by justaskyourmompodcast | Feb 14, 2022 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Marriage, Teenagers
Happy Heart Day! This is kind of a love it or hate it holiday, isn’t it? It can be really disheartening for some people—kids included—because it celebrates couples and love & friendships and if you happen to not HAVE a big love life, then where does...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Dec 27, 2021 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Health, Marriage, Wellbeing
You’re probably painfully familiar with New Year’s resolution statistics, if only because you’re one of them: Whether it’s a small goal or a huge, life-changing goal, people tend to fail at the same rate: Approximately 80 percent of people who...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Dec 20, 2021 | Family Topics, Marriage
We’ve reached the end of another year. How’s your marriage doing? Have you given it any thought? Are you coasting along? Running off the road a little? We’re not marriage EXPERTS—just as we aren’t parenting “experts”—but we’ve each...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Dec 13, 2021 | Family Topics, Marriage, Teenagers, Toddlers
John Stonestreet is known for saying that there isn’t really parenting. There is mothering and fathering. Both a mother and a father bring differing strengths and benefits to a child. David Blankenhorn in his book Fatherless America explains that films about family...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Dec 6, 2021 | All Grown Up, Family Topics, Marriage, Teenagers, Toddlers, Wellbeing
To give completely. Without reservation. That’s the original root of the word forgive. Why is this so hard for some of us? Perhaps it’s fairly easy to let the minor things go—he ate the last slice of cherry pie, she forgot to pick up the...
by justaskyourmompodcast | Nov 22, 2021 | Family Topics, Marriage, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
Are YOU the default parent? CLUE: If you have to think about it, you’re not. 🙂 Scenario: out for a rare evening with a handful of other mom friends. At some point, inevitably, someone’s phone starts up with a text or call. Often, more than one phone. When are...
