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This is Part 3 of a 4-part conversation about my latest book, Mom, You're Amazing! And Other Things I Want to Tell You. Today Mary K. Tiller and I tackle the whole concept of setting aside your own dreams to focus on the kids while trusting God with the outcome, and the superpower of humor as both a coping mechanism and a parenting strategy.

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Mom, You’re Amazing and Other Things I Want to Tell You launched this week and available for purchase. So, my friend Mary K Tiller is here to interview ME. That’s right–for the next 4 episodes, I’m the guest on my own podcast. Today I answer a question I haven’t been asked in probably 20 years and share a fun story about what I intended this book to be (Fact: this was not originally a book about motherhood!). Here is part 2 of my conversation with Mary K. Listen in:

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Today is book launch day! Yay! Mom, You’re Amazing and Other Things I Want to Tell You is now available for purchase. So, my friend Mary K Tiller is here to interview ME. That’s right–for the next 4 episodes, I’m the guest on my own podcast. Today I talk about how Release Day is a mix between crossing a finish line and giving birth, what I wish I could go back and say to young Sandy, and how my experiences in parenting have shaped me and positioned me to speak to you. Listen in.

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Today I welcome back to the show my friend Angie Baughman. She’s a pastor, an author, and the host of The Steady On Podcast. And she’s here to share with you her 5-step framework for talking to your triggers: Those events in life that elicit in us a disproportionately emotional and usually entirely irrational response. If you missed Part 1, I encourage you to listen to that one first, where she shares her story as a trauma and abuse survivor and gives us the first step of her 5-step framework. This is part 2 of our conversation where we pick right up where we left off last time. 

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Today we’re talking about those events in life that elicit in us a disproportionately emotional and usually entirely irrational response: Triggers!

(If you’ve ever exploded at your children for a minor offense, you’ve been triggered.) 

Today I welcome to the show my friend Angie Baughman. She’s a pastor, an author, and the host of The Steady On Podcast. And she’s here to share with you her 5-step framework for talking to your triggers. She has an incredible story of healing and restoration and she’s overflowing with wisdom and compassion.

This is Part 1 of a 2-part conversation where Angie shares her story of surviving a horrific head-on collision and abuse at the hand of a "beloved" high school teacher. She then shares with us the first step of her 5-step process for Talking to Your Triggers.

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Two of my favorite questions to ask seasoned moms are “Looking back, what do you wish you would have done differently? And "What do you think you got right?” I thought it would be fun for me to answer those questions for you about my parenting journey. So that’s what I’m doing today. Listen in. 

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LAST CALL to join the launch team for Mom, You're Amazing! And Other Things I Want to Tell You. The deadline is March 11, 2022.

I’m in a mini-series on raising teens. As I record this, I have a 22-(almost 23-) year-old, a 20-year-old and a 15-year-old. I’m no teen expert, but I have learned a few things about raising teens while raising mine. So, today I’m just having a frank discussion like we are sitting and having a cup of coffee. I’ll tell you about some of the challenges and a few surprising things that I’ve loved. Listen in

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Today I welcome back to the podcast my friend Sarah Turner for Part 2 of our conversation on raising teens. If you haven’t listened to Part 1, go do that first. And You may want to grab a pen and paper and take notes on this one momma because she drops a ton of wisdom here including,

• what to do when your teen triggers your anger,
• what you can look forward to in the college years,
• one thing she wishes she would have done less of,
• and we tackle the whole issue of technology and screens. Listen in. 

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Welp, after 3 years of podcasting, I’m finally tackling a subject many of you have asked for: raising teens. Today I’ve invited my friend Sarah Turner to the podcast. She is a mom of six--three of whom are now in their 20s and two of whom are teens right now. In Part 1 of our conversation, Sarah tells us what she’s learned from raising all these teens and one thing she knows for sure that she got right. Listen in.

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Our habits make our routines and our routines quite literally make our lives. So, what's making your life? Who do you want to be? Are you living a life consistent with that picture of yourself? If you want to be a peaceful woman who walks closely with God, then daily and weekly spiritual practices are vital. Today I give you a glimpse into mine. Listen in. 

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While the Balanced MomCast is on hiatus, you can find me at Behind the Balance on Substack, Writing Off Social, or The Scoop on Balance. 

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