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Practically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong FamilyChild/Teen Struggling? Part 1, Diagramming a Difficulty, Episode 222Does your child seem to hold on tight to their unhealthy behavior? Every child or teen struggle is an opportunity for equipping them for life. In fact, there's a simple method you can teach your child or teen so that they learn how to step out of their struggle, their weakness, their stubborn obstinance even. Join Val Harrison, the Practically Speaking MOM, for a method she calls Diagramming a Difficulty. This four-step method also works for pretty much any life situation and any aged person. So, pull up a chair and take a few notes about how you and y...
2024-10-2825 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family221 Yes, No, and Boundaries, Parenting Basics for ages 1-18As intentional parents, we must cut through the confusion and get back to the basics - creating a strong foundation for our kids. How do we say NO and YES to our kids in effective ways that equips them for a thriving future? What does your child need from you when it's time to tell them "no" or "yes" to a request? In episode 221, Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM is sharing parenting basics for a strong foundation for your kids.Send Val your encouragement and thoughts about the show.
2024-10-1420 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family220 Creating Connection- Val and Abby talk Mentoring and Being MentoredDo you long for more meaningful relationships for your family? Is it difficult for you or your kids to build new and deeper connections with others? The entire family can benefit from the principles in this episode. Especially you, your teens, college students, and adult children will get a lot of practical help. In episode 220 of the Practically Speaking MOM Podcast, Val Harrison and her college daughter Abby have a conversation about how to mentor those who are coming after us and how to find a mentor for us as well. You'll learn step by step how to build...
2024-10-0727 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family219: 5 Ways to Walk with Your Child Toward Wholeness in a Broken World - finality of Clarity for the Mission of ParenthoodHow do we help our kids on their path to wholeness in a broken world? Daily our kids are facing the same world that we are facing. They're trying to navigate a world that is constantly pushing and pressuring. Our kids are facing burdens and burnout while dealing with their own insecurities, fears, brokenness, and overwhelm. What should our journey with our child toward wholeness look like in a broken world? This is the final episode in the series Clarity for the Mission of Parenthood. All eight episodes have focused on something Val calls wholeness. ...
2024-09-0229 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family217 Siblings, Family Harmony, Shema: Clarity for the Mission of Parenthood, Pt. 6How can we foster healing and wholeness for our family unit when sibling conflict is a real thing? How can we improve the family culture and the atmosphere of the home? Val's husband Rich joins Val on the podcast as they cover a lot of various issues and practical solutions in our journey toward Wholeness in the family unit. Be sure to all the way to the end because there are two important concepts that could change the way you parent.In this episode, Val referenced an earlier episode that she said you'd want to listen to...
2024-07-1540 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family216 Wholeness for Marriage and Family - Rich and Val - Clarity for the Mission of Parenthood, Part 5The Key to a Lasting Marriage and a Family that Heals, Mends, Rests, and Restores...episode 216, Operation Wholeness for Marriage and Family w/ Rich and Val, part 5 of Clarity for the Mission of Parenthood.This is the day! 32 years ago, we made a commitment to forever.We didn't know what all we were committing to, but that's kind of the point.The first half of the 32 years we didn't know how to do commitment from a place of nurturing one another, blessing one another, seeking each other's wholeness and health.The second half of...
2024-06-0341 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family211 Siblings and Their Friends - Connection and CommunicationHow can we navigate the delicate dance of nurturing family time/sibling relationships alongside the growing need for personal friendships in the lives of our children?I'm often asked by extended family and friends, how is that my kids get along so well and have close relationships. Today we'll be looking at one thing we did in our family that made a big difference to cultivate unbreakable bonds. AND YET, as our kids get older, their need for other FRIENDSHIPS increases. Is it possible to grow and maintain sibling relationships while also growing friendships? It can b...
2024-03-1318 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family208 Sibling Strife - Help for the Pestering Child & the Tattle TaleIf you have multiple children at your house, you probably have experienced one sibling intentionally irritating another sibling, maybe pestering them, causing them unhappiness on purpose, possibly even bullying. What do we do about this? We're going to talk about it today in episode 208, right here on the Practically Speaking Mom Podcast. It's the place for intentional moms to build a strong family. I'm Val Harrison, your mom friend for the journey. Ever felt overwhelmed when your kids come to you with stories of sibling irritations, and you're unsure of how to handle it? Buckle up, as we b...
2023-11-1323 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family207 Let's Get Real w/ Tiff and Val, Habits to ThriveEver wondered how to balance an organized home while raising kids? That's what we're chatting about this week with the delightful Tiffany Deschner, a mom of four who shares some helpful nuggets of wisdom with us about joy in the midst of housekeeping and enjoying quality time with her kids. "Let's Get Real w/ Tiff and Val" is an occasional series, this time it overlaps with our ongoing theme of Habits to Thrive - where everyday intentional moms share their habits to thrive with our listeners.In episode 207, we talk about the challenges of fostering productivity in...
2023-11-0638 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family206 "Don't Be Late!" Facing Weaknesses & Finding Strengths in Our KidsHave you ever felt that sinking feeling when your child's weakness continues to cause issues for your child or for the family? I understand and have been there too! Take heart, mom friend, as those weaknesses may be important guides to our child's strengths. Yet, we still have to manage and finetune the weak spots. How do we do this all at the same time and in a way that doesn't squash your child's gifts?! We can do this TOGETHER! We can manage our child's weaknesses without trying to change their unique personalities. I'm Val Harrison, the Practically Speaking...
2023-10-3013 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family204 Safe Haven: Parenting When News is BigEver felt a sense of unease discussing current events with your kids? Fear not, as we're here to help you create a safe haven at home while maintaining awareness of the world around us. Balancing knowledge of global events with the well-being of our children is paramount, and we draw on scripture to guide us through this journey. Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM, chose to push pause on the scheduled episode for this week to address how to handle an international conflict (currently the crisis in Israel) when we also want to protect our kids' delicate hearts and...
2023-10-1609 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family203 Simple Ways to Grow Communication Skills & Self-Assuredness in Kids & Teens: Confidence SeriesWhat age should you begin equipping your kids with self-confidence habits? Start now! Toddlers are not too young to begin developing habits that will help them be more confident. Have you ever wondered how to instill the habits of confidence in your kids from an early age? Did you know that when your kids display confidence that other people have more confidence in them - which means they get their messages across and achieve their goals more often? But how do we actually equip our kids with the right communication skills and confidence habits they need to enhance their l...
2023-10-0926 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family202 The Blessings of Nurturing Confidence in Our Kids/TeensHow important is it to make the most of opportunities to build confidence in your kids? Join me and my daughter Emma for a chat about confidence opportunities and the blessings that follow. We underscore the importance of stepping out of comfort zones to make a difference for others and yourself. Isn't it interesting that saying "yes" to opportunities leads to more opportunities. Such are the blessings of nurturing confidence in our kids and teens.Want more from the series Confident Kids/ Confident Teens?Listen to episode 175 with Abby Harrison and 201 with Andrew Harrison....
