AuthentiKated Christian Parenting

Finding Presence in Parenting

Hola, friends! We come to you today from Mexico! We have been on vacation here since last Tuesday, and leave this coming Tuesday, July 19th. We have had a wonderful time here and are greatly enjoying our Summer vacation in general, but we are super aware that it's now been over a month since we have published an episode! So we're back, and today we're doing a super short episode on how our culture and societal expectations can keep us on an ever-moving treadmill that is hard to get off. We discuss how we can slow down as people, but especially as parents, to be more PRESENT in our children's lives. How we can actually put those to-do lists on hold, take a moment for ourselves and be fully present with our children and each other. So wherever you're listening from, we hope this mini-episode is encouraging to you and that it helps you step away from the busyness of your life, even for a little while or for a few moments, to get back to what your life is truly about....living. Enjoy!
Parents, do you need help planning for Summer for your kids? Well, we've got you! Click on the link below for your Summer Survival Guide FREE DOWNLOAD created just for you!
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Or, maybe, you need some calm in your life and are looking for a way back to your sanity? Check out our 3 parenting hacks to do just that! Link below.
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If you are a mama who needs some daily encouragement and affirmations, I've got you! Click the link below for 15 FREE affirmations for your iPhone wallpaper and be encouraged every day!
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If you are struggling with disciplining your children, check out the FREE DOWNLOAD link below with Our 3 Secrets to Discipline Your Children Effectively and in Love. We would love to know how these strategies work for you, so please reach out and let us know with questions or comments!
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You can always find Kate on Instagram at Authentic Parenting Coach https://www.instagram.com/authentikate22/
You can also check out our website at https://www.authentikate22.com
Email us with questions, comments or to be on the show at https://www.authentikate22@gmail.com
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Technology and Kids: What the Heck Do We Do With It?

Are you overwhelmed and frustrated by technology when it comes to your kids? Do you even know where to begin? Do you question whether or not you should set limits and boundaries? Do you struggle with knowing what app permissions to give your kids? Do you have conversations with your kids about technology - the good, the bad AND the ugly of it? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then listen in on today's episode! Nate and I have an open and honest conversation with Trinity and Sydney about technology - phones, computers, TV, etc. - and get their thoughts on it. We also share our thoughts and perspectives as their parents on what we limit, and why. We believe that parents' are their children's first defense against the world, and that includes being vigilant about what your children are seeing and hearing in all forms. We believe it is important to have age-appropriate conversations with your kids about technology so you can both weigh in on why you both feel the way you do, as well as make your kids aware of the education, fun and positive influences media can have, but also the negative influences and dangers that technology brings, as well. We hope this episode is helpful for you and that you walk away gaining a little more insight on how you can choose to manage technology in your own home with your children. Enjoy!
Parents, do you need help planning for Summer for your kids? Well, we've got you! Click on the link below for your Summer Survival Guide FREE DOWNLOAD created just for you!
https://www.subscribepage.com/summer-survival-guide
If you are a mama who needs some daily encouragement and affirmations, I've got you! Click the link below for 15 FREE affirmations for your iPhone wallpaper and be encouraged every day!
https://www.subscribepage.com/15-iphone-wallpaper-affirmations-for-moms
If you are struggling with disciplining your children, check out the FREE DOWNLOAD link below with 6 Steps to Discipline Your Children Well. We would love to know how these strategies work for you, so please reach out and let us know with questions or comments!
https://www.subscribepage.com/6-steps-to-discipline-your-children-well
You can always find us on Instagram at Parenting Coach (@authentikate_and_nate) • Instagram photos and videos for parenting, marriage and self-care content!
You can also check out our website at https://www.authentikate22.com
Email us with questions, comments or to be on the show at https://www.authentikate22@gmail.com
And you can also join our private AuthentiKate + Nate Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1130336367771619
We would also love if you would rate and review us on the platform you listen on! It means the world to us and helps this podcast reach so many more!

