Stay ConnectedHas something simple ever changed your life? A lunch box note changed mine. A few years ago, my husband wrote a timely message to our son that said: BE STRONG, PROTECT THE WEAK, LOVE EVERYONE. Those six words ignited our family’s mission to love others well.
Each week on Be Love. Do Good. podcast, we’ll share ideas, encouraging words, and stories that inspire you to love outside your comfort zone.
There is a quote I have been mulling over for some time. “We can’t expect our kids to have a heart for others if we never show them the needs of others”.
As parents we all want our kids to care and love others. We want them to care about the needs of the world, but we as parents also have to show them. Sometimes this can feel overwhelming because there are so many needs and we feel like we have so little time.
Listen to this short podcast today where I give 3 simple ways we can help our kids build compassion for others by showing up for them.
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I have had Dr. Flanagan on several times, because his words of wisdom and his therapist’s heart are always something that is perfect when I am struggling with a certain area in life. Kelly is a therapist and the author of two amazing books: Loveable and True Companions.
How do we expect our kids to live life with open hearts and love toward others if we aren’t
modeling this daily. Whether it is when we are griping about public opinions on national discourse, or treating someone online with animosity; our kids are watching everything we do. How can we bring open heartedness to all of our interactions, how can we recognize when we close our hearts to others?
Kelly and I dive into the ego and self-protection and why this impacts everything we do including parenting, loving others, and being who God created us to be. Many times we are parenting out of our own wounds that need to be healed.
I can’t wait to hear what you think?
Connect with Dr. Kelly Flanagan
Past BE LOVE. do good episodes with Kelly
Have you ever been in a season of brokenness? Maybe you are in the depths of that season right now. Today I am speaking with Toni Collier, gifted communicator, author, founder of Broken Crayons Still Color.
Toni shares her own story of brokenness with us and inspires us that even in the hardest of times we can stay hopeful. Toni shares with us her past of leaving an abusive marriage, finding ways to provide for her daughter, and her fears along the way.
No matter what your story is, your past, your present right now, she reminds us “Nothing we have done, no matter how devastating or devious, can push us too far out of His love to reach us, rescue us, and restore us.”
Connect with Toni:
Website:http://tonijcollier.com/
For resources about Hope after Brokenness visit Broken Crayons Still Color
Steve is one of my favorite guests on the show, not just because he has a British accent, but because he is full of wisdom and advice for how parents can lead their kids.
Steve is a guru of leadership and an expert in personalities. He is the co-founder of Giant Worldwide a global leadership consulting company, and he has co-authored several books,
The 5 voices is the one we dive into today.
So many times as parents it is hard to parent the kids who are different from us, but Steve gives us the tools of how to truly know your kids, and how to nurture them to be who God created them to be.
We go in depth into personalities, how to parent with high support and high challenge, and his top 2 things of how to raise great kids.
You will leave this conversation with confidence and tools to be the parent you knew you could be.
Get to know Steve:
Take the 5 voices free personality assessment:
Get his book the 5 voices
I don’t know about you but most families these days are BUSY. Whether it is our family or others I talk to, our life consists of carpooling, sports’ schedules, homework, late dinners, and full time working. Your life might look similar or a different busy if you are in the throes of toddler days of nap times, and schedules.
No matter what I hear from others all the time, how do we make quality time with our kids, something they crave and need the most, when our life is full.
This podcast I am giving some quick tips on how we can carve out time with our family, or add intentional time to the things we are already doing. Like intentional convo in the car, or commitment to dinners even if they are late.
I walk you through a few ways you can start to make quality time a part of your life with your kids.
I promise you will be able to apply one of these to your life this week!
Things we talk about:
Make sure you get your Noteworthy cards from Christian Parenting this month. These are sweet notes you can use to encourage your kids daily. Check it out here.
Check out our Children’s book about Loving Others
I don’t know about you, but this year has been full of things that can create anxiety in ourselves and our kids. Maybe for the first time you have experienced anxiety or are starting to see your kids feel anxious and need help.
