home management

In this episode, host Samantha Cieslinski interviews Nathalie, the founder of N Organized Life, a platform dedicated to helping transform homes into organized havens. They discuss various topics, including thrifting, personal struggles, parenthood, staying active, Nathalie's business and organizing services, challenges in organizing homes, and tailoring organizing to individual needs. In this conversation, Nathalie shares her favorite success stories and transformations, emphasizing the impact of organizing on daily life. She discusses the importance of balancing function and aesthetics, as well as the role of digital organizing and referrals. Nathalie provides tips for getting started with organizing, recommends organizational tools and products, and shares her thoughts on books and resources for learning about organization. She also shares her future plans for N Organized Life and offers words of encouragement for those feeling overwhelmed by the idea of organizing their homes.

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Welcome to the Modern Husbands podcast, where any combination of Dr. Bruce Ross, Christian Sherrill, and Brian Page host national experts who share winning ideas to manage money and the home as a team.

Eve Rodsky transformed a “blueberries breakdown” into a catalyst for social change when she applied her Harvard trained background in organizational management to ask the simple yet profound question: What would happen if we treated our homes as our most important organizations?

Her New York Times bestselling book and Reese’s Book Club Pick, Fair Play, is a gamified life-management system that helps partners rebalance their domestic workload and reimagine their relationship. Her book was also the inspiration for the Apple TV documentary Fair Play.

Eve Rodsky received her B.A. in economics and anthropology from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Today we will discuss how you can use the Fair Play System to manage your home as a team with your partner.

Questions answered by Eve

00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:28 What do husbands have to say after experiencing the Fair Play System?
00:04:20 What prompted building out the Fair Play system?
00:12:15 Can you walk us through the basics of your Fair Play system?
00:24:39 A brilliant example of success using the Fair Play System that husbands will love.
00:31:01 Why men hurt when they don’t have a role in their home
00:37:48 How do you work with your spouse to manage all of the food responsibilities?
00:44:28 Why is the Fair Play book, the Fair Play cards, or the Fair Play documentary the ideal Valentine’s Day gift?
00:45:40 Where can our listeners learn more about Fair Play?
00:46:15 Valentine’s Day Assignment

Learn more about the Fair Play System: https://www.fairplaylife.com/ 

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Do you wrestle with societal pressures of being Super Mom while learning how to balance time and priorities? Do you find it difficult to keep your priorities when life gets difficult? We talk about it this week in the 200th episode and four-year anniversary of the Practically Speaking MOM Podcast.

 Val Harrison is joined by her husband, Rich. They've been married over 30 years and have seven children and four grandchildren. And is also joined by their youngest daughter, Emma to co-host this milestone episode!  If you listen to the very end you'll also hear the debut performance of grand little VIP Felicity!

This might be a celebration episode, but it is still packed with wisdom for your busy and blessed mama heart, to help you and your family to thrive!

We’ve come a long way in the last four years, reaching out to moms all over the world who all share the same goal - being intentional in partnering with God to strengthen their families.

The celebration doesn’t end here! As we look forward to what lies ahead in the rest of season four and beyond, we’re inviting you, our cherished listeners, to join in. Get ready to participate in our special drawings! We will have one winner for every 10 entries up to six winners.  Celebration drawings end 8/29/2023!
Two ways to enter:
1. Rate or review the podcast
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Then let us know what you've done so we can enter you in the drawing. Let us know by looking for the 200th episode POST @PracticallySpeakingMOM on Instagram, Facebook, or in the Private Facebook group Intentional Mom Strong Family!
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The most common places to rate & review podcasts is on Google, Apple, and Spotify.
You can share the podcast by posting about it on your social media, sending a text or an email to moms you know who may need some encouragement or solid support in the worthy role of being mama to their God-made masterpiece family!
If you don't know how to share, you could share the website in a post and it will take them to the podcast. Our website is www.PracticallySpeakingMOM.com.

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"May the Words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, oh Lord, my Roc...

Are you a parent of special needs or neurodiverse children, feeling overwhelmed by the stress and challenges of daily life?

