Join Bruce and Heather for a Q + A episode where they talk about the importance of connection and communication in their marriage (Happy 24th Anniversary!  🎉🥳) and what it looks like to be in the thick of parenting teens. 

•  Champion Tribes

• Communication that Connects :: Kimberly Galindo [Ep 396]

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What does a child need to flourish? There are a million answers to that question, but in all honesty, it’s a little different for each child. We have so many tools available to us to help us see our own personalities and tendencies more clearly.

My guest this week is mom and author Karen Stubbs. She challenges us to be students of our kids’ personalities - to tell them the way they are wired is a good gift from God.

She encourages us to learn our kids. Not just to correct or discipline them, but to celebrate the way God has made them, help them grow into their strengths, and give them eyes to see their weakness with kindness and grace. Through her ministry, Birds on a Wire, parents can take a quiz to help understand their child’s unique personality and then be equipped to shepherd each unique personality well. 

• Website:  https://birdsonawiremoms.com/karenstubbs 

• Personality Plus for Parents: Understanding What Makes Your Child Tick by Florence Littauer 

• Honoring Others :: Rachel Wade [Ep 348] 

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Why do you think God created women? 

We know from Genesis that God didn’t say, “We have all these fish, we may as well have women too,” but instead he said, “It is not good” without women. Women take on all sorts of roles in our society, but it can be particularly difficult to suss out what exactly is our role in church and leadership. 

My guest this week is theologian Joel Muddamalle. Joel serves as the Director of Theology and Research for Proverbs 31 Ministries among other teaching and preaching responsibilities. In our conversation this week we dive into both the Complementarian and Egalitarian viewpoints as well as receiving gentle encouragement of the great value God places on women and the charge to approach these issues with humility. 

• Website:  https://muddamalle.com 

• Complimentarian Theologians 

• Dr. Tom Schreiner

• Lynn Cohick 

• Gender and Sexuality :: Preston Sprinkle [Ep 370]

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With phrases like “you complete me” our culture idealizes connection between spouses or even friends that has no boundaries.  This brand of intimacy sounds appealing but it doesn’t work well practically. Our desire for connection is innate, but vulnerability is messy and risky. My guest this week, Kimberly Galindo, encourages us instead that the point where “I” end and “you” begin is the point where we’re different, but it is our real point of connection.  In our conversation Kimberly gives us some tools to communicate in a way that fosters connection, but maintains our separate personhood. 

Kimberly is a licensed therapist with experience helping married couples and individuals connect well in many areas. 

• Website:  https://www.aspenhausassociates.com/kimberly-galindo 

• Self-Differentiation and Why it Matters :: Nancy Houston [Ep 335] 

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Some of our precious kiddos live with their sensitivity and intensity turned up a notch from the rest of us. What we think should be simple or routine can trigger big outbursts from our kids. Daily life might feel chaotic or unpredictable. 

As a mom of a sensitive or intense child you probably have a good idea of what doesn’t work, but it can be hard to discern what will help in those moments. My guests this week are Lynne Jackson and Lydia Rex of Connected Families. Together, they have compiled research and real life experiences from over a 100 families of children who are sensitive and intense and created a parenting course to support and equip parents. 

Lynne and her husband Jim have been regulars on Don’t Mom Alone encouraging moms (and dads) that it is possible to connect with your child, to coach them, and correct them - you never have to lose one to have the other. Lydia joins Lynne in the thick of parenting her own sensitive and intense children to encourage moms to draw from the limitless well of Christ’s love for yourself and your child in real-life challenging situations. 

• Website:  https://connectedfamilies.org/ 
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ConnectedFamilies 
• Instagram:  @connectedfams

• Connected Families - Your Sensitive Intense Child 
• Connected Families Sensitive & Intense Kids Online Course 
• Connected Families - 7 Practical Calming Strategies for Kids 

• Grace and Truth for Moms :: Lynne Jackson [Ep 296]
• Helping Your Children With Sensory Processing Issues :: Lynne Jackson [Ep 258] 
• Connected Relationships (LIVE Event) :: Jim and Lynne Jackson [Ep 222]
• Discipline 101 (LIVE Event - Friday Night) :: Jim and Lynne Jackson [Ep 221]
• The Entitlement Fix :: Jim and Lynne Jackson [Ep 200] 
• Bonus Mentor Episode - Resolving Sibling Conflict :: Jim and Lynne Jackson [Ep 126] 
• Connecting With Your Kids in Any Circumstance :: Jim and Lynne Jackson [Ep 98]
• How to Connect, Coach and Correct Your Child :: Jim and Lynne Jackson [Ep 81]
• Help Your Child Feel Safe and Loved :: Jim and Lynne Jackson [Ep 80]

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Who saw all that you’ve done today? Anyone? A mom’s work usually goes unacknowledged. We want to measure our work by how the house looks or how the children behave, or by how put together we look when we go out. But my guest this week, Ann Voskamp, invites us to prioritize the unseen. She dares us to prioritize things like the riches of Christ, the promise of an eternity in his presence that is “utterly and completely fulfilling,” and our relationships with those around us.  She helps us see the value in “signpost” parenting - not overly concerned with outcomes we cannot control, but deeply committed to continually pointing our kids to Christ and the sufficiency of His great love for us. 

