Ep. 5 with Shota Iwasaki

In this episode, Myrna and Crescentia talk with Shota Iwasaki to discuss intergenerational trauma, forgiveness, and his personal experiences healing and growing as a father of seven.

Rev. Shota Iwasaki is the father of 7 children, ages 16-29, and currently serves as the pastor of the Unification Family Church of Philadelphia (UFC). Rev. Shota is actively engaged in the local community through initiating the organization, "We Are Talking Trash," fighting against illegal trash dumping on public property and sidewalks and beautifying the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia.

Additional Resources

Contact Myrna Lapres: www.coachmyrna.org
7 Gifts to Give Your Child—Parenting That Will Touch Their Future by Myrna Lapres

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Email: deeperconnection@familyfed.org

Music by Yurii Kohut from Pixabay

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Ep. 9 with David Young

A father of three, David Young is a certified life coach and mindfulness meditation teacher who recently completed a two-year Timeless Wisdom training with Thomas Hübl. Currently, he is training to be a marriage and family therapist. Listen as David shares how he came to the realization that he needed personal healing, kicking and screaming. Working through his relationships with his parents and siblings led him to his current work with individuals, families, schools, and other organizations and businesses. David also speaks about his experience of being with his father during his last weeks of his life, what he inherited from him, and how we can work through anger to find forgiveness.

Find out more of the programs that David Young talked about:

https://www.beingwholehearted.com/

Contact him here:

david@beingwholehearted.com

Ep. 8 with John Abelseth

John Abelseth has been married for 42 years. He and his wife Helen raised their six children near Vancouver, BC, Canada and have eight grandchildren. In this podcast, John shares how his involvement in the Blessing & Family Ministry as a matching supporter and part of the core BFM team has enriched his life. After raising their own children, John and Helen purchased a mobile home and traveled to communities around the US and Canada educating and supporting families in helping their adult children in finding a partner in marriage. When asked by parents when they should begin educating themselves about how to do this, John recommends, "As soon as a couple is blessed in marriage, they should begin thinking and preparing for raising their future children...they first learn about how to give and receive love in the family. We pass on the important things in life through absorption from the family culture."

Ep. 7 with Rafael Guignard

In this episode, Rafael Guignard describes how he went from being a rebellious teenager who almost died from drinking too much alcohol to finding his own faith while doing a church gap year program which strengthened his relationship with his parents. Through these experiences, Rafael made decisions in his life:

to focus on creating loving relationships instead of being right
to find gratitude for his parents and see past challenges with them in a new light
choosing to attend the Marriage Blessing and commit to creating a loving family

Rafael is a certified Life and Performance Coach as well as the national Family Federation church leader in France.

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