Creating Happy

Welcome Back! I took some time away to work on some exciting new changes at Angie Ahlstrom Life Coaching. It is now a family Business! I'm partnering up with my husband, John, who will be coaching men through quitting their addiction to pornography. This interview is an introduction to him, his journey to recovery and an explanation of how you can break your pornography habit forever!

Valentine's Day is right around the corner, so let's talk about how to improve the relationship you have with your significant other. This is obviously an emotional relationship. You love this person. But sometimes things can get heated and you might say or do something that could damage the relationship. Here's how to make every decision in your relationship from a place of love for your partner and yourself.

We all have relationships with many different people in our lives. Some are harder than others, but they all could use some improving. Even the good ones. We want to continue to nurture and grow closer, not further apart. So, here are some solid strategies to build better relationships without having to change the other person (good news, right).

I bet when you think about setting a goal you think about big, hairy ones. You know, the kind that make you want to take a nape before you get started. Well it doesn't have to be like that. Goals are just a focal point, something to give us direction. It doesn't have too be crazy hard or something that others can see. It's just there to point you in the right direction. Without it, life will take you wherever it wants without your say so. So here is how to set small goals and how to actually achieve them so you can become more of who you want to be and lead the life you want to lead.

Life coach, CPT, NLP Master Practitioner, Hypnotherapist and my brother, Luke Larson discussed with me his experience with depression and living with MS. His insight is amazing. He is an inspiration to me and anyone with situational, or even clinical, depression.

How we manage (or don't manage) our time affects everything. If you want to create an amazing life, you have to plan ahead to make it happen. But we also don't want to feel stripped of our freedom and spontaneity. In this episode I teach you have to create a schedule that will get you to your goals and allow you to do all the things you love.

I talk a lot about the model because it is THE BEST tool to gain control over you emotional life. This episode was recorded as a bonus video for my clients. It explains more in depth what I discus in episodes 6 and 9. It also gives life examples. If you are ready to take your life to the next level by applying what your doing here to a greater degree book a free call with me at https://calendly.com/angie-135/free-consultation-session.

Everything in life is always going to be 50/50.  That means you will experience 50% positive emotions and 50% negative emotions. Some of you may think that the negative in your life far outweighs the positive. This episode will explain why that is and how to return balance to your emotional life.

Sometimes it's so hard to tell people no! We want to be a good friend and neighbor, we want to serve others. But it can be so overwhelming! How do we say "no" when we know we need to but don't think we can? I'll tell you exactly how right here in this episode.

Why do I sometimes feel unloved by my significant other? Why doesn't he show me more love or speak my love language? Is there anything I can do to improve our relationship and have more love between us? Why yes, there is, and it all starts in the mind!

All right, you’ve set a goal. You’ve done all the planning and you’re totally gung-ho to get started. Then the next morning you wake up depressed. You might as well throw in the towel, right? Wrong! This used to be me all the time. There were so many things that I dreamed of doing and learning. Was my depression really going to take all that away from me? Heck no! In this podcast we are going to discus a new way to think about your depression as it relates to goals. You are going to have a better understanding of what your brain does when it is depressed and how to use it to your advantage.

I have been dealing with anxiety for years. Even if you're medicated for it, it's invaluable to learn how to manage your mind to reduce anxiety and improve your life experience. In this episode I teach you how and it's simpler than you may think.

This last weekend was Easter, the day that we celebrate the atonement and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This is the pivotal, most significant event in all of history. The event that made life possible and relevant to everyone who ever lived or ever will live upon the Earth. I would feel incredibly ungrateful if I didn’t speak about this monumental moment in time that brings my life meaning. Specifically, I want to talk about the atonement as it relates to forgiveness. Because of the atonement we are able to receive forgiveness, under certain conditions.

Because of the atonement we can also attain the strength to forgive others. There may be people in your life who have hurt you very deeply. Abuse, betrayal, being cheated on, lied to, used, manipulated, excluded, bullied or any other form of misuse. Things like this can stay with us for years, even our whole lives if we let them. But forgiveness can be so hard sometimes. Maybe you believe that they don’t deserve forgiveness, and who am I to say you’re wrong, but anger hurts. Wouldn’t it feel better to let it go? Let’s you and I explore the possibility.

This weekend the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints held its 190th semiannual general conference. This conference marked 200 years since the event that started at all, the first vision of God the Father and his son Jesus Christ appearing to Joseph Smith. Here I discuss my thoughts and beliefs, and the results they create in my life.