Episode 168

This episode is pure encouragement & hope! Mamas…tune into this episode and be encouraged by Sally’s generous spirit.

Sally’s Bio: Sally Clarkson is a bestselling author, renowned speaker, and beloved mentor who has dedicated her life to inspiring countless women to live for Christ. Her podcast, At Home With Sally, has over 28 million downloads. She has been married to her husband Clay for more than forty years and they have raised four adult children. Today, Sally lives between the mountains of Colorado and the rolling fields of England.

In this episode, Sally & I talk about…

Her latest book Well Lived
Surrounding ourselves with beauty in dark times
Rhythms
Taking time away from work and then come back, it gives you clarity & focus
Finding delight even in the hard times
Not being a victim
Whatever you practice, you become
Guarding our children
Choices inside our hearts
Keep going forward
Mount up over the darkness
Hit the ball back to friends
Fostering contentment in our children
Expectations
Our kids emulate us
Showing our compassion and offering grace
Life is not going to offer us perfection
“I’m allergic to whining” – lol
Choices have consequences
Humor helps
It takes a lifetime to train kids
Sally’s time in Oxford, England
The gardening ideas in her book
“Wise people copy wise people”
Edith Schafer What is a Family
Spoiling people in our lives
Creating a sense of belonging for other people
Making commitments to a few people
Grandma Huck’s legacy and her influence in my life
Grandmotherly advice
Zoning into your kids and complimenting them
Mom brains are wired to integrate all of our lives
Women can work out of both sides of their brains
Women don’t access their potential as much as they should
Mother’s are set apart for sacred work
“We are the beauty bringers and the soul shapers of our children and our home”
We are queens…if we accept the weight of the crown of responsibility
Refining your ideals as a mother
Seeing our kids responding to our training
Purpose is what gives women the impetuous to work hard
You have the power to influence generations and thousands of people if you are simply faithful in the moment
Selfishness makes you more bitter
God created women with such capacity!
Learn to live in it!
Pray: “Lord, what did you make me for? What would your Holy Spirit”
We’re just going to be “too much” for a lot of people
We all have unique personalities
God knows we are in the midst of growing
The grace of freedom we have in Christ
Our strengths are found in our personality