Connected Families Podcast

conflict resolution for kids [https://connectedfamilies.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Ep-237-Conflict-resolution-for-kids-Stoyko-Gillette-1024x536.png] Everybody needs conflict resolution skills, but it shows up particularly for kids during the summer when they’ve got more free time to hang out with siblings and neighbors. What does conflict resolution for kids look like? Today we’re welcoming back Connected Families Certified Parent Coaches Nicole Gillette and Lyssa Stoyko to discuss how to view summer as an ideal opportunity to teach your kids conflict resolution skills. They walk us through the practical, four-step peace process that takes the overwhelm out of conflict. In this episode, you’ll learn how to guide your kids from crazy mountain to reconciliation meadow! Check out this video preview [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P9DzGI4SSPM] for what you’ll learn in this podcast. KEY POINTS: * Sometimes we can have unhelpful beliefs about conflict, and it can be encouraging to shift those beliefs toward viewing conflict as an opportunity for growth. * The peace process helps us move our kids from “Crazy Mountain” to “Reconciliation Meadow.” * Parents are responsible for teaching and guiding children through conflict, but the conflicts are theirs to resolve. * Helping siblings see and focus on the good about each other can be helpful when relationships are in need of connection. MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: * Beyond Boredom: Creating Rhythms with Your Kids in Mind | Ep. 236 [https://connectedfamilies.org/listen/] * BLOGPOST: Siblings Arguing Again? Here’s 3 Tips to Help You Know When to Step In and Help Your Kids [https://connectedfamilies.org/siblings-arguing-stop-refereeing/] * BLOGPOST: Have You Experienced the Benefits of Child-Led Play? [https://connectedfamilies.org/the-benefits-of-child-led-play/] * Sibling Conflict Online Course [http://connectedfamilies.org/courses/sibling-conflict/] * Connected Families Certified Parent Coaching Program [https://connectedfamilies.org/coaching/] * Calming Strategies from the Connected Families Website [https://connectedfamilies.org/equipping-kids-calm-self-regulation/] Visit our website [https://connectedfamilies.org/] for additional resources to support your parenting needs. Love the podcast? Leave a review to help other parents discover the show! *This podcast was made possible by members of The Table [https://connectedfamilies.org/monthly-giving/], whose monthly support creates a ripple effect of change for generations to come. We’d love to have you take a seat at The Table! [https://connectedfamilies.org/monthly-giving/]* GUEST BIO: Lyssa Stoyko is a wife, foster, and adoptive mama of three children who are six, six and a half, and seven years old. Her house is active and noisy! She is also a Connected Famlies Certified Coach. Along with her parent coaching company [https://lyssastoyko.com/], she hosts the podcast “Moms Take Ten.” [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moms-take-ten/id1612147126] Nicole Gillette is a teacher, Connected Families Certified Parent Coach, and founder of the non-profit Raising Wonder [https://www.raisingwonder.org/], with experience supporting educators, families, and children. After working for over a decade in a wide variety of schools, Nicole now focuses on equipping adults with tools for connection, communication, and confidence as they raise and love the kids in their lives. She is also helping lead a local nonprofit that offers an indoor playspace designed to foster community and play-based learning for young children and their caregivers. Nicole is a mom of two kids! You can also find Raising Wonder [https://www.raisingwonder.org/] on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552555106693] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/raisingwonderfoundation?igsh=MXg0d3IxZnZkaGlqMg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr]. © 2025 Connected Families ---------------------------------------- New [https://connectedfamilies.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/New.png] SPECIAL JULY OFFER Join The Table this month and enjoy FREE access to our popular Sibling Conflict online course PLUS a free enrollment to share with another family. Join Today! [https://connectedfamilies.org/table/#donate-monthly]