Dr. Chinwe is a therapist who specializes in anxiety in adolescents and teens. She has also co-authored the book Seen: Healing Despair and Anxiety in Kids and Teens through the Power of Connection.
We talk about how to notice signs of anxiety in our kids, what is causing this, and ways we can help our kids through this. She gives us practical tips and tools to navigate many emotions that may never have been experienced by our kids before.
Dr. Chinwe gives us hope and encouragement that we will get through this together and she gives us the tools to do so.
Get her book SEEN
Connect with Dr. Chinwe on instagram
More about Dr. Chinwes work
The age old question for almost every parent is, “How do we find work/life balance?
Is there even such a thing? Many times, it feels like if we just balanced it all we would have a full, complete, and happy life. But sometimes that balance feels like a big unicorn in the sky, something completely unattainable.
If you are a parent who continues to struggle with this, Somer and Michelle are here to help us rethink this question. They are here to give us some practical tools and perspective of what it looks like to dispel the notion of the world that we must have it all together; that we have to wear all the hats perfectly.
Somer and Michelle wrote the book She Works His Way: A Practical Guide for Doing What Matters Most in a Get-Things-Done World. She also founded She Works His Way a place for working women to be discipled.
With passion and wisdom, Myers and Phoebus challenge the modern-day thinking about "boss babe" mentality, helping working women place all dreams, goals, and side hustles under the authority of Jesus.
As a mom who is an entrepreneur and loves to work this was such an encouraging and uplifting conversation and helped me see what really matters in the grand scheme of things.
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Learn more: https://sheworkshisway.com/
Happy New Year! Today we are talking about how to create healthy habits as a family. What does it look like to be an example to your kids when it comes to moving our bodies and eating healthy? How do we help get our families on board?
This podcast is all about simple steps to help our families make healthy habits. We will talk about nutrition, moving our bodies, mindsets, and how as parents we can be encouraging about healthy behavior instead of nagging or shaming.
In my past I was a health and fitness coach and so I know how tricky some of these topics can be, but also how important and gratifying it is when we figure it out.
Topics discussed:
Some Resources we made:
Week of healthy eating plan.
Weekly Meal Calendar
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Did you know we wrote a children’s book to help families love their communities?
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All of us want our kids to stand up to injustices in our world. As Christians we are to love others, come alongside one another, and help each other understand our God given worth and dignity. Fighting Racism should be something we want to dive into head first and do everything in our power to make sure this is not happening on our watch.
Today we are talking about how to fight racism, with Jemar Tisby ,New York Times Best-Selling author. He has written the Color of Compromise and How to Fight Racism and How to Fight Racism (Young Reader’s Edition).
If you have ever wanted to talk to your kids about racism but just didn’t know where to start or didn’t know if you had the knowledge to give them the right tools, this is the conversation for you.
Jemar is a historian, author, and speaker, and helps teach and guide us on how to help ourselves and raise our kids to fight racism.
Sometimes an important topic like this can feel overwhelming to tackle but in Jamar’s book How to Fight Racism he dives into three things:
I promise after this episode you will understand the importance of understanding others, why it’s so important, and you will be confident to start or continue the conversation with your family.
Don’t miss this one!
Learn more about Jemar Tisby
Grab his books: The Color of Compromise, How to Fight Racism, How to Fight Racism (Young Readers Edition)
It’s the New Year, and for many it means goal setting, and reviewing the past year. So many of us make individual missions and goals for the year, but have you ever thought about getting together with your family and making a mission?
This podcast is a step by step on how to make a FAMILY MISSION!
What do you want your family to be known for?
What attributes do you want others to say when describing your family?
What are some areas your family is passionate about?
How can you use your gifts and many God-given talents to serve the world?
We hope you will join us as we share how we created our family mission and how it has impacted us and how you can make your own.
Get your free family mission guide.
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