All Episodes

Boundaries and Bonding: Drill Sargeant, Big Softy, or a Mercy Seat Parent, ep 224

Strategies in Discipline from Toddlers to Teens - Pt 2 of Diagramming a Difficulty, Ep 223

Child/Teen Struggling? Part 1, Diagramming a Difficulty, Episode 222

221 Yes, No, and Boundaries, Parenting Basics for ages 1-18

220 Creating Connection- Val and Abby talk Mentoring and Being Mentored

219: 5 Ways to Walk with Your Child Toward Wholeness in a Broken World - finality of Clarity for the Mission of Parenthood

218 - 10 Tips for Growing Your Child's Wholeness part A from Clarity for the Mission of Parenthood Series.

217 Siblings, Family Harmony, Shema: Clarity for the Mission of Parenthood, Pt. 6

216 Wholeness for Marriage and Family - Rich and Val - Clarity for the Mission of Parenthood, Part 5

215 Operation Wholeness - Clarity for the Mission of Parenthood, Part 4

214 Clarity for the Mission of Parenthood, pt 3

213 Clarity for the Mission of Parenthood, Part 2

212 SIMPLIFY, part 1 of Clarity for the Mission of Parenthood

211 Siblings and Their Friends - Connection and Communication

210 Season 5 Debut, Parents start now - Lessons on Love, Dating, Marriage

209 Siblings, Connection, and Family Bonding Activities

208 Sibling Strife - Help for the Pestering Child & the Tattle Tale

207 Let's Get Real w/ Tiff and Val, Habits to Thrive

206 "Don't Be Late!" Facing Weaknesses & Finding Strengths in Our Kids

205 Resources for Growing Confidence

204 Safe Haven: Parenting When News is Big

203 Simple Ways to Grow Communication Skills & Self-Assuredness in Kids & Teens: Confidence Series

202 The Blessings of Nurturing Confidence in Our Kids/Teens

201 Confidence Series: Success for Teens & Young Adults w/ Andrew Harrison

Keeping Intentional Priorities Plus 200th Episode including BLOOPERS

199. Guest Angela Startz: Family Peace pt 2

198. Guest Angela Startz: Family Peace - Difficult Marriage or Divorce, Co-Parenting & More

197. Four Simple Words

196. Mom/Daughter Talk on Balancing Emotions & Actions, & Facing Difficult Things

195. 5 Steps to Emotional Wholeness, Emotion Management for Parents & Kids

194. Raising Emotionally Wise Kids & Teens

193. Val as guest on the Mom Made Plans podcast

192. Simplify for Busy Moms w/ Guest Julie Redmond, Habits to Thrive

191. Patriotism in an Imperfect Nation

190. Kids Can Grow in Compassion, Courage, and Conviction from Learning about True Heroes,, Summer Enrichment

189. GrowTime Before Screentime Checklist

188. Top 10 Summer Plans Away from Screens Pt 2

187. Top 10 Summer Plans Away from Screens; Part 1

186. Family Communication OVERHAUL with Rich and Val

185. What do I do when my chil d isn't following through or is apathetic?

184. Blueprint of Every Heart with Pam Swanson, Part 2

183. Parenting with the Blueprint of Every Heart, Guest Pam Swanson Part 1

182. Mom's Daily Replenishing

181. Dear Younger Me, with Guest Jyl Griffin, homeschool mom of five

180. Anxious, Worried, or Fearful child? Here's Help with Becca Hammond & Val Harrison

179. Snapshots of Hearts in Transformation - featuring many contributors

178. Tools to Help Bad Attitudes

177. Dear Younger Me: April Raccuglia, part 2

176. Dear Younger Me: April Raccuglia, part 1

175. Confident Kids/Teens, with Abby & Val

174. Hello Spring! - A "Parenting in the Trenches" episode

173. Val & Guest Sasha Star Robertson chat about God-first living, self-care for moms, church hurt and the value of Christian community