Discover the powerful respite of journaling as we explore how it can provide rest, peace, and renewal on the often chaotic journey of raising special needs kids.

By incorporating journaling into our lives, we can nurture our own emotional and mental well-being, which directly impacts our ability to create a nurturing homeschool and family environment for our children.

Journaling aligns with the principles of the Charlotte Mason philosophy and enhances the overall lifestyle we promote for special needs families, because it is nurturing the whole person.

Today’s guest is the host of the top 2.5% globally ranked podcast "Anchors of Encouragement", Tim Maudlin. This podcast is a game-changer for adoptive parents and anyone seeking biblical mindset support.

In this episode, Tim shares his personal journey as an adoptive father and the challenges he faced with his oldest son. Tim shares tips on how to navigate through adoption trauma and even the stresses of a special needs parenting journey, to find hope and healing.

One of the strategies that Tim highlights is the power of journaling as a form of respite for special needs parents. Through journaling, parents can touch their deepest emotions, release negativity, and find comfort from God in their struggles. And the best part? Tim encourages incorporating scriptures into this practice, allowing parents to draw strength from God's unfailing love and promises.

In addition, Tim emphasizes the importance of seeking help and finding respite from family and friends. Sometimes, we all need a little extra support, and Tim encourages us to reach out and ask for it.

If you're an adoptive parent, special needs parent, or know someone who is, this podcast is a must-listen. Tim's wisdom, personal experiences, and biblical insights will inspire and uplift you on your journey.

XOXO,
Katie

Connect with Tim:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/anchors-of-encouragement-adoption-adoptive-parents/id1637012425

DOWNLOAD FREE:
The Compassionate Homeschooler's Guide: Nurturing a Joyful Homeschool and Creating a Harmonious Home Ecosystem

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Rachael and Karlie are breaking down how they split all the chores, tasks, admin, and more in their homes.

LINKS  

• Listen to the Home Hacks episode on Mental Load. 
• Listen to the Home Hacks episode on Laundry.
• Follow Mums Who on Facebook.  
• Join the Mums Who Organise Facebook group.
• Follow Nova Podcasts on Instagram @novapodcastsofficial.  

Got a question for Rachael and Karlie? You can email them at homehacks@novapodcasts.com.au.   

CREDITS  

Hosts: Rachael Hallett and Karlie Suttie.  

Managing Producer: Elle Beattie.  

Producer and editor: Amy Kimball.  

Listen to more great podcasts at novapodcasts.com.au. 

Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, and the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present.   

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Are you ready to declutter your life, reduce stress, and find greater balance?

I have a special treat for you—a conversation with the amazing Emily McDermott, a true inspiration when it comes to decluttering and finding balance in our busy lives. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by the chaos of a cluttered home, this episode is for you.

Emily's faith-based approach to decluttering brings a unique perspective, allowing us to create not just a physically organized space, but also a sense of wellbeing and harmony in our hearts.

She shares the incredible benefits of decluttering, including the remarkable fact that it can reduce housework by a whopping 40%. Imagine the extra time and freedom we can gain by simplifying our surroundings. It's truly a game-changer!

Emily shares small steps and got help us gain the clarity to make thoughtful decisions about what to keep and what to let go of.

I believe that what we discuss here will bless you, as we uncover the beauty of decluttering and its profound impact on our lives.

Grab a notebook!

XOXO,

Katie

It's Our Gift to You!
Nurturing a Joyful Homeschool and Creating a Harmonious Home: herhomeandheart.net/free

Simple Steps TO REDUCE OVERWHELM:

STEP 1)
FEEL GOOD with proven cellular science:
familysuccess.lifevantage.com

STEP 2)
Be part of Community! 

https://urlgeni.us/facebook/HHAHGroup

Step 3) 
Hacks, Coupons, Courses, Memberships, and FUN THINGS :

https://linktr.ee/FamilySuccess

Want Your Question Considered For The Podcast? Leave me a message!
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CONNECT WITH EMILY!
Moms Overcoming Overwhelm Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moms-overcoming-overwhelm-decluttering-decluttering/id1645070363

Simple by Emmy: http://www.simplebyemmy.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simplebyemmy/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simplebyemmy/

Facebook Group - Decluttering Tips and Support for Overwhelmed Moms: http://tinyurl.com/momsovercomingoverwhelm

Contact E-mail: info@simplebyemmy.com

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Have you wondered how some families seem like they have it all together?

