Utah Doctor Performs Innovative and Effective Carpal Tunnel Release

Dr. Craig Chappell Brings Expertise and Innovative, Non-Invasive Relief for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome to UtahThe founder of In2it Medical performed his...

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2018 Living Room Love List

It's a new season with new hosts and new things we LOVE. In this episode we're sharing the 2018 Living Room LOVE LIST. Hear about our current...

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2018 Living Room Love List

It's a new season with new hosts and new things we LOVE. In this episode we're sharing the 2018 Living Room LOVE LIST. Hear about our current...

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Dream BIG or Cry

As little girls our dreams and wishes ran wild. Yet as adults, often we put those dreams on hold or forget them all together. Studies show setting...

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Podcast -- What I Won't Apologize For

This is our "THINGS I WON'T APOLOGIZE FOR" podcast. Think about it. It's a great conversation starter, right? Today, on we chat about what we won't...

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How To Ask For What You Want

Do you have goals you want to accomplish and wonder what is the best way to enroll the support of your spouse, your co-workers, or your family...

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Podcast -- Healthy Controversy

What defines a healthy controversy? When it is good to share your opinion? And how? Our living room chat offers tips and tools to help keep...

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Grace Changes Everything

This podcast focusses on how grace becomes a saving power in your every day comings and goings. For more information on SAVING SPACE FOR GRACE, email...

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New Podcasts for 2017

Hi, friends. We're the "LIVING ROOM" and we just released some new shows. We record several shows at once and then air them on Tuesdays, because, like...

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Avoiding Burnout

In our "Avoiding Burnout" show that is available for download at www.fromthelivingroom.com, we shared the acronym ARISE to talk through some tips on...

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Save Space for Grace

Several years ago, my family and I arrived at a river’s edge. We walked single file, along the river for several yards, looking for a place to...

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Love is In The Air

Summer lovin' is in the air--literally. I remember a few years ago attendeding a presentation on marriage at a nearby university. The class subject...

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Mothers and Daughers

About this show:There is something special between a mother and a daughter. Our greatest memories, biggest fights, best learning moments,...

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Every Woman a Nurturer

About this show:We've all heard the common phrase, ""It takes a village"" in reference to the raising up of the African proverb. This is true. Parents...

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Raising Strong Daughters

About this show:Research shows us that our girls come strong and confident butaround the age of 9 or 10 things start to take a downward turn fortheir...

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Frugal Chic

About this show:Whether you are in a financial feast or famine, finding a good deal is always fun and can fuel your creative side. Join us as we...

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Why Does Money Matter?

About this show:Money contains a remarkable power. How we define its power affects our self-esteem, our choices, and our relationships. What kind of a...

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Why Do You Hate Mother's Day?

I've wanted to say something today and I couldn't put my finger on it or vocalize it well. In the bible we read in John about Jesus Christ's first...

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Co-host Michelle Keynotes at Upcoming Conference

I have been invited to give a keynote to 1,400 business people this June. It’s my first time keynoting at this event! I’m excited to...

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On the Eve of Our Daughter's Wedding

A little over 21 years ago, the toughest pregnancy followed by the easiest delivery brought us a creature I could only describe as pure grace....

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Be Unoffendable

About this show:In a world where everyone can share their opinion (and often does) it can be so easy to get our feelings hurt or worse; we can become...

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Withdrawal

Last week I withdrew our youngest child from high school. It nearly took my breath away when I realized I did the exact same thing on almost the exact...

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Creating Soul-Satisfying Friendships

About this show:Come away with ideas for creating meaningful and lasting friendships. Feel bold and brave enough to create NEW friendships, to see...

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Tips for Showing Respect To Our Grandparents

My entire life I have had the opportunity to be around elderly people. Not just my grandparents, but I also grew up with a set of great grand parents...

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Honoring Previous Generations

About this show:As our lives and families become busier, it is easy to forget to look back at those family members who have come before us. The...

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Healing Generational Baggage

About this show:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.toginet.com/podcasts/thelivingroom/TheLivingRoom_2016-03-15.mp3?type=podpageDownload this...

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TV Segment on Fox 13 The Place with Co-Host Michelle McCullough

Co-host Michelle McCullough was featured on Fox 13s The Place last week. This segment is a great introduction to what The Living Room is all...

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Unpack Your Rocks -- Emotional Healing

To heal emotional baggage, here is something I do. I imagine carrying around a backpack full of rocks. One by one, I imagine taking out each rock and...

