Who determines whether you are a GOOD mom? How do we know if we're a GOOD mom or not? Most women answer that question with, "I'm close with my kids. They tell me their stuff. They tell me regularly I'm a good mom." Or "Many people comment to me that I'm a good mom." "My [...]
Author: Jrieflin
Want to Learn Emotional Resilience in Parenting?
Most parents have what they would consider a "difficult or challenging" child and another child or children who seem "easy" or we could say more "easy-going". But in reality, the child your brain tries to tell you is easier is just one who is less likely to challenge you, your authority, your wishes, and your [...]
We Were Made To Do Life Together!
Although we each have the Holy Spirit inside of us when we accept Jesus, there is something so powerful about when we come together on Sundays with the rest of the local family of faith. It's where we get answers from the Spirit for our life and get strengthened for the week ahead. We were [...]
Life Should Be Something We CREATE!
Life shouldn’t be just something that happens TO you, but rather something you create with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives IN you! We all have the creative power we need on the inside of us because we ourselves were created in the image of God. We have His creative nature in our [...]
Low-Tox Living
If you're anything like me, you've probably fallen off the "get healthy" wagon as many times as you've climbed back on it. I feel like I've been on this journey to live healthier for almost 3 decades. Very often it has been inspired by awful physical symptoms and the never-ending attempts to feel better. It [...]
Don’t You Just LOVE a New Beginning?
Don't you just LOVE a new beginning? A fresh start? A new day, week, month, or year? We could so easily slide into the despair of "where did the summer go?" and "it's already August?!" Or we can choose to see all the summer we have left and be even more determined to soak it [...]
Middle-age Puberty? Is it a thing?
So, I turned 50 in July and I think turning 50 is my new fave! I know it may sound strange, but I've always loved getting older. It might have to do with being one of the younger ones in my large family and always wanting to be like the "big kids." Of course, I [...]
MOVE YOUR BODY!
My favorite pre-workout drink. Athletic Greens in my new favorite cup! I didn't always like working out. I'd much rather curl up with a book and a cup of tea But we know that moving our body is so good for us, not just physically, but emotionally, and mentally as well. There were many years [...]
How Money is Neutral
The Gospel is FREE but it costs money to get it to people. Water and other natural resources are free but it costs money to install the plumbing and gas lines and purify it and get it into your home. The more resources we have, the more we can do. Money is neutral. It takes [...]
Why We Need to Stop Parenting Our Adult Children
As humans, we are a being that requires nurturing and care throughout our lives. Obviously, when we are babies and children the care of all our needs is provided by a parent or parental figure in our lives. But as we mature, in the teen years, we begin the slow progression of learning to care [...]
~JENNY RIEFLIN MINISTRIES~ 