Have you longed to have the unity and closeness they seem to have?

Do you want to stop yelling and create a life of love and team spirit?

Today we will dive into a simple system you can implement in your home, that will get you much closer to the peace and unity that you dream of.

A family government is a parenting and motherhood hack that every Christian homeschooling family ought to have. It helps a family build a safety net around their interactions, increases communication to a new level, and allows parents to feel safe in their discipline procedures because nothing is done out of negative emotion anymore.

Grab a notebook and pen, you will want to jot down this system so you can get it set up own your own home.

XOXO,
Katie

My Gift to You!
Nurturing a Joyful Homeschool and Creating a Harmonious Home

http://herhomeandheart.net/free

TO REDUCE OVERWHELM:

STEP 1)

FEEL GOOD with CELLULAR ACTIVATORS
familysuccess.lifevantage.com

STEP 2)
Be part of Community!

https://urlgeni.us/facebook/HHAHGroup

Step 3) 
Hacks, Coupons, Courses, Memberships, and FUN THINGS :

https://bit.ly/m/HerHomeandHeart

Have you wanted to be happier? Does life feel overwhelming? 

You know you dreamed of a life that felt different than the one you are currently living. In your mind it was so much more fulfilling, where you had more energy, and the problems didn't feel QUITE so hard to manage.

How can you increase your happiness at home? A simple lifestyle choice can give you a major boost. Holistic Living and Holistic Homemaking just might be your answer.

It can improve your:
-Homeschool
-Health
-Marriage
-Relationships
-Parenting
-Motherhood
-Self Care
-Time Management
-Anxiety
-Stress
-Mental Health
-And more....

I'm very excited to share how this lifestyle can make your home happier, and look forward to digging into it much deeper in the future!

XO
Katie

Our Gift to You!
Nurturing a Joyful Homeschool and Creating a Harmonious Home: herhomeandheart.net/free

4 Simple Steps TO REDUCE OVERWHELM:

STEP 1)
FEEL GOOD with proven cellular science:
familysuccess.lifevantage.com

STEP 2)
Be part of Community! 

https://urlgeni.us/facebook/HHAHGroup

Step 3)
Hacks, Coupons, Courses, Memberships, and FUN THINGS :

https://linktr.ee/FamilySuccess

Step 4) 
Want Your Question Considered For The Podcast? Leave me a message!
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Overwhelmed? Is daily life filling you with anxiety and overload, and you long for PEACE?

I know you are trying so HARD to make everything work!
Yet....You are always failing to complete your to-do list... You find yourself constantly EXHAUSTED and wondering why... You think you are a time management "failure", who can't seem to complete the homeschooling, homemaking, and all the parenting challenges thrown your way, yet should?

Have you ever been able to pause, take a breath, and dig to the ROOT of your time management issue, so you can find PEACE in your home, homeschool, and health?

Today I'm breaking down time management into 3 steps for you. Not overwhelming--- SIMPLE. I promise. 

What I share might surprise you! And I know it will help you begin to breathe more deeply and smile more brightly. You CAN start to get that time management routine woven into your homeschool systems, homemaking routines, business endeavors, and daily parenting opportunities in a way you LOVE. Let's drop that overwhelm, and replace it with simple tools to live peacefully on this rich journey God has blessed us with. 