Question and Answer Time with Our Girls

Today's episode was a super fun one to do! While Nate was away taking care of items on his to-do list, I interviewed Trinity and Sydney on a variety of topics and they gave some pretty great, and honest, answers. We covered everything from how they feel about each other, to school, to what it's been like living at a boarding school and sharing their parents, as well as how Nate and I can improve. Did I say they were honest? But all joking aside, they did a great job and they share some great perspectives and insight on what it's like to be them, and what it's like to be a kid these days. We hope you enjoy this one and we'll be back next week as a family to discuss their opinions and perspectives on their generation's use of technology. Enjoy!
Parents, do you need help planning for Summer for your kids? Well, we've got you! Click on the link below for your Summer Survival Guide FREE DOWNLOAD created just for you!
https://www.subscribepage.com/summer-survival-guide
If you are a mama who needs some daily encouragement and affirmations, I've got you! Click the link below for 15 FREE affirmations for your iPhone wallpaper and be encouraged every day!
https://www.subscribepage.com/15-iphone-wallpaper-affirmations-for-moms
If you are struggling with disciplining your children, check out the FREE DOWNLOAD link below with 6 Steps to Discipline Your Children Well. We would love to know how these strategies work for you, so please reach out and let us know with questions or comments!
https://www.subscribepage.com/6-steps-to-discipline-your-children-well
You can always find us on Instagram at Parenting Coach (@authentikate_and_nate) • Instagram photos and videos for parenting, marriage and self-care content!
You can also check out our website at https://www.authentikate22.com
Email us with questions, comments or to be on the show at https://www.authentikate22@gmail.com
And you can also join our private AuthentiKate + Nate Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1130336367771619
We would also love if you would rate and review us on the platform you listen on! It means the world to us and helps this podcast reach so many more!

Overcoming Bullying and Racial Barriers Through Books with Andre’a Cross

Welcome back! Andre'a Cross is my guest on today's episode and she brings a wealth of wisdom and knowledge and a large dose of authenticity to our conversation. Andre'a is the mother of 5 (yes, 5!) girls, but she is also a wife and entrepreneur. She shares her story of how she and her husband took an imaginative and uncoventional route to respond to the bullying and racism that two of their older daughters faced in school WHILE ONLY IN 3RD GRADE. Her story is inspiring and I just love how she advocates, empowers and equips girls to be and celebrate who they are and were created to be in this world. She also shares her journey of motherhood and being an entrepreneur with us and all the lessons she's learned and adventures she's embarked on because of it. So listen in and enjoy, and follow Andre'a and grab some Geeky Girls Journal books and merchandise at the links below to empower, equip and encourage the girls in your life!
You can find Andre'a on Instagram at Geeky Girls Journal (@geekygirlsjourn) • Instagram photos and videos
and grab the books she created with her husband at https://www.geekygirlsjournal.com
Parents, do you need help planning for Summer for your kids? Well, we've got you! Click on the link below for your Summer Survival Guide FREE DOWNLOAD created just for you!
https://www.subscribepage.com/summer-survival-guide
If you are a mama who needs some daily encouragement and affirmations, I've got you! Click the link below for 15 FREE affirmations for your iPhone wallpaper and be encouraged every day!
https://www.subscribepage.com/15-iphone-wallpaper-affirmations-for-moms
If you are struggling with disciplining your children, check out the FREE DOWNLOAD link below with 6 Steps to Discipline Your Children Well. We would love to know how these strategies work for you, so please reach out and let us know with questions or comments!
https://www.subscribepage.com/6-steps-to-discipline-your-children-well
You can always find us on Instagram at Parenting Coach (@authentikate_and_nate) • Instagram photos and videos for parenting, marriage and self-care content!
You can also check out our website at https://www.authentikate22.com
Email us with questions, comments or to be on the show at https://www.authentikate22@gmail.com
And you can also join our private AuthentiKate + Nate Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1130336367771619
We would also love if you would rate and review us on the platform you listen on! It means the world to us and helps this podcast reach so many more!

