Parents Take Five

Episode 57 - Pandemic Prayers with Katy Stenta

Welcome to the second part of Jen's amazing conversation with Katy Stenta! In this, she wraps up her thoughts around parenting children with special needs and talks a bit about her writings and the prayers for this pandemic world she's been Tweeting. 
For more about Katy, check out the bio in episode fifty-six. 

Episode 56 - Special Needs Parenting with Katy Stenta

Katy Stenta is a solo pastor and a full-time mom, reader of fantasy and creator. She basically talks all the time...sometimes it’s to God, sometimes it’s through a blog, sometimes it’s to nonexistent book characters and sometimes it’s out loud. Today we have the first of a two-part episode with Katy where Jen chats with her about parenting special needs children, Katy's writing, her own personal theology, and so much more. Make sure you come back next time for the rest of Jen and Katy's conversation. 

Episode 55 - Kindness

In today's episode, Jen is back to talk about kindness. Something so simple, yet something we see so little of in our social media lives right now. Jen suggests a book on kindness you can read with your kids at the end of the episode. Head over to the Parents Take Five Facebook page to learn more. 

Episode 54 - Simple, Authentic, Repeatable with Traci Smith

Traci Smith is an ordained minister, mother of three, and author. Traci's passion is helping families find times for connection and spiritual nourishment amid the hustle and bustle of daily life. What began as a quest to help her own family has provided valuable insight for thousands of others. Traci believes faith practices should be simple, authentic, and repeatable. Today, Jen chat specifically about Traci's book "Prayers for Faithful Families" and the valuable ways we pray with our children.
To find more of Traci's resources, including her weekly Treasure Box Tuesday newsletter, check out www.traci-smith.com.

Episode 53 - Love God, Love Others, Love You with Aisha Brooks-Johnson

Rev. Aisha Brooks-Johnson has a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and is currently the executive presbyter of the Greater Atlanta Presbytery (a network of 92 churches and over 400 clergy). Aisha is also a proud mom and a heck of a singer. Today, she talks with Rev. Jen about what parents need to hear and need to remember in this time of uncertainty and constant hard decisions. 

Episode 52 - Big Feelings

Along with all the newness that's accompanying our new normal, there are also a lot of big feelings coming along with it. We think that as parents we aren't allowed to feel or show these big feelings. Even more, we can sometimes forget that our little ones are feeling big things as well. In today's episode, Jen acknowledges those big feelings and talks through how to sit with those big, intense, and sometimes scary feelings. 

Episode 51 - List of 5 with JC McDaniel

Today we welcome back licensed therapist JC McDaniel to talk about his List of 5. This is a concept JC came up with in his marriage and something that Jen swears by in her own marriage. To hear more from JC, make sure to check out episode 50 "Who's the Heavy Lifter" as well. 

Episode 50 - Who's the Heavy Lifter?

In today's episode, Jen sits down with licensed therapist, JC McDaniel. JC uses his own experiences as a father and husband to talk about the benefit of recognizing that this parenting thing was always hard even without the curve ball of COVID-19, how putting a new schedule in place within your family helps you all respond a little easier to life right now, and who happens to be the heavy lifter in your partnerships.