I know if you are a Christian Mom trying to juggle it all, this one is going to help you!
XO
Katie
Our Gift to You!
Nurturing a Joyful Homeschool and Creating a Harmonious Home: herhomeandheart.net/free

4 Simple Steps TO REDUCE OVERWHELM:

STEP 1)
FEEL GOOD with proven cellular science:
familysuccess.lifevantage.com

STEP 2)
Be part of Community! 

https://urlgeni.us/facebook/HHAHGroup

Step 3)
Hacks, Coupons, Courses, Memberships, and FUN THINGS :

https://linktr.ee/FamilySuccess

Step 4) 
Want Your Question Considered For The Podcast? Leave me a message!
https://www.speakpipe.com/Katie

Welcome to the Family Success Secrets podcast!
In this episode Steve and Katie Keene, our hosts, are joined by Andrea Dekker. Andrea is a wife and mother of four who loves nothing more than being home! She is passionate about creating a peaceful home, pursuing a simpler life, and encouraging women in all stages of life to live more intentionally.

You can find Andrea at https://andreadekker.com/join

Enjoy the show!

Receive a free SECRET to increased overnight success at:
podcast.familysuccesssecrets.com

Be sure to find Katie and Steve on social media!
https://www.instagram.com/katiekeene20/
https://www.instagram.com/steve.keene7/

For Special Needs Families:
Katie Keene - Special Needs Family Coaching

For ALL families!!!!
We have a BRAND NEW Facebook Page for the podcast, where you can meet others to connect, and get great tips and updated news from Steve and Katie!
Family Success Secrets

To book a Parent Support Session, a free 30-minute call:
https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=20250416

This is the Family Success Secrets show. Many families have struggles with their health, relationships, or finances. This show is designed to show you how you can resolve those problems with systems that we, or our guests, have demonstrated to work in our own homes.
We have dealt with many challenges. Being a special needs family presents many complex challenges to family life.
As we overcame these challenges, we realized that our favorite times were those when we were sharing our successes with other people, and they were sharing with us what they had done to help themselves.
That is why we are excited to share the things that we have learned on our journey through marriage, parenting, special needs parenting, and a life that ties all these things together. Each week we are going to give insight to systems that you can use to deal with grief, improve your health, enhance your relationships, and stabilize your finances.
Thanks for joining us on our journey. We are all going to learn so much along the way.

DOWNLOAD HERE FREE:
The Compassionate Homeschooler's Guide: Nurturing a Joyful Homeschool and Creating a Harmonious Home Ecosystem

herhomeandheart.net/free

Community!

https://urlgeni.us/facebook/HHAHGroup

FEEL GOOD with CELLULAR ACTIVATORS
http://familysuccess.lifevantage.com

COUPONS, HACKS, and FUN THINGS :

https://linktr.ee/FamilySuccess

Meet Katie:
https://herhomeandheart.net/coaching

Mentorship:

https://bit.ly/3Flo7oa

Want Your Question Considered For The Podcast? Leave me a message!
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Christmas with Val's Friends. Plus, The Life of Saint Nicholas that Inspired some of Today's Most Popular Christmas Traditions, Episode 15.

Meet some of Val's friends and her daughters' friends who share quick thoughts about Christmas at their houses.

Plus, Val spends the last seven minutes of this episode sharing some of the inspiring history of the real Saint Nicolas and the heroic things he did that began many of today's popular Christmas traditions.  This would be a great episode to have your children listen to as well.  Let them learn about the true meaning of Christmas, the great Christian hero, Saint Nicholas who is the true origin of Santa Claus, the reason why Christ's birth is worth celebrating each year, and hear Val's heartfelt message to each of you, her beloved listeners and friends.

Resources
The Plan Bible
The Faith of St. Nick
The Legend of St. Nicolas: A Story of Christmas Giving
Recipes
Contact Val in her Facebook Group: Intentional Mom, Strong Family or through her website www.PracticallySpeakingMOM.com
If you found this podcast helpful, would you please consider leaving a review and sharing this with other moms who are seeking to be more intentional.

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To give a set amount each month click here. A few dollars a month would help so much!
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All donations will be used for the ministry. Gifts are not tax deductible.
THANK YOU for partnering in this ministry to strengthen families and encourage intentional moms.
"May the Words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, oh Lord, my Roc...

