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How to Avoid Power Struggles :: Stacy Bellward and Chad Hayenga [Ep 292]
Don't Mom Alone Podcast
06/29/20
•41m
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With more family togetherness than ever before comes the potential for a lot more arguing and nagging our kids to obey. If you’re stuck in a parenting rut or negative cycle, then our friends from Connected Families are here to help.
Stacey Bellward and Chad Hayenga join me to talk about breaking the patterns of defensiveness in our kids and how the power of curious questions can create productive conversations and build wisdom.
“I think as we look at scripture and we consider how Jesus approached people, you know, it was surprising to me when I first learned that Jesus asked 307 questions that are recorded in the gospels. And that's a lot of questioning. And we think about Jesus as being a great teacher. Jesus is a great teacher, but he often times uses questions to build wisdom and to hold people accountable.”
If you want to go deeper after listening to this show, Connected Families is offering a special promo code for Don’t Mom Alone listeners for their Power of Questions online course. With the code DMA20 it’s just $30.
Connect with Connected Families:- Website: connectedfamilies.org
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- Instagram: @connectedfams
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- Heather, Chad and Stacy do a role play of asking questions instead of nagging
- Past Connected Families Interviews
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Previous Episode
Focus on Growth vs Guilt :: Lisa Bevere [Ep 291]
June 22, 2020
•43m
Author and speaker Lisa Bevere is back to give us a powerful message as we head into summer with our kids: “push aside the guilt and celebrate growth.”
She shares some personal stories from very hard places in her life as a young mom and how God led her to work through her anger and underlying fears.
“God said to me: ‘Children inherit one of two things, either my promises or your fears.’ And that I needed to face off with these things. I leaned into that process because of my son. Not because of me. I just came to the place where I realized that in my weakness, he is strong. I've watched God take every weak place in my life and inhabit it with his strength.”
I’m so thankful for how Lisa takes us into her story and points to God’s faithfulness to heal and restore our brokenness. She also encourages all of us to set aside the unnecessary guilt and heavy expectations we may be carrying in motherhood and to accept God’s mercy which is new every morning.
Connect with Lisa:- Website: https://messengerinternational.org/lisabevere/
- Facebook: facebook.com/lisabevere.page
- Instagram: @lisabevere
- Ep 204 Centering Truth :: Lisa Bevere [PODCAST]
- Strong: Devotions to Live a Powerful and Passionate Life [BOOK]
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Week One Summer of Mentorship 2020 :: Rachel Anne Ridge
July 6, 2020
•35m
Rachel Anne Ridge is an author, professional artist, and speaker in Texas. Together with her husband Tom, she bootstrapped her way through the Great Recession, raised a family, and rediscovered her purpose in the midst of the everyday juggle of life. Her books, Flash, The Homeless Donkey Who Taught Me About Life, Faith, and Second Chances, and Walking with Henry are inspired by the stray donkeys (yes, donkeys) who interrupted her juggling act and revealed how ordinary (and sometimes hilarious) events help us find our higher purposes and deeper faith. Rachel is mom to three adult children and Nana to five littles.
Little did I know when I asked Rachel to be on the podcast, that the day before our interview she wrote a viral blog post encouraging the lonely mom of older kids (click here to read it).
Her honest, yet hopeful words, are what I’m sure caused 37,000 + people on Facebook to like her words. She admits the hard parts but encourages moms to keep their eyes on the bigger purpose.
Show Highlights:- Rachel shares personal parenting challenges and what she (and her husband) did to overcome them.
- Discover a variety of ways to get God-centered (none of which include getting up early).
- Hear Rachel’s parenting regret and advice on how to avoid it.
- Be encouraged by Rachel’s greatest parenting strength.
- For the mom of older children, listen to Rachel’s thoughts on how discipline changes during this stage to a coaching role
- Most importantly hear the Truth of God’s great love for you and your family.
- Growing Kids God’s Way: Biblical Ethics for Parenting* Rachel shares they attended training in this parenting approach. She also alludes to the fact they did not agree with all the information in this program. She shared with me later how attending the course together allowed them to get on the same page and then toss what they couldn’t use. After some research I found parents strongly divided on this training approach. If you are looking for other grace-based parent training, then here are some other resources:
- Parenting With Love And Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition) by Foster Cline & Jim Fay
- Heartfelt Discipline by Clay Clarkson
- Grace-Based Parenting by Dr. Tim Kimmel
- The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts by Gary Chapman
Connect with Rachel:
Blog :: Facebook :: Twitter :: Pinterest :: Instagram
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