SEASONS with LA Cool J

You just can't not listen to this episode. Nancy is quite simply one of the most refreshing voices and wisest women of faith out there. Nancy's words are full of grace and truth and she is unapologetically and hilariously honest. Nancy is a gifted speaker, author and leader. She was an ER nurse in her early career and she has worked as a pastor and in leadership development for the last 2-3 decades. She has 3 adult children and she resides in the Bay Area with her husband John.

Call it coincidence, call it miraculous, whatever you call it, there are simply moments in life you can't explain. When you KNOW things have been divinely orchestrated. When something happens just as you'd hoped, when things link together in a ridiculously meaningful way, when the timing all works out, when a certain message is repeated...we call those God winks. We thought it was high time we stop and share some of those recent moments when we felt God wink.

We continue our focus on growth with Sue Seel, a certified life coach for 20 years. As a young woman, Sue felt she had the formula for winning at life. At 71, she knows there is no such formula and she shares some priceless gems about how to keep going, growing and learning throughout your life. Her path has not been the one she would have charted but it has led her on a journey full of beauty and redemption. You can find her: https://www.sueseel.com/

Every word has meaning with Michelle McKinney! After 25 years working in the corporate world, Michelle launched her own business coaching women and helping them find their life's purpose. We discuss her rhythms of growth, how to get unstuck, how to create space in your life and pointing your life toward growth even through the messy seasons of life. Don't miss this one!

Back by popular demand! AGAIN! We're in the middle of a season focused on growth and we thought it would be fun to lighten things up with what we're reading, watching and eating.

Motherlift is back on Seasons this week with a new sister, Morgan! Morgan is a therapist, an enneagram 4, and a lover of plants, rye whiskey, and poetry. She's on this week as a gift to you...who couldn't use some free therapy these days?! Join us as we talk through practical applications of self-care.

Welcome to 2021 & Season 4!!! LA Cool J bring you their new year commitments, hopes, and words for the year. They preview themes for the upcoming new season of Seasons featuring the goal of GROWTH in all major aspects of life. Woohoo!

2020 was a year like no other. Life as we knew it was completely interrupted. For many, it will never be the same. Collectively, we've probably never been happier to welcome a new year! So it felt right to end the year with some reflections on the lessons we learned through what many have called the dumpster fire that was 2020. But even the fire revealed some silver linings and shed light on what matters most.

Nothing in 2020 has gone as planned. Including this week's gratitude-themed episode which was thwarted and instead is a short reflection from Cool J. I share some fresh disappointment (add it to the ash heap of 2020) and what is helping me refocus on goodness. If you're struggling to find gratitude this year, you're certainly not alone & I hope this helps. Here's a free one...only one month remains in this surreal year of our Lord 2020!

Our amazing editor Chris Mann joins the show this week for some REAL real talk on faith, starting his business, living overseas, his rockin band days, what he really thinks of Seasons Podcast, and what he learned from the hardest season he has ever walked through. We can't wait for you to listen!

In part 2 of our interview with Macy, we continue the discussion on the realities of life postpartum--including sex and our bodies. Macy shares honestly about her journey to greater body acceptance after babies and making peace with the inevitable changes. She described the real estate it was taking up mentally and how she needed to shift. 

Macy is a certified full-spectrum doula and co-founder of @Motherlift. Motherlift was created to offer an uplifting space of greater support and education for moms.

If you're a mom or considering motherhood, don't miss our guest this week. Macy and her 2 sisters created @Motherlift over mai thais in Mexico--where so many great ideas are born. After this sister trio all had dramatic and unexpected roads to motherhood and postpartum experiences, they wanted to create an uplifting space of greater support and education for moms. Macy is a certified full-spectrum doula, co-founder of @Motherlift, and we cover a lot of vulnerable ground in this 2-part series. Buckle up!

It probably goes without saying why we're revisiting this subject from Season 1. This year has been one of the most potentially isolating years we have ever lived through. But some studies share surprising results about which age groups report the highest levels of loneliness. And guess what...America was already really lonely BEFORE the pandemic began. So where does that leave and how do we fight loneliness?

Conflict is inevitable...the trick is how to have it without destroying the relationship. LA Cool J share about their approaches to conflict, winning and losing strategies, and what they've listened to and learned on this topic. We hope you laugh at our mistakes and get some good takeaways that will help you navigate conflict a little more smoothly going forward.

We've all had our moments! And so has everyone else it seems. This week LA Cool J discuss what to do when you're face to face with someone who is ummm let's say difficult. We discuss positive approaches to de-escalating a conversation or situation. And just remember, don't fight people like LA!

Seriously what are we doing? But remember this one from Season 1? Has it ever been more true for all of us??? Once again, we don't think so. Join LA Cool J for revised thoughts on this season of what the hell am I doing that we are ALL NOW IN.

When you're stuck on an island or maybe we should have called this one "Stuck in a Pandemic"...anyone? Oh right, EVERYONE. What to read to stay inspired? What to listen to keep your mood right? (Enjoy a variety of singing sound bites by LA Cool J.) What to watch to keep you laughing and/or entertained during these lengthy days. Our listeners weighed in on these questions too so enjoy the abundance of ideas!

Have we ever needed more grace than we do right now?? It's up for debate but probably not. LA Cool J begin Season 3 by revisiting key seasons from Season 1. They discuss what this looks like for them practically right now in the midst of a pandemic and so many other curve balls and challenges. We need all the grace, Grace and more bloody GRACE.

We are baaaaaaack!! And more importantly, so are you! We cannot wait to catch up on all that has been going in during these Covid days. Hang in there everybody!

LA Cool J share what has been meaningful and uplifting to them during quarantine and then they turn the variety show segment on each other. What could be a better time than that?!