 Episode 13, Mom's Mental Health, Our Drive for Perfection, The "Hurt Cycle," and Finding Joy in the Valley - Val interviews Amanda Colliatie, Marriage and Family Therapist with a Live Studio Audience.
Mom, you’re committed to monitoring your child’s mental and emotional health, but what about your own?  Today we’ve got a LIVE studio audience and a marriage and family therapist to help us turn the mirror on ourselves, take a gentle look to make a doable action plan for heading toward healing.

You are a mom who is seriously trying your best to be a great mom. You are all in. You are focused and you are daily growing and seeking new ways to better be there for your family to pull your family to a better place. You’re a marathon mom!  Sometimes we marathon moms can quickly slide into perfectionism -seeking perfect actions, decisions, and results.  What pressure!  When we get our expectations set on perfection and it doesn’t come, what’s our response then?

Amanda Colliatie will walk us through four buckets - Blame, Shame, Escape, and Control-  that moms find themselves pulling from in their moments of distress. We’ll learn to recognize this in ourselves and get some action items for stopping the cycle? Regardless of if we're struggling with perfectionism, anxiety, depression O. C. D. parent-child conflict, the “Hurt Cycle” is one to be aware of and have solution steps in place for stepping out of the cycle of blame, shame, escape, or control (from the Restoration Therapy Model).

 Amanda Colliatie is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Wichita, Kansas. Her practice at Encounter Freedom Therapy Center website or Facebook page is dedicated to providing skilled therapy that is safe, affordable, and practical. Amanda likes to talk emotions! She is passionate about mental health and creating space for intentional conversations about difficult things. Today we are going to discuss how our pursuit of perfection can often give us short term solutions that create long term pain.    

Amanda introduces  S H A L

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Join Val's Facebook Group Intentional Mom, Strong Family
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To give a set amount each month click here. A few dollars a month would help so much!
Here's some other ways to give:
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Donate with a credit card HERE
All donations will be used for the ministry. Gifts are not tax deductible.
THANK YOU for partnering in this ministry to strengthen families and encourage intentional moms.
"May the Words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, oh Lord, my Roc...

Episode 10: Time-Saving Strategies for Busy Homes, Part 3.
Quotes
"These systems increase simplicity and they also increase self-discipline in our kids."
 "Recognize that your kids' hearts and souls require tending to build their character and to help them to become the people that God really created them to be. Having systems in place allows you more time with your kids. Maybe one of them is going through a difficult thing and you want to slow down and pray with them, let them know that the God of the universe is also personal and loves them specifically and directly.That requires slowing down a little bit. That is why I've got these systems for you."
'Why am I talking about our kids' internet usage in a time-saving strategies podcast? It's because having a family internet agreement saves us so much time in multiple ways. Such as, I don't have to wrestle with myself about what my rules are going to be today with the kids regarding internet. Otherwise, if I didn't have a clear plan for internet usage in our home, then on days when I was tired or sick or overwhelmed, then I would be very tempted to be very lax on those rules. And that's when things end up happening is when we're distracted as parents."
Resources (some are affiliate links):
Internet Usage Agreement
Net Nanny Filtering service, Covenant Eyes accountability service
Simple Systems for Homeschool Success
Blog post about my sticky note system with three Brain Books.
Blog post about Save Your Sanity- one hour a week  meal prep.
Raising a Luke 2:52 Child
Whe

Visit Val's website: PracticallySpeakingMOM.com
Join Val's Facebook Group Intentional Mom, Strong Family
Follow Val on Instagram and her Facebook Public Page Practically Speaking MOM

To give a set amount each month click here. A few dollars a month would help so much!
Here's some other ways to give:
Cash App: $valPSM
Paypal: val@PracticallySpeakingMOM.com
Donate with a credit card HERE
All donations will be used for the ministry. Gifts are not tax deductible.
THANK YOU for partnering in this ministry to strengthen families and encourage intentional moms.
"May the Words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, oh Lord, my Roc...

 Listener Q&A (consequences, child's weaknesses, mom's mistakes), Episode 9.  Plus Meet Val's Son, Andrew.