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Creating YOUR Ideal Marriage

About this show:With "traditional" marriage getting challenged at every turn, AND with more and more people choosing not to get married, we want to...

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How to be a FUN Mom

It is a well known fact in our house that my husband is more fun than me. He just is. When he comes home from work and is with the kids, he is fun....

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Memory Keeping Possibilities

About this show:The key to successful memory keeping is all about doing one thing -- actually keeping them. With hundreds of memory keeping options...

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You are here to kneel.

A few years ago my daughter and I embarked on a challenge to say meaningful prayers both morning and evening. What I found most humbling about this...

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The Process of Forgiveness

About this Show:Is forgiveness an attribute or something you attain? Is it easy? Is it quick? Is it definable? In this episode of The Living Room,...

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Hindsight is 20/20 - Advice I'd Give My Younger Self

Earlier this month, we had a show called "What I'd Tell My Younger Self" If you missed it you can download it (using any computer or mobile device)...

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Weddings: From Blunders to Bliss

About this Show:Nearly every bride has something go horribly wrong at her wedding...and with so many details involved, it's no wonder! Most of these...

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Never, Never Give Up -- A Lesson in Forgiveness

Never, never give up! Sounds easy enough but never giving up can be really hard.For more than a decade, I’ve taught motivational and life...

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Love at First Sight- Revive Your Heart with a new adventure!

Love at First SightIt was dark and raining the first time I saw it. And there, standing in the rain, late in the winter night, I fell in love. ...

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An article about recovering from addiction

I had the priviledge of writing this article about my niece. I am so very proud of her and my nephew Ryan for telling their story. The more we stop...

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What I'd Tell My Younger Self

About this Show:We can’t go back and change the past but what we can learn from it proves invaluable. An interesting question to ponder is:...

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Rock Canyon Rocks!

I have a love-hate relationship with Rock Canyon, the nearest nature spot to our home. It is beautiful year-round, and I am often there on foot;...

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Laugh at Our Expense

The Living Room Season 2 begins TODAY with the show entitled "Laugh at Our Expense." Periodically, in The Living Room we like to share confessions...

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Hope, Healing and Support through Addiction

About this show:Addictions have become so pervasive. So has hiding them. It was our goal to do what we could to stop the hiding, by having an open...

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Beginning again- After the death of my child.

My friend Krysta, is a wonderful example of beginning again when it's the last thing you want to do. Her story is inspiring. I love that for her,...

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Begin Again as a Painter

This post on the Living Room's Facebook page on January 2 seems to be resonating for a lot of our readers/listeners, so I thought I'd post it here as...

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Peace Be Still

About this show:In the midst of war and personal crisis Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned the words, “Then in despair I bowed my head. There is...

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Here's the Thing

About this show:Have you ever been chatting with your girlfriends and one of them says, “Here’s the thing, you have...

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10 Gifts to Give The Amazing Women in Your Life - Introducing The Living Room Gift Guide

Stuck on what to get that super woman in your life? A new book, nativity pillow, home decor or stress relief coloring book may be just the ticket....

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Find Peace in Chaos

During this busy time of year, we yearn to feel the calm and joy of the season. Three simple practices-and they are practices-can help make that a...

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The Giving List

THE GIVING LIST is inspired by my good friend’s 11-year-old daughter, who, instead of making a list of toys she wanted from Santa, she made a...

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Defined by Divinity

About this show:With television, magazines and social media clamoring to define women in worldly terms, we must take a break and redefine who we are...

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The Manger As a Metaphor

We decorated our home last weekend at our daughter's insistence. She wants everything Christmas-ified in time for her December 3 birthday so she can...

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How to Make the Holidays Matter

[Enjoy this article with three simple tips that work on making how to make the holidays more meaningful.]A few years ago on a lovely September day, it...

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The Exceptional Gift of Self

About the show:In discussing our favorite gifts we Living Room women realized that none of them came from the mall. The meaningful gifts were...

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Teaching Kids Gratitude Practices

Are you looking for some new ways to get your kids to think about Gratitude? Are you looking for ways to make it stick all year thought? Co-host...

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Stress Less, Live More

About this show:One of our most important modern-day challenges to staying mentally and physically healthy is learning how to manage stress. We all...

