Seasons of Joy

Last September, I began a certification program on the nervous system with Leah Davidson, and in this episode Leah and I explore practical nervous system regulation—what it is, why it matters, and how it gives you back agency. Leah, a speech-language pathologist and nervous system resilience coach, explains her simple "safety sequence" to assess external and internal safety and relax the body so clear thinking and choice can return.
This conversation is especially geared toward midlife women navigating change, anxiety, or relationship challenges. Leah emphasizes that you are not broken but brilliantly adapted, and she offers tools, resources, and an invitation to a free masterclass to help you recalibrate, set boundaries, and live more joyfully and intentionally.
More about Leah Davidson:
Midlife Recalibration Week March starting March 23, 2026:
https://www.skool.com/midlife-recalibration-week-7699/about
Midlife Nervous System Rewire Community
Advanced Training in Nervous System Resilience (waitlist - next training Sept
2026)
Mental Health Stationery Line:
Resilience Journal is available on Amazon here
My Safe Space Affirmation and Journal Prompt Cards are here.
You can visit her Resilient Brilliance Store to see all the products that are
available here.
International Retreats: If you are interested in any of my international retreats (Italy Fall 2026 or Portugal, 2027), please send me an email: leah@leahdavidsonlifecoaching.com
Building Resilience Podcast:
Youtube
Itunes
Spotify
Website: www.leahdavidsonlifecoaching.com
Instagram:@leahdavidsonlifecoaching
Facebook: @leahdavidsonlifecoaching
Clubhouse: @leahdavidson
 
Want More Clarity?
To join the Conflict to Connection Challenge: https://www.seasons-coaching.com/conflict-to-connection-30-day-challenge
Are you ready to take it to a deeper level?  Jill would love to be your coach!  
Click HERE to learn about all the ways you can work together!
Click HERE to schedule a FREE Clarity Conversation with Jill.
Click on the following links to learn more about Seasons Coaching and the Seasons of Joy Community Facebook Group.
To contact Jill about speaking to your group or business, email her at jill@seasons-coaching.com.
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About the Host: Jill Pack is a certified faith-based life + relationship coach and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She helps women of faith navigate their seasons of life with greater purpose and joy including how to transform conflict into connection. For more resources or to work with Jill, visit www.seasons-coaching.com.

Jill Pack explores how to find real joy and grace even while relationships and conflicts remain unresolved. She invites listeners to notice the inner "verdict" that keeps them stuck, replace self-prosecution with curiosity, and choose peace through small, repeated decisions.
To join the Conflict to Connection Challenge: https://www.seasons-coaching.com/conflict-to-connection-30-day-challenge
Want More Clarity?
Are you ready to take it to a deeper level?  Jill would love to be your coach!  
Click HERE to learn about all the ways you can work together!
Click HERE to schedule a FREE Clarity Conversation with Jill.
Click on the following links to learn more about Seasons Coaching and the Seasons of Joy Community Facebook Group.
To contact Jill about speaking to your group or business, email her at jill@seasons-coaching.com.
Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and rate and leave a review! Help spread these tools!
About the Host: Jill Pack is a certified faith-based life + relationship coach and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She helps women of faith navigate their seasons of life with greater purpose and joy including how to transform conflict into connection. For more resources or to work with Jill, visit www.seasons-coaching.com.

