THE 8 Rs OF PERSONAL PRAYER

In their ongoing effort to acquaint listeners and followers more intimately with each of their children, Richard and Linda today interview their youngest son Eli from his home on the upper West Side of New York City. The Eyres are there for Linda's birthday and for grandson Dean's birthday, and they ask Eli about the Art of Living with Kids in the City, the Art of Adaptability as two-career couples juggle parenting, and the Art of Living in the Moment.

The Eyres are in Switzerland visiting their son Tal, and staying in his 'hut" high in the Alps as they do today's podcast and talk about finding the sequence or "flow" of personal morning prayer that opens the heart and spirit to God's will. They follow up on the last two podcasts by putting the entire sequence into 8 modules, each of which begins with "R" and has seven letters.

Continuing with their April theme of deeper, more effectual morning prayer, Richard and Linda reflect on a sequence or pattern of eight stages of prayer that can start our days in a higher, more spiritual plane. Acknowledging how busy and distracting most people's mornings usually are, how can we find a meaningful pause for prayer? Here are some ideas...

As April begins and Easter is celebrated, Richard and Linda reflect on their own spiritual perception of eternal families, made possible by Christ's life and resurrection. They offer to listeners a 40% discount on their new Grandparenting book (go to https://familius.com/book/the-grandparenting-blueprint/ and at checkout use coupon code EYREFRIEND) and introduce their April theme of MORNING PRAYER.

In this last episode of March, the Eyres summarize the "How to Live" course they have conducted for the past 7 months, and introduce the podcast's core subject matter for April. In the month of Easter and Springtime, Richard and Linda are focusing on personal prayer, particularly "Morning Prayer" and on how we can make it more authentic, personal, and consequential.

Many parenting and grandparenting approaches to money point toward entitlement, hand-outs, and financial illiteracy in our children. But with a little thought and planning, we can find approaches that lead instead to motivation, ownership, and equity mind-sets. Using their own and other families examples, the Eyres discuss how to create a self-sufficient family economy rather than a welfare family economy.

As the Eyres continue their March theme of how to live the second half of life financially, they focus today on things grandparents can do to assist children financially without fostering attitudes of entitlement. Ideas like an interest-paying Grandparents Bank, Matching Grants, and Custodial Roth IRAs are discussed. All must be done in consultation and agreement with the parents.

In this episode, the Eyres start a deep dive into the financial questions and dilemmas of three generation families. Whether you are Gen 1 (Grandparents), Gen 2 (Parents) or Gen 3 (Grandchildren) tune in all month as Richard and Linda give us ideas that work whether we are rich or poor.

The Eyres are in Manhattan today with their son Eli and daughter-in-law Julie and their children -- Eli joins them as they discuss three generation families and how to stay close and how to connect generations one and three. Eli and the Eyres share their love for New York City -- even as a place to raise kids.

Today, the Eyres are joined by their daughter Shawni who has made them great-grandparents! As a new grandma, Shawni has some fresh perspectives, and Richard and Linda share a section from their forthcoming book "The Grandparenting Blueprint" which will be released in March.