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FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions209 \\ Togather Armor: Keep Speaking Those Words To Your Children, No Matter How Small. The Fruits Are GrowingYour words matter. In the small moments, what you speak and take time to make meaningful makes a difference. Plant the seeds today so you can watch the fruits grow in your children and family later. These simple moments change the world.
Let's grow,
Jennifer
Today's Togather™ Sticker is from Togather™ For Date Night, My One and Only Category: "The one word you could use to compliment me that would make my day."
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FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions207 \\ Togather Armor: Do You Listen to UNDERSTAND Or Listen to REPLY?We live in a world where we are CONSTANTLY distracted. We have hundreds of choices everyday as to where we place our attention and many times FACE-TO-FACE communication takes the back seat.
Do you listen to UNDERSTAND or listen to REPLY? If we are not careful, they're going to find another part of the world to "understand" them. And many times that's going to lead down a wrong path with the gate being on the screen they hold in their hand.
Let's listen to understand one another.
Let's grow,
Jennifer
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2023-06-1608 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions205 \\ Togather Armor: Would You Do This With Screens This Summer To Give Your Child More CHILDHOOD?This one is worth it. Let's do this as a family with screens this week. Let's set these boundaries, let's commit, let's give our children more childhood this Summer.
Let's grow,
Jennifer
Today's Togather™ Sticker is from Placemats Togather™ Together: Live and Learn - Write each person's name with something new they learned this year.
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2023-06-0811 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions203 \\ Togather Armor: Marriage: Fight FOR and Commit TO This Value In Our Family When The World Says Something ElseThe world is telling us to fight for a lot of "values". They want us to bow to them and stand up for the secular views. But if we choose to say "no" then we must be fighting for something else, right? What is that? What would happen if we all fought for our marriage from day ONE? Not from the day it starts getting hard, or the day we see it get stressful. How does your family change because of the commitment you make to fight for the kind of Covenant you vowed before God? Let's fight for...
2023-06-0108 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions200 // 200th FUN Episode with My Husband Matt and A Bunch of Togather Sticker QuestionsCome sit with us and enjoy a glimpse into our marriage of almost 2 decades as we talk strengths and weaknesses in marriage, smells that make us think of childhood, blooper moments from past jobs, and a TON of laughter -which has been the main ingredient that keeps our family strong. We're using stickers from Togather™ for Family Dinner and Togather™ for Date Night and a whole lot of FUN!
Let's grow,
Jennifer
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2023-05-1740 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions198 \\ Togather Armor: The Exact Thing Your Day Needs To Not Feel Slave to Your Schedule and Free Up Time For Quality TimeSpoiler Alert: it’s MARGIN. How do we do it? By small choices every day to make it happen. We know it isn’t easy among all the chaos the day can bring with a big family or with a small family. Just having stuff on the schedule can mean we feel distracted and overwhelmed. We want the quality time but oh, how we can feel so torn between the daily activities, carpooling, juggling schedules and all the things.
Keep margin and watch the meaningful moments happen!
Let’s grow,
Jennifer
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2023-05-0406 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions196 \\ Togather Armor: Quick Teachable Moments for Our Children to Speak Words That Matter and Create Positive ThoughtsOur words matter. They matter when they are spoken and they matter when we think them. How could we change our children's daily actions and influences simply by changing the way they speak their words? We can change our family's communication as well as our own with this quick tip for choosing our words wisely.
Let's grow!
Jennifer
Today's Togather™ Sticker is from Placemats Togather™ Together: Share a good deed you did for someone today.
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2023-04-2711 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions194 \\ Togather Armor: Do This to Easily Help Your Child Understand Vice or Virtue Grows From Decisions and Their ConsequencesIf we take time to assess what influences are coming into our daily activities, we are nurturing the value of self control, self discipline, learning how to avoid temptation, and taking ourselves out of environments that breed negativity. This will naturally lead to us being in situations that bring positive growth which will ultimately grow the virtues we want to thrive and squash the vices we don't want to focus on.
Every decision you make leads to something. Will it be good or bad? Let's help our families evaluate everyday decisions and consequences.
Let's grow, ...
2023-04-2011 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions191 \\ Togather Armor: When Did You Last Check How Your Family Values Are Growing? 3 Steps to Check the SoilIt can be easy to go through the motions day after day, get caught up in the schedule, and forget to really check the conditions of our family. But family values have to be monitored just like anything else we are growing. What ingredients are going into your soil to help keep yours thriving and strong? Let's take 3 steps to help keep up with the nurturing and the weeding of all the good virtues we want to grow abundantly in our family.
Let's grow,
Jennifer
Today's Togather™ Sticker is from Family Connection Framework: Today...
2023-03-2409 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions189 \\ Togather Armor: The Power of Family Connection Through Written Words. A Special Way to Leave a Love Note!Today's Togather™ Sticker is from Togather™ Notecards: Today I thought of you when _______. Bring home all 20 to share with your family HERE!
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2023-03-1606 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions187 \\ Togather Armor: Are We Teaching Our Children Enough About the Virtues of Self Denial and Personal Sacrifice? Make it Easy to Talk About Today With This QuestionHow would your family be impacted if you gathered more of the armor of practicing self denial? What an incredible gift we give our children when we teach them what self denial means and when we help them see the true fruits that value brings. What if the little personal sacrifices they do today mean that they are able to withstand the large tests of self control later? What opportunities can you create in your family this week to practice this more?
Let's grow,
Jennifer
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2023-03-0909 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions185 \\Togather Armor: Try this Easy Daily Gratitude Practice & Point Your Family to Jesus’ Goodness and Who You Want Your Children To BecomeAll day long our family and children are pointed to something. Some thought, some moral, some way to spend their time. How about a plan that takes control of always pointing ourselves and our family to the God who created us? How would this daily practice shape who you want them to become?
Anyone can practice gratitude, but without Jesus and His goodness at the center, what worldly and selfish things could take that focus? Try this daily habit of being thankful and keep your family running back to Christ.
Let's grow,
Jennifer
2023-03-0206 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions183 \\ Togather Armor: Let Go and Let God. What If You Surrender One Small Part of the Mom Chaos Today? Encouragement for your FamilyLet Go and Let God is a phrase we hear often and maybe question how easy it actually is. We may think: good for someone else, doesn't work for me. But what if it was easier to surrender if we just make a few mindset mindshifts? Sometimes it just takes a little encouragement from a friend and a little more focus on all the good family values it brings into our home (even though we KNOW that :)
Let go, let God, let's grow!
Jennifer
Today's Togather™ Sticker is from Togather™ for Easter, "Grow Indiv...
2023-02-2309 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions181 \\ Togather Armor: One Quote That Will Encourage You Even In Hard Seasons to Stay Committed to Reaching Your Personal & Family GoalsEvery time you quit you are losing that stretch. It's a quote I heard from someone that made me really think about the consequence of quitting on my goals. Was I setting goals and giving up on them because it got too hard or maybe I just got too lazy? We all know that daily achievement is made by little steps and consistency leads to bigger successes in the long run. How does the thought of that stretch change how you look at your personal goals AND your family goals? This episode will challenge you to do just that a...
