The Tending Lambs Podcast

This week Katie and Abby discuss strategies for repairing with your child after a blow up.

In this episode, Katie, Abby and Amanda kick off our repairing mini-series with a discussion on how to repair with your spouse, how to discuss disagreements between you and your spouse with your kids, and share some resources that they have found helpful in strengthening their own marriages.

SHOW NOTESThe Gottman InstituteThe Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work (John Gottman)Small Things Often (podcast)The Five Love Languages (Gary Chapman)Love Nudge (app)To Love, Honor and Vacuum (blog by Sheila Gregoire)

In this episode Katie, Sam and Amanda continue their discussion on practical ways to hold boundaries with your child.

In this episode Katie, Sam and Amanda discuss practical ways to hold boundaries with your child.

Katie, Abby and Amanda discuss the last couple months of gentle parenting their little ones and what you can expect from the new season of The Tending Lambs Podcast!

Join us this week as Katie, Abby and Sam discuss Abby's recent trip to visit Katie and how they navigated having two toddlers with a tense dynamic for three days in a gentle way. We dissect our interactions with our kids, things we feel like we could have done better, and how gentle parenting concepts tend to affect all of the different relationships in our lives.

Today's episode is second half of our interview with Venchenza. In this episode, Venchenza shares some pieces of her life as a teen and young adult, exampling the type of coping mechanisms you build when so much of your life so far has been fraught with abuse, as well as how she has used therapy and relationship to cope in healthier ways. We also venture into matters of faith, and how Venchenza came to know Jesus. Thank you to Venchenza, again, for being so willing to share her story, and for always pointing us back to Christ!

In this episode, Sam and Katie interview their friend Venchenza about growing up in an abusive household, and how it affected her internal world, social life, and entire worldview. This episode features sensitive material that might be too intense or painful for some listeners to hear. Thank you to Venchenza, for your time and willingness to talk on such sensitive things with us.

With gentle parenting come a few recurring misunderstandings and misconceptions. In this episode, Katie and Sam, along with new co-host Amanda, talk through some of the most common misconceptions, and try to set the record straight. For further listening and reading on some of the topics discussed:The differences between GP and permissive parentingIs Gentle Parenting Biblical by Paul JordanTimothy and the Gentleness of Paul by Paul JordanKingdom Parenting is Gentle Parenting by Paul Jordan

Dealing with Proverbs pt 1Dealing with Proverbs pt 2Dealing with Proverbs pt 3

A Biblical framework for parental authority

This week Katie, Abby and Sam discuss the root of selfish or entitled behavior and provide some suggestions for encouraging gratefulness and stewardship.