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Hey, Mama! Whatever you are going through – the good, the bad, and the ugly – here are fifteen truths that all mothers need to hear. My encouragement to you is coming right out of the Speak Life Badges sticker award books!  I know that Speak Life Badges sticker badges and scripts are for kids; but I promise that you’ll be encouraged and uplifted by these truths, too.  They are for you, too, Mama!...

What is it that all mothers need to hear?  Motherhood is wonderful and crazy, exhausting and rewarding all at the same time.  Whatever you are going through – the good, the bad, and the ugly – here are fourteen truths that all mothers need to hear. You are in for a real treat because my encouragement to you is coming right out of the Speak Life Badges sticker award books!  I know that Speak Life B...

If you catch yourself shouting at your kids because you stepped on Lego again even after you told them ten times to clean them up, here’s how you can try again this time not yelling at them.   We give our children the chance to try again when they throw a temper tantrum, meltdown, or disrespect you or a sibling.  We let them try again to teach them how to respond in a better way. Sometimes, Mama,...

How can you get it all done as a mom? Catch yourself saying, “I have so many things to do today.  I don’t have enough time to get it all done.  I’m always running behind.”  Are you hard on yourself saying, “I should have done this yesterday”? Do you make a to-do list with a “reasonable” amount of things on the list, but it’s really way more things than you can practically do in a day? Here’s how c...

Catch yourself saying, “I don’t have time for this!”  No time for temper tantrums.  No time for not sharing.  No time for sibling arguments.  No time to clean up spilled milk or broken dishes. Listen in, Mama! Here’s why I stopped saying, “I don’t have time for this” as a Mom. This is the Try Again, Your New Mama Script Monday series on the Renewed Mama Podcast.   ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️  NEED PARENTING HELP, MA...

Conflict.  It’s a part of life.  Sibling Conflict.  It’s gonna happen in your home.  I’m sharing how you can handle sibling conflict well in your home so that there is less arguing, teasing, and siblings annoying each other and lots more peace, joy, and everyone getting along. Even better yet, let’s help your children handle the conflict on their own, successfully solving their own disagreements. ...

Hey there, Mama.  I want to challenge you today to stop using your words to describe your life and to start using your words to change it.     💬 Let's keep the conversation going!  Share in the comments what words you will stop using to describe your life and what new words you will use to change it.  https://speaklifebadges.com/use-words-to-describe-your-life-or-to-change-it/   ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️  NEE...

Catch yourself shouting at your kids because their toys are all over the place?  Can’t sit down on the couch because it is full of stuffed animals?  Teach your children to honor others by putting their toys away when they are done playing with them.   This is the Try Again, Your New Mama Script Monday series on the Renewed Mama Podcast.   ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ Want more tips on getting your children to take ca...

Helping another Mama who asked, “I have a parenting problem.  I would love your advice for my girls.  They are messy with toys and food dishes left everywhere.  I asked them nicely many times and sometimes angrily to clean up.  I tell them to put away their toy before getting something else out.  They blame each other.  I tell them they have to clean up whatever mess they made.  They say that they...

Looking for fresh new ideas of things to do with your children this summer? Here’s nineteen summer time fun ideas you can do at home with little to no cost using what you already have in your house.  Let’s keep the fun, creativity, and peace in your summer time with your kids.   💬 Let's keep the conversation going!  Share in the comments what you and your children enjoy doing during the summe...

Rachel Hilliker joins me on the Renewed Mama Podcast to share about teaching your children their identity in Jesus.  Rachel and her husband Ben are the authors of the beautiful book for parents and children called God’s Masterpiece:  Identity Truths for Children.   CONNECT with Rachel and Ben Hilliker at https://rachelhilliker.com/books SHOP God’s Masterpiece:  Identity Truths for Children and God...

Here’s how you can get your child to stop whining when they don’t get what they want.  Stop the instant, fake tears, the temper tantrum, and the whining in your home, Mama.   💬 Let's keep the conversation going!  Share in the comments one thing you will take away from this episode and do today to stop your children from whining.  Tell me how it works in your family.  https://speaklifebadges.c...

He stuttered all through school and was laughed at because of it.  He hated going to school and still feels anxiety when stepping into one.  But look at what he is doing now with his voice and a microphone. Only God knows who your children might become when they grow up.  Only He knows what they’ll do or achieve. Your challenge, Mama, is to look for that potential and call it out.   Follow Clay Cl...