2023-02-1608 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions179 \\ Togather Armor: A Simple Way to Show Kindness to Our Family When We’re Exhausted and Don’t Have TimeRaise your hand if you ever feel too exhausted to do what you know you SHOULD be doing as the mom of your home. You know, all the things that can seem little or big - from laundry to bedtime stories to playing outside. Put the mom guilt aside, it's normal to feel that way. Your job is a demanding one!
Do you ever feel too exhausted to do the extra thing for your family that just shows kindness? That thing that is just something nice to do because you know your child or your spouse will...
2023-02-0909 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions177 \\ Togather Armor: How NOT to Worry So Much About Raising Your Family in This World Culture. Stand for Your Values By Slaying THIS FirstEveryone has heard their mom or aunt or someone say, "I don't envy you having to raise your kids in today's world." And maybe we laugh, but we know it's true. Today's world has some pretty crazy challenges to our parenting styles and abilities. We know how much work it takes and focus to keep our families growing towards the values we hold close and the virtues we want to instill. What giants do you see out there? What if the giants that REALLY matter are the ones that are IN HERE? Would that change your perspective and give...
2023-01-1211 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime QuestionsDay 14 ADVENT FAMILY CONNECTION CHALLENGE \\ The Holy Family’s Example, One Easy Family Activity, and Teaching the Virtue of Sacrifice This AdventGrow your intentional family moments this Advent and keep Christ the true meaning of Christmas with simple ways to connect around moments that count and words that matter.
Day 14: Talk about the sacrifice that the Holy Family had to make from the beginning of Jesus' life. From leaving Nazareth, to the manger, to Egypt, Jesus' life was marked by sacrifice. What 3 things can each member of the family give away as a sacrifice this week?
Conversation prompt: Placemats Togather™ Together: "I could be a better helper in our family by......"
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2022-12-2206 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime QuestionsDay 13 ADVENT FAMILY CONNECTION CHALLENGE \\ Have You Given One of These Meaningful Gifts Lately? It’s FREE, Thoughtful, and Could Make A DifferenceGrow your intentional family moments this Advent and keep Christ the true meaning of Christmas with simple ways to connect around moments that count and words that matter.
Day 13: Gift words this Christmas with today's challenge. Use a small card or post-it note and write a simple note to each family member sharing how you've noticed them doing something lately that is a gift to you, your family, and those around them.
Conversation prompt: Togather™ for Date Night, My One and Only Category: "The one gift that changed my life..."
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2022-12-2106 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime QuestionsDay 12 ADVENT FAMILY CONNECTION CHALLENGE \\ More Family Moments of Faith & Jesus This Last Week of Advent With This Easy Hack. (Inspired by the Shepherds and Angels!)Grow your intentional family moments this Advent and keep Christ the true meaning of Christmas with simple ways to connect around moments that count and words that matter.
Day 12: Like the shepherds witnessed the glory and praise to God, how can we place more faith moments in our day? Listen to at least 20 minutes of contemporary Christian music on the radio today and use everything you hear to be inspired and become teachable moments.
Conversation prompt: Togather™ for Date Night, Our Best is Yet to Come Category: "Our best example we show other couples/families...."
2022-12-2006 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime QuestionsDay 11 ADVENT FAMILY CONNECTION CHALLENGE \\3 Conversation Prompts to Encourage Humility in Your Family & Stop the Temptation of SelfishnessGrow your intentional family moments this Advent and keep Christ the true meaning of Christmas with simple ways to connect around moments that count and words that matter.
Day 11: Read Luke 2:8-14. Help your family practice thinking of yourself less and serving others more. Choose something that can be done in 5-10 minutes that they don’t want to do, but it will help someone else.
Conversation prompt: Togather™ for Advent Day 20: “Why do you think God chose shepherds to be among the first to visit Jesus?” C.S. Lewis: “True humility is not thinking less of your...
2022-12-1908 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime QuestionsDay 10 ADVENT FAMILY CONNECTION CHALLENGE \\ 1 Trick to Show Up & Be More Present When You’re Exhausted and Tired. A Small Mindset Shift for Small Family Chores & MomentsGrow your intentional family moments this Advent and keep Christ the true meaning of Christmas with simple ways to connect around moments that count and words that matter.
Day 10: "Do small things with GREAT love." ~ Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Be intentional about changing your perspective on the small acts of service and moments you spend with your family today and into this weekend. Even the mundane feels different when done with great love.
Conversation prompt: Write yourself a note of encouragement with this sticker prompt from Togather™ Notecards: "I know that was hard for you a...
2022-12-1609 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime QuestionsDay 9 ADVENT FAMILY CONNECTION CHALLENGE \\STOP! Take Time to Evaluate What Activities Your Family Spends Time On. Could God Be Calling You To GO Here More?Grow your intentional family moments this Advent and keep Christ the true meaning of Christmas with simple ways to connect around moments that count and words that matter.
Day 9: Just as the Wisemen were called to GO, we are each called to lead our own family to the King. He is fearlessly calling YOU. Will you go? Schedule to go to church this weekend as a family.
Conversation prompt: Togather™ Together for Easter: "On what activities are we spending our time each day? How does this shape us?
Togather™ for Advent verse: December 15 - The...
2022-12-1505 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime QuestionsDay 8 ADVENT FAMILY CONNECTION CHALLENGE \\ Choosing This In Your Day Will Instantly Help Build More Patience &.Self Control. Hint: It’s (Sort Of) EASYGrow your intentional family moments this Advent and keep Christ the true meaning of Christmas with simple ways to connect around moments that count and words that matter.
Day 8: Do something you don't enjoy doing...simply because your child or spouse DOES love it. Be selfless, sacrifice a little bit more, and grow those virtues of patience and self control. Oh, and we hand you a conversation starter to make that activity more tolerable :)
Conversation prompt: Togather™ for Family Dinner, "Home Inspection" category: "How many rugs are in our house? And name all the locations."
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2022-12-1406 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime QuestionsDay 5 ADVENT FAMILY CONNECTION CHALLENGE \\ Joseph & 1 Conversation Prompt Let YOU Teach Your Children About Being BRAVE, NOT the World. Keep a Strong Faith FoundationGrow your intentional family moments this Advent and keep Christ the true meaning of Christmas with simple ways to connect around moments that count and words that matter.
Day 5: Take time to reinforce and build up those positive virtues of courage you see in your own family.
Conversation prompt: Togather™ for Family Dinner, Humble Pie Category: "A risk I took that made me proud was..."
Togather™ for Advent verse: December 6 & 7 - An angel visited Joseph in a dream telling him to be Jesus' step dad. Joseph decided to take Mary as his wife. (Matth...
2022-12-0908 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime QuestionsDay 4 ADVENT FAMILY CONNECTION CHALLENGE \\ When NO is Easier But Your Family Deserves Your YES. Using Mary’s Fiat to Serve Your Family In the Virtues of Humility & SacrificeGrow your intentional family moments this Advent and keep Christ the true meaning of Christmas with simple ways to connect around moments that count and words that matter.
Day 4: Use Mary's Fiat as a guide and encouragement to say YES when you'd rather say NO.
