Latest Jayholland Podcast Episodes
LPOP 86 Your Spouse's Greatest Need
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - September 10, 2018 03:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsEvery spouse has specific ways they best give and receive love. Additionally, depending on circumstances and the season of life, you’ll find that certain felt needs rise to the top and seem to overshadow all of their current met needs. Learn how you can recognize and meet your spouse’s greatest...
LPOP 85 Celebrate Failure!
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - September 04, 2018 13:31 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsFailure is a natural part of a child’s life. They way we respond to their failures (and ours) will steer them towards egomania, paralyzing fear, or optimistic self confidence. Today I’ll share how we can produce resilient optimists by celebrating the lessons learned through failure.
LPOP 84 Should I Hate Common Core?
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - August 27, 2018 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsMy good friend (and top 5 finisher for the Florida State Teacher of the Year) Patrick Farley joins me again for a very helpful explanation of philosophy and methods behind Common Core. As a parent, I’ve mostly been frustrated with my inability to help my 4th grader do math homework. As a Chris...
LPOP 83 One Year After Chemo
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - August 20, 2018 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsOne year, one week, and one day ago we celebrated my son’s last dose of chemo. On this week’s podcast I share the essay I wrote for that occasion, as well as thoughts from a dad with one full year of no treatment and no relapse under our belt. Here’s my original essay: We are done with chem...
LPOP 82 Transitioning into the School Year
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - August 13, 2018 20:24 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsThis is not the podcast you were expecting. Rather than talk about bedtime routines or homework strategies, I’m joined by Patrick Farley, who placed in the top 5 in the Florida State Teacher of the Year awards for 2018. We talk strategies for helping you establish solid communication and rappo...
LPOP 81 Beware of this Joy Killer
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - August 06, 2018 13:06 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsThere’s one thing that can rob you of your joy no matter what’s going on in your life. You can live in a house on the beach with a million dollars in the bank, yet be absolutely miserable. This Joy Killer is a cancer to the soul and a destroyer of relationships. Listen to today’s podcast to f...
LPOP 80 Two Ways to Get People to Like You
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - July 30, 2018 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsI know, this sounds like the most manipulative, self-help title I can imagine. But the principles are totally Biblical. Going a little further in my reading of Dale Carnegie’s classic How to Win Friends and Influence People, I was shocked to realize that Carnegie’s strategy for getting people ...
LPOP 79 How to win hearts and influence your family
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - July 24, 2018 13:16 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsI recently found a copy of Dale Carnegie’s classic How to Win Friends and Influence People in the bargain rack at my local bookstore. Honestly I had very low expectations. And I was very wrong. The book is largely an exposition of the Golden Rule – “Do unto others as you would have them do un...
LPOP 78 Choosing a Church for your Family
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - July 16, 2018 16:41 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsYour church family can inspire your household towards deeper faith in Christ and years of meaningful service. It can also sow doubts about Jesus, hurt your marriage, and stir seeds that lead your children to abandon the faith. On today’s podcast I talk about choosing a healthy church for your...
LPOP 77 Self-care AFTER a Crisis
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - July 07, 2018 14:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsHave you ever been driving along and experienced an accident, or even a near-miss accident? Things happen so fast, your body essentially takes over before your mind knows what’s going on. Do you remember how you felt in the moments after you got through the event? As your brain begins to com...
LPOP 76 Self-care in the Midst of Crisis
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - July 02, 2018 10:45 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsWe all go through significant times of crisis in our lives. For some it’s in response to a major event, for others it can be a drawn out season of chronic challenges. On today’s podcast I want to share some perspectives on self-care while going through crisis. As a parent or a spouse, you mig...
LPOP 75 Questions to Ask Before Dating
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - June 24, 2018 14:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsI received a question about dating recently in an “Ask Anything” session with my teenagers at church. In this podcast, I review the set of questions I gave the group to ask themselves before getting into a relationship (which, by the way, should not be until late in their teenage years at the e...
LPOP 74 Identifying and Avoiding Toxic Relationships
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - June 17, 2018 14:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsIn a recent “ask anything” segment with my teenagers, I was asked “how do I removed myself from toxic relationships without being the bad guy?” This excellent question assumes that we know a toxic relationship when we see one. Unfortunately, that’s not always true. We discovered principles ...
LPOP 73 Parenting Children with Sensory Processing Disorder Part 2
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - June 10, 2018 14:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsOccupational therapist Diane Corson from the Florida Elks Children’s Therapy Services provides very practical strategies to help children with Sensory Processing Disorder cope at home and in public. Although these tools are specifically designed to help SPD children, many of them can be employe...
