2013 National Conference

Actress, producer, New York Times’ bestselling author,and international speaker Candace Cameron Bure is both outspoken and passionate about her family and faith. With a successful television and movie career that started at the age of five as "D.J." on Full House and continues to flourish today, Candace knows that the greatest success in her life has been that of her marriage to Valeri Bure and their three children, Natasha, Lev and Maks. Her desire is to minister to the hearts of women so they might pursue wholesome values that nurture and reinforce the family unit; that modern women would be bold enough to stand against the negative message our culture tends to reflect, and embrace the women we were created to be.

www.roomag.com

www.candacecameronbure.net

She speaks to audiences of thousands. She’s the author of more than seven books. She’s the founder and director of Hearts at Home. Her biggest accomplishment? Being a mom to five beautiful children and Nana to three precious grandbabies.

Jill Savage encourages tens of thousands each year at Hearts at Home Conferences and personal speaking engagements. Why is she so successful? Because she’s just one of us — a wife and mother trying to make it through each day with the challenges motherhood can present to us. She tells it like it is and doesn’t pretend to be an expert — just someone who’s been on the journey and lived to tell about it.

www.jillsavage.org

A native of North Carolina, Meredith Andrews began singing in church when she was only six, and by the time she was in high school, she was writing songs and leading worship. Her incredible vocal gift and intuitive songwriting abilities caught the attention of Word Record executives who soon signed her to a record deal. Her label debut, The Invitation, released in April 2009 and the stirring single “You’re Not Alone” helped propel Andrews into the national spotlight.   Her sophomore album, As Long As it Takes, debuted in March 2010 and the following spring, it was named Worship Album of the Year at the Gospel Music Association’s Dove Awards. “How Great is the Love” earned the Dove Award for Worship Song of the Year.  Meredith and her husband, Jacob, are expecting their second child in February.

www.meredithandrews.com

Anita continues to make people laugh with her off-the-wall insights, music and her trademark pop culture parodies like the William Tell Overture - Mom Style. Anita tours with her own comedy concerts and inspirational women’s conferences where she routinely sells out venues across the United States. Renfroe and her husband, John, live in Atlanta and have three children.

www.anitarenfroe.com

Shari Braendel

Considered America's most popular Christian Fashionista, Shari Braendel developed Fashion Meets Faith Ministry to help moms feel confident in how they look and dress so they can pass that knowledge on to their daughters while using the information themselves to be good role models. The author of Good Girls Don't Have to Dress Bad, she helps women of all ages see themselves as beautiful while teaching them the how-to's of putting themselves together so they can represent Jesus well. She is wife to Dave, mom to Luke and stepmom to adult triplet stepdaughters. She resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. You can find her at www.FashionMeetsFaith.com

103 - Dress Your Mom Body with Confidence (35 and older moms)

Got the Mom-body blues? Gain a new level of confidence and learn to dress the body you have and not the one you were in before kids.  Whether you’re a fashionista or a fashion flunkie, this workshop will help you develop skills that you can even pass on to your daughter. It’s not about being perfect, it’s about accepting your body the way it is and knowing what to do with it.

• Save money and build a savvy wardrobe by knowing what to buy.
• Look 10 lbs. lighter with super slimming techniques.
• Dress your Mom-body with solid guidelines.
• Discover your best colors based on your individual hair, skin, and eyes.
• Learn the secret of passing on modesty tips to those you love.

104 - Dress Your Mom Body with Confidence (35 and under moms)

Got the Mom-body blues? Gain a new level of confidence and learn to dress the body you have and not the one you were in before kids.  Whether you’re a fashionista or a fashion flunkie, this workshop will help you develop skills that you can even pass on to your daughter. It’s not about being perfect, it’s about accepting your body the way it is and knowing what to do with it.

• Save money and build a savvy wardrobe by knowing what to buy.
• Look 10 lbs. lighter with super slimming techniques.
• Dress your Mom-body with solid guidelines.
• Discover your best colors based on your individual hair, skin, and eyes.
• Learn the secret of passing on modesty tips to those you love.