Conversation prompt: Placemats Togather™ Together: Make a list on a piece of paper for "Our Top Ten Ways That Our Family Helps Each Other". Post it on your fridge as a reminder.
Togather™ for Advent verse: December 4 - After Mary was told she would have the Son of God, sh...
2022-12-0806 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime QuestionsDay 3 ADVENT FAMILY CONNECTION CHALLENGE \\ Is It Easy to Raise Children Who Are Good Leaders & Make Good Decisions? 1 Sweet Way to Encourage ThemGrow your intentional family moments this Advent and keep Christ the true meaning of Christmas with simple ways to connect around moments that count and words that matter.
Day 3: Take 2 minutes to encourage your child(ren) in his or her gifts as a leader with this activity.
Conversation prompt: Togather™ Notecards: "You are an incredible leader when you..."
Togather™ for Advent verse: December 2 - The angel told Mary that God decided to bless her and she would bear a son and name him Jesus. (Luke 1:30-31)
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2022-12-0705 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime QuestionsDay 2 ADVENT FAMILY CONNECTION CHALLENGE \\One On One FAMILY Time EVEN With Busy December. YOU Feel Great & They Feel SIGNIFICANTGrow your intentional family moments this Advent and keep Christ the true meaning of Christmas with simple ways to connect around moments that count and words that matter.
Day 2: Schedule 30 minutes on 1:1 time with each to take place within 3 days. Put it on the calendar, drop the distractions, laugh and just talk.
Conversation prompt: Togather™ for Family Dinner "Things That Make Me Go" Category-Style: What today made you say....that was crazy!...amazing!....God did that!...I'm so grateful!
Togather™ for Advent verse: December 1 - THe angel, Gabriel, was sent from God to the V...
2022-12-0607 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions173 \\ Togather Armor:1 Forgotten Daily Habit To Raise Families Strong in the Virtue of GRATITUDE and Help Train Our Children in the FaithTeaching our children about the beauty of GRATITUDE also teaches them about the ugliness of ingratitude. But are we using a simple habit to keep this a focus of our family foundation? I know it's difficult to raise our children with this virtue when we are in a culture of increasing narcissism, selfishness, and immediate gratification. Today's episode includes a reflection from one of my favorite daily devotions: The Better Part by Fr. John Bartunek. In it, he shares Luke 17:11-19, the story of Jesus curing the 10 lepers. Only one comes back to say, "thank you". Fr. Bartunek writes: "...
2022-11-2411 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions171 \\ Togather Armor: 1 Accountability Hack To Put YOU In Charge of Teaching Your Children Positive Values NOT The WorldStop letting the world have any control over teaching our children what IT thinks is morals and values. Take back parenting and notice what positive virtues you are instilling every single day with this one hack. Your children will be grateful for seeing it and you will be confident knowing you have accountability on the daily influence that comes into their lives even among the busy schedule.
Let's grow,
Jennifer
Are you ready for a lifetime plan for your family to stay strong and close so it will sustain you through all the b...
2022-11-1706 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions169 \\ Togather Armor: Crush the Negative Thoughts With This SIMPLE Perspective Change! Teach Your Children to Have This Positive Growth Mindset Every Day. With Special Guest, My DaughterHow many quotes did you hear this week? Any that really stuck out to you? Use them to create conversation with your child! My daughter, Julia, shared one with me at bedtime prayers and it gave us the greatest conversation starter! It was all about shifting our mindset to see the good in the day and know that we really can stay positive among the "thorns". It opened the door to talk about overcoming negative situations and it carried positivity into the next day. This one quote really made us stop and reflect on how we have been living...
2022-11-1012 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions167 \\ Togather™ Armor: Text This To a Friend the Next Time You Need Help Discerning. Plus An Easy Way to HELP OUR CHILDREN Make Good Decisions, too.You know when you have a big decision to make or you're struggling to get through a road block and all you want is for someone to help you make that decision? Maybe a friend or a family member, just anyone to help you take a real look at the choices before you. Here is a quick way to use the help of a trusted friend, seek good counsel, and do some reflective journaling all with one easy solution. Use for yourself and pass on this tool for decision making to your children. Create intentional moments to strengthen your...
2022-11-0309 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions165 \\ Togather Armor: HOPE When We Feel Knocked Down By Daily Life Frustrations. ONE Verse to Encourage Yourself and to Support a FriendIf you have every felt knocked down by the daily stresses of your day to day, and have met the feeling that you want to give up, this episode is for you. If you have ever had a friend struggling with something so heavy and you needed to reach out and offer moral, emotional, and spiritual support, this episode is for you. Today you will gather the Armor of HOPE when you want to quit and help for a friend in need. One Bible verse packed with so much encouragement to keep going when it feels so hard.
2022-10-2710 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions163 \\ Togather Armor: Fed Up With the Cultural LIES Forced On Our Children?? ONE SIMPLE Thing All Parents Can Do Daily to Combat the Noisy World, and Keep Them Grounded in a Solid Faith.Yes, YES! I am fed up with the world stealing the souls of our children by feeding them garbage and lies. And I know you are, too. We can complain all we want about the noisy, secular world, but we also must do something about it. Let's stand up for the TRUTH inside our own homes. Let's be sure we are feeding our children strong morals, strong values, and especially strong Biblical truths. It doesn't have to be hard. It can be as easy as capturing the small moments you already have and creating intentional moments with hands on...
2022-10-2010 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions161 // Togather Armor: Ever Find It Hard To Accept Someone Else’s Kindness or Gift? A Simple Way to Teach Ourselves and Our Children To Feel Deserving and More GratefulYou know when your friend or mom or sister really wants to help so she says, "I can make you dinner!" or "Let me watch the kids for you." And you know it's so nice, but you tell them "thank you, but it's alright. I'll let you know." And then you never do. Why is it that we have a hard time accepting those gifts? Whether it's a true gift or gift card or the amazing gift of time, it can sometimes be hard for us to just accept it for what it is - a GIFT.
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2022-10-1306 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions159 \\ Togather Armor: Overwhelmed You Can’t Keep Up? Focus on This ONE Value to Stay Positive and Increase Your Self ConfidenceIf you ever feel like quitting before you begin, this episode is for you! Whether it's from the exhaustion or the overwhelm or the self doubt, I know that day to day household chores and big work projects can equally bring stress that leaves you saying, "I can't". There are a lot of solutions that could improve self confidence like changing habits or positive affirmations or simply just commitment, but today's armor we are taking time to gather is an easy perspective change. It's a mindset shift we all know will greatly improve the way we approach our family...
2022-10-0610 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions157 \\ Togather Armor: Too Bogged Down & Afraid of Missed Moments? 1 Trick To Help You Turn Your Smallest Moments Into Special Family Connection & Less DistractionsWe hold the title Keeper of All the Moments. Little spaghetti hands on our shirt and 12473 photos on our phone and the way we can remember to pack the lunch, grab the right shin guards, AND pick a fun spot to picnic in between the games are all proof that we make a happy home and quality family time our priority. We may not always get praised for the intentional moments we create, but WE know what we stand for and how important it is to keep the balance.