2023-10-0224 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family201 Confidence Series: Success for Teens & Young Adults w/ Andrew HarrisonI wish every parent plus children that are middle school or older would listen to this episode. It will nourish your soul first and then will give you practical action steps based on sound life principles. It will wrap up by challenging your spirit. There's lots of wisdom steps here, whether you need spiritual grounding, interview skills, time management help, or to be winning at life, this episode will not disappoint. Confidence is essential for all of us on the road to life success. Perhaps confidence comes from an unexpected place! Join me, Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking M...
2023-09-2533 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong FamilyKeeping Intentional Priorities Plus 200th Episode including BLOOPERSDo you wrestle with societal pressures of being Super Mom while learning how to balance time and priorities? Do you find it difficult to keep your priorities when life gets difficult? We talk about it this week in the 200th episode and four-year anniversary of the Practically Speaking MOM Podcast. Val Harrison is joined by her husband, Rich. They've been married over 30 years and have seven children and four grandchildren. And is also joined by their youngest daughter, Emma to co-host this milestone episode! If you listen to the very end you'll also hear the debut performance of...
2023-09-1821 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family198. Guest Angela Startz: Family Peace - Difficult Marriage or Divorce, Co-Parenting & MoreWouldn't it be nice if our life really was a fairy tale, and everything turned out the way we wanted it to? But life just isn't like that. Things get difficult and today we have a guest to help us with difficult. Join Angela and I for an encouraging chat on how to handle some of the most difficult circumstances in life.What happens when a passionate mental health coach, Angela Starts from Called2Rise, shares her insights on managing life's challenging circumstances? You get a treasure trove of relevant advice and transformative insights! Join Val H...
2023-09-0432 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family193. Val as guest on the Mom Made Plans podcastEver feel challenged as a parent, trying to understand and connect with your children who have vastly different personalities than you? Guess what, you're not alone! Last week we had Guest Julie Redmond on the Practically Speaking MOM Podcast. This week, I join her on her podcast while you all listen in! Join me, Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM when I was a guest on Julie Redmond's show, Mom Made Plans Podcast.We're pushing the parenting discourse beyond the conventional, delving into root parenting as a technique to tackle the heart of any issue our kids m...
2023-07-1641 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family191. Patriotism in an Imperfect NationDivision seems to have grown in recent years about how to look at America's past and how to teach it to our children, How do we teach our children to honor our nation while also acknowledging complicated past flaws in a way that inspires the younger generation toward a brighter future? Intentional parenting requires facing complex issues, but we've got this! Val Harrison is joined by Andrew and Emma in this episode to help you see that it is possible to take an honest look at the pas, the present, AND have great hope for the future at the...
2023-07-0312 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family186. Family Communication OVERHAUL with Rich and ValIf your marriage or family is having trouble with healthy communication, this episode is here to help. We are vulnerable and transparent and have specific action steps to bring lasting change. Available on all the platforms or from my website PracticallySoeakingMOM.comWhat negative communication games are you playing in your family? We had several that needed to END FOR GOOD at our house several years ago. This is one of the most important changes we made for our family. Your family can do this too!! Rich and I also talk about the dangers of self-preservation in...
2023-05-2918 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family180. Anxious, Worried, or Fearful child? Here's Help with Becca Hammond & Val HarrisonNo matter the age of your child/teen, there are ideas in this episode that can help you walk with them through anxiety, worry, fear, and also talking to your child about death or walking with them through the death of a loved one. In episode 180, we're talking a little bit about breastfeeding, a little about parenting multiples, and a lot about helping your child to deal with anxiety, worry, and fear. This is a powerful episode for peace in you and your child. Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM, is joined by one of her...
2023-04-1732 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family175. Confident Kids/Teens, with Abby & ValGrowing Confident Kids and Confident Teens happens day by day, so let's get growing in episode 175! This is a great week to let your kids listen to this conversation between Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM and one of her college-age kids Abby. Especially your middle schoolers, teens, and college kids will get a lot out of this episode. Moms with all ages of kids can get some great ideas to impact to confidence and success habits. This mom/daughter chat touches on volunteering, being proactive, learning how to network in life, realizing that you are always "building your br...
2023-03-1335 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family173. Val & Guest Sasha Star Robertson chat about God-first living, self-care for moms, church hurt and the value of Christian communityPull up a chair, grab a cup of tea, and let's encourage one another in our worthy journey of motherhood. Today on the Practically Speaking MOM Podcast we meet fellow mom podcaster Sasha Star Robertson. We're talking about keeping a "God first" lifestyle, Sasha's take on self-care (it might not be what you expect), and we even take a bit of a dive into church hurt. Do you have a church hurt experience? Sasha did but she found community again and we're gonna talk about it. Meet our guest, Sasha Star Robertson. She is an Intentional Living & Bi...
2023-02-2734 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family171. Guest Lisa Beth Hutchins' Top 10 Habits to Thrive part 1A stop at Lisa Beth's house will include lively discussion, a welcoming cup of tea or coffee, and smiles all around! Won't you join us for this friend talk?! Hear nine practical HABITS followed by a deeply meaningful one! Val says her good friend, Lisa Beth, is a simplicity master - she cuts out the fluff but not the love as she makes every day meaningful for her family. Get a sneak peek into life with Lisa Beth Hutchins! While part 1 and part 2 are divided, we are publishing them both at the same time so you can keep r...
2023-02-1330 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family172. Part 2, Guest Lisa Beth Hutchins' Top 10 Habits to ThriveA stop at Lisa Beth's house will include lively discussion, a welcoming cup of tea or coffee, and smiles all around! Won't you join us for this friend talk?! Hear nine practical HABITS followed by a deeply meaningful one! Val says her good friend, Lisa Beth, is a simplicity master - she cuts out the fluff but not the love as she makes every day meaningful for her family. Get a sneak peek into life with Lisa Beth Hutchins! While part 1 and part 2 are divided, we are publishing them both at the same time so you can keep r...
2023-02-1321 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family170. Season 4 DebutShe's BAACCKK!! That's right, Val is back from her break, filled with inspiration and hope for all of you intentional moms building strong families. On this debut episode to Season FOUR of the Practically Speaking MOM Podcast, Emma and Rich join Val who introduces five new themes for this year:*Habits to Thrive*Operation Wholeness*Confident Kids and Confident Teens*Rip Off the Blindfold *Dear Younger MeWhile these five new themes are going to be great, you can still expect more from the old themes, such as...
2023-02-0626 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family169. Two Big Announcements Between Season 3 and Season 4The Practically Speaking MOM Podcast recently entered its fourth year and finished up our third season of the podcast! Have you ever stood in a pool with your young child on the side of the pool in their water wings, held out your arms and said, "Come on. You can do it. Jump in! I won't let you go under." It is scary for a child to LEAP to a new level of ability, even though we parents know they are ready for the next steps.God is a lot like that with us. He knows we are...
2022-11-0721 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family165. Impulsive Impactors: Here We Go through Uniquely United 2.0Today we begin a four-week sub-series called "Here We Go through Uniquely United 2.0." We'll examine FOUR COMBINATIONS of personality traits, one combination each of the four weeks. As we take this tour through each of the four combinations we'll look at the following characteristics in each of the four combinations:For Each Type: ✅What they FEAR ✅How to MOTIVATE them ✅What brings them JOY ✅How they view RULES ✅What they VALUE ✅Their Greatest STRENGTH ✅Ways to IMPROVE ✅Why they get ANGRY or HURT ✅Their Greatest NEEDSWhen we start understanding ourselves and when we start teaching our kids to understa...
