Embrace Your Everyday podcast Leah Simpson

Emotional health is vital to our physical and spiritual health. If shame is a reoccuring theme in my thoughts, it might be identified as a bully. Sometimes shame is a response to guilt, but recycling this toxic emotion once the situation has been dealt with is like an insistent bully. The four steps to respond to guilt allow forgiveness and new thinking. Explore shame in contrast to guilt along with a healthy pathway to eradicate toxic thinking. 
More on HEALTHY THINKING on these podcasts:
Lies Women Believe
Identity Amnesia
Soul Keeping
Investing in the Long Game
Hope and Forgiveness
A Passionate Advocate for Women's Health: Donna Robart
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Parenting is hard work. The stages of childhood change rapidly. Before you realize it, it will be time to talk about dating. Approaching this subject with your child can be downright intimidating. Before you begin, know that today's dating culture is radically different from when you were a teen and young adult. Sexual promiscuity is rampant. Sexual identity, date rape, binge drinking, emotional cheating, sexting and a host of new and more shocking behavior is the normal for today's teens. Becoming more acquainted with today's culture is necessary is the on-going job of today's parents. Educate. Read. Listen.
More on Parenting: 
Nurturing My Nest- the Book
Car School 
Considering Homeschooling? Start Here
Whose Job Is It Anyway? Spiritual Formation of a Child 
Training Your Child to Interrupt
 
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As the mom of two beautiful daughters the topic of beauty materializes often. This conversation is intended to validate the beauty in your daughter and mine. It is imperative that we speak to the dehumanizing of our daughters by the culture that they live in daily. What are the messages that they hear about beauty? What do they hear about their beauty? Dehumanizing deprives a woman of dignity, respect, human qualities, personality and self-worth. 

As a rough water lifeguard and an eager health enthusiast, I completely support physical exercise being part of raising a whole child. However, I struggle with the emphasis on sports in today's youth culture. While sports is about fun and exercise, it's benefit can be much greater. More importantly, I think that playing recreational sports offers a platform to talk about how to respond when winning and losing. Self-control, hard work ethic, determination, stamina and a never-give-up attitude last long after the game is over.
More on Children:
5 Ideas for Developing the Whole Child
Loving on Moms with New Babies
Expect and Inspect Method: Teaching Children to Clean
GRIT - 5 Characteristics of Grittiness
Nurturing My Nest Book 
Inspiration on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com
Books available on Amazon:

Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms on Homemaking 
Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education
 

Due to the financial strain people feel in the current economy, discussions about food cost occur more frequently than ever. Many rising costs offer us little options for keeping our funds in line with our earnings. However, food is one of those more flexible categories. Discover easy-to-implement ideas on saving without scissors on food costs. 
More on FOOD:
Meal Planning for One
5 Easy Ideas to Cut Food Costs
Breadmaking 101
Bulk Cooking With 10 Easy Ideas
Hum of the Home Book
Nurturing My Nest Book 
 
 More on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com 

Need more time? Looking for ideas to boost efficiency in your daily routines? Scrutinizing your everyday with the goal of more play time, more learning time or just more rest? Would you like less housework? Less time in the kitchen? Consider a few of these 10 hacks to gain more time in your everyday.
More time management ideas:
Morning Habits That Might Sabotage Your Day
Speedy Kitchen Cleanup in 5 Easy Steps
Cleaning Your Home with Weekly Contributions
Laundry Simplified
6 Ideas for Speedy Seasonal Cleaning

Inspiration on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com