The Balanced MomCast | For Overwhelmed Christian Moms Seeking Time Management, Work Life Balance, and Focus

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203| Have You Made Your 2023 Holiday To-DON'T List? Nov 16, 2023

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It’s mid-November and the official beginning of the 2023 holiday season. While it certainly can be the most wonderful time of the year, it’s also the most stressful time of the year. For those of us who struggle with overwhelm on an ordinary day (*raises hand*), the holiday season with all of its special events, yummy food, and expensive gifts can cause us to white-knuckle the next six week until we collapse into 2024 exhausted, broke, and five pounds overweight. Let’s choose a better way. It’s time to create your holiday To-Don’t List. For show notes and the link to your Creating Your Holiday To-DON'T List Workbook, Click Here.

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202| Who is Forming Your Child's Worldview and What You Can Do About It w/Dr. George Barna (Pt 2) Nov 09, 2023

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Today I welcome back to the show Dr. George Barna. Dr Barna is the New York Times Best-Selling author of more than 60 books. Dr. Barna has been referred to as the most quoted person in the church today. If you haven’t listened to EP201, pause this and listen to that first. Today Dr. Barna explains the role media takes in shaping the worldview of our children and what we can do about it. He also describes what it takes to make real, lasting disciples. And finally, he offers hope for those of us with older kids who wonder if we've screwed it all up. And buckle up, mamas, because Dr. Barna gives us some straight talk and some tough love–he does not mince words and I’m here for it. For show notes, click here.

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201| How to Raise Kids Who Love Jesus as Adults: What the Data Says w/Dr. George Barna (Pt.1) Nov 02, 2023

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Who your child will be as an adult–their core beliefs, morals, values, desires, and lifestyle– is essentially determined by the time he is 13 years old. We have the exciting opportunity and daunting task as moms to shape whether our kids will be disciples of Jesus or adopt a worldview that ultimately opposes scripture. Today I welcome New York Times Best-Selling Author, Dr. George Barna, the author of more than 60 books. In fact, Dr. Barna has sold more books based on survey research related to matters of faith than any author in American history. This is part 1 of a 2-part conversation about his latest book, Raising Spiritual Champions. Listen in. For show notes, click here.

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200th Episode Celebration! What's Changed, What I've Learned, and What's NEW! Oct 26, 2023

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This is our 200th episode and we are celebrating! I’m celebrating YOU. I’m answering some fun questions from some of my favorite Balanced MomCast friends, highlighting some special moments on the podcast, telling you what I’ve learned, confessing my most embarrassing mom moment, sharing some things on my To-Don’t List, giving you something new for FREE, and also telling you about a big change that’s coming. Listen in.

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199 | How to Teach Your Child a Biblical Worldview, with Elizabeth Urbanowicz, Pt2 Oct 19, 2023

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Today I welcome back Elizabeth Urbanowicz with Foundation Worldview. She explains how we can teach our kids to discern when emotions point them to the truth and when emotions deceive them, and why must teach our kids to open up the Bible and study for themselves. Elizabeth also shares some timely encouragement for moms who are overwhelmed with the thought of coming against our cultural climate. For show notes, click here.

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198 | How to Teach Your Child a Biblical Worldview, with Elizabeth Urbanowicz, Pt1 Oct 12, 2023

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How do we teach our kids to think well and to discern truth from lies when the culture says, "Follow your heart." "Trust your feelings." "Look within for the answers."? Today, I welcome Elizabeth Urbanowicz from Foundation Worldview. We discuss some hard topics and the importance of teaching our kids a Biblical worldview without becoming jerks. For show notes, click here.

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197 | The Secret to a Happy Marriage: Reflecting on 30 Years of Marriage, Part 2 Oct 05, 2023

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Today I welcome back to the show, my husband of 30 years, Jon Cooper. If you haven’t listened to EP196, I encourage you to do that first. Today in part 2 of this 2-part conversation, we talk about marriage counseling, aha moments we’ve had in our marriage, what we wish we would have done differently, conflict resolution, love languages, the secret to a happy marriage, and so much more. We aren’t counselors, but we are sharing decades of marital wisdom here. So, settle in for this longer-than-usual episode with my husband, Jon Cooper. For show notes click here. To become a Patron, click here.

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196 | How to Stay Married: Reflecting on 30 Years of Marriage, Part 1 Sep 28, 2023

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Today I have the most special guests of any guest ever. Jon Cooper, my husband of 30 years, is joining us to talk about how to grow and sustain a healthy marriage. In part 1 of this 2-part conversation, we share how we met, what we’ve changed for the better and sacrificed for the sake of the marriage, and how we faced several extremely challenging seasons, and how we made it through. You’ll want to settle in for this one–we go deep and personal and drop a ton of wisdom. I’m excited to introduce you for the first time ever, my husband, Jon Cooper. Listen in. For show notes, click here. To become a Patron, click here.

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195 | 5 Types of Sustaining Rest Sep 21, 2023

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Today’s episode is for the tired moms. And let’s face it, that’s most of you--maybe all of you. You are tired from the last 3 years. You are tired of the cultural climate. You are tired because you haven’t had a full night’s sleep since you brought your baby home from the hospital. You are tired from the marriage issues or the work issues or the financial issues or the extended family issues or the health issues. You need rest. Real rest. Restorative rest. Sustaining rest. I'm gonna help you with that today. Click here for show notes. Click here to learn more about becoming a Patron.

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194 | 3 Ways to Sustain Your Family When Life Throws a Curveball Sep 14, 2023

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What do you do when all your well-laid plans are ready to go and life throws you a curveball? Maybe you get sick or a kid gets sick. Maybe your appointment cancels or your contractor delays finishing the renovation again. Well, guys…that’s me right now. Today’s episode is brought to you by The Curveball. Our special guest is Mary K Tiller, jumping in as our pinch hitter(why so many baseball analogies?–I know nothing about baseball!)

Last year, Mary K experienced a tornado hitting her home, weeks of sickness running through her household, and a 7-day power outage that forced her to go 3 ½ hours away from home to stay with family until power was restored. She’s here to share what she put into practice to hold it together during that disruptive time–and you can, too! (And so can I!)

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While the Balanced MomCast is on hiatus, you can find me at Behind the Balance on Substack, Writing Off Social, or The Scoop on Balance.

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