Power of Families Radio
The Power of Families is an online community of purposeful parents working towards peace, order and joy in their personal lives and in their homes while helping their children develop the positive character traits and values that will bring them happiness and success in life.
- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 57
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Back to School Routines (Encore)
If your children have recently gone back to school or your school year is about to begin, you’re probably going through some of the same things we’re going through. There are lots of emotions involve…
Why Families Need Nature
Saren and her family spent a solid month on summer visiting the 12 oldest National Parks in the west (camping the whole way!). In this week’s episode, Saren shares how this all came about and what he…
Two Game-Changing Daily Parenting Practices
Come listen as Saren shares two game-changing daily parenting practices that have made a huge difference for their family! These simple, daily practices can help dramatically change the mood in your…
How To Porn Proof Our Kids
Join Saren and author Kristen Jensen as they discuss the importance - and better yet - strategies to porn-proof our kids.
Teaching Kids to Share, Save and Spend Smart
In this episode, Saren interviews John Lanza, author of The Art of Allowance and founder of The Money Mammals, about how we can raise financially literate children.
John talks about how we can teach …
Less Materialism and More Joy at Christmas
The Magic and Meaning of Christmas
Join Saren and Power of Families Social Media Manager, Lynette Blood, as they discuss the magic and meaning of Christmas and how to balance the important elements of Christmas.
Helping Our Children Be More Grateful
In this 25-minute episode, Saren and her sister Shawni (who runs the popular blog, 71 Toes), discuss simple ways to help our children:
- Feel and express gratitude for every-day things that are easy t…
Helping Enough But Not Too Much
When your child is running for office at school, looking for a job, or working a school assignment, how much do you help? If you have ideas about what they can and should do, how much do you try to t…
Plain and Simple Fun this Fall
Family fun doesn’t need to be about complicated decorations or wearing ourselves out with dozens of events. But with a little bit of planning and a deliberate-motherhood mindset, this fall is destine…
Giving Up as a Viable Strategy
In this episode, Saren shares some experiences she’s had with one of those age-old parenting issues – getting kids to clean up their room. She also shares some helpful tips for figuring out when it m…
What Parents Need to Know About Depression and Anxiety
Join Saren as she and Jane Clayson Johnson, an award winning journalist and author, discuss Jane's book Silent Souls Weeping about depression, anxiety, and how to help ourselves and our loved ones.
Paying Attention
Join Saren and her mother, Linda Eyre, as they discuss how you can really give your children your full attention - and why this is so important!
Back-to-School Questions and Answers
In this week's episode, Saren answers questions from our community concerning dealing with anxiety, saying yes and no to the right things, making the most of car time, and after school routines. Joi…
Celebrating the Real Meaning of Easter
Join Saren and her sister, Saydi, as they discuss wonderful ways to celebrate and discover with your family the real meaning of Easter.
One-On-One Time
Join Saren and April Perry, Director of Power of Moms, for a 20-minute conversation where they share simple tried-and-true ideas for making one-on-one time with each child into a regular and meaningf…
Why Good Eating is a Part of Good Parenting
In this encore episode, Saren talks with Katie Kimball from Kitchen Stewardship about how what we eat, the way we talk about food, and the way we prepare food is such an important part of parenting.
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Balancing Marriage, Parenting, and Self Care
Join Saren, her mom, and her sisters for a wonderful discussion that all of us need! Balance! How do we take care of our marriages, our children, and ourselves?
Simple Halloween Fun [Audio Post]
Do you find Halloween to be fun? Stressful? Scary? Annoying? All of the above? How can you make Halloween really work for your family?
In this audio post, Saren reads her popular post, A Deliberate …
Making Summer Awesome (Encore)
Today we are bringing back a favorite episode to help you prepare for summer. Those long, lovely summer days can offer some of our family’s best memories, but how do we create a little more structure…