The Intentional Parents Podcast

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What's The Intentional Parents Podcast about?

Do you long to be intentional about raising your kids to be passionate Jesus followers? Do you wish for a thriving marriage? A thriving life? Each week Phil and Diane Comer, along with Brook and Elizabeth Mosser, bring biblical hope and practical help in the how of life, marriage, and parenting. We invite you to join the conversation!

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The Intentional Parents Podcast episodes:

06.05.2024
Abuse, Disintegration, Tech, and The Life We Need (Interview With Andy Crouch)
We have an incredible guest on the show today; Andy Crouch joins Brook for an insightful and rich conversation about technology and the family. You may know Andy Crouch from his books The Techwise Family or The Life We Were...
05.29.2024
Complaining, Negative Development, and Shame or Fear?
Complaining is not new to the human experience. We all suffer on this side of heaven; some is circumstantial, and some is perspective. Thankfully, the Bible has a lot to share with us about complaining. We hope you will join...
05.22.2024
The Highly Sensitive Person, Delighting in Your Child When it’s Not Easy and Living in a Season of Obscurity (Q+R)
Join us today for a Q+R where we respond to a few of your wonderfully, honest questions. This episode is for you if you are a highly sensitive person or are parenting one, if you struggle to connect with your...
05.15.2024
Alcohol & Food Addiction in a Culture of Normalization (Q+R)
We have the whole crew here today, and we are diving into a great question that was submitted to us: How do you talk to your kids about alcohol in a culture that normalizes it? There are a lot of...
05.08.2024
The Process of Formation to Jesus in our Families
How do we practically train our children to walk with Jesus and do what He did? On today’s show, we talk about a 4- step process that shows us how to bring our children on the journey with us. Just...
04.24.2024
Individualism, Tithing, and Living Beyond Our Families
Our culture is highly individualistic, but is this the way of the Kingdom? When we look at the early church in Acts, there is a marked difference in how they lived beyond themselves. They lived for their community and God....
04.17.2024
Forgiveness in Marriage, When sorry isn’t Enough, and Five ways to Apologize that bring Healing
We probably all have experienced a poor apology or even given one. On today’s show Phil+Diane and Brook+Elizabeth all sit down to discuss what a good apology looks like. It is so much more than the words you say or...
04.10.2024
Parental Gaslighting, The Greatest Enemy to our Children, and Parenting in Team (Interview with A.J Swoboda)
A.J. Swoboda is back on the show today! A.J. and Brook sit down to talk and laugh about deep thoughts that are vulnerable and real. Their conversation gets into desires and how critical it is to live in a place...
04.03.2024
Church Hurt, Parental Repentance, and Emotions lived out in our Bodies (Q+R)
Brook, Elizabeth, and Phil are here today to answer more of your questions. They cover three that range from how to align our bodies and emotions with the truth that our hearts already know, what true repentance looks like as...
03.27.2024
Parenting Through Emotions, Navigating the "I Feel, Therefore I Am Culture" and The Power of Emotions as God-Given Tools
Dallas Willard said it so well when he said, “Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.” We live in the “I feel, therefore I am” culture and no longer live in truth. In today’s show, we discuss how...
03.20.2024
Honoring Your Capacity, Insecurities, Complaining in Parenting and Four Key Questions to Embrace Your Calling and Capacity
Today’s show explores the question, What is God’s Heart with our capacity? Just because we are capable of something doesn’t mean we have the capacity for it. The questions we discuss in today’s show will challenge you in self-awareness to...
03.13.2024
Breaking Generational Patterns, Safety in Parenthood, Transforming Parenting Trauma + Raising Secure Children (Interview with Michael Handler)
We have Michael Handler, the Chief Innovation Officer at Awana, on today's show. Brook and Michael talked about becoming emotionally healthy and safe parents when this was not the model they grew up knowing. Michael reminds us that Christ is...
03.06.2024
Marriage, lessons learned over the long haul, and beyond “I do”
Marriage is hard, but it is worth the fight. On today’s show, we talk about marriage and things we can do or not do that will allow your marriage to thrive. Phil and Diane have been married for 45 years...
03.05.2024
The Intentional Motherhood Retreat 2024
How long has it been since someone- anyone- poured into you? In 2023, over 600 mothers gathered together to learn, to worship, to grow, to encourage, and to be encouraged. We are still in awe of what God did! The...
02.28.2024
From Fury to Peace: How to Navigate Conflict with Curiosity & Compassion
On today’s show, we are asking some questions to get us thinking about conflict in a helpful way. What does conflict bring up internally for us and What do we do when we are overwhelmed with the feelings that surround...
02.21.2024
Influencers, Accidental Mentorship, and How We Shape Our Families
