Shows
Blooming Together#98: Interview - Ty FredriksA high school science teacher still searching for new ways to bloom in the places where he feels most grounded.
2025-05-2359 min
Blooming Together#97: What If?Asking "What if?" and the importance of being curious and pushing beyond boundaries that inhibit our optimism and creativity.
2025-05-1904 min
Blooming Together#96: Interview - Dr. Rob PostonInsightful anecdotes from a baseball player turned robotic cardiothoracic surgeon, and what it takes to qualify for The Daisy Award.Dr. Poston's Blog:robpostonblog.wordpress.com
2025-05-1644 min
Blooming Together#95: Work of HeartBeing a mom is the greatest work of HEART I've ever been engaged in.♥️
2025-05-1206 min
2025-05-0941 min
Blooming Together#93: Where You Are"Start from where you are. Use what you know. Do what you can."-Arthur Ashe
2025-05-0503 min
Blooming Together#92: Interview - Aidan McAlister"Beautiful things can grow from something ugly, we can choose compassion, and we can stay connected to God trough daily prayer."-Aidan McAlister
2025-05-0236 min
Blooming Together#91: Adjust the Sails"We can't control the wind, but we can adjust the sails."-Cora L. V. Hatch
2025-04-2803 min
Blooming Together#90: Meaning in the Mess"It's not that there's a reason for everything, but you can find a reason for anything."-Ariella Larson
2025-04-2105 min
Blooming Together#89: Feeling FeelsFeeling feels - on greater love, family, and easter eggs.https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/welcome/easter?lang=eng
2025-04-1406 min
Blooming Together#88: LIMITLESSJim Kwik's acronym - LIMITLESS - can help us unlock our full potential and bloom boldly.Jim Kwik's website:https://www.jimkwik.com/
2025-04-0707 min
Blooming Together#87: Now is Now"Next time is next time, and now is now."-Hirayama, "Perfect Days"https://medium.com/@mitchwhitehead/now-is-now-the-philosophy-of-wim-wenders-perfect-days-1adc2a15b7f8
2025-03-3108 min
Blooming Together#86: Chop Wood, Carry WaterMindfulness can transform a mundane task into a form of meditation.-Kari Dahlgrenhttps://karidahlgren.net/chop-wood-carry-water/
2025-03-2410 min
Blooming Together#85: Best of Guests 7I truly DO have THE BEST of guests! Tune in to hear their marvelous insights about blooming and growing through life!
2025-03-1708 min
Blooming Together#84: Interview - Grace Kaczor"Walk on. No matter what happens in life, walk on."-Bruce Lee
2025-03-1433 min
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Blooming Together#82: Interview - Shanna Cashmore"My best moments, my best minutes, my best hours, my best days, my best weeks, are those where I've lived by the spirit. I don't know if I've ever maintained it for a whole week, or even a whole day, but those truly are."-Shanna Cashmore
2025-03-0743 min
Blooming Together#81: Curveballs"When life's unexpected curveballs come flying at us and we strike out, we gotta master the courage and confidence to go up to bat again."-Susiebloom
2025-03-0304 min
Blooming Together#80: Interview - Eliza Palmer"Step into your own greatness," do things that enrich your soul, and remember that we're all in this together.-Eliza Palmer
2025-02-2838 min
Blooming Together#79: From Bud to Apple"Incrementally and gradually we make steady growth," toward our fullest, most complete, potential.-Elder David A. Bednar
2025-02-2404 min
Blooming Together#78: Interview - Ryan Miller RETURNS!He asked me questions this time! Listen in on our antics!
2025-02-2143 min
Blooming Together#77: It's Monday Again?!?Whether it's marvelous or just manageable, enjoy your Monday. Love you! Hug!
2025-02-1704 min
Blooming Together#76: Interview - Morgan Anderson"Seeds in themselves don't have the nutrients to bloom. They have to pull from around them... It's important to make sure that our soil or our environment is rich in nutrients."-Morgan Anderson
2025-02-1428 min
Blooming Together#75: Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms"It is real life that takes the real courage," Will (Short for Wilhelmina) learns in the wonderful book,Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms, by Katherine Rundell. Tune in to hear my take on it. (I LOVE it!)
