#63 Amanda Bacon [Mothering on Purpose in a World of Distractions]

We're wrapping up our series on parenting and family culture today. I'm joined by Amanda Bacon. Amanda lives in North Carolina with her husband, Jeremy, and their eight children. She's on staff at Proverbs 31 Ministries on Lysa TerKeurst's team and loves encouraging women with biblical truth and authenticity. Amanda is the co-host of All the Mom Things podcast, host of At Night podcast, and the co-author of Shiny Things: Mothering on Purpose in a World of Distractions. In order to know what's distracting us, we need to know what our priorities are. Amanda and I talk about how naming what's important to us isn't the hard part. It's keeping what's most important to us first. Amanda points us to the perfect example. She says, "[Jesus] displays priorities and how to live our top priority with it at the top, all through scripture." Amanda and I chat about some of the distractions in our lives and how a lot of times we use distractions as an escape when things are hard. To combat this, a question Amanda will ask is, "is right now the right time?" And because our brains are full managing all of the things for our families, we might need timers and reminders to keep us on track. As much as we love our children, sometimes they are the distraction. Amanda says communication with our kids is really big when we need to get work done, but we also have to make sure we aren't squandering our time.  Since summer is upon us and mothering on purpose is Amanda's heart, we wrap up by talking about things we can do to have a successful summer with our most important people.   MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Shiny Things: Mothering on Purpose in a World of Distractions All the Mom Things Podcast At Night Podcast   AMANDA'S FAVORITE 5 Fresh Salsa Nutpods Creamer The Dearly Beloved Bare Marriage Podcast The Durrells in Corfu   CONNECT WITH AMANDA Instagram   THE GATHERING PROJECT A five-day experience to plan, prep and gather with your girlfriends. The Gathering Project begins on June 14th. You'll get: 5 days of coaching videos a 12-page workbook – the Girls Gathering Guide GTL conversation cards access to a private FB group for real-time interaction with me and other group members for support, ideas and encouragement. My mission is to help you gather, have conversations, create meaningful connections, and build lasting friendships. Save My Spot!