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Episode 276 // Habits are far more powerful than we realize. They anchor our days and have a big impact on our mental health, spiritual growth, and family interactions.

So, how do we crush bad habits like grumbling, and build good habits like noticing the GOOD in life? How can we make this such a normal part of who we are - a habit that fills our hearts and spills out in our words and interactions?

Today, I want to share 9 tips that will help you build a habit of gratitude. 

Join me in Part 3 of our series on Gratitude Over Grumbling. Let’s dive in.

hugs & blessings,

Jess

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DEVOTIONAL: Find a Christmas devotional or Advent calendar for yourself or the whole family!

RELATED ON THE PODCAST: Help For The Tired Christian Mom During The Holidays (EP 154)

RELATED ON THE BLOG: 4 Good Daily Habits To Strengthen A Godly Mindset

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MISSION

Love Your People Well is all about helping you ENJOY family life as you build healthy, happy, and holy family relationships. Keep Jesus at the center of it all and joy at the center of your days.

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Find a Christ-centered resource for your family’s holidays.

Episode 275 // Sometimes, we find our greatest motivation in a reality check about life. And that is my goal in today’s episode: not to discourage, but to encourage all of us to work intentionally on our grumbling hearts. 

And we’ll find that encouragement with a reality check about how our grumbling - and our gratitude! - impacts the people we love the most.

Last week, we looked at a biblical basis for working on this issue in our lives. But today, we’re going to look around us. At our families. Our homes. Our kids. Our marriages. 

Because the reality is, our grumbling is impacting our families. We don’t need to beat ourselves up about it, but we can find motivation to address this issue in our hearts when we realize the impact it can have (that we might not even realize). 

Join me in Part 2 of our series on Gratitude Over Grumbling. Let’s dive in.

hugs & blessings,

Jess

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FREE: Build a daily Bible and prayer habit with this free 45-day guide.

DEVOTIONAL: Find a Christmas devotional or Advent calendar for yourself or the whole family!

RELATED ON THE PODCAST: Yes, Your Emotional Struggles Are Impacting Your Family: How, Why, And What To Do (EP 243)

RELATED ON THE BLOG: 12 Easy Ways To Give More Positive Attention To Your Family

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MISSION

Love Your People Well is all about helping you ENJOY family life as you build healthy, happy, and holy family relationships. Keep Jesus at the center of it all and joy at the center of your days.

Find your resources, devotionals, and more support at www.LoveYourPeopleWell.com

Find a Christ-centered resource for your family’s holidays.

Episode 274 // Happy November, friend! This is the time of year when we have gratitude on the brain. But is it really in our hearts all year long? As Christians, it should be. As moms, we long for it to be. 

So we’re kicking off a mini-series today, diving deep into our calling and desire. How can we become more thankful people? What will it take to stop the grumbling in our hearts and our negative thinking? 

Well, it starts by grounding ourselves in Scripture.God repeatedly tells his people to be thankful and joyful instead of grumbling and anxious. That’s where everything good and wise in life starts - with the Bible itself!

Dive in with me today, friend, as we look deeply at Scripture to set the biblical stage for our dive into Gratitude Over Grumbling.

hugs & blessings,

Jess

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FREE: Build a daily Bible and prayer habit with this free 45-day guide.

DEVOTIONAL: Find a Christmas devotional or Advent calendar for yourself or the whole family!

RELATED ON THE PODCAST: How To Stop Negative Thinking And Change Direction (EP 271)

RELATED ON THE BLOG: 12 Quick Tips For A Low-Stress Holiday Season

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MISSION

Love Your People Well is all about helping you ENJOY family life as you build healthy, happy, and holy family relationships. Keep Jesus at the center of it all and joy at the center of your days.

Find your resources, devotionals, and more support at www.LoveYourPeopleWell.com

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Episode 273 // Ever feel a little stressed out? Ha! You’re a mom - of course you do. And heading into the holiday season can sometimes boost our stress level even more.

Today, we’ll look at 10 big-picture areas where you can make a difference in your own mental health, stress level, and your home atmosphere. 

We’ll look at 5 things to REMOVE from your life and 5 things to ADD to your life, to lower stress and bring more joy and peace to family life.

Each one could be its own big topic, but you can make a quick change or two and see a big difference!

Ready, friend? Let’s jump in.

hugs & blessings,

Jess

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FREE: Grab my free e-book Building Your Mom Toolbox to learn 5 key skills that help every mom.

DEVOTIONAL: Go deeper with the Building A Home Of Godliness And Joy devotional workbook.