In this episode, Jill Pack teaches how to make real repairs in relationships without collapsing into shame or deflecting responsibility. She explains the two common traps—over-apologizing to seek relief and apologizing with a “but” to avoid accountability—and why a regulated nervous system is the foundation for honest repair.
Mentioned on the podcast:
Episode 183 - Building Your Safety Foundation
Episode 185 - Growing Your Capacity Over Time
Episode 187 - Divine Identity in Conflict: Why Your Worth Isn't on the Line
Episode 188 - Allowing vs Forcing Part 1: Why We Do It and What It Costs
Episode 189 - Allowing vs Forcing Part: How to Actually Do It
Episode 192 - Shame vs Guilt: Why Knowing the Difference is Important
To join the Conflict to Connection Challenge: https://www.seasons-coaching.com/conflict-to-connection-30-day-challenge
Want More Clarity?
Are you ready to take it to a deeper level?  Jill would love to be your coach!  
Click HERE to learn about all the ways you can work together!
Click HERE to schedule a FREE Clarity Conversation with Jill.
Click HERE to check out her FREEBIES!
Click on the following links to learn more about Seasons Coaching and the Seasons of Joy Community Facebook Group.
To contact Jill about speaking to your group or business, email her at jill@seasons-coaching.com.
Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and rate and leave a review! Help spread these tools!
About the Host: Jill Pack is a certified faith-based life + relationship coach and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She helps women of faith navigate their seasons of life with greater purpose and joy including how to transform conflict into connection. For more resources or to work with Jill, visit www.seasons-coaching.com.

This episode explores the crucial difference between shame and guilt, drawing on Brené Brown’s research to explain how shame says "I am a mistake" while guilt says "I did something wrong."
Host Jill Pack shares personal stories from motherhood and coaching, and offers practical steps—name the feeling, regulate your nervous system, ask the guilt question, and bring in a compassionate witness—to move from shrinking to repair.
Designed for women of faith navigating family and faith transitions, the episode offers short, actionable tools to replace shame with growth, self-compassion, and connection.
Mentioned on the podcast:
Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
Episode 149 - Adding Self-Trust to the Progress Formula
To join the Conflict to Connection Challenge: https://www.seasons-coaching.com/conflict-to-connection-30-day-challenge
Want More Clarity?
Are you ready to take it to a deeper level?  Jill would love to be your coach!  
Click HERE to learn about all the ways you can work together!
Click HERE to schedule a FREE Clarity Conversation with Jill.
Click HERE to check out her FREEBIES!
Click on the following links to learn more about Seasons Coaching and the Seasons of Joy Community Facebook Group.
To contact Jill about speaking to your group or business, email her at jill@seasons-coaching.com.
Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and rate and leave a review! Help spread these tools!
About the Host: Jill Pack is a certified faith-based life + relationship coach and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She helps women of faith navigate their seasons of life with greater purpose and joy including how to transform conflict into connection. For more resources or to work with Jill, visit www.seasons-coaching.com.

In this episode Jill Pack explains the three actionable foundations for nervous-system regulation—Context, Choice, and Connection—and how they help women move from survival to joy. She offers practical steps to create understanding, reclaim agency, and restore connection to self, others, nature, and God.
Listen for simple practices and reflective questions to help your nervous system feel safe so you can live with more openness, peace, and joy.
To join the Conflict to Connection Challenge: https://seasons-coaching.myflodesk.com/conflict-to-connection-30-day-challenge
Want More Clarity?
Are you ready to take it to a deeper level?  Jill would love to be your coach!  
Click HERE to learn about all the ways you can work together!
Click HERE to schedule a FREE Clarity Conversation with Jill.
Click HERE to check out her FREEBIES!
Click on the following links to learn more about Seasons Coaching and the Seasons of Joy Community Facebook Group.
To contact Jill about speaking to your group or business, email her at jill@seasons-coaching.com.
Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and rate and leave a review! Help spread these tools!
About the Host: Jill Pack is a certified faith-based life + relationship coach and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She helps women of faith navigate their seasons of life with greater purpose and joy including how to transform conflict into connection. For more resources or to work with Jill, visit www.seasons-coaching.com.
 

