Parents are you Cultivating a Family Culture of Love and Caring?
Release Date: 02/11/2024
Growing in Faith Through Parenting
Heart Focused Parenting
#81: Ever feel like there's no time for you to grow spiritually because you're always busy with the kids? In this episode, I look at this a different way because the truth is being a parent can actually help you grow closer to God. As we deal with all the busy and all the exhaustion we can try and do it on our own, or we can press into God. The thing is - the more we depend on God the more like Christ we become - and that, as we’ll find out is God’s purpose. Tune in to find out how you can strengthen your faith and become more and more like Christ - because you are a...
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How to be a Consistent Parent without the Guilt
Heart Focused Parenting
#80: We all know it – Being consistent is important as a parent. But we also know it is one of the biggest challenges we face – and it is one of the biggest guilts we deal with. But what does consistency look like? We tend to see it as being 100 percent the same – always; but, that can look like legalism or being authoritarian. Out of reaction, we swing the pendulum the other way – and find ourselves inconsistent! There has to be a balance, a middle road somewhere that makes consistency doable without the guilt of being human. Join HEART-BOOSTERS (free) Download Heart...
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How To Help Your Children Do The Right Thing
Heart Focused Parenting
#79 How To Help Your Children Do The Right Thing: My goal as a Christian parent was to raise children who loved God, loved others and who were able to make wise choices as they lived in their community using their passions and talents to be a blessing to others. Sounds good on paper - but how do we raise our kids to do the right thing - to even know what the right thing is and then to have the strength of character to do it? In this episode I talk about 4 practical things we can do that will help our children do the right thing. When you start adding these heart-focused...
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Discipline: How to Discipline your Child & Stay Heart-focused
Heart Focused Parenting
#78: Discipline is a big topic - and one that sparks lots of intense feelings. I thought it time to address what I believe about discipline because we use a word - and it may not mean what you think it means. Or at least you may not know what I mean when I use the word. Discipline is understood to be a big part of parenting - if we do it wrong it really does hurt our children - and I don’t mean just physically but emotionally, relationally and even spiritually. This is an area you really have to think about and not just do whatever. We must be intentional...
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Have This Important Conversation When Your Child Becomes An Adult
Heart Focused Parenting
#77: If you have older teens, or young adults living at home then you want to listen in today as I talk about a key parenting strategy that will help your young adult child move into adulthood well, but it will also help you make the transitions you need to as a parent. If your young adult is living at home you need to have what I call a Rites of Passage conversation. Listen in as I explain it and give you the words to say. Transcript: This conversation will help you navigate chages in parent-child dynamics when your child becomes an adult. Further...
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3 Words that Changed my Parenting
Heart Focused Parenting
#76: Today we're talking about three words that changed my parenting: love, mercy, and grace. As Christian parents, we are probably very familiar with those words. But do we let them change how we parent? For full transcript: Further Listening : The truth about Christian parenting isn’t in the things we teach our kids but rather in how we respond. Do we respond as followers of Christ? : When we pursue the things of peace, our choices reflect Christ's righteousness and our right standing with Jesus, brings joy and peace every day. : 5 keys mindsets for...
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I’m a Christian, but feel Inadequate to talk to my Children about Jesus
Heart Focused Parenting
#75: Feelings of inadequacy can stop Christians from sharing gospel with children. Learn to distinguish conviction from condemnation and how to be in a place where you can confidently talk to your kids about Jesus. For full transcript: Further Listening: : Jesus gave us the 'Great Commission' and that includes our children. - and We Should Make the Introduction: As Christian parents we want our children to love Jesus and follow God’s word so we have to be wise in how we teach our children about sin and mercy and grace. Coaching: Get...
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Stop Doing All the Things Good Christian Families are Doing
Heart Focused Parenting
Are you tired of feeling like you have to do it all to be a "good Christian family"? We are very quick to judge ourselves as not doing the right things, or not doing enough things to be a good Christian family. This is a false standard. What is a good Christian family anyway! Our goal should be to create a space where our children grow in their faith and in their confidence to be who God made them be, our goal needs to be peace and harmony in our home - not just copying what other Christian families do. When we know what is important to us, we can find the right way to...
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Preparing Your Family for a Faith-Centered Easter Celebration
Heart Focused Parenting
#73 As Christian parents, we all want our kids to know Jesus - and Easter is a time to create meaningful spiritual moments for our children, but we often get overwhelmed by chocolate and other things. In this episode, I’m talking about the importance of planning how you will approach Easter with intentionality and faith so that your children can grow in their knowledge and faith of Jesus Christ and all He has done for them. As an intentional parent - you need to start thinking about this now. For full transcript: Free Download: (Jelly Bean Story and Easter...
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Parents are you Cultivating a Family Culture of Love and Caring?
Heart Focused Parenting
#72: We all dream of a family home overflowing with love, laughter, and fun. And yet the reality is daily chaos and trying to balance all the things we have to do along with teaching and training our kids! This week I’m sharing a journaling moment that changed my heart, changed my perspective which in turn changed our family - way back when my kids were little. I don’t know about you but for me the Holy Spirit has a way of taking a Bible verse that I am very familiar with and making me really think about it, and and question whether I am living it out. That’s is...
info_outline#72: We all dream of a family home overflowing with love, laughter, and fun. And yet the reality is daily chaos and trying to balance all the things we have to do along with teaching and training our kids! This week I’m sharing a journaling moment that changed my heart, changed my perspective which in turn changed our family - way back when my kids were little. I don’t know about you but for me the Holy Spirit has a way of taking a Bible verse that I am very familiar with and making me really think about it, and and question whether I am living it out. That’s is what I’m talking about this week. A Bible verse that changed how I engaged with my kids. Listen in.
For full transcript: Parents are you Cultivating a Family Culture of Love and Caring?
Further Listening:
Building a Relaitonship with your Child will Lead to Friendship Later: It is important not to get relationship and friendship mixed up as we parent our children. We start with a relationship and enjoy friendship later on.
Being a Good Mum isn't about Getting Everything Done Today: A busy mum tries to do all the things and finds she can’t. Follow these 5 principles and find balance so you can focus on what is important.
Five Things Parents can do to Help their Child Feel Secure: When our children feel secure they are more confident to engage with their world - learning and growing as they do.
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