Heart Focused Parenting

#71: Social media is here to stay so it is something that we as parents have to get our head around. To be honest, regardless of what you think about social media, there is every likelihood that your teen will think something different. How are you going to prepare them to walk wisely? This whole topic is huge and can be daunting. In this epiosode I'm talking about ways that help you navigate from a heart-focus perspective. Regardless of how old your kids are - social media is something you are going to have to think about so I hope you find this episode helpful as you establish your family guidelines for online interactions - and in particular social media.

Blog: The Most Important Thing For Parents to get Right when their Teens want Social Media

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#70: 10 practical steps for intentional, relational, heart-focused christian parenting that you can start implementing today. I know that it is hard to stay intentional in the middle of all the chaos that happens in family life - but ironically intentionality is the key to overcoming the chaos. Not aiming for perfect, but aiming to live life with purpose and in ways that honour and obey God. When we tackle one thing at a time, with intention, change can happen.

This episode is kind of like a summary of 10 things that I feel we did well and that influenced the outcomes of our family life - its a bit longer than usual, but I hope you find it helpful and find something in all this that you can start doing in your family.

Blog: 10 Things we Did as Intentional Parents, that Made our Family

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#69: It is about this time of the year that I start going through a mental wrap up. The end of the year is close, Christmas is pretty much sorted, and now my mind goes to planning next year. And we'll start to see a whole pile of whoo-ha about setting goals on our socials. How do you feel about that? Does this make you groan, knowing everyone is going to be talking about setting goals, but they just don't work for you - you know it - and yet it seems like they should work for you but truth be told, you've been setting the same goals for years and not really getting anywhere.

Something has to change! Listen in as I talk about the importance of goals (the right goals), and how to make them work for you - even when you are a busy, tired and overwhelmed Mum.

Blog: How to set goals as a Busy, Tired, Overwhelmed Mum

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#68 Thinking back over Christmases Past have you ever felt like you're juggling Christmas chaos, traditions and decorations and invitations - and your children's behaviour! In the middle of all that chaos going on you just wish your kids had a different attitude and be making different choices. Today I'm sharing 3 character traits that could totally spoil your christmas vibes if you aren't careful. The reason why I'm talking about these 3 character traits is so you can identify the biggest one for your family and start addressing it now - a few weeks before Christmas. Listen in…. 3 Character Issues you don't want to spoil your Christmas.

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#67: I want to end the year well - don't you? And yet it is so busy, here in Australia we have the end of school, and with that comes concerts, and graduations, and parties. We have Christmas - and all that comes with that. A lot of people head off on holidays to catch up with family or just visit somewhere new. It is a crazy busy time of year. Oh yeah, and while all this happens, we still have to parent. We still need to be intentional, relational, and heart-focused parents. So how do we stay connected with our kids, doing the important things, doing these fun things, and these things that build memories and not be distracted? That is what I'm talking about today - how to be fully present at this time of the year.

Blog: How to be Fully Present in December as You Plan Christmas

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#66 Having time for a Christmas Bible study – that the whole family can do together is one way to keep Christmas about Jesus and to make it heart-focused. And yet ironically, or unfortunately, it is something that we often push to the side, and regret later that we didn't do something more specific about Jesus this year! Today I'm sharing some tips on finding a bible study that will help you focus on Jesus, but also some ideas, that if you have left it to the last minute there are some things that you can do - pretty much by the seat of your pants, on the run, and yet, still focus on Jesus. Listen in!

Blog: Christmas Bible Study Ideas for the Whole Family

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# 65 This week my one of my daughters shared her testimony at her mid-week Bible study which got me to thinking about the benefit of parents sharing their testimonies or God stories with their children. Listen in as I share some of my reflections this week.

Blog: Do you talk about your Faith and Share your Testimonies with your kids

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#64 I want to encourage you to start planning for Christmas early (and if you aren't celebrating - listen to the first little bit cause there's something you need to start thinking about too!) For those who are celebrating - if we want to be intentional, relational, and heart focused we need to start planning now. Today I'm sharing three different things for you to consider before it gets too close to December.

Blog: Preparing for Christmas (Yes, its that time again)

Extra Listening or Reading: Episode #24 Growing our Children's Faith at Christmas Time

Because Jesus is the reason for Christmas it is a good time to teach our children about Jesus and grow their faith.

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#63 My mum used to talk about the little man sitting on my shoulder making me uncomfortable if I did something wrong, or was about to. This was my conscience.

I define the conscience as the work of the heart telling me when my choices are about to go against what I believe is right.

We need to teach our children about their conscience. We need to teach them to listen to it.

This is what I'm talking about t his week - as I ask the question - Do your Kids listen to that inner voice of their Heart?"

Blog: Do your Kids Listen to that Inner Voice of their Heart?

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#62 Are you caught in the comparison trap, constantly measuring what happens in your family against others? That is not helpful and it needs to stop. This week I'm talking about living by our priorities as a parent - we can't do it all, let's just be honest - and instead work out what is important and put our full efforts into that! I really want parents to create a fulfilling family life - and for that to happen you have to let some things go and hold onto other things. Let's talk this issue some more…

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When parents live by their values and priorities they create a fulfilling family life instead of one driven by comparison and judgement.

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