Practical Family Podcast
The Practical Family Podcast focuses on the elements that mothers need to discover their gifts and embrace grace. We offer practical tips for living a simple and clutter-free life, and to strengthen moms for real life struggles based on a Christian worldview.
Episodes
Jonathan McKee gives parents practical tools on how to approach technology with wisdom and grace instead of constant correction.
Resources Mentioned in this Episode
Parenting Generation Screen: Guiding Your Kids to be Wise in a Digital World
Guy’s Guide to God, Girls, and the Phone in their Pocket
BIO
Jonathan McKee is the author of more than twenty-five books, including Teen’s Guide to Face-to-Face...
What the link between family schedules and life expectancy tells us about teaching kids to be resilient adults.
BIO
Dr. Rhonda Spencer-Hwang is an epidemiologist and associate professor in the School of Public Health at Loma Linda University. Through her groundbreaking research, she has developed a program to help prepare families for whatever life throws their way—increasing resiliency, happiness, and likelihood of positive perfor...
Do you have what it takes to be a homeschool mom? Yes! We’re busting the myth that you have to do it all to be effective.
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BIO
Katie M. Reid has been married to Adam for almost eighteen years, and is the mother of five loud children (ages threww to fifteen). Besides Jesus and her family, cut-to-the-chase conversations and musicals are a few of her favorite things. Katie encourages others to exchange try-hard striving for hope-fill...
How knowing your “why” is fuel for homeschooling and how to encourage characteristics of the heart that you can’t measure with a grade.
BIO
Wife of a hospital physician and mama of four boys, Monica Swanson lives on the north shore of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. They grow tropical fruits on their land that overlooks the “7 Mile Miracle” spot of some of the best surfing beaches in the world. She homeschools all of the boys, and j...
Today’s culture is defined by amorality, dishonesty, and discontentment. As a Christian parent, you want your children to reject these norms in favor of values like integrity, wisdom, and forgiveness. But how can you train them to do this when you’re still falling short yourself?
Author, speaker, and Moms in Prayer podcast host Lee Nienhuis offers guidance to every parent seeking to raise Jesus-following kids.
BIO
Sandrine Nyembo Tucker shares her incredible testimony about fleeing her home country torn by civil war, and her journey of faith in overcoming shame and rejection.
BIO
Sandrine Nyembo Tucker, Christian speaker and homeschool mama to six children. She and her husband and family live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where she shares her family journey on Facebook and Instagram, offering hope to women everywhere who want to flourish in th...
When we recognize the root of our feelings, family life can be more manageable for everyone involved. Help your kids deal with their big feelings and set yourself free from extra guilt and shame.
BIO
Michelle Nietert MA, LPC–S is an author and speaker and Clinical Director of Community Counseling Associates in Dallas, TX. She's a former educator and school counselor with over 20 years of experience in private practice treatin...
Homeschool mama of 20 years and counting, Susan Seay brings practical wisdom to moms in the thick of home education and home management. She is a mentor, life coach, and international author and speaker.
QUOTES
“As a family, we work together. We mess it up, we fix it together.”
“Stop taking everything on as a badge or an expression of your worth as a mom.”
“A bad moment does not make you a bad mom.”
Resources Mentioned in this ...
Making your home easier to manage so you can be free to enjoy your life! Join me and Trisha Childers, our home care expert at Practical Family.
Mama, you are not the only person to contribute to the effort of keeping your home in order. Learn how to Drip Delegate by beginning with the end in mind. Be mindful of expectations and what your kids “should” be able to do. Train kids how the real world works… including the part money and ...
Raising young men in today’s world can be tough, but not impossible. Monica Swanson encourages moms to study their sons to form real relationships and lasting character.
Resources Mentioned in this Episode
Boy Mom: What Your Son Needs Most from You
Covenant Eyes (affiliate link)
God’s Design for Sex - Family Life
Good Pictures Bad Pictures
Good Pictures Bad Pictures, Jr. edition
The Tal...
Veteran homeschool mother September McCarthy give her best advice about homeschooling with purpose and why motherhood matters so much in these early years.
September McCarthy is a wife and Mother of 10 children, and 8 grandchildren. Cohost of the Mom2Mom podcast, founder and host of the Moms Conference and the non-profit Raising Generations Today. She is the author of Why Motherhood Matters: An Invitation to Purposeful Parenting.
...Jenn and Jordan reflect on the journey to 100 episodes and being brave enough to step into new seasons.
Resources Mentioned in this Episode
Arlene Pellicane Episodes
Episode 010 | Keep Calm While Staying Connected
Episode 037 | Raising Strong Parents in a Child Centered Culture
Jenn’s first Facebook Live video
Practical Family Facebook Group
FREEBIES
Education does not lie in a college degree, but our willingness to be lifelong learners. Here’s what you need to take the next step in wisdom.
Resources Mentioned in this Episode
All the Things Vodcast with Tiffany Jo Baker - Episode 8
All the Things Vodcast with Tiffany Jo Baker - Episode 9
Most Likely to Succeed (documentary)
Understand the brain of an ADHD child, and how the family can work together to support their heart, mind, and spirit.
Connect with Dr. Sharon Saline
Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Instagram
Resources Mentioned in this Episode
What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew
Dr. Saline’s card game - ADHD Solution Deck
Why do other moms seem to have it all together while you’re still struggling to hold on? Take simple steps to overcome envy and celebrate others as you grow.
Resources Mentioned in this Episode
Mel Robbins
Seeing Green: Don’t Let Envy Color Your Joy
How Not to Envy Your Neighbor’s Competence, by Tilly Dillehay
Practical Family Resource Group
We continue the conversation about race and how to move forward in our communities to educate ourselves and be open to change.
Connect with Lucreita
Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
Resources Mentioned in this Episode
What Lies Between Us (study guide)
Race: The Power of an Illusion
Race education begins in the home. Lucretia Berry and I discuss first steps parents can take to have these important conversations with our kids.
Connect with Lucreita
Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
Resources Mentioned in this Episode
What Lies Between Us (study guide)
Grit n Grace Podcast Episode 113
Grit n Grace Podcast Episode 114
When friendships don’t go as planned, we can fall back on the truth that keeps us trusting the next opportunity.
Connect with Mary
Resources Mentioned in this Episode
Seven Deadly Friendships - Mary DeMuth
Digging into the best things to look for in a friendship, how to be a good friend, and how to find your village.
Resources Mentioned in this Episode
Enneagram Personalities Episode
Your Friendship Superpower According to Your Enneagram Type
Seven Deadly Friendships, Mary DeMuth
QUIZ: What kind of friend are you?
Replace frustration with joy by giving yourself and your children permission to be the strong person God made them to be.
Connect with the Millers
Resources Mentioned in this Episode
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