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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Thanksgiving is here… and if you’re like most moms, you’re feeling a mix of gratitude, exhaustion, pressure, and hope. You want connection with your teen, you want peace in your home, and you want to enjoy the holiday you’ve worked so hard to prepare — but the expectations threaten to steal your joy before the turkey even goes in the oven.

In this episode, Terri shares a powerful shift that changed her entire holiday experience:

✨ Trading expectations for expectancy — expectancy of what God is doing in you, in your teen, and in your home.

You’ll walk away with five practical, mom-tested rhythms that help you shift from overwhelm to overflow and open the door for deeper connection with your teen — even if the day gets messy, emotional, or chaotic.

You don’t need a perfect Thanksgiving.

You just need a peaceful heart.

Let’s build that together. 💛

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What if the #1 sign you’re actually a great mom has nothing to do with your teen’s behavior?

If you’ve been lying awake at night replaying conversations, wondering what you did wrong or why your teen seems more distant…this episode will lift a weight off your shoulders.

Inside, Terri reveals the hidden patterns that quietly create disconnection—and the one identity shift that helps you show up with confidence, peace, and clarity.

✨ If you’re ready to break out of these patterns for good, create the kind of relationship with you desire, I’d love you to join me in the Connect With Your Teen Roadmap group coaching program. This is where moms learn to rebuild trust, communicate with confidence, and form a connection that lasts. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/cwytroadmap

What You’ll Learn:

→ How to recognize when you’re measuring your worth by your teen’s behavior

→ Why identity—not performance—is the foundation for connection

→ How hidden communication patterns quietly push teens away

→ The mind renewing shift that helps you respond with clarity instead of fear

→ How to step into calm, anchored, Christ-centered communication—even when your teen is struggling

Want more support?

✨Join the Connect With Your Teen Roadmap: https://bit.ly/cwytroadmap

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