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Are you tired of criticizing your kids? You feel bad about being judgmental and harsh, but you catch yourself calling out their mistakes or unfinished chores. You want to help them to grow and improve, but it comes out wrong, and communication ends up in tears and hurt feelings.   Perhaps you make fun of your kids because that was how you were treated growing up. It was awful, but now it’s a defau...

We are praying for confidence, protection, and godly living forour children. Your prayers for your children are powerful, and we believeGod to do exceeding, abundantly beyond what we could ask or think in the lives of our children. They belong to Him, and seeing these prayers, prayedfaithfully in our prayer closets, on our knees, while we wash dishes or rock them to sleep, come to pass in their li...

Does your child struggle with fear and insecurity? What liesare they believing about their identity? Do they know that God loves them and is pleased with them? Join us as we pray for our children to know God’s love andto break any lies, fear, or insecurities they have.   Download the FREE PDF - Prayers to Pray for Your Childrenhere: https://renewedmamacoaching.com/prayers-to-pray-for-your-children...

I share three communication skills to help us moms better listen and communicate with our kids AND to help our kids learn to listen and communicate better with their friends and classmates.   3:40 Focus on Others, Not Me 5:25 Don’t Interrupt Someone 8:08 Value Others Ideas   CATCH ALL OF THE COMMUNICATION TIPS HERE: ▶️ How I Talk so My Kids Listen –Renewed Mama Podcast Episode 146 YouTube: https:/...

While motherhood is about helping our children grow up to be confident, good, and successful, motherhood is just as much about growing up ourselves. Less sleep, postpartum, balancing work or business and parenting, keeping up the house… it demands so much from us.   The biggest mindset shift you can get today is that motherhood isn’t really about changing your kids andtheir behavior. It’s about ch...

Struggling to get your kids to open up and talk? In this episode, I share four things I do to get my kids to open up and talk.   ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ RECOMMEND TO WATCH / LISTEN TO NEXT: Use the Pregame Huddle to Help Your Childwith New Situations – Renewed Mama Podcast Episode 64 https://renewedmamacoaching.com/use-the-pregame-huddle-to-help-your-child-with-new-situations/     ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ FOR MORE RESOURCES:  ...

Episode 147 Season 4 Wish your kids helped more with chores around the house? They really can clean up toys, put their dirty dishes in the dishwasher, take out the garbage, and clean up the toothpaste in the sink! Here are 3 tips to communicate with your kids without shouting and repeating yourself a hundred times, so they actually do chores and lend a helping hand.     1:22 Acknowledge their cont...

Does it feel hard, even impossible sometimes, to communicate with your kids? Has their phone or tablet “won” their attention? Bedtime, homework, chores, and putting away their toys always become a negotiation. Are there big emotions at small requests? Only hear one-word answers like “fine,” “nothing,” “I don’t know,” especially from your tweens or teens?   If you said Yes! to any of those realitie...

Your prayers for your children are powerful.  You have direct access to God and He loves it when you talk to Him! He answers prayers so use these prayers to pray for your children.   Print the free PDF of all the prayers I share in this episode, tuck it in your Bible, and pray these prayers for your children during your morning quiet time or listen to the audio podcast as you go for a walk or watc...

Do your kids hate to stop playing video games or don’t want to turn off the TV when you tell them to? Do they groan when you ask them to unload the dishwasher? Are they passing the veggies or hate reading or math because it's really hard for them? Have they ever said I hate you ? Do they hate being told what to do or not doing things on their own especially if they are two or three years old or st...

Has your child ever said, “I can’t do this”? Leo did. He was in a painting class learning how to paint a jellyfish. He asked for help at each new step saying, “I can’t do this.” Hear how staying patient, encouraging, and using a Speak Life Badge sticker award turned Leo’s “I can’t do this” into a win. Read the Blog here: https://speaklifebadges.com/when-i-cant-do-this-turned-into-a-win-for-leo-wit...

How can you connect with your kids so they feel seen, heard, and understood? If you tell your children “I love you,” but your actions or responses don’t align with that, do you harm them? What are they thinking if you still shout and get impatient?   How can you create a safe and accepting place in your home for your children to be vulnerable and themselves?   What non-verbal expressions of postur...

