With Leader's Guide and Personal Reflections A practical guide to help women rise above frustrations and disappointments to restore intimacy, pleasure, spontaneity, and passion in marriage What's happened to our sex life now that we have kids? Many moms may not ask this question aloud, but Jill Savage knows from years of leading Hearts at Home conferences that no workshop subject will more quickly fill a room. Having children in the home alters the sexual dynamic between husband and wife. Going from making meatloaf to making love, from practical mommy to passionate lover, all in one crowded evening has its own set of unique challenges. Is There Really Sex After Kids? is written by a mom, for moms, and filled with practical ideas. This is not a clinical book on sexual technique, though readers will find some creative suggestions. It isn't a counselor's text, though it contains the sage wisdom of a mentor and friend. It is a woman-to-woman discussion---a true insider's look---at what works to build intimacy outside the bedroom and improve intimacy inside the bedroom.

Is There Really Sex After Kids?

Savage, Jill

Religion & Spirituality

Zondervan

EXPANDED! NOW WITH LEADER’S GUIDE AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS. “Just a mom?” There’s no such thing. Motherhood isn’t a second-rate occupation. It is a career that can maximize your talents and strengths to their fullest. Look past the surface of mothering—the endless tasks and frantic pace—to the incredible skills required to raise your children while nurturing your marriage. The truth is clear: You’re a professional in one of the most dignified, demanding, and rewarding fields any woman can find. Upbeat, candid, and engaging, Professionalizing Motherhood will do more than help you radically redefine how you see yourself. It will guide you toward practical development as a career woman who specializes in the home. Jill Savage helps you determine a strategy and set goals for professional training and growth. From the foundational to the practical, you’ll learn about Establishing your mission Developing a network of “coworkers” Discovering your value in Christ How marriage and mothering work together Organizational and homemaking basics Taking care of your personal needs Professionalizing Motherhood casts a fresh and meaningful vision for mothering as a worthy career choice for this season of your life.

Professionalizing Motherhood: Encouraging, Educating, and Equipping Mothers At Home

Health, Fitness & Dieting

How's Your Motherhood Network? People in all professions know the importance of networking. How about you? Are you enjoying the support and connection you need in the most demanding career of all---motherhood? You can. Whether you're improving the group you're already in or starting one from scratch, developing a mothers' group is practical, doable, and indescribably rewarding. Here are the guidance and resources you need you need for a 'can-do' attitude. Drawing from years of experience, Jill Savage offers a resource manual packed with vision and a wealth of ideas. You'll find sage, road-tested upbeat advice on : *Different kinds of groups *Mentoring and accountability relationships *Attracting members *raining leaders and volunteers *Handling conflicts *Policy and procedure *Arranging for childcare *Gaining church support *Bible study and prayer . . . and much more! Motherhood is an incredibly important and rewarding profession. You don't have to do it alone. The supportive and trusting relationships you long for are within your reach and some will last a lifetime. Chockful of resources, Creating the Moms Group You've Been Looking For will help you and other moms like you find friends, grow in your faith, and keep your sanity in the process of raising your children.

Creating the Moms Group You've Been Looking For: Your How-To Manual for Connecting with Other Moms (Hearts at Home Workshop Series)

Jill Savage, founder of Hearts at Home ministries, and Pam Farrel, cofounder of Masterful Living Ministries, can shout "Yes" to the question, "Got Teens?" They offer common sense solutions, insightful research, and creative ideas to help women guide their children successfully into adulthood. Moms don't have to be perfect, just prepared with practical, biblical tools to
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<li>identify and develop each child's strengths</li>
<li>make choices over what kids can do and who with</li>
<li>turn around destructive behavior or bad habits</li>
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Tweens and teens need strong moms who know which parental role to play at the right time. Moms will discover how to serve as a defender, a shepherd, a CEO or one of the other twelve vital roles.

Got Teens?: Time-Tested Answers for Moms of Teens and Tweens

Farrel, Pam

Harvest House Publishers

Founder and Executive Director of Hearts at Home Jill Savage explores the important role "home" plays in a family's journey. With her personable, humorous style, Jill shares from her experience as a mother of five and from conversations with many other moms to offer practical ideas and motivation to create a home that is a
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<li>safe place for a functional family to blossom</li>
<li>community center that offers hospitality and compassion</li>
<li>church where prayer and Scripture guide all members</li>
<li>museum filled with a family's history, stories, and heritage</li>
<li>school with lessons of virtue, integrity, and ethics</li>
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This anchor book for Hearts at Home will extend beyond this valuable ministry to encourage all women to build the heart of their home on biblical principles and to raise a family that is strong, loving, and firmly standing on a foundation of faith.