Resources (some are affiliate links)
Free Val's video workshop on Time Saving Strategies (slides in youtube shownotes)
Free Slides to Time Saving Strategies printable
Love Works: Seven Timeless Principles for Effective Leaders by Joel Manby
Strength Finders 2.0 by Tom Rath
Do Hard Things by Brett and Alex Harris

Question: "How do we handle it when we make a mistake as a mom?"
"Sometimes, when we make mistakes as a mom and we apologize to our kids about that, that's a more effective lesson in their life than if we had gotten it right at the beginning... It's not our role to be perfect.  It's our role to model for our kids how to apologize when we've made a mistake, to learn from our mistakes, to listen to God for direction in our life and that we're mold-able to his direction.  Let them see you be excited that God is showing you something new in your character that you can work on."
Question about dealing with our child's weaknesses
"Most of the time, our kids' weaknesses are strengths in disguise.  It's like the strength is inside a treasure chest and the weaknesses have it all locked up and we want to help them throw off the weaknesses or work on the weaknesses so that you can unlock that treasure chest and fully experience the strength!"
"We want to be discovering our children.  God created each of them uniquely with all of these wonderful hidden, uhhh wonderfulnesses! And we want to discover those and hone them and help them to balance their life. And that's just one of the great privileges of being a parent - studying your child."
Topic of appropriate consequences
"Appropriate consequences, coupled with a gentle, humble, grace-filled spirit helps their heart today and prepares them for life tomorrow".
"Our consequences are going to be given lovingly and mercifully and appropriately... Either they're going to learn from appropriate

Visit Val's website: PracticallySpeakingMOM.com
Join Val's Facebook Group Intentional Mom, Strong Family
Follow Val on Instagram and her Facebook Public Page Practically Speaking MOM

To give a set amount each month click here. A few dollars a month would help so much!
Here's some other ways to give:
Cash App: $valPSM
Paypal: val@PracticallySpeakingMOM.com
Donate with a credit card HERE
All donations will be used for the ministry. Gifts are not tax deductible.
THANK YOU for partnering in this ministry to strengthen families and encourage intentional moms.
"May the Words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, oh Lord, my Roc...

Intentional Marriage, 8: *Moms find serenity moments in your day *Single mom's marriage perspective *Your marriage can be redeemed!! *Meet Val's husband as they discuss what principle God used to transformed their marriage, including a short, original marriage song at the end
 Quotes from Episode 8
"Mom, find some serenity spots in your life so that you can have a moment of peace every day."
"Single moms, I know you're probably feeling like tuning out for this episode. I just want to encourage you not to do that. If your child marries some day, you want them to have a strong marriage and a healthy perspective about marriage and you can influence that even if you are not married. No matter your situation with your child's other parent, you can honor them in your attitude, actions, and words.  You may not be able to respect them or trust them or condone their actions, but you can be honoring about them for your children's sake."
"I had to care enough about the strength of our marriage to set aside my emotions that I wanted to have and replace them with what is best for our marriage.  If I do that, then in the end that's best for me too - to be in the middle of a strong marriage is of course more blessing-filled in every possible way than if I just stand on my end of the tug-of-war rope and pull with all my might."
Main Points:
Times away together to re-calibrate on what is important and how are we doing at it?
Praying  with our Creator to show us what healthy marriage looks like.
Keep a notebook - writing down what we were doing right, what we were doing wrong, and what's the better way.
ONENESS, a pinnacle philosophy that shaped several principles that we are very committed to now in our marriage. We'll be sharing these principles with you in marriage moment segments in future podcasts
ONENESS is...
*a mini picture of what the Trinity is (Father, Son, Holy Spirit)  three separate personhoods with unique personalities yet completely one. Nothing separating them. Fully aligned. It's a mystery.
*Oneness is... a healthy marriage, a little mini Trinity, of husband and wife and God all working together to be more than we would be on our own.
*Oneness is a new entity that needs to be nurtured and cared for with intentionality- complete truth, openness, honoring my sp

Visit Val's website: PracticallySpeakingMOM.com
Join Val's Facebook Group Intentional Mom, Strong Family
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To give a set amount each month click here. A few dollars a month would help so much!
Here's some other ways to give:
Cash App: $valPSM
Paypal: val@PracticallySpeakingMOM.com
Donate with a credit card HERE
All donations will be used for the ministry. Gifts are not tax deductible.
THANK YOU for partnering in this ministry to strengthen families and encourage intentional moms.
"May the Words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, oh Lord, my Roc...