Welcome to our living room! Today is our first Intentional video podcast! We hope now more than ever you feel like you are sitting in our living room conversing with us and that you leave with hope and encouragement to...
02.14.2024
Marriage, is therapy biblical, discipline, and what if you have already messed up badly as a parent? (Q+R live from San Diego)
We have a fun show for you today. All four of us recently traveled to a great church in San Diego called Rise City, and we got to sit down at the end of the conference to do a live...
01.31.2024
Anger, triggers and being at your wit’s end (Replay)
Today we are covering the topic of one of the eight primary emotions, anger. Anger reveals what matters to us- both good and not good. Anger becomes a warning signal, compelling humble people to look inside to identify what emotion...
01.24.2024
The Gift of NO! How kindness + firmness bring flourishing
When we teach our children to accept the word no, we give them a gift to help them as they mature into adulthood. On today’s show, Phil, Diane, Brook, and Elizabeth share some recent events where teaching the word no...
01.17.2024
Parenting in the Digital Age
Today, we discuss all things digital. How does technology form us? How does technology influence our children? What is our responsibility? The primary thing technology does is change our minds, and God invites us into the renewal of our minds....
12.20.2023
Creating a Culture of Connection, Expectations, and the Phonetic Pace at Christmas
In today’s show, we have Diane, Elizabeth, and Sally Lemos Lpc sharing a conversation about Christmas and all the expectations and pressures that can come up. So often, we strive to do everything, but do we know why we are...
12.13.2023
Parenting opposite personalities, repentance from anger, and having kids outside of marriage (Q+R)
Today, we continue answering your questions. Thank you for sending in such great ones! The first one we respond to is how to parent children who have the opposite personality as you; there is a challenge and a blessing that...
12.06.2023
Overcapacity, navigating death, and fathering from a deficit (Q+R)
Phil+Diane and Brook+Elizabeth respond to a few great questions in today's show. First, they talk about what to do when you feel overwhelmed with the load God has given you. Do you constantly feel like you are living outside of...
11.29.2023
Striving, Distractions, and Living from a Still Place (Interview with Katharine Hill)
It’s our pleasure to welcome back Katharine Hill on our podcast today. Katherine Hill is an Author, speaker, and director for Care for the Family. In our conversation today, we discuss challenges like busyness, distractions, striving, and the digital age....
11.15.2023
Anger, rage, and what it is trying to tell you (with guest Sally Lemos, MS, LPC)
Anger is a part of the human experience and can be unpleasant, but our anger can be a gift when we listen to what it wants to communicate. The incredible Sally Lemos, MS, LPC, is on the podcast again today....
11.08.2023
What to do with fear, anxiety, and shame in our parenting?
Our culture is fascinated with fear, but as Christians, how is God calling us to walk with him amid our fears? Today, the whole crew is here, and we talk all about fear, how we naturally respond to fear, how...
10.25.2023
A vision for your home, the daily mundane and the miraculous (Interview with Matt Markins)
Today, we have Matt Markins on the show. Matt is the president and CEO of Awana. Some of you may have grown up in Awana, and others have never heard of it; Awana is a child discipleship and formation program...
10.18.2023
Transparency, Fear of Failure and How the Church Can Respond to Trauma (Interview with Elizabeth Smith)
Today, We have Elizabeth Smith on the podcast. Elizabeth Smith is a professor at Moody Bible and an author. In this conversation, Brook and Elizabeth cover transparency with your kids, humility, and allowing shame to propel us to repair our...
10.11.2023
Motherhood Q+R (With Diane Comer, Elizabeth Mosser, Sally Lemos, and Greta Eskridge)
Today, we have ALL the speakers from our recent Motherhood Retreat sitting down and responding to your questions! There were hundreds of questions to respond to, but some to highlight in this episode are "How do I connect with boys...
10.04.2023
Resentment of duty and a joylessness boarding on anger + the pleasure principle
Today, we are diving into the waters of resentment, the pleasure principle, and what happens when we operate from a place of busyness and not rest. Often, in our very full lives, we can forget our end goal, Christ-likeness and...
09.27.2023
The problem with men in our world, the five shifts and beautiful terrible things (Interview with Jon Tyson)
Today, we have Jon Tyson on the podcast! So many fun and exciting topics are covered on the episode. We cover the problem of men in our time and what we can do to help our fathers, especially young boys....
09.20.2023
Cancel culture, judgment, and why mercy matters
Today, on the podcast, we walk through what it looks like to create a culture of mercy instead of judgment. We cover how God's awareness can shape our awareness and how we create this culture in our homes. We also...
09.06.2023
Essentials for Parenthood: Consecration
Consecration is a blessing for you, your family, and generations to come. It's a beautiful gift you can give your family. In today's Show, Phil and Brook break down what consecration means and what it looks like to live a...