summer boredom [https://connectedfamilies.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Ep-236-Beyond-Summer-Boredom-Stoyko-Gillette-1024x536.png] Through today’s podcast, feel equipped with parenting ideas that transform chaotic summer days and summer boredom into opportunities for family connection and growth. In this episode, host Stacy Bellward interviews Connected Families Certified Parent Coaches Nicole Gillette and Lyssa Stoyko. They share real-world and practical wisdom for summer success with kids at home during the break. Check out this video preview [https://youtube.com/shorts/NTcV0awXV0Y?si=-z570-2HYqmT-RpU] for what you’ll learn in this podcast! KEY POINTS: * Acknowledging your beliefs and expectations about summer can mean addressing how it looks different from what you expected, and that’s okay. * Maintaining routines and flexible structure can help kids during the summer * Scheduling activities that intentionally help posture your family for success by balancing what they need and what you are able to provide as a parent * Using questions and narration can be really helpful during challenging times of transition MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: * The Peace Process [https://connectedfamilies.org/the-peace-process/] * Sibling Conflict Online Course (use coupon code: Sibling19 to take the course for $19) [http://connectedfamilies.org/courses/sibling-conflict/] * Power of Questions Online Course [https://connectedfamilies.org/courses/questions/] * Luke 8:22-25 [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%208%3A22-25&version=NIV] Visit our website [https://connectedfamilies.org/] for additional resources to support your parenting needs. Love the podcast? Leave a review to help other parents discover the show! *This podcast was made possible by members of The Table [https://connectedfamilies.org/monthly-giving/], whose monthly support creates a ripple effect of change for generations to come. We’d love to have you take a seat at The Table! [https://connectedfamilies.org/monthly-giving/]* GUEST BIO: Lyssa Stoyko is a wife, foster, and adoptive mama of three children who are six, six and a half, and seven years old. Her house is active and noisy! Along with her parent coaching company [https://lyssastoyko.com/], she hosts the podcast “Moms Take Ten.” [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moms-take-ten/id1612147126] Nicole Gillette is a teacher, Connected Families certified parent coach, and founder of the non-profit Raising Wonder [https://www.raisingwonder.org/], with experience supporting educators, families, and children. After working for over a decade in a wide variety of schools, Nicole now focuses on equipping adults with tools for connection, communication, and confidence as they raise and love the kids in their lives. She is also helping lead a local nonprofit that offers an indoor playspace designed to foster community and play-based learning for young children and their caregivers. Nicole is a mom of two kids! You can also find Raising Wonder on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552555106693] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/raisingwonderfoundation?igsh=MXg0d3IxZnZkaGlqMg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr]. © 2025 Connected Families ---------------------------------------- New [https://connectedfamilies.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/New.png] SPECIAL JULY OFFER Join The Table this month and enjoy FREE access to our popular Sibling Conflict online course PLUS a free enrollment to share with another family. Join Today! [https://connectedfamilies.org/table/#donate-monthly]

homeschool stress [https://connectedfamilies.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Ep-235-Nyvall-Love-Homeschool-Stress-1024x536.png] Homeschooling can be delightful, beautiful, and an amazing privilege! It can also be hard. You can move beyond homeschool stress and experience peace in your home. Today we’ve got Marni Love and Amy Nyvall, homeschool moms and Connected Families certified parent coaches, here to address the real challenges homeschool families face daily. From sibling conflicts, pushback during lessons, and the toxic beliefs about ourselves and our children, they share vulnerable stories and practical strategies for creating a peaceful learning environment. This episode serves as an introduction to their upcoming LIVE Homeschooling Webinar “Homeschool Discipline: 4 Ways to Cultivate Calm, Connection, and Confidence“ [https://community.connectedfamilies.org/product/homeschool-discipline/]. In the webinar they’ll dive deeper into practical tools for homeschool families seeking to apply the Connected Families Framework. KEY POINTS: * Common challenges homeschool families face that are different than the ideals in our minds * Replacing toxic beliefs about yourself and your children with grace-filled