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45. Find Your Spot and Other Important Tips for a Meaningful Life (an interview with Susy Cervantes)

Karen Bates — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 02:50:42 GMT

This is an episode to listen to if you want to live a rich, meaningful life (even if people have wronged you in deep ways.) Susy's answer surprised me when I asked her what she felt was the root problem of broken families and so many orphanages. But it added a depth of insight that I hadn't considered. You will be so inspired by her stories and her faith!

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44. Overwhelmed? Don't Rest on What You See (an Interview with Karina Rocha)

Karen Bates — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 01:13:53 GMT

Karina is the base director at The Mission orphanage in Tijuana. shares how she came to live at the Mission Orphanage as a little girl, how she came to know God, a personal miracle she needed to see how He supported her, and what you can do today to find your path. Learn more about The Mission School and Orphanage at themissioninc.org

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43. Three Questions that Lead You the Right Decision

Karen Bates — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:00:00 GMT

Asking these three questions can help us feel assurance that the decision we are making is what's best and will lead to good things.

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42. Moving Out of Our Dream Home (Good things come from hard things)

Karen Bates — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 05:23:09 GMT

Some tender mercies we have seen as we sold our things and moved out of our dream home to start a home and school for abandoned teens in Mexico: The journal entry, the three things the kids want in a home, and the choir concert

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41. Two Inspiring Stories from Tijuana that Will Impact You

Karen Bates — Wed, 03 May 2023 14:03:02 GMT

Two stories from our last trip to Tijuana. One is about a family who had to flee home because of drug lords. The second is of a little boy who is trying to learn to forgive and have faith.

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40. Failing at Everything. Becoming Like a Little Child

Karen Bates — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:00:00 GMT

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39. We're Leaving for the Jungle! (Seeking and Expecting Miracles)

Karen Bates — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:43:17 GMT

0:25 Backstory

2:25 God working miracles through inspired people

3:50 Revized plan

4:34 Offer on our house

4:53 God's merciful timing

5:51 Mixed emotions

7:27 Song at the gym: Sunday is Coming

8:00 Since then

8:25 Seeking and Expecting Miracles

To learn more or donate, visit mexico.letsfindyourpath.com

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38. Faith Crisis! How do We Help Our Kids Choose to Build Their Faith?

Karen Bates — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 12:00:50 GMT

In a world of cynicism that values tolerance and selfish desires above all else, how do we help our children choose to build faith? (A prequel to The Three Little Pigs)

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37. Four Ways You Can Hear God's Voice

Karen Bates — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 12:00:00 GMT

I got a very unsettling phone call the Sunday before last and I wanted to share a few experiences that happened because of it that have helped me better understand how God speaks to me... which I think is one of the greater purposes of life... to learn to hear and discern His voice above all of the other voices and noise in this this world...

YouTube Video is here: https://youtu.be/deYmUwY9dO0

Song referenced is here: https://youtu.be/mQq1zEBk41E

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36. Four Impactful Lessons from our Last Trip to the Orphanage

Karen Bates — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT

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35. What Two Boys Taught Me to See

Karen Bates — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 13:00:00 GMT

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34. Two Recent Insights Into How God Feels About Us

Karen Bates — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 14:00:00 GMT

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33. How and Why We Decided to Move to Mexico to Start a School for Abandoned Children

Karen Bates — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 18:03:58 GMT

Principles of making decisions, questions to ask, and the process we went through to choose to start a school/home for abandoned children in Mexico.

For more details on this process you can read the following two blog posts:

1) https://awarrioreducation.com/elementor-15126/

2) https://awarrioreducation.com/timetogo/

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32. Need Answers? 4 Ways God Speaks to You (that you may not have noticed)

Karen Bates — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 10:00:00 GMT

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31. 5 Principles to Help You Make Confident and Guided Decisions

Karen Bates — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 13:12:54 GMT

To sign up for Find Your Path Academy Online: https://awarrioreducation.com/courses-2/

To make a donation: https://awarrioreducation.com/families-up/

To email me: karen@awarrioreducation.com

To sign up for Find Your Path Academy in Provo, Utah: https://awarrioreducation.com/school/

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30. Which Path to Take? A Call for Help

Karen Bates — Mon, 16 May 2022 23:00:00 GMT

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29. Three Lessons from Mexico and How I Hope They Will Bless You Too!

