Episodios

  • Beyond Summer Boredom: Creating Rhythms With Your Kids In Mind

    Beyond Summer Boredom: Creating Rhythms With Your Kids In Mind
    Jul 7 2025
    Through today’s podcast, feel equipped with parenting ideas that transform chaotic summer days and summer boredom into opportunities for family connection and growth. In this episode, host Stacey Bellward interviews Connected Families Certified Parent Coaches Nicole Gillette and Lyssa Stoyko. They share real-world and practical wisdom for summer success with kids at home during the […]
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    36 m
  • Move Beyond Homeschool Stress: Practical Ideas That Promote Peace

    Move Beyond Homeschool Stress: Practical Ideas That Promote Peace
    Jun 23 2025
    Homeschooling can be delightful, beautiful, and an amazing privilege! It can also be hard. You can move beyond homeschool stress and experience peace in your home. Today we’ve got Marni Love and Amy Nyvall, homeschool moms and Connected Families certified parent coaches, here to address the real challenges homeschool families face daily. From sibling conflicts, […]
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    25 m
  • How to Be the Caring Father You've Always Hoped to Be

    How to Be the Caring Father You've Always Hoped to Be
    Jun 16 2025
    In honor of Father’s Day, Jim Jackson and Mike Tobie have a conversation about empathy. Mike Tobie shares his authentic journey in developing grace and empathy with his family. This powerful conversation explores how showing God’s grace and empathy can be applied in equipping our children and how that models Christ to them. In this […]
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    25 m
  • Screen Addiction: Prevent & Combat It by Giving a Big YES to Your Kids

    Screen Addiction: Prevent & Combat It by Giving a Big YES to Your Kids
    Jun 9 2025
    Even if your kids aren’t struggling with screen addiction, Connected Families co-founders Jim and Lynne Jackson want to help you shift the conversation away from a big “No” to a big “Yes!” In this episode, you will discover how to apply this transformative approach to managing screen time in your family. Listen in to help […]
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    41 m
  • How to Talk to Your Kids About Porn

    How to Talk to Your Kids About Porn
    Jun 2 2025
    Today we’ve got the author of Good Pictures, Bad Pictures, Kristen A. Jensen, here with us to help us navigate how to talk to your kids about porn and protect them. Stacy and Kristen discuss how parents can proactively prepare children to recognize and reject pornography in our digital world. Listen in to be equipped […]
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    32 m
  • Kids & Technology: How to Navigate the Constantly Shifting Landscape

    Kids & Technology: How to Navigate the Constantly Shifting Landscape
    May 26 2025
    Screens cause issues for families everywhere! The full scope of what social media is in today’s world is complex and can be overwhelming. It goes way beyond the typical social media platforms and games we usually hear about. That’s why we’re bringing in Matt & Jill Reed, founders of Know Curtains, who have created an […]
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    38 m
  • How to Love Your Stepchildren Well with Ron Deal

    How to Love Your Stepchildren Well with Ron Deal
    May 20 2025
    In this bonus episode, Jim Jackson and Ron Deal discuss the unique challenges and opportunities of blended families through the lens of the Connected Families Framework. Ron, a bestselling author and host of the Family Life Blended podcast, shares his 30+ years of expertise in step-family dynamics. The conversation explores how step-parents can build emotional […]
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    43 m
  • The Emotionally Distant Marriage: Don't Stay Stuck

    The Emotionally Distant Marriage: Don't Stay Stuck
    May 19 2025
    Do you feel like you are in an emotionally distant marriage? In this special episode, Jim and Lynne Jackson interview Ron and Nan Deal about their new book, The Mindful Marriage, which combines biblical foundations with brain science. The authors vulnerably share how their marriage hit a crisis point after 20 years, leading them to […]
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    49 m