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My Tie to This Week's Quote

Many people have heard Camilla Kimball's famous saying, "Never suppress a generous thought." What you might not know is that these words were spoken...

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Bundt Cake and Angels

The following story happened almost two years ago when my little boy turned 6.My little boy turned 6 today. I didn't cry all day and you know what? I...

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Join Us: What Are You Grateful For? - Living In The Season

We have created a fun campaign for November: Living In The Season!The holiday season is here and the bustle of parties and gifts and food preparations...

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Grateful for the Wilderness

Several years ago, in this post on my personal blog, I wrote about my "Gratitude for the Wilderness."I'm sure none of you would be surprised to hear...

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Crunchy Leaves and the Smell of Snow

Crunchy Leaves and the Smell of SnowFourteen years ago, my volunteer work landed me a teaching opportunity at an addiction recovery center in downtown...

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Living in the Season

About this show:Holiday Traditions add sweet memories and experiences to our lives, but can easily turn sour when we lose site of their meaning. Tune...

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An Ever-Tipped Scale

I love Autumn. And November. And Thanksgiving. And everything to do with Gratitude. How amazing to have an entire month to focus on giving thanks....

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A Letter To My Daughter

My darling girl, May you always be as confident and as vibrant as you are today. May you always "want to wear all the colors" and stand up to people...

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Limitless

About this Show:Have you ever said to yourself, "I could never in a million years do that" as you've watched someone else, do something, that you...

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Be Who You Must, That's a Part of the Plan

During the month of October on The Living Room we’ve been exploring all aspects of our imaginary “perfect day,” in connection with...

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7 Signs You Are Over-Parenting

Do you do everything for your child? Worry that they can't take care of themselves or find yourself involved in power struggles over things that are...

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Boundaries and Privacy in a Digital World

About this Show:As parents, we admit that we are raising children in a challenging world. A world with instant access to information allows our...

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Questions to Help Parents Set Social Media Boundaries

Kids today grow up pinning, tagging, posting, and tweeting about their lives. But what does all this sharing mean for value-based families who desire...

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Becoming A Super Hero Family - Magical Moment at Universal Studios Orlando

I had the opportunity to attend Family Forward at Universal Studios Orlando last month. It was awesome - better than I imagined and I had HIGH...

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Joy Cometh After the Sorrow

About this Show:Sometimes in the middle of a crisis, loss, or hardship, it’s so difficult to remember what joy feels like (or even what...

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I Wanted People to Hate Her- The rest of the story

I had the opportunity to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Catania, Italy. When you serve a mission for the...

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Raising Children Who Know How to Work

In a society that often enables and even encourages entitlement, our children can gain a skewed perception on work ethic, self-motivation, and genuine...

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Who Do You Want To Be And What's Stopping You?

About this Show:In the depths of our hearts we have dreams. We have things we want to do and things we want to become. Who do YOU want to be and...

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A Lesson on the #myperfectday exercise

Recently, in connections with our October 6 show, "Who do YOU want to be and what is stopping you?" The Living Room women have been doing a group...

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Fifty Days As a Foolish Virgin

It all started innocently enough. Some friends invited me to hike Mount Timpanogos (a grueling 12-hour, seven-mile hike to the summit of our tallest...

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Homework Tips That WORK!

School is underway and with the classroom comes homework. With homework can come a hassle. Is there a struggle every weekday trying to get your kids...

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Improving Your Prayers

On a four-wheeling trip up to Paris Springs in Cache National Forest, our family stopped at a trail to hike. We walked the length of three football...

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Starting Your Day The Right Way

In our show "Self-Care and Preservation" we shared a lot of tips that busy women can use to fill their own wells. One practice that I shared in...

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Raising Children Who Contribute

About this Show:In a society that enables and even encourages entitlement, how does this affect our children? How does it influence their perception...

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If You Give a Kid a Cookie, He'll Want a Lego

While I was reading Parenting with Love and Logic, my seven-year-old pored over his Lego magazine. "Hey," he shouted, "this Lego is only eighty...

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MY BROTHERS THE IRONMEN.

Recently, I traveled to St. George, Utah to watch the Ironman 70.3. All five of my brothers ranging in age from 31 to 48 were competitors. My second...

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Choose to be Amused

About this Show:In today's show we talk about life moments that could have derailed us but instead, we chose to laugh. Learn from our personal...

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Seeing Your Spouse

About this Show:Struggling to really "see your spouse" and love them for who they are? Join us for today's show as we explore WHY we loose site of the...

