Inner vows are promises we make to ourselves out of protection in an effort to avoid pain or hurt.  What I was using to create protection was actually creating more hurt and insecurity.

Romans 12: 2

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

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Skyler Evans loves Jesus, is married to Tyler, mama of 5, and is building the homestead dream in Alabama. Her accent is the cutest, and simplicity is her thing while keeping life real and raw. 

Join us as she shares her story, revealing that her husband Tyler, of 3 years, still has not met his stepson, Skyler's oldest son, whom she shares custody with. She describes her top three tips for setting up her blended family for success. 

Listen as I connect with Kaili Speaks. We all have a moment (let’s be honest, multiple moments) that define who we are. Kaili seeks opportunities to chat with people about their defining moment to dive deeper and share what they learned from it. She loves to share her mess with her audience, kinda like me, so you know you’re not alone. She talks about resilience, self-acceptance, and more to help you realize ...

YOU ARE amazing, even when it doesn’t feel like it.

In this episode, we dig into her heart and story. Listen as she shares how she wasn’t always grateful to be a mom and what led to that heart change.

Listen as I chat with Katie J Trent, a popular author, speaker, and homeschool mama of two. She’s also a Pinterest drop-out with a messy house and happy kids— well, most of the time.

Katie is committed to empowering women to know and become more like Christ. 

She is the author of Dishing Up Devotions: 36 Faith-Building Activities for Homeschooling Families. She is on a mission to help you simplify your homeschool and learn how to make family faith-building fun…and easy!

Today she takes the time to connect and share about marriage, different triggers she has been able to identify, and opportunities to overcome to have a closer relationship with God, her husband, and family. 

Megan Bottom is an author, speaker, and a Blended Family Marriage Coach. She and her husband, Dwayne, have been called to travel full-time and are currently residing in Nevada.  Megan and Dwayne host several retreats per year, offer hope through their online courses. Their YouTube channel is full of encouragement and life-giving testimonies, plus she speaks to large events and churches about finding hope.

Megan is passionate about helping blended families use marriage as a powerful evangelistic weapon. Listen as she shares how unforgiveness and bitterness have affected her marriage in the early years as she worked through trauma to grow closer to God, her husband and set her family up for success.

*Trigger Warning:  This episode will discuss a specific person’s experience with pregnancy as a result of sexual assault.  This episode also mentions abortion. The content may be triggering to listeners with similar experiences.

Listen as I have a conversation with @western_mamma .

Jes is busy chasing Jesus, a wife to Tyler, mama to future leaders and clumsy nature lover.

When we met, I shared some fun facts about my life and included we do life blended. Jes was quite reassuring that she has had quite the life journey with her own set or coparenting experiences with an incredible testimony to boot.

Listen as Jes shares a true story of redemption as she shares her biggest traumatic experience that lead to additional trials. Her bravery and courage as she shares about her trauma, hurts, boundaries, healing and faith is nothing short of miraculous. 

Listen as Mandy chats with Ginger, co-founder of The Family Core, the number one family organizational platform.

Their mission is to provide the best family management tools to keep everyone in the family safely & securely connected. The Family Core includes secure document storage, an event management and calendar feature, a private family chat, and Geo-location with check-in feature. This platform improves family management. Whether you are a busy nuclear family, co-parenting through divorce or separation, parallel parenting, single parenting, a caregiver, or legal advocate, this platform allows information to be shared in a secure environment. This platform is HIPAA and COPPA compliant. The software provides parents and their families with the tools and resources necessary to increase family efficiency and communication while decreasing stress.

Trigger Warning:  This episode will discuss a specific person’s experience with coparenting with a narcissist and sociopath. The content may be triggering to listeners with similar experiences.

The average toxic person affects 10 people directly and/or indirectly in their life.  Are you being affected by a narcissist or sociopath? Is your coparenting relationship full of drama, trauma and chaos?

Listen as Mandy interviews @gracewroldson . Grace is the author of five self-help books available on Amazon. Through her books, Grace gives insight on how to cope with loving an alcoholic. Her newest books deliver essential survival strategies for co-parenting with a narcissist in a high-conflict custody battle.

Defying the odds, Grace overcame every obstacle that her ex placed in her path to happiness. She has since dedicated her life’s work to help other women and mothers cope, win, face failures, and find peace. Ultimately, her mission is to spare children from an alcoholic home or save them from abusive, toxic, personality-disordered parents by offering the secrets to her success and valuable survivor wisdom in her books.

Grace shares three suggestions and encouragement that has helped set her up for success when coparenting with a narcissist and sociopath.

Listen as I interview a fellow bonus mama who is a mama to 3, a believer, and brave as all can be by being a light through her social media.

Earlier this month, she shared a post stating

1. “They won’t all be Hallmark holidays. And that is okay.”

2. “Remember, you can change your mind, boundarie,s and expectatio.ns”

And last but not least

3. “Setting a boundary does not make you an evil stepmom.”

If you haven’t already followed @thesteplexInstansta, DO IT!

Listen to as Mandy interviews Michelle Jones is President and Co-Founder of Trauma Integration . Michelle is a Trauma Educator and Certified Trauma Integration Coach.Michelle firmly believes in the inherent resiliency within each of us. She loves connecting with people and uncovering the light and strength in the people she meets.

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Listen to Mandy interview Beth Tyson, MA, a childhood trauma consultant, 3x best-selling author, keynote speaker, and advocate for children in the child welfare system. She provides international training on childhood trauma and loss, and is currently working on a trauma-informed animated series for teens.

Most importantly, Beth is the mom to a spirited little girl with a secret stash of chocolate in her room, just like her mama.

Beth is graciously giving away her copy of the CARES model for connection after chaos

"A trauma-responsive ‘in the moment’ method for caregivers and professionals."

As caregivers, we want to help a child in distress, but we often say and do unhelpful things because we are overwhelmed by the child's behavior.

The C.A.R.E.S Model is a step-by-step trauma-responsive approach you can follow to co-regulate with a child who is in the fight/flight/freeze/fawn trauma response. This one-of-a-kind framework is a free gift to you, and signing up will also subscribe you to my monthly newsletter on childhood trauma. Access to the latest research and resources on childhood trauma will be included in your subscription. Please subscribe to Beth's monthly Childhood Trauma Newsletter here: BethTyson.com or https://www.bethtyson.com/cares