Ann is a mom to 7, farmer’s wife and author of several books including her newest, Your Brave Song: An Inspirational Children’s Picture Book That Shows How Faith in Jesus Can Help Kids Overcome Fear, Worry, and Anxiety. 

• Website:  https://annvoskamp.com 
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnVoskamp 
• Instagram:  @annvoskamp 

• Your Brave Song: An Inspirational Children’s Picture Book That Shows How Faith in Jesus Can Help Kids Overcome Fear, Worry, and Anxiety by Ann Voskamp
• Waymaker: A Dare to Hope by Ann Voskamp

• How to {really} Parent with Grace :: Jeannie Cunnion [Ep 55]
• How to be Calm and Kind Under Pressure :: Candace Cameron Bure [Ep223]
• Week Four Summer of Mentorship 2020 :: Sally Clarkson 

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What’s the first word that comes to mind if I say, “Describe your body”? 

It wasn’t “good”, was it? 

Fellow human, it should be! Because that’s what God himself says about your body! He says it is good. Just the way he created it - not some past or future version of it, how it is right now. 

My guest this week is Alisa Keeton and she has spent the last 10+ years serving others through her ministry, Revelation Wellness. She wants you to understand not only that your body is  good, but just how very much God loves you. She deeply desires that we would know God - not just about him, but know him. And that is where our journey to health and wellness can begin.  

“Freedom is not a look, it’s a feeling.” 

• Website:  https://alisakeeton.com 
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/akeeton/ 
• Instagram:  @alisakeeton 

• Revelation Wellness 

• Revelation Wellness :: Alisa Keeton [Ep 132]
• Your Body is GOOD :: Jess Connolly [Ep 329]
• Become Fully Alive - Mind, Body, and  Spirit :: Susie Larson [Ep 218]

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You know what you’re seeing of someone else’s life as you scroll isn’t the whole story and yet we all find ourselves longing for that perfect vacation, that look of pure delight on their child’s face, or the silent moments they were able to enjoy. 

We all know “comparison is the thief of joy,”  and we should run from it. But what if, rather than try to immediately silence or distract whatever we’re feeling in those moments, we got curious about what’s going on inside? What if we could filter what we see and discern what is for us and what isn’t? 

In Christ, God has given us a treasure trove of wisdom and knowledge that, by the power of the Holy Spirit, is available to us all the time. We can use that wisdom to guide us as we uncover the “why” behind our comparisons and help us recognize our God-given boundaries.     

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• Feelings Card and “What I Need” Quadrant (scroll down just under the text of the show notes)
• Feelings Wheel

• Shaping Your Family Culture :: Kimberly Amici [Ep 294]
• Bruce Learns to Label His Feelings :: Bruce and Heather [Ep 316]
• How to Help a Friend Process Life :: [Ep 395]

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“As parents our job is to be kinder and stronger, and wiser.” 

Those words are simple and sensible, but that directive can be deceptively hard.  How do we mother - how do we live even - as our roles change hourly, monthly, yearly? 

In this second part of our conversation with Kari Kampakis she encourages us that if we are finding our identity in Christ and our joy in Him we can more easily navigate our ever-shifting roles as women. We can be free to teach and guide our children through life and ultimately let go of the reins when the time is right. 

• Website:  https://www.karikampakis.com 
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karikampakiswriter/ 
• Instagram:  @karikampakis

• Love Her Well: 10 Ways to Find Joy and Connection with Your Teenage Daughter by Kari Kampakis  
• Liked: Whose Approval Are You Living For? By Kari Kampakis 
• 10 Ultimate Truths Girls Should Know by Kari Kampakis

• Motherhood, Career, & Identity :: Kat Armstrong [Ep 171]
• Brave Enough to be Broken :: Toni Collier [Ep 388]
• Self-Differentiation and Why it Matters :: Nancy Houston [Ep 335]
• Rebranded: Stepping Into a New Season :: Christy Write [SOM Wk 6]

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“I’m not a regular mom, I’m a cool mom” are the words of Mean Girl Regina George’s mom. We know she’s not a great example of a mom, but it can be difficult to sort out  which moments are for connecting and which are for correcting. 

You want to be a valid voice in your daughter’s life as she enters their teen years and not just maintain, but grow your connection with her. It is possible to break from what society says and enjoy the teenage years. 

Mom of four girls and author, Kari Kampakis, talks with us this week about how humility and compassion can help us navigate our relationships with our tweens and teens. (Bonus - when they see us live this way, it will help them learn to navigate relationships too!)

• Website:  https://www.karikampakis.com 
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karikampakiswriter/ 
• Instagram:  @karikampakis

• Love Her Well: 10 Ways to Find Joy and Connection with Your Teenage Daughter by Kari Kampakis  
• Liked: Whose Approval Are You Living For? By Kari Kampakis 
• 10 Ultimate Truths Girls Should Know by Kari Kampakis
• More Than a Mom: How Prioritizing Your Wellness Helps You (and Your Family) Thrive  by Kari Kampakis 

• Be Vulnerable, Find Your People :: Jennie Allen [Ep 354] 
• Freeing Your Adolescents to Step Into Adulthood - Ages and Stages - Teens :: Dr. Ken Wilgus [Ep 382] 
• Ages & Stages Series - The Tween Years :: Charissa Lopez [Ep 380]
• Helping Our Kids Foster Friendships :: David Thomas and Sissy Goff [Ep 338]

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