Practical Family Podcast

After seven years, 112 episodes, and more than 68,000 downloads, Jennifer Bryant comes to you with some big and exciting news: the Practical Family Podcast is making way for something even bigger. In this final episode, Jenn reflects on what this community has meant to her since launching in 2017 — the guests, the conversations, the thousands of listeners who showed up week after week — and shares why she's not letting that momentum quietly fade.  Plus: Jenn has a special gift for longtime Practical Family listeners — a private bonus episode recorded exclusively for this community. Details inside.   LINKS & RESOURCES MENTIONED The Exclusive Listener Bonus 🎙️  Free private episode for Practical Family listeners — jennifer-bryant.com/welcomehome Enter your name and email to receive Jenn's private audio episode: "Just For You" — recorded exclusively for this community. Not on any public feed.   Subscribe to the Enough Mom Podcast 🎙️  Enough Mom Podcast — jennifer-bryant.com/enoughmompodcast Search "Enough Mom Podcast" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Hit subscribe so you never miss an episode.   Jennifer Bryant — Home Base 🌐  jennifer-bryant.com — jennifer-bryant.com Books, coaching, upcoming in-person events in Hawaii and beyond, and everything Jenn is creating under her own name.   Practical Family Podcast Archive 📚  All 112 episodes remain available — practicalfamily.org/practical-family-podcast   CONNECT WITH JENNIFER BRYANT Website  jennifer-bryant.com Instagram  @jenniferbryant__ Enough Mom Podcast  jennifer-bryant.com/enoughmompodcast  

The loss of a child comes in many forms. There is hope and support for grieving mothers, and the community that surrounds her. Rachel shows us how to be helpful and compassionate with our loved ones.   BIO Rachel Lewis is the founder of Brave Mamas, an online community offering support to thousands of bereaved moms. Rachel is a well-known contributor to Still Standing Magazine and Pregnancy After Loss Support. She's the creator of Unexpecting: A 4-Week Grief Workshop for Pregnancy Loss for couples. Her work and family have been featured by the Today Show, Upworthy, AdoptUSKids, and Babble. Rachel has experienced the loss of five pregnancies, as well as the unique grief of reunifying a foster son with his birth family. Learn more at thelewisnote.com.   Resources Mentioned in this Episode   Unexpecting: Real Talk on Pregnancy Loss Brave Mamas Facebook Group How to Help a Loved One through Baby Loss The Body Keeps the Score  

Jonathan McKee gives parents practical tools on how to approach technology with wisdom and grace instead of constant correction. Resources Mentioned in this Episode Parenting Generation Screen: Guiding Your Kids to be Wise in a Digital World  Teens Guide to Social Media  Guy's Guide to God, Girls, and the Phone in their Pocket    BIO Jonathan McKee is the author of more than twenty-five books, including Teen's Guide to Face-to-Face Connections in a Screen-to-Screen World; If I Had a Parenting Do Over; and the Amazon bestseller – The Guy's Guide to God, Girls and the Phone in Your Pocket. He speaks to parents and leaders worldwide, all while providing free resources for moms and dads on his website becomingscreenwise.com.   20+ years of experience with youth ministry and family research has taught him that parents need to connect with their kids just as much as they correct their kids— it's the safe, loving conversations about screen use that will set kids up for a lifetime of good decisions and habits.  Become a Patron!  https://Patreon.com/PracticalFamily

What the link between family schedules and life expectancy tells us about teaching kids to be resilient adults. BIO Dr. Rhonda Spencer-Hwang is an epidemiologist and associate professor in the School of Public Health at Loma Linda University. Through her groundbreaking research, she has developed a program to help prepare families for whatever life throws their way—increasing resiliency, happiness, and likelihood of positive performances (from academics to athletics and beyond). She is a mom of three and lives in Loma Linda, California.   Resources Mentioned in this Episode DrRhondaSpencer.com   Book: Releases August 3, 2021 Raising Resilient Kids: Principles for Bringing Up Healthy, Happy, Successful Children Who Can Overcome Obstacles and Thrive despite Adversity.   More about Hulda Crooks   Philippians 4:6 - Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Do you have what it takes to be a homeschool mom? Yes! We're busting the myth that you have to do it all to be effective.   BIO Katie M. Reid has been married to Adam for almost eighteen years, and is the mother of five loud children (ages threww to fifteen). Besides Jesus and her family, cut-to-the-chase conversations and musicals are a few of her favorite things. Katie encourages others to exchange try-hard striving for hope-filled freedom through her messages, articles, songs, and resources. She is a trained bible study facilitator and author of the book, Made Like Martha: Good News for the Woman Who Gets Things Done.    Resources Mentioned in this Episode www.katiemreid.com Facebook  |  Instagram  |  Twitter  |  Pinterest  | Youtube   Episode 042 | Grace for the Woman Who Gets Things Done   Sacred Grounds, Sticky Floors by Jamie Amerine    "All-Done" Calendar  