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Seeing Your Spouse - Supporting His Hobbies

One of my husband’s many hobbies is bike racing. Once snowmobiling season ends, he trades in his motorized sled for a road bike. He wakes up...

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When the Worst Possible Thing...Actually Isn't

Last Tuesday the Living Room reran one of our earlier episodes, called What I Gained When I Lost. As I listened a second time, it reminded me of an...

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Why Did I Make an Apple Pie?

Recently, we bought an older home. It was owned by the same owners for almost 50 years. The couple who had raised their family there had recently...

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Living a Beautiful Life

[An excerpt from Motherhood Matters, by Connie E. Sokol]"Playdough is scattered all over the counter. Bikes are strewn in the driveway, hopscotch...

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Getting Your Children To Talk To You

School has started in these parts and three of our 6 kids are in school all day. Lots of things happen during school and I am always excited to hear...

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Trust the Process

“To teach well...is to make a difference. To teach unusually well is to create magic.” — Kay Redfield Jamison, Exuberance, the...

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Transitioning from Summer to Fall -- Three Must Do's

Transitioning from summer to fall signals kids are back to school. Some parents cheer at the sight of backpacks, school lunches, and homework and...

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What's Your Five-Minute Life Do-Over?

About this Show:Ever had a moment you wish could take back or redo? What would it be, and what would you do differently? Today we’ll explore...

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Motherhood Is Loss

In our recent show "Comings and Goings" I talk about those painful, bittersweet firsts and lasts. I also reference this...

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Duct Tape Your Inner Critic

If you're a writer of any kind you know about an internal editor (that little voice that after three laborious hours of writing says, "That, my...

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Comings and Goings

About this Show:Life is full of transitions. Some are big. Like moving to a new city. Starting a new job. Sending a child off to college. ...

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My Placenta Has A First Name

I hope you'll enjoy and forgive me for my humorous take on natural childbirth. Let's just say it didn't go as well as I'd hoped. . . Click on the link...

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Bodies In My Basement

I wasn't present when The Living Room recorded our most recent show, "Body Image and Sideburn Moments." Lest you think I have no body image...

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Growing in the Dry Spots

A recent camping trip reminded me how important it is in families to appreciate the little changes that are being made by each family member. No...

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The End-of-Summer Ache

School starts next week. And my heart hurts about it. It isn’t that my kids don’t fight with each other. It isn’t that I...

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Body Image and Sideburn Moments

About this Show:All women struggle with body image issues at some point or another. Loving and appreciating your body--imperfections and all--begins...

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An Oldest Child

The other day I bought an emergency preparedness 72 hour backpack. My 6-year-old daughter asked what it was for. Not wanting to scare her, I told her...

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Post-it Notes From God

About this Show:Sometimes it's hard to feel any sort of connection to the divine, let alone feel that incredible love in our lives. Once when my...

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Living Passionately, Presently, and Purposefully

Often we feel we have to "eat, pray, love" in a year-long pilgrimage to regain passion in our lives. But shifting our view of our daily dos can bring...

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Meaningful RItuals

About this Show:Successful families come in all shapes and sizes, but the one thing that they all have in common is meaningful rituals. Patterned...

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Self Care and Preservation

About this Show:In this day and age, a lot is asked of us and it can be easy to sacrifice for the sake of our jobs, our family or a meaningful social...

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Why Me?

In our most recent Living Room show, Awaken Your Soul With Gratitude, I shared a brief version of this story that took place about seven years ago:We...

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TLR Event: Once There Was A Beehive

To all of our Utah and surrounding area listeners...this post is for you!We, at The Living Room, are so excited to be hosting & emceeing two...

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Other Mothers In the Trenches

Our recent show, MOTHERHOOD IN THE TRENCHES, got me thinking about all the women in my life who’ve been “in the trenches” with me...

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Design on a Dime

We bought a "new" old house just over a year ago. As many of you know, when you buy an old house there is so much to fix-up that you often don't have...

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I'm Having A "Me Party" - Some of my Other Motherhood Confessions

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE being a mom. But like any mom, I need a break from time to time. We talked about our motherhood confessions on this show....

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Awakening Your Soul to Gratitude

About this show:Oprah Winfrey once said, "Gratitude is the way home." In this show The Living Room Co-hosts share tips on finding the good and being...