2022-10-1029 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family163. Differences are Opportunities: Fast-paced and Slow-paced Family Members, Uniquely United SeriesCHALLENGES in a family unit are actually OPPORTUNITIES in a family unit, opportunities for self-evaluation, opportunities for identifying ways that we need to grow, opportunities for getting a gameplan for that growth. And family challenges are opportunities for family bonding.Well, friends, let's take today in the next 30 min to learn how to better enjoy the gift of the family God has given you as we take a look at Slow-paced and Fast-Paced Family Members in the ongoing occasional series Uniquely United.Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM Is the main host of the podcast...
2022-09-2628 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family162. Uniquely United: Foundation FirstToday in episode 162 we lay the foundation for the Uniquely United series in the Practically Speaking MOM: Intentional Mom, Strong Family Podcast.Note from Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM, about episode 162.If you have listened to this podcast for a while, you know that I pray about every topic and every episode and really seek to listen to God's leading of what we air and when we air it. Well, God has given me some direction for how to proceed with our occasional series Uniquely United. We began this series a few months ago with pa...
2022-09-1927 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family160. Ten $ Saving Grocery, Meals, and Natural Cleaning Hacks by the Practically Speaking MOM, from the Lasso Your Life seriesFeeding a family of nine can be expensive. I learned to SAVE MONEY ON GROCERIES and SAVE MONEY ON CLEANERS. This podcast is bursting with mom hacks for meals, groceries, and cleaning. HI, I'm Val Harrison, the Practically Speaking MOM. I am passionate about helping intentional moms to build strong families. A big key in having TIME and ENERGY to focus on what really matters with your family is to get some systems in place for the "have-to"s in the momlife. This week I am excited to begin a new mini-series- The Practically Speaking MOM's Guide to Saving Money...
2022-09-0527 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family159. 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 GirlsWould you love to see your middle school or teen girl become more fully-devoted to living a life of growth, courage, patience, purpose, resilience? You're going to enjoy this fast-paced mother/daughter talk about being focused on GROWTH and LIVING a meaningful life rather than preoccupied with romance too young. There is time for romance in life AFTER growth. We want to help our kids to become confident, at peace, focused, aware of their value, and fully-devoted to God's best for their life FIRST, before romance. Our kids/teens don't need a romantic relationship to help them FEEL significant. They...
2022-08-2923 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family158. Val & Abby review her #2 book pick Girl Defined: God's Radical Design for Beauty, Femininity, and IdentityVal and her third daughter, Abby, a college freshman, discuss Abby's 2nd favorite book for understanding our self-worth, guarding and guiding our heart, and focusing on becoming God's design for our life BEFORE getting into a romantic relationship. This would be a great episode for your teen daughter to listen along with you.Girl Defined: God's Radical Design for Beauty, Femininity, and IdentitySex, Purity, and the Longings of a Girl's HeartCheck out our Spotify Self-Worth Playlist linkEpisode on Overcoming Negative Self-TalkMending Your Child's Heart at Every Age blog & p...
2022-08-2223 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family156. Mom & Teen Daughter Talk about Knowing Your Value, Leading Your Heart, & Navigating Relationships, Book Pick #3You may hear the phrase, "Follow your heart" but I teach my kids to LEAD their hearts. I want my kids to be confident in their intrinsic value. I want them to know how to get control of their thoughts and emotions. I want them to identify their life principles. I want them to know their self-worth is not dependent on someone wanting to date them. Abby (my 6th child and college freshman) and I, Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM, recorded this three week series that continues the conversation about Self-worth & Identity, Relationships & Choices, about Guarding and Guidi...
2022-08-0820 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family153. ScreenStrong Families founder Melanie Hempe and Val Harrison chat about family internet habitsThe Practically Speaking MOM Podcast is all about strengthening families and one important factor in a strong family is having a handle on internet usage in your home. After all, our children's childhood should be made up of lots of LIVING LIFE to the fullest through experiences and adventures and developing hobbies and talents, and so much more! We talk a lot on our podcast about taking control of the internet and Val thought it was time to bring on an internet expert to help!Melanie Hempe, BSN, founder and speaker for ScreenStrong Families, helps families avoid pr...
2022-07-1833 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family152. Guest Yvette Hampton on Simplifying, Traveling in an RV, and making a documentary, Schoolhouse Rocked.Three of today's topics are #1 Taking the plunge to SIMPLIFY & Reduce #2 Great family vacation spots in the US, and #3 helping our kids grow in wisdom, which for many these days includes homeschooling. Whether you homeschool or not, you will enjoy this lighthearted look at selling it all, traveling with your family, and living God's calling for your life. We are talking about all of this with Yvette Hampton, mom of two and producer of the movie School House Rocked. In episode 152 of the Practically Speaking MOM Podcast we meet a mom of two girls, Yvette Ham...
2022-07-1129 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family149. Words that Impact, Raising Sons Series, with Guest Dakota HammondThe words we choose with our kids can speak life into them, can transform their perception of themselves, can give them a vision for who they are becoming. This week's guest, Dakota Hammond (dad to our special VIPs) shares methods he uses to impact his sons. You will be inspired and challenged with some very practical steps you can take with any age child, from very young to grown. Dakota will share what he needed growing up, what impacted his heart, and how he uses words that impact.Learn how to have a Bedtime Benediction that pours LI...
2022-06-2032 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family146. Talking to Your Child About Tragedy, Fears, & Why God Allows Bad Things to Happen - Parenting In the TrenchesAn unscripted, honest look at the difficult parenting task of talking to our kids about tragedy - facing fear with them, giving them tools to manage fear or anxiety, effective discussion topics to grow kids who become hope-filled, difference makers in our world, and looking at the question, "How could a good God allow bad things to happen."This is our first ever "parenting in the trenches" episode - a new, occasional theme that is basically a conversation with Val without the music, without an intro or outtro. Val is just inviting you, her mom friend, over fo...
2022-05-3021 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family145. Tools to Transform Your Marriage - What we learned from 30 yrs together"We chose to no longer have a Battle of Wits or a Battle of Verbal Arrows or a Battle of Stiff Silence. We were learning to lay down our emotional weapons and pick up tools for transforming our relationship."Celebrating 30 years of marriage, Rich & Val share some of the tools that transformed their marriage in episode 145 of the Practically Speaking MOM Podcast - the place for an intentional mom to build a strong family.Even if you are a widow, divorced, or single mom, still you want to learn the principles...
2022-05-2315 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family138. Healthy Sibling Relationships - Listener Q and AHealthy Sibling Relationships - Listener Q&A, episode 138Resources Related to today's TopicVal's book When Littles Are Loud: Maximizing the Moments without Drowning in Chaos Val's book Clash In Your Home: A Game Plan for Cleaning Up the ConflictThe podcast series called Dealing with Lying in Your Child (This series teaches a way to deal with any heart issue that has been an on-going problem, not just lying. Lying is the example we use in the discussion). Episode 4 Dealing with Lying In Your Child, PART 1, including dea...