That's why we are so afraid of "missed...
2022-09-2909 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions155 \\ Togather Armor: Want Your Children To Open Up With Big Things Later? Guard THIS INFLUENCE in Your Family NOW!It can be so overwhelming to guard everything coming at our children from every direction. And the truth is we CAN'T. But there is one influence we CAN guard every single day. That is our words. I know it can feel overwhelming among our busy schedules of the day to even find the time to make the words happen. This is the Armor you - AND I - need for our family: Strong, Open Communication. This episode is handing you the exact way to make it happen and to feel good about making it QUALITY OVER QUANTITY.
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2022-09-2212 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions153 \\ Togather Armor: Ever Feel Exhausted and Want to Give Up on Your Goals? Words To Help You AND Your Kids Stay Resilient. We Got This!!Life lessons from my daughter's dance class in today's episode! Why do we QUIT?? Why do we not push ourselves further? We know we are capable, but do we get scared, or lazy, or bored? What goals -small and big- do you or your children have that you may be falling short on simply because of giving up too early. Today's episode will encourage you and your whole family to keep going, stay resilient, and don't give up! I know what it feels like to be exhausted and just throw in the towel, but we all need to keep...
2022-09-1509 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions151 \\ Togather Armor: Worried If Your Child Will Stand Up For What Is Right? Empower Them to Be Confident In Their Values With These WordsIt can be hard for adults to stand up for what is right so how do we make sure our children can stand up for their values and do what is right? Of course we practice and we talk about it. Reinforce their positive behavior, turn mistakes into teachable moments, and help them feel confident to do what is right, NOT what is easy. Empower your family to stand up for their Godly values especially when they may stand alone. Today’s episode will give you the tools to do just that. Let's build our family and faith even st...
2022-09-0808 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions149 \\ Togather Armor: Want Your Child To Always Feel Encouraged and Have Confidence? Do THIS ONE THING to Equip Them and WatchThem Soar!Our children are up against a lot of confusion today. They have influence coming from every direction and, as we all know, it's not always good. Take control of helping your child feel encouraged and have confidence by using this one tool: Speak words of encouragement, affirmations, Bible verses, and TRUTH over them. Do it now and do it often. Talk about it, keep building up your child, and help them feel confident to continue moving forward in their goals and values. We can prepare our children to handle their obstacles by giving them the armor they need especially...
2022-09-0114 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions147 \\ Togather Armor: Do You Have Space in Your Day to LISTEN to God? Encouragement for the BUSY MOM to Make it Happen and Bring Even More Strength To Your FamilyIs there something God is speaking to you right now that you're missing or that you are ignoring? OR are you confidently listening to Him? Do you even have the time in your day set aside to be still and have that quiet time? Finding the mom cracks in our day and the alone time isn't as hard as it seems many days. If you have the desire and you want to grow your relationship with Jesus stronger and you want more moments to hear what he is calling out to you, this episode is your encouragement, friend. Busy...
2022-08-2511 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions145 \\ Togather Armor: Your New Favorite Way to Pray for Your Children and Spouse! Commit to This ONE Short DAILY Prayer and Guard Your FamilyThis is going to be your favorite way to pray for your spouse and your children, especially as a Back to School prayer! Make praying for your family an easy habit that fits into your regular day and doesn't feel forced. We all want to say the "right" words and know that we are building up armor around our children and protecting them against the temptations of their daily life. What if you had one prayer you could use for each of your family members and you could pray for them by name? You DO have this! Jesus handed...
2022-08-1811 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions143 \\ Togather Armor: Feeling Overwhelmed By the Back To School Schedule? Do This ONE Thing NOW and Create MORE Quality Family Time Even On Your Busiest DaysWhen our family schedule changes, so can our family time. Back to school can feel so overwhelming watching our calendar get filled up and knowing that we are going to end up sacrificing time together. But it doesn't HAVE to be that way. Quality family time can be easy during busy seasons and we can find MORE of it when we use the time we already have especially at Family Dinner. You will walk away from this episode with a super simple way to find more time to be together right at your own dinner table -by scheduling it...
2022-08-1112 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions141 \\ Togather Armor: Does Your Child Ever Give Just a One Word Answer? Help Your Tween or Teen OPEN UP and Share More With This ONE Communication Secret!Ever wish your child would give more than just a one word answer? Is your Tween or Teen closing up or shutting down - or do you just want another tool to be able to build on as the years go by? Use this ONE communication strategy to help your child to open up, share more, and feel more confident to talk in deeper conversations with you. It's simple AND fun and will get your child talking even more with you, mom and dad! Build stronger communication in your home, around the family dinner table, and the car, all...
2022-08-0407 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions140 \\ Our Real Marriage Conversation UNEDITED. Live From Our Nashville Road Trip! Here’s How We Answer Togather for Date Night Stickers! With MATT & JENNIFER ZUMBIELMy husband, Matt, takes the hot seat this week for our 4 hour road trip home from Nashville, Tennessee! Instead of playing Togather for Date Night conversation starter stickers by ourselves, we decided to invite you in :) We hit record to share our real life talk about our greatest commitment to our marriage, how we met, our biggest pet peeves, and the craziest things we trusted a stranger to do for us. This is a super fun episode and one that will leave you with date night ideas, tips for stronger communication, and more ways to connect. GRAB 105 OF YOUR...
2022-08-0241 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions139 \\ Togather Armor: Three Simple Ways To Keep Your Family at the Dinner Table LONGER. Sit Together, Connect, and Make Quality Family Time More SpecialWant your family to WANT to keep coming back to family dinner year after year and KEEP being open and sharing and WANT to linger longer?
YES! Of course! We all want that because we all know our table is the secret weapon in our home for SLOWING DOWN.
Building strong families who want to keep sitting at the table longer with us, opening up in communication, and connecting through the busy seasons isn’t hard, and with a few intentional decisions, we can all build our families even stronger.
Let’s grow!
2022-07-2810 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions137 \\ Togather Armor: Would You Try THIS to Make Your Home More Peaceful? Step Away From Daily Little Moments of Stress & Make Connection EASYToday's Armor is about bringing more PEACE to our homes. Yes, please! We're talking about the kind that makes everyone happier, fills our children with joy, creates less stress, and brings more connection. We all know the feeling of a calm environment and its benefits on our family. Whether it's decluttering or just changing the way we handle conflict resolution or speak to each other, when it's a peaceful home, it just runs more smoothly. And when that happens, we feel the effects of positive fruits growing and thus our family growing stronger. Bring on the peace with this...
2022-07-2109 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions135 \\ Togather Armor: 7 Reasons Families That PRAY TOGETHER Stay Together + Commitment to Make Family Prayer Time Happen"A family that prays together stays together." We've all heard it, and we most likely believe it. But why is that true? And if we know it's true, are we making it happen for our own family? Here are 7 reasons we should all make more family time for prayer a priority and make it a habit. When we make time for a daily commitment to prayer at family time, the fruits will grow abundantly for years to come. Let's take time to gather the armor of increasing the value of faith in our families.