172. Part 2, Guest Lisa Beth Hutchins' Top 10 Habits to Thrive

171. Guest Lisa Beth Hutchins' Top 10 Habits to Thrive part 1

170. Season 4 Debut

169. Two Big Announcements Between Season 3 and Season 4

168. Dominant Director Personality Combo, Here We Go Through Uniquely United 2.0

167. Careful Calculator Personality Combo, Uniquely United 2.0

166. Sensitive Server Personality Differences, Uniquely United 2.0

165. Impulsive Impactors: Here We Go through Uniquely United 2.0

164. People-Focused vs Task-Focused Family Members: Uniquely United series

163. Differences are Opportunities: Fast-paced and Slow-paced Family Members, Uniquely United Series

162. Uniquely United: Foundation First

161. Save Your Sanity One Hour a Week Meal Prep from Lasso Your Life Series

160. Ten $ Saving Grocery, Meals, and Natural Cleaning Hacks by the Practically Speaking MOM, from the Lasso Your Life series

159. Help Middle School & Teen Girls to Grow before Guys, Walk in Purpose, Live as a Leader in this Mom/Daughter Conversation about Abby's #1 Book Pick for Girls

158. Val & Abby review her #2 book pick Girl Defined: God's Radical Design for Beauty, Femininity, and Identity

157. Interrupting the Plan... Letting Go of the Old to Begin the New, Hard is good, 5 Dual Credit Tips

156. Mom & Teen Daughter Talk about Knowing Your Value, Leading Your Heart, & Navigating Relationships, Book Pick #3

155. Interpreting the World's Messages for Your Child - a Guarding Their Hearts

154. Teach kids' discernment about movies & T.V.

153. ScreenStrong Families founder Melanie Hempe and Val Harrison chat about family internet habits

152. Guest Yvette Hampton on Simplifying, Traveling in an RV, and making a documentary, Schoolhouse Rocked.

151. NEW GrowTime before ScreenTime, Book Review, Family Vacay Ideas

150. Four Life Challenges for Boys, Reaching Middle School Boys, Guest Andrew Dahilig, Raising Sons Series.

149. Words that Impact, Raising Sons Series, with Guest Dakota Hammond

148. Redefine Failure & Challenges for Kids, CAUTIONS about depleted hearts, Father/No-Father Factor, Raising Sons Series

147. Raising Boys, Being a Mom Who Listens, Finding Mentors w/ Guest Amy Kusmaul

146. Talking to Your Child About Tragedy, Fears, & Why God Allows Bad Things to Happen - Parenting In the Trenches

145. Tools to Transform Your Marriage - What we learned from 30 yrs together

144. Work Ethic, Kids Hearing You, More Help for Parents of a Slow Personality Child: Listener Q&A

143. Lonely and Longing for Alone Time, Simultaneously. Such is the MomLife

142. Finding God Moments in Each Day

141. Walk with Me Out of My Comfort Zone

140. Moms Feel the Deepest Feelings, Celebrating Motherhood, Mother's Day, and Graduations

139. Uniquely United! Part 1: Fast and Slow

138. Healthy Sibling Relationships - Listener Q and A

137. Kids HABITS, Mom HACKS, and Getting Your Kids to Clean Their Room without Wreaking Havoc on Your Relationship from the "Lasso Your Life Series"

136. Week Of Encouragement! - Weekend Family Goals

135. Week Of Encouragement! - Parenting is Like Growing Plants

134. The Atmosphere in Your Home

133. Reshaping Weaknesses into Strengths, Being a Barometer of Your Child, Wrapping Up our series on Self-Perception

132. Continuing to Impact your Child's Self-Perception & Uncover their Strengths

131. Mother/Daughter Talk about Self-Perception and Combatting Lies about our Self-Worth

130. Part 2, Your Child's Nine Circles of Influence on their Self-Perception from the Life-Giving Words Series

129. Your Child's Self-Perception, Circles of Influence, from the Life-Giving Words Series

128. Season 3 DEBUT! Lots of New and Exciting Topics on This Season's Podcasts

127. Mom, Need ENCOURAGEMENT? Find HOPE in the midst of suffering

125. Family Fun Bonding Activity & Wisdom-Giving about Love, Dating, & the Meaning of Marriage

124. Increase Peace & Reduce Chaos One System at a Time, Guest Host Amy Roberts

123. "Parenting in the Fire Swamp," a lighthearted look at renewing hope for parents w/ guest host Yvette Hampton of Schoolhouse Rocked

