Living Above the Noise

Explore how to: • blend traditional and outside-the-box approaches to parenting • discover ways to calm the chaos of life • teach your kids self-reliance and entrepreneurship • the importance of hands-on learning • having a growth mindset • finding a balance between guiding your kids and allowing them to explore.   Hear personal stories of my own children's ventures into self-reliance and entrepre...

   In this episode, we dive deep into the importance of Living Above the Noise amidst the clamor of the world — to discover what truly matters to you. Are you tired of feeling pressure from social media?   Ready to say goodbye to the desire to fit into society's mold? Well, my friend, it's time to turn up the volume on your own unique personality!   ➡️   Join me as we explore the power of embracin...

In this episode we'll talk about how to use your home environment for the space it was meant for —> Growing the people within its four walls into the best people they can be! Our homes are places meant to grow us, our marriage, and our kids into creative and productive adults.    When it comes to creating a comfy, friendly, useful, and creative home - it takes time to make it that way.  Creatin...

In this episode you'll: Hear about the events (New Zealand and a wedding) and the trials (tornados) in my life that kept me from posting for two months. We’ll talk about what it looks like to be emotionally invested in your family. Consider what it looks like to make and stick to the choices you believe matter most to your family.   The focus of this episode came from a reader's question after I p...

I’m here to empower you to have a deep abiding faith by looking to the word of God. This is where you'll find the true strength you need — in a world that wants you to find it in other places. In this episode, we'll discuss how you can: Calm the chaos — to slow down and consider what's making your life feel so overwhelming.  How to recognize the more over less culture you live in. Learn from the w...

Did you know that some women have a hard time enjoying their kids?  It's especially difficult in a world that doesn't love children. This topic might seem unusual to you — especially if you don’t struggle with it — but that’s not the case for a lot of mommas.   If you’re someone who does -  take a deep breath, you’re not alone!  Do you sometimes wonder about how parenting and joy can coexist? You...

When you understand your need for this simple tool — a weekly meal plan — it will make a huge difference in how your days go! Being a keeper at home encompasses keeping meals on the table.  And none of us get to escape it, do we?   Menu planning moved to the top of my "momma's systems for survival" after several of my coaching clients shared their frustration with meals — and how not having a good...

Fear could be holding you back from accomplishing your goals and dreams for your family, your home, and your life.   You can gain control of what feels out of control.   Caring for a family of 12, taught me to build schedules into my life.  To find the most streamlined way to accomplish tasks — even though I had a fear of planning.  I had always used a calendar or planner - but I didn’t use it to...

Christmas seems to have jumped out from where it was hiding to say, “You’re it!”  Everyone I’ve talked with says the same thing, “How could it be Christmas already?” This season is truly a gift.  One we don’t want to overlook.  Our world and all it has to offer keeps us so busy — we often don’t have time to think and wonder and worship.   Take time to consider the Good Gift and the holy presence o...

Paul says it’s important for me to remind you, to instruct you to love you husband.  And that’s a pretty broad category - but let’s focus on reframing our thoughts and attitudes — and how doing that gets reflected in our actions.   For a marriage to last a lifetime, we need help to get our actions to line up with God’s Word.  You'll see how I went from living in my present disappointment to refram...

In all the busyness and preparation for this one day, it's easy to get sidetracked from the true purpose of the season. We have travel and groceries and cooking and cleaning.  We have grumpy children and in-laws — and so much more as we move into the holidays.     But there is a way to keep the grumbling at bay and put a spin on gratitude.  On this episode, I offer seven ideas to shake up your cel...

Your choices determine how you spend your life — the influence you bring into the life of your family — and your family’s impact on your community and the world. You only have today!  How are you spending it?    How are your kids spending it? The world is tempting you with too many ideas and wrong motives for how to live this one life you have.  Your kids are listening.  Will they be able to ignor...

Take time to play with your kids.  And not only when they’re young.  Throughout all of life! Don’t settle for all work and no play.  Laugh and joke and play games with your family.   Try a new sport that your kids like.   Teach them a new sport you like.   And this tip is is huge! If they ask you to do something with them - do it!   GO!!!! Get out of your comfort zone.  I guarantee it will be wort...

Today we’ll be talking about choices — how you can gain clarity when it comes to the decisions you have to make.   Studies suggest we make about 35,000 decisions each day. You can make peace with your options and have a clear picture of your goals.   Gain a solid sense of God’s love and care for you as you seek His will in and among all the noise.    This episode will: Cause you to think about the...

We're setting one important foundation today — the cornerstone for your life as a woman.   I believe when you see your VALUE from God’s eyes — you can move into the life He’s given you with confidence.    Which also helps you live above the noise of the world around you!   It's so important for you to discover and embrace your unique identity and value as the woman you are.  When you wake up in th...

What’s Paul talking about when he says in Titus 2:3-5, “to be sensible, pure, workers at home.” What really is a “keeper at home?” Do you need of a refresher for why home management is so important? Along with how to keep a good attitude in the midst of all the work of keeping a home?   We're discussing our role of caring for our home — the reason it’s so important — and the attitudes we need to d...

Children are the future — and family is God’s perfect design for training and raising your kids as the next generation of faithful, responsible adults.  None of us are really ready for the job.  But are you willing to focus on the goal and learn along the way — to prepare your kids for life as an adult?  It can be really can be fun — if you let it! I'm here to encourage you to think and evaluate w...

Solid ground in a family begins with God’s design for marriage.  He has a better plan for than we do!  He designed it, He gives grace for us to fulfill our role in it, and He uses it for the creation of future generations. Selfish expectations in marriage will crush both you — and your husband.  We probably all do this to some degree - but it’s best to be more pragmatic.  More realistic.  More bib...

Who this is for : If you’re a woman who feels drawn to family — you will find community and encouragement here.   This is for you who: — has a quest to raise kids who can stand on their own, set apart from the lure of the world.   — hopes your kids will live up to the high calling of God to advance His kingdom.   And I’m guessing you might want that for yourself, too! — often feels alone in your d...

Do you want: a strong marriage? kids who can think for themselves and stay true to their faith? a comfortable and welcoming home?  Together we'll discover the beautiful possibilities for family life! I’m following Titus 2:5-8 — where Paul exhorts older women to teach “the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, and to manage their home well.” I'll equip you to think and live bi...