Effective communication in the workplace will help you grow in your career and be the leader you aim to be. In this episode with Dr. Claire Carver Dais, learn three things you can do right now to help you show up authentically you, just as God intended. Learn more at www.YourLifeRocks.com
Your marriage is the most important relationship you have on this earth and with communication being such a huge part of what makes relationships work, well, we needed to discuss this. It's easy as a working mom to not make time to connect with our husband's. In this episode, you'll learn 3 ways you can become a better communicator with your spouse.
Do you ever wish you could get your point across better? Communication is something that touches every part of our life and is something so vital to successful living. Today we learn from our guest, Dr. Janet Birkey on the fundamentals of being a better communicator.
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It's our final week of the challenge and we are talking about a controversial topic. Is life balance possible? As working moms, we are doing the very best we can to hold it all together. Then to have someone say that balance is not possible. Something has to give. You know what will give? Your honest to goodness effort to try. And it is a slippery slope when you start to lower the bar. It will keep getting lower and lower and lower until one day, you will look up and wonder… who is this person? This is not me.
It’s not about being perfect or proving something to someone. It’s not about being in denial or being a martyr. It’s about being the best version of you for those around you. It’s about leaning on God’s strength when you don’t have strength of your own.
It’s about choosing each and every day that, that day is worth it to give it your all and believing that yes, you can do this life. The life that God called you to. The life that God blessed you with.
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Ready for a fresh perspective on your work? We could all use one from time to time. This episode is all about setting you up for renewal! As we settle into week 5 of our summer series, I have a lot of bonus content to help you get the most from this challenge. Grab your free copy by clicking here
Welcome to the show for working Christian moms! We are right in the middle of a 7-week challenge series. If you have missed any part of the challenge, please know that it is totally ok! You can jump in right here with this episode. Also, I invite you to grab the bonus content for the challenge, it’s totally free and that way you can go back through whenever you want to. It’s just there waiting for you.
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Ready to hear the most freeing thing in the world? You are responsible for your life. Like it or not, it is the truth.
In this challenge, I'm giving you the 5 step process to get your power back and take ownership of your life. Learn how to determine your priorities as a working mom and how to get there with the choices you make.
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This week’s challenge is about cultivating your community. Yes, we have talked about this before. In fact, it is one of the pillars to having balance in your life. If you are new to the show, we believe that Life Balance is possible when you have three things. 1. You put God first in your life. Following Jesus. 2. Is community and 3 is systems.
Why is community so important? Because when you live your life in a vacuum all your problems seem bigger than they actually are. We become self-focused and self-consumed and it’s just not good. We were not designed to live that way. Plus, as a working mom, we need help. We need prayer. And we need accountability from other Godly women in our lives.
Honestly, this was the hardest thing for God to teach me. Following him, yes. All day long. I wasn’t raised a Christian so I know all too well what life feels like without him. And systems, well after I first rebelled against them, I now know that following systems is my self-care. It makes it all work.
But community? I am pretty self-reliant and independent. Plus, I am an introvert...so this was a hard one for me. Not to mention I am human and have lived. Meaning I have been hurt by people. Deeply. So why not just live on an island (metaphorically speaking) with my family and that just be enough? Well, a lot of reasons but let me give you 3 of what I believe are the top reasons.
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Life can be so cloudy. It’s hard to tell what is true, and I believe we are natural truth seekers. Think about how much chaos this can cause?
On today's show, we are taking those lies we tell ourselves, pulling them out into the light, looking them square in the eyes and telling them they are not welcome here anymore. Truth only.
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Work, kids, to do list, demands, sleep, repeat. As a working mom, you are leading a very full and busy life. Like I had to tell you that, right?
On this show, we talk a lot about habits and routines because they are the key to making it all work. They are the success drivers of our lives. Without them, chaos ensues. If you have ever missed your weekly planning process, then you know. If you are currently living without any systems then you really know. Chaos can drown you. When you have systems and habits, life is easier.
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Have you found a career yet? And is it fulfilling you, allowing you to use your gifts and perhaps to even further the Kingdom of God? As a working mom, it can be really hard sometimes to find career guidance from a Christian perspective. We firmly believe that you can further the kingdom of God, regardless of where you are. And that God can use you, regardless of where he has planted you.
We have an expert guest, Janine Esbrand, with us today and we will be talking all about career. I am really excited about today's interview, as I was able to ask Janine some questions about the subject of careers that I have seen come up in our community. So, on the show today, we will be tackling topics that relate to how to handle a change in career with your family, how to present the change to your family, how to figure out where your strengths lie and move through everything smoothly. Listen in to find out more.
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Do you struggle to find balance in your life? Or to maintain it when you do find it? I really like to keep things streamlined so I love it when you can leave the show with three steps, or maybe five tips to create more balance in your life. This is just where the systems that allow you to grow and experience more balance come into place. Listen in to find out more!
On the show today I will share with you a very personal heart issue that God recently revealed to me because we all have heart issues and all of us struggle in this area. I really hope that there's something in my story that might encourage you and that you will gain from this, even if your own heart issue is very different to mine. Listen in today to hear what I have to share with you.
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When pursuing balance in every area of your life, you need to take a hard look at your finances. For some, sticking to a budget or saving for something special is all it will take to bring a bit more balance to that area. For others, they are looking to take their finances beyond budgeting. If you are one of those families that is ready to start investing, this episode is for you! My guest today is Susan Jeanach from Modern Suzy. She has some principles and tools that any family can start using to bring up their financial literacy about investing!
