This might be a "sacred cow" I'm kicking, but there are so many parents riddled with PAIN based upon the decisions of their adult children and I want to give them the opportunity to be SET FREE! No matter what we've done as a parent, we are never ENTITLED to our children behaving a certain [...]
Category: Parenting
Are You Arguing With Reality?
Have you ever gone through a really challenging time and wished so badly that you weren't? Me, too! In fact, years ago we were really struggling in our marriage, and the predominant thought that constantly cycled through my head was, "I'm so sad. I'm so sad that this is happening. What happened to my life?" [...]
Your Children Are God’s Children
From the moment we learn that our children exist, the temptation to worry rears its head. As a mother, that knowledge becomes the first thing you think of upon waking and the last thing before falling asleep. Both of my kids are grown now, but whether they are 9 weeks old or 29, the enemy will [...]
It’s Impossible to Spoil a Baby
It’s impossible to spoil a baby. Every time you attend to a crying baby they create a neural pathway that tells them they are safe and their needs will be met. So much of what we do throughout our days seems automatic, like driving to or from work, it can seem mindless. It seems the [...]
Worrying About Others?
READY to become a RECOVERING CONTROL FREAK? Life is SO MUCH SWEETER on the OTHER SIDE! Where everyone gets to be exactly who they are and bonus, YOU get to be the REAL YOU! The one God destined YOU to BE! The one who is so full of PEACE and learns how to RESIST those [...]
Ready For YOUR Beautiful Life?
Are you ready to create the most BEAUTIFUL life you can imagine? It all begins with your thoughts. You don’t have to keep waiting until you get the “dream job” or the “dream guy” or the “dream house”. You can start living an ABUNDANT & BEAUTIFUL LIFE right now! You get to stop feeling like [...]
Did You Know YOU are the Hero of Your Story?
Every great story is always comprised of a Hero and a Guide. I think of Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee; of Luke Skywalker and Yoda; or Dorothy Gale and Glinda the Good Witch, the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion, and the Tin Man. They each had to go on their own journey to discover things about [...]
Are You Thinking it’s Too Late?
Are you thinking it's too late or too hard to change things now? I want to encourage you that it's just not true! It might FEEL true, but that's only because you've been thinking that painful thought for SO LONG and your brain has developed a "rut". Did you that ruts in your brain are [...]
Jesus Felt BIG EMOTIONS and Why We Should, Too
Jesus Felt BIG EMOTIONS and Why We Should, Too! If you grew up in a home where BIG EMOTIONS were not tolerated, were belittled, punished, or squelched, you may have trouble FEELING YOUR FEELINGS as an adult. You may have been taught to not be so emotional. Or you may have been taught by the [...]
The Glorification of Busyness
Many of us have fallen into the trap of the glorification of busyness. We have mentally and emotionally made it mean something validating about ourselves if we can accomplish a huge list of things. But then we must quickly activate a way to cope with the stress of being over-scheduled and overwhelmed with seasons of [...]
~JENNY RIEFLIN MINISTRIES~ 