Explore how to:

• blend traditional and outside-the-box approaches to parenting

• discover ways to calm the chaos of life

• teach your kids self-reliance and entrepreneurship

• the importance of hands-on learning

• having a growth mindset

• finding a balance between guiding your kids and allowing them to explore.

Hear personal stories of my own children's ventures into self-reliance and entrepreneurship (this episode covers construction and YouTube creation).

Let me encourage you to reclaim your space in this noisy world.

Find joy, purpose, and determined faith in your journey to inspire your children to thrive.

Tune in for inspiration and practical advice on reclaiming family life — by fostering an environment where you and your kids can dig into your God-created uniqueness!

In this episode, we dive deep into the importance of Living Above the Noise amidst the clamor of the world — to discover what truly matters to you.

Are you tired of feeling pressure from social media? Ready to say goodbye to the desire to fit into society's mold?
Well, my friend, it's time to turn up the volume on your own unique personality!

➡️ Join me as we explore the power of embracing your unique personality and finding joy in being authentically YOU.
And why it's an important step to helping your kids become entrepreneurs.

➡️ You'll hear a story of a "woman and her cows" and how she realized she was trying to live her "fantasy self."
It's so easy to think we need to be more than we are. Discover ways to reframe your real-life into one of contentment and joy.

➡️ We'll ask good questions to help you navigate the noise and understand your strengths and personality.

It's time to celebrate what makes you YOU and discover how to use your God-given life to make a positive impact on the world around you.
So grab your headphones, tune in, and let's drown out the noise together!

Let's do this!

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In this episode we'll talk about how to use your home environment for the space it was meant for —> Growing the people within its four walls into the best people they can be!

Our homes are places meant to grow us, our marriage, and our kids into creative and productive adults.

When it comes to creating a comfy, friendly, useful, and creative home - it takes time to make it that way. Creating your home atmosphere will depend on you. So, what kind of home do you imagine?

We live in a Pinterest happy culture. And if we don’t know what the purpose is for our home, we’ll adopt everyone else’s idea on how to decorate or live there.

Here’s little secret — when you take that pressure off yourself, you open up so many possibilities for creating a home where you and your family can dream — and then become what you each desire.

Growing kids into success and productive adults is a momma's greatest challenge. I hope you'll accept it!

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In this episode you'll:

• Hear about the events (New Zealand and a wedding) and the trials (tornados) in my life that kept me from posting for two months.
• We’ll talk about what it looks like to be emotionally invested in your family.
• Consider what it looks like to make and stick to the choices you believe matter most to your family.
  

The focus of this episode came from a reader's question after I posted this quote from The Minimalist Home by: Joshua Becker -

“Ask yourself what’s really important and then have the courage to build your home and life around the answer.”

She asked:

“This quote is fantastic!! Could you share more about how you answered the question of what was most important and discarded the rest (distractions) over the years?”

➡️ Listen in as I share a few of the choices we made while raising our kids ⤵️

➡️ Along with the reasons we made them — including the ups, the downs, and the retrospect of them all!

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I’m here to empower you to have a deep abiding faith by looking to the word of God.

This is where you'll find the true strength you need — in a world that wants you to find it in other places.

In this episode, we'll discuss how you can:

• Calm the chaos — to slow down and consider what's making your life feel so overwhelming.
• How to recognize the more over less culture you live in.

• Learn from the women who've gone before you — see through the temptations of the culture to be and do everything.

• Be ready to do hard work in order to discover the beauty family.

• Take a hard look at God’s plan and purpose for giving us life — and measure it against what social media or even your friends say gives life or happiness.

• Look at the “Why’s” Before you make decisions. Consider the purpose or the “why” behind what you see others doing. And then the “why” behind what you might choose.

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Did you know that some women have a hard time enjoying their kids?

It's especially difficult in a world that doesn't love children.

This topic might seem unusual to you — especially if you don’t struggle with it — but that’s not the case for a lot of mommas.