When we talk about money, we tend to get overwhelmed with investing. Susan makes these topics extremely accessible, and easy enough even for a novice like me to understand. Take some of these tools and put them into action. Ask God what He is calling you to do with your finances, and in faith take practical steps towards improving your investments.
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Summer can be a magical time. Even us working moms can help add a little extra summer magic before work, after work, and on the weekends. Yes, even in though we will likely be a little extra busy, we can still create magical moments for our kids. In today’s episode, I am excited to share some suggestions and tips that are easy to use in the midst of all the chaos.
What works for you and your family might not work someone else. These tips are designed to be simple and practical. In the spirit of true summer magic, I also wanted to include some ways that Mom and Dad can have fun too!
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Today, we are going to start planning for the best summer possible. These steps will work even if kids are already out of school! I talk all the time about how a little planning ahead can save time and energy down the road, so now is the perfect season to start getting ahead on all the fun (and stress!) of summer.
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In order to make your life as balanced as possible, you need to have good people in your life to support you. Friendship is so important for all of us, and I wanted to dedicate a whole podcast episode to it. As working moms, it can be difficult to create new friendships and maintain old ones. What can we do to help make space in our hearts for our most invaluable friendships, even in the middle of all that we have going on?
My guest today is one of my closest friends, and she has so many amazing tips and suggestions for those of us who want to cultivate friendship.
What do you do after work?
This question comes directly from our wonderful Your Life Rocks Facebook Community! It is a wonderful place to be if you would like even more encouragement from other working moms. The issue of what happens after our 9-5 is a common enough question. That time tends to go fast, and we can easily get overwhelmed by our to-do list and the needs of our families.
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Today is all about being encouraged and challenged. Let’s talk about faith. Take your faith from your little corner of being a Christian and then diving into where God is calling you to be. My guest today is Elisa Pulliam, and she is going to help us get there.
Elisa Pulliam is a certified life coach, mentor, speaker, and author who is passionate about inspiring women to experience a fresh encounter with God and His Word for the sake of impacting the next generation with Kingdom Hope. Her ministry, More to Be, is devoted to helping women unpack the Scriptures and discover how to join God in His work every day. Elisa and her husband, Stephen, savor life together with their four children. She has a fantastic devotional that is coming out today, so I highly encourage everyone to pick it up right away!
Organizing your home can offer up a world of relief from the middle of chaos. If devoting a weekend to cleaning and organizing your home sounds like an impossible chore, then this is the episode for you. You see, I think organization can be fun, and you’ll feel pretty wonderful afterward too!
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Talking about your finances is never fun, but it is such an important part of living a balanced and intentional life. While everyone will have a different financial situation, I think you are going to find that today’s interview is incredibly helpful for actually acting on your intentions for your finances. After all, money is just another tool you can use to reach your goals!
My guest today is Sami Womack. Sami is the budgeting coach + motivational speaker behind A Sunny Side Up Life. Her passion is inspiring women to live abundant lives through budgeting, intentional living, and positive thinking.
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Welcome back to another episode of Your Life Rocks! Today, I am offering up yet another opportunity for you to work towards life balance with practical tools and wisdom straight from Scripture. Today, I am breaking up the usual pace and getting extra practical. The goal of this episode is to get you started in the direction of your dreams—you know the ones! I’m talking about those dreams you’ve been seeking after your whole life. Instead of living with regret and “Seeker Syndrome,” I want to show you how to start trusting God with your biggest, most daring dreams.
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One of the biggest reasons working moms pursue life balance is so that their children will have an enriching and fulfilling life. Especially as children get older, it can be more and more difficult to find the time and creative ways to connect with them. That is why I am so excited to have Joy Acaso back on the podcast this week! She is going to share with us her best tips for connecting deeply with our children.
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You’ve got a fantastic idea about what your Ideal Week would look like, and now you are ready to hit the ground running. Before you can dive right in, it’s important to stop and think about the mindset you need when it comes to true life balance. Let’s be real; life has a habit of not going according to plan, even the best plans! When you go into your ideal week focusing on perfection, you are going to be let down by reality. Life isn’t perfect! So what do we need to look forward to with our Ideal Week? It’s progress!
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Balance looks really different for all of us—what works for me might not work for you! In order to know what is going to serve you best, you are going to need to understand what makes you tick. This way, we can work proactively with our nature instead of against it. Today, you are going to spend a little time getting to know yourself with Kelly Knowles and The Color Code. Like Meyers-Briggs and the Enneagram, the Color Code is a personality assessment that we can use to understand how we best interact and communicate with one another.
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What does your ideal week look like? Not your actual week, but the one you wish you had! I am a big believer in reaching towards the ideal week, and, yes, I believe you can actually live it out. Let’s have a conversation about what makes a week ideal, and how we can take steps towards turning ideals into reality.
If we are going to talk about the ideal week, we have to talk about time management. It is time to ask ourselves: Is the way I’m using my time actually building me up to creating balance in my life? If the answer is “no,” then we need to start putting the important things down on the calendar. Don’t just put the big things down, and go ahead and add the to-do list to the calendar too! God is clear about how we are to be diligent, hardworking, and intentional, but all of our lives look quite different. By taking a good hard look at how we spend our time, we are honoring that standard God has set for our lives.
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