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
54. Nurturing a Sense of Security in Marriage & Family - with Rich and Val.
A Sense of SECURITY is a Fundamental Building Block in the Pursuit of Wholeness - the wholeness of an individual and of a relationship.
What if you had someone in your life who was fully committed to your wholeness as a person, someone who sacrificially pursued your sense of security every single day? How would that impact your ability to thrive? To stay encouraged? To pursue God's big and small purposes for your life? Today, we're looking at the important building block that is GIVING THE GIFT OF SECURITY to those you love. Our examples are regarding marriage, but you can take these principles and apply them to parenthood TO HELP YOUR CHILD THRIVE because of a sense of security.
In this episode I'm joined by your favorite host, and my all-time favorite person, my husband Rich.
Episode 54 is one more building block in helping those you love THRIVE and grow closer to WHOLENESS as an individual and WHOLENESS in your relationship.
Relational Security- Security within your RELATIONSHIP
- TRANSPARENCY- My spouse has the confidence that I am being open, fully honest, disclosing everything. It is vulnerable accountability and a commitment to complete truth. "Usually the things that I don't want to bring up... are the exact things that I need to bring up." "If you are fully, vulnerably honest with me... that gives me a real sense of security that I can really trust you."
- Maintaining agreed upon BOUNDARIES to honor the relationship
- Avoiding the self-protection trap - a barrier to oneness
- DEFENDING the one you love- "My level of defense for you reflects my value of you."
- GENTLENESS- treat their emotions and vulnerability with tenderness; not using what they say against them, not manipulating. Respecting, treasuring, "I'm a gentle cheerleader of the fact that you are willing to be transparent."
Provisional Security- Security in material aspects of life
- INCOME STABILITY- Healthy work/home balance, maintaining stability in job, partnering in position changes or potential job changes.
- FINANCES- Common financial goa
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