Embrace Your Everyday podcast: Recent Episodes
Leah Simpson
Although life is full of highs and lows, more time is spent in those in-between moments. Determining how to spend your time on any day takes intentionality. This podcast is about doing the small everyday things which enable you to do the grand things in your marriage, home and family. Live a life you will remember. Invest your days in things that will last longer than you. Remember, your life is not a dress rehearsal. If you delay doing what is important, you might never have the chance to really do what you want to do.
In the silence there is a small quiet voice inviting listening with our whole being. The reality of listening to God is embodied in our breath, our body and the spirit of God. He is the giver of our life and our breath. While we live in a physical sense we are equally moving in a spiritual world. Profoundly, no life exists without the starting point of breath. When we concentrate our breath, body and the spirit together, holy listening is possible.
More on FAITH:
Filling My Thoughts With Heavenly Realities
Vertical Living With Ronnie Stevens
5 Things I Know About Heaven
Inspiration on Home and Family at www.nurturingmynest.com
Books available on Amazon: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Spiritual wisdom often comes from daily reading of God's Word. How do you read God's Word? Is it hard to understand? Does the Bible have anything practical that applies to me? How can God speak directly to me? What do I need to take out of my life? What needs to be put into my life? Does God care about me? All this and more in this podcast.
More conversations on faith:
Vertical Living With Ronnie Stevens
The Audible Voice of God
5 Things I Know About Heaven
A Passionate Advocate for Women's Mental Health: Donna Robart
Lies Women Believe
Books on HOME and FAMILY:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
More Inspiration at www.nurturingmynest.com
Creating your own protein bars is an excellent idea for so many reasons. My primary motivation is that these bars are high in protein. This grab and go item fits perfectly into a workout morning. Knowing that ingredients in your bar creates confidence in nutritional density. The no bake feature is an additional win. Finally, another compelling reason remains the cost savings versus spending $3 or more for a store bought choice.
This recipe is also at www.nurturingmynest.com
More yummy ideas include:
Nibble Boards
Leah's Orange Cranberry Bread Pudding
Leah's Easy Berry Pie
Leah's Decadent Four Layer Lemon Cake
More in HOME and FAMILY in these books available on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebulding and Custom Built Education
Organization is a means of functioning effectively and efficiently. Finding what works for you and your home when homeschooling directs how your days can be planned. If you have chosen the homeschool lifestyle, establishing some order will jumpstart success in your everyday. Check out these 13 ideas for organizing your homeschooling days.
For more ideas on HOMESCHOOLING:
WHY Homeschool? - FREE ebook
10 Ways to Save Money on Homeschooling
Considering Homeschooling? Start HERE
Literature Rich Classical Education
Books on HOME and FAMILY:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms on Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Taking care of ourselves is a lifetime journey. Invite yourself to practice many of these ideas to care for yourself. If you are a responsible person, you may struggle with the concept of doing these kind gestures for yourself, but it is clear that the scripture reminds of kindness to ourselves. Ps. 139:14 states that we are wonderfully made. Mindfulness and routines in caring for our physical needs is central to overall health. Find one or two ideas off this list and incorporate them. Find one or two ideas off this list and incorporate them.
More on feeling HEALTHY everyday:
10 Morning Habits That Might Sabotage Your Day
Thoughtful Steps to a Healthy You - Being a WHOLE Person
10 Minute Face
Nighttime Routines
What I Have Learned in YogaFatih
Books on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
While pursuing my training to be a yoga instructor, I have gained so much spiritual inspiration. My goal is to intimately connect people to Christ; mind, body, spirit and soul by providing a safe and nurturing environment. Here are some of the best things that I have learned so far.
More information on YogaFaith.
Inspiration on Health:
Thoughtful Steps to a Healthy You - Being a Whole Person
A Passionate Advocate for Women's Mental Health: Donna Robart
Soul Keeping
Nighttime Routines
10 Minute Face
Books on HOME and FAMILY:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms on Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
Part 2 of 2. Ronnie Stevens, Pastoral Care Specialist with 46 years experience, recently returned to the United States after spending decades overseas in mission work. He currently serves at an Associate Pastor of Harvest Church in Memphis, TN. While greatly loved for his shepherding skills, he is equally appreciated for his teaching and leadership contributions. With insight on heaven and hell, Ronnie unpacks poignant practical truths. With a thought toward vertical living, he motivates us to more intentional everydays.
For more on FAITH:
Things I Know About Heaven
The Audible Voice of God
Soul Keeping
Books available on Amazon on HOME and FAMILY:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms on Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
Ronnie Stevens is a Pastoral Care Specialist with 46 years experience, 24 of those years spent in pastoral work in a missions context overseas. Since recently returning to the United States, Ronnie serves as an Associate Pastor of Harvest Church in Memphis, TN. While Ronnie is deeply loved for his shepherding skills, he is equally appreciated for his teaching and leadership contributions. Along with insight from his personal spiritual journey, he also comments on life overseas, C.S. Lewis and things he wishes he had done more of in his life.
More inspiration:
5 Things I Know About Heaven
When Shame is a Bully
A Passionate Advocate for Women's Mental Health: Donna Robart
Thoughts on HOME and FAMILY at www.nurturingmynest.com
Finding your people is serious business. Sometimes our people find us. Sometimes we have to say goodbye to a season and the people that we have loved. Sometimes we have to find new people. Sometimes we don't know what we are looking for in friendships. Sometimes we know that we need people to complete something deeply human in ourselves. To search for our people, we might ask ourselves these clarifying questions. Who am I looking for? What do I need in my people? When can I find my people? Where are my people? Why do I need people? How can I build my community of people? Choose with intention.
More on FRIENDSHIP:
What NOT TO DO When Making Friends
How to Make Friends and Keep Them
Friendship Recession Fall is for Friendship: 10 Ideas to Enjoy Friends
Friendship - Better Together
Thoughtful Steps to a Healthy You - Being a Whole Person
Affirming Grows Gratitude
Listening
Conversation
20 Social Skills to Improve Your Sociability
More on HOME and FAMILY:
www.nurturingmynest.com
Nibble boards are for sharing? Nibble boards invite a party! Nibble boards are easy! So, what is a nibble board? Who likes nibble boards? How do you build a nibble board? Simply put, a nibble board is just a clever way of creating shareable appetizers. Building a nibble board is easy with these ideas.
For more ideas on HOME and FAMILY:
Hospitality Habits: Ideas for Easy Hospitality
Leah's Decadent Four Layer Lemon Cake Tips for Food Management
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The true answer to this question is that all kinds of people choose to homeschool for a wide variety of reasons. Everyone from lawyers to plumbers to teachers to doctors to pilots select home education for their child. While the reasons are varied, here are a few of the most popular reasons.
If you are planning to homeschool or just thinking about it, download the FREE eBook from the link in the companion article at www.nurturingmynest.com
"Planning for the Best Homeschool Year Ever"
This podcast details the first chapter as a tease.
More on Homeschooling:
Prepping for Preschool
5 Ideas for Developing the WHOLE Child
Car School
10 Ways to Save Money on Homeschooling
Considering Homeschooling? Start Here
Books on HOME and FAMILY:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Kitchen management, bulk cooking and grocery shopping are just a few of the critical ways to create efficiency with food management at home. All of us are eager to eat every day. As we navigate through the phases of relating to food in our home, we must fetch our food, process our food, organize our food, clean food related spaces and then do it all over again. All this takes practice, skill and strategy. When you get honest about it, it is just work. If you are looking for ways to save money and time, don't miss this conversation about tips to food management.
More on this conversation on www.nurturingmynest.com.
Other podcasts on FOOD:
Saving Without Scissors - Saving on Food
Leah's Easy Berry Pie
Speedy Kitchen Cleanup in 5 Easy Steps
Books on HOME and FAMILY:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Are you feeling crowded in your space? Do you have to move? Has stuff been coming into your house while stuff is not going out? It might be time to ruthlessly purge. Purging may take pockets of time or you may have a window of time to devote to processing. Deciding HOW and WHAT to purge can give you a head start. Take a deep breath. Work this process in steps. Anticipate a mess as you work toward your dream. Establish three areas to start sorting. Trash, Keep and Donate!
For more on cleaning:
BEST Cleaning Tips: Organization and Efficiency
Purging
Things in Your Home an Organizer Would Throw Out
Team Cleaning as a Couple
Speedy Kitchen Cleanup in 5 Easy Steps
More on HOME and FAMILY on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
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Keeping a manageable living space contributes to basic happy living. Chaos invites stress and wasted time. Taking the time to create routines and rhythms in your home promises to improve your everyday by freeing up your time for more of what you want to do. One of the best resources available is the book Hum of the Home. This compilation of thoughtful ideas curated from decades of keeping a home, raising children and hospitality simplifies the everyday. Determine what works for you. Customize your patterns. Identify your schedule. Modify your routines.
Easy helps from Hum of the Home:
The Purge
Laundry Simplified
Contributions: Teamwork in Cleaning Your Home
Cleaning Your Home With Weekly Contributions
Combat Decision Fatigue: 5 Ideas for Left-for-Later Clutter
Books on HOME and FAMILY:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms for Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
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It is critical to access your personal health on multiple levels to ensure that you are a healthy, whole person. Several times a year it is key to take inventory of yourself physically, mentally, relationally, emotionally and spiritually. Allow time to marinate, to dream and create specific steps to cultivate growth.
I love the energy and positivity generated by this type of evaluation. It is rewarding. It is inspiring. It is life-changing.
Celebrate progress. Don't aim for perfection. Live intentionally.
This material is available more extensively in the book Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
and on the blog www.nurturingmynest.com
More on being a whole person:
Affirming Grows Gratitude
A Passionate Advocate for Women's Health: Donna Robart
The Strength of Influence
Soul Keeping
5 Characteristics of GRIT
If the weather is making you feel like refreshing your space, clear the clutter first. So often unnecessary items are crowding our living areas. When doing daily, weekly or seasonal cleaning it is best to begin by identifying trash. Identify the things you do not use, things you don't love, expired things, broken things and just trash. It's time to take out the trash!!
Need some ideas on what to purge. Check out these 50 items that might be trash taking up space in your home. Grab a large, black garbage bag and start tossing the items mentioned in this episode.
More on this convesation at www.nurturingmynest.com
More easy ideas on CLEANING:
Team Cleaning as a Couple
Keep a Clean Home With Easy Weekly Routine
Contributions: Teamwork in Cleaning Your Home
Purging: Making More Space
Speedy Kitchen Cleanup in 5 Easy Steps
HOME and FAMILY Inspiration at www.nurturingmynest.com
Books on Amazon: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Looking for a dish to add for a special breakfast or a yummy dessert, try Leah's Orange Cranberry Bread Pudding!! Create it from scratch or let it be the serious yum created by leftovers like French toast and biscuits. As you might expect, the secret is in the sauce!! You might want to double the recipe and make two. Enjoy!!