Dana Blomberg

Dana is passionate about teaching the Truths of God’s Word and applying it to the life He has called us to live. She has been married to the love of her life, Terry, for 20 years, and keeps very busy raising and homeschooling their 3 children. They live in a small town in Northern Minnesota, where she has been active in teaching and mentoring women and teens for years, is very involved in their church with music and youth ministry, and also serves on the Hearts at Home Conference Production Team.

101 - Loving Your Husband Toward Christ

Whether your husband is a strong spiritual leader in your home, or your husband is spiritually lost—God’s blueprint for our role as wives is simple but most influential. Did you know there is a way to love him that is spiritually beneficial? Through looking at Scripture, Dana will:

• Help you find the key to unlocking the hidden chambers of your husband’s heart.
• Equip you to lovingly awaken him to the call of Christ “without a word.”
• Show you how to motivate him to rise as the leader of your home.
• Encourage the igniting of a passion that encompasses the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of your relationship—as God intended.

102 - Raising Generations Who Raise Generations To Follow Christ

We understand the importance of leading our children to Christ, and work to do so. But what about after they leave the nest? How can we effectively encourage them to remain in the faith, and pass the baton to their children, and their children’s children? Dana will help you:

• Recognize your family as your #1 ministry.
• Increase your understanding of God’s mandate for training your children found in Scripture.
• Maximize the impact of Scriptural truth in your children’s hearts by living with integrity behind closed doors.
• Look at some practical ways to incorporate spiritually training them into the busy-ness of life.

Lynn Cowell

Lynn Cowell is a Proverbs 31 speaker and the author of His Revolutionary Love and Devotions for a Revolutionary Year. Speaking to moms and their daughters around the country, Lynn’s "His Revolutionary Love” conference brings confidence to find Jesus as the true  "Filler of their Love Gap." She makes her home in Charlotte, North Carolina with her husband, Greg of 26 years and their three children. She loves the mountains, sweatshirts and anything that combines chocolate and peanut butter.
Lynn@LynnCowell.com

105 - Filling Up to Pour Out

You're the last drip of syrup on a pancake Saturday morning. At least that is how you feel some days; completely drained out. As nurturer, we often take care of everyone around us...except us. What ensues isn't good for anyone, including us! In "Filling Up to Pour Out" Lynn Cowell empowers women to:

• Create confidence leading to higher self-worth.
• Replace loneliness, rejection, and pain with acceptance, affirmation, and approval.
• Make wise choices that lead to a fruitful future, rather than becoming a victim to emotionally-based decisions.

106 - Wise Women Raising Wiser Daughters

In "Wise Women Raise Wiser Daughters" Lynn Cowell will help moms:

• Learn to model wise living to create a foundation for wise choices.
• Start conversations that are sticky yet important.
• Reverse the impact that today’s sexual culture has on their girls.
• Raise girls who look to Jesus to fill the love gap in their hearts and not boys.

Dr. Rob Currie

Dr. Rob Currie teaches child and adolescent psychology at Judson University. Audiences enjoy his blend of professional advice, practical tips, and humor. His presentations draw on his extensive experience with children and teens, including raising two sons with his wife, Kay. Dr. Currie wrote, Preschool Wisdom: What Preschoolers Desperately Want to Tell Parents and Grandparent, and Hungry for More of God.

107 - Boys R Us: Raising Sons from 2 to 22

Do you wonder why boys talk and act the way they do? Are you sometimes frustrated by their behavior? This tell-it-like-it-is workshop will:

• Teach you how to connect with your son.
• Explain the reasons for boys’ behavior.
• Share parent-proven tips for parenting boys.
• Enable you to enjoy your son more than ever.

108 - The Magic of Parenting Preschoolers

Dr. Currie uses what he’s learned from working in preschools and teaching child psychology. By explaining the surprising way your child thinks, this workshop will:

• Show you how to motivate your preschooler.
• Explain how to get a more obedient child.
• Reveal how to enjoy your child more than you thought possible.
• Offer “Aha!” insights into your child’s behavior.

Karen Ehman

Karen Ehman is the Director of the Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker team and author of six books including LET. IT. GO. How to Stop Running the Show & Start Walking in Faith. She’s been a guest on The 700 Club, Moody Midday Connection and Focus on the Family. She and her college sweetheart, Todd, reside in mid-Michigan with their three sometimes quarrelsome, but mostly charming children.
www.karenehman.com

109 - LET. IT. GO.

