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March 21, 2014 by Tricia Goyer 8 Comments

A Few Important Thoughts that Will Transform Your Schedule: Balanced Series Day 11

A Few Important Thoughts that Will Transform Your Schedule   I wrote the book Balanced, yet I love how God is able to use my own words to help and inspire myself! As I’ve written blogs based on the book, it’s given me a chance to rethink some of the concepts. Every season of life… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: being an author, family, marriage, parenting, Tots to Teens, Words Tagged With: balanced, balanced challenge, Family, priorities, schedule


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March 20, 2014 by Tricia Goyer 2 Comments

How to Say “No” (And 8 Things to Say “Yes” To): Balanced Series Day 10

How to Say “No” (And 8 Things to Say “Yes” To) Last Sunday I had a dilemma. We were a few minutes late for church, and we took a seat behind the children. In our church, pre-K through sixth-grade kids sit in the sanctuary during worship and then are released after worship to go to… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: being an author, family, parenting, Tots to Teens, Words Tagged With: balanced, balanced challenge, Family, priorities


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March 19, 2014 by Tricia Goyer 2 Comments

How to Breathe God-Messages: Balanced Series Day 9

How to Breathe God-Messages Where do you go for inspiration? Sometimes I sit down with my journal. Other times I take a walk or take a bath. Today I found inspiration from Facebook and hymns. Honestly! Facebook is always interesting, but when I read through my feed today I noticed a few things: Death, loss,… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: being an author, Community, connect, faith, scripture, study, Words Tagged With: balanced, balanced challenge, Family, inspiration


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March 18, 2014 by Tricia Goyer 2 Comments

3 Ways to Make Today Amazing: Balanced Series Day 8

3 Ways to Make Today Amazing!   Want to have an amazing day? Who would say “no” to that? I’ve been a mom since 1989, and I’ve had more hard days than amazing ones. The hard days come when I look at the long to-do lists, when I focus on my weaknesses instead of my… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: being an author, family, parenting, Tots to Teens, Words Tagged With: balanced, balanced challenge, Family, parenting


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March 17, 2014 by Tricia Goyer 11 Comments

Creating a Chore Time Routine for Preschoolers & Kindergarteners

Last year when we adopted our two sweet children, we sort of went into “survival” mode. Both children had emotional issues, and they need weekly behavioral therapy. Bella was enrolled in a therapy school, and Casey had physical, occupational, and speech therapy. I was spending hours and hour each day on the road. I was… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: being an author, family, it's real life, parenting, Tots to Teens, Words Tagged With: balanced, balanced challenge, Family, work from home


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March 16, 2014 by Tricia Goyer 4 Comments

How to Find Time to Clean During Your Day: Balanced Series Day 6

How to Find an Hour’s Worth of Cleaning Time in the Random Moments of Your Day I don’t have hours a day to clean . . . although since I have a college-aged son, a husband, a grandma, and three kids six-years-old and under at home, I wish I did! Take advantage of the random… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: being an author, family, it's real life, parenting, Tots to Teens, Words Tagged With: balanced, balanced challenge, cleaning, Family, work from home


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March 15, 2014 by Tricia Goyer 3 Comments

Taking Care of Your Calendar, So Your Calendar Takes Care of You: Balanced Series Day 5

Taking Care of Your Calendar, So Your Calendar Takes Care of You I have a best friend I connect with every day. I check in with her, and she gives me guidance. I need lots of guidance. OK, it’s not really a “she” but an “it.” It’s my calendar, and I give her/it a lot of… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: being an author, family, marriage, Tots to Teens, Words Tagged With: balanced, balanced challenge, Family, priorities, work from home


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March 14, 2014 by Tricia Goyer 4 Comments

How To Know God’s Call For Your Life: Balanced Series Day 4

How To Know God’s Call For Your Life For the last twenty years I’ve balanced many things: being a writing, homeschooling my kids, and working with a crisis pregnancy center/teen mom support group. For most of the years I thought THOSE THINGS were my “ministry.” After all, those were the things that impacted others, drew… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: being an author, faith, family, scripture, Tots to Teens, Words Tagged With: balanced, balanced challenge, faith, Family, work from home


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March 13, 2014 by Tricia Goyer 3 Comments

How My Little Kids Help Me In My Work: Balanced Series Day 3

How My Little Kids Help Me In My Work I’ve had kids in the home for twenty-four years. I’ve been writing (working) from home for twenty years. So everything I’ve accomplished as an author has been with kids at home. My kids help me in with my work—they really do. They give me material to… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: being an author, family, marriage, Tots to Teens, Words Tagged With: balanced, balanced challenge, Children, Family, work from home


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March 12, 2014 by Tricia Goyer 12 Comments

How to Make Working from Home Work: Balanced Series Day 2

How to Make Working from Home Work Over the years I’ve put a lot of thought, sacrifice, and even money into figuring how to make working from home work. Just yesterday I was telling a friend, “How amazing is it that I get to do what I love [write] while also getting to spend a… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: being an author, family, marriage, Tots to Teens, Words Tagged With: balanced, balanced challenge, Family, how to work from home, work from home


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March 11, 2014 by Tricia Goyer 1 Comment

Looking Ahead to Tomorrow To Set Goals for Today: Balanced Series Day 1

Looking Ahead to Tomorrow To Set Goals for Today   It’s so easy to get stuck in each day. To think about today’s laundry (piles!), today’s dinner (no idea!), and today’s to-do list (too long!). In my book Balanced, I encouraged parents to sit down and discuss their family goals. I’ve done this often in… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Community, family, homeschooling, marriage, parenting, Tots to Teens Tagged With: balanced, balanced challenge, Family, goals, setting goals


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