Recipe at www.nurturingmynest.com
More inspiration for Christmas:
Gift Ideas with Expert Katie McLeod
Christmas Musings with Ronnie Stevens
Christmas Stovetop Potpourri
Ideas for HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Do you love putting up your Christmas tree? Do you have a rhythm that works well for you? Would you like to know what the professionals know? Early in my working life I worked as an interior decorator beside a designer who put up Christmas decorations. Along the way, I picked up a few tips regarding putting up Christmas trees quickly and efficiently. While there is not one way to put up a Christmas tree, check out these easy ideas to create a happier, more enjoyable experience the next time you put up your Christmas tree.
More on Christmas:
Gift Ideas With Expert Katie Simpson
Christmas Stovetop Potpourri
What I Love About Christmas
10 Ideas for a Centered Christmas
High Hopes and Low Expectations for Christmas
The Story Behind "What Child Is This?"
A Christmas Checklist for Busy Moms
Joy of Giving: Veteran's Christmas Lunch
Books on Amazon: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Inspiration on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Looking for unique gift ideas? Fun thoughts for experience gifts and physical gifts that demonstrate thoughtfulness communicate value to the receiver. Choose gifts that show the receiver is known and celebrated. Listen for needs. Develop an intuition for experience gifts that encourage more togetherness and memory making. Planning ahead with meaningful gifting creates an exciting season with long lasting benefits of good will. Join expert Katie McLeod, my clever daughter, for an innovative collection of easy to implement gift giving ideas.
Suggested sources:
Giftful.com
Walker Goods
Another podcast from Katie: Dating Done Right
Additional podcasts on Christmas:
High Hopes with Low Expectations
10 Ideas for Centering Christmas
Recalling Our Best Christmas Traditions
The Little Known Story of Silent Night
What I LOVE About Christmas
More on HOME and FAMILY:
www.nurturingmynest.com
Books on Amazon
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
At age 34 when facing a spinal cord injury and the limitations of 400 pounds, Paul decided that he had to do better. Throughout his childhood he ate out every day. Without a tradition of nutritious eating and the void of guard rails, Paul decided to change his normal. Motivated to grasp the vitality of living, he embarked on a purposeful journey to a healthier future. Through extensive research, rigorous exercise and select foods coupled with an enormous amount of grit, Paul did the work of losing over 165 pounds. While he is still on this weight loss journey, he shared his motivation and some practical tips for what to eat to succeed.
Check out episode 62 with Paul Becker on Thriving in Singleness.
More inspiration: Thriving in Singleness
Emotional Intelligence
5 Characteristics of GRIT
Books on Amazon: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Build Education
Ideas for Home and Family at www.nurturingmynest.com
What is affirming? How does affirming naturally grow gratitude? The big idea is that gratitude toward others leads to affirming them which is followed by positive emotions for all. Increased social skills and an expansion in your community add greatly to your emotional well being as well as others. Affirming is a win-win for everyone. While affirming may not be your default, it is a habit easily developed. What words affirm? What are 4 A's of gratitude? Who benefits from affirming words? Could affirming be your new superpower?
More on this topic at www.nurturingmynest.com
Inspiration on the spoken word:
Toxic Thinking: Renewal Through Neuroplasticity
Life Giving Words
Lies Women Believe
Soul Keeping
When Shame is a Bully The Strength of Influence
Books on Amazon:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Build Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
How can you fall into more coziness?
Can you be too cozy?
Since it is fall by all indications here, it might be the right time to lean into what is spectacular about this season...coziness. As the late warm summer teases with cooler, crisp temperatures, the glories of the promised transition to fall brings the anticipation of some of our favorite things. If we explore the best of fall with our senses, it becomes palatable as it immerses us. Let's think about how we can be even more cozy as we unpack all that fall means to our senses.
More Encouragement: Is KINDNESS Your Superpower?
Friendsgiving in 7 Easy Steps
Nighttime Routines
Fall is for Friendship: 10 Ideas to Enjoy Friends
10 Ideas for Preparing for Overnight Guests
How to Make Friends and Keep Them
More on this cozy on www.nurturingmynest.com
"I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find til' death, I must never let it get snowed under or turned aside; I must make it the main object of life to press on to that country and to help others to do the same." - C.S Lewis
Perhaps you have felt like you do not fit here on earth. As a Christ follower we were made for our home in heaven. A profession of faith is not a guarantee of a possession of faith. Part of keeping heaven focused thinking is to know the truth and joy of what is ahead for those who choose heaven as their eternal destination.
More on our FAITH:
What is a Christ Follower?
Soul Keeping
Identity Amnesia
The Audible Voice of God
Private Worship
Books on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rythyms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
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Heaven is REAL! It exists today. Little is discussed about our eternal destination, but the truths expressed in God's holy word offer glorious glimpses of the potential future for those who trust God. An understanding about the true teaching of heaven can change our daily reality. Join this conversation to open your mind to truths about heaven. What will be in heaven? What will not be in heaven?
More on this conversation at www.nurturingmynest.
More Inspiration on Faith:
What is a Christ Follower?
Private Worship
Soul Keeping
Books on Home and Family on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Home Building
Now in its fifth decade, in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other reproduction technology have been the answer to many people's prayers for a family. However, this success has led to an excess of frozen embryos. Nearly 1.5 million babies are in a frozen orphanage. Many biological parents store embryos for further use.
When parents have completed their families, they have to decide what to do with the frozen embryos. Donating them to an infertile couple is a popular option. Fertilized babies can be given for adoption through the National Embryo Donation Center. Leslie Hollowell shares her story of embryo adoption and the gift of her son Hudson.
For more information Embryo Adoption, contact the National Embryo Donation Center.
Inspiration on HOME and FAMILY @www.nurturingmynest.com
Empty Arms: A Journey of Infertility, Miscarriage and Children
The Value of a Mom
Loving on Moms With New Babies
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Join this conversation with Leslie Hollowell. Hear how intentional living and the pattern of discipleship has shaped her life. Only God could have known that Leslie's road of singleness of 37 years along with working as an elementary school teacher for 10 of these years, would be the building blocks He used in her life to allow her the privilege of ministering and living life with teenage and college girls. Leslie has been on a journey that has continued to prove God's faithfulness. Young people have gravitated toward Leslie because of her kindness and keen sense of listening. With a thought toward pulling up the weeds of lies and planting the seeds of truth, Leslie works to impact young people for God. Don't miss Episode 152 on Snowflake Babies with Leslie where she tells her story of infertility and choice for embryo adoption of her son.
More on HOME and FAMILY:
Talking to Your Children on Dating
5 Ideas for Deveoloping the Whole Child
Vance Vacation: Building Extended Family Community
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Thank you, to you our listener, for joining us in this journey of 150 podcast episodes with companion blogs. This celebration invites us to hear Tim's favorite five episodes, my favorite five episodes and most importantly, YOUR favorites! What is your personal favorite? What would you like to hear more of?
Thank you for being the reason we spend time writing, recording, editing, posting and sharing this content!! We LOVE YOU!! We know that God has a beautiful plan for each of us!! Some of his greatest gifts comes through the HOME and FAMILY!!! Thank you for listening!! Thank you for sharing!!! Thank you for Embracing Your Everyday!!!!
Companion blog @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Thank you for your ongoing enthusiasm!!! Looking forward to the next 150 episodes!!
Recently a friend shared this encouragement on communication that focuses on the inner qualities of a person instead of their outer appearance. This is so important when practicing social skills, emotional intelligence and friendship development. Consider memorizing a few of these compliments. Or use these as prompts to create authentic, winning compliments that demonstrate that the receiver is being seen and known. Check out these 15 compliments that are not about physical appearance. Grab a few life-giving words!
More on this topic at www.nurturingmynest.com
Inspiration on Relationships:
20 Social Skills to Improve Your Sociability
Emotional Intelligence
Friendship in 7 Easy Steps
Life Giving Words
Friendship Recession
Books on HOME and FAMILY:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
While preparing for preschool seems optional for the summer or the school year, it is vitally important. Don't waste the preschool years by limiting your little one to entertainment options. Maximize the season of learning that those early years bring. Preschool years are ripe learning years. Secondly, if you don't have a plan to keep the little ones busy, they will be underfoot when you are working with your older children or doing some needy domestic work. Teach them key memory work. Engage them in tactical skills. Guide them to delight in the world around you. Let's explore a number of ways to optimize and nurture some of your little one's best years!
More on CHILDREN:
Literature Rich Classical Education
Loving on Moms With New Babies
Whose Job is it Anyway? Spiritual Formation of a Child
Expect and Inspect: Teaching Your Child to Clean
A Silent Tragedy: How We are Raising Our Children
Inspiration on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Speaking as a parent of a strong-willed child (SWC), I can communicate as one has been in the trenches. The wonderful part of this is that I can confirm that this child is likely intelligent and full of potential. While parenting this personality can be altogether demanding, frustrating and intensely maddening. It also gives you a front row seat to a highy driven, strong individual. Consider your words and actions carefully. This podcast offers hope and encouragment and some practical tools.
More on this topic at www.nurturingmynest.com
More on CHILDREN:
Ep. 60 A Silent Tragedy: How We Are Raising Our Children
Ep. 94 Teaching Your Child to Serve: Spiritual Formation @ Home
Only 18 Summers
Eo, 80 Birth Order
Ep. 144 The Heart of ANGER: Practical Help for the Prevention and Cure of Anger in Children
My hope is that you have a wonderful relationship with your parents. My hope is that you are visiting them as frequently as you hope your own children will visit you when they are grown. We can agree that relationships take work. Our interaction with our parents or our children is no exception. Open, honest conversations lead to better relationships. When you do go to your parent's home for a visit, remember these easy things that you can do to be a really wonderful guest.
More on FAMILY:
The Heart of ANGER: Practical Helps for the Prevention and Cure of Anger in Children
Talking to Your Children About Dating
Dehumanizing Our Daughters - Choose Beauty
More inspiration at @www.nurturingmynest.com
Today's thoughts center around what to do with the stuff that represents life that has been lived, but is no longer used daily or on a regular basis. Life is a series of transitions. One of the inevitable changes is moving out of the home where you lived with your parents. Consider how many parents continue to live with their children's things long after the children are gone. The trap is created when space is held hostage when their home is storing things instead of children.
More of this conversation @www.nurturingmynest.com
Inspiration on HOME and FAMILY:
How to Make Friends and Keep Them
Private Worship
The Value of a Good Father
The Value of a Mom
Teaching Your Child to Serve: Spiritual Formation @ Home
Books available on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
Since I was a young woman, I have worked with children. As I dearly love these young hearts, I am particularly attuned to the anger evident in so many of them. Sometimes the anger comes from a wounded place or a response to bullying. Other times it is the response to neglect or even an head injury. This podcast explores practical helps for the prevention and cure of anger in children. Yes, there is prevention. Yes, there are cures. Yes, more than identifying the problem, there is help.
