Now That We're A Family Elisha and Katie Voetberg

OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com ***BLACK FRIDAY SALE - Use coupon code: PODCASTBF23 for 15% off each month. Code expires 11/30/23 at 11:59 pm.*** Check out our Free Christmas Piano Masterclass - https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/offers/XNwm6tzK/checkout -Should Christians boycott Disney?? There has been so much talk on the internet recently with Disney’s "Snow White" coming out. Anytime Disney puts out another movie, more people are talking about boycotting them.   We recently had an episode on our favorite movies growing up that we want to show our kids. Some of those are Disney movies. Today we are going to be talking about if we are boycotting Disney, going to take our kids to Disneyland, doing regarding showing our kids Disney movies and if we have Disney +. All things Disney in today’s episode!  When it comes to our parenting, some of the things we want to expose our children to are those stories that have stood the test of time and are cultural references. It’s fun to think about actually introducing our kids to these stories via the original source and source material. It’s always really exciting when you realize that oh, we don’t have to compromise on this. We’ve seen Disney for really long time as this tainted entertainment source.   Even prior to the very overt agenda to push very woke ideology, we had reservations on a lot of Disney products. There are only a few Disney movies that still fit our criteria even with the older renditions of Disney movies that we would show to our kids. You only have so much energy, money and time. With the awesome stories, like the fairytales and incredible entertainment, we’re going to read those in book form. They’re going to get a step above what Disney is offering.   Let us know what you’re boycotting down below. Let us know where we can find alternatives to those main big companies. Please post your companies down below. A lot of Christians and conservatives are looking for alternatives that are great quality!Mentioned in video: - Baylor and Sabrina Johnson's candle shop - https://farmhousecandleshop.com- Dwight and Marilee Johnson's soap shop - https://www.bendsoap.com- The Growth Initiative: Winter session starts in January LIVE calls will be Thursdays at 7am or 3pm PST. https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/thegrowthinitiative Register here for the Free Growth Initiative Masterclass: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/growth-initiative-webinar Get it All Done Club: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-club Is your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful? Check out Katie's Free Home Management Masterclass: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-club Grow as a couple and get the couple's package! You can get over $150 off if you sign up for the Growth Initiative and Get It All Done Club together.https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/offers/S3GJdvSm/checkout - Marriage Maximizer - Build A Masterpiece Marriage Whether you have been married for 30 years, or are just starting out on the adventure of a lifetime, this course is for you! https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/Marriage-Maximizer Free webinar: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/marriage-maximizer-learn-more-1 - Top 5 Tuesday Join our weekly email list to keep up to date with the highlights of what is going on in our family life.https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/top-5-tuesday-newletter - Looking for more Now That We're A Family resources? We got 'em! Website: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nowthatwereafamily/ Homeschool Course: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/homeschool

OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com***BLACK FRIDAY SALE - Use coupon code: PODCASTBF23 for 15% off each month. Code expires 11/30/23 at 11:59 pm.*** Check out our Free Christmas Piano Masterclass - https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/offers/XNwm6tzK/checkout -Abbie is a mama to ten, Bible-believing Christian, home educator (and homeschool graduate), fitness instructor, one-time high school Spanish teacher, bargain hunter, perpetual furniture rearranger, and wife to Shaun. Abbie and her family live in the Piney Woods of East Texas. She lives by the motto that “hard is not the same thing as bad” and encourages woman to dig deep to meet the challenges of everyday life through her blog and Instagram posts. Abbie is also a published author, which is the culmination of a lifelong dream that God brought to fruition in His perfect way and timing. She has published two books in the last 18 months - "M is for Mama" and "Hard Is Not the Same Thing As Bad." She also gets really fired up about helping mamas claim their identities and find simple, doable rhythms for their days that allow them to create an environment of realistic joy and peace in their homes. Listen today as I chat with Abbie about the topic of raising sons. Abbie has seven sons and three girls ranging from the ages 3-17 years old. Some of the topics we talk about today are: - hardest stage of motherhood - maintaining respect while homeschooling sons - parenting to the heart of different children’s personalities - navigating technology with older children - navigating children leaving the home - advice for a younger mom You can connect and follow with Abbie through the links below: - Website: https://misformama.net/ - Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m-is-for-mama-podcast/id1664528555 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/m.is.for.mama/- Books:     - “M Is for Mama” - https://amzn.to/3G9pci7    - “Hard Is Not the Same Thing as Bad” - https://amzn.to/46r0sMZ-  The Growth Initiative: Winter session starts in JanuaryLIVE calls will be Thursdays at 7am or 3pm PST. https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/thegrowthinitiativeRegister here for the Free Growth Initiative Masterclass: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/growth-initiative-webinarGet it All Done Club: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-clubIs your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful? Check out Katie's Free Home Management Masterclass: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-clubGrow as a couple and get the couple's package! You can get over $150 off if you sign up for the Growth Initiative and Get It All Done Club together.https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/offers/S3GJdvSm/checkout - Marriage Maximizer - Build A Masterpiece Marriage Whether you have been married for 30 years, or are just starting out on the adventure of a lifetime, this course is for you! https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/Marriage-Maximizer Free webinar: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/marriage-maximizer-learn-more-1 - Top 5 Tuesday Join our weekly email list to keep up to date with the highlights of what is going on in our family life.https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/top-5-tuesday-newletter - Looking for more Now That We're A Family resources? We got 'em! Website: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nowthatwereafamily/ Homeschool Course: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/homeschool