Women are wired to control. We make sure the house is clean, the meals are prepared, and everyone gets where they need to be on time. Trying to be in charge of everything can not only be exhausting, it can also sometimes earn us the label of “control freak”. But is controlling other people and our circumstances our job or God’s? Maybe we need to stop trying to run the show and start learning to walk in faith. This humorous, yet practical workshop will enable you to:

• Discover where you fall on the “control freak” scale.
• Determine the difference between being conscientious and being controlling.
• Take control of your schedule while also allowing for the unexpected interruptions.
• Implement new thought patterns and proper reactions to the people and situations in your life that make you kick into over-control.
• Practice the fine art of soul control where you control your emotions when you can’t control the situation.

110 - The Bylaws of In-laws and Outlaws (with Mary Steinke)

Whether it’s a meddling mother-in-law, a snooty sister, or an uncouth uncle, moms often try to please or appease BOTH sides of the family, ending up displeased with the outcome themselves. Get ready to get real about the blow-ups as well as the blessings inherent in interacting with your extended families. Karen and Mary will share how to:

• Effectively and biblically address extended family conflicts.
• Handle holiday hassles with grace, strength, and unity.
• Build boundaries that are tangible, measurable, and have built-in consequences.
• Improve extended family relationships over time.

Mary Steinke

Short in stature yet sweet and sassy at the same time, Mary always gives concrete, realistic, and transparent messages -- both in speaking and in writing -- filled with practicality, purpose, and prayer. Mary is a staff member with Hearts at Home and works as a volunteer with Proverbs 31, serving in many different areas. Currently, she serves as a group leader in Bible Study Fellowship and volunteers in her church. Mary's family includes her handsome high-school sweetheart, Harry, and her lively three adult sons, who now tower over her five-foot frame.

www.maryrsteinke.vpweb.com

110 - The Bylaws of In-laws and Outlaws (with Karen Ehman)

Whether it’s a meddling mother-in-law, a snooty sister, or an uncouth uncle, moms often try to please or appease BOTH sides of the family, ending up displeased with the outcome themselves. Get ready to get real about the blow-ups as well as the blessings inherent in interacting with your extended families. Karen and Mary will share how to:

• Effectively and biblically address extended family conflicts.
• Handle holiday hassles with grace, strength, and unity.
• Build boundaries that are tangible, measurable, and have built-in consequences.
• Improve extended family relationships over time.

Suzie Eller

Proverbs 31 speaker and author, Encouragement Cafe radio co-host, and founder of www.facebook.com/MomsTogether. Suzie has been featured on Focus on the Family, Harvest Show, and hundreds of programs. This Oklahoma girl is a mom, a Gramma, and in love with her husband, Richard. Suzie loves to gently walk with women in a new direction in family, feelings, and faith.

111 - Grace (and a Plan) for "Those Days"

We know that parenting is wonderful, but can we admit there are "those days" when it's hard, and sometimes we lose our cool? Suzie Eller invites you to give yourself grace in those moments, but to also explore why we might lose it, and how that knowledge helps the next time (because there is always a next time!). Suzie will help you:

• Change your tone and words (and your relationship) as you listen to the message you might be sending to your child.
• Restore calm as you balance self-nurturing with nurturing everyone else around you.
• Reduce negative interaction as you give actions and words time to catch up with your emotions.
• Decrease the odds of losing it by making a plan that fits you and your family.

112 - Unpacking Childhood Baggage to Give Your Child Something Greater!

When you became a mom you brought in the baggage of your past. Maybe that's great stuff, but for many of us it's not. Suzie will help you unpack unhealthy parenting and provide relational tools to give your child stability, laughter, and a mom that is whole and unburdened by the past--no matter what stage of parenting you are in! Suzie will help you:

• Increase your confidence in your ability to be a mom. . . even if no one ever showed you how.
• Relate more closely with your child as you toss out words or actions that are familiar, but not necessarily healthy.
• Celebrate transformation as you unpack unforgiveness, anger, and to give your child a mom that is anchored in today, rather than the past.
• Know what to do as you repack healthy words and parenting methods that uniquely suit your unique family dynamic.

