Jacki has a Voice

Jacki talks about facing hard in your life. She shares an experience she had recently and how she handled it and the emotions she felt. Jacki will encourage you to possibly face something that has been lingering and know you are never alone. God is by your side always!

Jacki shares a message she received this morning of a sweet soul just beginning her grief journey. She talks about the beginning and how difficult it is. Jacki then talks about “The Walk” and how she has taken it a thousand times. She encourages you to stay true to yourself and know that when you take your walk you may be giving someone from a distance the strength they need that day.

In this episode Jacki shares a blog she wrote 20 months after Doug had passed away. She explains how her heart was still shattered and laying in pieces. Jacki talks about how a sweet soul had reached out to her and they spoke about where Jacki was in her grief and how this soul thought she needed to be farther along in her grief journey. This is why Jacki wanted to share just one moment about 2 years after her loss where she was. It is making sure we are moving forward even if it is a slow movement forward.

Jacki talks about the triggers that can happen during our grief journey. What they may look like and feel like. She explains how she believes it is God’s way of saying I need you to remember. Listen to the podcast as she goes into detail on that.

Jacki’s Grief Series continues with her talking about things she was not told about losing a spouse. In this episode she speaks directly to the widow and widower. She brings insight on the things she learned about grief that no one told her about.

E17 recorded as a segment to E16. Jacki explains how Dave Ramsey comment about being an expert because he lived it. She explains how it resonated with her and her grief journey. Jacki kicks off her grief series that will run for the next few weeks. She is going to talk about the grief she experienced and still experiences. **Disclaimer** This is her story, her experiences, what she has learned through her grief. This is not a seven step process learned in a masters program. This is real life... Jacki’s life. She hopes through her grief journey it may touch that one soul that needs the strength put back in them.

Jacki talks about why she has been MIA for the last couple of months. How imposter syndrome took over and she got in her head. She talks about the feeling of no one listening, she wasn’t touching lives, her messages didn’t really mean anything. She shares a conversation she had with a girlfriend and how that conversation was so eye opening for her.

Jacki speaks about working in her yard this week and digging up some of her chicken and hen plants and moving them in the flower bed. She shares with us how we can uproot ourselves or sometimes others will uproot us and we will be transplanted somewhere else. How we then allow our “roots” to grab hold of where we are moved to. The soil does not need to be prepped or a hole dug, like the chicken and hens you just have to placed there and your roots will find their way to be rooted.

Jacki talks about how when life experiences happen (loss of job, break up, death of a loved one, a move) we are ripped out of Plan A and instantly thrown into Plan B of our life. She talks about how this did not settle well with her after losing Doug, that she wanted to go back to Plan A. She shares that 10 months after losing Doug she had blogged “Plan B will blossom into something extraordinary”. Now 5 1/2 years later she can see how Plan B is becoming extraordinary in her life. She explains that where we think we need to be is NOT where God wants us.

Jacki talks about a conversation she had with a dear friend facing some struggles. The friend shared about feeling like a sailboat tied to a dock, knowing she is meant to be sailing in the ocean. Jacki encourages us as we face struggle or feel stuck to not be the sailboat tied to the dock, but to find the tools to get yourself out in the ocean. Knowing there will be storms and big waves that you will face, but you keep pushing forward.

Jacki talks about a client she has that set some big time goals and her willingness to achieve them. Jacki shares that setting goals and having a dream is the easy part. It is the work you have to put into reaching those goals. It is the sacrifice you may have to do to get you that big time dream.

Jacki talks about loving each day wide awake. She shares about a movie Wide Awake and how we need to be intentional with each day. She encourages us to not going through the day with blinders, goggles or blindfolds.

Jacki talks to us about her granddaughter learning to crawl, up on all fours rocking back and forth. She shows us how sometimes where we are at in life we are just in the “rocking stage”, not quite ready to go forward. How this stage is where we gain strength to allow us to move forward with success, healing, triumph. That if we don’t gain the strength and try moving forward we fall, just as her granddaughter tries to move forward and falls on her tummy because she hasn’t gained enough strength.

Jacki talks about how saying those two words can be so hard. Along with how they can be used so easily that there is no emotions behind them. Hear her talk about an incident that happened last night that triggered her to speak on this today.

Jacki talks about allowing ourselves to “play in puddles” and raising our kids to do the same thing. She speaks about how we say “don’t do this, don’t step in that” and so on and so on. Then we want them to be different, their authentic self. We want them to step out of their comfort zones and try new things. She encourages all of us to look at our life today and see where we need to be PLAYING IN PUDDLES!

Jacki talks about the unconditional love of her dear dog Gus. How it made her stop and think about our friendships with our human friends. Are we loving them through it all. Silent support, an invite or a quick text. Jacki challenges you to re-evaluate where you are at in your friendships.

Jacki shares a journal entry from August 2, 2015 about her lessons of being a caregiver. She offers you insight on what it looks like and the challenges that can come with being a caregiver.

Jacki talks about “change” that can occur in our lives and how to maneuver through it. She encourages us to welcome the change that we may be facing and how it can benefit us and our journey we are on.

Jacki talks to you about being a “thermometer“ leader vs. being a “thermostat” leader. She helps you recognize are you going through the day comfortable and reflecting the environment you are in? Or are you setting the goals you need to achieve the success you want for the day? She challenges you to look at where you are at today. Are you a “thermometer” or are you a “thermostat” in your business, family and job?

Jacki talks about having HOPE in your life as you travel through a struggle. She gives insight on how she kept hope through the journey of her husband’s cancer.

Jacki is recommitting and ready to bring you 52 weeks of something new! She talks about her word of the year and shares her excitement of the year ahead.

We have to find the positive, the good as small as it may be. What is taking place in your life right now that you can cherish for a lifetime?

Inspiration to those struggling with Covid-19 and the emotions we may be feeling!

Don’t walk through life not building relationships with others. Complete strangers are now my friends and considered family. Look around and see where you can be building relationships!

Happy New Year! Look where you have been over this last decade!

Sometimes we have to do things scared. By stepping out in faith with decisions we have to make in life.

There is times in our life we are not suppose to hear the message. We are not ready to hear it or experience it.

I talk about this powerful the word choice is. How we have the ability to choose the hard and choose to live. Choice... it is all up to us what we choose and how it may effect our day.

I talk about how I found strength through my struggle. That there is a choice you can make.

I talk about the forgotten athlete on all types of teams and I give you my definition of MVP.

In a social media crazed world, I encourage you to BE YOU.

What you will get out of Jacki has a Voice!