Shape Your Family with Skip and Beth Swiger

Have dessert with us while we sit on our back patio and talk about what happens when you get what you asked for. Make sure your dreams are big enough and deep enough so that when you get what you ask for it's actually awesome. Have a purpose behind your goals. Ask God for wisdom while planning. Main encouragement starts around minute 13:47 Get your FREE Family Peace Journal here: https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/ (https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/)

You have the ability and the energy to do good to the people around you. Give, be generous, and love the people around you well. Also, let's think about ways that we can do good in our own home and to our own family. The Bible tells us to not grow weary in doing good; let us do good to all people, especially to the family of believers. Main encouragement starts around minute 16:00 Get your FREE Family Peace Journal here: https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/ (https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/)

Head in the clouds— it can be a good thing! Let's talk about having a higher perspective in life. Don't get trapped from a natural perspective and having fear. Look from an outside view at your circumstances, look above the chaos, and live from the unseen reality of God's viewpoint where solutions reside. Funny stories and chitchat first include: Beth didn't like having an alligator living behind the house, Beth wants an epidural to deal with annoying conversations with Skip, Skip flirts with death by wearing a shirt that says “My Wife is PsycHOTic”, Beth wants to keep the kids in a library dungeon so that they can be safe and read lots of books. Main encouragement at minute 16:30 Get your FREE Family Peace Journal here: https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/ (https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/)

Living a legacy— keeping the next 100 years in mind. Keep the future in mind as you make daily decisions. You're not just living for today. Design the atmosphere of your home and family life because the impact is generational. Play along with us on the (Not-So) Newlywed Game Starting out with funny stories and chitchat including: Skip got bit by a wolf (around minute 17:59) and why we had post-it notes stuck all over our house (around minute 31:33) Main encouragement begins around minute 34:00 Get your FREE Family Peace Journal here: https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/ (https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/)

Boldly communicating further than most couples are willing to go. We chose to make our communication better on purpose. We had to move past uncommunicated (and therefore unmet) expectations. Since you see the world through a different lens than your spouse, then we must communicate with each other to understand each other, even in our non-verbal communication. It's hard to stretch yourself and be vulnerable, but it's worth it. Play the (Not-So) Newlywed Game along with us! Main encouragement starts at minute 22:25 Get your FREE Family Peace Journal here: https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/ (https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/)

Play the Newlywed Game along with us (or Not-So-Newlywed like we are) then join us for a discussion about the beauty of boundaries in your marriage. Boundaries are a gateway to healthy living in things like respect, healthy communication, and protection of the marriage bond. Your marriage is valuable and worth protecting. Main encouragement starts around minute 25:02 Get your FREE Family Peace Journal here: https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/ (https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/)

Play the Newlywed Game along with us (even if you're a Not-So-Newlywed like we are) and then join us as we discuss why choosing emotional connection in your marriage is vital. Love covers a multitude of sins, so the little irritations in marriage can be smoothed over by being connected in love. You can eliminate offense in your marriage! The main encouragement starts around minute 22:07. Always stay to the end because we share “extra” funny stories at the final moments of the broadcast. Get your FREE Family Peace Journal here: https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/ (https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/)

Live video with 4 kids? Yep, we're crazy like that. Here's our encouragement to live life “kids incorporated” (no, not the awesome 80s tv show). Your kids have unique gifts, and a family working together as a team is a powerful force. Let your kids be involved in your good deeds so that you can change the world together! Kid quotes in the video: -“If you let your kids have a chance, they really know how to shine” -“Maybe we are not perfect, but love is always perfect” Main encouragement around minute 14:40 Get your FREE Family Peace Journal here: https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/ (https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/)

You were made to care about your community and love the people around you. Think about ways to love your community well. Funny stories and chitchat first include: our kids are gross when they eat certain candy and Skip gets wise advice from memes. Main encouragement starts around minute 11:55 Get your FREE Family Peace Journal here: https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/ (https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/)