My Heart's at Home: Becoming the Intentional Mom Your Family Needs

ECPA Bestseller! Over 140 5-star reviews! If you have ever forgotten to pick up your kids, accidentally worn two different shoes to the grocery store, or lost your cool over a messy house, YOU ARE NOT ALONE! In No More Perfect Moms, Jill Savage says it how it is: All moms struggle. We fall short of our own standard of excellence, and then we feel insecure about not being the perfect wife with the perfect kids, perfect husband, perfect home, perfect friends, perfect marriage, and perfect body... Jill speaks to the root of the insecurities mothers feel and points to a better way. No More Perfect Moms will help a mom: <ul>
<li>Change her unrealistic expectations to realistic hopes</li>
<li>Give grace and love to her husband and children even during struggles, and discover the beauty of grace when she stops judging herself and others</li>
<li>Find freedom from disappointment when she embraces her real family, her real challenges, and her real, but imperfect, life</li>
</ul>With refreshing honesty, Jill exposes some of her own parental shortcomings and helps mothers everywhere shelve their desires for perfection and embrace God's beautiful grace. When moms do this, they can learn to love their real but imperfect lives.

No More Perfect Moms: Learn to Love Your Real Life

Moody Publishers

Love your kids for who they are.
Mom and dad, your kids are created in God's image, not your own. Jill Savage and Kathy Koch will guide you in truly appreciating your kids. They will teach you how to study and become an expert on your children, because you cannot fully embrace them until you truly know them.
In No More Perfect Kids, Jill Savage and Kathy Koch equip us with the tools and perspective to: 
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<li>Identify and remove the Perfection Infection from our parenting </li>
<li>Release our children from unrealistic expectations</li>
<li>Answer the questions our kids are silently asking in a way that gives them the courage and freedom to be themselves</li>
<li>Meet the needs of our children, including those with special needs</li>
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Written in a passionate, candid, and personal tone, the authors will instill within you hope and contentment. You'll be inspired to apply the practical, realistic, and relevant ideas and tactics Jill and Kathy share.

No More Perfect Kids: Love Your Kids for Who They Are

Koch PhD, Kathy

Over 100 5-star reviews! Being a mom is hard, but it doesn't have to be lonely. Are you trying to do this mothering thing alone? So focused on the kids that you're hungry for friendships of your own? Have good friendships, but you want to enjoy them more? Jill Savage, mother of five, knows those challenges well, and she's here to help. Presenting a compelling vision of motherhood as a group effort, Better Together shows how you can: <ul>
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Combat isolation and enjoy a supportive mothering community</li>
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Increase your social confidence and stop the comparison game</li>
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Deepen your friendships as you share life with others</li>
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Strengthen trust and build friendships without fear</li>
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Increase your joy and thrive as a mom</li>
</ul>All these things are possible. Dive into this storehouse of creative ideas for how to make mothering easier, richer, and more fun than you ever thought it could be.

Better Together: Because You're Not Meant to Mom Alone

100 5-star reviews! "Many people say you can fix a broken marriage, but Mark and Jill show you how." --Dr. Juli Slattery, psychologist, author, and president of Authentic Intimacy No marriage is perfect. But every marriage can get better. Do you feel like the spark is gone? Like a critical spirit has invaded your marriage? Like you want more intimacy, but something is in the way? You could be suffering from the Perfection Infection. The Perfection Infection happens when we cultivate unrealistic expectations of ourselves and our spouse, gradually leading to intimacy-killing behavior, also known as the "Seven Slow Fades." That was the case for Jill and Mark Savage, and it eventually led to infidelity. In No More Perfect Marriages they speak honestly about their struggles, how they came back from betrayal, and the principles keeping their marriage strong today. They guide you in everything you need to know to kick the Perfection Infection right out and return to intimacy. In their warm, honest, personable style, Jill and Mark discuss: <ul>
<li>How the Perfection Infection invades a marriage--even a good marriage</li>
<li>How to detect and correct the Seven Slow Fades</li>
<li>How to set and communicate realistic expectations</li>
<li>What to do if your spouse just won't change</li>
<li>How to guard your marriage from the Perfection Infection for good
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</ul>Hurting marriages can heal, and good marriages can become great. It takes work, yes, but No More Perfect Marriages will give you the insights, language, and roadmap you need for the journey. So start today.

No More Perfect Marriages: Experience the Freedom of Being Real Together

Savage, Mark

How to Thrive After Your Kids Leave Home IT'S HAPPENING! You weren't always sure you'd get here, but the kids grew up and are surviving--more or less successfully. But what now?! If you're like most moms, you're caught between grief and delight, and full of questions, loose ends, hopes, and regrets. Empty nesting can be a disorienting time, but it can also be the best time of your life. Jill Savage, an empty-nest veteran, offers you WISDOM for the murky waters ahead. Teaching you what you need to let go of and hold on to ENCOURAGEMENT for when you're feeling confused and discouraged. Full of stories and new insights, you'll find your spirits lifted and hope renewed. IDEAS for when you don't know "What's next?" Jill offers loads of practical ideas for coping and thriving in this encore season. Check out the Empty Nest, Full Life Journal that accompanies this book!

Empty Nest, Full Life: Discovering God's Best for Your Next

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