Less Is More

Piling on with words works against us because it leaves children feeling defensive and resistant. The irony is that the words we use that we intend to teach a less actually takes our children away from the lesson they are presently learning from their own discomfort. Instead of lecturing, try these three techniques that allow you to say less but with greater effect.

Stalled Out

· Waiting is the in-between time. It calls us to be in this moment, this season, without leaning so far into the future that we tear our roots from the present. When we learn to wait, we experience where we are as what is truly substantial and precious in life. ~ Sue Monk Kidd, When the Heart Waits ·

When life stalls out, you can run laps around the car to distract yourself, or you can learn how to wait in such a way as to develop your spiritual core – your connection with God, and the character you need when things don’t go your way. Here are three ways you can make the most of a season of waiting…