Pam Farrel

Pam Farrel is an international speaker, author of over 37 books including Men Are Like Waffles, Women Are Like Spaghetti, Red Hot Monogamy, 10 Best Decisions a Woman Can Make, 10 Best Decisions a Couple Can Make, 10 Best Decisions a Parent Can Make, 10 Secrets for Living Smart, Savvy and Strong & Got Teens? and co-director of Love-Wise.

www.Love-Wise.com

113 - 10 Questions Your Kids Will Ask About Sex

Talking to your children, tweens, and teens about sex can feel a little uncomfortable- but it is vital. Relationship expert, Pam Farrel will equip you and your family to successfully navigate today’s challenging times. This workshop will:

• Prepare you for the most common questions kids ask from age 2 to 22!
• Give you tools to help your tween, teen and college student to make wise relationship choices.
• Equip you to protect your child and prepare your teen.
• Provide you advice on the toughest topics (sexual orientation, premarital sex, cohabitation, etc).
• Train your child to handle peer pressure and stand up for his or her inner values.

114 - The Mid-Life Mom

Pam Farrel, the author of 10 Secrets of Living Smart, Savvy and Strong says the second half of life can be the best! If you are over 35 this workshop will prepare you to handle the ever changing landscape of the mid-life years:

• The moods and marvels of tweens.
• The testing and triumphs of teens.
• The pressures and prize of college and launching young adults.
• Your own menopause or peri- menopause issues.
• Your husband’s mid-life adjustments (or crisis).
• Marriage enrichment in the middle of the fast lane!

Shaunti Feldhahn

After Harvard and Wall Street, Shaunti Feldhahn now uncovers eye-opening truths and simple changes that transform lives and relationships. Her groundbreaking books, For Women Only, are in 22 languages and featured in such diverse media as Focus on the Family, The Today Show, iMOM and at events worldwide. Based in Atlanta, she and her husband Jeff often speak together, traveling with their two children.

115 - What Your Man Most Wants You to Know

What is he really thinking? From private interviews and national surveys with thousands of men for Shaunti’s best-selling book For Women Only, learn the surprising truths your man longs for you to know, but doesn't know how to explain. Discover simple changes with huge relationship impacts, such as the power of affirmation to create the mutual affection you long for.

116 - Getting Inside the Head of Your Kid

Are they thinking at all?! Groundbreaking author/researcher Shaunti Feldhahn shares what every parent must know, from national surveys and private interviews with over 1,000 teens and tweens. You’ll discover the #1 influence that’s even greater than peer pressure, how teens secretly want a take-charge parent, and what they would tell you if they could trust you to truly listen.

Sue Heimer

As an internationally known speaker, Sue’s mission is to come alongside women helping them discover God’s great love for them and His purpose for their lives. She is a regular contributor to Focus on the Family Magazine and a frequent guest on Intentional Living radio program with Dr. Randy Carlson. Sue has four wonderful sons, ages 18-27, two beautiful daughter-in-laws and a granddaughter. Sue and her husband, live in Colfax, Illinois.

117 - When Teens Rebel

Is your preteen/teen in full blown rebellion? Do you have a child, niece/nephew, or grandchild whose self-destructing choices are causing pain and havoc in your family? Sue has been there. She will share her own journey of walking with a child through rebellion. With transparency and candor this workshop will help you:

• Identify the battles that are worth fighting for.
• Reassess the rules and have clearer consequences with consistency.
• Reevaluate and find peace in your role, actions, and responses.
• Know that you are not alone on this journey.

118 - When You Feel Like Screaming!

Screaming is a universal response among mothers. Sue has interviewed over 200 women from all over the globe to identify what triggers us to “lose it”. Stressed, exhausted, and overwhelmed was the overwhelming response echoed. In this workshop Sue will help you:

• Identify the circumstances that cause us to scream.
• Gain an understanding of why we scream.
• Understand the emotion behind the outburst.
• Know with confidence that you can become a controlled confident mother.
• Experience a newfound peace by adopting the numerous practical applications that will be shared. 
• “Tools” that will aid you in becoming a balanced, consistent, organized, confident and controlled mother who screams less tomorrow that she did yesterday!