How knowing your "why" is fuel for homeschooling and how to encourage characteristics of the heart that you can't measure with a grade.   BIO Wife of a hospital physician and mama of four boys, Monica Swanson lives on the north shore of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. They grow tropical fruits on their land that overlooks the "7 Mile Miracle" spot of some of the best surfing beaches in the world. She homeschools all of the boys, and just launched the oldest off to college in California. Her book Boy Mom: What Your Son Needs Most From You is a widely-read and acclaimed book among Christian boy moms across the nation.   Resources Mentioned in this Episode MonicaSwanson.com Boy Mom Book Character Training Course Become a Patreon Supporter!

Today's culture is defined by amorality, dishonesty, and discontentment. As a Christian parent, you want your children to reject these norms in favor of values like integrity, wisdom, and forgiveness. But how can you train them to do this when you're still falling short yourself? Author, speaker, and Moms in Prayer podcast host Lee Nienhuis offers guidance to every parent seeking to raise Jesus-following kids.   BIO Lee is a farmer's wife (turned camp coordinator), and midwestern mama. She is the host of the Moms in Prayer Podcast and author of Counter Cultural Parenting: Building Character in a World of Compromise.   QUOTES "Home needs to be a place where it's okay to fail and come back again. Home is our laboratory." "We've never lived in such a connected world. It can be really scary, but it can also be really pioneering." "The work of rebuilding our society starts in our own home."   Resources Mentioned in this Episode Brave Moms Brave Kids Countercultural Parenting Moms in Prayer Podcast Jesus Storybook Bible Raising Heroes TShirt Our Restaurant: South Shore Grill, Honolulu Hawaii  

Sandrine Nyembo Tucker shares her incredible testimony about fleeing her home country torn by civil war, and her journey of faith in overcoming shame and rejection.   BIO Sandrine Nyembo Tucker, Christian speaker and homeschool mama to six children. She and her husband and family live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where she shares her family journey on Facebook and Instagram, offering hope to women everywhere who want to flourish in their current season. Follow her on Facebook Follow her on Instagram   Resources Mentioned in this Episode Classical Conversations Curriculum Hotel Rwanda She Speaks Conference  

When we recognize the root of our feelings, family life can be more manageable for everyone involved. Help your kids deal with their big feelings and set yourself free from extra guilt and shame.   BIO Michelle Nietert MA, LPC–S is an author and speaker and Clinical Director of Community Counseling Associates in Dallas, TX. She's a former educator and school counselor with over 20 years of experience in private practice treating individuals, couples, children and teens. Michelle's writing can be found on the MOPS blog, in Lifeway's Parenting Magazine and she is the Mental Health columnist for Just Between Us Magazine. To discover more about Michelle as Your Mental Health Coach, the Raising Brave Beauties podcast, and her energetic speaking expertise that empowers and inspires, please visit www.MichelleNietert.com.   QUOTES "Emotion is energy in motion, and depending on how you're wired, it's easy to catch that emotion." -Michelle Nietert   RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Guide to a Smooth School Year YourMentalHealthCoach.com Loved and Cherished Devotional  Brave Beauty Devotional Raising Brave Beauties Podcast  Total Family Makeover Untangled: Guiding Teenaged Girls through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood Smart But Scattered: The Revolutionary "Executive Skills" Approach to Helping Kids Reach their Potential TOOL: Feelings Wheel

Homeschool mama of 20 years and counting, Susan Seay brings practical wisdom to moms in the thick of home education and home management. She is a mentor, life coach, and international author and speaker.  QUOTES "As a family, we work together. We mess it up, we fix it together." "Stop taking everything on as a badge or an expression of your worth as a mom." "A bad moment does not make you a bad mom."   Resources Mentioned in this Episode Website Mentor for Moms Podcast The Intentional Parent: Parenting on Purpose When Life Gets Busy   Watch this Episode on YouTube - SUBSCRIBE! https://youtu.be/G-YbuxoW_sg