Power of Families Radio

Power of Families Radio

The Power of Families is an online community of purposeful parents working towards peace, order and joy in their personal lives and in their homes while helping their children develop the positive character traits and values that will bring them happiness and success in life.

Episodes

April 13, 2023 36 mins

Saren spent a solid month visiting the 12 oldest National Parks in the west last summer (camping the whole way!). In this week’s episode, Saren shares how this all came about and what her family gained through this wild and wonderful adventure.

The principles offered apply to all families whether they’d like to do a big trip or simply spend a little more ...

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Join Saren and her sister, Saydi, as they discuss wonderful ways to celebrate and discover with your family the real meaning of Easter.

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Come listen as Saren shares two game-changing daily parenting practices that have made a huge difference for their family!  These simple, daily practices can help dramatically change the mood in your home and the relationship with your children! For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com

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Join Saren as she and Jane Clayson Johnson, an award winning journalist and author, discuss Jane's book Silent Souls Weeping discussing depression, anxiety, and how to help ourselves and our loved ones.

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February 9, 2023 26 mins

Join Saren and April Perry, Director of Power of Moms, for a 20-minute conversation where they share simple tried-and-true ideas for making one-on-one time with each child into a regular and meaningful part of the family routine.

For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com

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February 1, 2023 16 mins

In this episode, Saren shares some experiences she’s had with one of those age-old parenting issues – getting kids to clean up their room. She also shares some helpful tips for figuring out when it may be time to “give up” or simply let up on certain things that we want our children to do as we respect their opinions and needs and build our relationships with them.

For full show notes, please visit www.poweroffamilies.com/13

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January 26, 2023 31 mins

When your child is running for office at school, looking for a job, or working a school assignment, how much do you help? If you have ideas about what they can and should do, how much do you try to talk them into things?  Are you OK with letting them fail sometimes? 

It can be so hard to know when to step in and when to step back!

In this episode, Saren and her sister Shawni (blogger at 71toes.com) share some personal stories and t...

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In this encore episode, Saren talks with Katie Kimball from Kitchen Stewardship about how what we eat, the way we talk about food, and the way we prepare food is such an important part of parenting.

Katie offers concrete ideas to help us really enjoy cooking alongside our children as we teach them responsibility, build their skills and self-confidence, and get them excited about healthy eating.

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Join Saren, her mom, and her sisters for a wonderful discussion that all of us need!  Balance!  How do we take care of our marriages, our children, and ourselves?

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December 1, 2022 44 mins

Join Saren and Power of Families Social Media Manager, Lynette Blood, as they discuss the magic and meaning of Christmas and how to balance the important elements of Christmas.

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November 16, 2022 28 mins

Join Saren and her mother, Linda Eyre, as they discuss how you can really give your children your full attention.

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October 12, 2022 27 mins

Do you find Halloween to be fun? Stressful? Scary? Annoying? All of the above? How can you make Halloween really work for your family?

In this audio post, Saren reads her popular post, A Deliberate Mother’s Guide to Simple Halloween Fun, and shares some of the many many great comments with further ideas added by readers. The principles shared here apply to ALL holidays!

For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com

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September 22, 2022 29 mins

Family fun doesn’t need to be about complicated decorations or wearing ourselves out with dozens of events. But with a little bit of planning and a deliberate-motherhood mindset, this fall is destined to be the best one yet!  For full show notes, please visit Poweroffamilies.com

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In this episode, Saren interviews John Lanza, author of The Art of Allowance and founder of The Money Mammals, about how we can raise financially literate children.

John talks about how we can teach toddlers to teens how to share, save and spend smart through everything from fun songs and stories to purposeful modeling of wise financial practices to regular discussions about needs and wants to providing kids with a regular allowanc...

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September 1, 2022 28 mins

In this 25-minute episode, Saren and her sister Shawni (who runs the popular blog, 71 Toes), discuss simple ways to help our children:

  • Feel and express gratitude for every-day things that are easy to take for granted
  • Focus on what they have rather than what they feel that they lack
  • Work for what they get so that they will more fully appreciate it
  • Learn about those who are less fortunate so they can see how blessed they are whi...
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August 25, 2022 28 mins

If your children have recently gone back to school or your school year is about to begin, you’re probably going through some of the same things we’re going through. There are lots of emotions involved and new schedules to consider.  Some of us are redefining ourselves as we enter a new stage of motherhood.

Join Saren and April as they share their own “back to school” stories along with plenty of practical tips for making the transi...

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May 24, 2022 26 mins

Today we are bringing back a favorite episode to help you prepare for summer. Those long, lovely summer days can offer some of our family’s best memories, but how do we create a little more structure so that we can make the most of summer? How do we motivate our children to do some reading, get some exercise, and help out around the house rather than lazing around all day? How do we organize all the fun activities we would love to ...

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In this week’s episode, Saren and April (director of our sister-site, Power of Moms) share some of the great responses we received plus talk through some ideas that have really helped pump up gratitude and tone down entitlement in their own families.  For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com

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As our kids grow up, parenting can become more complicated - and more lonely. Where should we let go? Where should we hold on? How should we hold on? And who can we talk to about the challenging and sometimes heart-wrenching issues we're facing?

In this week's epsisode, Saren and two of her dear friends, Tiffany Sowby and Allyson Reynolds, talk openly and honestly about the challenges involved in parenting teenagers and adult child...

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In this episode, Saren and Lynette Blood (Power of Families Social Media Manager) talk about how to balance the magic of elves and presents and Santa with meaningful discussions and activities that emphasize giving and celebrate the real meaning of Christmas.

This episode is chock-full of ideas for traditions that celebrate both the magic and meaning of Christmas and bring the two together wherever possible.

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