Choosing Love, Grace, Patience! A Live Heart-Fully Conversation with Tani Salsedo.Habits, Lifestyle, Love & Marriage, Motherhood, Parenting

Choosing Love, Grace, And Patience-Because Your Relationships Matter

We make choices every day. Most of the choices we make seem harmless. However, there are many choices we make every day, some of which are mentioned above, that effect our lives and the lives of those around us whom we love and adore. The effects can either be positive or they can have harmful, even dire outcomes on our relationships.

Choosing love, grace, and patience in our response and actions is not easy to do. It will require we put away many old habits, and start practicing new ones daily. You will need to be intentional. Finally, it will require paying attention to the words we choose, our demeanor, and our attitude.

That is why I invite you…

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...control the people in our lives...absolutely hard to deal with the sense of loss of control...learn how to relinquish control...Habits, Lifestyle, Motherhood, Parenting

Are you Controlling? Discover how to Relinquish Control Now!

Relinquish control! It’s not so easy, is it? Control is a word that many of us struggle with, and definitely one that I myself struggle with in a big way! I want to control everything in my environment; the big things, the little things, and all the things that fall in between. Aside from controlling things, of even greater concern is the desire many of us have to control the people in our lives, namely, our loved ones. I recently had a conversation with Katie Allen, founder of the blog, Allen the Family, and a woman who, like me, has struggled with wanting to control every aspect of her life. In this conversation she discusses…

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Children doing chores...teaches responsibility...exactly what we have been doing, and when...and responsibilities v. choresHabits, Parenting, Toddlers

Are Your Children Actually Tired of Doing Household Chores?

As children, my brothers and I grew up doing chores. I really don’t remember what age I was when I started doing chores…I have no doubt that I was already doing age appropriate chores as a child. My first memory of doing any sort of chores was washing dishes around the ages of six or seven. I also remember helping myself to my own cereal…

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chores are a drag...paying children an allowance for chores...children are harvesting unrealistic expectations as they enter adulthood...Habits, Parenting

Why You Need know the Truth About Paying an Allowance

The word, chore(s) is such a drag…only children do chores…In thinking about our household responsibilities as adults, we rarely, if ever, consider them in the same category as our jobs. Our jobs are where are how we earn money. On the other hand, we do not get a paycheck for…contributing to the family by helping manage and maintain a comfortable home is one of the occasions where INtrinsic motivation is crucial…

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