More on this conversation in the companion blog @www.nurturingmynest.com
More on CHILDREN:
25 Ways that Parents Provoke Their Children to Anger
Talking to Your Children About Dating
The Value of a Good Father Teaching Your Child to Serve: Spiritual Formation @ Home
Loving on Moms with New Babies
Books on HOME and FAMILY:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Anger in a child is a real response. While God holds each of us, even a child, responsible for his or her sin, God does hold parents 100% responsible for their actions which provoke a child to anger. Check out these 25 ways that a parent might provoke their child to anger. Loving my children well means that communication on this topic must remain open to self examination on this topic as well as others. Authenticity and humility as a parent are key to success.
More on CHILDREN:
Talking to Your Children About Dating
Nurturing My Nest - The Book
The Value of a Good Father
Whose Job is it Anyway? The Spiritual Formation of a Child
The Heart of ANGER - Practical Help for the Prevention and Cure of Anger in Children
Inspiration on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
How is loneliness as harmful as smoking 15 cigarettes a day? For the last few years the topic of a loneliness epidemic has dominated much of the chatter in interpersonal news. This conversation has focused on healthy friendships. In life we often have to walk through the exploration of meeting a number of aquaintances in order to find true friends. This growth mindset might even lead us to look inward and develop the qualities of a quality friend within ourselves. Check out these 10 ideas on how to avoid a friendship recession in your own life.
This conversation continues on a companion blog @nurturingmynest.com
More on FRIENDSHIP:
What NOT TO DO When Making Friends
Fall is for Friendship: 10 Ideas for Enjoying Friends
Friendship in 7 Easy Steps
10 Ways to be Kind
Inspiration on HOME and FAMILY:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Emotional health is vital to our physical and spiritual health. If shame is a reoccuring theme in my thoughts, it might be identified as a bully. Sometimes shame is a response to guilt, but recycling this toxic emotion once the situation has been dealt with is like an insistent bully. The four steps to respond to guilt allow forgiveness and new thinking. Explore shame in contrast to guilt along with a healthy pathway to eradicate toxic thinking.
More on HEALTHY THINKING on these podcasts:
Lies Women Believe
Identity Amnesia
Soul Keeping
Investing in the Long Game
Hope and Forgiveness
More on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Emotional health is vital to our physical and spiritual health. If shame is a reoccuring theme in my thoughts, it might be identified as a bully. Sometimes shame is a response to guilt, but recycling this toxic emotion once the situation has been dealt with is like an insistent bully. The four steps to respond to guilt allow forgiveness and new thinking. Explore shame in contrast to guilt along with a healthy pathway to eradicate toxic thinking.
More on HEALTHY THINKING on these podcasts:
Lies Women Believe
Identity Amnesia
Soul Keeping
Investing in the Long Game
Hope and Forgiveness
More on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Parenting is hard work. The stages of childhood change rapidly. Before you realize it, it will be time to talk about dating. Approaching this subject with your child can be downright intimidating. Before you begin, know that today's dating culture is radically different from when you were a teen and young adult. Sexual promiscuity is rampant. Sexual identity, date rape, binge drinking, emotional cheating, sexting and a host of new and more shocking behavior is the normal for today's teens. Becoming more acquainted with today's culture is necessary is the on-going job of today's parents. Educate. Read. Listen.
More on Parenting:
Nurturing My Nest- the Book
Car School
Considering Homeschooling? Start Here
Whose Job Is It Anyway? Spiritual Formation of a Child
Training Your Child to Interrupt
Inspiration on HOME and FAMILY @www.nurturingmynest.com
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As the mom of two beautiful daughters the topic of beauty materializes often. This conversation is intended to validate the beauty in your daughter and mine. It is imperative that we speak to the dehumanizing of our daughters by the culture that they live in daily. What are the messages that they hear about beauty? What do they hear about their beauty? Dehumanizing deprives a woman of dignity, respect, human qualities, personality and self-worth.
As a rough water lifeguard and an eager health enthusiast, I completely support physical exercise being part of raising a whole child. However, I struggle with the emphasis on sports in today's youth culture. While sports is about fun and exercise, it's benefit can be much greater. More importantly, I think that playing recreational sports offers a platform to talk about how to respond when winning and losing. Self-control, hard work ethic, determination, stamina and a never-give-up attitude last long after the game is over.
More on Children:
5 Ideas for Developing the Whole Child
Loving on Moms with New Babies
Expect and Inspect Method: Teaching Children to Clean
GRIT - 5 Characteristics of Grittiness
Nurturing My Nest Book
Inspiration on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Books available on Amazon: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms on Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
Due to the financial strain people feel in the current economy, discussions about food cost occur more frequently than ever. Many rising costs offer us little options for keeping our funds in line with our earnings. However, food is one of those more flexible categories. Discover easy-to-implement ideas on saving without scissors on food costs.
More on FOOD:
Meal Planning for One
5 Easy Ideas to Cut Food Costs
Breadmaking 101
Bulk Cooking With 10 Easy Ideas
Hum of the Home Book
Nurturing My Nest Book
More on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Need more time? Looking for ideas to boost efficiency in your daily routines? Scrutinizing your everyday with the goal of more play time, more learning time or just more rest? Would you like less housework? Less time in the kitchen? Consider a few of these 10 hacks to gain more time in your everyday.
More time management ideas:
Morning Habits That Might Sabotage Your Day
Speedy Kitchen Cleanup in 5 Easy Steps
Cleaning Your Home with Weekly Contributions
Laundry Simplified
6 Ideas for Speedy Seasonal Cleaning
Inspiration on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
If you're looking to be restored, renewed or refreshed the Women's Refuge at Vero Beach is a place of hope and healing. This refuge offers solutions for those desparate with emotional, physical, mental and spiritual woundedness through Biblical counseling and a live-in environment where hurting women can find healing. For women who feel trapped or stuck, they learn freedom through Christ at the Refuge. Some women stay two weeks while others stay for three to nine months. Discover a place of Refuge for yourself or someone in need.
Contact the Women's Refuge for more information.
More on FAITH
A Passionate Advocate for Women's Mental Health: Donna Robart
Lies Women Believe
Identity Amnesia
Soul Keeping
Private Worship
More on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
GRIT - 5 Characteristics of Grit
What NOT To Do When Making New Friends
How to Make Friends and Keep Them
10 Minute Face
Ready for REST
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Psychiatric nurse Donna Robart responded to the overwhelming invitation to be God's daughter. For over 25 years her experience as a registered psychiatric nurse exposed her to the great need for the spiritual component of mental health healing. As a co-founder of the Women's Refuge in Vero Beach, Florida, Donna has made a measurable impact over the last 23 years as a passionate advocate for those afflicted with and suffering from emotional, mental and spiritual tragedies. Donna offers a beacon of hope to the mental health community with a solid Biblical perspective grown from her experience as a psychiatric nurse and mental health counselor. Using Biblical foundation, cognitive behavioral therapy, structured curriculum, and individual and community counseling has impacted thousands of women who have found hope and healing through the Women's Refuge. The immense suffering in this world motivates Donna to steer the broken into wholeness through healing of the mind, body and soul.
If you are looking for help or know someone who is in need of help, reach out to the Women's Refuge of Vero Beach.
Perhaps your church community could benefit from knowing about this fantastic resource. Consider financially supporting this ministry monthly, annually or with a one time gift.
More on Donna Robart
Read about The Women's Refuge.
More on HOPE and HEALING:
The Journey of Parenting Through Hard Seasons
The Value of a Mom
Toxic Thinking: Healing Through Neuroplasticity
Lies Women Believe
Identity Amnesia
More inspiration @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Let's be honest, keeping a clean living space is hard. It is just plain work. Some of us love the process of cleaning just as much as the results. Others struggle to create the routines and rhythms to maintain their space daily and weekly and seasonally. In order to live this life well, we must determine easy, workable patterns to maintain our space. If you are married with a teammate, here are some ideas to efficiently complete this work together.
More ideas on cleaning:
Expect and Inspect Cleaning Method: Teaching Your Children to Clean
Keeping a Clean Home with this Easy Weekly Routine
Cleaning Your Home with Weekly Contributions
Books on Amazon: Nurturing My Nest - the Book
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Blog on HOME and FAMILY www.nurturingmynest.com
This book offers inspiration for intentional homebuilding and custom built education. Discover easy, practical hacks for saving time and money in domestic ways. Identify the uniqueness in your child and create a custom plan that maximizes his or her potential. If you are in the trenches of parenting, this resource infuses courage as well as encouragement. Embrace intentional living in your home.
Find this book and Hum of the Home book on Amazon.
More ideas about HOME:
Emotional Intelligence
Keep a Clean Home With an Easy Weekly Routine
Team Cleaning as a Couple
10 Morning Habits That Might Sabotage Your Day
Making Bread: A Warm Hug
Who will be influenced by my life? Who will be influenced by your life? Who will be influenced by those you influence? Consider the roles that you play. Are you living as a strong influence in these roles? What might be preventing you from having the influence you desire? Woundedness? Fear? Insecurity? Habits? Selfishness? Jealousy? Need for apologies? Need for forgiveness? Explore the ways you might intentionally lean into your roles with influence!! Our conversation offers five ways to strengthen your influence.
More on INFLUENCE @ www.nurturingmynest.com
More inspiration:
Lies Women Believe
Identity Amnesia
Soul Keeping
Books on HOME and FAMILY available on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homemaking & Custom Built Education
Thank you for sharing with a friend!
Women are inundated with lies about God, about ourselves, about our marriage and about children. What are some of these lies? What are the truths needed to combat some of these lies? My beliefs represent my worldview. It is critical that I renew my mind with the truths that God reveals in His Word. Continually, I must identify toxic thinking and pursue healthy, truthful thinking. It is the every day habits that make up my life.
More inspiration:
Private Worship
The Audible Voice of God
Loving on Moms with a New Baby
Books on HOME and FAMILY:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
Because I know God as my Father, I am confident in who I am in Him. His fondness of me is unfathomable, reliable and true. On any day when the vortex of the world threatens to vomit fear, despondency and panic, I still. Grabbing a front row somewhere in nature allows me to breathe deeply and remember my identity as a deeply loved child of God. These three lies and four truths offer deep insight.
More on this conversation at www.nurturingmynest.com
More on FAITH:
Who Am I? What is My True Identity?
When God Calls a Woman: Conversation with Shirley Davis
Neighboring
The Names of God in Spoken Word
Morning Habits That Might Sabotage Your Morning
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The audible word of God is available for you and me anytime we desire to hear it. Truthfully, I read my Bible out loud even when I am by myself so that I can use more of my senses to fully take in His truths. So often when I read I am overwhelmed by God's love for me as well as His power as creator of the physical world I live in daily. Our Father God designed you and me for relationship with Him. The great void in our spirit when we are not connected to Him is filled when hear the audible word of God.
