Practically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family
Do you long to be a more intentional mom but you feel overwhelmed or weary or just don't have a clear path to the next step toward a successful family life? The Practically Speaking MOM, Val Harrison, is here to bring some order to the chaos and some focus to the confusion. You don’t have to be the perfect mom to have a strong family, you need a plan! Join author, speaker, mother of seven, mother-in-law of four, and grandma of five, as she shares wisdom and encouragement about the six areas of an intentional mom's life. You'll learn from her years of experience, successes, mistakes and redemption. Val and her husband Rich have been married 32 years and she's been homeschooling for 25 years. This podcast covers all stages of parenting, from babies to toddlers to teens and beyond. Val wants to encourage you to not become weary in your work as an intentional mom, "Even with all its unique personalities, imperfections and scars; your family is God's masterpiece. Your efforts matter in this worthy journey of motherhood." Galatians 6:9 says, "Do not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time you'll reap a harvest if you do not give up." Let's walk this marathon journey of motherhood TOGETHER, right here, on the Practically Speaking MOM podcast, the place for an intentional mom to build a strong family.
Practically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family
121. Give Your Kids the Gift of Goal-Setting with Guest Host Lisa Nehring
"Our kids need to know that SUCCESS IS IN THE JOURNEY AS MUCH AS IN THE END ACHIEVEMENT. Falling down and getting back up are important milestones in the journey." Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM
Three Steps to Teaching Your Kids the Success Habit of Goal Setting and Goal-mapping Skills.
1. Pray over your goal-setting before, after, and during the process.
We want God to be our partner in life. He knows us; He knows our circumstances; He knows our future. He knows all of those things better than we do. Having Him as our partner in all of these decisions and all o f these plans is so critical. Ultimately we want His will. We don't want our will. He can do this so much better than we can. I need Him to direct my life and I want to teach my children to allow Him to direct their lives also. We shouldn't expect that for their future behavior if we don't teach them how today.
"His ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts. As far as the heavens are above the earth, so far are His thoughts above our thoughts and His ways above our ways." Isaiah 55:8.
2. Teach them to WRITE DOWN their goals and place them around the house where they can see them regularly.
3. Include a TIMELINE for achievable little steps as a roadmap to the big goal. If you only have the big end goal, it may stay too unattainable. You and your kids need some little successes to celebrate along the way! Let's learn how!
Quotes from the episode:
"Even if we never reach the end goal, we have succeeded by making progress." Val Harrison
"It's bonding to set goals together, to map them out together, and to watch God do great things." Val Harrison
Other Resources Mentioned:
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A Man Called Norman
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