What lessons can you learn about emotions and better communication from a dead mouse? About speaking life to your spouse and your children? About renewing your thoughts, words, and responses? A lot! Who knew a dead mouse could teach you so much?   💬 Let's keep the conversation going!  In the comments, share lessons about emotions you learned from a dead mouse.  https://speaklifebadges.com/les...

Is your child afraid of not doing something right or afraid of losing?  Does this fear keep them from trying? Here are a few scripts and tips to help your children overcome the fear of not doing something right or losing and not even trying.   Get the Speak Life Badges sticker I Overcame Fear found in the I Am Special sticker book mentioned in this episode:  https://speaklifebadges.com/product/i-a...

The other day we were all in the kitchen and got to talking about tall people and short people. Someone made the comment, I don’t want to be tall . I said, Guys, you grow up to be exactly the height God designed you to be. That’s the height that is perfect for you . Then we started talking about the benefits of being tall. How you could reach high things. And my son blurts out, I’m going to reach...

Is your child afraid? I’m talking about hiding under their covers. Mommy, will you check my closet before I sleep? Keep the light on at night kind of fear.  Here’s a tip to help your children overcome fear.   Get the Speak Life Badges sticker I Overcame Fear found in the I Am Special sticker book mentioned in this episode:  https://speaklifebadges.com/product/i-am-special-1st-run/   Get the I Am L...

Every day kids get called out.  Be quiet.  Sit down.  Slow down.  What are you doing to your sister?  Why can’t you share? They get called out for what they don’t do  right.   How they don’t fall in line, follow directions, and perform. I challenge you, Renewed Mama to call them UP not out.    Purchase Speak Life Badges sticker awards at https://speaklifebadges.com/ ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ NEED ANOTHER MAMA TO T...

Is your child saying, “I feel stupid when I don’t understand”?  Here are a few scripts to help you speak life to your children and students if they say, “I feel stupid when I don’t understand.”   Get the Speak Life Badges mentioned in this episode: I Am Special: I am diligent https://speaklifebadges.com/product/i-am-special-1st-run/ I Am Priceless: I am patient, I am committed, I am hardworking, I...

It’s back to school time.  Whether your children go to school or you homeschool, I’m sharing 14 tips to help you and your children have back to school success.  Let's keep the conversation going!  Share in the comments the one or two tips you needed to hear for back to school success.  And while you’re at it, share this episode with another mama who needs encouragement, too. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ RECOMMEND...

We hurt people and people hurt us.  Are you teaching your children how to forgive? I’m Kimberly Muhtar and I’m sharing a few scripts to help you to speak life to your children and students as you teach them how to forgive. Award your child with the Speak Life Badge that says, "I forgive" found in the I Am Special and I Am Priceless sticker books. Get your Speak Life Badges sticker award...

Ever feel like you aren’t cut out for motherhood? After yesterday’s temper tantrum in Walmart’s cereal aisle and today’s slamming doors, everyone else must be a better mom than you. Is there any value in what you do as a mom or are you just the maid, chauffeur, and chef? It’s pretty exhausting, isn’t it?   This episode is all about finding your value in motherhood. My special guest, Kirsten Vossle...

Does your child lose focus or interest and not finish a task?  Here are two tips that will help you to speak life to your children and students as you give them a Speak Life Badge and help you to build the character of faithfulness in their lives.  Award your child with a Speak Life Badge that says "I stayed faithful to the task" found in the I Am Smart sticker book. Get your Speak Life...

Want a strong marriage?  This episode is full of declarations for a strong marriage.  These declarations are for who you are in marriage, declarations to speak over your husband, and declarations for the success of your marriage. My challenge to you is to declare these statements over yourself, your husband, and your marriage for the next 30 days and see what happens.   💬 Let's keep the conve...

Andrew and I celebrate 20 years of marriage!  And in honor of that, I’m sharing 7 things I have done right in 20 years of marriage. Marriage is a wonderful gift, but marriage takes work and commitment.  If by sharing the things I have done right and wrong in 20 years of marriage, it helps you have a better marriage, that’s my goal!   💬 Let's keep the conversation going! Share in the comments...

My husband and I are celebrating 20 years of marriage!  And in honor of that, I’m sharing 8 things I have done wrong in our 20 years of marriage. I wrote in my journal July 2012 “I am negative.  I speak things that make Andrew feel like he can’t do anything right.  I smile less.  I am frustrated.  Why Andrew still loves me, I don’t know.  He has a lot to put up with.”  What else can I say but that...