Who am I? What is My Identity?
Soul Keeping
Radical Monogamy
Books on HOME and FAMILY: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
As I thought of the renewing season at the beginning of the year, I thought it best to consider sweet intentions. Considering areas of physical, spiritual and relational health offered delightful ways to practice gratitude and motivate new habits. Live the life you dream.
More on this topic in the companion blog at www.nurturingmynest.com
This material is taken from the book Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
and Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
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10 Morning Habits that Might Sabotage Your Day
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Literature Rich Education
How much of life is lived in the shallows? Suddenly, life becomes deep as a tragedy, death or even a birth sharpen our awareness. When my interests only go as deep as myself, I am shallow. A deep soul empathizes and sees others. When we ignore our interior life, it is impossible to have the exterior life that we desire. Clarity and authenticity are impossible. How do we keep our soul? The stream is your soul. You are the keeper. Explore this conversation with us.
Read more of this conversation @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Other popular podcast episodes:
How to Get the Stress Out When You are Stressed Out
GRIT - 5 Characteristics of Grit
Private Worship
Books on HOME and FAMILY on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rythyms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
Our gift to you is this dramatized reading by Tim Simpson telling the history behind "What Child is This?" Tim is a professional narrator who shares his gifts with all of this season. Gather a friend or your children to hear this fascinating story. Knowing the background behind this well-loved song will change your understanding as you sing it. The tune of Greensleeves is most familiar when joined with the poetry of William Dix. The author was an insurance salesperson for money, but a poet and song writer for joy. Listen in for this heart warming story.
More inspiration for Christmas:
The Little Know Story of Silent Night
Christmas Stovetop Potpourri
10 Ideas for Letting Go of Expectations this Holiday Season
Rethinking GIFTS
Is Kindness Your SUPERPOWER?
More inspiration on HOME and FAMILY www.nurturingmynest.com
As an enthusiastic gift giver, I have recently reevaluated my gift giving patterns. Gifting should not be a burden. Push back from this response. Buying gifts should be an expression of friendship and love. See if these five ideas offer a fresh way for you to think about gifts. Find new ways to gift. Think of ways to do things differently. Remember happiness is self-made. Be creative as you rethink gifts.
More on this conversation at www.nurturingmynest.com
Find inspiration on HOME and FAMILY in this other podcasts:
5 Characteristics of GRIT
How to Make Friends and Keep Them
10 Morning Habits That Might Sabotage Your Day
Books on Amazon:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Living and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms
Nobody is immune to the virus of stress. All of us are vulnerable to the bacteria of stress. All of us have to deal with things that just come with life and they all cause stress. The boundaries between work and leisure, private and public, are dissolving so that we have no rest. We are overwhelmed by how we have to do and we struggle with priorities to remember and agendas to keep under control. Check out these ideas to get the stress out if you get stressed out!
More inspiration on FAITH:
Private Worship
7 Ideas to a Supernatural Prayer Life
Names of God in Spoken Word
When God Calls a Woman: A Conversation with Shirley Davis
More on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Take charge of this Christmas by planning to enjoy it thoroughly. This Christmas checklist offers ideas for more choices encouraging you to create an intentional Christmas for your family. Enjoy more. Do less. Embrace preparedness.
More on this topic at www.nurturingmynest.com.
More podcasts on Christmas: More Presence than Presents at Christmas
The Little Known Story of Christmas
Christmas Stovetop Potpourri
What I LOVE About Christmas!
Christmas Musings with Ronnie Stevens
High Hopes with Low Expectations for Christmas
10 Ideas for Centering Christmas
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While traditions certainly hold value, they also can involve stress. Holding too tightly to unreachable expectations can evaporate all the joy out of the holidays. Letting go of expectations can eliminate stress and make room to create happy new memories. Check out these 10 Ideas for letting go of expectations this holiday season.
For more on this topic, check out the blog on www.nurturingmynest.com
More podcasts on Christmas:
More Presence Than Presents this Christmas
Christmas Stovetop Potpourri
What I LOVE about Christmas!
Christmas Musings with Ronnie Stevens
High Hopes with Low Expectations for Christmas
10 Ideas for Centering Christmas
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People with grit are some of my favorite people. When I am building a team, finishing a project or just need encouragement, I look for my gritty friends. Over the years I have determined that grit is essential to academic and career success. Grit is the inner power to stick with something or someone when it is hard. Let's dig into the nitty gritty of what it takes to recognize a person of grit, or better yet, to be a person of grit. Check out these five characteristics of GRIT!
More on being your personal best:
Private Worship
10 Secrets from 35 Years of Marriage
Emotional Intelligence
How to Make Friends and Keep Them
Radical Monogamy
Books on HOME and FAMILY on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homemaking and Custom Built Education
Perhaps you have been thinking about making new friends. Perhaps you need to find better healthy friends. Perhaps you need to be a better friend? Friendship with family and others is the most meaningful ways to spend your life. Vunerability, honesty and loyalty are all features of a quality friend. Success in friend making is partially determined by your discretion in knowing what NOT to do when making friends.
Read more on this topic @ www.nurturingmynest.com
More on FRIENDSHIP:
How to Make Friends and Keep Them
Emotional Intelligence
Neighboring
More on HOME and FAMILY in these books on Amazon:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rythms of Homemaking
Friendship has always been important to me. I believe that the relationships that we have in our family and friends are our real legacy. The experiences and life energy of friendship create our most meaningful life. Nothing is more important than the investment we make in the people in our lives. To maximize our everyday life, it is imperative that we know how to make friends and how to keep them. Listen for 10 ideas to make quality friends and 10 ideas to keep those friends.
Read the companion blog @ www.nurturingmynest.com
https://nurturingmynest.com/2023/08/09/how-to-make-friends-and-keep-them/
More on FRIENDSHIP:
Neighboring
Emotional Intelligence
Loving on Moms with New Babies
Books on Amazon:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
One of the easiest and most productive habits that a mom or dad can cultivate for noticeable success is implementing car school. Whether you homeschool or choose traditional school, you likely realize how difficult it is for your child to sit still to read, memorize or listen. Because I have succeeded wildly with this idea over my twenty plus years of parenting, I vouch for it enthusiastically!
More on FAMILY:
The Value of a Mom
10 Secrets from 35 Years of Marriage
Loving on Moms with New Babies
Books on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Keeping a clean home is hard work, but not impossible. Over the years as the oldest of four siblings and mother of five kids. I have collected some ideas on efficiency. In college I cleaned houses for my college money. One of the secrets of keeping a clean home is to contemplate what needs to be done weekly and placing it on a workable schedule. Being consistent and thorough will really promote a happy result. Here are some of my best ideas for a weekly cleaning ideas.
More ideas on HOME and FAMILY @www.nurturingmynest.com
Other ideas on CLEANING:
Purging
Contributions: Teamwork in Cleaning Your Home
Laundry Simplified
Your morning habits set the tone for the day ahead. Establishing a morning routine can propel you to a successful, productive day. Unfortunately, many people allow unhealthy habits to wreck their potential for the best outcome. Check out these 10 helpful habits that could sidetrack you from having your best day.
More on GOOD LIVING:
10 Minute Face
Who Am I? What is My True Identity?
Nighttime Routines
More on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
From the time I was a little girl, I would pray and talk to God throughout the day. Then I would listen. I would listen all day every day. Prayer and worship with my Father God were like an ongoing conversation. Worship can be words or music. Let's explore the types of worship and how to engage in private worship in our every day.
More on FAITH:
What is a Christ Follower?
7 Ideas for to a Supernatural Prayer Life
Teaching Your Child to Serve: Spiritual Formation @ Home
Book on HOME and FAMILY available on Amazon:
Nurturing My Nest: Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
More inspiration and FREE resources on HOME and FAMILY at www.nurturingmynest.com
Routines create high achievers. There, I said it. This content, properly applied, increases your productivity and success. Creating a nighttime routine customized to your needs helps you unwind from the day and prepare for tomorrow. Set yourself up for success!
More on a healthy YOU:
10 Minute Face
Ready for REST
Things I Have Learned So Far
Books available on Amazon on HOME and FAMILY:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homemaking and Custom Built Education
Thank you for sharing with a friend!
So, what is a 10 minute face? What other kind of faces are there? What can you actually do with your face in 10 minutes? Why is it important to "embrace your everyday?"
More on being the best version of yourself:
Invest in the Long Game
Nighttime Routines
I See You: The Epidemic of Lonliness
20 Social Skills to Increase Your Socialbility
Things I Have Learned So Far
Lots of Ideas on Home and Family @ www.nurturingmyname.com
Fatherhood on earth actually comes from the fatherhood of God. Fathers play an oversized role in our lives. It is truely impossible to understand the meaning of life and the truth of Christianity without understanding the center of the whole story is one of eternal love and glory between the Father God and His only son, Jesus Christ. God created fatherhood on earth as an introduction to who he is.
More on HOME and FAMILY @www.nurturingmynest.com
Watch the movie Show Me the Father by the Kendrick brothers.
Other podcasts on parenting:
The Value of a Mom
Loving on Moms with New Babies
Expect and Inspect: Teaching Your Child to Clean
Rest is an important part of living an intentional life. While I am intentional about work, I am equally intentional about rest. Currently, I am working at being better at rest. Are you ready for more rest?
More on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
More podcasts you might like:
7 Simple Ideas to a Supernatural Prayer Life
Emotional Intelligence
Breadmaking 101
Even after 35 years of marriage, I feel that Tim and I are still working to make this friendship, this marriage, even better. Although we have been together for a long time, we are still learning and growing on this journey. While we are not perfect, I think we are happy. Here are five things we know about marriage.
More on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Other podcasts on MARRIAGE:
Hedges: Loving Your Marriage Enough to Protect It
Marriage With Benefits
In-Laws: Are You IN or OUT With Your In-Laws
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Whether you are just beginning your homeschool journey or are somewhere down the line, the cost of homeschooling is not a small concern. Discover new ways to eliminate costs in one or more of these ten ways to save money on homeschooling.
Read more on this topic at www.nurturingmynest.com
More on HOMESCHOOLING:
Considering Homeschooling? Start HERE!
Raising a Writer
Expect and Inspect Method: Teaching Children to Clean
If you are considering homeschooling, here are eight things to begin evaluating. From accessing your strengths and weaknesses along with your child's to gaining the support of your spouse, intentional thinking can really pave the way to a successful homeschool journey.
For more on HOMESCHOOLING, check out this book available on Amazon:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education More on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Motherhood is not an entry job with part time hours. Being a mom is hard work every day. To be entrusted with the life, health and development of a tiny human being takes commitment and prayer. If you are a mom, I would encourage you to look beyond the daily busyness. Being a good mom deserves a standing ovation!!