Episode 2, Getting Kids to Listen the First Time:
"Delegating Chores to your child isn't about making life easier for you.  It's about growing your kids' abilities, character, and work ethic, teaching them responsibility, building up self-esteem based on accomplishment and capability, equipping them for success habits in life, and to be over-comers in whatever obstacles that come up in their lives."
Four Options with each Obligation in your life
1. Do it (put it on a to-do list)
2. Delegate it (keep a to-do list of the obligations that have been delegated so that you can followup)
3. Dump it (sometimes even good things need to be reduced)
4. Leave UnDone and handle it with prayer -"God, give me Passion for YOUR purposes in my day and Peace about the things that you don't want me to get done"

Create a code for your to-do list:
C- calls you need to make
E- electronic tasks
O- errands that I will do when out
Initials of the people to whom I delegated tasks so that I can follow up
Star by the "frog" task that you don't want to do and do it first!

100% Habit - give full attention and full effort to whatever you're doing and teach this habit to your children.  This is learning to live life abundantly -John10:10 and doing well for the Lord's sake - Col 3:23.

How to Followup with chores or tasks:
Have a high yet attainable standard - a Standard of Excellence within reason
Praise what you want Repeated
Appropriate consequences when they don't follow through with what they're capable of and have been clearly prepped by you to do

Getting Kids to Listen the 1st Time, Obey, or Obedience:
Think before you speak: "Is what I'm about to say, am I willing to enforce it?" "Is what I'm about to ask them to do consistent with our family values and rules?"
Be calm, clear, follow through consistently, have good eye contact when you tell them to do something and if they're little, also be near them.

*Mean what you say or don't say it.
*No must mean 'no' or it will mean, "Mom doesn't really mean no"
*Say it once and then enforce so that you value your word
*Be sure to hold to compliance to your word even when it's inconvenient to

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(Part 2 of Dealing with Lying can be heard in Episode 12).
Today you're listening to  Episode 4, "Dealing with Lying in Your Child, Part 1." For the first ten min of the episode, Val is joined by her grown daughter, Becca who has two preschoolers. They discuss some techniques for developing Manners in your toddler.
Then the final 20 min of the episode focus on how to handle lying in children elementary-age and up, including Root Parenting vs Surface Parenting and Mercy Seat Parenting.
Steps to Dealing with Lying:
1. Slow down to take time to do it well in order to preserve your relationship and to be the most impactful in reaching their heart on the issue.  Fight the urge to be reactionary.
2. Let your child know that you need to take some time to pray while they're taking time to reflect on why they did it and possibly praying also. In this step you really are getting God's direction on what to do next.
3.Evaluate if lying is a regular habit in your child or if it hardly ever happens (months between times).
4.Evaluate how you as a parent have been modeling truth - valuing TRUTH, valuing truth in your relationship with your child AND in your relationship with God?
5.Root parenting vs. Surface parenting.  Evaluate what is going on in their heart right now?  Being a barometer.
6. Go back to your child and ask questions. Not getting emotional or defensive with their answers. 
7.Mercy seat parenting. This step will be explained in part 2 of Dealing with Lying in your Child

Resources:
Being a barometer of your child's heart is taught in Val's book, Wearing All Your Hats Without Wearing Out. https://www.practicallyspeakingmom.com/product-page/wearing-all-your-hats-without-wearing-out-from-chores-to-character-issues-to-ch?fbclid=IwAR0ktH4g78ZOJomwMe3_Ho9eSbcBAsX9WpHvjVAby8Ig9tLLZqE85EaHShs

Root Parenting is taught Val's books Clash in Your Home: A Game Plan for Cleaning Up the Conflict.

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"May the Words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, oh Lord, my Roc...