How To Instill Confidence In Your Children

Welcome back, friends! On today's episode, we discuss the importance of instilling confidence in your children. We discuss how we do that in our own lives and also some of the traps that can come along with some of the messages our kids hear from their peers and social media that attempt to instill confidence in them, but end up leading them the wrong way. We also discuss being mindful of how we speak to, and about, others, as well as how we speak about ourselves. Our children are always listening and watching and we need to be sure that we are not only verbally instilling the messages we want them to hear and absorb, but role-modeling those messages, too. Let us know, how do you instill confidence in your kids? Come join our Facebook Page and share!
Parents, do you need help planning for Summer for your kids? Well, we've got you! Click on the link below for your Summer Survival Guide FREE DOWNLOAD created just for you!
https://www.subscribepage.com/summer-survival-guide
If you are a mama who needs some daily encouragement and affirmations, I've got you! Click the link below for 15 FREE affirmations for your iPhone wallpaper and be encouraged every day!
https://www.subscribepage.com/15-iphone-wallpaper-affirmations-for-moms
If you are struggling with disciplining your children, check out the FREE DOWNLOAD link below with 6 Steps to Discipline Your Children Well. We would love to know how these strategies work for you, so please reach out and let us know with questions or comments!
https://www.subscribepage.com/6-steps-to-discipline-your-children-well
You can always find us on Instagram at Parenting Coach (@authentikate_and_nate) • Instagram photos and videos for parenting, marriage and self-care content!
You can also check out our website at https://www.authentikate22.com
Email us with questions, comments or to be on the show at https://www.authentikate22@gmail.com
And you can also join our private AuthentiKate + Nate Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1130336367771619
We would also love if you would rate and review us on the platform you listen on! It means the world to us and helps this podcast reach so many more!

Embracing Individuality & Oneness in Our Marriage

Hi, friends! Today on the show we are discussing how we have embraced our own individuality within our marriage, while also celebrating and enjoying the time we spend together. As you know, Nate and I live AND work together, and while we enjoy being and working together, there are times that we take just for ourselves to pursue our own down-time, hobbies or time with friends. We know that figuring out how you fit into your new-found one-ness once you get married can be difficult for some, and we want to share what has helped us not only embrace our individual passions and desires within our marriage, but how we also respect each other's need for that. We believe that not everything in marriage has to be shared, but we do support each other in our ventures and in our individual friendships. Listen along as we share how we navigate this. We'll also give some tips if you're struggling for some "you" time within all of the marital "we" time. Enjoy!
Parents, do you need help planning for Summer for your kids? Well, we've got you! Click on the link below for your Summer Survival Guide FREE DOWNLOAD created just for you!
https://www.subscribepage.com/summer-survival-guide
If you are a mama who needs some daily encouragement and affirmations, I've got you! Click the link below for 15 FREE affirmations for your iPhone wallpaper and be encouraged every day!
https://www.subscribepage.com/15-iphone-wallpaper-affirmations-for-moms
If you are struggling with disciplining your children, check out the FREE DOWNLOAD link below with 6 Steps to Discipline Your Children Well. We would love to know how these strategies work for you, so please reach out and let us know with questions or comments!
https://www.subscribepage.com/6-steps-to-discipline-your-children-well
You can always find us on Instagram at Parenting Coach (@authentikate_and_nate) • Instagram photos and videos for parenting, marriage and self-care content!
You can also check out our website at https://www.authentikate22.com
Email us with questions, comments or to be on the show at https://www.authentikate22@gmail.com
And you can also join our private AuthentiKate + Nate Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1130336367771619
We would also love if you would rate and review us on the platform you listen on! It means the world to us and helps this podcast reach so many more!