2022-04-2530 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family130. Part 2, Your Child's Nine Circles of Influence on their Self-Perception from the Life-Giving Words SeriesLet's dive into a deeper understanding of Your Child's Nine Circles of Influence on their Self-Perception and the invisible labels they may be wearing, in Part 2 of "Your Child's Nine Circles of Influence on their Self-Perception, episode 130."Click Here for Part 1 of Your Child's Nine Circles of Influence on their Self-Perception, Episode 129. Listen to episode 129 first!Click Here for the Family Communication Scripture Reference ToolClick Here to listen to episode 105 when Val shared practical solutions for growing your child's FRIENDSHIPS using the nine circles of influence.NEXT WEEK: We continue th...
2022-03-1427 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family129. Your Child's Self-Perception, Circles of Influence, from the Life-Giving Words SeriesThis episode will be beneficial for parents no matter what age their children may be. It is so important to understand these influences over your child's self-perception, whether they are four years old or twenty four years old. The more we understand these circles of influence, the better we are at filtering and guarding and impacting the world around us. Your child's self-perception is made of many facets, including the circles of influence in their lives. However, we can flip it! We can help our children become the influencers. We can help them filter and guard what they take it. W...
2022-03-0723 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family128. Season 3 DEBUT! Lots of New and Exciting Topics on This Season's PodcastsSeason 3 Introduces several new themes for intentional parents...Parenting in the TrenchesUniquely UnitedLasso Your LifeLife-Giving WordsGuiding Your Child's HeartHealthy family communication habits is taught in my book and taught LIVE on audio MP3, Clash In Your Home: Getting a Game Plan for Cleaning Up the Conflict. https://www.practicallyspeakingmom.com/shop"Help! My Home is Full of Difficult Personalities and One of Them is Mine!" is an mp3 recorded LIVE https://www.practicallyspeakingmom.com/product-page/live-audio-workshops-by-valCONNECT with the Practically Speaking MOM...
2022-02-2832 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family123. "Parenting in the Fire Swamp," a lighthearted look at renewing hope for parents w/ guest host Yvette Hampton of Schoolhouse RockedParenting is fabulous but it can also be really hard, with difficulties that come at you from all directions. Sometimes those difficult times last for a day or week. Other times, a difficult season seems it will never end. Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM, and her husband, Rich, take a lighthearted look at the valuable role of dreaming and goal setting as parents and in marriage when life gets tough. Listen as they share how to find renewed hope in the midst of Fire Swamp Parenting. Want to hear more episodes with Rich and Val? Listen to episo...
2022-01-2413 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family122. Helping Our Kids Get God's Vision for Their Future w/ Guest Host Lisa NehringI don't want my vision for my family's future. My vision is skewed. My motives are often selfish and my imagination of what could be is often way too small. I want new vision, but I want it to be God's vision for our family. He is the divine Way-Maker. He's the great Vision-Caster, truly the Master Artist of our family, if we allow Him to be. I don't want to be heading toward my own goals and agenda. I don't want my vision to have come from me. I want to be heading towards GOD's vision for...
2022-01-1712 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family121. 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 MOMThree 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...
2022-01-1021 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family120. A Parent's Annual Inventory - the 5 R's that impact our character and our relationships"Hiding in the messy moments from our past are opportunities for new God moments with us and with our kids" - Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM from episode 68 & 120We are always working on the growth of our kids' hearts. This episode is for YOU, intentional mom, to work on your heart. It's a process to recalibrate, to refine your mom journey.Somewhere around eleven New Years’ ago, I began a personal mom tradition - taking some time alone to practice something I’ve come to call the Five R’s of Intentio...
2022-01-0327 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family115. When Your Child Questions Their Faith with Guest Host Nina Baldwin of "Everyday Blessings"Special Thanks to our guest host this week, Nina Baldwin of the YouTube Channel "Every Day Blessings" EverydayBlessings.net Everyday Blessings YouTube ChannelNina introduces you to a conversation between myself, Val Harrison The Practically Speaking MOM, and my oldest daughter, Victoria Dahilig, a youth director."In all honesty I was tired of running from God. It’s hard work to run away from God because you’re running away from love and joy and hope. You don’t realize, until you’re away from all of those, the deep cavern that is inside of you withou...
2021-11-2928 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family106. A Little Bit of Hope and an Educational Vacation Idea w/ Rich & ValMy husband Rich joins me in the studio this week to share about the BIG SURPRISE our children gave us! Next week, we begin the series "Equipped to SOAR" - what are the ingredients to effectively prepare your kids to soar beyond the nest? It begins NOW, right where your kids are TODAY. They aren't too young to begin preparing them to soar!Send Val your encouragement and thoughts about the show.Support the showVisit Val's website: PracticallySpeakingMOM.comJoin Val's Facebook Group Intentional Mom, Strong Family
2021-10-0424 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family98. Four Steps for a Family Time-Out for the Most Important Thing Before School BeginsJoin me, Val Harrison, for the Coffee Break Tour 2021: Wichita, KS, Thurs, Aug 12, 7-8:30pmTulsa, OK, Aug 21, 7-8pmIf you want to join me in Wichita or Tulsa, email me at Val@PracticallySpeakingMom.com and I will email the location to you.Read the BLOG POST that includes more detail for this episode. You'll find it HERE by noon on Monday!RESOURCES to HELP YOU WITH MORE ON THIS TOPIC:If you’d like more encouragement in this area, visit the FRONT PORCH of my website. Whe...
2021-08-0918 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family96. Val & Abby share keys to WAITING with GRACE, It's a Growth Thing! The conversation continues a year laterLast week, in episode #95, you listened to a conversation between me and my daughter Abby (at the time of recording she was a sixteen-year-old junior in high school). The conversation continues this week, recorded a full year later, in episode #96. Abby shares some keys that helped her slow down this process, how she waited a little longer than society around her to open the door of her heart to the complex world of romantic relationships, and what important purposes she was focusing on during the waiting. She hasn't waited sequestered in her house, staring out an a...
2021-07-2623 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family94. Introducing Two Parenting Topics PLUS Potty Training TipsIn episode 94, Val shares two parenting topics that need extra preparation and prayer.Plus Potty-training Tips!Precious Mom, no matter your season of motherhood, it would be my honor to walk this worthy journey of motherhood right along with you. We’ll do that each week on this podcast, Practically Speaking MOM: Intentional Mom, Strong Family.CONNECT with the Practically Speaking MOM - Val would love to hear from you!! Share your questions, thoughts and ideas with Val and the Intentional Mom community:https://www.pra...
2021-07-1215 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family93. Ways to GROW: No more bored kids on screens. Part 2Last week Emma & Abby helped Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM with ideas 1-5 in a Summer Success Plan to keep kids off of screens and on to truly living. This week, in episode 93, SUMMER THRIVING - Ways to GROW: No more bored kids staring at screens, Emma helps Val share Ideas 6-10 for really THRIVING this summer!In episode 93, SUMMER THRIVING - Ways to GROW: No more bored kids on screens, Part 2, we look at ideas in NATUJREREADINGENRICHMENT OUTINGS - including lots of serving ideasPHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT -some ideas for phy...
