#71: Creating a family culture where Jesus is woven into daily life with Kimberly Amici [Grace in Parenting series]

Your family has a culture. Do you know what your's is? Do you even like it? How can you shape it so your faith and values are woven into it? I'm so glad you asked! You want to create a warm, welcoming, gospel-centered family, and today's guest will help you! In this interview, Kimberly Amici shares with us: How to shape your family culture one day at a time, Ways to create an environment where kindness -- not rivalry and bickering -- thrives among your kids And how to give and receive feedback from your kids. I love how Kimberly made family culture not so scary and that we don't need some big announcement or major shifts, we can simply build our culture one day at a time. Key Quotes "Everything our family did was good, but we weren't going all together." - Kimberly Amici "You can change your family culture." - Kimberly Amici "Identify what you're already doing well." - Kimberly Amici "We get to do these things because we're working together." - Kimberly Amici "Find consistent practices that are non-negotiable." - Kimberly Amici "These small things that we do day in and day out are what's building culture." - Kimberly Amici "When our kids come to us, are we pointing them back to Jesus? And if we consistently do that, the culture is building itself." - Kimberly Amici "Because of the atmosphere we create, our kids are open to what we have to say." - Kimberly Amici "Honor what your kids have to say and ask questions." - Kimberly Amici "Listen. Apply what you're learning. Continue to ask questions. Be humble." - Kimberly Amici "My biggest lesson with grace has been not making everything all about me." - Kimberly Amici "I have to make sure that I don't choose to extend grace only when it's convenient." - Kimberly Amici "I have to understand my why because that fuels me to be efficient so I can show up for my kids." - Kimberly Amici Previous Episodes Mentioned Episode #66: How your Enneagram type impacts your parenting  Episode #67: Easy and practical ways to give your kids grace  Episode #68: How to create a family shaped by grace in a conversation with Gary Morland  Episode #69: How to parent out of love, not fear with Kevin A. Thompson Episode #70: Helping your kids enjoy Jesus with Kirk + Debbie Freeman Mentioned in the Podcast The FCC requires that I tell you that I'm an Amazon Affiliate, which means I earn a bit of commission on each sale. But don't worry there's no added cost to you! Build Your Best Family Summit Build Your Best Family Summit All-Access Pass Subscribe to Jill's weekly "the good + the grace" email  Kimberly's Family Retreat Packet Kimberly's Family Culture Worksheet Cleaning House by Kay Wills Wyma Good to Great by Jim Collins The Build Your Best Family podcast  About Kimberly Amici Kimberly is known for her creativity, strong faith, and commitment to living life with purpose and passion. She is an entrepreneur, designer, and podcast producer.  Through Kimberly's Build Your Best Family, people live a life of purpose with the ones they love and become the family they were meant to be. She does all this through her podcast, courses, and personal coaching.  Kimberly writes at www.kimberlyamici.com, and lives with her husband Carl and their 3 teenagers in the NYC suburbs. Here's how to connect with Kimberly Amici Website Facebook  Instagram for Build Your Best Family Instagram for Kimberly  Twitter Podcast  Here's how to connect with Jill Website  GraceInRealLifePodcast.com  Instagram  Facebook group  Facebook page Subscribe to Jill's weekly "the good + the grace" email