Feeling lost in midlife? Life coach Jody Moore shares her journey from corporate trainer to successful entrepreneur and reveals the mindset shifts that help midlife women thrive—not just survive—through major life transitions.
In this conversation, discover how to reconnect with your own desires after years of focusing on everyone else, why your wants aren't selfish but God-given, and how strengthening your relationship with yourself transforms every other relationship in your life. Perfect for women navigating empty nest, career changes, or questioning their purpose after the kids leave.
Topics include: surviving vs. thriving in transitions | reclaiming your identity beyond mom roles | the power of "selfish" decisions | reconnecting with what you want | finding hope in your next chapter | life coaching for midlife women
Guest: Jody Moore, author of "Better Than Happy" and host of the Better Than Happy podcast.
Website: https://jodymoore.com/
Book: https://a.co/d/0fgebiqC
To join the Conflict to Connection Challenge: https://seasons-coaching.myflodesk.com/conflict-to-connection-30-day-challenge
Want More Clarity?
Are you ready to take it to a deeper level?  Jill would love to be your coach!  
Click HERE to learn about all the ways you can work together!
Click HERE to schedule a FREE Clarity Conversation with Jill.
Click HERE to check out her FREEBIES!
Click on the following links to learn more about Seasons Coaching and the Seasons of Joy Community Facebook Group.
To contact Jill about speaking to your group or business, email her at jill@seasons-coaching.com.
Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and rate and leave a review! Help spread these tools!
About the Host: Jill Pack is a certified faith-based life + relationship coach and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She helps women of faith navigate their seasons of life with greater purpose and joy including how to transform conflict into connection. For more resources or to work with Jill, visit www.seasons-coaching.com.
 

In this episode Jill Pack teaches how to shift from forcing others to allowing them—especially in family and faith relationships. She explains why forcing feels like love, when intervention is appropriate, and how to set healthy boundaries while still speaking honestly.
Jill shares a four-step nervous-system practice to regulate urgent, controlling impulses and gives examples of what forcing versus allowing sounds like. The episode ties the practice to spiritual trust, encouraging listeners to speak once, release outcomes, and choose presence over control.
To join the Conflict to Connection Challenge: https://seasons-coaching.myflodesk.com/conflict-to-connection-30-day-challenge
Want More Clarity?
Are you ready to take it to a deeper level?  Jill would love to be your coach!  
Click HERE to learn about all the ways you can work together!
Click HERE to schedule a FREE Clarity Conversation with Jill.
Click HERE to check out her FREEBIES!
Click on the following links to learn more about Seasons Coaching and the Seasons of Joy Community Facebook Group.
To contact Jill about speaking to your group or business, email her at jill@seasons-coaching.com.
Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and rate and leave a review! Help spread these tools!
About the Host: Jill Pack is a certified faith-based life + relationship coach and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She helps women of faith navigate their seasons of life with greater purpose and joy including how to transform conflict into connection. For more resources or to work with Jill, visit www.seasons-coaching.com.

In this episode Jill Pack explores why we often try to force change in the people we love and what that costs us. Drawing on a personal story with her granddaughter on a ski slope, she explains how forcing is usually a coping mechanism rooted in anxiety, family training, and cultural expectations. Jill discusses the grief that comes with choosing to allow rather than control—grieving outcomes, roles, and imagined relationships—and invites listeners to notice their patterns as the first step toward healthier connections.
To join the Conflict to Connection Challenge: https://seasons-coaching.myflodesk.com/conflict-to-connection-30-day-challenge
Want More Clarity?
Are you ready to take it to a deeper level?  Jill would love to be your coach!  
Click HERE to learn about all the ways you can work together!
Click HERE to schedule a FREE Clarity Conversation with Jill.
Click HERE to check out her FREEBIES!
Click on the following links to learn more about Seasons Coaching and the Seasons of Joy Community Facebook Group.
To contact Jill about speaking to your group or business, email her at jill@seasons-coaching.com.
Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and rate and leave a review! Help spread these tools!
About the Host: Jill Pack is a certified faith-based life + relationship coach and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She helps women of faith navigate their seasons of life with greater purpose and joy including how to transform conflict into connection. For more resources or to work with Jill, visit www.seasons-coaching.com.
 