2025-02-1012 min
Blooming Together#74: Interview - Hugo Sandez"The road is gonna be bumpy. That's just life."
-Hugo Sandez
2025-02-071h 08
Blooming Together#73: Best of Guests 6Food for thought and bits of wisdom from some of our friends and fellow bloomers. Listen in!
2025-02-0308 min
Blooming Together#72: Interview - Elisha Acker, Courtney Grimnes, & Kris SalvesenThree wonderful women helping me and many other bloom where they're planted!
"There is great unifying power in loving and serving each other, ministering to one another, blooming together, and growing through life."
-Susiebloom
2025-01-3121 min
Blooming Together#71: You Gotta Believe!You are a beloved child of God.
Believe, pray, and let Him be your guide and see how He helps you bloom.
2025-01-2704 min
Blooming Together#70: Interview - Nellie Sewall"Focus on the things you can change, don't worry about what you can't, and... keep coming back."
-Nellie Sewall
2025-01-2440 min
Blooming Together#69: Bounce Forward!Here are some ways to not only bounce back from setbacks, but bounce forward and keep blooming!
2025-01-2006 min
Blooming Together#68: Interview - Tom Frankenberger"This life is the time... to prepare to meet God."
-Alma 34:32
2025-01-171h 07
Blooming Together#67: Birthdays!"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?"
-Satchel Paige
2025-01-1304 min
Blooming Together#66: Interview - Melissa McIntosh"Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved."
-Thomas S. Monson
2025-01-1041 min
Blooming Together#65: Give Me the Tightrope"Life is always a tightrope or a featherbed. Give me the tightrope."
-Edith Wharton
Sara Blakely Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarablakely/?hl=en
2025-01-0606 min
Blooming Together#64: Interview - Jennifer Gillies"Let's rewind, sit back, and reevaluate. Let's see what we can do better next time... and be patient as we learn to do better."
-Jennifer Gillies
2025-01-0337 min
Blooming Together#63: Bloom On!New year or not, every day, every moment, is an opportunity to bloom on!
-Susiebloom
2024-12-3006 min
Blooming Together#62: Interview - Ken Andrews"Work hard, keep busy, and do what you can for whoever you can."
2024-12-2736 min
Blooming Together#61: Best of Guests 5Inspiration, motivation, love, friendship, and fun. Keep blooming, friends!
2024-12-2308 min
Blooming Together#60: Interview - Heather & Andrew King"Just because something seems impossible, it probably isn't. It just might take an amount of effort that's unpleasant, and in the moment, it is, but, things usually work out, especially when you keep the end goal in mind."
- Andrew King
2024-12-2031 min
Blooming Together#59: Mary Did You KnowA musical message of faith, hope, and love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIgeNS9GtYo
2024-12-1608 min
Blooming Together#58: Interview - Heather Moffitt"Let us open our arms to each other to accept each other for who we are. Assume everyone is doing the best they can."
-Marvin J. Ashton
2024-12-1342 min
Blooming Together#57: Light, Love, PeaceLIGHT, LOVE, PEACE
These are the treasures that remain, long after decorations come down, cookies and candy are eaten, and presents put away. These are the true gifts of Christmas.
-Susiebloom
2024-12-0908 min
Blooming Together#56: Interview - Stephen & Gayle Halversen"A good future is ahead of you, but you have to move towards it...with faith."
-Stephen Halversen
"You don't hafta wanna, you just hafta."
-Gayle Halversen
2024-12-0642 min
Blooming Together#55: The Last StrawA story about giving love when it isn't easy to give.
"The Last Straw"
By Paula McDonald
2024-12-0216 min
Blooming Together#54: Interview - Kandie Miller"No days off... there's no reason NOT to show up for yourself."
