🤩 In this inspiring episode, we dive deep into the world of life coaching with our special guest, Andilyn Jenkins. Certified life coach and a beacon of hope, Andilyn shares her unique approach to helping individuals, especially women dealing with betrayal trauma and faith transitions.

Join Jamie and Garth Braithwaite in our latest podcast episode of "Taco Tuesday." This dynamic duo, parents to seven wonderful children aged 18 to 5, share their journey and insights on technology, parenting, and learning together as a family. 🥳👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

In this episode, Garth, an Engineer on the Design Team at Adobe, offers his expert perspective on balancing technology with family life. With two decades of marriage and a full house ranging from high school seniors to kindergarteners, Jamie and Garth have a wealth of experiences to share. 📱👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Hear Jamie's take, with her background in technology education, on how to guide children in a world dominated by social media and digital platforms. 🌍💡 They discuss the American Family Survey 2023 and the interesting gap between parents’ perceptions and the reality of children's social media use. 📊👀

Dr. Larsen, with his rich experience in psychiatry, brings invaluable insights on balancing life's complexities while chasing our dreams. From reflecting on the journey since COVID-19 to discussing practical steps for maintaining health and wellness, this episode is packed with wisdom and relatable advice. 🧠💪

Jamie is joined by Shelby Whiting, who brings a unique perspective on managing life's unpredictability. They explore topics such as storming the castle, stuck in sticky stuck spots, pushing over the school, and coping with health issues like diabetes in elementary school emphasizing the transformative power of positive reinforcement in both parenting and coaching. This podcast stands out as a blend of motivational stories and actionable advice, offering insights into facing life's challenges with a positive outlook.

Jamie Braithwaite and Dr. Jordan Hillam discuss being Be-YOU-tiful in this insightful episode of the JOYrific podcast, we tackled a myriad of topics surrounding emotional intelligence, personal development, and authentic interactions.

Jamie Braithwaite and William Kezele discuss the creation of JOYrific during the early stages of motherhood while my hands were full of diapers filled with crap, carrying a carseat, and raising little girls. Rebounding through the struggles of parenting and being proactive during the process. Identifying mindfulness for children and creating a family atmosphere for “QT Time” full of curiosity and sincere questions. Only you can move your magnet on the JOYrific Chart, its a choice to take ownership.

Jamie Braithwaite and Kristine Garner discuss climbing mountains and surviving when you have nothing left to give. Hitting the wall in parenting and making one step at a time to continue the journey. Managing $#%^ing expectations one step at a time and adapting through the difficulties without giving up.

Jamie Braithwaite and Christy Hugh discuss the beginning of the journey. Empowering women to know, trust, and understand their body as they enter into new phases and stages in their life. Great advice for all as they discuss really impactful moments together. You need a lot of support as a young women and as a young mom, in each of those stages you need a community and support in all kinds of ways; not just someone who is going to help you take out the trash.

Over 10 years later, Shauna Earl and Jamie Braithwaite get together and discuss raising their families of 7 children using the JOYrific Chart.

I am Jamie Braithwaite. Today is my 40th Birthday and I am re-launching the JOYrific Podcast with my 7 children. These episodes will be telling some of my favorite stories and experiences of how JOYrific has impacted my life and the lives of my children as I visit with 7 amazing guests. Rate and review to help other people find us.

Jamie Braithwaite and Shauna Earl discuss the magnet chart, practicing with the children, moving the magnets around and continued to adapt the JOYrific chart after the initial novelty wore off. Only you can move your magnet. The magic happened when the children could talk about the four reasons that was causing their frustrations and then they could figure out how to fix it.

Shauna Earl and her family have been using the JOYrific Chart since 2011. Listen to Shauna share her experiences with the JOYrific Chart in her family dynamic of 6 children +1 on the way. She answers questions about how to implement and customize the chart into your own homes along with several success stories of how her children have internalized the JOYrific Communication Tool. Shauna says, “It was magical to watch how quickly little children could verbalize what they were feeling. And then the next step that was even more magical is they could figure out how to fix it…. They realized they had power to change the way they were feeling.”

Dr. Joy Lea and Jamie Lea Braithwaite come together to chat about Power Struggles. The following questions are addressed and answered: What is a power struggle? How do you identify a power struggle?

Power struggles with young children? Vs Power struggles with tweens/teens? How do you get a child to clean up his/her room? or do an expected chores? What do you do if they won’t do it? How do you avoid a power struggle when your child really wants to go to a friend’s party and you do not want him to go? What do you do with a child that doesn't want to go to school? What do you do with a teenager that refuses to come home on time and stays out past curfew?

4 sure answers to avoiding power struggles

Pick Your Battles

Engage Kids in Problem-Solving

Offer Choices

Give a Warning and Provide a Consequence

The topic of communication. How does the JOYrific Chart help you communicate? The JOYrific chart is a form of communication that puts us all on the same plain. It is important that we get the same vocabulary going to create understanding. Explaining a complex topic in a simplistic way. We have an amount of energy to communicate some for understanding and some for action.

Here are a few words about the JOYrific Chart from the mouths of my daughters. I created the chart and JOYrific System over 4 years ago when my now 8, 6, 4 year olds were only 4, 2, and 6 months old. They have grown up with a Chart in our Kitchen and the JOYrific Vocabulary discussed on a daily basis. This is completely unscripted and they said (and sometimes sang) what they wanted to about the JOYrific Chart. This should also give you a good idea of how we discuss the chart as a family when visiting the "high and middle". We recall stories, feelings, emotions, and openly share our experiences.

Mastering melt downs and facility attitude adjustments is a tongue in-cheek way to say if the behavior can be identified and explained then the task of changing undesired behavior is more likely a possibility in the future. Begin with the basic human needs. Understanding human needs are critical in the personal growth process. The JOYrific Chart is a communication tool to help parents and children identify and express their emotions, feelings and attitudes. The goal is to express appropriately in all types of circumstances. The chart’s principles are established from children as young as three years of age, as well as easily adapted to tweens, teens, adults, parents, and grandparents. Life’s journey is filled with challenges. Everyone can learn to identify, control and appropriately display emotions, feelings and attitudes, in the good times and in the difficult time. “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass; life is about learning to dance in the rain!”