Have you ever heard of anyone referring to someone as a safe person? Who are safe people and what kind of characteristics do they have?In this episode I explain who safe people are and why it's so important to have them in our lives. In order to support ourselves emotionally we Read More
As a mom, we set the tone in our home. We have great power. What do I mean by that? Well, have you ever noticed that when you are in a bad mood, somehow that transfers into other members of the family? What we do now, how we talk, how we Read More
Depression is so much more common than we realize. So many moms struggle with it. When we feel depressed it will affect our emotional health as well. It will affect how we respond/react to our children. In this episode I have a honest conversation with Brittni who is a mom Read More
On July 8, 1741 in Enfield, Connecticut, Jonathan Edwards preached what become the most famous sermon in American history and keyed the the revivals of the First Great Awakening (1741-1760). This episode of 2Days Denarius looks back at this event, along with this history behind it, what was so impacting Read More
Have you ever thought about the fact that your children are experiencing hard emotions for the first time? Emotions like anxiety, sadness, loss, and disappointment. Often we just tell them to stop feeling that, or minimize what they are feeling to help them 'feel better'. But, is that the best approach?I Read More
Postpartum is such a transition. If you have an honest conversation with any mom, each and one of them had something that was hard in that postpartum stage. So many things we can't predict and will just need to figure them out as we go, but there are things we can Read More
Have you ever tried to do it ALL? How about doing it all on your own? Did you feel like that stressed you out? Overwhelmed you? Of course it did. None of us can do it all! In this episode I talk about the biggest myth there is out for mom, Read More
Family of origin: It has so much impact on who we are today. So many of our beliefs, thoughts and behaviors are framed in the family we grew up. So many of those patterns we carry forward into our own families.Some patterns are healthy and some are not. In this episode Read More
Have you ever felt guilty for yelling at your kids or saying/doing something hurtful when you are emotionally flooded? I think we all have been there. So what do we do? When do we give ourselves grace? How do we repair the damage that has been done? There are seasons in life Read More
Life, work, motherhood, children. At times it just gets so overwhelming. It feels like TOO MUCH. We don't know what to focus on because everything seems to need our attention. What do you do when you are SO overwhelmed? When everything seems chaotic? When we try to focus on all the Read More
Have you ever wondered how to teach your kids about feelings? In this episode I discuss ways I taught my kids about feelings and continue to do so. Negative emotions are hard. They are even harder for little ones. Those feelings become so overwhelming and they often don't express them Read More
This episode was developed because of a recent communion experience at a local church. It wasn't the only occurrence in recent times that this podcaster found a church rushing through the Lord's Supper without giving the congregation time to reflect prior to partaking, or even taking time to explain its Read More
Have you heard this verse? Ephesians 4:26. Be angry and do not sin. Have you every wondered- how in the world do I do that? Most of us when we experience anger, we tend to say or do hurtful things. So HOW do we help ourselves? In this episode I talk Read More
Do your kids handle their anger well? Most kids don't. Many adults don't. This episode talks about the anger emotion, why it's challenging and HOW we can teach our little ones to handle it in a helpful/safe way. This is a challenging topic because many believe anger is a bad Read More
This episode features and encourages all listeners to pray as part of the annual National Day of Prayer. This day was set apart by an act of Congress, with President Ronald Reagan's signature in 1983 and has since been recognized as a day set apart for people of faith to Read More
Have you wondered why its hard for your kids to handle their big feelings in a mature way? Today we talk about emotional intelligence and how our kids need to be taught what to do with their big emotions and HOW we can help them with that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Next Steps: 1. Watch Read More
How we think will affect how we feel. How we feel affects how we behave. How we behave will affect our relationship with our kids and others. We can choose to change our mindset and it can make a HUGE difference in how we approach parenting and kids misbehavior. Today Read More
Have you ever wondered which things you are responsible for and which God is? We often shift too much on God and not take enough ownership on ourselves in how we parent. Today we talk about which things we need to own and what God has ownership over. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Next Steps: 1. Read More
Disrespect. That is such a hot button for me. How in the world do we deal with our kids when they mouth back at us? When they say something nasty or mean? I have totally been there with my oldest. Many times and still each time I get triggered and Read More
This episode of 2Days Denarius takes a look from a mostly spiritual perspective on the events from March 2020 until now regarding how Christians should continue to deal with their faith in response to COVID-19 during the pandemic. Dale Allen, a victim of COVID who experienced 19 days on a Read More