2021-07-0519 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family90. Making Marriage Matter: No Matter WhatWe're taking a practical look at strengthening your marriage, no matter what it looks like today. Rich and Val have a conversation as they celebrate 29 years of marriage.Here's what's discussed today in episode 90 of the Practically Speaking MOM: Intentional Mom, Strong Family Podcast...*Ingredients of a Good Get-away*What's a ONE-ness Checkup?*What tears you down, wears you out, or depletes you regarding our marriage? *Incorporating filling up our spouse and our marriage on a regular basis*Habits to develop to strengthen our marriage*Setting goals for our ne...
2021-06-1421 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family89. Pinball ParentingSometimes motherhood is like playing a life-size game of pinball and YOU are the ball, being pinged from one unexpected parenting dilemma to another? What's a mom to do?? Let's talk about it in Episode 89, "Pinball Parenting," with Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM on the podcast for intentional moms to build strong families.Pinball Parenting is… being pinged from one issue to the next where the issues may be vastly different from one another, usually unexpected, and often require some type of Houdini-level of expertise.After you listen to episode 89, CLICK HERE to read the cor...
2021-06-0725 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family88. Listener Q&A, with Abby and EmmaEmma & Abby are back! They're hosting this light-hearted look at Listener Questions and I'm answering them! From using a "Money Jar" to improve some family habits to what moms can do when they're feeling overwhelmed to how a parent's spiritual influence changes when your kid's near adulthood to how to handle a middle schooler or high schooler whose attitude and distance have been a problem, we talk about it all on this week's episode based on listener questions. Not to mention that any episode hosted by Abby & Emma never disappoints in bringing smiles and laughs. I hope you...
2021-05-3124 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family86. Organize Your Papers & the Mountain of Mail, from the Lasso Your Life SeriesDo you ever feel like you're drowning in papers?! It seems we moms deal with a constant flow of papers and mail coming into our house. How about we tackle that mountain of papers and get a SIMPLE system for keeping it all straight! That's what we're talking about today in episode 86 of the Practically Speaking MOM Podcast, the place for an intentional mom to build a strong family.Last week, in episode 85, we began a new theme called "Lasso Your Life." The idea is to lasso your life or it will lasso you. That's right, if w...
2021-05-1723 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family85. Tackling Your To-Do List, from the Lasso Your Life Series"Mama, if you don't learn how to LASSO LIFE, it will LASSO YOU!" - val harrison, the practically speaking mom, episode 85Today in Episode 85 we're talking about one of my favorite topics - ORGANIZATION!! This week we're organizing our TO DO LIST in an effective way for controlling life instead of letting it control you.The better we mamas get at having some SYSTEMS to SIMPLIFY LIFE, the more FREE we become to FOCUS on what truly matters most in life. As we implement systems & organization in our homes, it frees us to spend less ti...
2021-05-1022 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family82. Moms & False Inadequacy w/ Becca Hammond & Val's VIPsDo you ever feel inadequate as a mom? Boy I sure do.Today on episode 82, "Mom & False Inadequacy," I discuss this topic with one of my grown daughters, Becca, who is a mom of littles.Even the most intentional of moms battle the lie that says, “YOU are not a good enough mom. You don’t have what it takes to nurture and guide your children.” I hope you enjoy my conversation today with one of my favorite intentional moms. But first, let’s hear an important message from her two little boys, and my favorite...
2021-04-1927 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family80. Transform Your Family with 4 Steps to VALUE EACH OTHER more EffectivelyLet's identify what makes each family member feel VALUED and UNDER-VALUED, what BARRIERS are impacting their ability to RECEIVE messages of love & value, and more. We're healing marriages and families this week on episode 80, Transform Your Family Relationships with 4 Steps to VALUE EACH OTHER more Effectively.Raise the bar in your ability to SHOW VALUE to your family more effectively and then WATCH THE TRANSFORMATION BEGIN!! It's a marriage and family episode with Rich & Val. What makes you feel VALUED? What makes you feel under-valued? Today we've got Four Steps to Identify & Give Value mor...
2021-04-0526 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family79. Surprise VIP Guests, LEGACY, and Family BondingMeet my VIP's & hear about LEGACY including a tribute to my grandfather who passed this week. Family Easter Bonding is the focus of the remainder of the episode. Even if you're not in the mood to hear Easter ideas, don't miss meeting my VIPs!! Trust me, you will smile and laugh, and may wish you could start every single morning hearing from these two! CLICK HERE for full blog post correlating to this episode.Links mentioned on this episode: Click Here to listen to episode 20 Family Spontaneous Friday & Sketchy Saturday. Plus Teaching Your Kids How to Go...
2021-03-2917 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family78. Touring the Six Rooms of the Intentional Home Let's explore together the heart of our ministry to moms. Episode 78 is full of parenting nuggets in all the areas of your momlife. Click here to read Val's Blog Post on episode 78, the expanded version of shownotes.Motherhood is a sacred appointment. We have the divine role of shaping these little or big hearts that have been entrusted to us. Only problem is, plenty of minutes in my day I feel more like a pinball being pinged from one issue to the next – whether I’m dealing with sibling squabbles, menu planning, pet stains...
2021-03-2221 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family75. POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT TOOLS & Making a MOM BRAIN BOOK, What's In My Mom Box, Part 2"One of the great privileges of motherhood is that we can praise and affirm our children in ways that spur them toward growth and good behavior." - Val Harrison, Episode 75, Positive Reinforcement Tools & Making a MOM BRAIN BOOK, What's In My Mom Box? Part 2CLICK HERE for full BLOG POSTIn Episode 75, What's In My Mom Box? Common Tools that Make Motherhood More Effective, Part 2, we are looking at at POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT TOOLS and also looking at my BRAIN BOOKS. I share how you can make your own...
2021-03-0118 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family73. Let's Get Real w/ Val & Tiff about the Momlife, Part 3 - Personality Parenting & Being a Standard Bearer MomWe finish up my discussion with Tiffany by looking at ways to personality parent – adjusting your parenting based on the personality of your child but not adjusting the standard, all with a goal of equipping your unique child to thrive in the world around them. We look at specific parenting dilemmas in dealing with the unique personality of our child. You'll learn about the three options for how we as moms handle general STANDARDS when our kids are not general; they're each unique in their struggles and giftings . Are you a Standard Quitter, Standard Brute, or S...
2021-02-1522 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family72. Teach Your Kids the TRUTH about Love. What is Your Child Learning about LOVE & Relationships & Marriage?"First, WE guard our children's hearts. Then we teach THEM to guard their hearts. This episode will help you learn to do both." - Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM in Episode 72, What is Your Child Learning about LOVE & Relationships & Marriage? Click to Read Entire BLOG POST about this episode: The TRUTH, for Kids, about Romantic Love.If you’re anything like me, you have a whole list of things you know are very important to teach your children – essential truths that you long for their hearts to know before...
