Join Saren and Power of Families Social Media Manager, Lynette Blood, as they discuss the magic and meaning of Christmas and how to balance the important elements of Christmas.

In this 25-minute episode, Saren and her sister Shawni (who runs the popular blog, 71 Toes), discuss simple ways to help our children:

• Feel and express gratitude for every-day things that are easy to take for granted
• Focus on what they have rather than what they feel that they lack
• Work for what they get so that they will more fully appreciate it
• Learn about those who are less fortunate so they can see how blessed they are while developing compassion and understanding for others

For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com

When your child is running for office at school, looking for a job, or working a school assignment, how much do you help? If you have ideas about what they can and should do, how much do you try to talk them into things?  Are you OK with letting them fail sometimes? 

It can be so hard to know when to step in and when to step back!

In this encore episode, Saren and her sister Shawni (blogger at 71toes.com) share some personal stories and talk about how hard it can be to know when to help our kids or push them to do certain things and when to stand back. 

Family fun doesn’t need to be about complicated decorations or wearing ourselves out with dozens of events. But with a little bit of planning and a deliberate-motherhood mindset, this fall is destined to be the best one yet!  For full show notes, please visit Poweroffamilies.com

In this episode, Saren shares some experiences she’s had with one of those age-old parenting issues – getting kids to clean up their room. She also shares some helpful tips for figuring out when it may be time to “give up” or simply let up on certain things that we want our children to do as we respect their opinions and needs and build our relationship with them.

For full show notes, please visit www.poweroffamilies.com/13

Join Saren as she and Jane Clayson Johnson, an award winning journalist and author, discuss Jane's book Silent Souls Weeping about depression, anxiety, and how to help ourselves and our loved ones.

Join Saren and her mother, Linda Eyre, as they discuss how you can really give your children your full attention - and why this is so important!

If your children have recently gone back to school or your school year is about to begin, you’re probably going through some of the same things we’re going through. There are lots of emotions involved and new schedules to consider.  Some of us are redefining ourselves as we enter a new stage of motherhood.

Join Saren and April as they share their own “back to school” stories along with plenty of practical tips for making the transition work for the whole family. The conversation includes:

• how to be present when our children are home (and how to get things done while they’re at school).

• specific schedules we established in our own homes when we had preschoolers–and schedules we’ve established now with older children.

• questions you can ask yourself if you’re redefining who you are and how you want to spend your time.

For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com

In this week's episode, Saren answers questions from our community concerning dealing with anxiety, saying yes and no to the right things, making the most of car time, and after school routines.  Join us!

Saren spent a solid month visiting the 12 oldest National Parks in the west last summer (camping the whole way!). In this week’s episode, Saren shares how this all came about and what her family gained through this wild and wonderful adventure.

The principles offered apply to all families whether they’d like to do a big trip or simply spend a little more time outside together as a family.