It’s that time of year! Holidays are upon us. Many of us will be gathering with our friends and family. Today we will be talking about the holidays, how we feel about Friendsgiving and if we think that it is helpful to the Christian community and families or not. Any time you are not able to connect with family for the holidays, having friends to gather with is an abundant blessing. There was an article written by The Atlantic in 2018 that talks about the rise of popularity in Friendsgivings and how millennials are more and more opting for Friendsgiving over traditional family Thanksgiving gatherings and the reasons behind it. The Atlantic is a very liberal, anti-family and anti-God. They went into how we do so much better when we are able to choose who our family members are. Friendsgiving traditions derived from a lot of people that were living homosexual lifestyles. They felt ostracized by their biological family so they banded together with one another to celebrate these holidays. We want to make sure to say that obviously, Friendsgivings are not wrong. If you’re not careful though, you can really start to see how these expressions and options are really tearing down the biological family God has put in place. So much of family holidays and traditions can really be enriching to the family unit. It’s one of those things that we want to reclaim, so to speak. If not reclaim, then solidify for our personal family going forward. We believe that when we elevate friendships to a family level, we are actually degrading and diminishing the importance the blood family that God has given us. This is something that we care about, because we clearly care about the family unit. We don’t want to be insensitive either to different backgrounds that have dealt with stuff we haven’t had to deal with when it comes to holidays. We are talking about the surface level opinion that family doesn’t matter and that it’s all the same, whether it’s your neighbor or biological father. - Marriage Maximizer - Build A Masterpiece Marriage Whether you have been married for 30 years, or are just starting out on the adventure of a lifetime, this course is for you! https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/Marriage-Maximizer Free webinar: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/marriage-maximizer-learn-more-1 - Top 5 Tuesday Join our weekly email list to keep up to date with the highlights of what is going on in our family life.https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/top-5-tuesday-newletter - Looking for more Now That We're A Family resources? We got 'em! Website: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nowthatwereafamily/ OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comUse coupon code: YOUTUBE for 10% off each month Homeschool Course: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/homeschool Get it All Done Club: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-club Is your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful? Check out Katie's Free Home Management Masterclass:https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-club

What is Katie’s new intermittent fasting regiment now that she is postpartum? Is Katie able to keep up with her milk supply and workouts? What is her energy level like with her current fasting schedule? These are questions that I have been getting quite frequently. Today I will be answering them to satisfy your curiosity, as well as a few others… :) I feel like this is a little taboo, because whenever you’re talking about restricting anything in pregnancy or postpartum, you can’t recommend that. This is one of the podcasts that we will say, “we can’t recommend it, but…this is what we do anyway.” A lot of evidence that I will be presenting is going to be anecdotal. I’m just going to show you what my experience has been. I feel like it was very helpful for me when I was searching YouTube trying to find podcasts to learn “how can I lose weight postpartum and still keep my milk supply strong?” that I was basically just listening to other women’s stories. I didn’t want a doctor telling me what I could and couldn’t do. I wanted to hear from different women what has worked for them. While this is anecdotal, it is what I have copied from a lot of other women online who also cannot recommend what they are doing, but have had the same results. Something else I want to say upfront is that when it comes to weight loss or “getting your body back” or whatever postpartum, my motive behind this is to make having children sustainable. I love our children and love raising them. Pregnancy is hard on your body though. I want to do whatever I can to stay healthy and in shape for if God allows us to have more children down the road. This episode isn’t just about weight loss. It is also about energy and hormone management. All of those things are affected by our overall health. This is why it was important for me to do an episode on this. Mentioned during podcast: - LMNT electrolytes - https://drinklmnt.com - Katie's postpartum supplements - https://www.nowthatimamotherhealth.com/pregnancy - "Fast Like A Girl" by Dr. Mindy Pelz - https://amzn.to/467LcV5 - "Glucose Goddess" by Jessie Inchauspe - https://amzn.to/46bvdWb - Marriage Maximizer - Build A Masterpiece Marriage Whether you have been married for 30 years, or are just starting out on the adventure of a lifetime, this course is for you! https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/Marriage-Maximizer Free webinar: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/marriage-maximizer-learn-more-1 - Top 5 Tuesday Join our weekly email list to keep up to date with the highlights of what is going on in our family life.https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/top-5-tuesday-newletter - Looking for more Now That We're A Family resources? We got 'em!Website: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nowthatwereafamily/ OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com Homeschool Course: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/homeschoolFor 15% off the course, use discount code: YTHOMESCHOOL Get it All Done Club: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-club Is your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful? Check out Katie's Free Home Management Masterclass: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-club

