Episodes
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#45: Travel Tips for Young Families with Melissa Harms from Everyday Family Travel Blog
In this episode of the Elevate Motherhood podcast, Courtney Lundeen speaks with Melissa Harms, a mom of four and the creator of the Everyday Family Travel blog. They discuss the importance of family travel, how to plan vacations with kids, budgeting tips, and the mindset needed for successful...
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#44: Raising a Child with Differences - with Jenn Klaus
Join Courtney and Jenn Klaus for a conversation between friends about raising a child with differences. Jenn is the best mom to her 3 children - Willie, Blaiklee, and Bailor. Her son Willie has Down syndrome and autism. Courtney and Jenn discuss advice for moms raising children with differences,...
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#43: How to Fight Anxiety as a Christian Mom
Anxiety is something so many of us face, but as Christian moms, how do we navigate it in a way that strengthens our faith rather than shakes it? This episode isn’t about having all the answers—it’s about an honest conversation, sharing wisdom, and learning how to take responsibility for our…
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#42: Known By Your Fruit: How Christian Women Can Change The World
What if the most powerful way to change the world is simply by staying rooted in Christ? In this episode, we’re talking about the impact of Christian women who live out their calling with confidence, love, and the Fruit of the Spirit. Jesus said, “You will know them by their fruits” (Matthew…
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#41: Half Birthdays - a Special Family Tradition
Celebrating your kids' half-birthdays can be an easy and fun family tradition. We love thinking of ways to make childhood (and motherhood) filled with happy memories. In this episode, you'll get lots of fun and easy ideas for how and why to make this a fun part of your family's traditions. Get…
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#40: Intentional Parenting with Morgan Eseke: Creating a Scripture-Backed Family Creed and Mission Statement
Do you ever feel like you're accidentally just winging it with parenting? Have you ever taken the time to decide exactly where you're headed? Special guest Morgan Eseke joins Courtney today to talk about the importance of deciding ahead of time the direction we're taking with our family.…
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#39: Transferring Kids' Dependence on Parents to Dependence on God
For some reason, it seems like our culture gets this whole concept backwards. Moms feel ashamed to be needed by their babies and young kids, and then moms like to be overly-needed by their kids as they become adults. Is there a God-given design to transfer this important dependence on parents to...
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#38: Decluttering Tips for Moms
Hey moms! Ready to declutter your home and feel more relaxed and free? This episode is for you! Decluttering tips for moms addresses all your questions like, I'm ready to start decluttering, but where do I start? What if I'm just not ready to get rid of something? What if I declutter something…
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#37: Making Valentine's Day Special with Kids
This episode contains fun and easy (yes even last-minute) ideas to make childhood magical for Valentine's Day! Click here to see the blog post for this episode. Click here for the Home Organization Master Class online course. Follow @ElevateMotherhood on Instagram!
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#36: Parenting 3 Year Olds
If you're in the thick of the toddler years and need some positive encouragement, tune in! We discuss some approaches to common parenting scenarios! Consider this a conversation with a Christian mom-friend or sister in a similar season of life, figuring it all out as we go and helping each other!...
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#35: New Year's Eve Ideas with Kids
Staying at home with your kids for NYE 2024? Lucky you! ... but really! Here are lots of ideas to make New Year's Eve special and fun! You can create easy traditions your kids will always remember for just a little extra effort and maybe a few extra dollars. Listen in and join the fun! Your kids...
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#34: Simplify & Organize Your Life in 2024
Are you ready to lighten your load and simplify and organize your life? 2024 (or whenever you're listening to this) is the perfect time! Join us to talk about decluttering and streamlining/organizing/strategizing your life in 3 categories - physical, mental, and calendar. This conversation is...
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#33: The Capacity for Zero : Starting Something New or Making a Change
If it's not good, God's not done yet. You are capable of starting at zero, having day number 1 of making a change. You have the capacity and the courage required, through God's mighty power and the prompting on your heart. You can show up each day while praying for more. Elevate Motherhood Home...
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#32: BONUS - Each Stage Can Be the New Best Stage
When you're raising babies- everyone tells you "This is the best stage! Enjoy it! It's going to slip away so quickly!" And I want to give you permission to believe that the stage you're in now can be the new best stage... and that the best isn't slipping away. Each stage can be the new best…
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#31: Positive Postpartum - Tips from Postpartum Nurses - Rise & Shine RNs
Welcome back to the Elevate Motherhood Podcast- special "Call Your Mom" edition featuring Rise & Shine RNs - Lindsay and Sam. We want everyone who listens to this podcast to be able to stand on the shoulders of some amazing moms, learn some biblical wisdom and practical strategies as we help each...