Let's grow,
2022-07-1413 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions133 \\ Togather Armor:YOU Deserve Something Good Today! Quick Habit of Taking Care of Yourself That Fits In Your REAL Life AND Keeps Your Family StrongSelf care can feel like just a buzz word that doesn't really happen to "normal" moms. The ones that are actually living real-life busy with their children and getting intentional with their children, having fun, playing games, running around -the backyard kind of running around, not in carpools all over town. But self care doesn't have to mean a spa day or a 60 minute workout. It can be as simple as a 10 minute jog or a 10 minute prayer time or 15 minutes of reading your book club book. Time you spend on yourself does not have to be long, but...
2022-07-0709 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions131 \\ Togather Armor: No More One Word Answers At Dinner! 3 Questions Every Age Will Love To Use For Connection. REPLAY EP 43Consider this your Armor to keep growing strong in all the small moments and today it's all about your family Dinner time! Ever try the high/low or roses/thorns game at dinner and it's just getting stale and boring? Try the Togather™ "3Ls" question prompts and ask 3 questions that are guaranteed to get past the one-word answers, get everyone to open up, and have all family members of all ages -toddler to teen - joining in to talk and share more.
Let's grow!
Jennifer
If you ever feel like you're drowning in busy...
2022-06-3005 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions129 \\ Togather Armor: Guilt By Association. Do Your Children Really Know What it Means? Teach Them This Way!There are many lessons we want to teach our children. It can be easy to overlook some or forget to come back to them or even just assume they know. Have you taught your kids what "guilt by association" means or do you need to remind them? Whether it's your adventurous child who really needs to hear this (and maybe be warned!) or it's your teenager who has amazing friends, but you just want to revisit the conversation topic again, take time to create intentional moments of connection by talking about what it means to find yourself with the...
2022-06-2310 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions127 \\ Togather Armor: What is Your Family Plan To STAY STRONG & TIGHT Through All The Busy? Family Connection Framework Is Launched!!!It is not easy in today's never-ending battle of activities and carpools and "stuff" to have a plan to not let the distractions win. We ALL want to keep our family strong and feel like we are raising good kids and keeping our communication strong and open. So what is your plan as the seasons change and the schedules seem to make it impossible? The Family Connection Framework helps you create a LIFETIME plan of intentional time, solid communication, and slowing down that fits into your real life days. More quality time, more meaningful words spoken, more confidence your...
2022-06-1711 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions126 \\ Want To Raise Grateful Kids Who Don’t Get Sucked Into The MATERIALISTIC CULTURE? 3 Steps to Guard Your Family!Today's parents are scared of a lot. A lot gives us anxiety, makes us feel nervous, and keeps us awake at night. Let's revisit materialism if we haven't thought about it in a while. There are so many other vices in our culture attacking and fighting for our children, how it sucks them into the materialistic culture may be one that although super high on our list of protecting the children against, we all haven't evaluated it in a while. We've got three steps that will make this easy and give quick conversation starters to have tonight.
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2022-06-1419 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions125 \\ Togather Armor: Guarding the TEACHINGS and Influences That IMPACT Our Children and Speak To Us. PLUS A BIG Announcement to Easily Bring Families DEEPER CONNECTION!How often do you know you should be leading your children one way or guiding them in one direction and you just forget? You get off the path and just fall away from staying true to your values EVEN though your values are important and they matter and you want them for you family. It can just get hard to keep up and remember every thing we should pay attention to. Our everyday life is filled with endless choices of where we CAN go for teachings and what we will let influence and counsel us.
Where are...
2022-06-0916 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions123 \\ Togather Armor: 5 Reasons We Should Take Our Kids On TWO On 1 Dates with BOTH PARENTS. Make the QUALITY TIME Happen!We all know the value of one on one dates with our children. What about two on one? Let's all challenge ourselves to spend more quality time with our children with BOTH parents there - giving attention and eye contact and focused time together. You don't have to schedule anything fancy. Keep it easy, 30 minutes or less, and make it happen!
Let's grow,
Jennifer
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2022-06-0206 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions120 \\ Togather Armor: Good Habits vs Bad Habits. Are They Saving Or Sabotaging Your Family Connection This Summer? EASY Ways To RESET Guilt Free!No one likes to look at their bad habits. BUT we do need some more armor. So today we're looking at our habits through the lens of changing them just a bit to open up windows of connection points this Summer for you and your kids. It's SIMPLE, it will help you also reevaluate all your GOOD habits and it will leave you GUILT-FREE. Let's all make amazing summer memories, summer family adventures, and intentional moments that build our family strong for years to come. One Summer Shift at a time :)
Let's grow!
Jennifer
2022-05-1911 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions118 \\ Togather Armor: Ditch the Summer Bucket List For This ONE THING and Give Your Kids A FUN SummerIs a summer bucket list what our children really want? Do they need a list of daily summer adventures? Maybe they don't want the busy schedule all the time. What if we said no more this summer? What if we don't get caught up in sending them to every camp or summer activity that their friend is going to and we just leave margin for them? The gift of more time in their day and the ability to feel BORED may be just what our children need this summer to grow and what we need to create childhood memories...
2022-05-1208 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions116 \\ Togather Armor: A SIMPLE Way For Today’s Busy Mom To LIVE IN THE MOMENT On Good AND On Bad Chaos Filled DaysWe've all been there. Those bad days when everything seems to go wrong. The kids won't eat, there's sibling rivalry, mom is losing her patience, everyone needs alone time. Just a day full of chaos and crazy. BUT what about the little moments squeezed in there? The ones with deep connection and strong eye contact and being more present. The moments where you feel like the queen of mom hacks and parenting 101. Did those moments rise to the top? They should --on the really great days and also on those less than mom of the year days. It's okay...
2022-05-0511 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions114 \\ Togather Armor: LESS Distractions Will Bring Your Family MORE FOCUS On This ONE Simple Thing. And It’s Not Just More CommunicationLess distractions sounds so wonderful right? Would we immediately have more time to be present and more time to connect and have solid communication habits? Maybe yes to all of that, but is there one gift of getting rid of distractions - or simply just saying no more often- that we are missing? Are we taking time to notice the simple moments as much as we want? Today, is a reminder for all of us (myself very much included!) to strengthen our family with this mom hack and tool to pass on to our children as ARMOR.
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2022-05-0507 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions112 \\ Togather Armor: Ever Feel The Pressure Trying to Be the BEST Mom EVERY day? Use This ONE Perspective Change and Feel Like Every Day is Filled With SO MUCH INTENTIONWe all know that Jesus calls us to be a "new creation" in HIM. He especially calls us to this during Holy Week and Easter. But what about those times when we are too exhausted and too overwhelmed to be that new creation we know we are called to be in parenting? How do we make this fit in our real life when everything can seem to go crazy and we have days of chaos? There is an answer that is super easy and takes the pressure off us moms to be the best every day. We can show...
2022-04-2113 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions110 \\ Togather Armor: ONE Prayer Every Parent Should Say To Build Our Children EVEN STRONGER for Today’s World. How to Make it a Simple Daily Habit!Sure face-to-face communication is important, but what about the kind of communication where we talk ABOUT our children? Where we talk about them with our Lord and Creator. If you do not already pray for your child's spouse, why not? Start today with these easy tips for bringing it into your daily habit of prayer and prepare your child to be even stronger in today's world.