Dr. Kathy Koch

Dr. Kathy Koch loves helping parents understand children’s uniqueness and purposes. Through her books, other products, and engaging presentations, thousands have been encouraged and changed. Before founding Celebrate Kids, Inc., in Fort Worth, Texas, Kathy was a professor, teacher, coach, and school board member. She doesn’t have any children of her own, but loves helping parents with theirs.

119 - Kill the Spider: Find Solutions for Children’s Problems

Would you like to figure out why children misbehave the way they do? Why their attitudes are less than great? If you don’t, changing children’s attitudes or behaviors is like sweeping away the spider web rather than killing the spider. The problem/attitude will come back. Dr. Kathy will help you:

• Improve children’s behavior, decision making, and attitudes by determining how they’re rooted in unmet needs.
• Strengthen relevant core need(s) when determining which ones are connected to problem behaviors or attitudes.
• Understand how to teach life-changing content that defines each need so children will believe these truths.

120 - Parenting Tech-Savvy Children: Decreasing Negative Effects of Digital Technology

Because of the technology children use and play with, they can be described as the I-deserve-choice, control-alt-delete, instant-everything, relationship-based-beliefs, I-need-to-win, multitasking, it’s-all-about-me, entitled-generation. What does all of this mean for the way we parent them? Dr. Kathy will help you:

• Understand how eight different types of digital technology influence children’s beliefs and behaviors.
• Adjust children’s uses of digital technology so you can better connect with them.
• Understand how to positively plug into their desire to improve the world.

Helen Lee

Helen Lee is an award-winning writer, speaker, and the author of The Missional Mom.  She is also co-founder of Redbud Writers Guild, which encourages female Christian writers to express their God-given talents. Helen is from Naperville, Illinois, where she homeschools her three grade-school sons; she is married to classical pianist Brian Lee, a professor at Moody Bible Institute.

121 - Redefining Motherhood: What Is a “Great Mom”?

Women receive countless ideas about what it means to be a great mom from the surrounding culture. But which of these ideas actually reflect what God intends and expects? Helen Lee, author of The Missional Mom, will discuss the cultural forces affecting today's moms and encourage moms to parent with a greater sense of purpose and freedom.

122 - What Is Missional Motherhood?

Author Helen Lee explains how the idea of missional motherhood can help women change the way they both parent and disciple their children. She will offer suggestions on how to move from building family-centered homes to those that are truly God-centered and driven by His mission.

Kathi Lipp

Kathi is a national speaker and author. She is the author of seven books including The Get Yourself Organized Project, The Husband Project, Praying God’s Word for Your Husband and 21 Ways to Connect with Your Kids. Kathi and her husband, Roger, live in San Jose, California and are the parents of four kids.

123 - Real Ways to Connect with Your Kids

This workshop offers a straightforward, workable plan to create new avenues of connection between parents and their kids, coaching moms to do one simple thing each day for three weeks to connect with their child and their unique personality, including:

• Planning a family fun night.
• Developing a character growth chart.
• Working together on a family project.

124 - The Get Yourself Organized Project

An organizational system for women who have given up trying to be Martha but still desire order. Kathi offers you:

• Effective ways women can restore peace to their everyday lives.
• Simple and manageable long-term solutions for organizing any room in one's home.
• A realistic way to de-stress a busy schedule.
• Strategies for efficient shopping, meal preparation, cleaning, and more.

Susan Merrill

Susan Merrill is a wife, mother of five, director of iMOM.com, want-to-be blogger, author of The Passionate Mom, (releasing March 2013, Thomas Nelson), and the very imperfect Merrill family manager. She loves to analyze life, ponder possibilities, and pray for opportunity. She truly believes that all things are possible if one is willing to persevere through trials, seek the truth, and boldly embrace new and unique solutions. That belief has led her down some interesting parenting paths including adopting two older children the exact ages of two of her biological children, the delicate diplomacy of living with diverse personalities, exploring and experiencing every type of school imaginable for every type of child, and parenting special needs in our not so special-need oriented world. Susan lives in Tampa, Florida with her handsome hubby, author and President of Family First, Mark Merrill, and two, or depending on the day, up to five of her children ages 17 - 23. On those days, she loves having a valid excuse to ditch all of her responsibilities to run a bed and breakfast /laundromat for college students.