truths that you review regularly * Practical strategies for handling pushback and emotional moments during lessons * How the concept of “slow, low, and listen” can help families when tensions rise during the day * Creating margin in your school day for connection and conflict resolution MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: * Connected Families Parent Coach Certification Program [https://connectedfamilies.org/coaching/] * Sensitive & Intense Kids online course [https://connectedfamilies.org/courses/sensitive-intense-kids/] * FREE PDF: Slow/Low/Listen [http://FREE PDF: Slow/Low/Listenhttps://connected-families.kit.com/19045c7d0a] * You Lost Your Temper with Your Child: How to Make Things Better Again [https://connectedfamilies.org/should-parents-have-do-overs-too/] * Marni Love Website [https://www.marnilove.com/] * Learn more about Amy Nyvall: Coach Profile [https://connectedfamilies.org/coaches/amy-nyvall/] * REGISTER NOW: Homeschool Discipline: 4 Ways to Cultivate Calm, Connection, and Confidence July 16th 10:00am CST [https://community.connectedfamilies.org/product/homeschool-discipline/] Check out our website [https://connectedfamilies.org/] for more resources to support your parenting! Love the podcast? Leave a review to help other parents discover the show! *This podcast was made possible by members of The Table [https://connectedfamilies.org/monthly-giving/], whose monthly support creates a ripple effect of change for generations to come. We’d love to have you take a seat at The Table! [https://connectedfamilies.org/monthly-giving/]* GUEST BIO: Marni Love is a former public school teacher who has been a home educator for 14 years. She is a Homeschool Mentor, a Certified Connected Families Parent Coach, and an instructor for CF coaches-in-training. Marni enjoys spending time with her husband, Eric, and their three sons in the beautiful mountains and beaches of Northern California. You can connect with her through her website, marnilove.com. Amy Nyvall is a Connected Families Certified Parent Coach who lives near Portland, Oregon, where she homeschools her kids ages 14,11, and 9 and leads a vibrant Charlotte Mason Education Community. Contact Amy at amynyvall@gmail.com or learn more about her here: https://connectedfamilies.org/coaches/amy-nyvall/. Amy is available for coaching and speaking on the Connected Families Framework. © 2025 Connected Families ---------------------------------------- homeschool webinar live thumbnail 1 [https://connectedfamilies.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/homeschool-webinar-live-thumbnail-1.png] Are math lessons causing meltdowns? Is your homeschool calendar overwhelming everyone? Join experienced homeschool moms and Connected Families Certified Parent Coaches Amy and Marni for a transformative webinar designed to help you move beyond daily power struggles by fostering genuine connection and nurturing your child’s confidence. Learn how to connect before you correct, coach your kids toward responsibility, and create a peaceful, joy-filled learning environment. Register Now [https://community.connectedfamilies.org/product/homeschool-discipline/]

ep 234 Tobie Dads and Empathy 1 [https://connectedfamilies.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ep-234-Tobie-Dads-and-Empathy-1-1024x536.png] In honor of Father’s Day, Jim Jackson and Mike Tobie have a conversation about empathy. Mike Tobie shares his authentic journey in developing grace and empathy with his family. This powerful conversation explores how showing God’s grace and empathy can be applied in equipping our children and how that models Christ to them. In this episode, you’ll discover the transformational healing that can happen when parents move toward their children in a way that connects with their hearts. KEY POINTS: * Offering understanding helps our children feel safe and supported rather than alone and ashamed * Understanding God’s unconditional grace can deepen our capacity to extend empathy and grace to our children * These principles of empathy can apply to marriages, ministry, and all other relationships as we become “a light of the Gospel.” MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: * Philippians 4:8 [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians%204%3A8&version=NIV] * Hebrews 4:15 [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%204%3A15&version=NIV] * 1 Kings 19:11-13 [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Kings%2019%3A11-13&version=NIV] * Connected Families Parent Coach Certification Program [https://connectedfamilies.org/coaching/] Check out our website [https://connectedfamilies.org/] for