Hula Hoop-o-logy :: Vela Tomba [Ep 28]

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Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Education

5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2014

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Relationships are tricky (major understatement).

I think today’s podcast with my pastor’s wife, Vela Tomba, will give us words & imagery to help alleviate some of the trickiness.

Vela has been married to Neil for 30 years, is the mom to three grown girls and grandmother to one adorable granddaughter. She served with Campus Crusade for Christ (Cru) before staying home full-time.

Last summer Vela guest posted a 3-part series on the concept of “Hula Hoop-o-logy” (read the series here)

Honestly? Her thoughts on this topic have helped all (absolutely all) my relationships.

In this episode we discuss:

What it means to stay in your “hula hoop”
Why we need to stay out of others’ hoops
How to transition our children from our hoop (birth) to their own (jr. high-college)
Physical hoop issues vs emotional hoop issues
Whether or not it is a mom’s job to make her kids happy
Interacting with husband in light of “hula hoop-o-logy”–reflective listening
Handling a variety of relationships with this mindset–>adult children & their spouses; grandchildren; extended family
Difference between hula-hoops and “Boundaries”
A Christian’s responsibility to non-believers in relation to hoops

Show Notes:

Campus Crusade for Christ (Cru)
“Boundaries” by Henry Cloud & John Townsend
“Father of the Bride”

Do you struggle with staying out of others’ hoops? Which relationship challenges you the most?

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the God-centered mom podcast with me, Heather McFadden.
0:06.8	As the mom to four young boys, I know mother is hard, but sometimes I think I make it even
0:12.2	harder than it needs to be.
0:14.1	I'll worry about my needs being met or all, spend so much energy trying to make my boys
0:19.2	happy that I forget that if I would take my eyes off me and my eyes off my kids and keep
0:24.2	my eyes on God, that those desires would grow strangely dim.
0:28.8	And our contentment would go up as I'm led by his spirit.
0:31.6	I also forget that I'm surrounded by God.
0:34.4	He is going before me and places that I'm fearful of.
0:38.3	He is walking with me on the hard days and he's coming behind me, redeeming any mistake
0:43.3	I may.
0:44.5	So each week, I'll interview a new guest and we'll discuss what it means to be a God-centered
0:49.3	mom.
0:50.3	Thanks for listening.
0:55.6	You're listening to episode 28 of the God-centered mom podcast.
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