You're more powerful than you think! Let's talk about changing bad mindsets. Funny stories and chitchat first include: Skip repeats stories all of the time, the buzzards ate our pork shoulder, and Beth made corned beef and cabbage for dinner because Skip's taste buds have changed. Main encouragement starts around minute 18:40 Get your FREE Family Peace Journal here: https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/ (https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/)

It's a season of change! Use the momentum as a catalyst for good changes in your life. Funny stories and chitchat first include: Skip hates passwords and Beth hates when Skip mispronounces words. We talk about the move The Shack around minute 20:15 Main encouragement begins around minute 28:30 Get your FREE Family Peace Journal here: https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/ (https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/)

We make space for gentleness! Let's talk about how we had to decide to make space for gentleness in our family... it didn't just happen. We see the results of lower stress and more harmonious living. Gentleness is part of who God is. Jesus and God are not Good Cop and Bad Cop; they are the same. Let us live like our God! Funny stories and chitchat first include: deli food with tuna melts... and how we like being old. Main encouragement starts around minute 11:30 Get your FREE Family Peace Journal here: https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/ (https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/)

Let's discuss how to prosper the garden of your heart! You're in charge of the meditations of your heart and the fruit that they bring. Be purposeful and intentional about what you're planting. You can enjoy the fruit of a good life. Funny stories and chitchat first include: Skip thinks recycling is a scam and Beth hates that Skip wants separate blankets on the same bed. The main encouragement begins around minute 26:35 Get your FREE Family Peace Journal here: https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/ (https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/)

Birds and Bees and Chocolate, Oh My! What is love? (Baby, don't hurt me!) Join us as we talk about what love is... and what love isn't. tl;dr Love isn't selfish, rude, or controlling; Love IS self-sacrifice and connection Funny stories and chitchat first include: Valentine's Day and How we talked about the birds and the bees with our kids. Encouraging conversation starts around minute 25:00 Get your FREE Family Peace Journal here: https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/ (https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/)

Let playfulness and joy be part of your family culture! When you have fun with your kids and your spouse, then you have equity to draw from in the difficult times. Funny stories and chitchat first: Skip would love to live on a boat, and Beth made jalapeño macaroni and cheese... so Skip got a stomachache, LOL. The main encouraging conversation begins around minute 23:44 Get your FREE Family Peace Journal here: https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/ (https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/)

Ready to reinvent? When life doesn't go as planned, it's time to reevaluate and possibly reinvent. Join us as we tell some of our story, and how we've experienced the miracle of reinvention... and lived to tell about it. As always, chitchat in the beginning— includes how Skip almost got us kicked out of Chick-Fil-A and how Beth's hair gets everywhere in our house. The main discussion starts around minute 18:18 Get your Family Peace Journal here: https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/ (https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/)

It's our aloha chat! We love aloha, kindness, and tangible goodwill. We want to encourage you to know that YOU were created for kindness! Chitchat in the beginning about how Skip drank too much coffee and how Beth wishes she was good at Trivial Pursuit. The main encouraging conversation starts around 10:59 minutes. Let's be tender-hearted, forgiving, and kind in our lives!

Hang out with us while we discuss sneakiness and how to keep it out of your family. Let's get rid of fear and shame... and start to communicate better! Chitchat is in the front. We chat about our family's food approach (short answer: it's thankfulness instead of complaints!) and then the main topic is around 13:49 minutes. Join the fun! Get your Family Peace Journal here: https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/ (https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/)

Our first live family talk before we even knew how to turn the camera the right way, lol. It's filled with lots of chitchat, including Skip's intense love of cinnamony churros. See where it all began! Get your Family Peace Journal here: https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/ (https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/)

Some down-home style stuff right here! It's like if your grandparents were trying to figure out how to tell their stories online. Here we are in 2016, granny-style discussing whether we want to make videos, and if we did, what we'd like to discuss in those videos. We decided to move forward, and we've discussed marriage, parenting, Christian discipleship, passionate love for God, personal character refinement, world travel, desserts, alligators, wolf bites, laughing together, laid-back lifestyle, and so much more. Welcome to the family! Get your Family Peace Journal here: https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/ (https://shapeyourfamily.ck.page/)