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Love Your People Well - Motherhood, Marriage, & Family Relationships From A Christian Counselor Jessica Hayes, LPC, LMFT - Wife, Mom, Christian, Counselor
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Welcome to the go-to podcast for Christian moms who want to truly ENJOY every minute of family life!
✓ Strengthen your family relationships
✓ Grow a happy marriage
✓ Build a strong bond with your kids
... While keeping Jesus at the center of it all.
If you sometimes feel discouraged by how family life is going, you’re not alone. We live in a busy world, with a ton of distractions, and relationships really do take work. There’s not a simple answer to the messy realities of Christian family life.
But there are solutions!
On this podcast, we tackle the real-life struggles of Christian family relationships.
How do you manage hard emotions like anger and anxiety? What does conflict resolution look like in a godly marriage? Can you really enjoy your toddlers instead of spending all your time cleaning up the spills and picking up the toys?
If you’re anything like me, what you really want to do is ENJOY the crazy journey of family life.
You want to soak up every minute of time with your family. You want to be fully present in the moment with your little ones and feel connected with your husband. You want to find God’s purpose in the stressful days of mom life.
You want your marriage and motherhood to matter, not just in the here and now, but for eternity.
Well, my friend, you’re in the right place.
I’m Jess Hayes, and I’m so glad you’re here. I’m a marriage and family therapist, pastor’s wife, and mom of 4 energetic toddlers. Life is busy and full, and I am PASSIONATE about helping moms enjoy their family relationships!
Christian family life can be hard work. There can be discouragement and distractions. But your effort is WORTHWHILE and God can do amazing things in your family.
Each week here on the Love Your People Well podcast, we tackle a different topic related to family life. From faith to emotions to communication, you’ll get biblical encouragement along with plenty of PRACTICAL strategies that will help you enjoy family life and deepen those family relationships.
Looking for more?
＞＞ Grab your FREEBIES at www.LoveYourPeopleWell.com/free
＞＞ Find the perfect devotional for the season you’re in at www.LoveYourPeopleWell.com/devotionals
＞＞ Get connected to our private community and support the show by joining us at www.LoveYourPeopleWell.Patreon.com
＞＞ Email me anytime at Jessica @loveyourpeoplewell.com
I’m so glad you’re here, my friend.
Grab a cup of tea, or start on that massive pile of laundry, as we walk together to build healthy, happy, and holy family relationships.
Hugs and blessings! I’ll talk to you soon.
💕 Jess
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Feeling Overwhelmed? How To Stand Firm In The Storms Of Life As A Christian Family
Episode 192 // We all feel overwhelmed sometimes! And the reality of life is that storms, trials, and struggles will come. It’s just a question of when, not if - and then, what are you going to do about it?
Today, we’ll take a look at some wisdom from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount to help us prepare for the storms of life. How can we stand firm and feel less surprised and stressed? How do we stay connected with our husband and kids when everything feels overwhelming?
Join me, friend, for some biblical encouragement and a few practical action steps you can take TODAY to be ready for the storm that will one day come - so you can keep right on enjoying family life instead of getting swept away in the overwhelm of it all.
Let’s dive in.
hugs & blessings,
Jess
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✨ Our current CHALLENGE inside the Faith Fiver Club is one I’m super excited about - Living Out The Beatitudes. Join us! ✨
RESOURCES mentioned in this episode:
Free Conflict Resolution Cheat Sheet
Free Holy Habits 45-Day Bible & Prayer Guide
Grab the 30-day challenge Building Spiritual Disciplines For The Christian Life
RELATED blog posts:
Feeling Like A Burnt Out Mom? Here’s How To Enjoy Family Life More (blog)
Tips For Setting Healthy Boundaries When You’re Feeling Burned Out (blog)
Stop Feeling So Stressed Out! Try These 9 Helpful Tips (blog)
FIND GREAT RESOURCES to help you enjoy Christian family life:
Manage Emotions
Communicate Well
Fruitful Faith
Happy Marriage
Joyful Parenting
Home & Family Life
SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON (and enjoy our monthly challenges!)
GRAB A QUICK PRINTABLE in my Etsy shop (most items under $5!)
FIND THE PERFECT DEVOTIONAL (dealing with many family-related topics)
I’d love your encouragement with a 5-star written review! And make sure to copy the link to this episode and text it to a friend to encourage her too.
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DISCLAIMERS: I am a licensed therapist in South Carolina, but this podcast is not therapy. I may use affiliate links and earn a small commission if you purchase through my links. Read my full disclaimers here.
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Love Your People Well is all about helping you ENJOY family life while raising little ones at home. Together, we’re building healthy, happy, and holy family relationships - with Jesus at the center of it all.
