Seek Wholly Living with Christa Svoboda

Conflict in your marriage is guaranteed to happen. Try running a podcast with your spouse! Truly winning those conflicts doesn’t mean getting the upper hand in the argument though, or ultimately getting your way. To be able to have a happy and successful marriage for life requires conflicts to be managed in such a way that both you and your husband end the conflict as winners. Now, this may sound impossible, especially when you feel that you are definitely right, and he is definitely wrong.
Today’s guest is my friend, Starla Anderson. She and I will be discussing How to Win Conflicts in Your Marriage. You are going to love Starla! She is a professor of Conflict Management at Azusa Pacific University, educated in communications, law, and dispute resolution. Starla is also a mom who raised two amazing children and has a wonderfully healthy marriage. I’m so glad you joined us today as we learn how to win conflicts in our marriages.
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Health, fitness, and body image seems to be flooding my social media accounts this week. Every New Year this happens, so I wanted us to jump into the topic of body image here. I hope that you're joining us today with a heart prepared to be both encouraged and challenged as we approach these topics with a Biblical perspective that may cause some preconceived notions to shift.
I'm so honored to have one of my mentors from the last 12 years is joining us today. Her wisdom has shaped my Biblical worldview and the way that I study God's Word. Cindy Zuidema was my Bible Study Fellowship teaching leader for many years and I'm so grateful for the truth she has poured into me. She is a mama to 4 adult children and has been married for 34 years.
Cindy is the perfect person to share on this topic. She is sharing from her own personal story of how the Lord led her down a path to an understanding Himself in a beautiful way that impacts the way that she views health, fitness, and body image today.
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There is a beautiful way that motherhood connects moms from different backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities... we connect in a supernatural way because of the commonality of motherhood that we share. I've heard multiple moms share how their hearts are breaking for the mothers in Afghanistan with the devastation that is happening there.
I began praying that God would give me a way that I could actually help and I've seen that same desire from so many women. "What can I do? How can I help? How can I actually make a difference?" It feels so helpless being so far away and feeling like there is nothing you can do while seeing people go through such excruciating hurt.
Today I have a special conversation prepared for us with a friend who was a foreign aid worker in Afghanistan. She is going to paint a picture for us of what it actually looked like to live in Afghanistan, amongst the people, in their homes, and truly experiencing their culture.
We will spend the second part of our conversation discussing what we as moms can do right now to truly make a difference during these tragic times.
Donation links mentioned in the conversation:
World Relief (Christian Organization) : www.worldrelief.org
Target Wish list for refugee families: www.Miryslist.org
Resource for further education on Afghanistan mentioned in the conversation:
Thistles and Biscuits Afghanistan culture study for kids: www.thistlesandbiscuits.com
Resources for more information on what is happening in Afghanistan mentioned in the closing:
The Daily Wire YouTube video about the history of Afghanistan
The Family Research Council

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This is such a fun conversation! We're talking about reasons to celebrate in our home. We see it in God's Word from the very beginning when he was creating the world and he would say, "It was good." We continue to see celebrations in the Old Testament as the Israelites had practices and traditions of celebrations. We take place in the celebration of sabbath as we weekly rest and remember God's goodness. As a mom, we're often attending or planning annual birthday celebrations.
I love the many celebrations that come with the fall and winter seasons. My friends with me today are masters at celebrating well in their homes. I'm so excited to bring them to you to share about some different reasons and ways that we can celebrate as regular practices in their homes and also as seasonal practices.
My friend Michelle Akrami is back with me today. She has been married for 16 years and she and her husband have 5 children ranging in ages from 5-11. Being brought alongside her family for some celebrations has been such a joy! If you would like to see first hand what her celebrated life looks like you can follow her on Instagram @theunhurriedfarm or you can find her online at unhurriedfarm.com .
My friend Becky Slamer also celebrates so beautifully with her family and brings other families alongside her in their celebrations. Her children are 15 and 18 years old which I think is a helpful different perspective to bring. Sometimes as children grow and life becomes differently full, celebrations begin to fade away. But not with Becky! Becky celebrates so well with her older children also. She has been married fir 18 years and you can find her on Instagram @beckyslamer.
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Is your husband in a stressful job? I’m sure most of you can relate to your husband experiencing some type of job stress and how it impacts your marriage and children.

Today’s guests both have husbands with extraordinarily stressful jobs and years of experience cultivating a healthy marriage and home in the midst of that stress. I’m so glad to welcome back Starla Anderson and Wendy Tung. Starla is a professor of Conflict Management at my alma mater, Azusa Pacific University, and has two wonderful children. Wendy is a former full-time Police Officer for a large metropolitan police department before she transitioned to a homeschool mama to her two elementary-age, adventure loving children.
These ladies have so much live-changing wisdom to share that will help anyone navigate the difficulties of having a husband with a stressful job.

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