-Kandie Miller
2024-11-291h 01
Blooming Together#53: Give ThanksWhat does it do for you when you pause to give thanks?
*The adorable thumbnail photo is of a little turkey my older son, Aidan, made in preschool 18 years ago. :)
2024-11-2505 min
Blooming Together#52: Interview - Cheyenne Alhart"You have to make sure that you're filling your cup up so that you can pour into others."
- Cheyenne Alhart
2024-11-2235 min
Blooming Together#51: Keep Blooming Together"Let's keep BLOOMING TOGETHER by cultivating KINDNESS, PATIENCE, GRATITIUDE, SERVICE, and JOY."
-Susiebloom
2024-11-1805 min
Blooming Together#50: Interview - Sydney Merrill"All you can do is all you can do."
- Sydney Merrill
Keep blooming, friends! We're in this together.
Love, Susiebloom
2024-11-1551 min
Blooming Together#49: Best of Guests 4I love my wonderful guests! Their insights keep me blooming! Thank you Mark, Shannon, Gracie, Misty, Angela, and John. Bloomers rule! :D
2024-11-1107 min
Blooming Together#48: Interview - John McAlister"I knew I wanted to change, but I didn't know how...I needed to know it was possible."
-John McAlister
https://www.instagram.com/the805necktieguy/reel/C8-WAUSynxw/
2024-11-0840 min
Blooming Together#47: Live Simply"Let's live simply by making space and time for what's most important, creating meaningful rituals that energize and renew us, and embracing the world more fully- and simply- by coming to our senses."
-Susiebloom
https://bemorewithless.com
2024-11-0413 min
Blooming Together#46: Interview - Angela Olson"Sometimes our goals and what we perceive that we want in life can be detrimental to us and keep us from growing if we can't get beyond our expectations of what we wanted."
-Angela Olson
www.silkfudge.com
2024-11-0154 min
Blooming Together#45: Trust the Process"As we learn to trust the process, we thrive and grow... we BLOOM!"
-Susiebloom
2024-10-2805 min
Blooming Together#44: Interview - Misty BurrowBlooming where you're planted is finding those things that nourish you to be the best you can be.
-Misty Burrow
2024-10-2537 min
Blooming Together#43: Consistency is KeyConsistency is key. Any success we have in life, any growth, or real satisfaction, will require consistency.
- Susiebloom
2024-10-2105 min
Blooming Together#42: Interview - Emelie Grace (Gracie) Poston"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."
-Ancient Proverb
2024-10-1858 min
Blooming Together#41: Learn, Grow, BloomLearn as you grow, and you will be ever blooming.
- Susiebloom
2024-10-1405 min
Blooming Together#40: Interview - Shannon Samuel"Don't worry about anything. Instead, pray about everything." (Philippians 4:6)
2024-10-1142 min
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Blooming Together#38: Interview - Mark Parsons"...sometimes having possibilities is enough. You don't think so, in the moment, but looking back you realize that having at least the potential of happiness or freedom or love is not a full life in itself, but it is a seed."
- Mark Parsons's The 9:09 Project
markhparsons.com
2024-10-0455 min
Blooming Together#37: Best of Guests 3I learn so much from my wonderful guests! Their input and experiences help me keep blooming where I'm planted. Thanks guys, you're all marvelous!
2024-09-3008 min
Blooming Together#36: Interview - Karen Eastey (Mom)"There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
That it ill behooves any of us,
To find fault with the rest of us."
2024-09-2741 min
Blooming Together#35: Family Trees and Traditions"If you want world peace, go home and love your family."
- Mother Teresa
2024-09-2306 min
Blooming Together#34: Interview - Melody Jordan"Growth is accepting and recognizing that not every day is gonna feel like progress, and I think there's progress in being okay with that."
-Melody Jordan
mjmediaproductions.net
@melodyjordansings
@mjmediaproductionsllc
2024-09-2037 min
Blooming Together#33: The Backbone of Society"A good education can change anyone, a good teacher can change everything."
2024-09-1605 min
Blooming Together#32: Interview - Gina Gluyas"There's a light at the end of the tunnel, and it's not the train."