more resources to support your parenting! Rate this podcast to help others discover the show easily! *This podcast was made possible by members of The Table [https://connectedfamilies.org/monthly-giving/], whose monthly support creates a ripple effect of change for generations to come. We’d love to have you take a seat at The Table! [https://connectedfamilies.org/monthly-giving/]* GUEST BIO: Born and raised in Chicagoland, Mike has been in Sacramento, CA for 10 years. He has been married to Kelly for 9 years, and they have three children, ages 1, 3, and 6. Mike has been in full-time sport ministry for the past 3 years, and is preparing to move to Guatemala this summer to launch a sports ministry. He is currently in Phase 2 of the Connected Families Parent Coach Program. © 2025 Connected Families ---------------------------------------- The table horizontal light background [https://connectedfamilies.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/The-table-horizontal-light-background.png] PARENTING IS 24/7. PARENTING RESOURCES AND SUPPORT SHOULD BE TOO. You’ve experienced the confidence, clarity, and calling of biblical parenting wisdom. Your support makes this transformation possible for others. Join our monthly donor community, The Table [https://connectedfamilies.org/monthly-giving/], to bring Christ-centered help and hope to families daily. I want to join The Table! [https://connectedfamilies.org/monthly-giving/]

ep 233 Jim and Lynne Screen addiction [https://connectedfamilies.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ep-233-Jim-and-Lynne-Screen-addiction--1024x536.png] Even if your kids aren’t struggling with screen addiction, Connected Families co-founders Jim and Lynne Jackson want to help you shift the conversation away from a big “No” to a big “Yes!” In this episode, you will discover how to apply this transformative approach to managing screen time in your family. Listen in to help your children find their God-given purpose and calling beyond screens! KEY POINTS: * Jim and Lynne share how their initial parenting approach toward screens escalated with their son, leading them back to the Foundation level of the framework * Mutual accountability with daily screen usage creates trust and open dialogue in a world where screens are here to stay * Helping your children discover real-world activities that align with their God-given gifts MENTIONED IN THIS PODCAST: * The Mindful Marriage [https://amzn.to/4kTQM5m] by Ron & Nan Deal and Terry & Sharon Hargrave * Driver’s Training for Social Media Online Course [https://training.knowcurtains.com/socialmedia/hmgwc] * Screens Webinar with Matt & Jill Reed [https://community.connectedfamilies.org/product/unmasking-social-media/?_gl=1*11dr3jz*_gcl_au*MjA0MTgwMDg1Ni4xNzQxODAzNDg1Ljc3MjI0NDM5LjE3NDc4MzE1ODguMTc0NzgzMTU4OA..*_ga*MjA1NTc5MjUxLjE3MzM4NjMwNTM.*_ga_0DHR2MLFYS*czE3NDc4NDY3MTgkbzE1NyRnMSR0MTc0Nzg0Njc1NSRqMjMkbDAkaDAkZHAxTlo4TFQwUEJyRzY4eWpQZGo0RmpIZFZKcDJ5a0VnQkE.] * Good Pictures, Bad Pictures [https://www.defendyoungminds.com/product/good-pictures-bad-pictures] * 1 Corinthians 6:12 [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%206%3A12&version=NIV] * Luke 2:52 [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%202%3A52&version=NIV] Check out our website [https://connectedfamilies.org/] for more resources to support your parenting! Love the podcast? Leave a review to help other parents discover the show! *This podcast was made possible by members of The Table [https://connectedfamilies.org/monthly-giving/], whose monthly support creates a ripple effect of change for generations to come. We’d love to have you take a seat at The Table! [https://connectedfamilies.org/monthly-giving/]* GUEST BIO: Jim and Lynne Jackson are the Co-Founders of Connected Families in Plymouth, MN. With over 50 combined years of professionally helping families and a love for working in the church, Jim and Lynne have been dedicated to bringing reliable, God-centered, research-based parenting resources to all families since 2002. © 2025 Connected Families ---------------------------------------- Drivers Training for Social Media KC [https://connectedfamilies.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Drivers-Training-for-Social-Media-KC.png] DRIVER’S TRAINING FOR SOCIAL MEDIA We’re experiencing the biggest communication shift in history—and most of us haven’t had guidance. Until now. If you want a clear roadmap for today’s digital world, less screen time, more meaningful offline moments, and a media plan that truly works… this course is for you. Learn More & Register! [https://training.knowcurtains.com/socialmedia]