122. Helping Our Kids Get God's Vision for Their Future w/ Guest Host Lisa Nehring

121. Give Your Kids the Gift of Goal-Setting with Guest Host Lisa Nehring

120. A Parent's Annual Inventory - the 5 R's that impact our character and our relationships

119. Middles & Teens, Overcoming Negative Self-Talk, Parenting a Gen Z Kid. Guest Host Katie Waalkes of Life in the Mundane

118. Christmas Devo to Moms by Guest Jan L. Burt

117. Busy Mom, Let's Nourish Your Heart. With Guest Host, Jan L. Burt

116. When Your Child Questions Their Faith, Part 2, with Guest Host Nina Baldwin of Everyday Blessings

112. Dealing with MOM PRESSURE and a Big Announcement

111. Mom's Health Journey & Managing Multiples with Guest Becca Hammond

110. Child's Hierarchy of Needs to God's Will for Their Unique Life: Equipping Them to SOAR series

109. Obstacles are Opportunities: Preparing Our Kids to SOAR Series

108. Life Skills w/ Excellence, a REALISTIC Perspective -Preparing Your Child to Soar series pt 2

107. Equipped to SOAR - Series Kick-off

106. A Little Bit of Hope and an Educational Vacation Idea w/ Rich & Val

105. Helping My Child BUILD STRONG FRIENDSHIPS, "Be a Blessing" Series

104. Teaching Your Kids to Be A Blessing Among Siblings, Part 2

103. Among Siblings, Part 1 - From the "Teaching Your Kids to Be a Blessing" Series

102. Simplifying Hospitality, "Teaching Your Kids to BE A BLESSING" Series

101. The Value of Volunteering - A series on Teaching Our Kids to Be a Blessing, Pt 1 with Guest Debbie Smith

100. Mom, Stop Fighting Your Battles; and 100th Episode Celebration!

99. Homeschool? How? Why? 24 Yrs & 7 Kids. Plus Academic Tips for All.

98. Four Steps for a Family Time-Out for the Most Important Thing Before School Begins

97. Modesty, Pitfalls from the Purity Movement, and Treasuring Sexuality

96. Val & Abby share keys to WAITING with GRACE, It's a Growth Thing! The conversation continues a year later

95. Conversation with a Teen about Guarding Your Heart in Today's World, Pt 1

94. Introducing Two Parenting Topics PLUS Potty Training Tips

93. Ways to GROW: No more bored kids on screens. Part 2

92. Enrichment activities over Screen Time; part 1

91. We didn't know, but God did.

90. Making Marriage Matter: No Matter What

89. Pinball Parenting

88. Listener Q&A, with Abby and Emma

87. Visionary Parenting

86. Organize Your Papers & the Mountain of Mail, from the Lasso Your Life Series

85. Tackling Your To-Do List, from the Lasso Your Life Series

84. A Unique Way to Impact Older Children, Coping with the Loss of a Child, The Role of Mother, Intentional Grandparenting

83. A Heartspace for Disciplining, Mom-breaks, and Mom Health Tips - with guest Becca Hammond, Part 2

82. Moms & False Inadequacy w/ Becca Hammond & Val's VIPs

81. Trials, Triumphs, and Favs on a very busy week!

80. Transform Your Family with 4 Steps to VALUE EACH OTHER more Effectively

79. Surprise VIP Guests, LEGACY, and Family Bonding

78. Touring the Six Rooms of the Intentional Home

77. Dealing with Differences: Raising the ADHD Child w/ Guest, Dr Amy Barfield, Pt 2

76. ScreenTime, Stress, Sleep in Listener Q&A with guest, Dr Amy Barfield

75. POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT TOOLS & Making a MOM BRAIN BOOK, What's In My Mom Box, Part 2