Breaking Free From the Containers with Masako Kozawa

Welcome back to another Friday episode of AuthentiKate & Nate, friends! Today our guest is Masako Kozawa. Masako is a Japanese American who spent the first 21 years of her life in Japan before coming to the U.S. to attend college. She has now been in the U.S. for 20 years and what she has learned through her cultural, religious and personal journey is amazing and eye-opening. Masako shares with us how she navigated her divorce from her husband and becoming a single mother, as well as what it means to be a Christian and live within the Christian community as a divorced woman. She also shares her perspective on breaking free from containers, whether they be cultural, religious, relational, professional or otherwise, and what we can all learn from asking ourselves some hard questions and doing some deep inner work to show up as our authentic, best and true selves in the world. We hope you learn a lot and really enjoy this episode and please give Masako some love at the links where you can find her below!
You can follow along with Masako on her Instagram page and look at her beautiful photography @ Masako (正子) (@masakozawa_photography) • Instagram photos and videos
You can also follow along with her beautiful paintings on IG @ Masako (@masakozawa_painting) • Instagram photos and videos
Check out her website at https://www.masakozawa.com and listen to her podcast, "Why Not Meditate?" wherever podcasts are found.
Parents, do you need help planning for Summer for your kids? Well, we've got you! Click on the link below for your Summer Survival Guide FREE DOWNLOAD created just for you!
https://www.subscribepage.com/summer-survival-guide
If you are a mama who needs some daily encouragement and affirmations, I've got you! Click the link below for 15 FREE affirmations for your iPhone wallpaper and be encouraged every day!
https://www.subscribepage.com/15-iphone-wallpaper-affirmations-for-moms
If you are struggling with disciplining your children, check out the FREE DOWNLOAD link below with 6 Steps to Discipline Your Children Well. We would love to know how these strategies work for you, so please reach out and let us know with questions or comments!
https://www.subscribepage.com/6-steps-to-discipline-your-children-well
You can always find us on Instagram at Parenting Coach (@authentikate_and_nate) • Instagram photos and videos for parenting, marriage and self-care content!
You can also check out our website at https://www.authentikate22.com
Email us with questions, comments or to be on the show at https://www.authentikate22@gmail.com
And you can also join our private AuthentiKate + Nate Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1130336367771619
We would also love if you would rate and review us on the platform you listen on! It means the world to us and helps this podcast reach so many more!

Finding Balance in Marriage & Parenting

Today on the podcast, we are discussing balance in marriage and parenthood. Balance can be that elusive thing that we may feel like we can never fully achieve, so maybe blend would be a better word to describe it? Either way, finding balance or blending can be difficult, and Nate and I are going to share how we have balanced (or attempt to balance) our marriage with our own parenting of Trinity and Sydney, while also parenting 7-12 other students full-time at our boarding school. Let us tell you, it has been no easy feat, but communication and teamwork are definitely key, so we hope you will listen in and find some useful takeaways for yourself in whatever season of life you're in right now.
Parents, do you need help planning for Summer for your kids? Well, we've got you! Click on the link below for your Summer Survival Guide FREE DOWNLOAD created just for you!
https://www.subscribepage.com/summer-survival-guide
If you are a mama who needs some daily encouragement and affirmations, I've got you! Click the link below for 15 FREE affirmations for your iPhone wallpaper and be encouraged every day!
https://www.subscribepage.com/15-iphone-wallpaper-affirmations-for-moms
If you are struggling with disciplining your children, check out the FREE DOWNLOAD link below with 6 Steps to Discipline Your Children Well. We would love to know how these strategies work for you, so please reach out and let us know with questions or comments!
https://www.subscribepage.com/6-steps-to-discipline-your-children-well
You can always find us on Instagram at Parenting Coach (@authentikate_and_nate) • Instagram photos and videos for parenting, marriage and self-care content!
You can also check out our website at https://www.authentikate22.com
Email us with questions, comments or to be on the show at https://www.authentikate22@gmail.com
And you can also join our private AuthentiKate + Nate Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1130336367771619
We would also love if you would rate and review us on the platform you listen on! It means the world to us and helps this podcast reach so many more!