2021-02-0824 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family71. Let's Get Real w/ Val & Tiff- a heart to heart about the momlife, Part 2The Practically Speaking MOM, Val Harrison, and her guest, Tiffany Deschner (mom of three adorable daughters) continue their heart to heart about the momlife in Part Two of "Let's Get Real" with Val & Tiff, episode 71.Episode 71: ❤Blanket Time for Littles - a strategy to go from Clingy to Independent Play, ❤The Key Ingredient BEFORE working on your child's character, ❤Lots of Tips for Busy Moms to Incorporate HEALTH in your family lifestyleEpisode 71 begins with Tiffany asking Val how to introduce "Blanket Time" with her littlest girl. One of the P...
2021-02-0118 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family70. Let's Get Real! Val & Tiff, mom of 3, have a heart to heart about the momlife, Part 1The mom life is so much more meaningful when we share the journey with a friend!Today begins a mini-series with one of my dear friends, Tiffany Deschner, an intentional mama of three adorable daughters who is also on my PSM Leadership team!In Episode 70, Let's Get Real, Tiff and I discuss several aspects of the momlife:❤ Responding instead of Reacting ❤Learning to Lean In to God in a difficult situation rather than resisting it. Questions to ask God when we are "leaning in" to the situation:God, what a...
2021-01-2521 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family68. Mom, Take the Time to REFINE - The 5 R's of Intentional Parenting, Part 1."Hiding in the messy moments from our past are opportunities for new God moments with us and with our kids" - Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM, from episode 68, "Mom, Take the Time to REFINE - The 5 R's of Intentional Parenting, Part 1.We are always working on the growth of our kids' hearts. This episode is for YOU, intentional mom, to work on your heart. It's a process to recalibrate, to refine your mom journey.Somewhere around ten New Years’ ago, I began a personal mom tradition - taking some time alone to p...
2021-01-1122 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family67. Val & 11 Female Podcasters share a Christmas Collaboration - Women in the Biblical Christmas StoryMerry Christmas, My Intentional Mom Friends!This is Val Harrison the Practically Speaking MOM and host of the Practically Speaking MOM: Intentional Mom, Strong Family Podcast. This week we’re all in for a Christmas crosscast! What's a "Crosscast?" It's a collaboration of podcasters. You'll be listening to a a collaboration of 12 fellow female podcasters. We were invited onto the All God’s Women Podcast. I hope you enjoy it! Thank you Sharon Wilharm of the All God’s Women Podcast for allowing me to participate in this Christmas crosscast. My Intentional Fr...
2020-12-2216 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family66. Creating Christmas Memories - with Abby, Emma, & ValVal Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM, is joined by her two youngest daughters, Abby and Emma, as they share lots of laughter and family traditions to bring you closer to each other and to Christ. Some of the ideas are silly and some are serious, AND... they also share their favorite SIMPLE Christmas party recipes. All of this is in episode 66, Creating CHRISTMAS Memories with Abby, Emma, and Val.Click here for the blog post that goes with this podcast episode Since Val is taking a break from the podcast for a...
2020-12-1426 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family60. Season 2 DEBUT - Let God Write Your Victory Song & Family Table Talk IdeasA NEW look, a new sound, and a new format is waiting for you in episode 60 of the Practically Speaking MOM: Intentional Mom, Strong Family Podcast. This is a SPECIAL SEASON TWO DEBUT episode! "Family Table Talk Ideas & Season 2 DEBUT - Let God Write Your Victory Song" episode 60.Click here for the blog post, "Let God Write Your Victory Song"Link to Operation World (Abby & Val talk about Operation World and their new app - a great GEOGRAPHY & PRAYER resource while we mention our top seven countries whe...
2020-11-0221 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family59. BLOOPERS Year One - "Behind the Mic" hosted by Abby and EmmaBLOOPERS Year One! "Behind the Mic" hosted by Abby & Emma, episode 59.This is Val Harrison, the Practically Speaking MOM and I approved this episode. What was I thinking?Link to blog post for Episode 59. It has a few behind the scenes pics related to this episode. You’re listening to the final episode of Year One of the Practically Speaking MOM: Intentional Mom, Strong Family Podcast! Rich and I handed over a year’s worth of bloopers to our youngest two daughters and set them loose to bring you, B...
2020-10-2619 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family58. BEST OF YEAR ONE the top moments, top episodes, top parenting concepts from year one, hosted by Val & RichEpisode 58, BEST OF YEAR ONE - top episodes, top parenting principles, hosted by Rich and ValIt's time to CELEBRATE! This is the first of three episodes of celebration for our One Year Milestone with the Practically Speaking MOM Podcast, the podcast for an intentional mom to build a strong family. Coming Soon:10/26/2020 BLOOPERS - Behind the Mic with Abby & Emma - this one is hilarious!11/02/2020 DEBUT of SEASON TWO!!! - Can't wait to share some NEW aspects of the show with all of you!...
2020-10-1931 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family57. Clarity for Busy Moms - Stress, Priorities, & Taking Time to Breath - with Guest Steph Fisher Pt.2Here is an episode full of wisdom nuggets for moms to keep the right PERSPECTIVE with your to do list, to keep your PRIORITIES in order, to find STRENGTH in difficult times, AND it wraps up with guest Steph Fisher leading us through a Stress-Relieving Deep Breathing Exercise. This is a conversation rich in wisdom, encouragement, and motivation for mamas between Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM and her cousin and wellness expert, Steph Fisher. All of this in episode 57, Motivation for Mamas to Reduce Stress, Keep Priority Focus, & Take Time to Breath with Guest Steph Fisher.
2020-10-1228 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family56. Healthy Family begins with Healthy Mom, an interview with @StephFisherWellness This week we look at lots of awesome strategies for FITTING HEALTH into our busy momlife!! Oh, Mama, you want to listen to this two-week discussion between Val Harrison, the Practically Speaking MOM, and Steph Fisher of @StephFisherWellness. "When you take care of YOU well, then you're able to take care of your family well." Steph Fisher of @StephFisherWellnessMoms have a tendency to shove their own needs to the bottom of the pile. We're constantly inundated with obligations, little people tugging on our pant leg, older kids needing our help, and...
2020-10-0538 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family54. 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...
2020-09-2136 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family53. Sibling Squabbles, Bonding, and Listener Q&ASibling Squabbles & Family Standards for Fighting Fair, Birthday Bonding, Listener Q&A, Changing Negative Self-Perceptions, and the Hard Work of Mending Relationships are all a part of Episode 53 of the Practically Speaking MOM: Intentional Mom, Strong Family Podcast.How would you like to sit-in on a lighthearted chat with Val and her two youngest children? That's what you'll do in the first half of episode 53. Then Val continues with Listener Q&A. Announcement: Sign up for Val's Monday Email (containing podcast & show notes) by the end of S...
2020-09-1433 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong FamilyEpisode 50!! Behind the Scenes - Rich Interviews ValFifty episodes is something to CELEBRATE when you're a mom of seven, grandma to two, a homeschooler, and a Mompreneur! Val (and Rich too) are amazed that God continues to direct this ministry - now with registered listeners in over 40 countries around the world and thousands of downloads. Moms in all types of circumstances are becoming more intentional, growing stronger families, and celebrating the fact that God has designed their imperfect family as God's perfect masterpiece in the making! Celebrate this milestone with Val and Rich as you learn more of their heart for each one of you in th...
