Mom To Mom Podcast

Discipline, when given in love and covered in grace and truth, should lead to repentance, restoration, and right living. But for so many of us, disciplining our kids seems like a never-ending cycle of annoyance, frustration, and even anger. In fact, we don’t even like the word discipline.

"When we make Jesus our priority, we release to Him the burden of responsibility for our children’s future.” This quote from a seasonal Pray the Word Journal from Million Praying Moms surely conveys the exact message we hope to discuss and share with you in today’s episode as we chat with Brooke McGlothlin about how we can pray specifically for our children.

While some days of mothering and home keeping are really difficult and while it would obviously be easier to settle into the current status quo than to learn and grow in our role as moms. The fact of the matter is, if we aim for low, that’s the target we’ll hit. Instead, our guest today, Leslie Nunnery, would like to challenge us all to raise the bar and find value in the work God has given us to do.

The statistics of mom overwhelm are both staggering and heartbreaking. Our guest today, Hannah Keeley, says that most moms suffer from what she calls Mom Fog, or more aptly put Mom Fatigue Syndrome and that our feelings of helplessness are often the result of changes that occur after childbirth.

Money gives us opportunities to teach our children good and godly attributes and how to be shrewd, faithful, trustworthy, efficient, effective, accountable, and generous. Sure, these can be taught without using money, but our children would do well to learn how they all relate to money. One of the key Christian values to teach our children is that everything belongs to God and that we are just stewards of all that He has given us.

What’s a wife to do when she wants to be obedient to the Colossians 3:18-19 mandate--when she wants to submit--but her husband doesn’t seem to want to lead. Perhaps he leads but doesn’t lead well? Maybe she feels he’s too passive. Or worse yet, his leading isn’t very Christlike and appears to be taking his wife and kids in an unbiblical direction.

Our guest today would love to help you break up with your phone...at least for the next few weeks. We're joined by Wendy Speake, author, speaker, and co-host of the Homeschool Solutions Show. She's written a new book, 40-Day Social Media Fast, and is here today to help us all step away from our screens.

Your wallet tells the story of what you value. Your behaviors declare your beliefs. Perhaps that’s a scary thought for you. If so, the good news is that once you determine why you handle money the way you do, you can take steps to change those behaviors. You can determine what story your wallet tells from here on out.

Our guest today is Rebekah Fedrowitz, a board-certified holistic nutritionist and a women’s health speaker and author. Her passion is helping women identify, combat and recover from stress and hormonal health challenges so they can thrive in their health, life and purpose.

The "talk" doesn't have to be awkward. It only becomes uncomfortable when we ignore it. Talk early. Talk often and create an on-going conversation that continues to peel back the layers at age-appropriate times to help steer your child towards a healthy view of Biblical sexuality.

In today's episode, you'll hear many simple ideas and tips that can make a huge difference in your sanity! Organization is key and whether you’re naturally organized or not, taking time in this area will go a long way toward making life easier for you and your family.

Christmas will be here before we know it and now is the perfect time to begin preparing for it, finding small ways each day to embrace the beauty of the birth of Christ and to engage our children in ways that will encourage them to keep Him as the focus.

On any given day there are nearly 438,000 children and youth in foster care. Nearly 110,000 are waiting to be adopted, waiting year after year for their forever home. Tricia Goyer, author, speaker, and homeschool mom of 10, seven of whom are adopted has joined us to talk about God's heart for adoption.

Today, we're joined by Quantrilla Ard, PhD who has come to chat with us about what it means to be a black mother raising black sons in America today and to share the disturbing truth about the disparities in both maternal and infant health within the black community.

Kristi Clover, author of M.O.M: Master Organizer of Mayhem, is here to teach us how to organize for the long haul--to makeover our spaces in a way that will work for us, not add more work for us.

How can we raise our girls to have a strong foundation of faith, to know the one who holds her heart so she can confidently face the challenges of growing up? The girl who knows she’s loved will never need to look for love in all the wrong places. Today we’re talking with Lynn Cowell about raising girls and how we can help them discover God’s perfect, unconditional love.

From working on college campuses to sharing the Gospel behind the Iron Curtain as a missionary,  traveling around the world to speak on discipleship, Sally Clarkson has tenaciously sought after God's kingdom and has used her ministry to encourage others to do the same. From her best-selling books and ministries, Sally has shared from her heart and home about the value of motherhood and the potential for home to cultivate life, love, and faith.

Almost all of us desire to leave a godly impact and a legacy, but are not always sure we are hitting the mark in our everyday love and efforts. Join us as we chat with speaker and author Chrystal Evans Hurst as she shares about the lasting impact that her mother Lois had on her life and the lives of so many others and how that has shaped the way she mothers her own children.

Loads of people are choosing to limit their families to one child. But is it biblical? We'll tackle that question in a future episode. But for today, we’re talking about the dynamics that different family sizes bring into play and how they affect our parenting styles.

As mothers of girls, we're trying to raise up strong, Godly women in an ungodly world. A large part of who our daughters will become is deeply connected with what we model for them. We’re a blueprint. They watch how we dress, how we act, how we treat others. They’ll listen as we talk to our friends, our husband, our not-so-loving neighbors. They’ll pay attention to what we do, not what we say to do. And most importantly, they’ll observe how we live out the truth of God’s Word to the world.