08.23.2023
Bullies, mean girls, and creating an environment of safety, not judgment
Mean girls are not just in the movies. Today, Diane and Elizabeth talk about bullies, in particular mean girls. Our culture tolerates a level of speech towards one another that we have never seen before, especially online. It's everywhere, from...
08.16.2023
Testing boundaries, catastrophic fear, and homeschooling
The whole crew is here today to answer more of your thoughtful questions. We cover topics like what to do when your kids test the boundaries with grandparents or other caregivers. We tease out some tricky elements like the parent's...
08.09.2023
Chronic illness, helping your kids through trauma, and special needs
In today's show, Brook and Elizabeth, desire to bring you hope in the painful parts of your story. They answer your questions about kids with special needs, chronic illness, when to start testing your kids for a diagnosis, and how...
08.02.2023
Miscarriage, loss, and the aftermath (Interview with Ryan and Annie Miller)
In today's show, we have the privilege of talking to a beautiful couple, our friends Ryan and Annie Miller, about a challenging and sensitive subject. Ryan and Annie started a non-profit called Share the Struggle. Share The Struggle is a...
07.26.2023
Depression, anxiety, praying over our children, and the transition from kids to teens (Q+R)
In today's show, we respond to some of your great questions. We cover praying over your children, what it looks like, and what it doesn't look like. We discuss how easy it can be to use prayer to manipulate our...
07.19.2023
Intentional Grand-parenting and what adult children are needing from their parents
In a culture that puts a high value on retirement as the ultimate destination, this insightful conversation invites you to a different perspective on Grandparenthood. We talk about a mindset shift from grandparenting being a burden to a mindset of...
06.30.2023
Fatherlessness (Interview with Josh White)
On today's show, Brook interviews Lead Pastor, Songwriter, and author Josh White. Josh White lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and two kids and leads a beautiful church called Door of Hope; he has been in the music industry...
06.21.2023
Emotional neglect, being reparented and how to get what we need most
Today we cover the critical topic of not getting what we need as we are growing up. We cover emotional neglect, trauma, and how we recover. We talk through what happens when others accept us. Acceptance of who you are,...
06.14.2023
Measuring up, our mental committee, I should’s, the impossible mother, and shepherding our homes
Today's show talks about five ways moms are called to be shepherds in their homes. We define what a Shepherd is and what it looks like for moms of all ages. Our conversation circles around some vital elements like mom...
06.07.2023
Regrets, Big Emotions, and Knowing Yourself so You Can Control Yourself
Today we respond to one of your questions that we think deserved some thoughtful conversation. The question was asked, "If you could do one thing differently, what would it be?" In our response to this great question, we explore a...
05.17.2023
Parenting Children with Disabilities, God's Grace for Today and the Gift of the Un-know (Interview with Laura Wifler)
We have the executive director for the non-profit Risen Motherhood and talented Author Laura Wifler, on today's show. This interview is a sweet and transparent conversation about children with disabilities. Laura shares stories from her own life about how God...
05.10.2023
How to Discern God’s Will and The False Self
In today’s show, we talk about the different processes by which we make decisions. We make decisions every day, and sometimes they can be life-changing. Our culture tells us one way, but as followers of Jesus, how do we discern...
05.03.2023
The Bible Project, teaching the skill of discernment and chasing desires (Interview with Tim Mackie)
We are thrilled to have the co-founder and creative director of The Bible Project, Tim Mackie, on the show today. Brook and Tim dive into some big questions like what it looks like to be faithful to Jesus in our...
04.26.2023
Suffering, Prayer, and How to teach your kids to Talk to God (Interview with Strahan Coleman)
Today we have Strahan Coleman on the show. Strahan is a writer, spiritual director, and award-winning musician from New Zealand. In this rich conversation, Brook and Strahan discuss chronic pain, depression, anxiety, and how to find a vibrant faith amidst...
04.19.2023
Being oblivious, closed family culture, idols, absorbing without resentment, and why extended family is often the hardest
Why is it that sometimes close personal family and extended family are the hardest? Occasionally well-meaning family members can be your worst enemies, but why? What does the Bible say about this paradigm, and how can we live at peace...
04.12.2023
Why we over-respond, self-regulation, neuroception, and good enough parenting (Interview with Sally Lemos MS, LPC)
Today is a fantastic meaningful conversation. We have Sally Lemos on the show. We cover attachment, attunement, how to NOT parent from our woundedness, connection before correction, how to noitice when your flooded and so much more! Enjoy!
04.06.2023
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What's The Intentional Parents Podcast about?