2020-08-2433 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family45. Managing STRESS in Mom and Child, Pt 3: Counteracting the Harmful Impact w/ Guest Amanda Colliatie, Licensed Marriage & Family TherapistPt 3 of Managing STRESS in Mom & Child: Counteracting the Harmful Impacts of Stress w/ guest Amanda Colliatie, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist(Be sure to checkout the coordinating blog post on Val's website)In this episode Amanda shares all of these Buffers to Stress:*How to have Good Sleep Habits *STATUE PARENTING for teens and tweens*The role of Exercise and a Healthy Diet in diminishing the affects of stress including reducing inflammation* PLANNING AHEAD - when we have a plan we feel...
2020-07-2024 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family41. Sibling Relationships, Family Values, & Lots of Laughs: Val's Four Daughters share the mic!Behind the Scenes w/ Four Sisters and their Practically Speaking MOM, Episode 41.Join us today for lots of laughs and lots of honesty!This episode is a special treat to me - visiting with all four of my daughters together in the studio. We all gathered around the microphone to laugh and to tell the truth about sibling life, family values, fighting fair, and more. The Practically Speaking MOM podcast is unique in that it's a family podcast - you've met all seven of our children in different episodes (except Nathan, who...
2020-06-2244 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family40. Chat with Val - Mom Favs for Body & Mind. Also, a Legacy Dream Come True! Chat with Val - Favs for a Healthy Body & Mind. Also, a Legacy Dream Come True! Episode 40❓Do you ever get tired of telling kids "no" they can't watch that movie or show or listen to that music or play that game? ❗Help is here!!! This week on the podcast, I share with you a plan to reduce that stress, to help you say "no" less because your child has learned to discern and filter to protect their own heart and mind - the process of teaching them to be a gatekeeper to their heart. ❤It's a w...
2020-06-1535 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family33. A Girls Self-Worth, Pt 2 - peers, drama, boys, boundaries. Parenting principles for complex topicsA teenage girl's life is full of emotions, friend-drama, guy-drama, self-image, and lots of conflicting and confusing culture messages. These are the topics discussed in Pt. 2 of Girl's Self-Worth.(Additional help in the accompanying blog post, click here.) The Practically Speaking MOM, Val Harrison, is joined by her oldest daughter and youth director in Christian ministry, Victoria Dahilig to discuss the important topic of a girl's complex teen years. For more discussion like this one, also listen to episode 6 when Victoria visited the studio to talk about the middle & teen years - overcoming negative self-talk and what your teens aren...
2020-04-2729 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family31. What Makes Your Child Come to Life?! Pursuing their PassionsIt's a mother & daughter talk - invite your kids to listen too! Topics: The Joy of seeing your child find the Pursuits that makes them Come to Life! Three Character Qualities (Compassion, Courage, and Conviction) that Grow from Learning about Missionaries, and Six Steps to THRIVE in Crisis-Schooling including some tips for Sibling Squabbles & Rivalry. PLUS a very special ending by Abby Harrison.Six Steps to Thrive in Crisis-Schooling1.Ideas to ENJOY some quality FAMILY TIME every day 2.Designate an ALONE TIME each day (technology free)
2020-04-1334 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family30. Putting the Pieces Together - A Mom's Survival Guide - Parenting in CrisisCan Crisis Parenting and families celebrating Holy Week fit together? Well, it does this week! These two issues come together on the Practically Speaking MOM: Intentional Mom, Strong Family Podcast. Val talks about Essentials in Parenting, even in Crisis. We hear about Val's Ladder of a Child's hierarchy of needs to reach God's will for their life both daily and long term. We look at the first three rungs of the hierarchy and Val tells parents, if you aren't able to provide these essentials for your child, then it is time to get help. Val's Blog this...
2020-04-0619 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family29. ScreenTime, Chores, Habits of Blessing - Help our kids GROW, even in a crisis. Plus, Mom, What's Your Harriet Road?A SIMPLE SOLUTION to STOP the magnetic pull of the screen to your child is included among the ideas Val shares this week on our series Parenting in the Pandemic. You'll learn about Val's GROWTIME before SCREENTIME Checklist, a Blessings Calendar (to help kids develop the HABIT of being a blessing to their family members and others), making a Grateful Poster, and having your child begin a Discovery Notebook.This podcast episode also contains the conclusion to Living a Lifestyle of Feasting with the Father. Val wants to know, Mom, What’s Your Harriet Road? Two of my...
2020-03-3030 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family28. Finding Focus when Nothing is Normal. PLUS, Q&A on Root Parenting.Oh, Mom, how is your family holding up? Are you feeling confused, overwhelmed, and stunned? Since our current world crisis doesn't seem near its end, we parents are looking at how to bring normalcy to this new and unusual reclusive life. I thought I would begin a series to help us find our new normal, however temporary it might be, called Parenting in the Pandemic.This first episode of Parenting in the Pandemic, focuses on getting your family's focus clear.Your child's perspective is going to come from whatever their eyes...
2020-03-2331 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family27. Relationship Killers, Maintaining Influence & Mom, Are You Out of Order?So much parenting wisdom is tucked into this week's episode. First, Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM, reminds moms that INFLUENCE in our child's heart is a PRIVILEGE and thus we must delicately guard it from relationship killers. Then Val looks at the first half of the key elements of learning to live a lifestyle of Feasting with the Father - by helping moms to not get "the cart before the horse." We moms have a tendency to push our kids to a relationship with God when our own relationship with Him is suffering. We must love Him first and...
2020-03-1629 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family24. How a Busy Mom Gets Quality Time with God Daily; Becoming a Power House Parent, Episode 24.Val shares a way you can plan a family night where each family member contributes to the evening, expressing that you all treasure one another AND to teach your kids to LEAD THEIR HEART. Then, as Val continues the theme of Living a Lifestyle of Feasting with the Father, we talk about the different ways a busy mom can get quality time with God to nourish your heart so that it's filled up in order to be poured out for her children.The episode concludes with a look at four steps to being a Power House Parent.
2020-02-2432 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family23. Overcoming Negative Communication Habits in Your Family & Marriage, with Rich and ValIn this episode of the Practically Speaking MOM podcast, my husband, Rich, joins me on the show to talk about the negative communication games that we gave up in our marriage and we give some pointers for having a communication overhaul in your family.I also continue my introduction on Living a Lifestyle of Feasting with the Father When You Feel Like a Frazzled Mama, by addressing the fact that, as parents, we are the atmosphere-setter of our home!Read my blog post connected to this episode:* "Overcoming Negative Communication Habits"
2020-02-1725 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family22. Mom's Marathon Path. Plus, Are we going to teach our kids that sex is sacred? When a society has lost its way...This week's podcast has two blog posts connected to this episode:*Read Val's post about Living a Lifestyle of Feasting with the Father *Read Val's post about Are we going to teach our kids that sex is sacred? When a society has lost its way... If you are wanting a complete transcript of this episode, email val@practicallyspeakingmom.com and ask for episode 22.Details about Val's next event: Link to register for the Moms Winter Summit retreat with Val, Feb 28-29, in Tulsa, OK.