125 - Fear Not: 3 Ways to Stop the Cycle of Fear, Worry, Anxiety, and Panic

Most moms worry about their children. Most of my worries follow a little pattern that can spiral out of control without me even noticing. It springs up as a little pang of fear, it picks up speed swirling in worry around my brain, it spins me downward in a funnel of anxiety, till I bottom out in a puddle of panic. When I land I am a mess – depleted, confused, and useless. The circle of fear – worry – anxiety – panic is a circle I want out of! And it is possible! Explore with me 3 ways to stop the cycle of worry so that we become useful rather than useless moms.

126 - The Passionate Mom: Protecting Your Child in the World

How is it possible? How can you protect your child when they can hold a window to the world in the palm of their hand? The speed of cultural change is faster than a mom trying to catch a falling baby. We must dare to parent differently today. We must develop perception and we must formulate a plan. You can do it! Just as you would find the adrenaline to catch that falling baby, you can find the passion to protect your child until he has the wisdom to navigate this world on his own. Explore the daring possibilities of protecting your child in today’s world.

Jill Savage

She speaks to audiences of thousands. She’s the author of more than seven books. She’s the founder and director of Hearts at Home. Her biggest accomplishment? Being a mom to five beautiful children and Nana to three precious grandbabies.

Jill Savage encourages tens of thousands each year at Hearts at Home Conferences and personal speaking engagements. Why is she so successful? Because she’s just one of us — a wife and mother trying to make it through each day with the challenges motherhood can present to us. She tells it like it is and doesn’t pretend to be an expert — just someone who’s been on the journey and lived to tell about it.

www.jillsavage.org

127 - Are You Spiritually Fit?

In the same way that the military requires soldiers to work out to be battle-ready at a moment’s notice, we too need to be emotionally and spiritually fit to handle whatever life throws our way.  In this workshop, Jill will:

• Equip you with practical, mom-friendly ways to nurture your relationship with God.
• Encourage you to keep God’s truth in front of you throughout the day.
• Energize your prayer life.
• Empower you to be content in all circumstances.

128 - Living with Less So Your Family Has More

Our culture believes bigger is better. But when it comes to raising a family, many find that simply isn’t true. There is a way to live with less stress, less activity, and even less money that can actually result in more for your family! Jill will help you:

• Increase closeness in your family by prioritizing family relationships over material needs.
• Increase your confidence to make right decisions for your family and stand firm against adult peer pressure.
• Experience a newfound peace by adopting the attitudes needed to successfully live with less.
• Live with less stress so that you can enjoy the season of raising a family to the fullest.

Sherry Surratt

Sherry serves as the CEO of Mother’s of Preschoolers (MOPS), encouraging and equipping moms and leaders. Prior to leading MOPS, Sherry served as the Director of Innovation at Leadership Network, working with church teams to implement fresh ideas in ministry. She also served as a pastor on staff at Seacoast Church, a multi-site church in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.

Sherry is passionate about leadership, and co-authored Just Lead! A No-Whining, No Nonsense Guide for Women Leaders in the Church. She speaks at conferences, facilitates leadership discussions and contributes as a writer to MomSense Magazine and Connections, a publication for moms and women leaders.

Sherry lives in Denver, Colorado with her pastor husband Geoff, her two grown children, Mike and Brittainy, and beautiful daughter-in-love, Hilary. The brilliant star of the family is her granddaughter, Maggie Claire.

129 - Permission to Dream

Life can be so daily, with dishes, carpool and busy schedules. When is the last time you took the chance to dream, hand-in-hand with God about the big plans He has for you, your husband, and your kids? Moses’ mom (Exodus 1) knew the secret and you can too! Join Sherry Surratt as she inspires you to dream big and allow your heart to soar. You’ll learn how to:

• See the potential and promise that God sees.
• Zap discouragement before it starts.
• Be your family’s biggest encourager.
• Live in the promises of the God who made us.

