


Parents need to Respond with Respect if they want to Reach their Child’s Heart
Have you ever paused and asked yourself if you respect your child? In the middle of their moment – are you responding in ways that shows respect to them? Is that possible – is it even necessary? I believe it is. In fact I believe that respect is a...
Setting Helpful Goals so you can Grow as a Woman and Mother
Do you set goals at the beginning of the new year? To be honest I like to set goals towards the middle to end of January to avoid all the New Year hype. But now is a good time to think about goal setting – or even better – to think about putting off goal...
How Character Choices can Help you cut through the Busyness
Being a busy woman is one of the biggest challenges we face when we want to be heart focused. Busyness robs us of our intentionality, our focus, and our purpose. It side-tracks us, exhausts us, and changes us. Today I’m talking about 5 character-based choices that...
When you are a Healthy Person you are able to be a Better Parent
It is often quipped that being an intentional parent is more about the parent than the child. And it is true. We cannot be a healthy parent unless we are a healthy person. Today’s society is very fitness and health aware – and we go to extreme lengths to look after...
How to be Calm, Gentle and Positive Towards your Children Every Day
What does it mean to you to have a good attitude towards your children? We tend to know what we want being a mother to look like but often fail in getting there, sometimes not having a clue how to remotely reach that goal. Life around us seems to dictate our...
Parenting is a Journey and you can’t Compare
Parenting is a journey is a phrase that I use – actually saying life is a journey is a bit of a trendy phrase. It paints a good picture, so in this episode, I start comparing family life to a journey we took around New Zealand but then I move into talking about...
What does it mean to be a Christian Parent?
One of the biggest challenges I faced as a parent was to be a Christian parent. Don’t get me wrong there was plenty of information out there telling me how to parent my children according to various scriptures – but I don’t think that was my real problem. My...