Beyond the Shadow of Doubt™

I work with LGBTQ+ families of a conservative background who feel their world turned upside down. Currently there is a LOT of anti LGBTQ+, anti trans and anti drag legislation all across the US. This is significant enough that I chose to publish this episode and move the one I had originally scheduled.

A couple months ago, I had the opportunity to visit Dachau concentration camp located 10 miles north of Munich, Germany...

We all have questions and doubts, even Jennie the web designer. If you find yourself thinking “she must be booked out,” take note she is human like the rest of us! Things like imposter syndrome and insecurities show up in all of our lives. In Jennie’s words, self-doubt comes up for clients especially in the beginning. Sometimes it is in the form of niche drama. Jennie shares “drama sounds negative” so prefers to call it niche exploration and views it as a right of passage...

Join me and Emily Wardrop, the 'drop the war' life coach, on the podcast. She shares how doubt creeps in to our lives as parents. Her goal as she works with moms of young kids in her words is for moms to believe they are a good mom.

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Questions make us smarter! When we use our brains for what God intended we are increased.  Source cited, Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2018/05/the-surprising-power-of-questions

For limited time I’m offering a complimentary coaching package for Q+ teens or young adults to coincide with trauma certification I am going through with Lindsay Poelman coaching. Please send me an email at hello@meaganskidmorecoaching.com for more info...

I'm CELEBRATING 1K+ PODCAST downloads!  Leave a review on Apple Podcasts and fill out my google form and I'll send you some free stuff (temporary tattoo and LGBTQ+ Valentine).  Go here: https://linktr.ee/meaganskidmorecoaching __ Dr. Stacy Smalley joins me today in openly and vulnerably sharing how growing up Catholic has played a role throughout her life.   She shares, "All 3 of [my sisters and I] still identify as Catholic, but don’t regularly go to church...

There are three primary motivators for behavior.  We usually do or say something from a place of fear (basic, primary, survival level), duty (a little more evolved) or love (highest level, what we strive for)...

In this episode I answer the question, What is the difference between “finding fault” and genuinely seeking answers to questions and doubts? Join me as I share the difference between having questions and doubts about things that don’t make sense (yet) to you vs. being critical and condemning about them.

I believe we can shift the discussions around this topic by doing just that—having discussions about it...

Elder Oaks said “When I say free agency I refer to what the scripture calls agency, which means an exercise of the will, the power to choose. We are here to be tested, and this cannot occur without opposition in all things. If we did not have opposition, we could not exercise our free agency by making choices...

The 3 stages of faith outlined in Faith is not Blind by Bruce & Marie Hafen are useful in describing how we grow and evolved spiritually and address the “GAP of uncertainty.” In their book they share: “The best response to the GAP of uncertainty is to keep growing into Stage 3, where we don’t just see the real and the ideal, we also hold on to each perspective—with eyes and hearts wide open...

You may or may not have noticed, I’ve been on a hiatus for a couple months. It wasn’t planned; I vulnerably share that in hindsight I can see that my faith journey was taking yet another pivot. I'm looking forward to fanning these flames and get this fire going again. Today I share about the origin of the word doubt. Learning a second language opened my eyes to the complexity of language in general...