WORKBOOK: Grab the Stress Relief Workbook for Christian Moms to walk through 5 steps to help reduce stress.

RELATED ON THE PODCAST: Practical Action Steps To Help You Feel Better When You’re Stressed And Emotional (EP 240)

RELATED ON THE BLOG: Feeling Like A Stressed Out Mom? Try These 9 Helpful Tips

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MISSION

Love Your People Well is all about helping you ENJOY family life as you build healthy, happy, and holy family relationships. Keep Jesus at the center of it all and joy at the center of your days.

Find your resources, devotionals, and more support at www.LoveYourPeopleWell.com

Go deeper with the Building A Home Of Godliness And Joy devotional workbook.

Episode 272 // None of us can enjoy family life without having healthy boundaries - with those outside our family and inside it! There are different types of boundaries and they will look different with each person. But they all boil down to the same thing:

What are you willing and able to say NO to?

Saying “no” is a skill that we can build. And saying “no” without the guilt and the awkwardness is an art form that we can practice! Even as Christians, the wise and good thing is to learn when (and how) to say NO and set healthy boundaries.

Today, you’ll get a family counselor’s perspective on the topic of boundaries, along with some practical tips to make saying no more realistic in your own life. 

Ready? Let’s do this!

hugs & blessings,

Jess

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FREE: Grab my free e-book Building Your Mom Toolbox to learn 5 key skills for every mom.

DEVOTIONAL: Go deeper with the Building A Home Of Godliness And Joy devotional workbook.

RELATED ON THE PODCAST: Finding JOY In The (Hard, Tiring, Wonderful, Important) Journey Of Christian Motherhood (EP 141)

RELATED ON THE BLOG: 4 Ways To Fight Mom Burnout Symptoms With Real-Life Boundaries

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MISSION

Love Your People Well is all about helping you ENJOY family life as you build healthy, happy, and holy family relationships. Keep Jesus at the center of it all and joy at the center of your days.

Find your resources, devotionals, and more support at www.LoveYourPeopleWell.com

Get biblical help for those big emotions with the Keep Your Cool, Mama 40-day devotional.

Episode 271 // Getting stuck in a pattern of negative thinking is never helpful. It doesn’t feel good, and it doesn’t help us love our husbands and kids well. But, it’s a really common struggle!

Thankfully, like most areas of life, God has hope for us. There are practical action steps that can help us break this cycle of negative thinking and start fixing our minds and hearts on the things above, where Christ is (Colossians 3). As the Lord works in us, He purifies us. Helps us. Changes us.

Today, I want to share 8 real-life tips that I’ve found so helpful with folks in the counseling room. There’s no magic wand here, but there is the grace and power of God to change your life. And for many of us, that starts inside our own thought life.

Dive in with me, friend.

hugs & blessings,

Jess

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DEVOTIONAL: Get biblical help for those big emotions with the Keep Your Cool, Mama 40-day devotional.

RELATED ON THE PODCAST: God’s Promise, Peace, and Presence In Your Anxiety (EP 134)

RELATED ON THE BLOG: 13 Secret Weapons For How To Stop Negative Overthinking

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MISSION

Love Your People Well is all about helping you ENJOY family life as you build healthy, happy, and holy family relationships. Keep Jesus at the center of it all and joy at the center of your days.

Find your resources, devotionals, and more support at www.LoveYourPeopleWell.com

Enjoy my devotional workbook on Building A Home Of Godliness And Joy!

Episode 270 // Every moms wants a deep bond with her kids… and the more kids you have, the harder that can get to manage!

I’ve been a family counselor for 15 years, and I’ve got four little ones of my own: triplets and another little one behind them. They’re all still 5 and under. Life is busy - and I know that if I want strong relationships with each of them, I have to be intentional!

Today, I want to share some tips and encouragements for how to balance everything going on in life and still prioritize that family bonding. How can we go deeper with each of our kids when we don’t have as much time as we’d like?

Let’s get practical, and let’s lean into these oh-so-precious relationships. Join me, friend.

hugs & blessings,

Jess

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FREE: Grab my free e-book! Building Your Mom Toolbox: Get Your Family Out Of The Rut And Reconnect 

DEVOTIONAL: Go deeper with the Lord in my devotional workbook Building A Home Of Godliness And Joy

RELATED ON THE PODCAST: 7 Rhythms That Keep Me Connected With My Husband And Kids Even On Crazy Days (EP 206)

RELATED ON THE BLOG: 3 Keys For Christians To Enjoy Family Relationships More

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MISSION

Love Your People Well is all about helping you ENJOY family life as you build healthy, happy, and holy family relationships. Keep Jesus at the center of it all and joy at the center of your days.

