It's not enough to simply teach our children the basics of sex and then hope they don't get confused by our culture's view of sexuality. We must know for ourselves what we believe about the origins of our identity and have engaged our own sexual story before confidently teaching our kids. Follow along today as I explore where our purpose for life comes from and how to safeguard our kids from the storms of identity confusion.

Sorry. No PDF for the Sex and Story questions as mentioned. Please email [email protected] for it or see the graphic in the Melanie Gall Coaching FB group here. https://www.facebook.com/groups/825868458000476

I invite you into this journey of Story Work. Ultimately this series is on how to talk to your kids about sex, but first, there are some important things that we need to understand about ourselves before we can fully dialogue with our children. Today we talk about our past, some neurobiology and of course, Scripture from which we build all of our foundations.

I explore my own journey with mental health and what it means to have the mind of Christ. We can go through things that cause stress and anxiety, but far too often we bend to the labels society gives us. Are you rising up to become the warrior that God tells us we are?

We take a dive into Genesis 1 and answer the question Who are You? Evil causes us to question God's words and promises to us and the result tends to be shame, negative self talk and turmoil. What voices do you listen to?

Every wonder where your anger comes from? Do you give yourself permission to even call it that? Join me on today's episode where I tell a cool analogy about anger and then my own journey with this not so popular emotion.

My lack of discipline for practicing piano got me a pair of glasses! Have a listen as I encourage you to step away from that which is soul sucking and into your gifts and passions that bring life! You are allowed to take up space and you are designed to feel seen and loved.

Have you ever considered Homeschooling? By stepping into this calling, I have blossomed and you can too! Going from feeling like a ping pong ball with online learning to having 5 kids excelling at home with me as their teacher, I am here to tell you successful homeschooling IS possible! I also discuss a bit about Jed's special needs!

Awkward isn't bad. We just have such a deep need to control everything that when something is awkward, we tend to feel out of control and therefore want to run. Can we be open to living by faith, listening to the Spirit and truly choose to be sustained in the middle by Him, even in the most squirmish of situations?

How do you keep your young men off of the couch and into other people's lives? What tools do you have that can help you raise your boys into Godly, chivalrous, wise men? Today I discuss what we did for Kai's 13th birthday and while we aren't Jewish, we gleaned some great tips on how to celebrate well :)

Today I also discuss a book that really helped to guide us well. Link here: https://www.christianbook.com/fathers-guiding-authentic-manhood-revised-edition/robert-lewis/9781589973091/pd/973097?utm_source=google&kw=21904557012&mt=&dv=c&event=PPCSRC&p=1186432&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlK-WBhDjARIsAO2sErR2jmiXDgFVaCCjx9Ke-PdU6Yg_M4tkY-LhCe78u8w7wUfyJ3mNfLEaAoR4EALw_wcB

Evil wants us to feel trapped. To feel like we are capable to ruin our futures and sidestep God's purposes for us in one single decision. It's simpy not true. Tune in to see how our family navigated some life altering decisions, and get ready to write down some memory cues for when you find yourself swirling from all the choices.