74. What's In My MOM BOX? Common Tools that make motherhood more manageable, Part 1 - Episode 74

73. Let's Get Real w/ Val & Tiff about the Momlife, Part 3 - Personality Parenting & Being a Standard Bearer Mom

72. Teach Your Kids the TRUTH about Love. What is Your Child Learning about LOVE & Relationships & Marriage?

71. Let's Get Real w/ Val & Tiff- a heart to heart about the momlife, Part 2

70. Let's Get Real! Val & Tiff, mom of 3, have a heart to heart about the momlife, Part 1

69. Road Trip to Refinement (Part 2 of the 5 R's of Intentional Parenting)

68. Mom, Take the Time to REFINE - The 5 R's of Intentional Parenting, Part 1.

67. Val & 11 Female Podcasters share a Christmas Collaboration - Women in the Biblical Christmas Story

66. Creating Christmas Memories - with Abby, Emma, & Val

65. Intentional & Imperfect - Four Benefits of Being an Imperfect Mom

64. Made to SHINE: The Value of Your Child's Unique Identity

63. Unlock Your Child's Strengths & Impact their Self-Perception

62. Mending Your Child's Heart at every age

61. Giving our Kids SMALL Steps to BIG Results & Littles Who Don’t Listen

60. Season 2 DEBUT - Let God Write Your Victory Song & Family Table Talk Ideas

59. BLOOPERS Year One - "Behind the Mic" hosted by Abby and Emma

58. BEST OF YEAR ONE the top moments, top episodes, top parenting concepts from year one, hosted by Val & Rich

57. Clarity for Busy Moms - Stress, Priorities, & Taking Time to Breath - with Guest Steph Fisher Pt.2

56. Healthy Family begins with Healthy Mom, an interview with @StephFisherWellness

55. How Do YOU Measure MOM SUCCESS? Goodbye COMPARISON & PERFECTION!

54. Nurturing a Sense of Security in Marriage & Family - with Rich and Val.

53. Sibling Squabbles, Bonding, and Listener Q&A

52. Your Child's Sacred Struggle: Questioning God, Finding Grace, Part 2

51. Running from God, Finding Grace: When Your Child Questions Their Faith, Part 1

Episode 50!! Behind the Scenes - Rich Interviews Val

49. LAUNCH Time: Legacy Building for what comes next & a Mother's Prayer

48. Growing Heroes & Helping Weaknesses - the positive habit of audio adventures w/ guest Jim Hodges

47. Mom's Emotions, Balancing Mercy & Standards. Lessons Learned by the Mistaking Parent, Part 2 - a mom & son discussion

46. The Hope-Filled Life of a Mistaking Parent including a Mother & Son Discussion

45. Managing STRESS in Mom and Child, Pt 3: Counteracting the Harmful Impact w/ Guest Amanda Colliatie, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

44. Managing Stress in Mom and Child, Part 2: BUFFERING STRESS w/ Guest Amanda Colliatie, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