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The Intentional Parents Podcast episodes:

Abuse, Disintegration, Tech, and The Life We Need (Interview With Andy Crouch)

Complaining, Negative Development, and Shame or Fear?

The Highly Sensitive Person, Delighting in Your Child When it’s Not Easy and Living in a Season of Obscurity (Q+R)

Alcohol & Food Addiction in a Culture of Normalization (Q+R)

The Process of Formation to Jesus in our Families

Individualism, Tithing, and Living Beyond Our Families

Forgiveness in Marriage, When sorry isn’t Enough, and Five ways to Apologize that bring Healing

Parental Gaslighting, The Greatest Enemy to our Children, and Parenting in Team (Interview with A.J Swoboda)

Church Hurt, Parental Repentance, and Emotions lived out in our Bodies (Q+R)

Parenting Through Emotions, Navigating the "I Feel, Therefore I Am Culture" and The Power of Emotions as God-Given Tools

Honoring Your Capacity, Insecurities, Complaining in Parenting and Four Key Questions to Embrace Your Calling and Capacity

Breaking Generational Patterns, Safety in Parenthood, Transforming Parenting Trauma + Raising Secure Children (Interview with Michael Handler)

Marriage, lessons learned over the long haul, and beyond “I do”

The Intentional Motherhood Retreat 2024

From Fury to Peace: How to Navigate Conflict with Curiosity & Compassion

Influencers, Accidental Mentorship, and How We Shape Our Families

Marriage, is therapy biblical, discipline, and what if you have already messed up badly as a parent? (Q+R live from San Diego)

Anger, triggers and being at your wit’s end (Replay)

The Gift of NO! How kindness + firmness bring flourishing

Parenting in the Digital Age

Creating a Culture of Connection, Expectations, and the Phonetic Pace at Christmas

Parenting opposite personalities, repentance from anger, and having kids outside of marriage (Q+R)

Overcapacity, navigating death, and fathering from a deficit (Q+R)

Striving, Distractions, and Living from a Still Place (Interview with Katharine Hill)

Anger, rage, and what it is trying to tell you (with guest Sally Lemos, MS, LPC)

What to do with fear, anxiety, and shame in our parenting?

A vision for your home, the daily mundane and the miraculous (Interview with Matt Markins)

Transparency, Fear of Failure and How the Church Can Respond to Trauma (Interview with Elizabeth Smith)

Motherhood Q+R (With Diane Comer, Elizabeth Mosser, Sally Lemos, and Greta Eskridge)

Resentment of duty and a joylessness boarding on anger + the pleasure principle

The problem with men in our world, the five shifts and beautiful terrible things (Interview with Jon Tyson)

Cancel culture, judgment, and why mercy matters

Essentials for Parenthood: Consecration

Bullies, mean girls, and creating an environment of safety, not judgment

Testing boundaries, catastrophic fear, and homeschooling

Chronic illness, helping your kids through trauma, and special needs

Miscarriage, loss, and the aftermath (Interview with Ryan and Annie Miller)

Depression, anxiety, praying over our children, and the transition from kids to teens (Q+R)

Intentional Grand-parenting and what adult children are needing from their parents

Fatherlessness (Interview with Josh White)

Emotional neglect, being reparented and how to get what we need most

Measuring up, our mental committee, I should’s, the impossible mother, and shepherding our homes

Regrets, Big Emotions, and Knowing Yourself so You Can Control Yourself

Parenting Children with Disabilities, God's Grace for Today and the Gift of the Un-know (Interview with Laura Wifler)

How to Discern God’s Will and The False Self

The Bible Project, teaching the skill of discernment and chasing desires (Interview with Tim Mackie)

Suffering, Prayer, and How to teach your kids to Talk to God (Interview with Strahan Coleman)

Being oblivious, closed family culture, idols, absorbing without resentment, and why extended family is often the hardest

Why we over-respond, self-regulation, neuroception, and good enough parenting (Interview with Sally Lemos MS, LPC)

The Intentional Motherhood Retreat