Chained No More

Connie Wills, an Ambassador for the Legacy Coalition, shares the joys and the challenges of raising our own grandchildren in our society today. She talks about the financial issues, discipline, loyalty issues, the effects on marriage, and extended family dynamics. She also talks about how to lovingly raise these hurting children in crisis.

Laura Pretherbridge is an author, an international speaker, and a stepfamily life coach. For this podcast, she discusses the many challenges that stepfamilies face during the holidays; chaotic schedules, finances, differences in beliefs and the battle between the exes. She gives meaningful and some profound advice and practical tools to make stepfamily homes more peaceful during the Christmas holidays.

Krista Smith-Larson, author of "The Big D...Divorce Thru the Eyes of a Teen" and developer of several game resources for teens, shares her story of being divorced, living as a single parent and the struggles she had with her hurting teen kids. She talks about the three main challenges teens face with parents divorcing...Self Identity, Self-Worth, and Communicating how they really feel. She gives tips for parents to invite healthy relationship with their kids, things NOT to do and so much more.

Her website shows her amazingly affective resources. www.sonsetpointministries.com

www.journeythroughdivorce.com

Kristen Welch, the author of "Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World", shares her story about how she turned from entitled to grateful and is teaching her kids to do the same. A trip to Kenya and seeing the poverty there made such an impact that she and her family founded Mercy House to help poverty-stricken families around the world. Kristen gives many tools and concepts to help parents make some changes in the atmosphere of their home and go from entitlement to gratitude.

Chris and Rahnella Adsit, the founders of "Branches of Valor" discuss challenges of our first responders in our country today. The police officers, firefighters, and

EMTs, run toward crisis when the rest of us run from it. They are brave, usually fearless, strong and trained. There is another side to them and that is the personal toll on their emotions, marriages, psychological health, and their faith. The Adsits discuss all of this and some of the resources they have that can help our first responders.

Nanette Kirsch, author of "Denial", tells her story of sexual abuse and discusses the effects of abuse as a child, teen and adult. She talks about healing, practical tools, resources, and how her faith led her out of such damage. She discusses the pros and cons of confronting an abuser, and the effect it has on the entire family unit. Excellent resource!

Karen Dancey, author of "Mountain of Hope", tells her story about her experience with her first husband's suicide. She shares about what led up to it, how it affected her and their three small sons, how she found hope and healing and how her family is doing today. She talks about how people can help someone in grief and ways they should not try to help. Karen is open, encouraging and inspirational.

Lynn Huffman, author of "Quiet Waters", shares her journey about being born into a Wiccan family. Her mother was the High Priestess of several covens and Lynn suffered horrific ritual abuse as a child. She tells the story of her abuse, her awakening, and her healing through counseling and the heading hand of God.

Dr. Michelle Bengtson is an author, speaker, and neuropsychologist. She brings her experiences, education and professional wisdom to our show and discusses anxiety in our children. She talks about what is causing it, how we can help lessen it and how to have a home with less stress, anxiety, and develop more peace in our homes. This podcast is full of practical tools on how to achieve a calmer environment at home, as well as help our kids/grandkids process all the uncertainty in our world today.

Excellent resource for families today!

Author Linda McCutcheon, tells about her experiences of 12 years as a single mom and shares what she learned through it. She shares the challenges, such as loneliness, endless responsibilities, the devastation of divorce, helping kids maneuver through the shattering of the family and how they all survived it. A great practical resource for those who are single parents and for those who know people who are.