LPOP 72 Parenting Children with Sensory Processing Disorder Part 1
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - June 03, 2018 14:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsDiane Corson, an Occupational Therapist with the Florida Elks Children’s Therapy Services, joins me for two fascinating podcast as we look into the world of children with sensory processing disorder. As promised, here are Diane’s notes from our talks. Be sure to check out LPOP 71 and LPOP 72 fo...
Base Hits and Home Runs
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - May 27, 2018 14:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsHome runs are few and far between in parenting. But MASSIVE change can take place if you just keep making contact. This week’s podcast gives you tips on how to make best use of the natural times of contact in your home: Morning routine, drive times, meal times, and bedtime.
LPOP 70 Setting Small Goals for the Summer
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - May 20, 2018 13:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsPeople vastly overestimate what they can do in the short-term, but vastly underestimate what can be accomplished over the long-term. This week’s podcast gives tips and ideas on how to set small goals with your kids this summer that can redeem some of that free time and start them on long-term pa...
LPOP 69 Parenting is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - May 13, 2018 14:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsI’m revisiting my very first Let’s Parent on Purpose topic ever, and I need to remember this perspective just as much today. 12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with enduranc...
LPOP 68 Developing Systems and Structure With Your Kids
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - May 06, 2018 16:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsYour systems are perfectly suited to give you the life that you now have. Your children’s routines are perfectly suited to give you the current level of chaos or order that you’re currently experiencing. All of us have routines with our children. Some of those routines weren’t designed, they ...
LPOP 67 Don't lie to your kids about Jesus
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - May 01, 2018 17:27 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsWhat happens when we tell our children that Jesus will fix all of their problems? How do we damage their faith by not preparing them for adversity? This week we talk about the danger of presenting the gospel as a tool for life enhancement rather than salvation from our sin.
LPOP 66 A Devotional for Parents: Little by Little
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - April 22, 2018 14:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsWe want God to transform all of the frustrating things in our family and lives in an instant. But Scripture shows that God is in the habit of driving out enemies from the Promised Land little by little.
LPOP 65 How To Teach Contentment
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - April 15, 2018 14:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsA parent recently asked me to address the topic of contentment with children. That’s the source of this week’s podcast. Listen to hear my thoughts. I’ll give you a hint: it’s not going to come by giving them everything they want! Listen and share with any of your friends who might be struggl...
LPOP 64 How to Help High Drama Kids
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - April 09, 2018 03:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsSome kids are miraculous makers of mountains out of molehills. It can be incredibly frustrating as a parent. In my podcast this week I share how to create some emotional resiliency using a tool called a Drama-meter. I learned about the Drama Meter from a book I highly recommend by Sissy Goff...
LPOP 63 An Easter Devotional For Parents
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - March 31, 2018 08:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratings29 Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” John 20:29 ESV As a dad who has never seen, but still believes, here’s how I feel blessed and hopeful as a parent: Easter is the celebration of the Resurrection o...
LPOP 62 Parenting Special Needs Kids
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - March 25, 2018 18:10 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsThis might be more confessional than instructional, but here are my thoughts as the parent of two different special needs kids. I was asked to do a podcast giving advice to parents of special needs kids, that went something beyond “cut yourself some slack”. After spending 20 minutes talking a...
LPOP 61 Talking to your children about sex
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - March 18, 2018 16:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsThis guest post is from my friend Willow Sander of Protect the Heart Ministries, in conjunction with our podcast discussion on “Talking to your children about sex”. “Hey, it’s time to talk!” Funny how that phrase does not startle us as parents as much as this one: However, eventually the...
LPOP 60 Protecting your children in a sexualized society
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - March 11, 2018 16:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsThank you Willow Sanders of Protect the Heart Ministries for joining me for a fantastic discussion of safeguards and protections we parents can instill for our children. Below is an incredibly helpful guest post by Willow that goes along with our discussion. Eyes, Ears, Hearts and Souls I do...
LPOP 59 Honor and Exasperation: A devotional for parents
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - March 05, 2018 05:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsChildren, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the disci...
LPOP 58 Choosing to Cheat
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - February 26, 2018 04:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsEveryone wants your 100% best. But it’s impossible for everyone to get your 100% best. During a time in my life when my family was suffering because of my inability to set appropriate boundaries in work, a wise friend recommended this book to me: When Work and Family Collide (by Andy Stanley...
LPOP 57 Great Sexpectations
Let's Parent on Purpose: Christian Marriage, Parenting, and Discipleship - February 19, 2018 17:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsI have a question for those who think that sex is primarily a physical act: why have you never heard of someone going to a counselor for years after smashing their thumb with a hammer? I’ve done that before. I’ve also smashed a finger in a barn door, and it was one of the most intensely painf...
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