Let's grow,
Jennifer
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2022-04-1406 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions108 \\ Togather Armor: Ever Fear Being Less In Charge As Your Children Grow? Guard this ONE thing & EMBRACE SEASONS OF CHANGERaise your hand if you ever tell your children (especially those babies of the family! :) to stop having birthdays because they need to quit growing up. Today we're talking about what we moms may acutally fear as they grow up and what we think one of the best hacks and solutions really is for these changing seasons with our children. There are a lot of ways we can feel more prepared for the parenting changes, but we think this one should be evaluated more often - and what better way then right here as friends raising our kids together i...
2022-04-0707 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions106 \\ Togather Armor: 1 Mindset Shift That Will Easily Help Align Your Priorities As A Busy Mom and Keep First Things First.It can be so hard when we're doing all the busy mom things -trying to balance the busy, be present, stay more intentional....to even know how to stay strong in keeping our priorities where we WANT and KNOW they need to be. We can get consumed and exhausted and forget to keep the first things first. Today's armor will help you to align your priorities right with your values and hopefully be the encouragement you needed to keep going today even through all that busy.
Let's grow,
Jennifer
Today's sticker to talk a...
2022-03-3106 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions105 \\ Ever Feel the Struggle of WHEN TO SAY YES OR NO to Family Decisions? 5 Questions Our Family Asks To Help Stay True To Our Family ValuesWhen it's time to make family decisions -whether it's about kids' activities or summer camps or work load or extracurriculars or volunteering (I mean, the list goes on and on, right??)- it can be difficult to know what to say yes or no to and if we are going to hurt or benefit our family with these decisions. Today we're talking about 5 easy questions you can ask yourself when it comes to making decisions and being sure they line up with your family values so you don't compromise what your family stands for and the goal you are...
2022-03-2927 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions104 \\ Togather Armor: The Wrong Way To Tell Our Children to Let Their Light Shine. Try THIS To Build EVEN MORE Confidence and Prepare Our Children To Not QuitWe send our children out to the world totally believing they can be who they are meant to be. We offer the encouragement, tell them to let their light shine, but do we tell them it will also be scary? That it will also feel uncomfortable and may cause us to want to quit? Shining fully in our gifts is NOT easy. Let's be our children's or friend's biggest fan by doing THIS trick and being sure to tell them the right things about what it means to go let their light shine.
Let's grow,
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2022-03-2408 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions103 \\ Say Goodbye to Morning and Evening Chaos and Create ROUTINES THAT WORK! Effortless Habits, Less Stress, More Intention. With LAUREN WHITE, Intentional Edit PodcastEver feel like you have a fantastic family dinner and then evening is where it falls apart? Or your morning is chaos because you know you need a better system, but you just haven't figured out the habits that stick? Lauren White is here from The Intentional Edit Podcast to share her SIMPLE steps to create routines that work to bring less stress and more intention to your home so you can spend time creating more of the meaningful moments that you really want.
Let's grow,
Jennifer
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2022-03-2245 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions102 \\ Togather Armor: Sick of All the LIES Our Culture Feeds Your Kids?? How We Say NO Especially to This Week’s 3 LiesI know how painful it is to watch the lies that this world feeds our kids. They don't even try to hide it anymore. Right is wrong, wrong is right. When was the last time you stopped to ask if you are committed to saying NO? Saying no to the lies we see in the movies, the music, at school, on the news. The way this world twists everything to make us feel bad for having convictions and strong lines of right and wrong. It's time we all have a plan to talk to our children about what God...
2022-03-1712 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions100 \\ Togather Armor: Ditch Your Doubt in the Hard Parenting Decisions for Mega CONFIDENCE. Do What is Best for YOUR FamilyWhat if you could lose the self-doubt and the negative words or discouragement from others about your parenting decisions and go full force with confidence? Would that completely change what you choose to bring to your family? Would your family grow stronger and your children be more protected by the safety net you put around them? Today we're talking about feeling CONFIDENT in the decisions you know are BEST for YOUR family.
Let's grow,
Jennifer
Today's sticker to talk about this ARMOR with your family is from Togather™ for Date Night and "Our Bes...
2022-03-1009 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions98 \\ Togather Armor: Do you worry how your kids will stand up in TODAY’S WORLD? Do this 1 SIMPLE thing EVERY DAY to prepare them to stay STRONGThe world can be a scary place these days. How much armor do our children even need to make it through?? I know we all get worried about how they will combat the world. Will our kids be brave? Have enough courage? Will our teen be confident? Will our little stand up against the bully? I mean we have a lot on our minds. Today we're talking about ONE thing we can all do as parents every day to prepare our children to stay strong for the world out there. And it's simple!!! Woo hoo!!
Let's grow,
2022-03-0311 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions96 \\ Togather Armor: STOP comparison!! Use this EASY idea to talk to children about comparison and that GROWTH TAKES TIMEWe have talked about immediate gratification a lot on here, but when we live in a world of "instant" EVERYTHING, it is something that cannot be forgotten when we are talking about how to keep our family strong and how to raise children who can handle the world.
Today we are talking about comparison and how easy it is to get caught up in it and to think that we are not growing as fast as everyone else. We have a sweet lesson about seeds and bamboo and how God's timing is PERFECT. Plus an amazing way...
2022-02-2411 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions94 \\ Togather Armor: Crazy weeks, messy homes, EXHAUSTED. Your REST AND RENEWAL begins NOW!!Has it been one of those weeks for you, too? The house is a total disaster, sick kids, no sleep, and forget any motivation to get anything else done. All you want is to step away and REST. I am with you. There are many days where it just piles on and we feel like the only answer is to escape. Well what if the answer IS to escape? Today we're talking about the Armor of REST and RENEWAL for ourselves and our family and looking at it from the Biblical lens of what Jesus did when he needed...
2022-02-1709 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions93 \\ Did our kids MISS OUT on face to face manners the last year?? 6 MANNERS to help our toddler to teen kids THRIVEThe last few years brought different challenges for different people when it came to face to face communication. Whether you feel like your child was affected in missing out on practicing manners -at restaurants, with cashiers at stores, with adults - or continued having great interaction and communication skills, it never hurts to revisit what makes our children WELL-MANNERED. Today we are chatting 6 SIMPLE communication manners that every child age 2-22 should be making habit. Lets commit to teaching and practicing these over an over for all our polite children :)
Let's grow!
Jennifer
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2022-02-1528 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions92 \\ Togather Armor: Is there a HABIT you wish your family still had? 1 PRACTICE that grows every FAMILY STRONGERI bet we all have a family habit that makes us stronger, feels intentional, and leaves us with quality family time. Do we also have some that we've stopped doing? I think we all do. Why do we quit? We all know the power of making commitment to practicing these over and over. Here's your encouragement to make it happen over and over. It's time Togather™ Armor.
Let's grow,
Jennifer
Today's sticker is from Togather™ for Date Night "Say the L Word Category": When I look back, a life-changing moment for me has been...