 

Host Jill Pack explores how our sense of worth—the "false self"—often hijacks difficult conversations and turns disagreements into battles. She explains how reconnecting with your divine identity can calm your nervous system, invite curiosity, and transform conflict into opportunities for empathy and deeper connection.
The episode offers practical steps: notice defensive reactions, pause and regulate your breathing, name the false beliefs, and re-center on the truth of being a loved, divine being. This shift helps you apologize without shame, set boundaries with compassion, and relate to loved ones from wholeness instead of fear.
To join the Conflict to Connection Challenge: https://seasons-coaching.myflodesk.com/conflict-to-connection-30-day-challenge
Want More Clarity?
Are you ready to take it to a deeper level?  Jill would love to be your coach!  
Click HERE to learn about all the ways you can work together!
Click HERE to schedule a FREE Clarity Conversation with Jill.
Click HERE to check out her FREEBIES!
Click on the following links to learn more about Seasons Coaching and the Seasons of Joy Community Facebook Group.
To contact Jill about speaking to your group or business, email her at jill@seasons-coaching.com.
Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and rate and leave a review! Help spread these tools!
About the Host: Jill Pack is a certified faith-based life + relationship coach and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She helps women of faith navigate their seasons of life with greater purpose and joy including how to transform conflict into connection. For more resources or to work with Jill, visit www.seasons-coaching.com.
 
 

Host Jill Pack counts down the top 10 listener-favorite episodes of 2025, sharing one powerful takeaway from each conversation. Topics include navigating conflict, emotional regulation, building resilience, creating meaningful spaces, healing from betrayal, and embracing sexual wholeness in midlife.
This episode highlights practical tools and mindset shifts you can apply now, invites you to revisit episodes that resonated, and encourages growth, compassion, and connection as you move into 2026.
To join the Conflict to Connection Challenge: https://seasons-coaching.myflodesk.com/conflict-to-connection-30-day-challenge
Top 10 Episode in 2025:
10. Finding Your Fancee with Jancee Wright, Ep. 139
https://www.seasons-coaching.com/podcast/finding-your-fancee
09. Why You Keep Reacting the Way You Do, Ep. 183
https://www.seasons-coaching.com/podcast/why-you-keep-reacting-the-way-you-do
08. Divine Design: The 90-Second Reset Button, Ep. 151 https://www.seasons-coaching.com/podcast/divine-design-the-90-second-reset-button
07. Growing Your Capacity Over Time, Ep. 185 https://www.seasons-coaching.com/podcast/growing-your-capacity-over-time
06. 4 Lessons I Learned Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Ep. 145 https://www.seasons-coaching.com/podcast/4-lessons-learned-climbing-kilimanjaro
05. Quiet Wealth with Brooke Oniki, Ep. 147 https://www.seasons-coaching.com/podcast/quiet-wealth-with-brooke-oniki
04. The Power of 70x7: Becoming Peacemakers, Ep. 150 https://www.seasons-coaching.com/podcast/the-power-of-70x7-becoming-peacemakers
03. Happily Even After with Jennifer Townsend, Ep. 153 https://www.seasons-coaching.com/podcast/happily-even-after-with-jennifer-townsend
02. That We Might Have Joy with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife, Ep. 180 https://www.seasons-coaching.com/podcast/that-we-might-have-joy
01. Embracing Your Sexual Self in Midlife with Amanda Louder, Ep. 146 https://www.seasons-coaching.com/podcast/embracing-your-sexual-self-in-midlife-with-amanda-louder
Want More Clarity?
Are you ready to take it to a deeper level?  Jill would love to be your coach!  
Click HERE to learn about all the ways you can work together!
Click HERE to schedule a FREE Clarity Conversation with Jill.
Click HERE to check out her FREEBIES!
Click on the following links to learn more about Seasons Coaching and the  Seasons of Joy Community Facebook Group.
To contact Jill about speaking to your group or business, email her at jill@seasons-coaching.com.
Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast and rate and leave a review! Help spread these tools!
About the Host: Jill Pack is a certified faith-based life + relationship coach and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She helps women of faith navigate their seasons of life with greater purpose and joy including how to transform conflict into connection. For more resources or to work with Jill, visit www.seasons-coaching.com.