Popular, I Wanna Be Popular! (Episode 287)
Remember the song in the musical Wicked, “Popular?” Popularity seems to be the desire of so many tweens and teens as they try to figure out their independence – and their place – in the world. But what does it really mean to be popular? Is it sitting with a certain group at a lunch table, […]
Continue readingThe Danish Way of Parenting (Episode 286)
Have you heard of the Danish way of parenting? While I knew Denmark has ranked first or second for the happiest country in the world for the past 50 years, I hadn’t really researched their way of parenting. So when I read a random article last year that referenced a book on this, I immediately […]
Continue readingDesire-Driven Direction (Episode 285)
We’re about halfway through January, and of course the biggie on people’s minds are all those goals and resolutions…and the obligation, dread and pressure that often roll with that. Goal-setting can be overwhelming, horrible, or…what fuels you forward. In the episode below, Nathan and I share about how we approach goals in a very different way […]
Continue readingBetterSpeech with Lenora Edwards (Episode 284)
As we roll into a new year, I’m hanging with a bunch of little cousins who are in heaven visiting with each other. I’ve watched all six of them learn our language in their own way, some needing a bit more support than others. This episode I interviewed Lenora Edwards of BetterSpeech.com to get her take on […]
Continue readingCreating Systems So You Stay Sane (Episode 283)
This week I’m thrilled to have a guest interview with Laura Hernandez of MamaSystems.net. As her family grew from 4 kids to 10 in a four-year span, she spent hundreds of hours reading numerous books, blogs, and articles and devouring podcasts on organizing, scheduling, and self-care.When nothing fit her family perfectly, she developed her own systems […]
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