Find your resources, devotionals, and more support at www.LoveYourPeopleWell.com

Find a great resource to strengthen your Christian Marriage right here.

Episode 269 // Every marriage will go through hard seasons. Those seasons may be big or small, impacting the whole family or just you as a couple. But your goal is to get through it stronger and closer on the other side.

Which is definitely possible. I’ve been a marriage counselor for over 10 years, and I’ve helped a lot of couples through a lot of hard seasons. The details can be unique, but there are some areas that are helpful for every couple during these rough patches.

So today, whatever hard season you might be facing in your marriage, I want to offer a few ideas, encouragements, and possible resources to help you today. Some might feel awkward and some might be hard, but we’ll talk about that too. 

And P.S. … these are things you can work on all by yourself, to bless and strengthen your marriage.

Ready? Let’s dive in.

hugs & blessings,

Jess

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DEVOTIONAL: Boost your marriage communication with the Communicating To Connect devotional for Christian wives.

INTIMACY: A big one for every couple! Try Sheila’s online courses for godly, private support.

RELATED ON THE PODCAST: Try #236 for marriage communication, #213 for help with forgiveness, or #237 for a quick intimacy tip

RELATED ON THE BLOG: Read my top-ranked intimacy tips or try this one on communication tips 

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MISSION

Love Your People Well is all about helping you ENJOY family life as you build healthy, happy, and holy family relationships. Keep Jesus at the center of it all and joy at the center of your days.

Find your resources, devotionals, and more support at www.LoveYourPeopleWell.com

Build the family life you want with the Building A Home Of Godliness And Joy devotional workbook

Episode 268 // Personal devotional time or quiet time is a HUGE part of spiritual formation as a Christian. Just because mom life is busy and tiring doesn’t mean our Bible time stops being important! 

In fact, I think it’s fair to say it’s even more important for us to get this time as Christian parents. We need Jesus to shape our lives, our families, our homes. How else will we faithfully disciple our children? Where else will we find true joy, peace, wisdom, and patience? 

Life may be busy, but I hope that today’s 6 simple steps will be helpful for you. When you get that time with the Lord, these steps will help you go deeper and live it out. Cover that time in prayer, lean on the grace that God is always pouring out for you and your family, and step out in faith.

Join me, friend. Let’s jump in!

hugs & blessings,

Jess

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FREE: Grab the free 45-day Holy Habits Bible and Prayer Guide

DEVOTIONAL: Grab the Building A Home Of Godliness And Joy Devotional Workbook

RELATED ON THE PODCAST: 3 Ways Satan Is Seeking To Destroy Your Family And Your Faith (EP 249)

RELATED ON THE BLOG: 5 Powerful Bible Verses To Improve Your Family Relationships

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MISSION

Love Your People Well is all about helping you ENJOY family life as you build healthy, happy, and holy family relationships. Keep Jesus at the center of it all and joy at the center of your days.

♥️ Find your resources, devotionals, and more support at www.LoveYourPeopleWell.com

Find biblical joy during hard seasons of motherhood with the Joy In The Journey 40-day Devotional

Episode 267 // I love my kids. I love my husband. I love my family. But let’s be real… I also love some “me time” when I’m able to get it. 

Lots of moms feel guilty about wanting, needing, or enjoying some alone time. Yet, Jesus himself sometimes got away from other people in order to be alone! To pray, reflect, sleep, and rest.

When moms can get some “me time” and use it rightly, it will fill you up! It will encourage and rejuvenate you for continuing to pour out and love your people well. 

Today, let’s look at the value of “me time” along with some reality checks and realistic ideas for how we should use that time. How do we make it valuable? I’ll share some overall principles along with some everyday tips that help me and the women I work with in counseling. 

Join me, friend! Let’s dive in.

hugs & blessings,

Jess

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FREE: Grab the free 51 Self Care Ideas List

DEVOTIONAL: Find biblical joy during hard seasons of motherhood with the Joy In The Journey 40-day Devotional

RELATED ON THE PODCAST: Top 10 Coping Strategies Every Christian Mom Needs (EP 231)

RELATED ON THE BLOG: 4 Ways To Fight Mom Burnout Symptoms With Real-Life Boundaries

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MISSION

Love Your People Well is all about helping you ENJOY family life as you build healthy, happy, and holy family relationships. Keep Jesus at the center of it all and joy at the center of your days.

Find your resources, devotionals, and more support at www.LoveYourPeopleWell.com