Karen Bates — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 17:29:51 GMT

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28. Do You Trust God Enough to Relax When There is So Much to Do?

Karen Bates — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 13:00:00 GMT

Sometimes it feels like there is a mountain of things to do in front of us, and we can't relax until it's done. If we want to live in the present, and enjoy the love around us, we must trust God enough to rest.

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27. What Should I Do? 4 Clarifying Steps for Making the Right Choice

Karen Bates — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 12:00:00 GMT

These 5 principles and 4 steps will help you know how to move forward in whatever decision you are currently facing.

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26. Schedule Woes. Is Your Fall Schedule Not Flowing Like You Hoped?

Karen Bates — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 12:00:00 GMT

We wake up each morning ready to actually stick to our new fall schedule this time, only to find that not everyone is on board and most things don't go according to plan. How can we live in peace and presence in the midst of differing opinions and unwilling hearts?

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25. Feeling Weighed Down with the Problems at Home and in the World?

Karen Bates — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 13:23:50 GMT

An Important message I learned at a humanitarian trip last week. It is for those feeling weighed down with the suffering in the world and in their lives. Visit awarrioreducation.com for more information on knowing and doing your part.

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24. What Do You Do When the Contention Around You Feels Out of Your Control?

Karen Bates — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 12:00:00 GMT

The wars all over and the victims of cruelty have me feeling pretty sad lately. Added to that is the gloomy feeling of the gray skies from the fires all around. My home has had contention as well. Is there anything we can do about all of the contention that seems to be overcoming our home, country, and world?

Visit awarrioreducation.com for a transcript of this show.

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23. How do we Find the Time and Energy to do All the Good Things on our Plate?

Karen Bates — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 13:48:53 GMT

I've been getting asked two questions a lot lately:

1) What makes you want to do the things you're doing?

2) How do you find the time and energy to get them done?

I want to answer those two questions today as best as I can because I think the answers I have come to understand will help you as you’re also trying to juggle a gazillion things, and figuring out how you can find peace and balance amidst the so many good things you are trying to do.

To learn more about the Warrior Journey Program or Find Your Path Academy, visit awarrioreducation.com/school/

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22. Is Life Busy? A peaceful visual that will help! (plus info on Find Your Path Academy)

Karen Bates — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 13:19:58 GMT

This peaceful visual has helped me immensely in letting go of control and living in the present. I hope it's helpful to you too!

Here is a link to the video I mention: awarrioreducation.com/school/

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21. Feeling Rushed and in Chaos? The Only 3 Daily Tasks You Need

Karen Bates — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 21:33:56 GMT

I recorded this as a Facebook Live on a hike. I had been feeling so rushed and the hike helped me sort some things out. I wrote out 3 daily tasks that have helped me stay in peace even when there is more to do than I can to. I hope they help you too!

I mentioned Find Your Path Academy in this episode: awarrioreducation.com/school/

and the Mother's Retreat

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20. Three Ways to Help a Child Who Struggles with Anxiety

Karen Bates — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 19:25:12 GMT

Anxiety isn't bad. It means we are experiencing something outside of our comfort zone. That is where we grow. Here are three ways we can help our children develop a healthier relationship with anxiety and learn to find peace (instead of seeking numbness or comfort) in constructive ways.

Visit awarrioreducation.com to learn more about connective systems that allow you to make and keep inspired goals that lead your unique part to light the world.

Books mentioned:

Expecting Joy

The Koala Who Could

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19. How do you Inspire Your Kids to Work Hard?

Karen Bates — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 13:53:43 GMT

In this episode we talk about principles that can motivate your kids to work hard. This is a continuation from episode 18 where we talked about 3 principles that you and your kids can use to keep your freedom. This episode shares 2 more principles.

