My brother, Drew McClure, always keeps it real. This part really cracked me up and then made me think too. Do we think all of energy and health is about the physical? Are we paying enough attention to our mental, emotional, spiritual and physical life? All of these areas will impact how we show up as parents this year.
Don’t miss the latest episode and ponder one thing you could try today! Get a pen and paper and time with a friend to process after you listen!
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It’s me speaking to my younger self. “Court, how will you feel on Ella’s 18th birthday?”
Forgive my tears - but it’s not easy to write a letter to your younger mom self. I read it on the podcast today and it was so powerful for me. I have such compassion for the younger mom in me that was so desperate to get it right. I pray this episode encourages you all as we end the year!
Reminders for every mom:
You’re a great mom! You really are.
Give yourself grace. You’re forgetting ALL the things you are doing well.
Trust God. You cannot do parenting alone.
AND! Add your tips here - what did you need to hear as a young mom? Go!
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I feel like we could raise amazing Christian kids if our coffee stayed warm. This is the kind of podcast content we need in December. Please give me all of the useful, practical tips! Yes please.
My dear friend Dana Sheheane and I banter about all the things from bra sizes to heating pads to how to embarrass our kids.
As you run your final christmas errands or go on a walk - take me and Dana with you. Let’s laugh together in a stressful month.
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I believe this episode will be one of your favorites. We have a seriously wise and godly mentor with us today - it’s Lisa Clark! After 35 years of parenting (and now grandparenting) - she has heard and seen it all. Advice is not always helpful or biblical. She gives us some very real encouragement today and debunks some of the advice we get so often from others.
I needed to hear this reminder to “let the dad be the dad.” Too often, I elbowed Ron out of the way thinking that I knew better. And that wasn’t true or the right thing to do for our family.
In this episode, we discuss:
💕Some best and worst parenting advice
💕Why adult children are amazing
💕How to trust our gut as mothers
💕How to help our kids learn boundaries
💕How to be our child’s advocate first
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In this fantastic chat with Bob Goff, I love how he talks about how to show up for his own kids, grandkids and the people in his life. He encourages us to ask “What do they uniquely need that only I could give?”
Let’s sit with that today and try not to overcomplicate it. What do our kids, friends and family need that only I could give?
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This episode was incredibly special to me. I have long admired @louiegiglio
and the work he has done through Passion Conferences and Passion City Church. I invited Amelia McBrayer, one of my favorite college kids, to join me in chatting about how to find authentic faith in the college years. I absolutely loved his encouragement to her in this clip. Make sure you share this episode with your high school, college and young adult kids as well.
In this episode, we discuss:
💕How to stop shoving faith on our kids
💕Power of praying and believing for your kids’ faith
💕How to practically put a touch point with God - easy ways to connect
💕Tips on how to grow in a community as a college young adult
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I am thrilled to have a couple I have long admired on the podcast today - Jan and Chris Woodruff. Chris is the CEO and Executive Director of Lighthouse - a place where our families have been serving for years. Serving together as a family has deeply impacted each of their kids. And our family has experienced the same. We are the best version of ourselves when we serve as a family.
We talk about Lighthouse as our personal example - but there are hundreds if not thousands of ways to serve as a family. I love that Chris reminds us that we can do this every day in our communities - not just a week on a mission trip. The Woodruffs are just a few months from an empty nest - so they offer a unique perspective as they look back at the benefits of serving as a family.
In this episode:
💕Building a family culture of service
💕The impact of serving on children
💕How empathy grows in kids through service
💕Encouragement for busy families
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Are you raising boys? Girls? Both? Are you approaching the stage where they begin to notice the opposite gender. I loved this episode with my dear friend, Heather MacFadyen. She is the mom to four boys and I have two girls. She has always helped me have empathy and greater understanding - especially when I get defensive over an issue with my girls. I think it’s always helpful to sit and understand the WHY behind certain behaviors.
In this clip, you’ll see that Heather also offers several practical ideas on how to get boys and girls around each other so it isn’t such an awkward BIG deal when they hit high school. Loved this!
Don’t miss Part 1 of our conversation over at Heather’s podcast, Don’t Mom Alone! We start with the early years and how uniquely different it can be to raise boys vs girls.
In this Part 2 episode, we chat about:
💕Dating challenges for teens today
💕Ideas on how to help boys and girls interact when curiosity begins
💕How social media and phones are impacting the dating process
💕Seeing behind the homecoming drama - what is going on with each gender
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These two episodes are packed with practical ideas for the little years. It can be truthfully overwhelming to determine how to discipline, redirect, manage chaos while not breaking the spirit of your child. I see a cultural shift from one extreme (punishing behavior out of kids and using fear) to another extreme - letting the kids run the house with no rules. Dr. David and Amanda Erickson have an approach that I really believe in - they combine child development with scriptural truth. I wish I had had them when my kids were younger.
In this clip, they give an example of a value in their home: trustworthiness. Then, they explain how they practically teach that value in their home. Don’t miss these episodes - if you’re parenting babies up until teens. I learned so much!
In this episode, we chat about:
💕Cultural shifts in parenting styles
💕How to build trust and honesty in parenting
💕How to redirect behavior and manage chaos
💕Ideas for discipline and consequences
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How are you being creative as you teach your kids about the Bible? I was so excited to chat about the idea of “stories” with @dallas.jenkins today on the podcast. As the Executive Producer and Director of The Chosen- he has seen how visual stories can help unlock our understanding of scriptural truth.
I have seen this happen in my own family. It can be a song, a sermon, a movie or a book - but God will use something that draws my kids in and they gain a deeper understanding of truth.
Is there a movie or show or book or sermon that impacted your life?
For me, it was The Passion of the Christ that helped me understand the gospel in a brand new way and accelerated my faith. What about you?
Let’s be on the lookout for creative ways we can share scriptural truth with our families!
In this episode, we chat about:
💕How The Chosen series changed my neighbor’s life
💕How to use creative storytelling in your parenting
💕How Dallas’ latest movie came about and how it can benefit your family
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In this week’s episode, I have the honor of chatting with Reese - a college-aged friend that I adore. She bravely shares her testimony - one that involves abuse by a coach, a “not guilty” jury decision and God’s faithfulness through it all. Reese wanted to come on and share her story so that parents see that an authentic faith is often born from life’s toughest struggles.
THe above clip is from one of my favorite moments in our chat. She gave us some real advice as parents - to let them walk through it. Letting our kids walk through pain feels unbelievable impossible - yet they often find their own faith in that process. Be encouraged, not fearful, that God has our kids in his hands. Always.
In this episode, we discuss:
💕Reese’s story of abuse
💕Authentic faith birthed through hardest times
💕How she experienced God so personally
💕Rees’s encouragement for parents
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Get out the notepad for this one! And let it sit with you for a moment. Lysa shares that “Distrust is sometimes the wisest choice to make.”
In this episode with @lysaterkeurst we talk about a critical component of relationships - trust. This can affect our lives and our kids’ lives. Lysa shares that God calls us to forgive others - but we’re not commanded to trust all. Trust is conditional. I had to let that sink in a minute.
We discuss:
💕Why trust is crucial to all human relationships
💕How to manage broken hearts and relationships while raising kids
💕How to move towards healing with resilience
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