Ever had your mind racing with so many thoughts, yet there is no clarity and no peace in them all? Are you trying to renew your mind, but there is hurt, pain, offence, fear, worried thoughts all shouting at you, demanding to be heard? I want to help you have mental ease, peace, calmness, and the assurance that it will all turn out right no matter what you are going through right now. I want to hel...

Rowan Atkinson, author of ENOUGH ALREADY!  Real Help for Home School Burnout, Freak Out, and Zone Out and podcast host of Canada Homeschools invited me on her show and I wanted to share those golden mama truths here with you.   ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ SHOP THE STICKER AWARD BOOKS KIMBERLY MENTIONED: I am Special, I am Priceless, and I am Smart at https://speaklifebadges.com/    ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️  NEED PARENTING HELP, MAM...

How can you help your children with new situations? How can you help them to think right, speak right, and respond right in new situations or challenges?  It’s called the pregame huddle.     💬 Let's keep the conversation going!  Share in the comments how using the pregame huddle with your child today helps them through a new situation or challenge. https://speaklifebadges.com/use-the-pregame-...

Introducing Renewed Mama Coaching with Kimberly Muhtar.  https://renewedmamacoaching.com/ RenewedMama Coaching helps you transform your life and parenting one thought at a time. If you are saying, “I don’t like the Mama I am.” (That’s what I was saying.) “I can’t stop shouting.  I get so frustrated with my kids. I try so hard to stay patient, but sometimes I lose it.  (Me, too!) If you are stresse...

Ever been in a place in your life when you wanted change but it wasn’t happening fast enough?  Maybe, right now, you are waiting for an answer, for a door to open.  Maybe something feels out of your control.  You are doing everything you know to do, all the little things you can do, as you wait for the big thing to happen.  Perhaps it feels like everything hinges on the one thing you are waiting f...

Do you feel like you are always correcting your child?  Saying, “Stop that.  No more hitting.  Are you bothering your sister again?  Keep it down.  Stop running!” You know that you need to discipline but you want to do it positively, in a way that your child will actually receive and obey without squishing their spirit.  And you want to keep calm and in control yourself even though sometimes it’s...

Want to build a culture of honor and unity in your home?  Then you must kick out any or all of these ways dishonor and disunity are showing up in your home:  disrespect, constant criticism and complaining, trying to change others, neglect, blame, comparing with others, negative or derogatory name calling, outbursts of anger, unforgiveness and bitterness, pride, stubbornness, control, refusal to gi...

When your sweet baby won’t stop crying and you don’t know what she wants, she’s not meaning to trigger you.  When your two year old toddler has a temper tantrum and melts down in the Walmart aisle, he’s not meaning to trigger you.  He just doesn’t know yet how to express that he’s hungry, tired, and over stimulated. When we become parents, most of us don’t think about our past and how that can aff...

Motherhood.  It’s a 24 /7 job.  Isn’t it? You may be in the middle of newborn sleepless nights, diaper blowouts, runny noses, two year old temper tantrums, spilt milk, and trying to stay patient and not shout in the mad rush out the door. The child raising days can be long and exhausting.  It feels like it will never end.   But Mama, I want to be that other Mama voice inside your earbuds that remi...

How can we as parents help our children take correction well?  With a “Yes, Mom. Thank you for helping me become the best person I can be” instead of an “O, come on Mom” and rolls of the eyes, stomps of the feet, or full out temper tantrums. Why is there a different attitude when they take correction or instruction from their coach or their teacher than from their Mom? That’s what we are talking a...

One mama shared that her eight and a half year old can be downright mean and a bully. When confronted she breaks down, but she consistently manipulates siblings to gang up on other siblings, purposely excludes, and says mean things! She can be so helpful and kind one minute and then she switches out of nowhere. In this Renewed Mama episode, we are talking about bullying, especially if your child i...

“I can’t believe I have to see your ugly face two days in a row.” That was what one boy said to my daughter. He just walked right up to her out of the blue and said those words. You know what she thought? “Wow, that must have taken a lot of courage to walk right up to me and say that to my face.” What?! Mama!  That is what we are here for! Grooming our children for maturity, to not take offen...