What’s Stressing Out Your Marriage? Plus how not to let routine take over this school year!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 5, 2019 | Podcasts

What does “If you give a mouse a cookie” have to do with stress in marriage? In today’s podcast, I tell you just that! I hope you all will listen, but if you don’t have time, I’ll have some links and rabbit trails below so you can read...

10 Ways to Make Talking Politics with Family Safe at Christmas

by Joanna Sawatsky | Dec 18, 2018 | Family

How do you not make talking politics a landmine at Christmas? Nothing wrecks a good Christmas get-together like talking politics. And let’s face it–far too many have such emotional views that talking rationally gets really difficult. You don’t want...

Let’s Bring Back Family Meals! Why Eating Together is Important

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 24, 2017 | Family

Probably the most iconic image of Thanksgiving is the big family dinner: That family meal that brings everyone together. There is something very special about family meals. And I was thinking about that yesterday as I was going through some old posts, and I ran across...

10 Ways to Enjoy DIFFICULT Christmas Dinners with Family

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 13, 2016 | Family

Big Christmas dinners with all the siblings and parents and in-laws. That can be very Norman Rockwell. But it can also be filled with boisterous arguments. Lots of alcohol. Swearing. It can be really uncomfortable. And so, at Christmas, we’re often presented...

Top 10 Ways to Support a Spouse Struggling to Lose Weight

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 2, 2016 | Healthy Living

How do you help your spouse lose weight? Yesterday I was talking about how to heat up your sex life, and I was hoping to run a post today on how to make HIM feel great in bed. But I had so many comments on older posts come in yesterday about problems with a...

Parenting with a Foreign Accent: 3 Ways It’s Good to Be Different!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 29, 2015 | Doing Life Together

Sometimes parenting counter-culturally is exactly what our kids need. It’s good to be different! And today Frances Green joins us to tell us about her experience spanning two different cultures–and how it impacted her choices to deliberately parent...

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