Practical Family Podcast

Are you a recovering perfectionist? Our guests today have just the encouragement you need to exhale and lose who you're not, love who you are, to live your one life well.

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NEW: EXHALE BOOK

Exhale: Lose Who You're Not, Love Who You Are, Live Your One Life Well

Share how you're learning to lose who you're NOT, love who you ARE, and live your ONE life well!

Go to ExhaleBook.com and scroll to the bottom of the home page. There you'll find a button that will take you to this form.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode

Grit n Grace Girls Podcast: Good Girls Breaking Bad Rules

Enneagram Personality Indicator

Exhale Personality Test

Exhale Group Leader's Guide

Practical Family Etsy Shop

Episode 053 | When You Don't Feel Like a Natural Pregnant Mom

Jenn Buell - Facebook Live Interview: "Embracing the Gift of Not Overscheduling Summer"

Parenting teens with joy is possible when we seek to understand and guide them. Let go of the rules long enough to love them well.

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Resources Mentioned in this Episode

The 5 Love Languages for Teenagers

Strengths Explorer (ages 10-14)

Meyer's Briggs

Clifton Strengths

Practical Family Etsy Shop

Hettie Brittz helps us to understand how our natural temperament is just motherhood by design: God's design.

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Resources Mentioned in this Episode

Celebration Church, Eastern Tennessee

(Un)Natural Mom: Why You are the Best Mom for Your Kids

Growing Kids with Character: Nurturing Your Child's Potential, Purpose, and Passion

Proverbs 31 Post: Mom's Advice for Finding a Wise Woman

Galatians 5 (The Message Version)

Blog Post: Not Naughty: Parenting the Strong-Willed Child

Janet Newberry shows us the model for transformational relationships where children grow in maturity when they get the love that they need.

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www.janetnewberry.com

John 15 Academy

Brave Love Podcast

Resources Mentioned in This Episode

Education by Design, Not Default: How Brave Love Creates Fearless Learning

Communicator Academy with Kathi Lipp

The Leverage Conference

The Sex Talk…

Probably one of the most awkward conversations a parent can prepare for… but it doesn't have to be.

Luke and Trisha Gilkerson are no strangers to answering necessary questions about development, puberty, pornography, and sex.

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Resources Mentioned in this Episode

The Talk: 7 Lessons to Introduce Your Child to Biblical Sexuality

Changes: 7 Biblical Lessons to Make Sense of Puberty

This mama knows about birthing dreams. As a 3x surrogate, Tiffany Jo Baker is in the business of helping families to realize the dreams God has put on their heart.

Join us as we discuss how to maintain the proper perspective while chasing realistic goals in every day life.

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Resources Mentioned in this Episode

Don't Quit Survival Kit

Amber and Wendy are back for part 2 of this series on mom anger. Recovering angry moms address what happens to our reactions when we feel out of control.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode

Triggers: Exchanging Parents' Angry Reactions for Gentle Biblical Responses

Triggers Study Guide

Parenting Scripts: When What You're Saying Isn't Working, Say Something New

MotherofKnights.com

Wendyspeake.com

Storehouse Media Group

Study Buddy Devotionals

Proverbs

Psalms

James

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Parenting today has its special set of challenges, but how we react to those challenges is a tale as old as time.

Join me and two other recovering angry moms for a special two part series on learning more gentle responses to foster a loving home environment.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode

Triggers: Exchanging Parents' Angry Reactions for Gentle Biblical Responses

Triggers Study Guide

Parenting Scripts: When What You're Saying Isn't Working, Say Something New

MotherofKnights.com

Wendyspeake.com

Storehouse Media Group

Study Buddy Devotionals

Proverbs

Psalms

James

Find out when more Study Buddys release!

Join me as I interview Courtney Reissig as we address the issues of identity in motherhood and the value of their work in the home. Learn how to serve God with your natural gifts in this stage of motherhood. Find your extraordinary value in ordinary motherhood.

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YouAreMoreThanMom.com

Glory in the Ordinary: Why Your Work in the Home Matters to God

Accidental Feminist: Restoring Our Delight in God's Good Design

Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling

Did you ever try to plan out how your life was going to be when you grew up? Rachel did. She wanted a husband, 4 kids, a white picket fence, and a dog that never barked.

Through her experiences as a foster, adoptive, and birth mother, Rachel Lewis shares how to process grief and cope with unexpected loss.

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Resources Mentioned in this Episode

Feelings Flashcards by Todd Parr

Mama One, Mama Two by Patricia MacLachlan

Grief Coloring Book (Water Bugs and Dragonflies)

The Invisible String

The Memory Box: A Book About Grief

Supporting a friend going through a miscarriage

Rachel's Support Group: Brave Mamas