Do you ever wonder when and how and even if you should discipline your toddler. Do they even understand what they did? Are they ready or do they have to ability to have self-control or to obey? When should you start spanking them, and for what? When do you put them in time out, how long, and for what reasons? What do you do if they are throwing tantrums or hitting? Of course some of this depends on the toddler and the situation, but in this episode I go into detail and answe...

Okay Mamas you don't want to miss this episode! We cover a variety of topics that I think are so important, but you can't do a whole episode on. When I say random, I mean it's random! I talk about a newborns schedule, to mom judging, to keeping the house in order and having too many toys. These are random tips I would tell any mom that is asking for advice on these topics or things I would put in the jar at the baby shower asking for your best piece of advice for a new mom.&...

When you have come to the end of yourself that is where God can come in and infuse you with so much inner strength that you never knew you had. In this episode we talk all about how hard it can be as a mom and how it can push us to the brink of what we feel like we can handle. Being a mom pushes you in all areas, physically, and emotionally, so sometimes we lose all our strength and cannot keep going. It's easy to lose perspective when you have to solve 187 problems every day. We ...

Do you ever find yourself so busy during the Christmas season that you don't even enjoy it? Peace and joy that Jesus came to give us is out the window because we are just floundering over here trying to make sure we don't forget to buy that teacher a gift or bake those cookies for the party or send out those Christmas cards in time. In this episode I talk all about how to take the pressure that society tries to put on us during Christmas and hold tight to all God has for us during...

I will preface this episode by saying pop those earbuds in because there are things about Santa you may not want your kiddos to hear... In this episode I talk all about how to make Christmas and the story of Christmas real to your kids. The story of Christmas is such a true miracle and although the "magic of Christmas" is not real and does not last, the "miracle of Christmas" lasts for a lifetime. Not only does it last, but it becomes bigger and bigger as they grow older.&nbs...

Research tells us that children that do chores have more confidence. This is a significant finding and one that is worth exploring and talking about. In a world where depression, anxiety and the suicide rate is ever climbing it is so important to instill a sense of value and self-worth in our children at a very young age. We want to help them understand that God gave them specific gifts that should be used to better the family unit and one the world they live in. That ...

Our Bible tells us that Children are a Blessing! Psalm 127:3-4 is clear that our children should be a blessing and even a reward, but do you ever feel like that's not what it feels like sometimes. Our culture teaches us that children are an inconvenience, that they are too much responsibility and forget getting any sleep or feeling like a person again once you have children. In this episode I talk about how to change our perspective on our children, and in turn creating a loving environment w...

In this episode I go over some key ways to be successful in your homeschooling year and easy ways to transition into your homeschooling routine. If you are a homeschooler this episode is gold! You'll learn some very practical easy ways to have a great flow to your school day and how to make sure your kids don't get too overwhelmed with the transition. Also if you would like to have my color coded routine it will be sent out next week for free so take advantage of that and su...

Do you ever feel guilty when you have to discipline your child? Maybe because you feel like you may damage their emotions in some way or maybe you were unfairly or abusively punished when you were younger, and you never want your child to feel like you felt. Or maybe you feel like your child has been through something traumatic or life changing, and you know that's why they are misbehaving so you feel like disciplining that wouldn't be fair for them. The goal of this episode is to...

Have you ever wondered about Gentle Parenting and if it's a Biblical way to parent? Or maybe you follow Gentle Parenting or implement some of it, but maybe have a small check in your spirit about it. In this episode we talk to Kimberly Edwards, a mother of five and author of "A Gentle Deception". She goes deep into Gentle Parenting and its origins and holds it up to the light of God's Word. Mama's, you don't want to miss this episode. We talk in detail about different ...

So excited to have my husband join me for this episode! We talk all about marriage and parenting and principles that we have learned over our 16 years of marriage that help us maintain a healthy marriage through all the seasons of parenthood. We are not perfect, in fact we almost feel like we don't have much of a platform in this area because we both come from divorced families back 2 generations, but we have learned through pure experience and God's word how to make this work for us. W...

Have you ever been confused on how to handle a situation that arises and not known how to respond Biblically? There are about 1000 different scenarios that we as parents have to respond to daily, so believe me, no one is doing this perfectly, but in this episode, I do try to bring some clarity. Training and discipline go hand in hand and are the two main jobs that the Bible assigns to us as parents. This episode brings Biblical Training and Discipline down to practical, ever...

Homeschooling has become ever increasingly more popular and since so many that I know either homeschool, have thought about homeschooling or are going to be a new homeschooling Mama this year, I thought I'd do a podcast all about it! Even if you would never homeschool this episode is for you because that's what I said! In this episode I dive into the reason our family decided to homeschool and answer my most asked questions about homeschooling. I give tons of practical tips that h...

Helping our children grow is something that is a gray area as a parent and such a dance between you and each child. With one of your children, you might see they are ready for independence in an area at 5 and then you have another child, and they aren't ready for that until they are 6. This is such a hard balance for us as parents and it's never done perfectly, but there are principles we can glean from and refer to when making these decisions. We like to think of it as tending to...

Hello sweet Mama. If you have ever had a miscarriage we want you to know that you are not alone and that God sees you and is ready to help you through every emotion and fear that comes with that. Miscarriage is not something that is talked about enough and can leave scars for years after it has happened. I still cry when I think about my sweet babies in heaven. In this episode I talk all about my 2 recent miscarriages before my sweet rainbow baby Haven. We talk a...

If you are currently in this season or have been in the season of having a toddler, you know that they have very big emotions and have absolutely no idea what to do with them! In this episode we talk all about what the world tells us is the right way to respond to tantrums and all the emotions that toddlers have and then how the Bible actually teaches us to handle them. Get ready for somewhat of a therapeutic venting session between Caley and I, but also learn a great step by step way o...

This may be a surprising title to some, but when it comes to Biblical parenting our goal is not to just create an obedient child. In the church world we often hear things like "obey the first time and have a good attitude about it". While I agree with this and have said this to my children, we also need to understand that that is not the end goal. Just because your child obeys you does not mean our job is over. An obedient child is a good thing but many times a do what...

In response to our last two episode on emotion we wanted to balance it out and talk about another ditch of overresponding to emotions. Emotions can sometimes get way too much credit and start to control every aspect of our lives. This can get out of hand fast when it comes to our children. In this episode we talk about how we can acknowledge our emotions, but we cannot let them in the driver seat. Sometimes our kids just need to be trained or even disciplined through the big emotions that the...

Here is part 2 where Caley goes into detail with a step-by-step process on how to Biblically lead your children through their emotions. Emotions are important and although we can't let them rule and lead our lives, we still have to acknowledge them and not ignore them. We have to know how to address them Biblically and we need to be in tuned to our children and know how to handle their emotions. Our world is in an epidemic of anxiety and depression in young children and we as parents ne...

I had the privilege of having my sister be my first guest on the podcast this week. Caley is a homeschool mom of 2 and also has her own personal training business. She is the first person I thought of when it comes to leading your children through their emotions. She has so much wisdom on how to be Biblically balanced, but also disciple and lead her children through their emotions. This is a 2-part episode and in this one she dives into her testimony as a mom and how God cha...