124 | Parenting with Patience: How to Keep Your Cool in the Overwhelm with Monica Swanson
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Lindsey Maestas
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🗓️ 19 September 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
In today's conversation, Monica Swanson, author of 'Raising Amazing' shares her greatest regrets as a mom with only one child out of 4 left in her home. She openly discusses her struggle with anger toward her children and how she got to a place where she had to make a change. We discuss the practical ways that she has fought against her anger and the scripture that she clings to in moments when the temptation arises.
Monica speaks to women who desire to raise their children as Christians but weren’t raised in a Christian home. We always address the importance of talking to your kids about hard topics like sex, bad words, drugs, etc. as they seem ready. She discusses why she decided to homeschool her four boys and how to foster self-care, even in the midst of homeschooling.
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| 0:00.0 | I am so excited to introduce today's sweet guest, Monica Swanson. |
| 0:05.0 | Monica opens up on the podcast today about some of her greatest regrets as a mom, with |
| 0:09.4 | only one child out of four left in her home, she's almost an empty nester. |
| 0:14.7 | And you guys I believe so strongly in learning from people who have gone before us. |
| 0:18.9 | We have so many resources at our fingertips to really learn from their mistakes and choose |
| 0:24.2 | to make lasting changes while our kids are still in our home. |
| 0:27.8 | So today Monica shares her story of anger and getting to a place where she really had |
| 0:32.3 | to make a change and she discusses the practical ways that she's fought against her anger |
| 0:36.8 | and her yelling and the scripture that she clings to in moments when that temptation arises. |
| 0:42.4 | She speaks to women who desire to raise their children as Christians, but maybe weren't |
| 0:46.4 | raised in a Christian home or just don't really know how to begin raising a godly child. |
| 0:51.9 | We always address the importance of talking to your kids about hard topics on this podcast |
| 0:57.2 | and she and I dive into that as well like sex and bad words and drugs and communicating |
| 1:02.8 | effectively about them as they seem ready. |
| 1:05.6 | She also talks about why she decided to homeschool her four boys and how to foster self-care |
| 1:11.0 | even in the midst of homeschooling. |
| 1:12.8 | So we really are touching on it all in this amazing episode. |
| 1:16.7 | And if you enjoy this episode, be sure to listen to episode 92 is your motherhood healthy |
| 1:22.0 | navigating behavior appearance, obedience and idolatry episode 93. |
| 1:26.7 | Are you a victim of your motherhood thriving over suffering? |
| 1:29.9 | I love that one. |
| 1:31.2 | And episode 94 God's purpose for your motherhood. |
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