Seasons of Joy
Podcast
Welcome to the
Seasons of Joy Podcast
How do you connect with yourself?
How do you connect with others?
How to you do you connect with God?
Welcome to the Seasons of Joy Podcast where we learn to clean up your mind so create joyful connection with yourself, others, and God.
Jill brings tips and tools that help you create a life you love no matter your season of circumstance.
Do you have a question or an issue you are struggling with? I am adding a segment on my podcast where I answer questions. If you have a question or a topic that you would like to hear me speak on, please share it with me here and I will address it on my podcast. I will always change your name or keep it anonymous when speaking to your question.
RECENT EPISDOES
Episode 192 - Shame vs Guilt: Why Knowing the Difference is Important
Think beating yourself up means you're taking responsibility? You might be confusing shame with accountability. Learn the crucial difference and a simple formula to move toward real growth.
Episode 191 - The 3 C’s of Well-Being: Context, Choice & Connection
Discover how nervous system regulation can transform your well-being through three essential needs: Context, Choice, and Connection. Life coach Jill Pack explains why anxiety and reactivity aren't character flaws—they're your nervous system trying to protect you. Learn practical strategies for navigating difficult relationships with adult children, challenging conversations, and midlife transitions. Perfect for women seeking peace, agency, and authentic connection in their relationships and daily life.
Episode 190 - From Surviving to Thriving in Your Next Chapter with Jody Moore
In this full-circle conversation, Jill sits down with life coach Jody Moore—the woman who first introduced her to transformational coaching over a decade ago. Jody shares her unexpected journey from corporate trainer to life coach, revealing how what felt like a "selfish" decision to invest in herself during a chaotic season ultimately created a ripple effect of service and impact.
Episode 189 - Allowing vs. Forcing Part 2: How to Actually Do It
If you're exhausted from trying to manage other people's choices, if your relationships feel strained by your attempts to help, if you're ready to love differently—this episode offers a practical, spiritually-grounded path forward.
Episode 188 - Allowing vs. Forcing Part 1: Why We Do It and What It Costs
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.
Episode 187 - Divine Identity in Conflict: Why Your Worth Isn’t on the Line
Discover how understanding your divine identity transforms conflict with loved ones. Learn why your worth as a mother, spouse, or friend isn't on the line in difficult conversations.
Episode 186 - 10 Takeaways From Top Episodes of 2025
Discover the top 10 most-listened episodes of 2025! Join life coach Jill Pack as she shares powerful takeaways on conflict transformation, nervous system regulation, emotional processing, and building stronger relationships. Perfect for midlife women ready to move from friction to connection in their most important relationships. Learn practical tools to navigate conflict, regulate your emotions, and create lasting transformation from the inside out.
Episode 185 - Growing Your Capacity Over Time
Learn how to build lasting stress resilience and expand your capacity to handle life's challenges. This final episode in the nervous system series reveals 10 daily practices that transform your baseline regulation over time. Discover the difference between putting out fires and becoming fireproof—perfect for anyone ready to stop just surviving and start thriving in 2026.
Episode 184 - 10 Tools For Hard Moments
Discover 10 science-backed nervous system regulation techniques you can use anywhere to stay calm during difficult conversations, anxiety, and stress. Learn practical tools for emotional regulation.
Episode 183 - Building Your Safety Foundation
Learn how to build a personal safety anchor and regulate your nervous system with a simple sequence. Discover the daily fundamentals that create lasting emotional resilience.
Episode 182 - Why You Keep Reacting the Way You Do
Discover why you can't stay calm during family conflicts. Learn about the three nervous system states that control your reactions and how to build resilience in your relationships with adult children.
Episode 181 - The Three Questions Your Heart Keeps Asking
This episode explores the three questions that keep us awake at night: Who am I really? Can I change? And why is this so hard? Drawing on three powerful conference talks, Jill Pack shows how the answers connect.
Episode 180 - That We Might Have Joy: Desire, Divinity, and Intimate Love with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife
Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife discusses how desire connects to spirituality, moving from role-based to collaborative marriages, and finding joy in midlife relationships. Essential insights for women of faith.
Episode 179 - The Best Holiday Gift
The best gift you can give this holiday season isn't the perfect meal, the ideal seating arrangement, or finally getting your adult children to behave the way you think they should. It's not having all the right words prepared or managing everyone's emotions so nobody gets uncomfortable. The gift is connection, not control.
Episode 178 - Anxious to Anchored: Gratitude’s Grounding
Feeling anxious? You're not broken—you're human. In this episode, I'm sharing how gratitude can be a powerful spiritual tool to soften anxiety (not eliminate it). Learn why your anxiety reveals what you value most, and discover practical ways to ground yourself when your mind won't stop racing. Perfect for midlife women navigating relationships with adult children or anyone struggling with anxious thoughts.
Episode 177 - Values Harvest
Discover why boundaries aren't about pushing people away—they're about creating space for connection to flourish. Learn how shifting from guilt to intentional choices transforms relationships.
Episode 176 - The Beam in My Eye
In this episode Jill Pack recounts a tense restaurant encounter that becomes a mirror for her own judgment, exploring how our reactions reveal the work we need to do. Through three practical lessons, she invites listeners to get curious about their responses, extend grace, and see every person as a messy child of God doing their best.
Episode 175 - Understanding The Four Tendencies
Struggling with family or work relationships? The Four Tendencies framework developed by Gretchen Rubin reveals why. Discover your personality type and learn practical strategies for better communication.
Episode 174 - Becoming Peacemakers: President Nelson’s Call to Transform Conflict
Transform difficult relationships using President Russell M. Nelson's 5 principles from "Peacemakers Needed." Learn conflict transformation through compassion and charity.
Episode 173 -Pens and Markers Are Cheaper Than Therapy: Using Doodles to Transform Self-Talk with Michelle Keil
Have you ever wished you could quiet that negative voice in your head? The one that's constantly criticizing and telling you you're not good enough?
Today I'm talking with Michelle Keil, also known as the Doodle Coach, and she's going to share how something as simple as doodling can help you do exactly that. If you're tired of being so hard on yourself and want to rediscover who you really are underneath all those expectations, this conversation is for you.
Let's dive in.