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The Twelve Year Old Trip- A Meaningful Family Ritual

I read an amazing book by Bob Goff. It is called Love Does. Chapter 20 is called the 10 year old adventure. It was so inspiring! Bob Goff takes...

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Confessions of Motherhood

About this show:Need to laugh or commiserate with other mothers about the backstage reality of motherhood? Enjoy these everyday confessions that you...

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Mindful Marriage

About this show:What does it mean to create a Mindful Marriage? With so many marriages ending in divorce and so many others in dissatisfaction, the...

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The Missing Confession

Earlier this week, my friends at The Living Room aired a show called, “Confessions of Motherhood.” I was absent for this recording--and...

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Let's Be Honest! Confessions.

Remember before you had children? I do! How I promised myself I would never EVER do certain things. I promised I would never be a mom who was behind,...

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Motherhood in the Trenches.

About this show:Motherhood is exciting and taxing and amazing. We're talking about Motherhood in the TRENCHES. How do you handle kids that say...

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What I Gained When I Lost

About this show:This topic is something that, as women, we can all relate to. We are talking about those moments that come for us all when, as poet...

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Story Rituals

In our most recent Living Room episode, called "Meaningful Rituals," I shared a favorite ritual from my growing-up years: Storytelling.When I was a...

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When You Have a Business Dream...

As the managing director for Startup Princess, I get to work with a lot of entrepreneurs from across the country and throughout the world. I've...

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When You Have a Business Dream...

As the managing director for Startup Princess, I get to work with a lot of entrepreneurs from across the country and throughout the world. I've...

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Creating a Limitless Life

Every year I choose a “word of the year” in addition to my regular goals. Previous words I’ve used are “Light” and...

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K.I.S.S.

Our family is just two weeks away from having our 6th child and I feel behind. Usually at this point in pregnancy I have the house just right,...

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CONTACT US!

Thank you for reaching out to us!If you have questions about advertising with us or if you are a memeber of the media, please call Michelle...

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On Losing and Gaining

Our latest Living Room episode is called “What I Gained When I Lost.” I was absent for this recording session. (I gained a painting trip...

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Advertise With Us!

PARTNERSHIP PACKAGESLast updated 7.1.15ALL RADIO ADS ARE EVERGREEN. These ads will be with the show forever. If someone downloads that show in 6...

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Finding Balance in Nature

In our first episode, titled "Self-Care and Preservation," I talked briefly about how hiking outdoors helped me rediscover my center and find joy...

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Make Some LIVING Room

Starting up a new venture (the on-line radio show The Living Room) with six fabulous friends got me thinking. Our show is called The Living Room.Two...

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Meet The Living Room Co-Host Jodi Robinson

Jodi Marie Robinson lives life in layers, like the Italian ice cream Spumoni. She juggles, family, volunteering, speaking, and writing. Her...

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Meet The Living Room Co-host Jana Parkin

Jana Winters Parkin spent most of her adult life in Los Angeles, where she served a mission, studied at the Otis Art Institute, was an Art Director at...

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Meet The Living Room Co-Host Christie Gardiner

Christie Gardiner is a published writer, actress, speaker, teacher, advocate, and lover of life. As a writer, Christie has blogged for the NBA’s...

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Meet The Living Room Co-Host Heather Johnson

Heather Johnson M.S. completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Brigham Young University, and has been an adjunct faculty member for the last...

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Meet the Living Room Co-host Connie E. Sokol

Connie Sokol is a mother of seven, and a favorite national and local speaker for over fifteen years at conferences and workshops. She is a core...

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Meet The Living Room Co-Host Kate Lee

Kate never thought she would abandon her children for fame.... But here she is. Growing up Kate used to "entertain" the neighborhood by telling...

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TLR Show1: Self Care & Preservation

About this show:In this day and age, a lot is asked of us and it can be easy to sacrifice for the sake of our jobs, our family or a meaningful social...

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Meet Co-Host Michelle McCullough

Meet Michelle McCullough:Michelle McCullough is a speaker, trainer, consultant and the bestselling author of the book Make It Happen. Michelle also...

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FAQ: How Do I Listen To The Living Room?

Thank you for finding us! We're glad you're here! Listing to The Living Room Radio Show is EASY!When you go to www.fromthelivingroom.com you'll see a...

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Launch Day Activities!

It's here!This day has been in the making for a year! To celebrate the launch of The Living Room Show, we've put together some fun activities for...

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