2022-02-1104 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions90 \\ Togather Armor: Do you worry about who your kids will be surrounded by? Quick tip to help stay focused on the goalUPSTREAM. Does it seem like you're moving through and out of the hard and rough parts to get your family to the calm? Today's world can be crazy for trying to bring us down, but when we commit to going the other direction one of the greatest pieces of our success is knowing we have friends who share family VALUES with us and who want to see us win, too. Let's swim upstream and stand up for what we believe TOGETHER.
Click play and you will have another amazing piece of armor to gather for your family!
2022-02-0307 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions88 \\ Togather Armor: Even SMALL Family Traditions Matter. Encouragement to keep them PRIORITYDo you ever wonder if the little mom traditions you do matter? Will the kids grow up and remember? The answer is YES, friend!!! Yes, yes, yes!! Keep doing them because they make your family uniquely YOU! They represent what you stand for and what's special to you all and your family time together. I know the days are overwhelming and it can be easy to push off the little "mom thing" as something no one cares about, but I'm here to have your back and encourage you to keep going. Your intentional moments matter. Even the smallest ones. ;)
2022-01-2707 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions86 \\ Togather Armor: The EXACT question to get your older child to OPEN UP (Great for teens!)Raise your hand if you have a busy day. What about if you have tweens or teens? Now does that busy day bring chaos and sometimes the feeling that you missed out on connecting or on those meaningful moments that you wanted, but just didn't make their way into the day? I'm giving you the best, most wonderful, highly effective prompt that will work for you to get your teenager or tween (or anyone, really) to open up and feel the freedom to share with you. Woo hoo! Click play and you will have another amazing piece of armor...
2022-01-2007 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions84 \\ Togather Armor: EYE CONTACT. We all know it’s a huge family value. This is how we commit to more of it.In today's crazy world of running all over the place, chaos in the carpool, too many activities, overload of screen time, and really just being so tired, one HUGE family value that gets overlooked is our EYE CONTACT. Yes, as we all know, this needs to be a top family value and it needs to be Armor that we take really good care to put on daily.
Come along, friend. Let's grow!
Jennifer
Today's sticker is from Togather™ for Family Dinner "Humble Pie" Category: Share a compliment or award I have received that made...
2022-01-1403 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions82 \\ Togather Armor: Speaking compliments.Often, simple, & build siblings stronger. Moms love this!!!One of the most important pieces of armor we can have as the Keeper of all the Moments in our family is a simple tool to pull out that is guaranteed to make everyone -no matter the age- feel more connected and more united. This simple idea is quick, meaningful, and leaves everyone, especially mom, with that feeling of knowing this was a super special moment. Unexpected and much needed. Press play to hear the easiest way to get your whole crew giving the sweetest and most thoughtful compliments!
Let's grow!
Jennifer
Today's s...
2022-01-0610 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions78 \\ TOGATHER BRAVE MOMS Series Introduction! 3 New 2021 Episodes!!!The BRAVE MOMS series to close out 2021 is inspired by YOU. The stories I hear and the battlefields we all walk through on our journeys. God called Joshua to rise up and "be strong and courageous" (Joshua 1:9) and his call to us today is no different. It is my hope that these stories inspire you to be brave, to be strong and courageous, and to fear not as you lead your greatest charge - your family.
Come along, friend. Let's grow,
Jennifer
"Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid. The Lord your Go...
2021-12-2106 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions76 \\ Togather Armor: Stand up against a culture of LIES with TRUTH and convictionsI don't know why news stories even shock me anymore. But this one did and it inspired me to record this episode. We have got to be more committed to gather armor that includes validating our children's convictions and speaking truth over them and LIVING the truth we believe. Our culture is feeding us lie after lie and wrapping it all up in a way that makes ourselves and our children feel as though they are wrong to stand by the truth they find in the Word of God. Not in my house. And not in yours either.
2021-12-0907 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions70 \\ Togather Armor: What kind of kingdom are you building? Recommit to the one that MATTERSEvery moment of every day we get a choice in building a kingdom - either ours or that of Christ. We get to choose our words, our motivation, and if we are indeed trying to grow and be better than the day before. And everyday it gets increasingly easier to build our own kingdoms. Let's take a few minutes to look at how this could creep into our homes and families and end by taking time Togather Armor that recommits us to building the Kingdom that REALLY matters.
Come along, friend. Let's grow!
Jennifer
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2021-11-0404 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions66 \\ Togather Armor: Discernment in following people. Don‘t regret it like me!I thought I was following the right people and now that I look back, I can see they were leading me astray. Now that I have really GOOD mentors, ones that exercise prudence and follow God in their decision making, I know I'm on a better path to building myself stronger and, ultimately, my family stronger. If you've ever asked (or haven't asked in a while): Should I follow her? Do we share the same values? Am I on the right path gathering advice? then this quick episode will give you some quick tips for your real life.
2021-10-1411 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions53 \\ Togather Armor: Say NO to what gets in the way of your FAMILY first. Guilt FREEEver feel like you are being pulled in a bajillion directions?! And you feel like you have to choose between that thing and your family? Don't do it. Nope. Choose your family priorities first and drop the guilt about what the outside forces are telling you to do. The crazy, busy schedule probably isn't getting easier, but you CAN feel better about saying "NO" to the things that ultimately want to get in the way of your family obligations and threaten how strong you can be.
Take time Togather this kind of armor.
Let's grow...
2021-03-2404 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions51 \\ Togather Armor: You are WORTHY. Remind our children over and OVER of THATWe live in a world with a lot of distractions and a lot of noise. Our children MUST know they are worthy. In the eyes of their Creator AND in YOUR eyes - their parents.
How often are you taking time to tell them? And are you telling them over and over?
THESE are words very worthy of being spoken over your children.
Take time Togather this kind of armor.
Let's grow, friend!
The mission of Togather™ is to provide tools to help you build your strong family the wa...
2021-03-1106 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions49 \\ Togather Armor: Who do you REALLY admire and let influence you?The mission of Togather™ is to provide tools to help you build your strong family the way God intended. No doubt "Family" needs to rise up and we think there's no better time Togather™ Armor. Strong family communication, values, faith, parenting, life-hacks, connection ideas. These episodes are short for a reason: get quick tips that challenge you in the moment to take action that fits into your real life. Consider this your armor to keep growing strong in all the small moments. Every episode ends with a sticker from one of our conversation starter sticker games for you to have...
2021-03-0505 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions47 \\ Togather Armor: The PRACTICE every strong family NEEDS in their scheduleThe mission of Togather™ is to provide tools to help you build your strong family the way God intended. No doubt "Family" needs to rise up and we think there's no better time Togather™ Armor. Strong family communication, values, faith, parenting, life-hacks, connection ideas. These episodes are short for a reason: get quick tips that challenge you in the moment to take action that fits into your real life. Consider this your armor to keep growing strong in all the small moments. Every episode ends with a sticker from one of our conversation starter sticker games for you to have...