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#30: What Do You Want?
What do you want? Can you easily answer that question? Do you know that the Old Testament shows God asking that question and the New Testament shows Jesus asking that question. Even when God & Jesus KNOW, they still wanted people to answer the question. Let's jump in and see what we can take from...
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#29: Toy and Playroom Organization
How do you organize a playroom? What do we do with all these toys? Does it change as our kids grow up? How do we use storage bins? Montessori playrooms? We talk about a lot here in this episode!! Join the conversation! Click here for the transcript for this episode. Let's be friends!...
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#28: BONUS - Prayers for Our Kids
Listen to this as you pray over your children. Reach out to God. He's there. Communicate with him in prayer and wait expectantly. Live as children of the one true King. If you want to pray but don't know how, listen here. If you want to pray but don't know the words, listen here. If you believe…
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#27: Creating Back to School Traditions Your Kids Will Remember
Back to School is a fun time for moms to create back to school traditions our kids will always remember. This episode is full of easy ideas to make things extra special for our families (and even our teachers)! Topics Discussed: School Year's Eve After School Treats Teacher Gifts Organization...
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#26: Done Having Babies? Navigating Changing Seasons of Life
Is it okay to have emotions? Is it okay to grieve a season of life ending while being 100% excited for the next? As Christians, we are called to not be led by our emotions, but we still experience them. How do we handle it?We are always believing God's best for our lives is still to come.…
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#25: Creating a Kid-Friendly Home
There's lots of information out there about decorating your home, organizing your home, decluttering your home, but there's not a lot of information out there about creating a home with KIDS in it. Well, here you go! This was created for MOMS! Transcript for this Episode CourtneyLundeen.com Kids...
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#24: Hygge Your Life!
Welcome back to the Elevate Motherhood Podcast! Today we talk about the concept of Hygge and how WE can incorporate this Danish ideal into our lives? Are Danes really the happiest country? What can we learn from them? Can we mix some positives of minimalism with some *extra* special things to...
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#23: Bonus! Home Organization Online Course for MOMS
Hey guys! Welcome back to the Elevate Motherhood podcast. This is a super special episode because I have an announcement! You have heard me mention on the podcast and Instagram that something *NEW* is coming to Elevate Motherhood. Well, I'm finally ready to tell you! My email list got the email a...
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#22: Time-Management Analogies for Moms (or Anyone!)
In this episode, we explore a couple of time-management strategies for moms in the form of analogies. We explore the analogy of life being a glass jar full of rocks, pebbles, and sand. And we consider the advice that life is 3 concentric circles, and we should disappoint the inner circle the…
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#21: 10 Things I'm Loving Right Now
Click here for the full transcript Links mentioned: The Defined Dish Cookbook (and The Comfortable Kitchen Cookbook) Bampure 100% Organic Sheets Safer Home Indoor Fly Trap Primal Kitchen Ketchup To join Elevate Motherhood emails, click here. CourtneyLundeen.com Let's be friends! Elevate…
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#20: Top 10 Independent-Play Activities for Toddlers
Aren't we always thrilled when we find an activity that keeps our toddler occupied for more than a minute? Here's a list of my top 10 activities that keep my toddlers busy! This list includes activities, games, toys, and mom hacks you'll be glad to have in your mind, especially with summer coming...
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#19: Alley-Oop Parenting
Today we are applying the alley-oop basketball term to our parenting. Can we set our kids up more easily to make the right choice? Are there ways to avoid meltdowns? Are there ways to redirect positively? Today we talk about tips and strategies for parenting toddlers, one of our favorite subjects...
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#18: BONUS: Rate-Limiting Steps in Home Organization
Is there a sweet spot between having too much and too little of things you regularly use? Is minimalism the goal or not? Courtney shares some tips and tricks to find this sweet spot when it comes to decluttering and home efficiency. Listen in for more! CourtneyLundeen.com
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#17: Moms Pursing Passions
Today Courtney talks to special guest and published children's book author, Lauren Brownrigg, about moms who are paving a way of their own to pursue a passion and calling WHILE prioritizing being a mom. Courtney and Lauren talk about keeping priorities straight and potential benefits to children...
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#16: Parenting and Delighting in Our Kids
In this episode we talk about Christian parenting using practical examples and scripts from every day life with toddlers and young children. We talk about delighting in our kids, building up their confidence in themselves, parenting in public, and more. Join in the conversation! Links: Show Notes...