✨ Grab tons of free resources, devotionals, and biblical encouragement at www.LoveYourPeopleWell.com ✨ -
How To Stop Worrying And Start Trusting God More With Every Part Of Christian Family Life
Episode 191 // It’s really easy as a mom to start worrying about my family. There are so many pieces to juggle. And these relationships are so important!
But Jesus is not trying to make family life difficult. He knows that we struggle, and He has the solutions to help us manage the hard things of life and enjoy our marriage and motherhood more.
Today on the podcast, we’ll look at 4 big things that Jesus tells us to do in the Sermon on the Mount. Four things that will help us to STOP worrying so much and start TRUSTING GOD more - in the big and the small, the good and the hard.
Ready? Let’s dive in.
hugs & blessings,
Jess
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✨ Our current CHALLENGE inside the Faith Fiver Club is one I’m super excited about - Living Out The Beatitudes. Join us! ✨
RESOURCES mentioned in this episode:
Free Holy Habits 45-Day Bible & Prayer Guide
Grab the 30-day challenge Building Spiritual Disciplines For The Christian Life
RELATED blog posts:
A Christian Counselor’s Best Tips For How To Control Anxiety (blog)
The Christian Mom’s 5 Best Bible Verses For Anxiety (blog)
God’s Powerful Promise When You’re Dealing With Anxiety As A Christian Mom (blog)
FIND GREAT RESOURCES to help you enjoy Christian family life:
Manage Emotions
Communicate Well
Fruitful Faith
Happy Marriage
Joyful Parenting
Home & Family Life
SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON (and enjoy our monthly challenges!)
GRAB A QUICK PRINTABLE in my Etsy shop (most items under $5!)
FIND THE PERFECT DEVOTIONAL (dealing with many family-related topics)
I’d love your encouragement with a 5-star written review! And make sure to copy the link to this episode and text it to a friend to encourage her too.
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DISCLAIMERS: I am a licensed therapist in South Carolina, but this podcast is not therapy. I may use affiliate links and earn a small commission if you purchase through my links. Read my full disclaimers here.
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Love Your People Well is all about helping you ENJOY family life while raising little ones at home. Together, we’re building healthy, happy, and holy family relationships - with Jesus at the center of it all.
✨ Grab tons of free resources, devotionals, and biblical encouragement at www.LoveYourPeopleWell.com ✨ -
Biblical Keys You Need For Stronger Family Relationships
Episode 190 // The Bible can sometimes feel a bit abstract. The “spiritual” doesn’t always feel like it’s impacting our everyday lives and our relationships.
That’s why I love to explore and consider the practical applications of Scripture for our family life.
We’re taking a few weeks here to walk through the Sermon on the Mount. The Bible is not a mystery. God gives us everything we need for life and happiness - including some very important keys for our family relationships
Let’s dive in.
hugs & blessings,
Jess
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✨ Our current CHALLENGE inside the Faith Fiver Club is one I’m super excited about - Living Out The Beatitudes. Join us! ✨
RESOURCES mentioned in this episode:
Free Holy Habits 45-Day Bible & Prayer Guide
Free ebook Building YOur Mom Toolbox
Keep Your Cool, Mama! 40-Day Devotional
RELATED blog posts:
10 Great Bible Verses For Your Home & Family (blog)
4 Key Questions Every Mom Must Answer In Order To Build Great Family Relationships (blog)
FIND GREAT RESOURCES to help you enjoy Christian family life:
Manage Emotions
Communicate Well
Fruitful Faith
Happy Marriage
Joyful Parenting
Home & Family Life
SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON (and enjoy our monthly challenges!)
GRAB A QUICK PRINTABLE in my Etsy shop (most items under $5!)
FIND THE PERFECT DEVOTIONAL (dealing with many family-related topics)
I’d love your encouragement with a 5-star written review! And make sure to copy the link to this episode and text it to a friend to encourage her too.
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DISCLAIMERS: I am a licensed therapist in South Carolina, but this podcast is not therapy. I may use affiliate links and earn a small commission if you purchase through my links. Read my full disclaimers here.
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Love Your People Well is all about helping you ENJOY family life while raising little ones at home. Together, we’re building healthy, happy, and holy family relationships - with Jesus at the center of it all.
✨ Grab tons of free resources, devotionals, and biblical encouragement at www.LoveYourPeopleWell.com ✨ -
8 Incredible Blessings That Jesus Wants Every Christian Family To Enjoy
Episode 189 // Is there anything better than the blessing of the Lord?!? Today, we’re diving into the very beginning of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount - the 8 “beatitudes” or blessings that the Lord promises to those who follow him.
What are they? How will they impact your family? Is it even possible to live this way in the modern world?
Join me for an encouraging look at the INCREDIBLE blessings that Jesus has for you, friend.
