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56: Dear Mom, Thanks for Teaching Us Modesty Back Then Because It Still Matters Today (Part 2)
The word "modesty" seems old-fashioned and cringe-worthy now, doesn't it? It almost feels like an overused, abused word to mean: "rules matter most." We're here to take a different approach.
We welcome Sonja's two...
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55: Dear Mom, Growing Up "Modest" Had Its Highs and Lows (Part 1)
All 3 of Sonja's daughters get on the podcast with her today to talk about their experience with all-things modesty growing up. We deep dive on a rollercoaster (laden with tension AND humor) into some good memories,...
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54: What Are My Kids Responsible For? Bad Attitudes, Chores, and Consequences
What are tweens and teens actually responsible for? As they get older, should we give them consequences, or should we just let them deal with the natural consequences of their choices? We talk about how bad Julia and...
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53: Sonja's Journey to Israel, One Piece of Bark, and Having Real Faith
Join us as Sonja brings us on a ride of the many places she and Kevin visited while in Israel. Have you ever experienced walking where Jesus walked? She talks about her time there, what God taught her, and gives us an...
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52: Being Fruitful: Feminine Not Feminist
Julia gets on by herself to talk about feminism, femininity, and what it looks like to be fruitful in every season of life. She talks about what her mom taught her about being feminine and what the obvious differences...
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51: What in the World Do You Need? | Valentine's Edition with Kevin Wallenbeck
His needs, her needs... we all have needs. Sonja welcomes Kevin, her husband, back to the show for a special Valentine's Day Edition! They talk about a tool that helped them learn each other's needs and values and how...
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50: What We Can't Control As Moms
We like to think we're in control of our kids' lives, but oftentimes we're not. We can do all the right things, say all the right things, and still our kids might do the wrong thing. We've talked a lot about do's and...
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49: The Wild Journey of Being the Wife of an Entrepreneur
The early days of their marriage were rough, and Sonja had no idea what an "entrepreneur" was or how to love her husband well through it all. Walking through Kevin's multiple jobs when she had a baby or two on her hip...
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48: Julia’s Story of Being an Angry Kid and Having a Jealous God
Julia was kind of an angry kid... but she lived in an environment of God's love where her parents and school teachers were teaching her about Christ for all of her childhood. She tells her story today about some...
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47: How to Become a Better You When You're Not Super "Goal-Oriented"
Setting goals in middle age is difficult, and today we get on the podcast today to talk about how Sonja was never a "goal-oriented" person. Because of this, she would get discouraged every new year because it seemed...
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46: Choosing a Word for the Year and How It’s Changed Our Family
Why a “word” of the year? Most of our family–consisting of 8 adults–chooses a “word” for the year, and we've done it for a while now. It all started as a social media trend–but now it's a staple part of our family's...
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45: Don’t Take it Personally and Other Fun Stuff Moms Need to Hear About Traditions
We really just shot in the dark with this one (it’s the holidays, we’re busy, too!), so it’s a fun conversation about traditions, gift giving, and making the season truly mean something for your family. What can you...
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