2020-02-1017 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family21. Cut Laundry Chaos and add HAPPY to Your Have-to's, from a mom of 7. Plus listeners' laundry tips, Episode 21.How do you bring HAPPY to the Dol-drums in your Days? The last five minutes of this episode Val share's how she adds a little sunshine to the less-lovely parts of a mom's routine responsibilities.This episode begins with Val sharing some laundry tips that were shared from her Intentional Mom, Strong Family Facebook group.Then she shares her 8 Steps to Cut Laundry Chaos, and she ought to know since she's the mom of seven kids - four girls and three boys.Teaching your kids how to help with the laundry in a way t...
2020-02-0327 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family20. #FamilySpontaneousFriday #FamilySketchySaturday + Teaching Kids How to MAP Their Goals, Episode 20.#FamilySpontaneousFriday was God’s solution to our family’s heartache. This week you're going to learn all about the Family bonding plan that became a big hit! Want to read the BLOG POST about #FamilySpontaneousFriday and #FamilySketchySaturday? Read it here.In the first half of this week's episode of the Practically Speaking MOM podcast, Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM, shares about one of the recent #FamilySpoontaneousFriday nights that the Harrison had. Then Val interviews two of her daughters on recent goals they've set and helps them get a ROAD MAP for...
2020-01-2740 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family18. "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.In this episode, Val asks her four youngest kids - Josh, Andrew, Abby, and Emma a question about choosing God's way over their way. Then Val shares her 2020 goals for the six main areas of intentional motherhood and she encourages you to do the same.Read Blog Post HereResources Mentioned:Val's Book: Wearing All Your Hats without Wearing Out: Finding Focus for Your Family to be the Masterpiece God Intended Ebook Click hereEpisode 18, God's Ways Over Our Ways:O...
2020-01-1334 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family17. Goal-Setting for Kids. Plus, Dreaming & Goal-Setting in Marriage- a Marriage Moment with Rich and ValTeach Your Kids Goal-Setting. Plus, Rich & Val on the Value of Dreaming & Goal-Setting in Marriage, Episode 17.2020 brings 52 opportunities for you and I to get more intentional together every Monday on the Practically Speaking MOM podcast. The podcast for an Intentional Mom to build a Strong Family.****Val's BLOG POST on GIVING YOUR KIDS THE GIFT OF GOAL-SETTING****"Our kids need to know that SUCCESS IS IN THE JOURNEY AS MUCH AS IN THE END ACHIEVEMENT." Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOMThree Steps...
2020-01-0631 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family15. Christmas with Val & Friends. Plus, The Life of Saint Nicholas that Inspired some of Today's Most Popular Christmas Traditions, Episode 15.Christmas with Val's Friends. Plus, The Life of Saint Nicholas that Inspired some of Today's Most Popular Christmas Traditions, Episode 15.Meet some of Val's friends and her daughters' friends who share quick thoughts about Christmas at their houses.Plus, Val spends the last seven minutes of this episode sharing some of the inspiring history of the real Saint Nicolas and the heroic things he did that began many of today's popular Christmas traditions. This would be a great episode to have your children listen to as well. Let them learn about the true me...
2019-12-2331 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family13. Mom's Mental Health, Our Drive for Perfection, Joy in the Valley - Val interviews Marriage & Family Therapist Amanda Colliatie with a LIVE studio audience. Episode 13, Mom's Mental Health, Our Drive for Perfection, The "Hurt Cycle," and Finding Joy in the Valley - Val interviews Amanda Colliatie, Marriage and Family Therapist with a Live Studio Audience.Mom, you’re committed to monitoring your child’s mental and emotional health, but what about your own? Today we’ve got a LIVE studio audience and a marriage and family therapist to help us turn the mirror on ourselves, take a gentle look to make a doable action plan for heading toward healing.You are a mom who is seriously trying y...
2019-12-0937 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family12. Lying, part 2. T.I.M.E., not Time-Out. Dealing with the HEART of Your Child through Mercy Seat Parenting.Episode 12, T.I.M.E., not Time-Out. Dealing with the HEART of Your Child through Mercy Seat Parenting. Lying, Part 2. (Lying Part 1 is in episode 4).Quote"I have got to spend some time praying and evaluating my own self in the situation because this is a big deal. I don't want to handle it wrong. I need God's help. I need God's wisdom and I also need to evaluate what could have I been doing differently..."ResourcesProverbs for Parenting (affiliate link)Val's blog post on getting the w...
2019-12-0236 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family9. Listener Q&A (consequences, child's weaknesses, mom's mistakes). Plus Meet Val's Son, Andrew. Listener Q&A (consequences, child's weaknesses, mom's mistakes), Episode 9. Plus Meet Val's Son, Andrew.Resources (some are affiliate links)Free Val's video workshop on Time Saving Strategies (slides in youtube shownotes)Free Slides to Time Saving Strategies printableLove Works: Seven Timeless Principles for Effective Leaders by Joel ManbyStrength Finders 2.0 by Tom RathDo Hard Things by Brett and Alex HarrisQuestion: "How do we handle it when we make a mistake as a mom?""Sometimes, when we make mistakes as a mom and we...
2019-11-1132 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family8. Intentional Marriage: *Moms daily serenity moments *Val & Rich on redeeming your marriageIntentional Marriage, 8: *Moms find serenity moments in your day *Single mom's marriage perspective *Your marriage can be redeemed!! *Meet Val's husband as they discuss what principle God used to transformed their marriage, including a short, original marriage song at the end Quotes from Episode 8"Mom, find some serenity spots in your life so that you can have a moment of peace every day.""Single moms, I know you're probably feeling like tuning out for this episode. I just want to encourage you not to do that. If your child marries some day, y...
2019-11-0430 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong Family4. Dealing with Lying in Your Child, Part 1. Plus, Val's Daughter, Becca & Toddler Manners.(Part 2 of Dealing with Lying can be heard in Episode 12).Today you're listening to Episode 4, "Dealing with Lying in Your Child, Part 1." For the first ten min of the episode, Val is joined by her grown daughter, Becca who has two preschoolers. They discuss some techniques for developing Manners in your toddler.Then the final 20 min of the episode focus on how to handle lying in children elementary-age and up, including Root Parenting vs Surface Parenting and Mercy Seat Parenting.Steps to Dealing with Lying:1. Slow down to take time to do it well in o...
2019-10-0232 minPractically Speaking Mom: Intentional Mom, Strong FamilyMeet the Practically Speaking MOMWelcome to the Practically Speaking MOM podcast - the place for an Intentional Mom to build a Strong Family.I’m Val Harrison, mom to seven and wife to Rich for 27 years. I love warm drinks in my favorite mug, future-dreaming with my favorite guy, and listening to music by any of my favorite kids (that’s all of them). We have three married children, two college students, a Sophomore in high school, a fifth grader, two adorable grandsons, and our dogs Copper and Cali. I'm also a home school mom. That all means the Lord definitely gets...
2019-09-1404 min