Check out the long list of some of the jobs a mom does daily @ www.nurturingmynest.com
More on FAMILY on these podcasts:
Loving on Moms with New Babies
Birth Order
Mom Secrets for a Peaceful Ride
Coming into the summer months, or Christmas break or even just a regular weekend, prioritize some free time to indulge in literature rich material for your child. Invest in your child by regularly buying books for them to read.
For more podcasts on the children in your life:
Teaching Your Child to Serve: Spiritual Formation @ Home
Loving on Moms with New Babies
Raising a Writer
When functioning as a domestic engineer for a family of seven, research, charts and new motivations are a must for success. The on-going need for all things related to cleaning and cooking forced me to find routines and rhythms that led me to some of these formulas. Look for the FREE downloads for weekly contributions, age appropriate contributions and contribution charts @www.nurturingmynest.com
More podcasts on cleaning:
Purging: Making More Space
Speedy Kitchen Cleanup in 5 Easy Steps
Cleaning Your Home with Weekly Contributions
10 Ideas for Preparing for Overnight Guests
Routines and Rhythms to Keep Peace in Your Home
One of the most important concepts to living in an orderly home is to consider the space that is available to you and plan how you use that space. If it is too crowded, consider purging. Reclaim your living space. Live in the space you own.
More on cleaning and cleaning @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Other podcasts on cleaning:
Speedy Kitchen Cleanup in 5 Easy Steps
Expect and Inspect: Teaching Your Children to Clean
Cleaning Your Home With Weekly Contributions
God has given us prayer as a means of supernatural power. Prayer is engaging in conversation with God, not robotic rhetoric. Prayer is not words repeated out of obligation or tradition. If you are new to being a Christ follower, or like me, if you are eager to grow in your maturity as a Christ follower, here are seven simple ideas to a supernatural prayer life.
The names of God throughout scripture reveal the nature of our Father God. This spoken word identifies God throughout the books of the Bible. Settle in for this profound reading. Play it on repeat. Find a beautiful, quiet place and let it soak into your deepest part.
For more on FAITH, check out these podcasts:
When God Calls a Woman: Conversation with Shirley Davis
Who am I? What is My True Identity?
What is a Christ Follower?
Books on Amazon:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding & Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Long before dawn on Easter morning, about 100 believers gathered on Coconut Island with eager hearts. Many new worshippers of Christ anticipated this day. Easter Sunrise Service in Hawaii was an annual celebration with baptisms, a distinctly local breakfast and Easter service. Let me share my memories of spiritual Easters, ideas for celebrating a spiritual Easter, thoughts for Easter baskets, a fun inspiration on "egging," and some suggestions for books to read this season.
More on this topic @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Inspiration on HOME and FAMILY in these two books available on Amazon:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Thank you to all of our listeners who have been listening weekly to our conversation. Thank you for sharing with friends and family, for giving us five stars and writing a review. Tim & Leah share their life story and along with the their spiritual formation journey. Hear how being a Christ follower guides their everyday. If you love a good story, this podcast will be one of your favorites!!
More inspiration @www.nurturingmynest.com
More on HOME and FAMILY in Leah's books which are available on Amazon.
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding & Custom Built Education
Our gifts to you include 100 podcasts, over 100 blogs @nurturingmynest.com and two books on Amazon: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking, Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homemaking and Custom Built Education.
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This April Tim and I will be celebrating 35 years of marriage. While this number seems overwhelming, we strongly believe that we are better versions of ourselves in this season than we were in the beginning. This conversation invited Tim to share his favorite five secrets along with my five secrets. Marriage is hard work! As we enthusiastically embrace this new season, we don't take it for granted. None of us are promised tomorrow. Forever is not a thing. Today is a gift.
For more on MARRIAGE and RELATIONSHIPS:
Keeping Your Marriage HOT!!
Things NOT TO DO to Have Happy Marriage
Listening
In-Laws: Are You IN or OUT With Your In-Laws?
Empty Arms: Infertility and Six Miscarriages
More on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Many believe that emotional intelligence (EI) is more important to success in life than a high IQ. Intuitiveness is a natural gift for some, but it can also be learned and practiced. Check out the signs of EI along with the value of EI. Explore ways to use EI and key actions steps to increase your EI.
More on this topic on the companion blog @www.nurturingmynest.com
More podcasts on RELATIONSHIPS:
Radical Monogamy
Vance Vacation: Building Family Community
Investing in the Long Game
The Journey of Parenting Through a Hard Season
(Parenting an Adult Child with Addiction)
More blogs on RELATIONSHIPS:
10 Tips to Find a Lifetime Partner
Is KINDNESS Your Superpower?
Neighboring
I See You: The Epidemic of Lonliness
Anatomy of an Affair: How Affairs, Attractions and Addictions Develop
Creating memories and legacy with our photos and videos is one of the most important, yet daunting, tasks. Just beginning my seem so overwhelming that paralysis sets in permanently. Creating a photo book is not as hard as it seems. Whether you are creating a board book for a little one in your life or compiling a lifetime of stories for your family, these same 10 ideas will guide you to the finish line.
Read the blog on these ideas @ www.nurturingmynest.com
More ideas on HOME and FAMILY:
Marriage With Benefits
Loving on Moms with New Babies
Leah's Easy Berry Pie
Is KINDNESS Your Superpower?
Age Appropriate Spiritual Training in Our Home
Neighboring is not a new concept. Some might call this hospitality, friendliness or welcoming. Neighboring is not simple, but it is easy. It is an intentional mindset of togetherness, of congeniality, of amicability, of peacefulness and just warmth. It is really touching others physically, emotionally and spiritually.
More on Neighboring @ www.nurturingmynest.com
More content on Relationships:
Who am I? What is My True Identity?
Radical Monogamy
Investing in the Long Game
I See You: The Epidemic of Loneliness
The Journey of Parenting Through Hard Seasons
You can reach Leah at Leah@nurturingmynest.com
Raising a child well requires consistent thinking, planning and intentional actualization. Ideation of purposeful values succeeds with consistency, diligence and established routines. Part of the practical application of spiritual formation at home is teaching a child to serve. Careful thought offers ideas for daily, weekly, monthly, annually and occassional opportunities. Here are 10 practical ideas for teaching children to serve.
Read this same content @ www.nurturingmynest
More inspiration on HOME and FAMILY in these podcasts:
Loving on Moms with New Babies
Birth Order
Breadmaking 101
10 Tips to Find a Lifetime Teammate
Songs for Life: Music for Spiritual Formation in Children
Books Available on Amazon: Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Radical Monogamy is a concept that is electrifying the world of relationship choices. When I first heard about this idea, I smiled. I wondered if this was supposed to be funny. What could be radical about monogamy? Wasn't this the same ideas as another word that started with "m" - marriage? Join me as we explore the obvious question, "What is radical monogamy?" Bonus content is 10 Ideas to create a happy, successful monogamous marriage!!!!
More on marriage on these podcasts:
Keeping Your Marriage HOT!
Things NOT TO DO if You Want a Happy Marriage
Things TO DO to Have a Happy Marriage
In-Laws: Are you IN or OUT with Your In-Laws?
Marriage With Benefits
More on HOME and FAMILY @www.nurturingmynest.com
Books available on Amazon:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Moms with new babies need extra love and care. No matter your age, you likely know someone who has a new baby. Being prepared to show practical kindness to a new mom is seriously so important. Here are 10 things that new moms need.
More inspiration on HOME and FAMILY @www.nurturingmynest.com Other podcasts on Family:
Songs for Life: Music for Spiritual Formation for Children
Training Your Child NOT to Interrupt
Expect and Inspect Method: Teaching Children to Clean
Choosing your best life means evaluating all parts of yourself on a regular basis so that you can make necessary changes and improvements. Do you feel depleted? Do you have margin? Do you have clarity when to say no to an opportunity? Take action where change is needed. Plan to start new healthy habits. Dream big.
More inspiration on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Other popular podcasts:
When God Calls a Woman: Conversation with Shirley Davis
Investing in the Long Game
Whose Job is it Anyway? Spiritual Formation of a Child
Who Am I? What is My True Identity?
I See You: The Epidemic of Loneliness
Each of us are living our own story. Listen in on this conversation with this vivacious woman who was a simple mountain girl that God called to be His daughter. Becoming rich in story comes from the marinating of the Word of God daily. Shirley is full of spiritual energy.
Ideas on Home and Family @ www.nurturingmynest.com
More inspiration on spiritual strength on these podcasts:
Who Am I? What is My True Identity?
The Journey of Parenting Through Hard Seasons
I Knew Jesus Before He was a Christian and I Liked Him Better Then
What is a Christ Follower?
Hedges: Loving Your Marriage Enough to Protect It
Hope and Forgiveness with Dr. Brenda Caldwell
Living intentionally means living deliberately, with design and planning. Investing in the long game invites intentional living that focuses on eternal values. Here are ten areas to see if you are investing in the long game.
More on this topic @ Investing in the Long Game
Inspiration on living well at home and in your family:
Choosing to live Your Best Life
10 Tips to Find a Lifetime Teammate
I Knew Jesus Before He was a Christian, and I Liked Him Better Then
Wisdom from the Wheel: What Pottery has Taught Me
Empty Arms: The Journey of Infertility, Miscarriage and Children
Grab your favorite warm drink and join me for my favorite conversation with Pastor Ronnie Stevens. Have you ever wondered why the angel came to Joseph after he found out Mary was expecting? Why did he have time to think the very worst of his potential bride? What profound truths await us as we ponder Christmas this season?
Books by Ronnie Stevens are available from Rampart Publications:
From Creation to Covenant: A Year in Genesis
The Path to Discipleship: John 1 - 11
The Path to the Cross: John 12 - 21
More blogs by Ronnie Stevens @ Rampart Publications like How We Know What We Know of Christmas
More inspiration on Christmas on www.nurturingmynest.com
Christmas Stovetop Potpourri
More Presence than Presents
The Little Known Story of Silent Night
What I LOVE About Christmas
Leah's Easy Berry Pie
Whether you are a first time hostess or a seasoned cook, nothing smells more like Christmas than this recipe. This heavenly scent wanders into the farthest parts of my home. Start a new tradition with this recipe.
Part of focusing on being present at Christmas is identifying what I LOVE about Christmas! Christmas is not a day, it is a season. Look for ways to enjoy Christmas the whole season! Don't get sucked into the hurry! Slow down! Be present!
Check out the companion blog at www.nurturingmynest.com
Find more Christmas inspiration on these podcasts:
More Presence than Presents this Christmas
Leah's Easy Berry Pie
Our Best Christmas Traditions
The Little Known Story of Silent Night
10 Ideas for Centering Christmas
High Hopes with Low Expectations for Christmas
What do you want to remember about this Christmas? What do you want your family to remember about this Christmas? What do you want others to feel when they have been with you? Is your presence life-giving? Are your days full, but empty? This podcast is full of ideas for more presence than presents in this upcoming Christmas.
