Mentoring

Find Balance in Friendships

Conflict, Boundaries, and Learning to Find Balance in Friendships

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When a friendship goes bad… Lindsey sat in the cafeteria expecting to have a normal lunch time with her favorite group of friends. But when Gabby stood up, faced Lindsey, and asked some other girls to join her side, the sandwich Lindsey had just finished eating turned to concrete in her stomach. The entire cafeteria tuned in, as Gabby read out loud a letter detailing Lindsey’s shortcomings as a person and why the two of them would no longer be friends. Gabby finished by stating that since Lindsey had so few friends, she would allow her to keep Tammy as a…

6 Summer Projects for Your Tweens & Teens

Ideas to Help You Make the Most of Your Summer with Your Tweens & Teens

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What if you looked at your summer calendar and saw a blank canvas waiting for you to fill it in with creative, thoughtful, purposeful ideas for doing life together with your tweens and teens? What if you saw the time off from school as an opportunity to train up your tweens and teens with the skills you’d like to see them take into their future?   Rather than letting a summer pass without purpose, I’m focusing on six summer projects that I can do with my tween and teen that will enable us to connect while expanding their skill set,…

When Expectations Don't Meet Reality

Expectations: When They Don’t Match Reality

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  Great Expectations: The other day I saw a book that implied something along the lines of “Expect the best and it will happen.” Nice idea… A Dose of Reality: But often reality destroys my expectations like a wrecking ball against a flimsy sheet of glass. Does it mean I did something wrong? Is God mad at me? Harsh realities can hit us from all directions. Perhaps you thought you would have the same best friend forever, but things changed. Maybe you fell in love and expected it to be forever, but it wasn’t. Perhaps you thought your parents could work out their…

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Can I Convince You to Start a Mentoring Group?

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Can I steal a few minutes of your time? I know you’re busy and the demands on your life are never-ending. I’m a mom and mentor in the trenches with you, so I can totally picture your life on the other side of this screen. But see, there is something really important I want to share with you. I think it could change your perspective, and more importantly, change our world. It’s about our teens and what they need from us.   What’s an ETC Mentoring Gathering? ETC stands for Evening Tea and Chat, and it is as simple as…

Embrace Your Value as Mentor & Mom

Embracing Your Value as a Mentor & Mom

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Do you need a fresh reminder about your value as mentor? Are you struggling to see where your investment is worth the return, especially as you serve without much feedback or acknowledgement? Well, you’re not alone in feeling that way! But you don’t need to stay in that defeated place, either!   Fix yourself a cup of tea and sit down for a few minutes to soak in this short message.  You’ll hear me confess my own struggle with doubting my role as a mentor and yet, through a sweet situation, God reminds me of a what it means to…

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