Let’s dive in.
hugs & blessings,
Jess
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✨ Our current CHALLENGE inside the Faith Fiver Club is one I’m super excited about - Living Out The Beatitudes. Join us! ✨
RESOURCES mentioned in this episode:
Free Holy Habits 45-Day Bible & Prayer Guide
Finding Your Identity in Christ devotional workbook
RELATED blog posts:
The Ultimate Guide To How A Wise Woman Builds Her Home (blog)
5 Great Scriptures To Pray For Your Family (blog)
FIND GREAT RESOURCES to help you enjoy Christian family life:
Manage Emotions
Communicate Well
Fruitful Faith
Happy Marriage
Joyful Parenting
Home & Family Life
SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON
GRAB A QUICK PRINTABLE in my Etsy shop
FIND THE PERFECT DEVOTIONAL
I’d love your encouragement with a 5-star written review! And make sure to copy the link to this episode and text it to a friend to encourage her too.
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
DISCLAIMERS: I am a licensed therapist in South Carolina, but this podcast is not therapy. I may use affiliate links and earn a small commission if you purchase through my links. Read my full disclaimers here.
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Love Your People Well is all about helping you ENJOY family life while raising little ones at home. Together, we’re building healthy, happy, and holy family relationships - with Jesus at the center of it all.
✨ Grab tons of free resources, devotionals, and biblical encouragement at www.LoveYourPeopleWell.com ✨ -
How The Sermon On The Mount Will Change Your Parenting
Episode 188 // Ever feel stuck in your family relationships? We all feel that way sometimes! And Jesus always has the way forward.
One of my favorite passages in Scripture lately for focusing in on Christian family life is the Sermon on the Mount. It’s chapters 5-7 of the Gospel of Matthew, and Jesus is so clear about how we are to live! It is counter-cultural and life-changing.
But it isn’t exactly easy to live out.
Join me today for a look at how this powerful sermon from our Lord can change you - and change your family relationships - for the better.
Let’s dive in.
hugs & blessings,
Jess
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✨ Our next CHALLENGE inside the Faith Fiver Club is one I’m super excited about - Living Out The Beatitudes. Join us! ✨
RESOURCES mentioned in this episode:
Free Holy Habits 45-Day Bible & Prayer Guide
Finding Your Identity in Christ devotional workbook
RELATED blog posts:
The Ultimate Guide To How A Wise Woman Builds Her Home (blog)
5 Great Scriptures To Pray For Your Family (blog)
FIND GREAT RESOURCES to help you enjoy Christian family life:
Manage Emotions
Communicate Well
Fruitful Faith
Happy Marriage
Joyful Parenting
Home & Family Life
SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON
GRAB A QUICK PRINTABLE in my Etsy shop
FIND THE PERFECT DEVOTIONAL
I’d love your encouragement with a 5-star written review! And make sure to copy the link to this episode and text it to a friend to encourage her too.
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
DISCLAIMERS: I am a licensed therapist in South Carolina, but this podcast is not therapy. I may use affiliate links and earn a small commission if you purchase through my links. Read my full disclaimers here.
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Love Your People Well is all about helping you ENJOY family life while raising little ones at home. Together, we’re building healthy, happy, and holy family relationships - with Jesus at the center of it all.
✨ Grab tons of free resources, devotionals, and biblical encouragement at www.LoveYourPeopleWell.com ✨ -
An Easter Encouragement For Christian Moms
Episode 187 // Easter is here, friend! This is my absolute favorite holiday of the year.
And this year (like it has sometimes in the past), it feels overshadowed by stress and struggle in regular life. Work, church, cleaning, discipline, bills, and so much else can threaten to steal the JOY out of family life and relationships.
But guess what?
The truth of Easter stands firm. The goodness and grace of the cross, the resurrection, and our eternal future with Christ is not dependent on how we might feel about it today.
Praise be to God!
Join me today for a short encouragement in this busy but oh-so-important season!
hugs & blessings,
Jess
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✨ And make sure to join me in the Faith Fiver Club over on Patreon to support this podcast and ministry AND to get our brand new workbook and deep dive for our April Challenge into Living Out The Beatitudes! I am so excited about this one.
✨ As always, plenty more resources, freebies, devotionals, and the blog are over at www.LoveYourPeopleWell.com
✨ Since it is almost Easter, grab my popular Easter Story Cards or other fun, quick printables on sale this week for 40% off! Inside my printables Etsy shop.
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Love Your People Well is all about helping you ENJOY family life during the busy season of raising little ones at home. Together, we're building healthy, happy, and holy family relationships - with Jesus at the center of it all.
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DISCLAIMERS I am a licensed therapist but this podcast is not therapy. I may use affiliate links and earn a small commission if you purchase through my links. Read my full disclaimers here.
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✨ Grab tons of free resources, devotionals, and biblical encouragement at www.LoveYourPeopleWell.com ✨
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