Struggle Well School

How do you know if you’re struggling well or just plain struggling?

Just Em is back again with part three of a four-part series on what it means to Struggle WELL. This week we deep dive on the first L of WELL. L is for LOOK AGAIN.

• remembering that there are two sides to every situation

• two different perspectives for struggling moms

• embracing the hard times as a chance to grow

• how Emily is flipping her perspective on two of her own personal struggles

Download your Struggle WELL printable Part One: Wait Part Two: Expect

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Do you have ten million pictures on your phone and need a plan? When is a good time to let your children have access to the cyberspace? How can you stay the heck off your phone?

There is lot’s of talk about technology boundaries with kids and Emily’s favorite subject comes up: appropriateness! Rebecky and Emily both realize they are placing non-technology items out to be shared and discovered by the kids, and it’s working! Tech facts gave Em life and Rebecky shares how she likes to decompress in non-tech fashion.

• Rebecky moonlighting on other podcasts

• how a Diva cup story lead to a beautiful friendship

• how Rebecky is struggling well with 4-minute workouts

• how Emily is struggling well by buying pre-packaged healthy meals for herself and hiring a housekeeper, even if she does feel guilty about it

• when to get your child a smartphone

• how to deal with awkward mom social media comments

• disconnecting from social media

• solutions for photo storage

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How do you know if you’re struggling well or just plain struggling?

Just Em is back again with part two of a four-part series on what it means to Struggle WELL. This week we deep dive on the E portion of WELL. E is for Expect.

• Emily clears up why she decided to go back to work full-time

• how expectations have got a bad rap, but expecting God to do things is the same as faith

• knowing that God is always on the move, but He’s not a genie

• managing self-expectations

• letting go of perfection

• breaking the chains of bondage by expecting God to help us through our sin struggles

Part One: Wait

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Do your kids tell you they want a new Mom? Us too. Do you like peeps? Your mouth must be broken. There are new flavors out so try them and report back. We don’t think we have it in us.

This week the Struggling Sisters talk spring. Find out what we found in our planters and what we’re planting next. Some spring blooms have brought up past trauma for Em and there is a little update on the new jobs. Em springs some spring facts on us and Katie discovers what spring fever is. This summer we urge you to join us a Jesus craft camp! Details below, you will LOVE IT!

• planting for spring

• an update on Katie’s career as a barista and Emily’s school

• Emily’s traumatic junior high memory

• interesting spring facts

• defining spring fever

• Katie’s daughter’s Ulta escape

• why are there so many Peep flavors?!

• the Struggs Jesus Craft Camp takeover

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How can you live your life more fully YOU? Do you need permission to take a hot minute to check in with yourself?

This week we meet Emily, a grad student and a mom in a busy season of life who has practical advice on how we can connect with ourselves and our Father. We talk about creativity and all of the different shapes it can come in. Did you know you can be creative and connect with God without buying the entire contents of aisle 10 at Michaels?

Emily P. Freeman is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Simply Tuesday and A Million Little Ways. As host of The Next Right Thing podcast, she helps create space for the soul to breathe, offering a fresh perspective on the sacredness of our inner life with God. Emily and her husband live in North Carolina with their three children.

• how Emily’s book idea turned into a podcast, then back into the book The Next Right Thing

• the power of indecision

• defining soul care and where to start

• how being creative is a part of soul transformation

• ways to find creativity in things you’re already doing

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We answer all of the tough birthday questions this month, like: What do you do when you forget a birthday? What’s the deal with gift bags? Do you do the party drop-off move with your kids?

Rebecky has had a celebration breakthrough this year! She shared with us why it’s so important to celebrate yourself and how to not be weird about it. Em shares her go-to gift for girlfriends.

Also, Rebecky got some fly electronic accessories and we find out why Em is giving away her designer dog.

• why Emily’s dog is up for grabs

• a simple, quick way to let your friend’s know you’re thinking of them

• to give or not to give gift bags at kid’s parties

• inexpensive gift ideas

• our favorite ways to celebrate birthdays

• enjoying birthdays as adults

• making birthdays near holidays special without a lot of prep

• hacks on getting thoughtful gifts for loved ones (and Emily)

• the proper way to wish someone happy birthday in the social media age

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How do you know if you’re struggling well or just plain struggling?

Just Em is back with a four-part series on what it means to Struggle WELL. This week we deep dive on the W portion of WELL. W is for Wait.

• how can we tell when we’re struggling well

• how our society has eliminated waiting, to our own detriment

• reminding yourself that waiting is an option

• heartbreak in the midst of waiting on a faithful God

• verses about waiting: James 5:7-8, Romans 5:3-4, Psalm 130:5-6

“WELL” printable

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Do you need a laugh break? Have you always wanted to know the truth about St. Patrick’s Day?

This week we give you a quick rundown of St. Patrick’s day history (as we understand it) and we explore some Irish phrases and accents that we enjoy. The original plan was to focus on community, so Emily shared her normal community “fake news”. A quick round of Are You into That? helped us determine we aren’t scrunchie girls anymore, even if it’s cool.

• in honor of St. Patrick’s day, Emily dares Katie to the Irish slang challenge

• Irish phrases (read in a very poor Irish accent)

• the history of St. Patrick

• Would You Rather - St. Patrick’s edition

• finding friends with similar niche interests

• what’s giving us life and what’s killing us softly

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Would you like to be released from the pressure to be perfect? Meet Dr. Barbara! Her job is to help people love the life they have and I’m so excited to share her with you!

Dr. Barbara Lowe is a licensed psychologist who founded and owns her own practice in Durham, NC. She is also a Board Certified Life Coach, Somatic Experiencing practitioner, Speaker, Author, and Lay Minister. She is a wife, mother, and step-mother, and has used her training and the wounds of her past to minister professionally and personally to women for many years. Dr. Barbara has created the Hearts Returning Home method for overcoming difficult childhood experiences and messages, to help women move from "Where's the Life I Dreamed Of?" to real soul satisfaction and kick-butt success in life! She offers blogs, vlogs, podcasts, courses, intensives, and retreats at in order to move women into "Finally, here is the life I dreamed of."

• the power of striving to be average

• the loneliness of raising kids

• parenting a child with special needs that are not visible

• being conscious about how you narrate your life

• making yourself a soft place for your kids when they make poor choices

• Barbara’s experience walking through addiction with her son

• how to detach with love

• grieving in motherhood

• the strength of community

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• how we’re struggling not very well at the moment

• where to start when you’re overwhelmed with clutter

• how to enjoy your sanctuary, even when the kids keep destroying it

• identifying your non-negotiable clean spots

• the two types of people - clean, but cluttered and tidy, but dirty

• the frustration of unfinished projects

• which Girl Scout cookie is the best Girl Scout cookie

• tip for finding cute, affordable house decor

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