Ever feel like you’re the worst parent ever?! Me, too. And, for that matter, so do many of the other parents I know. So, you’re in good company! You and I aren’t really the worst parent ever. But we worry, don’t we?! I know I do. I worry that I’m not playing as much as [...]
You love your family, most days any way. But, you and they have some problems you'd like to fix. Here are some of the common problems I hear from the families I work with: disrespectful attitudes, poor communication, taking each other for granted, lack of teamwork, impossible-to-manage schedules, unforgiveness, and the list goes on and [...]
Most couples and families I work with want a “big reveal” in their relationships similar to the big reveals on popular home improvement television shows. Those big reveals are of beautifully renovated homes. As couples and families, our big reveals are more kindness, increased gratitude, improved communication, more loving expressions of affection, less anger, more [...]
Family All the Way is my new YouTube series. In it, we build our home, and I talk about building relationships. Family All the Way with Dr. Shannon Warden is up and running on YouTube. That is one of my goals for 2019--to step out of my comfort zone and go even more [...]
In the Relation-Shop with Dr. Shannon Warden...each episode, I'm asking you: Which relationships are you "workshopping" right now? How can I help you with that?! “In the Relation-Shop with Dr. Shannon Warden”…that’s the name of my new series and latest counseling resource. I just finished the first four episodes via Facebook Live and [...]
Trusting yourself will mean facing and replacing your self-doubts. You can do it! Trust yourself more. That’s what I’m about to do. No, change that. I’ve already started trusting myself more, and I’m excited to see in 2019 what happens when I believe in myself more fully. How about you?! I invite you to think [...]
Susie Spurgeon was an amazing woman of faith, wife, Mom, author, and more. We can learn a lot from her! Susie: The Life and Legacy of Susannah Spurgeon (Rhodes, 2018) deserves to make your reading list for at least two reasons. First, it’s a fascinating historical account of a mighty woman of faith [...]
Good roots, good fruits...I’ve been thinking and talking a lot about this lately. Specifically, if you and I as parents want to see better “fruits” in terms of our children’s behavior, we must first examine our roots (how it is we behave). The fruit of the Spirit What are the “roots” you and I need [...]
When we're starving for hope, even bread crumbs of hope can sustain us. Look for the good around you as a way of building hope. Hope can make you and break you—make you if you have it, break you if you don’t. When life is going our way, it’s easy to feel like [...]
The junk in our trunk will be there until we do something about it, literally and figuratively. Junk in your trunk is a fun phrase. The Urban Dictionary says it means a large behind (a.k.a. derriere). Recently though, Stephen and I had a good laugh about literal junk in the trunk. We were [...]