Read more on this topic in the companion blog at www.nurturingmynest.com
For more inspiration on Christmas, check out these topics with a companion blog and podcast:
What I LOVE about Christmas
10 Ideas for a Centered Christmas
The Little Known Story of Silent Night
HIgh Hopes and Low Expectations for Christmas
"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a gift and not giving it." This quote by William Arthur Ward is exactly what I have been thinking these days. Thanks giving leads to experiencing the nearness of JOY in our everyday living. It is the not-so-secret of boundless enjoyment and satisfaction.
Read the companion blog.
More on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Other podcasts on relationships are
Ep. 81 Friendsgiving
Ep. 78 10 Tips to Find a Lifetime Teammate
Ep. 72 Hospitality Habits
Ep. 70 Speedy Kitchen Cleanup in 5 Easy Steps
Ep. 68 5 Ways to Add More Rest to Your Days
This easy berry pie can be made with strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and peach slices. Don't forget the homemade vanilla ice cream.
For more inspirational ideas on home and family, check out www.nurturingmynest.com
What could be more fun that intentionally planning time with family and friends? Few moments are more enjoyable than those spent in the company of a comfortable friend. Pick at least one of these ten ideas to spend more time with your friends.
More inspiration on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Books available on Amazon:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Whether you are celebrating Thanksgiving with your family or not, this season invites room for an additional gathering fondly called Friendsgiving. While the name of this gathering might be relatively new, the idea of gathering with friends over a meal is not. To orchestrate your own Friendsgiving, follow these seven easy steps!!
Check out the companion blog @ www.nurturingmynest.com
For more inspiration on HOME and FAMILY, check out these books available on Amazon:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms or Homemaking
Whether you are celebrating Thanksgiving with your family or not, this season invites room for an additional gathering fondly called Friendsgiving. While the name of this gathering might be relatively new, the idea of gathering with friends over a meal is not. To orchestrate your own Friendsgiving, follow these seven easy steps!!
Check out the companion blog @ www.nurturingmynest.com
For more inspiration on HOME and FAMILY, check out these books available on Amazon:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms or Homemaking
Have you ever stopped to wonder why you and your siblings are so different? You grew up in the same family. Shouldn't you be more like each other? Do you ever wonder as a parent why you can't get along with a certain child while life is a breeze with one other children? Perhaps birth order explains some of these differences.
Check out the companion blog at www.nurturingmynest.com
More on HOME and FAMILY:
Songs for Life: Spiritual Formation in Children
A Silent Tragedy: How We are Raising Our Children
Planning a New Season in Your Child’s Growth
Only 18 Summers
Spiritual Habits of a High Schooler by a High Schooler
Books on HOME and FAMILY:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythyms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Have you ever stopped to wonder why you and your siblings are so different? You grew up in the same family. Shouldn't you be more like each other? Do you ever wonder as a parent why you can't get along with a certain child while life is a breeze with one other children? Perhaps birth order explains some of these differences.
Check out the companion blog at www.nurturingmynest.com
More on HOME and FAMILY:
Songs for Life: Spiritual Formation in Children
A Silent Tragedy: How We are Raising Our Children
Planning a New Season in Your Child’s Growth
Only 18 Summers
Spiritual Habits of a High Schooler by a High Schooler
Books on HOME and FAMILY:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythyms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Fresh, warm, fragrant bread fresh out of the oven is one of life's simple pleasures. Whether you are a seasoned baker or just starting out, you will love this easy recipe!
Full details on breadmaking in the companion blog at www.nurturingmynest.com
Breadmaking 101
More on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Books available on Amazon:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Searching for a lifetime partner or teammate is extremely complicated. Since Tim and I have been married for over 30 years, we have some tips that might help in the search. The second most important decision in your life is choosing a spouse. Check out these 10 valuable considerations!
As a parent we have the opportunity to intentionally gather music for our child's childhood. Instead of just letting the music happen, let me invite you to consider what music your child needs. Share meaningful spiritual music that will last your child's lifetime!
Check out the companion blog at www.nurturingmynest.com
More on Biblical Literacy @ Home in these podcasts:
Spiritual Blooms
What is a Christ Follower?
Age Appropriate Training in Our Home: Pt.1
Age Appropriate Training in Our Home: Pt.2
Biblical Literacy @ Home: 7 Easy Ways to Grow Your Children Spiritually
More on HOME and FAMILY in these books:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rythms of Homemaking
The walls of our homes are clear indicators of the people who live inside. What do your walls say? What would someone who walked around your home without you know about you? What would they know about your impressions of God? If your walls could talk, what would we hear?
God is not going to ask me if I was successful in raising spiritual children. He is going to ask me if I was faithful. The spiritual formation of a child is given to the parent, not the church or to anyone else. If you plant daily seeds in your child's spiritual development, he will grow continually. Intentionality and consistency are the keys. Here are some easy ideas that anyone can do to grow a child spiritually.
Other podcasts on this topic:
Spiritual Blooms
A Silent Tragedy: How We are Raising Our Children
The Journey of Parenting Through Hard Seasons
What is a Christ Follower?
Age Appropriate Training (Biblical Literacy @ Home)
7 Easy Ways to Grow Your Children Spiritually
Books on HOME and FAMILY
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
More resources and FREE Downloads at www.nurturingmynest.com
As conscientious parents we eagerly work to give our kids the skills they need to be a success in life. One of the most important abilities we all desire for our child is the ability to communicate effectively. This requires thinking, speaking and writing prowess. With a few intentional moves, your child can be a phenomenal writer. A well trained child who is raised to write well moves confidently toward his future. Here are a few thoughts about bringing your child along from the beginning so that you can RAISE a WRITER.
More on this conversation in a companion blog @nurturingmynest.com
More on HOME and FAMILY in these books:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rythms of Homemaking
One of the most important jobs of parenting is teaching your child social skills. An often ignored skill is teaching your child how to interrupt politely. Whether you have been cut off mid-sentence or completely shut down, you might remember a time that a child has abruptly interrupted the flow of conversation. Teach your child how to interrupt and master this social skill.
More on this topic in the companion blog @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Inspiration and practical ideas on HOME and FAMILY in these books available on Amazon:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rythyms of Homemaking
One of the most important jobs of parenting is teaching your child social skills. An often ignored skill is teaching your child how to interrupt politely. Whether you have been cut off mid-sentence or completely shut down, you might remember a time that a child has abruptly interrupted the flow of conversation. Teach your child how to interrupt and master this social skill.
More on this topic in the companion blog @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Inspiration and practical ideas on HOME and FAMILY in these books available on Amazon:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rythyms of Homemaking
Savor the idea of generosity toward others. Recall times when you have been met with a warm welcome. Be that for those God places in your path. Conversation builds friendships. Camaraderie solidifies trust. Commonness reinforces strength.
For 7 Ideas check out the companion blog @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Inspiration and Practical Ideas for Home and Family in books:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Decision fatigue is a real sensation. Exhaustion in making decisions simply means that the more decisions, the more challenged we are making our nest decision. For me, my decision making ability is stronger in the morning. As humans we do have a finite limit to our daily willpower and energy to evaluate choices and solidify a selection. Often the clutter in our environment is a direct result of decision fatigue.
More on this conversation on the companion blog @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Inspiration and practical ideas in two books available on Amazon:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rythyms of Homemaking
Have you ever noticed that the kitchen continues to cycle in clean and dirty? Kitchen work is never done. Through years of being a daughter, wife and mother, I have studied the process of cleaning the kitchen with a goal of finding short cuts. Since efficiency undoubtedly saves time, I am frequently in search of completing the same tasks in less time. These five steps significantly speed up kitchen clean up.
More on the companion blog at www.nurturingmynest.com
Loads of efficient ideas for home and family in these books:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Have you ever calculated the number of hours you spend in your car? If you have children you might be transporting them back and forth daily. When your vehicle is full of little people, the daily travel time can lead to trash spilling out of the car as the door opens or fights over who will sit where. Whether you function as a couple, a single mom, a single dad, a grandparent or just by yourself most of the time, these ideas might create a more pleasant travel time.
More details on this topic at www.nurturingmynest.com
Loads of ideas on home and family in these books:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
In simplest terms, to rest is to cease work or movement in order to relax, refresh or restore strength. To rest is to be restored, renewed and in recovery. Practice these five ways to add more REST to your days. FREE "101 Ways to Experience More Rest."
More on the companion blog @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Inspiration and practical ideas for your home and family in these books:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
In an overwhelming enthusiasm for this decadent four layer cake, I agreed to share it with eager lemon fans. This is so easy! Posting this cake recently on FB reached over 30,000 people, 1000 likes and over 200 shares. If you need a lemon cake for a party or a cake to create a party, this one is it!
Detailed recipe at www.nurturingmynest.com
Books on Home and Family on Amazon
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rythyms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homemaking and Custom Built Education
One of the most extraordinary things about my life has been knowing who I am in God's eyes. This truth continues to reveal itself in the most unusually beautiful ways. It is the simple, yet life-transforming reality of who I am in God's eyes that immediately equates worth, dignity and immense worth!!
More inspiration at www.nurturingmynest.com
Books available on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
If you have children they need to be part of the daily and weekly responsibilities of cleaning and maintaining the space they live in with their family. Implement this method to expect quality work and inspect a finished job. Keep in mind that if your child does not learn to clean, cook and organize with they are growing up, what makes you think that they will know what to do when they become an adult? Don't let your kids be unprepared for adulting.
Free downloads and companion blog at www.nurturingmynest.com
More on family and home in these books:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Bulk cooking simplifies the weekly responsibilities of food preparation and clean up that is needed in all of our homes. Bulk cooking gives the power to be generous spontaneously. In addition to practical needs being recognized and resolved, you will be filled with the joy that comes from magnanimous action. Remember that people that are fed feel loved!!
Companion blog at www.nurturingmynest.com
More inspiring ideas on cooking in books on Amazon;
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
and Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
What is blooming outside your window? What is blooming inside your home? Any parent who loves the Lord personally should consider how to communicate spiritually with their child. Are your child's spiritual roots growing deep? Are they planted a river of Biblical truth? Are they blooming from seeds planted by an intentional parent or mentor?
Lean into the ideas of a one of our favorite singles, Paul Becker, as he shares how he lives intentionally as a single. Living each day with purpose offers contentment and preparation for a potential family. Engaging with community and pursuing life as a Christ-follower brings a lifestyle of thriving today!
Read more on the companion blog at nurturingmynest.com
As a parent you likely observe your child's strengths and weaknesses in academics as well as other situations such as church and social situations. Our strongest qualities are often partnered with our greatest weaknesses. Establishing a pattern of intentional evaluation and planning creates a customized plan for developing the very best in your child.
Suicide in very young children continues to rise at alarming rates. From January through September 2021, children's hospital cases related to self-injury, suicide ideation and attempts in kids 5 to 17 rose 53 percent from the same period in 2020. What is happening and what are we doing wrong?
