by justaskyourmompodcast | Apr 10, 2023 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Wellbeing
PART 2 of HOME SERIES What’s the first thing you take off when you get home? Your bra? Your shoes? How about your “on persona?” The person you are when you’re at work or your in-laws’…the chipper conversationalist you are with the drive-thru guy or...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Apr 3, 2023 | Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers
The days are long but the years are short. On our side of the parenting adventure, that really strikes a chord, but we do remember how, in the thick of things when our children were small, we did wish sometimes for time to hurry. I don’t think that’s...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Mar 27, 2023 | All Grown Up, Family Topics
HOME. What does that word conjure in your imagination or memory? Maybe you imagine the posters on your bedroom wall as a teenager (Duran Duran, e.g.,) or the creak in the hall stairs as you crept down on Christmas mornings. Maybe it’s the smell of...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Mar 20, 2023 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Health, Marriage, Teenagers, Toddlers
We’re firm believers in “knowing your child.” What we mean by that: knowing what makes him/her tick, what their gifts are (spiritual and natural talents), what their temperament is, their love language, their birth order, preferences, all of it. ...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Mar 13, 2023 | Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
The word intentional is thrown around a lot these days in certain circles. We’ve used it here on this podcast ourselves. What does it actually mean? Is it really something we want to be? Or is it just another word that adds to our mom guilt...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Mar 6, 2023 | Family Topics, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
This is our 8th episode in our Cultivate series, where we’ve been talking about how to cultivate character in your kids. It’s no fun (and actually less effective) to focus on squashing the behaviors you DON’T want to see in your kids instead of elevating the...