Category: Mom Life

Getting Out of the Holding Pattern

It is easy to get into a rhythm with our lives that becomes very familiar and typical – especially with a busy family circling around us and hardly enough time for us to snag a few minutes to catch our…

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Successful Homework Strategies

As we begin a new school year, I typically get a lot of questions on how to handle homework.  You cannot avoid it – if you are a parent you will be involved in homework with your child at some…

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The Power of Consistency

This week on my audio blog I shared a principle from my Becoming a Calm, Cool and Confident Mom series that is often a turning point for many moms I work with – Empty Threats.  As Hal Runkel says in…

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Helping Your Child Be on Time

This post originally posted over at Families with Purpose last fall.  As school approaches, I felt it was a great time to re-visit how you can help your child become independent and establish their own habits to being  ‘on-time’.  This…

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How Do You Model Conflict?

By  Joleen Watson, MS, NCC I remember being somewhere around the age of 10 and witnessing my parents have a fight about– and yes, I’m being serious– the size of the garden (insert laugh track here). Even at the age…

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The Four C’s of Parenting

I am often asked what mom’s can do about their misbehaving kids.  Moms are desperate for new ideas, I hear it everywhere I go – some miracle cure or potion that will make their kids’ eyes glaze over and be…

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Ten Minute Tuesday 7/12

Welcome to a regular feature for Tuesday, Ten Minute Tuesday.  Take a few minutes to slow down, sit & enjoy the music – let the words sink into your spirit. I hope this song  All that I am by The…

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Tending the Garden

Written by Dana Bailey Many years ago we lived in the country on 20 acres.  My husband grew up in the country, farming with his dad. My dad is a preacher and I grew up in the city, but always…

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Ten Minute Tuesday 7/5

Welcome to a regular feature for Tuesday, Ten Minute Tuesday. Usually I highlight a Christian Band or performer, but today I would like to introduce you to one of my favorite ‘pop’ performers, LeRoy Bell.  My hubby and I saw…

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