The Family Room Podcast
with Billie Jauss
Recent Episodes
Ep 20 Are You Tired of Being Tired? Here’s How To Find Strength
Have you been struggling with being tired as a mom, a wife, or in life? Tired of what’s going on around you. Tired of waiting. Tired of negativity. Tired of a struggling marriage. Tired of another walking away from their faith. Tired of being tired. Learn the three...
Ep 19 How To Pray for Our Kids When We Feel Like We’ve Failed as a Mom
Often I respond in fear and react with anxious thoughts when my kids share what their friends are doing or decisions they've made. I had to learn how to pray first and respond in wisdom. Today I share the four things to pray when our kids or sharing or when we feel...
Ep 18 Are You Hard of Listening? 5 Strategies to Listen Better
As we learn to be empathetic listeners, we strive to understand before being understood. When we listen, we immerse ourselves fully in the other person and what they are experiencing. As we listen not as a technique but from our hearts without agendas, we give before...
Ep 17 Watch Your Mouth: 3 Tips to Speak Life Giving Words
Today Billie shares the 3 Tips to Speak Live Giving Words of faith to our family and friends. Be encouraging. Understand who they are. Think with wisdom. Mentioned in the episode Distraction Detox James 3 T is it true? H is it honest? I is it inspiring? N is it...
Ep 16 All You Ever Wanted to Know About My Faith Journey, or NOT!
I've had a bunch of people asking me about my faith journey. Have I been a Christian all my life? What was I like before being a Christian? Did you have it all together before you started going to church? I have to laugh sometimes when I realize how rotten I really...
Ep 15 What is Peace, Really?
The end result of the Holy Spirit's work in our lives is deep and lasting peace. Unlike worldly peace, which is usually defined as the absence of conflict, God's peace is confident assurance in any circumstance. We have no need to fear the present or future when we...
Ep 14 How Do We Rejoice in the Exciting Hope of the Christmas Story?
In a time of great darkness, God promised to send a light who would shine on everyone living in the shadow of death. He is both "Wonderful Counselor" and "Mighty God." The message of hope was fulfilled in the birth of Christ and the establishment of his eternal...
Ep 13 5 Tips to Prepare for the Christmas Season
How do you prepare for the Christmas season? The big debate every year is when do you put up your tree? Decorating for Christmas was my mom’s thing. She bought a tree. Then placed it in front of the picture window in our living room, which was only used at Christmas....
Ep 12 How to Create Peace with Difficult Family Members During the Holidays
Do we all have stories of difficult family members? My brother used to pull up in the yard with the same question each holiday. “Who’s fighting now?” There was always some scuffle between a couple or more of the family that only escalated during the gathering. My...
Ep 11 7 Tips to Become a More Thankful and Peaceful Person
Most of the time I am a very happy and joyful person I see the goodness of God and feel pretty peaceful, then life happens. In the last couple of years, I’ve lost 4 people in my family. My sister and her husband, my brother then my mom. I found it hard to be thankful...