130 - Seven Habits of Highly Effective Moms

Whether you are a brand new mom or a veteran with 5 children, statistics tell us the majority of moms are unsure how effective they are at raising happy, healthy kids. Wouldn't it be great to rely on the tried and true practices of moms who have not only raised great kids but flourish with joy in the process? You can! Join Sherry Surratt, CEO and President of MOPS International (Mothers of Preschoolers) as she shares the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Moms, who understand the value of raising kids with a heart after God and a vision for who God created them to be. In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Overcome discouragement.
• Flourish in your relationship with Christ as you parent.
• Step into confidence as the mom God designed you to be.

Reverend Milan and Kay Yerkovich

Milan is a Pastoral Counselor and is an ordained minister. He has a Master’s Degree in Biblical Studies and is the President of Relationship 180, a non-profit organization dedicated to turning relationships in the right direction. He has worked with marriages and families for over 30 years and is a radio co-host on New Life Live. Kay is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has been helping people grow for over 20 years. Kay has been married for 40 years to her husband Milan and was a stay-at-home mom for 18 years enjoying her four children. Together, Kay and Milan co-authored, How We Love, and How We Love Our Kids.

131 - How We Love: Creating Close Connections in Marriage

Tired of having the same old fight? Do you wish you could understand the roots of your marriage problems? Are you having trouble creating or sustaining close emotional connections within your family? Milan and Kay will help you:

• Discover your love style and how it impacts all your relationships.
• Understand the core patterns created when love styles collide in marriage.
• Plan successfully with your spouse.
• Learn new skills to improve your relationships.
• Discover the ingredients of secure, close relationships.

132 - Turning Stress Into an Opportunity for Connection

Are you at your best when you are stressed out? Does your family feel your love when you're frazzled? Do you enjoy your spouse or kids when they are tense? Living successfully means managing stress effectively. Let Milan and Kay help you:

• Discover how your love style is a predictor of how you handle stress.
• Find practical tools to help you grow and bring relief into stress-filled moments or seasons.
• Learn how to better manage the pressures we face as women.
• Experience relational relief and learn to turn stressful moments into opportunities for connection.

Crystal McDowell

Crystal McDowell is a writer, speaker, and teacher with a passion to encourage all women. As a freelance writer and editor for over 12 years, she has published numerous Christian curriculums for Sunday School and VBS as well as many articles dealing with marriage, motherhood, and relationships. Crystal and her husband, Marshall, raise their five children in Bloomington, Illinois.

133 - The Beauty, The Beast, and BFF of Friendships

Why do friendships become so complicated and difficult at times? We want great friends without the backbiting, jealous, or bourgeois relationships that bring us down. In this workshop, Crystal will help you:

• Recognize healthy versus unhealthy friendships.
• Find good friends.
• Break off a difficult friendship.
• Explore seasons of friendships.
• Accept your best friend forever.

134 - Temple Makeover From the Inside Out

Tired of feeling bad about your body? It is God’s will for you to love and accept your whole spirit, mind, and body just as He intended. Women who attend this workshop will:

• Learn to accept her body as God created it.
• Find the balance between eating and exercising.
• Recognize the significance of spiritual and emotional influences.

Laura Sniff

Laura Sniff co-founded the Dunlap and Central Illinois Special Needs Parent Group and the annual Special Needs Information Fair. She is raising a special needs child and is passionate about helping parents find the resources that will help them and their special needs children. Laura and her husband, Jim, are the parents of two children and reside in Chillicothe, Illinois.

Libby Raab

Libby Raab co-founded the Dunlap and Central Illinois Special Needs Parent Group and the annual Special Needs Information Fair. The mother of a son with autism, she is dedicated to making the world a better place for individuals with special needs and their families. Libby and her husband, Frank, are the parents of two children and reside in Edwards, Illinois.

135 - Special Moms for Special Kids

Having a child with special needs changes your life and your family. It’s more than likely an unexpected path and one that can make a mom feel isolated and overwhelmed. Laura Sniff and Libby Raab, will give you:

• Tips on how to find resources and support.
• Encouragement/tips to get through the day.
• Inspiration to help embrace this amazing journey.

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