Welcome back to Connect With Your Teens! Today’s episode kicks off a brand-new holiday series designed to help moms walk through December with hope, peace, and confidence — even if Thanksgiving left you feeling discouraged or disconnected from your teen.

If you walked into Thanksgiving hoping for warmth, connection, laughter, and maybe one of those rare moments where your teen chooses to be around you… but instead you ended the day feeling dismissed, drained, or hurt — you’re not alone. And now that Christmas is coming, you might already feel that knot of worry rising in your chest:

“What if it’s the same? What if it’s worse? What if I can’t fix this?”

If you want a jump start — a simple way to start building connection and rebuilding trust this week — join me for the free live Connect With Your Teen Workshop: Build trust in 10 minutes a day. Stop walking on eggshells this week!

✨ Thursday, December 4th at 1:00 PM MST

✨ Sign up here: https://bit.ly/connectwithyourteenworkshop

In this episode, we look at:

• Why fear tries to hijack your parenting
• How trying to fix or manage everything actually pushes your teen further away
• What Scripture and the story of Naomi, Ruth & Boaz reveal about hope when everything feels lost
• A powerful story about a mom who heard God’s peace in the middle of fear
• Three simple spiritual steps to restore hope and soften your heart before Christmas

You’ll walk away knowing how to prepare for the coming weeks with a grounded heart, fresh hope, and a posture that invites connection — not conflict.

Scriptures and References in this episode:

• Ruth 1:13 – Naomi’s grief and belief that God’s hand was against her
• 1 Peter 5:7 (TPT) – “Pour out all your worries…”
• Isaiah 61:1 – He binds up the brokenhearted
• Acts 17:28 – “In Him we live and move and have our being”
• Romans 15:13 – The God of hope filling us with joy and peace
• Worship song: David Crowder singing “Every Move I Make” by David Ruis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW4Dv7Ak4Uc

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