by Rachel | Mar 20, 2020 | personal growth, podcast, success stories
This week we interviewed Xaris Waltman on the Be Daring Life podcast. She is an amazing young woman who has a passion for music and storytelling. She has taken that passion and worked long and hard to develop it into a career that she loves. From a very young age, she...
by Rachel | Mar 9, 2020 | class, finance, personal growth, podcast, Uncategorized
We take over the podcast to talk about our story. We discuss the darkest time of our lives which we have never talked about publicly. Marriage can be so difficult because you are bringing together two people from two different families who were probably not educated...
by Rachel | Mar 4, 2020 | Announcements, delayed gratification, goal setting, personal growth
Oh no-we forgot to update all our non Facebook friends about what we decided to do after a year on our no sugary drink challenge! We went an entire year without any sweet tea, soda, juice (except communion), kool-aid or icees. We basically drank water/sparkling water...
by Rachel | Mar 2, 2020 | adventure, delayed gratification, goal setting, personal growth, podcast, Uncategorized
On podcast episode eight, we interviewed Josh Apple about what it takes to be a member of a Special Operations Force team. Josh serves in the Air Force as a Combat Controller. Combat controllers are rarely talked about, but they serve a vital role alongside other...
by Rachel | Feb 26, 2020 | Announcements, class, finance, money, parenting, personal growth
“You must gain control of your money, or the lack of it will forever control you. “-Dave Ramsey We are so excited to be announcing the launch of our new finance course! Our goal is to serve teens and parents and give them the skills that they need to be...
by Rachel | Feb 24, 2020 | delayed gratification, personal growth, podcast
On this episode we discuss the last year on our No Sugary Drink challenge. A year ago this Thursday, three of us decided that we were going to challenge each other to see who would be the first to drink a sugary drink. It became a battle to see who has more willpower....
by Rachel | Feb 17, 2020 | foster care, personal growth, podcast, Uncategorized
Zachary Reinhart (whom we have highlighted on the blog before here) joined us on the podcast to discuss teens in foster care. He gave us some insight into the confusing feelings and emotions that teens experience when they are put into care. Teens who are just coming...
by Rachel | Feb 15, 2020 | funny
So today’s blog post is going to be lighthearted and funny. This is a video that I took of Rebecca on the drive home from getting her wisdom teeth pulled. She talked about food most of the way home. She kept talking about how she is missing donuts. We had two...
by Rachel | Feb 14, 2020 | gratefulness, Time
Terrifying Moment In an instant your whole life can change. This time of year always brings about some reminders for our family, thanks to Facebook memories. Five years ago I was driving to band practice with three of the kids and a short bus pulled out in front of...
by Rachel | Feb 13, 2020 | personal growth, podcast
This week on the podcast we discussed in more depth a principle that we had talked about in a past blog post-https://raisingconfidentteens.com/2019/06/07/closed-mouths-dont-get-fed/. I have been doing this more consciously recently, and have been amazed at the...
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