20: How Self Care and Gratitude Can Improve Your Relationships with Esther Littlefield
Vibrant Happy Women
Jen Riday
4.8 • 671 Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2016
⏱️ 31 minutes
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In this episode Esther Littlefield shares a time when she had to make the tough decision to stop trying to change her husband and focus instead on simply changing herself. As she did this, she discovered a powerful formula for creating happy relationships and a happy life, including self care, gratitude, letting go of perfectionism, getting up early for quiet time, and finding self fulfillment through pursuing one's passions.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcast, episode number 20. |
| 0:05.1 | When I started taking better care of myself, I stopped feeling so resentful for having to take care of other people. |
| 0:15.5 | Welcome to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcast, stories of vibrant women living happy lives. |
| 0:22.1 | And now your host, Jen Ridey. |
| 0:37.8 | Hi there, Jen here, and this is Vibrant Happy Women. Our mom's five-day sanity saver meditation challenge begins today, and you can still sign up |
| 0:44.6 | if you go to genriday.com forward slash challenge. |
| 0:48.7 | This is for any mom who feels frazzled, would like to have more focus and me time and gratitude and patience. |
| 0:56.6 | It's going to be the perfect start to your week. Again, go to genready.com forward slash challenge. |
| 1:03.0 | On our last episode, I spoke with Amber Lilliestrum about creating a life you love. And today I have |
| 1:09.9 | the pleasure of chatting with Esther Littlefield, |
| 1:12.5 | who explains how she had to give up the idea of changing her husband and focus instead on simply |
| 1:18.6 | changing herself. We talk a lot about gratitude and perfectionism and self-care and even |
| 1:25.3 | finding fulfillment through creativity and following your passions in this |
| 1:29.4 | episode. So we'll go ahead and get started. Welcome to vibrant happy women and I'll be chatting |
| 1:37.1 | with Esther Littlefield today, a friend of mine. She's a feisty pastor's wife to her husband, Scott, |
| 1:42.8 | and a mom to her daughter, KJ. |
| 1:45.2 | They live in Maine where they enjoy as many outdoor adventures as possible in the midst of homeschooling, business, and church life. |
| 1:52.8 | In her free time, you'd probably find Esther with a cup of coffee, a good friend, and a sink full of dishes. |
| 1:58.5 | She has her priority straight. |
| 2:00.7 | Esther writes at wellnessmomlife.com, |
| 2:04.1 | helping moms balance marriage, motherhood, and ministry by caring for their personal, physical, |
| 2:08.4 | spiritual, and relational wellness. Esther offers a free five-day, better attitude, |
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