Loneliness by many statistics has been growing to be one of the most life threatening, if not the most life threatening situations today. Who are the lonely people? What are the symptoms of loneliness? What do lonely people do and say? What do you do if you know a lonely person? What can you do if you are lonely? More on the companion blog at www.nurturingmynest.com
Books on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythyms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
Many of our younger friends are either doing college, graduate school, military, bouncing into new careers and just living independently. Food continues to be a significant part of their budget. Regardless of motivation, many are giving their weekly food situation a hard look. I think with strategic planning you can eat better food, spend less money on food and less time in the kitchen. Enjoy an overall more relaxed lifestyle by applying some of these meal planning ideas.
Check out more on this topic @nurturingmynest.com
Meal Planning for One
Books on Amazon:
Hum of the Home
Nurturing My Nest
If packing for college is in your future, this podcast is full of ideas. Check out a list of needs and wants to ideas for repurposing instead of buying new. Shopping for a girl's dorm in contrast with shopping for a boy's dorm is complicated be each student's unique personality. Before you start shopping listen for ideas to simplify your list and enjoy making memories with your child.
More at www.nurturingmynest.com
Don't miss this transparent conversation with Cole and Lynn Huffmans as they share their hearts about parenting a child struggling with addictions. When your dreams for your child are dying and you are watching your child self-destruct, there is hope. Hear their thoughts on ways to come beside hurting parents. How do you navigate privacy and secrecy? Listen for things to do and not to do if you are walking beside parents who are in this long journey of parenting an addict. It is a long journey.
Maintaining a home is hard work that requires both physical and emotional energy. Homemaking is the journey of our hearts as God calls us to nurture those who live in our home. In Hum of the Home, you will discover how being healthy you frees you to thrive. Honor the rhythm of live with a balance of work and rest. Learn how to maximize the routine and rhythm of your home in order to stimulate harmony that will bring a hum to your home. With these patterns in place, it is easier to offer generous hospitality to your family and friends.
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Are you in a season of orientation, disorientation or reorientation? Hear about his family of origin and the impact of growing up in a spiritual home. Read more at www.nurturingmynest.com I Knew Jesus Before He Was a Christian and I Liked Him Better Then
Have you ever heard the story of the birthday party for a prostitute at 3:30 in the morning? It really happened. Dr. Rubel Shelly tells this story and others as he unpacks the joy of living as an amatuer Chrisitan. Religiousity is the idea of living churched, not changed. Was Jesus an outsider? a rebel? a maverick?
Home is God's idea. Family is God's idea. No matter the size of your home or family, living in your space necessitates daily and weekly cleaning. When routines are established, the rhythm of life creates more time for enjoying living in your home.
For FREE downloads to help you with cleaning, check out this companion blog Cleaning Your Home with Weekly Contributions More ideas about keeping your home clean in Hum of the Home book available on Amazon.
Laundry seems to be a burden to so many. Several moms have asked how our large family does laundry. This conversation shares a few easy tips to save time and effort on this regular lifetime chore. For more ideas on homemaking:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythyms of Homemaking - available on Amazon
More inspiration for HOME and FAMILY @
www.nurturingmynest.com
Being part of a family means you are part of something wonderful. Several years ago, my extended family started an annual beach vacation together. Join us for this conversation for details on our housing, food and activities. Download helpful how-to pdf at https://nurturingmynest.com/2022/03/07/vance-vacation-building-family-community/
More on home and family @nurturingmynest.com
Insight from playing with mud as a grownup has been mind blowing. Who knew that taking up a new hobby would be a journey into spiritual and personal observation. Although we are just starting, we continue to be amazed at all that pottery is teaching us. Here are five things we have learned so far.
More on this topic at www.nurturingmynest.com
Watch a video from Tim @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coBCvRvXv1o
Do you have these 20 social skills? Some people have work skills and academic knowledge, but not social skills to propel them to success. Some negative social behavior actually repels people. Some people lack self-awareness to identify what is repulsive to others. Some know, but don't care. Some fail to weigh the cost of not caring about their interaction with others. Read more on this topic at nurturingmynest.com
Sometimes I dream that I will have met my lifetime limit of cleaning responsibility. This, however, never turns out to be more than a dream. In an effort to survive, I eagerly keep up seasonal cleaning. The routine of seasonal cleaning and purging creates more space where you live. It can save you money as you are more aware of what you need which keeps you from unnecessary purchases. Regularly, this activity helps me to locate lost or forgotten items. Inevitably, this habit means you keep less stuff! Join us for a conversation on six ideas for speedy seasonal cleaning.
Read more on this topic at https://nurturingmynest.com/2022/02/28/2019-7-six-things-to-do-when-purging/
This past summer I started taking yoga classes that put me in contact with a corner which on most days that had homeless women. Consistently, I noticed two young women at this corner. I gave them food and water bottles nearly every time I passed. I remembered the blessing bags that I used to make with my children. It seemed the right response to make some blessing bags for these women.
Just a few days ago, Tim and I were talking to our Uber driver who began to tell us how she was not really into religion. That was just the invitation that Tim needed to tell her that we are not really into religion either. Religiosity is not really our thing. However, we are enthusiastic Christ followers! Thank you to our blog readers and podcast listeners who have asked, "What is a Christ follower?" We are glad you asked. Let's unpack this simple, but profound answer.
Food costs are expected to continue to rise in the year ahead. As inflation surges to levels not seen in decades, and supply chain disruptions continue, food costs will keep going up. As a mother of five children, I have spent $1000's on food. These five easy ideas to cut food costs work. If you need a new grocery list, a FREE download can be located on www.nurturingmynest.com
Do you want a strong vibrant marriage? Do you have hedges established protecting your marriage? Do you anticipate compromising situations and temptations with a plan to avoid dangerous footholds? It is important for us to win at our own marriages. We must fear out own potential and plant a hedge around our marriage. Plant hedges deep and wide and tall.
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This thought of kindness has been rolling around in my mind for some time. Way before the craziness of the last two years, I have been struck by the chaos of life around me. Sometimes the very best response to someone who has been unkind, who is angry, who disagrees with me in all areas, who has cheated me or is just rude is simpley kindness. The best resonse may be a kind word or action. For more read blog with same title @nurturingmynest.com
One of the most helpful ways to explore what is best for our children is to grasp the secrets of what is age appropriate. If we understand that learning capabilities of our children at each age, we can customize how we can best teach them about God, the Bible and an intimate relationship with Him. What will you do today to grow your child spiritually? A child is making decisions that are forming his or her adult person. Concepts taught are being weighed for truth and realistic applications.
An earlier blog and podcast named "Seven Easy Ways to Grow Your Children Spiritually" unpacked the basics of spiritual training at home.
More on this topic can be found @ nurturingmynest.com
An earlier blog and podcast "Seven Easy Ways to Grow Your Children Spiritually" unpacked the basics of spiritual training in the home. One of the most helpful ways to explore what is helpful for our children is to grasp the secrets of what is age appropriate. If we understand the learning capabilities of our children at each age, we can customize how we can best teach them about God, the Bible and an intimate relationship with Him.
More in a blog with the same name as this podcast @ nurturingmynest.com
Books on Amazon:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Homeschooling
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Welcome to season two! The life of faith is a journey. As we contemplate new beginnings, it is encouraging to consider starting from where you are today with purpose. God is a god of new beginnings. He embraces do-overs. Only I can make changes in me. I have to clean up the chaos in my own life if I am going to be an inspiration to others. As we practice pausing and really being present, we see more of God's gifts to us. By starting with the basics and growing beside a community, we can benefit from encouraging accountability. It is never too late to start from where you are. Finishing well is an honorable goal.
As I step into a new season, I wanted to review some of the things I have already learned. This past year has been so full of learning. Perhaps you feel the same way. As I re-organize my schedule for the new season, I am pausing to consider some of the things I have already learned. In all transparency, I recently compiled a list of simple, but important things I don't want to forget. Someone requested that I share my list. What things would you put on your list? What are some of the most important things you have learned so far?
Join us as we recall some of our favorite memories of Christmas. If you like a good story, this podcast is full of them. Christmas is a time for reminiscing. It is a time for keeping the best of traditions and adding some new ones. As a gift to you this Christmas season, Tim reads Luke 2 at 18:17 in this podcast. Please enjoy this gift. Share it with your family and friends.
The year was 1818 the day before Christmas. On this Christmas over 200 years ago, possibly the most perfect Christmas song was birthed. A village schoolmaster and a church organist hurriedly mixed inspired words with a melody from a guitar. It was said that the words sang themselves. From this simple village in the Alps, an unlikely song celebrated a genesis.
Settle into a comfy chair with your favorite warm drink and enjoy Tim's telling of this little known story of Silent Night.
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Being "centered" means that you have a reference point or a place to come back to when life's challenges or emotions push you off balance. My husband and I just completed an eight week pottery class learning how to work the pottery wheel. One of the early skills any potter must master is centering the clay on the pottery wheel. In reflection about this Christmas, it seems that the secret to success is also centering.
More on this topic on the blog with the same name @nurturingmynest
As the Christmas season descends with additional checklists, some of us panic. Others fall into depression. Still others hide hoping that the season will pass quickly. Even those who enter this month prepared find the pace daunting. Instead of unreachable goals or probable disappointments, I propose a new thought. Why not approach this entire season with high hopes, but low expectations? Expectations can be the thief of my joy!
More on this topic in blog with same title @nurturingmynest.com
Books on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homemaking and Custom Built Education
When I purpose to give thanks, my heart is lighter. Here are five ideas for adding THANKS to your Thanksgiving. When I think about past holiday seasons, I remember the people. I remember the kindnesses. I remember the laughter. I want to remember to thank them. Gratefulness invites us to find JOY in life. Who is getting your THANKS?
More on this topic in blog by same name @ nurturingmynest.com
Books on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
So, you are thinking about homeschooling? With the number of homeschoolers almost tripling in the last year, many are considering the homeschool lifestyle. Start by thinking through your reasons and goals. Recruit the support of your spouse. Collect information about the costs. Evaluate your strengths and weaknesses along with those of your student. Weight it out. Is this lifestyle right for your family?
See the blog with this title at nurturingmynest.com.
Buy the book about homeschooling on Amazon.
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education.
It is much easier to be hospitable if you are anticipating guests. Check out these 10 easy ideas to prepare for overnight guests. Planning for family or friends to spend the night makes it easy to be successful. Hospitality is not about what our homes look like, but how people "feel" when they stay in our home. Radical christianity is about practical everyday kindnesses.
More inspiration @ nurturingmynest.com
Books on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
When I was given a child to raise, I knew that it was my responsibility to grow him or her up physically, academically, socially, relationally as well as spiritually. If you are eager to grow your child spiritually, we have seven easy ideas. Like most things that matter, it is the everyday habits that make your life. Evaluate your current situation and resolve to do one thing different tomorrow.