Rebooting Your Marriage and Motherhood with Jonna Watson

Hello, friends, and welcome back! Today I am interviewing Jonna Watson. Jonna is a wife, mother of four (including a set of twins!) and a school psychologist. Jonna is fascinated with neuroscience and is passionate about how our brain connects with our bodies and our emotions when we get in touch with our inner child. Jonna and I discuss all things play, creativity, imagination, taking time for yourself and really doing what you need to reboot your marriage, motherhood and life. We talk about how to get past feeling stuck and rediscovering the sense of joy and wonder that are available to all of us if we only look and listen to what our bodies, and minds, are telling us. We hope you get a lot out of this episode and get back in touch with the child inside of you!
To connect with Jonna, visit her on Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/jonna_watson/
and you can also find her on her podcast, 5 Minute Inner Child on Apple and Spotify.
Parents, do you need help planning for Summer for your kids? Well, we've got you! Click on the link below for your Summer Survival Guide FREE DOWNLOAD created just for you!
https://www.subscribepage.com/summer-survival-guide
If you are a mama who needs some daily encouragement and affirmations, I've got you! Click the link below for 15 FREE affirmations for your iPhone wallpaper and be encouraged every day!
https://www.subscribepage.com/15-iphone-wallpaper-affirmations-for-moms
If you are struggling with disciplining your children, check out the FREE DOWNLOAD link below with 6 Steps to Discipline Your Children Well. We would love to know how these strategies work for you, so please reach out and let us know with questions or comments!
https://www.subscribepage.com/6-steps-to-discipline-your-children-well
You can always find us on Instagram at Parenting Coach (@authentikate_and_nate) • Instagram photos and videos for parenting, marriage and self-care content!
You can also check out our website at https://www.authentikate22.com
Email us with questions, comments or to be on the show at https://www.authentikate22@gmail.com
And you can also join our private AuthentiKate + Nate Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1130336367771619
We would also love if you would rate and review us on the platform you listen on! It means the world to us and helps this podcast reach so many more!

The Art of Communication in Marriage

Communication with anyone can be difficult, let alone frustrating, but communication in marriage can be even more so, especially when there is miscommunication, anger, hurt and words said, but not meant. Nate and I discuss the "art" of communication in today's episode and we share our own personal struggles with communicating, as well as how we both have improved, and want to keep improving. We discuss the importance of marriage counseling not just as a means to fix a problem that has arisen, but as a tune up to make sure everything is still chugging along as it should be. We also share how watching how our parents communicated when we were kids can greatly impact how we may communicate with our partners, as well as how we communicate will impact how our kids not only communicate with us, but with others as well. We cover this and so much more and are very transparent with our successes and failures. We hope this episode encourages you to communicate with your partner better and that you, as always, enjoy. :)
Parents, do you need help planning for Summer for your kids? Well, we've got you! Click on the link below for your Summer Survival Guide FREE DOWNLOAD created just for you!
https://www.subscribepage.com/summer-survival-guide
If you are struggling with disciplining your children, check out the FREE DOWNLOAD link below with 6 Steps to Discipline Your Children Well. We would love to know how these strategies work for you, so please reach out and let us know with questions or comments!
https://www.subscribepage.com/6-steps-to-discipline-your-children-well
You can always find us on Instagram at Parenting Coach (@authentikate_and_nate) • Instagram photos and videos for parenting, marriage and self-care content!
You can also check out our website at https://www.authentikate22.com
Email us with questions, comments or to be on the show at https://www.authentikate22@gmail.com
And you can also join our private AuthentiKate + Nate Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1130336367771619
We would also love if you would rate and review us on the platform you listen on! It means the world to us and helps this podcast reach so many more!