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#15: Contentment, Gratefulness, and No Complaining
Have you ever stopped to think about what you really want? Do you know exactly what to thank God for? Do you know exactly what you're praying for? This episode is about having an attitude of contentment and thankfulness. We talk about how to stop driving a wedge into your marriage and your life…
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#14: 5 Tips to Reduce Clutter
Decluttering! One of my favorite topics. I have found so much freedom in owning fewer items. That's why I'm here to share some tips to reduce clutter! Basically - clutter means things that are in our way. And if we are living an intentional life, we don't want things in the way, especially…
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#13: Making Seasons Special at Home
Is there more to homemaking than decorating, keeping our houses clean, and providing shelter? How can we be inspired by God's grand design? In this episode, we discuss the privilege of reflecting God's creation in each season through our homes. We talk about creating traditions and memories for…
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#12: BONUS: How to Tidy Your House Quickly
You know those times your house is a disaster? Surely I'm not the only one. You know, right when you get home from a vacation? Or, every single day after school? When everything is dumped on the floor? Or, every Sunday night after a long and fun weekend? I'm one of those people highly affected by...
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#11: Thoughtfulness and Showing Up for People
Welcome back to Elevate Motherhood! In this episode, we discuss how God designed us for community yet it is so easy to feel isolated. Courtney gives practical ways for moms to make good friends and also be a good friend. -When God makes it loud and clear that He's teaching us something -Ideas to...
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#10: Siblings and Birth Order
Hi friends! Welcome back to the Elevate Motherhood Podcast! I hope it is a blessing to you! Are you the parent of more than one child? Are you curious about sibling dynamics? Do you know the stereotypes of birth order and how it might factor into your child's family experience? Join us in this...
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#9: Let it Be Easy - Reducing Decision Fatigue
In this episode, Courtney discusses how to let some things be easier in our lives. Are you subscribing to unnecessary rules? Are there ways to make some things more automatic with systems, habits, and routines? Can we reduce some decision fatigue? Can we create some margin in our lives for the...
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#8: Scarcity V. Abundance Mindset
In this episode, we discuss the concept of scarcity versus abundance mindsets. How do these mindsets affect how we live our lives? Does it influence how we keep our physical belongings? How we tithe and give? What does the Bible say about these topics? How can we train ourselves to shift our...
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#7: Using Your Phone to Streamline Your Life
Phones get a bad rap sometimes, you know? But there are so many ways we can use our phones to streamline our lives and save us time. Time is our most valuable resource! Courtney shares all her tips and tricks to get the most out of your smartphone. Simplicity, organization, preparation, all the...
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#6: Speak Life - The Power of the Tongue
Welcome back to the Elevate Motherhood Podcast! In this episode, Courtney shares one of the things that has changed her life in the biggest way – speaking life. The power of our tongue. Speaking words that align with our prayers and our faith. Does it matter what we say? Does God care what we…
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#5: Organizing Kids' Keepsakes
Welcome to episode 5 of the Elevate Motherhood Podcast. In this episode, Courtney talks about several ways to save our kids' special memorabilia, keepsakes, art projects, toys, and more. What happens when a minimalistic mindset encounters sentimental items? Topics of this Episode: Baby Books...
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#4: Parenting in the Toddler Years
Do you want to love the toddler years? Want to fully live into God's high calling as a mom? In this episode we talk about the mindset needed to keep our priorities straight and keep our thought and actions reflecting what matters. We talk about practical strategies to lighten and enjoy the...
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#3: Faith in Practice with Kids
If you often wonder- what are the things I can be doing each day to teach my kids about God? How do I live out my faith as an example for my kids? This episode is packed with ideas for you! Courtney talks through ideas to make scripture part of your daily life, specific books and songs kids love,...
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#2: Home Organization 101
Do you feel overwhelmed in your house? Do you desire simplicity for the sake of prioritizing what matters most? In this episode, Courtney shares some of the best home organization tips she's learned over the years. We'll talk about the basics of decluttering, simplicity, and using systems that…
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#1: Making Things Magical for Kids
Welcome back to the Elevate Motherhood Podcast. This is Episode 1 – Making Things Special for Kids. In this episode, Courtney shares some practical ideas to make the regular parts of life more magical for kids. This is one of the most fun parts of being a mom! - Kids Birthdays - “Birthday...
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[Trailer] Welcome to the Elevate Motherhood Podcast!
Welcome to the Elevate Motherhood Podcast! If your goal is to be a fun, intentional mom who loves the Lord and loves her kids, there is something here for you. Courtney will share biblical wisdom and practical tips from moms, for moms. This podcast will encourage and inspire you to live as the…
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About this show
Encouraging and inspiring moms to love being moms. We'll choose joy, simplify our lives, and prioritize what matters most. Organization/Simplicity/Mom Hacks/Positive Parenting/Christian Parenting
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Courtney Lundeen
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