More inspiration @ nurturingmynest.com
Books on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
Recently, a young listener wrote a few questions about growing into an adult. She asked about planners, goals, new semesters, deciding on a career path and spiritual patterns. Whether handling change or unexpected things, growing into an adult is just full of decisions. Owning your responsibilities will mean that others will trust you with mature opportunities. Our young listeners are some of our favorites.
More inspiration @ nurturingmynest.com
Books on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms or Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
If you have heard of "friends with benefits", you might be glad to know that being married to your friend has even MORE benefits. Can you guess five or more benefits to being married? Did you know that we live longer if we are in a happy, healthy marriage? The potential advantages of shared interest, financial perks and the joy of companionship prove beneficial in unique ways.
More inspiration @ nurturingmynest.com
Books on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
As parents who have lost six babies through miscarriage, Tim and I wanted to share this portion of our journey. Our story of infertility and miscarriage is communicated with a heart to express empathy and hope. Whether you are too heartbroken to hope or whether you love someone with empty arms, this podcast offers our transparent story.
Read this story Empty Arms on nurturingmynest.com
Trash. Donate. Organize. If you are jumping into seasonal cleaning or a deep clean, this podcast offers some tips to simplify your work. Implementing the simple system of identifying trash, selecting donations and organizing what you will keep ensures a successful purge. With the goal of living in the space you own, you will be ready to tackle even the hardest cleaning job.
More Inspiration @ nurturingmynest.com
Books on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
Whether chaos is at an all time high in your home or you just need to make some adjustments, this podcast offers practical solutions to cleaning your home. Sorting out daily and weekly routines individually as well as for everyone living in your home creates a happier rhythm. Choose intentional living in your everyday.
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Books on Amazon
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Living and Custom Build Education
After 30 years as an educator, I have great compassion for the students who have lost so much education since the beginning of the C shutdowns. My thoughts are also empathetic toward their parents. With the real threat of more virtual school looming, we offer some practical thoughts for customizing your child's schooling.
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Books on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
Joseph, our youngest son, offers his thoughts on challenging issues facing his generation today. As he looks back, he recalls favorite memories of childhood. He shares some of the habits that have created success as he has launched into adulthood. His work with younger students has prompted him to share some warnings.
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Books on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
In-law relationships need a touch of civility. What are some healthy boundaries? When you marry you also become part of another family with its own set of boundaries. How can you grow in your relationship to your spouse as well as your in-laws? Remember your end goal to build a strong family unit.
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Books on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
Are you an in-law? Ask yourself, are you IN or OUT with your in-law? The number one factor in resolving problems of acceptance by in-laws is your spouse's support. So, you can help your parents to love your spouse. As a parent, I can work to build the relationship that I have with my children's spouses.
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Books on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
What does healthy conversation involve? Listening? Exploring? Asking questions for context? When entering a conversation it helps to be curious, use your manners and ask others opinions. The more conversations you have, the better you will be at this important social skill. Find ways to engage in better conversations. Grab a few killer conversation starters.
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Books @ Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
Our daughter Katie shares details from her dating journey with her high school sweetheart. Although she was our shyest child, her entrepreneur experiences as a girl transformed her into a successful business woman today. With a goal toward debt free living, she explains how to aggressively meet financial decisions.
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Books on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
What makes a quality friendship? Why is loneliness an epidemic? How do I find a quality friend? People often turn inward to nurture themselves because they are not in nurturing relationships or they are not healthy enough to nurture others. Friendships are very important to everyday living. Invest in friends!
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Books on Amazon:
Hum of Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
HOPE and FORGIVENESS offers the way out of spiraling self-destruction. Anger often comes from bitterness. "Anger" is just one letter from "Danger." How can forgiving others set ME free? How can you forgive with your three year old nephew comes home in a body bag?
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Books on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
Dr. Brenda Caldwell's book Surgery for the Soul
HOPE and FORGIVENESS are in a shortage today. Hurt people are angry people. Angry people hurt people. Dr. Brenda Caldwell talks about deciding to stop having an affair with our past so we don't cheat on our future. Stop rehearsing your story and start reversing your story.
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Books on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
Dr. Brenda Caldwell's book on Amazon Surgery for the Soul
What makes a lifetime friendship? Although we met in our teens and live on opposite sides of the country, my friendship with Susan is one of the best gifts of my life. Join us as we fast forward through several seasons of life lived in tandem. Susan shares her insights about basic conflict resolution. From shared ideas on daily habits to recent journeys through the loss of family members, we dive deep into the truths of how Christ has anchored our lives.
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Books on Amazon:
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education.
Our little girls were beautiful, curly-headed and busy. We built a home in the country so they could swing in the trees and ride their bicycles. Consistently, we poured love and energy into helping them grow into strong women. Every little girl needs to know that she is heard and loved. She needs to know how to make friends, embrace her femininity and prepare to tackle her life as a woman. While we don't have all the answers, we have culled some of our best ideas from 28 years of parenting.
When I had my first boy, I was so nervous about being a boy's mom. What does a boy need from his mom and from his dad? Today's podcast covers how we can model Biblical living for our son and how we can develop him as a whole person. What are the skills that boys need? What do they need to know about respect and relationships? What is the healthy expectation for boys to make mistakes? What does it mean that "boys will be boys?"
Raising boys is hard work. If you are gifted with one of these wonderful creatures, here are some our best ideas for raising boys culled from our 28 years of parenting. We don't have all the answers, but we do have a few of them.
"There is a lot of difference between listening and hearing." G.K Chesterton. The posture of being a listener means you are listening with the intention of hearing. The word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent."
What is listening? What is not listening? Listening takes time. Is your listening impatient, inattentive listening or is it active receiving and responding with genuine hearing?
Today's episode is full of stories!! Don't miss it!
Freedom is not free. On this day, we remember some of our family members who served our great country. So, many of you have stories in your family of men and women who have sacrificed all. When a soldier is lost, not only are his dreams ended, his family goes on without him. Join us to hear stories of some of these men who served to keep us free.
If you are one of those who served, we thank you! We are glad you returned home safely. If you have lived without a loved one because they gave their life for our country, we thank you!!
We would love to hear your stories too. Send them to us at leah@nurturingmynest.com. If you would like to see the pictures of these young men, join our email list by sending your email to leah@nurturingmynest.com.
Our middle child, Mikayla, joined me in our studio to share her reflections on being raised in our home. While pursuing her graduate degree at seminary, I asked her what she appreciated about her childhood. Some of our questions were, "What would you mimic about your childhood?" "What do you appreciate about your growing up now that you did not appreciate when you were younger?" "Were you socialized as a homeschooler?" "What would you tell your younger self?"
If you are in the trenches of parenting at your house, take a listen to this young adult's thoughts. From hanging upside down in the trees in our back yard like a monkey, this former "curly girly" is pursuing God's purpose for her life.
Imagine a police officer pulling over your conversion van full of kids. He asks one of my kids to step out of the van. While you might think that I am terrified, I am actually trying hard not to laugh. Listen to today's podcast for the rest of the story.
If you are just getting started or in the trenches with parenting, you will want to hear these ideas for responding to the challenges of raising kids. With five kids, we continued to face all kinds of situations requiring creative solutions.
Please send your thoughts and content ideas to leah@nurturingmynest.com
Books available on Amazon:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Those who are harnessed to their thoughts respond to any wild idea by chasing it down the same familiar path. The brain runs on a repetitive track. Regularly, thought patterns repeat themselves. We must capture our thoughts. Why? Because our thought shape how we live. Research shows that 75-85% of mental, physical and behavioral illnesses come from one's thought life?
Are you plagued by thoughts that God is holding out on you?
Are you haunted by the thinking that you are not lovable?
Are you bothered by ideas that you will never be good enough?
Are you discouraged by the words of a bully from your past?
Are you pursued by the lies of physical beauty painted the the world?
Are you worried that if others really knew you, they would not approve?
God's Word is the answer. Renew your mind. You are not doomed to toxic thinking. Grab hold of the power to dismantle any poison of rooted errors in you mind.
Let's talk about 10 ideas that can guide you to rewire you thinking.
To read more about this subject, go to Toxic Thinking: Renewal Through Neuroplasticity
As you approach the summer, are you thinking about the importance of this summer in the life of your child? As parents, we likely have only 18 summers with a child in our home. What were your favorite summer memories as a childhood? What do you want your children to remember about their childhood? What tastes will remind them of their childhood? Will it be the lengthy evenings chasing fireflies and eating Dad's best from the grill? Will you use the longer stretches of summer hours to teach your children something important? Will you spend time making this summer memorable?
For some time I have been thinking about my words and how I can use them to give life. What if our words were life giving? What if the life they gave others launched a reverberation? Ephesians 4:29 encourages us to "Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace (or undeserved favor) to those who hear." The concept of edification is significant.
This podcast offers six ideas on HOW my words can be life-giving and six ideas about WHO needs life giving words?
Life giving words breathe invigorating energy. Don't miss the opportunity in your every day to be a giver of life.
For this similar content in written form, go to www.nurturingmynest for Life Giving Words
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40-50% of all marriages end in divorce.
What does it take to have a happy marriage?
Dreaming, teamwork, companionship, expectations and transparency are all part of today's talk. Discover why it is important to do the hard work to build a strong, positive relationship. Ask the hard questions like, "Do you like your spouse?"
Is a happy marriage something that just happens or is it a choice?
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Recent posts to read:
Toxic Thinking: Renewal Through Neuroplasticity
The Insulation of Nesting in Your Home
Is Kindness Your Superpower?
Grab one of Leah's books:
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
When working to master anything, we must identify toxic behavior that would cause damage or harm.
Home is God's Idea.
Marriage is God's idea.
Sex is God's idea.
Sit down with Leah and Tim while they discuss the dangers of talking poorly about your spouse poorly in public or private. Identify the explosive risk of not developing discretion. How important is it to be teachable? Is it necessary to use manners once you are married? What should you do if you are miserable or need help?
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Start Where You Are
Life Giving Words
Toxic Thinking: Renewal Through Neuroplasticity
Grab one of Leah's books
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
How do you keep your marriage healthy and fun? Tim and Leah share thoughts on how to create teamwork, deal with money and keep things fresh. What does it mean to save room for dessert? Discover how to draw your spouse toward you with your words when he is not even present. Consider what loyalty and true friendship looks like in the grit of everyday.
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Grab one of her books
Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education
Welcome to Embrace Your Everyday podcast! Meet the hosts Tim & Leah Simpson as they share how they met and how they navigate their busy lives as partners and parents. Journey into life with five kids and a hectic everyday life. Is marriage harder or easier after being together for 33 years? Why is it important to pay attention to the details of each day? Get a sneak peek into where we are headed.
For inspiration on All Things Home and Family
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Home. Family. Marriage. Parenting. Faith
It's all up for discussion with Tim and Leah as they a deep dive into topics that matter in the everyday. Growing intentionally in the grit of each day will create progress. Choose to do things that will help you build a life you will remember.