2021-02-2607 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions45 \\ Togather Armor: Our child's apology and the ONE thing they should hearThe mission of Togather™ is to provide tools to help you build your strong family the way God intended. No doubt "Family" needs to rise up and we think there's no better time Togather™ Armor. These episodes are short for a reason: get quick tips that challenge you in the moment to take action that fits into your real life. Consider this your armor to keep growing strong in all the small moments. Every episode ends with a sticker from one of our conversation starter sticker games for you to have meaningful conversation at home TODAY about the topic.
2021-02-1903 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions43 \\ Togather Armor: Words that MATTER. 3 questions that = EASY family connectionThe mission of Togather™ is to provide tools to help you build your strong family the way God intended. No doubt "Family" needs to rise up and we think there's no better time Togather™ Armor. These episodes are short for a reason: get quick tips that challenge you in the moment to take action that fits into your real life. Consider this your armor to keep growing strong in all the small moments. Every episode ends with a sticker from one of our conversation starter sticker games for you to have meaningful conversation at home TODAY about the topic.
2021-02-1104 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions41 \\ Togather Armor: YOUR BRAVERY. Your kids need to see it.The mission of Togather™ is to provide tools to help you build your strong family the way God intended. No doubt "Family" needs to rise up and we think there's no better time Togather™ Armor. These episodes are short for a reason: get quick tips that challenge you in the moment to take action that fits into your real life. Consider this your armor to keep growing strong in all the small moments. Every episode ends with a sticker from one of our conversation starter sticker games for you to have meaningful conversation at home TODAY about the topic.
2021-02-0404 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions39 \\ Togather Armor: FAITH when I'd RATHER freak out.The mission of Togather™ is to provide tools to help you build your strong family the way God intended. No doubt "Family" needs to rise up and we think there's no better time Togather™ Armor. These episodes are short for a reason: get quick tips that challenge you in the moment to take action that fits into your real life. Consider this your armor to keep growing strong in all the small moments. Every episode ends with a sticker from one of our conversation starter sticker games for you to have meaningful conversation at home TODAY about the topic.
2021-01-2903 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions37 \\ Togather Armor: Your family's daily activities. Evaluate and COMMIT.The mission of Togather™ is to provide tools to help you build your strong family the way God intended. No doubt "Family" needs to rise up and we think there's no better time Togather™ Armor. These episodes are short for a reason: get quick tips that challenge you in the moment to take action that fits into your real life. Consider this your armor to keep growing strong in all the small moments. Every episode ends with a sticker from one of our conversation starter sticker games for you to have meaningful conversation at home TODAY about the topic.
2021-01-2104 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions35 \\ Togather Armor: Choices, voices, consequences. What are we letting in?The mission of Togather™ is to provide tools to help you build your strong family the way God intended. No doubt "Family" needs to rise up and we think there's no better time Togather™ Armor. These episodes are short for a reason: get quick tips that challenge you in the moment to take action that fits into your real life. Consider this your armor to keep growing strong in all the small moments. Every episode ends with a sticker from one of our conversation starter sticker games for you to have meaningful conversation at home TODAY about the topic.
2021-01-1404 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions34 \\ Just in! Children who know how to handle conflict become adults who do the same!I know you don't need the reminder, but common sense says teaching our children at a young age to be able to handle conflict resolution and conflict avoidance leads to them being ADULTS who can handle conflict when they grow up. What a privilege we have to train our children with such virtue! Today we are talking about the habit of reflection in situations of conflict in our homes and how to avoid a worse situation. It is NOT about walking away from this episode and never having conflict again. Impossible :) But I do hope you are able to...
2021-01-1225 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions18 \\ THIS is what moms of children with special needs wish you KNEW. With Jessica Patay, We Are Brave Together FounderAll of us could agree from our motherhood journeys that it is true: we ARE stronger when we come together and realize we are not alone. Jessica Patay is leading a mission to bring moms of children with special needs into community where they feel validated and understood and where they can feel LOVED through her organization We Are Brave Together. This interview reveals the heart of the mama of a special needs child herself and exactly what we need to know. Whether you are a parent of a child with any challenge, diagnosis, or disability, or not, this...
2020-09-2939 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions15 \\ 10 ways our family makes QUALITY connection with SIX crazy schedules. (Hint: It’s simple) With JENNIFERWhat if you could take the pressure off yourself to get the quality moments with your crew every day EVEN among the busy, real-life? It’s easier than you may think and all you have to do is set up these 10 things to happen naturally in your home/environment. Again, think "simple". From my crazy, busy life with six schedules, here’s the tips that work for us!
Let’s grow!
Jennifer
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2020-09-0829 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions14 \\ UNSINKABLE. Diving, rising, pressure, & your BEST SELF. With Naval Submariner R.T. STOKESAhh! This episode is so good! How do we create unsinkable people? More importantly, how do we make sure we stay unsinkable so that our families do, too? How do we pressurize ourselves to survive and make it back to shore? Life is FULL of diving and rising and we must be prepared. R.T. will take you on a journey to self-discovery as he compares his missions on his Naval submarine to developing character in ourselves while we grow & learn to break through the surface to reach our greatest self.
Do not miss this deep dive…Th...
2020-09-0137 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions13 \\ How do you even know your FAMILY COMMUNICATION will sustain you? Will it? With JENNIFERPractice. It’s what we tell our kids to do when they want to "get better", because we want to see them succeed. But what practices do you have in place in your family - RIGHT NOW - that ensure you know how to keep communication strong, respectful, and open? Will you be able to withstand the storms that the world will SURELY bring? Or will your innate communication skills barely sustain you?
Well, that last part is NOT even an option. You’re going to crush this meaningful communication thing and you're going to LOVE how simp...
2020-08-2527 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions12 \\ FEARLESS. To say YES to God. To stand up for Foster Children. With National Angels Founder, SUSAN RAMIREZOh, how our world needs some good hero stories! To inspire ourselves, to tell our children, to share with our friends. Susan is a real-life hero answering God’s call to keep fighting for children in foster care and the families that care for them. This is a story of one step at a time.
National Angels and its 22 chapters around America are the result of one New Year’s Resolution over 10 years ago and this is their story from Founder, Susan Ramirez.
You will walk away fully inspired to just GO. Go out and serve...
2020-08-1841 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions01 \\ What the heck is Togather? And who is the girl behind the microphone?Some days we look around and feel like we’re straight up rockin’ this building-a-family-thing…and other days, we look around and it hits us: “This is going waaaay too fast. Can I even keep up?? There’s GOT to be a better way!”
In this episode, I’ll share my journey to beating the distractions that creep into all our days and try to steal our family time and, worse, steal our WORDS. Because we all know what’s happening to face to face communication and when communication breaks down within a family, the family itself faces a real thr...
2020-06-1626 minFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime QuestionsFAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ TRAILERA sneak peak into the heart and mission of Togather Moments and the REAL behind the Families That Stick Togather™ podcast. It’s the place to feel normal and that there really is a better way to slow down and make it all count. We’re your biggest fans in encouraging you to keep building that solid foundation in your strong family even among the real busy. I’m your host, Jennifer Zumbiel, Wife, Mom of four children and creator of Togather Moments™ where we believe meaningful communication can be as simple as peeling a sticker with an intentional conversati...
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