Jim Sheils & Family Board Meetings Ziglar Family COO, Jenifer Truitt interviews Jim Sheils about a fantastic concept he has coined: Family Board Meetings. For those of you who have not come across Jim or his work, he is the co-founder of Board Meetings International, a company that specializes in parent/child retreats using a [...]
November 2017 Thrive Family Focus: Michele Cushatt Welcome to the November Thrive Family Focus Interview! This month, Thrive community coach Jenifer Truitt spent some time with the incredible Michele Cushatt. For those of you who have not come across Michele or her work, she’s a devoted Christian, wife, mother to six children (more on that in this interview), author, speaker, coach, podcast co-host [...]
October 2017 Thrive Family Focus: Essentialism, with Greg McKeown Welcome to the October Thrive Family Focus Interview! This month, Thrive community co-founder, Bill Blankschaen, sits down with best-selling author, Greg McKeown, to discuss Greg's latest book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. Have you ever felt the urge to declutter your life? Do you often find yourself stretched too thin? [...]
September 2017 Thrive Family Focus: Raising Accountable Kids Welcome to the September Thrive Family Focus Interview! This month, Thrive community co-founder, Bill Blankschaen, sits down with best-selling author, John G. Miller, to discuss John's latest book (co-written with his wife, Karen G. Miller) Raising Accountable Kids: How to Be an Outstanding Parent Using the Power of Personal Accountability. In [...]
August 2017 Thrive Family Focus: How Parents Can Learn to Speak Teen: A Culture Translator (Gary Alan Taylor) Welcome to the August Thrive Family Focus Interview! This month, Thrive community co-founder, Bill Blankschaen, sits down with Vice President of Axis.org, Gary Alan Taylor, to discuss how Axis helps parents and grandparents effectively communicate with teens in their own language. With [...]
July 2017 Thrive Family Focus: What Your Husband or Wife Wish You Knew But Will Never Tell You (Shaunti Feldhahn) Welcome to the July Thrive Family Focus Interview! This month, Mark Timm sits down with researcher and best-selling author Shaunti Feldhahn to discuss her research findings on the hard-wired differences between men and women and how this [...]
June 2017 Thrive Family Focus: Being the Strong Father Your Children Need (Dr. Meg Meeker) It's June, which means Father's Day is on the calendar. Whether you realize it or not, if you're a dad, you’re a hero— that's the message of bestselling author and pediatrician Meg Meeker. Even if you're struggling with all the demands [...]
May 2017 Thrive Family Focus: How to Improve Family Communication with the 5 Love Languages (Dr. Gary Chapman) Do you want to improve communication with your family members, but you’re not sure what steps to take—or where to start? Communication within the family is extremely important, because it allows each member to effectively express his or her needs, wants, [...]