The Washington Post did an article on homeschooling last week. Even with as pro-homeschooling we are, they got some things right as far as some concerns to look out for when it comes to homeschooling your children. Today, we are going to discuss those concerns. We are going to start off by saying that we don’t think public school should be an option for Christian parents. Our children should not be sitting in a godless environment all day long. If we send them to a godless society, we can't be surprised if they come back godless. We are really seeing that with our young people in the church. Regardless of whether that is homeschooling or sending them to a private Christian education, they need to be educated from a Christian worldview. That is the most important thing.  It’s fun to see how homeschooling has gotten picked up by the mainstream media because it’s such a thing now. The stats in this Washington Post article were saying that homeschooling has gone up by 51% over the past six school years. This is something that all of a sudden people are caring about a lot more.   Each home needs to take very seriously the education of our children because these are going to be the adults that are leading our society in a very short amount of time. We don’t know when the Lord is going to come back. We don’t know what God has in store for the next generations. We have to parent with a multi-generational mindset. We can do so much as believers if we have bigger goals for our children, regarding how they can be used by God in our society. - Marriage Maximizer - Build A Masterpiece Marriage Whether you have been married for 30 years, or are just starting out on the adventure of a lifetime, this course is for you! https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/Marriage-Maximizer Free webinar: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/marriage-maximizer-learn-more-1 - Top 5 Tuesday Join our weekly email list to keep up to date with the highlights of what is going on in our family life. https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/top-5-tuesday-newletter - Looking for more Now That We're A Family resources? We got 'em! Website: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nowthatwereafamily/ OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com Homeschool Course: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/homeschool Get it All Done Club: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-club Is your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful? Check out Katie's Free Home Management Masterclass:https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-club

Today we are excited to share with you some of our favorite childhood movies, as well as some of the movies we plan on showing to our children. As you know, we are screen free in our normal life. However, maybe once every two months, we do a family movie night. We do have a running list of what we are going to watch with our children. We will also share some of the movies that have impacted our life as adults that we may or may not show to our children. Something we look for in a movie are the family relationships. Something can be rated G and totally be undermining the family culture and values we want to put into our children. When we think of anything our children are consuming, we are thinking - What are the ideas that they are cultivating from this? Are they getting new ideas that are inspirational, shaping their moral character, giving them vision for the future or are these ideas corrupting, corroding or just zapping their brains with nothing worthwhile in the film? Unfortunately, there is a lot of stupidity in children’s media.Here is the list of movies we talk about in today’s podcast:Elisha:- The Sound of Music- The Happiest Millionaire - Swiss Family Robinson (1960 Disney version)Katie:- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers- Hayley Mills films:    - The Parent Trap (1961)   - Pollyanna (1960)   - That Darn Cat! (1965)- My Fair Lady- Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)- Marriage Maximizer - Build A Masterpiece Marriage Whether you have been married for 30 years, or are just starting out on the adventure of a lifetime, this course is for you!https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/Marriage-MaximizerFree webinar: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/marriage-maximizer-learn-more-1 - Top 5 Tuesday Join our weekly email list to keep up to date with the highlights of what is going on in our family life. https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/top-5-tuesday-newletter - Looking for more Now That We're A Family resources? We got 'em! Website: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nowthatwereafamily/ OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com Homeschool Course: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/homeschool Get it All Done Club: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-club Is your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful? Check out Katie's Free Home Management Masterclass:https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-club