If you’re someone who does - take a deep breath, you’re not alone! Do you sometimes wonder about how parenting and joy can coexist?

You know, the noise, the mess, the constant teaching, the getting into your stuff, the questions, being on call 24/7.

How in the world do you enjoy that?

Well listen in!

Reward and compensation dictate our current culture. You've got to "feel it" — "be passionate" about it — or "love" it or it must not be worth the effort.

Money, a degree, and "likes" to social media posts → it's wired us to need to see a good result.

And raising kids doesn't fit that mold!

Kids are like a 20 year experiment where all you can do it try and try again — hoping the vision you have works out.

But don't fear! There is hope. With God there always is!

• Listen in for some surprising statistics on marriage and birth rates and how they reflect our changing times. Consider how they don't reflect God's view on marriage and children.
• Then move onto gaining awareness of what and how you're feeling — then begin using it to gain perspective of your situation. This is a game-changer for enjoying your kids.
• Look to God's Word to wisdom and truth in your role in the life God gave you. There you will find grace and strength to love the life you've been given.
• Download my 10 Tips for Finding Joy in Your Children to help you gain new perspective to enjoy your kids!

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When you understand your need for this simple tool — a weekly meal plan — it will make a huge difference in how your days go!

Being a keeper at home encompasses keeping meals on the table. And none of us get to escape it, do we?

Menu planning moved to the top of my "momma's systems for survival" after several of my coaching clients shared their frustration with meals — and how not having a good plan affected their day and their efficiency.

We all need to eat. It’s one of the necessary tasks and events in daily life — so the easier we make it, the smoother our days will go.

We only need to tame the meal dragon and we can do better!

Stop meal prep from being an interruption to your day by having a plan.

Having a plan will give you a peace of mind and keep you from being interrupted to get dinner on the table!

When you put simple systems in place, you can make a world of difference about how you feel about your day!

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Fear could be holding you back from accomplishing your goals and dreams for your family, your home, and your life.

You can gain control of what feels out of control.

Caring for a family of 12, taught me to build schedules into my life. To find the most streamlined way to accomplish tasks — even though I had a fear of planning.

I had always used a calendar or planner - but I didn’t use it to plan. But 9 years ago, life was shifting and I realized I needed to actually plan my life!

And I created my own planner challenge. It literally changed my life. It helped me gain control of what felt out of control.

Wake up to the possibility of taking charge of your day and activities — of watching your responsibilities get accomplished.

God made us unique and with differing needs.

Some of you are planners — you love schedules, to do lists, and all the bells and whistles of getting it all done!

And some of you have a fear of planning. That feeling when you're about to fill out your planner for the week and you're gripped with panic — the fear that comes from not knowing what to put on your to-do list?

You feel the tension of putting something on the wrong day, risking it won't get done. And the sense of failure when things don't get done — again

You can feed your insecurities and fears — or you can seek help and find tools to help you overcome them.

I want you to find freedom to make plans and see the growth and productivity that comes from it.

And the only way through the struggle - is through the struggle!

The secret to being content is knowing we're not in control. Each day you have more control than you want — just not total control!

• You have to begin to find your sweet spot.
• Then you’ll see some level of success.
• You’ll learn to get comfortable with not getting it all done.

Life Happens - But here's the thing — because we live in a more complicated world than we used to, there’s so many distractions and so many opportunities it’s really important to know:

• what to do every day — you need a plan — and that starts with having goals.
• how to turn goals into reality, you have to list out the necessary tasks.
• To get those tasks done, they need to go on a calendar, preferably on a specific week or day!
  

Be flexible. Don't stress. Plan anyway.

Envisioning a better day — a great life — a healthy relationship will move you forward.

➡️ Don't let the Fear of Planning stop you.
It will take work.
It will require that you trust and move forward anyway.
But it’s well worth it!

I pray your year produces joy and success — in your way and your timing!

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