43. Managing STRESS in Mom & Child w/ Guest Amanda Colliatie, Marriage and Family Therapist LMFT- Part 1

42. Fatherhood & Your Child: Hope, Help, and Honor

41. Sibling Relationships, Family Values, & Lots of Laughs: Val's Four Daughters share the mic!

38. Mom Making Money: Work Habits that work so your focus can be on your family

37. Misbehavior: Opposition or Opportunity? Plus,Potty-Training & Other Fun! Talk w/ Becca, Pt 2.

36. Kids' Emotions, Self-Sufficiency & Talk with a Preschool Mom

35. Self-care isn't selfish. Listener Q&A and Getting Kids on Board with Boundaries

34. The Year the World Paused. Plus Seasons of Motherhood.

33. A Girls Self-Worth, Pt 2 - peers, drama, boys, boundaries. Parenting principles for complex topics

32. A Girl's Self-Worth - Parenting Teens & Those Who Will Be, Part 1- a Discussion with Victoria Dahilig

31. What Makes Your Child Come to Life?! Pursuing their Passions

30. Putting the Pieces Together - A Mom's Survival Guide - Parenting in Crisis

29. ScreenTime, Chores, Habits of Blessing - Help our kids GROW, even in a crisis. Plus, Mom, What's Your Harriet Road?

28. Finding Focus when Nothing is Normal. PLUS, Q&A on Root Parenting.

27. Relationship Killers, Maintaining Influence & Mom, Are You Out of Order?

26. Root Parenting: Digging Deeper into the Four Root Areas Behind Your Child's Behavior

25. Root Parenting vs. Surface Parenting

24. How a Busy Mom Gets Quality Time with God Daily; Becoming a Power House Parent, Episode 24.

23. Overcoming Negative Communication Habits in Your Family & Marriage, with Rich and Val

22. Mom's Marathon Path. Plus, Are we going to teach our kids that sex is sacred? When a society has lost its way...

21. Cut Laundry Chaos and add HAPPY to Your Have-to's, from a mom of 7. Plus listeners' laundry tips, Episode 21.

20. #FamilySpontaneousFriday #FamilySketchySaturday + Teaching Kids How to MAP Their Goals, Episode 20.

19. When Littles are Loud:A routine that fosters growth, reduces chaos & whining, Episode 19.

18. "God's Vision, Not Mine" with Val and Four of her Kids. Plus, Set Your Path for the Six Areas of Intentional Motherhood, Episode 18.

17. Goal-Setting for Kids. Plus, Dreaming & Goal-Setting in Marriage- a Marriage Moment with Rich and Val

16. Let's Not Waste this Moment! The Power of Regret

15. Christmas with Val & Friends. Plus, The Life of Saint Nicholas that Inspired some of Today's Most Popular Christmas Traditions, Episode 15.

14. Helping Your Kids Grow in Character, Wisdom, Relationships & Health: Raising a Luke 2:52 Kid

13. Mom's Mental Health, Our Drive for Perfection, Joy in the Valley - Val interviews Marriage & Family Therapist Amanda Colliatie with a LIVE studio audience.

12. Lying, part 2. T.I.M.E., not Time-Out. Dealing with the HEART of Your Child through Mercy Seat Parenting.

11. A Christ-Filled Christmas

10. Overwhelmed? Reduce chaos one system at a time: Time-Saving Strategies for Busy Homes, Part Three

9. Listener Q&A (consequences, child's weaknesses, mom's mistakes). Plus Meet Val's Son, Andrew.

8. Intentional Marriage: *Moms daily serenity moments *Val & Rich on redeeming your marriage

7. Work Ethic & the Habit of Happiness in Littles, Middles, and Teens. Plus, Success Habits for Teens from GAINING MOMENTUM: Preparing Your Student for Success with or without College

6. Parenting Middles and Teens- Overcoming Negative Self Talk, What Your Teens aren't Telling You, Resources for Those who Love a Child in the Gen Z World

5. Getting Kids to Listen the 1st Time and Following Up After a Chore: Part 2 of Time Saving Strategies for Busy Households

4. Dealing with Lying in Your Child, Part 1. Plus, Val's Daughter, Becca & Toddler Manners.

3. Ways to Love Your Child from Toddler to Teen, and Learning to Let Them Grow Up, Episode 3.

2. Mom is "Master Gardener" and "Manager of the Monkeys" in Time-Saving Strategies for Busy Households, Part 1

1. Discovering the Six Rooms of an Intentional Mom's Home

Meet the Practically Speaking MOM