- Gina Gluyas
https://ginagluyas.com/
2024-09-1351 min
Blooming Together#31: Room to Bloom"Peace is always right there. You just need to create space for it."
- Carol Tuttle
2024-09-0905 min
Blooming Together#30: Interview - Colin McAlister"Don't procrastinate" and other insights from my terrific teenager, and...
"Even flowers need rainy days to grow."
PS: Sorry about the ring light reflection on my glasses.
2024-09-0628 min
Blooming Together#29 - Progress, NOT PerfectionTaking action, getting things done, doesn't have to be stressful. As we prepare and put forth intentional effort, progress will be made. Relax... breathe... bloom.
2024-09-0208 min
Blooming Together#28: Interview - Robin (Shelby) Spence"Don't ever let anyone tell you that you can't do something. Prove them wrong."
- Robin Spence
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0623123/
2024-08-3046 min
Blooming Together#27: Motion vs. Action"Motion will never produce a final result. Action will."
-James Clear
https://jamesclear.com/taking-action
2024-08-2606 min
Blooming Together#26: Interview - Dulce GutierrezThe best way to make a difference in the world, the best way to change the world, is to do something in the place where you are... If every single person did that, that's when we will see change in the world.
-Gordon B. Hinckley
2024-08-2343 min
Blooming Together#25: Best of Guests 2These wonderful people are blooming where they're planted, and helping others do the same. I appreciate their wisdom, experience, and example to me.
2024-08-1905 min
Blooming Together#24: Interview - Samantha ScrogginBlooming where you're planted doesn't mean settling for unhappiness if there's anything you can do to affect your situation.
- Samantha Scroggin
https://walkingoutsideinslippers.wordpress.com/
2024-08-1637 min
Blooming Together#23: Shape Your Day, Shape Your Life"Minutes and hours well spent are the building blocks of a life well lived."
-Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Photo by Susiebloom
2024-08-1207 min
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Blooming Together#21: Core MotivatorsWhat are the values, needs, and passions that drive your behavior and actions?
https://www.betterup.com/blog/self-reflection
2024-08-0516 min
Blooming Together#20: Interview - Breeanna MenezesPart of blooming is "showing up for myself... to better how I show up in other people's lives."
2024-08-0241 min
Blooming Together#19: Growth Happens Gradually"In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth, or to step back into safety." -Abraham Maslow
Photo by Susiebloom
2024-07-2908 min
Blooming Together#18: Interview - Ellowyn Isaacson"Some things you don't have a choice on... you kind of have to go with what life gives you, but it doesn't mean giving up or that you have to stop living your dreams... you just adapt to what you're given."
2024-07-2635 min
Blooming Together#17: Grit, Surrender, and GratitudeGive it your all
Redo if necessary
Ignore the urge to quit
Take time to do it right
2024-07-2211 min
Blooming Together#16: Interview - Cathy Launchbaugh"You're only as big as the problem that stops you."
2024-07-1923 min
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Blooming Together#14: Interview - Ryan MillerBlooming where you're planted, for Ryan, has been a series of adjustments to his dreams along his journey.
Ryan's VCR episode:
https://youtu.be/-jnWdlt4rDg?si=r1lIy0BK0tSlMDcv
2024-07-1253 min
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Blooming Together#12: Interview - Molly Johnston"Acceptance is the beginning of the best part of your life."
2024-07-0539 min
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Blooming Together#10: Interview - Sarah Bleyl"...Faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly."
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Blooming Together#3: Grow Through Life"Its vital to be growing through your life, not just going through your life." - Wally Amos
2024-06-0116 min
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Blooming Together#1: Born to BloomWe are born to bloom, my friends! We are meant to grow. So, let's grow through life...together!
2024-06-0109 min
Blooming TogetherBlooming TogetherWelcome! We're here to learn from and encourage each other to bloom where we're planted and grow through life. Join me June 1st so we can begin blooming together.
2024-05-0301 min