/04/07

There are many ways to recharge and care for yourself but they aren't helpful unless you know what works for you. and did you know that what works can change and then you have to go back to the drawing board. Join me as I share an experience from 2011 and another from 2024 that is illuminating when it comes to understanding what works for you when you need to recharge. I will also share why I don't buy the idea that to recharge we have to go outside of the chaos of daily living. If that is the

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10:51

SPARKS = Loving to Learn

Gotta Love Family Podcast ·

2024/03/24

In the last two weeks, I’ve given you some information on Sparks and how to use them to connect with your children. In the article on March 10 – SPARKS - The Big Fail, I mentioned that when we learn to utilize Sparks, we can help our children love the idea of learning. Kids have a lot to learn, and often, whether we homeschool or use public or private schools, the love of learning can get buried. We can’t prevent times when school is boring or too hard. But we can keep the desire to learn alive, as

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06:42

SPARKS - The BIG Win

Gotta Love Family Podcast ·

2024/03/17

Last week I shared information about Sparks and how valuable they can be in building child-parent relationships. I also shared my big failure when it came to one of my grandsons Sparks. Let’s have a quick review. In my book Becoming a Present Parent I wrote that the value of seeing your child’s Sparks is that it’s a wonderful way to get Present with your child. It’s powerful not only in helping them love learning but also in creating tighter relationships. So, what is a Spark? Simply put, a Spark

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11:02

SPARKS - The Big Fail!

Gotta Love Family Podcast ·

2024/03/10

In my book Becoming a Present Parent I wrote that the value of seeing your child’s Sparks is that it’s a wonderful way to get Present with your child. It’s powerful not only in helping them love learning but also in creating tighter relationships. Over the next few months, I want to share some examples of how I, and other parents, were able to use Sparks to connect with our kids. They are fun ideas that you can incorporate with your children, even if they haven’t shown up as a Spark, because you

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08:18

Are You Afraid of Reading Hard Books?

Gotta Love Family Podcast ·

2024/03/03

Have you ever wondered how to read books that aren’t easy reads? This has been an issue for me. I LOVE reading but sometimes the classics are a challenge. History can be dry. Some books deal with tough topics. How do you manage those? I just finished a book while at my daughter's in Seattle, The Midnight Library. It’s a book I would recommend to others, but it wasn’t what I would call a ‘tough read.’ It was a thoughtful and enjoyable read. We all need those now and then but to learn and grow we

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13:01

Do You Have a 'Family Thing'?

Gotta Love Family Podcast ·

2024/02/25

Every mother struggles to bring all that she has to the family table. We all want to teach our children to be kind, to have manners, to be honest, to do their chores, to share, and on and on. We also want to teach skills that can help them as adults. We desire to encourage them to develop talents for the joy of it. It can feel daunting. But there is something else that many of us struggle with; we want to have meaningful ‘family learning’, where our families connect and where the connection we

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07:17

Harness the Power of focus!

Gotta Love Family Podcast ·

2024/02/11

I have a friend that I admire very much, Alysia Humphries. What got me thinking about her this last couple of weeks was that tonight (Saturday) I am going to a special event for caregivers. She and a handful of other women are giving some nurturing to caregivers. I fit into that group and so Alysia asked me to come. I am going to have some foot zoning done and Alysia is giving me some light therapy. Restful! That got me thinking about Alysia and a letter she sent to me after an event I participated

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10:22

HELP! I Need Activities for Small Children

Gotta Love Family Podcast ·

2024/02/04

I recall getting an email from a very harried mom with a three-year-old. I laugh about it still because I can relate! “YIKES!! My three-year-old wants me to help him with everything!! I need some activities and games for small children!” Not long after, I got an email from a mom who was homeschooling. She loved working with her eight-year-old, but she had two littles who made it difficult to give her older son the attention she wanted to. She needed some diversions for those little ones. She planned

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12:35

I No Longer Have a Bucket List or Is Parenting the...

Gotta Love Family Podcast ·

2024/01/28

Do you have cherished dreams? Is there a goal you want as much as breathing? Do you worry that because you chose to be a parent they may never come to pass? I can relate. I raised seven children. I was busy and overwhelmed lots of the time. I had goals and dreams and there were times I felt they could come to pass. Then, just when I felt I was moving towards them, I would be called home physically or emotionally and the dream would be on hold again. Today, I want to encourage you and give you heart,

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07:01

Simple Techniques for Stress-Free Single Parenting

Gotta Love Family Podcast ·

2024/01/21

Life as a single parent is a challenging journey, but it can also be filled with growth, resilience, and moments of joy. I have a daughter navigating this path, and it can be both painful and joyous watching her and her children as they move through this new territory. To manage well requires a blend of practical strategies and emotional fortitude. Understanding how to manage as a single parent, either a mom or dad, requires support and resources. In April of 2023, I posted an article by a fellow

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08:03

Are You Prepared for the New Year?

Gotta Love Family Podcast ·

2024/01/14

I no longer make New Year's Resolutions. Instead, I have a few useful tools I use. Today I will be talking about three ways you can put the coming year in order in your mind, and manifest what you want your life to look and feel like. Doing these simple steps has made the last ten years more powerful for me and I have been able to accomplish some BIG things, while busily working and caregivng. I hope you join me and discover what it is you want in the next three to five years.

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21:57

Thoughts On My Wall

Gotta Love Family Podcast ·

2024/01/07

Last week, I shared my daughter’s journey from a traumatic brain injury to a life of love and service. I shared one of the secrets to her success – she had taken charge of what she focused on. I, like my daughter, put ideas on my wall. I post on my walls thoughts and ideas that I want to understand and incorporate into my life and way of being. I thought it would be fun to share some of what I have on my walls with you. If it resonates you may want to post it on your walls. If not, enjoy the read

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09:41

You Are What You Think About and Focus On

Gotta Love Family Podcast ·

2023/12/31

In 2003, my world turned upside down when my daughter, Jenny, was hit head-on by a drunk driver going the wrong way on a California freeway. Five years later, I wrote an article about Jenny’s journey and how she turned a major head injury into a life worth living. Another eleven years have passed, and I have watched my daughter live these words – You are what you think about and focus on. Jenny's sixteen-year odyssey is powerful. If you find yourself frustrated, angry, discouraged, resentful, sad,

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