"How's your family?"

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A TV reporter asked me last month to help out with a sweeps-week story about today’s busy families and their need for life balance. So I did, coaching a couple of families. After listening to them and their challenges, I developed a process I call “The Secret to Family Life” that uses the acronym “L.I.S.T.E.N.”

“L” is for listening proactively to one another.

“I” is for investing in your family.

“S” stands for searching for your family’s values.

“T” represents taking charge of your family’s schedule based on your values.

“E” is for expanding your family life, and;

“N” is for navigating life as a family.

Basically, this process revolves around putting your family in the center of your life, about listening to one another about what’s important, you take charge of your schedule instead of letting others decide it for you. Then you just live more into it as life gets better. Both families found an immediate and positive change as they worked the process.

With God’s help and some coaching, you and your family can listen to life and make a life, not just a living, too.

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