• Kim shares how her new book, Give Your Kids a Break, came to be — and we both got pretty choked up chatting about it.
• Kim's gets very real about her struggle with getting her diagnosis of pulmonary fibrosis immediately after battling breast cancer.
• It was sweet to hear that Kim's kids were open to her turning her parenting advice that she'd been compiling for them into a book to share with others. 
• Due to the time that traditional publishing typically takes, Kim decided to self-publish Give Your Kids a Break in order to ensure she was able to promote it while she still had the strength to do so.
• Kim's new book is truly one of the best parenting books I've ever read! She cram-packing this book with the most incredible advice and practical application possible!
• One of the key components of Kim's book is teaching parents to be compassionate with themselves. Kim talks more about why we tend to be so hard on ourselves.
• She shares about where the motivation for her first book, Give Yourself a Break, came from.
• Kim points out how our critical nature affects our relationship with the Lord.
• It was fun to hear a story of forgiveness that isn't in the book. It's like being able to get the inside scoop. 
• Since I had a professional therapist on the podcast, I decided to glean all I could! I asked her about how to balance forgiveness and consequences.
• We occasionally have family meetings with our kids. However, I think we might need to start having more regular “family meetings” after hearing from Kim about the importance of them. 
• There were TOO many amazing things for Kim and me to cover from her book, but one big thing that I wanted to make sure we discussed was how to build emotional closeness with your kids.
• In a culture where so many of us have our eyes on devices (both parents and kids), Kim shared why eye contact with our kids is so important.
• More parenting advice gold — Tips on how to get our kids to listen. What?!! Yes!! She has some great advice…and then MORE great advice on it in the guest post she wrote for me: HERE!
• I mentioned how much Kim's story makes me think about Nichole Nordeman's song, Legacy. {Nichole was a guest on the podcast, too. You can listen to episode #40 to hear from her.}
• With a diagnosis of a terminal illness can make a person think about a clicking clock. Kim and I talked about how vital it is to treasure every moment we've been given by the Lord. Life is a gift.

Also Mentioned — Other “Mentor Mom” episodes on the Simply Joyful Podcast:

• Rhonda Stoppe
• Pam Farrell
• Meg Meeker

Resources:

• Give Your Kids a Break
• Give Yourself a Break
• How to Get Your Kids to Listen
• Just Breathe… Help for the PF Journey 

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