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18. Feeling Freedom Slipping Away? 3 Solutions to Help Your Children Keep It.

Karen Bates — Thu, 20 May 2021 13:49:30 GMT

See the transcript here

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17. The 7 Skills and Abilities our Families Need to be Prepared for What's Ahead

Karen Bates — Wed, 12 May 2021 14:21:59 GMT

How to stop being so distracted and aquire the skills, abilities and traits to do the work we are here to do, and an overview of our new school starting this fall...

I am coming to see more and more that we are all babies in God’s eyes. We are just stumbling along down here trying to figure things out and He loves us for it. He isn’t sitting around judging us and being disappointed in us. He is just loving us and hoping we will reach out to Him so he can help us. He is kind, merciful, and loving. I want to be more like Him, to love and see me and everyone around me as babies who are stumbling along doing the best we can with what we know and figuring things out along the way.

And thankfully He leads us to each other to help one another too. I met a few people this last week...

Learn more at awarrioreducation.com/school/

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16. Uncertain About the Future? Preparing with Hope for What's Ahead.

Karen Bates — Tue, 04 May 2021 17:04:26 GMT

I’ve been noticing an interesting common feeling as I’ve been talking many moms lately. I’m seeing that a lot of us have this sense that we need to be preparing ourselves, our homes, and our families for something. Making educational choices for our kids feels really hard right now because life and the future feels rather uncertain and there’s this feeling that even though we are coming out of a pandemic… the world has changed because of it, and things aren’t going to be going back to how they were, but we’re not sure exactly what the future IS going to look like so we’re not really sure how to prepare...

We have this feeling that we need to focus on home and having a strong family as institutions seem to be falling apart around us, but at the same time we feel this call to do something about the problems we see from mental health problems to relationship issues to political turmoil...

Here is the link to the video about the school: https://youtu.be/BiGjMfmJMa0

Here is the link to learn more: https://awarrioreducation.com/school

Here is a link to the book: https://awarrioreducation.com/product/find-your-path/

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15. Ever Feel Like You Are Drowning in All There is to Do? Remember This...

Karen Bates — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 13:00:00 GMT

In case you ever feel tired, overwhelmed, and like you have more to do than you can possibly do... 😉 here is something important to remember!

Here is the link to learn more about the school I talked about in this episode: awarrioreducation.com/school/

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14. Cultivating a Love of Science and God by Keeping an Open Mind [with Vince Newmeyer]

Karen Bates — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:50:09 GMT

Staying curious and asking questions is what makes science interesting. Unfortunatelly, it has become too much about memorizing and recalling "facts." How do we cultivate a love of science when the "experts" are telling us what to think and what is true?

Vince's Websites:

Science Elevated

Science Freedom

YouTube LDS Science Elevated

Here are a few of my favorite resources for learning about alternate theories, sparking curiousity, and opening our minds:

Fascinating YouTube Series by a very well-educated scientist (highly recommend): Complete Creation

Interesting Documentary: Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

Books: Contested Bones, Thousands... not Billions, Universal Model

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13. 4 Steps for Giving Our Kids the Education That Will Prepare Them for What's Ahead

Karen Bates — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 12:43:21 GMT

This episode covers:

3 major problems in the way we educate our kids (whether we do home, private, public or charter school) and

4 steps to counter those problems at home so that our kids can reach their potential and be prepared for what is ahead in this unpredicate time.

It also talks about important aspects of creating community and what it can do for our family. An invitation to our community is extended. You can join us online here or learn about the part-time school we are starting in the fall here:

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12. What is Your Next Step in the Work You're Here on Earth to Do?

Karen Bates — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 16:30:15 GMT

Song: What Am I to Do?

Song: At the Sea of Tiberias

Another powerful song I didn't mention, but you should listen to anyway that happens in between the two songs above: I Cannot Watch Them

My email for information about next year's program at the ropes course and if you want to come to the meeting next Monday: karen@awarrioreducation.com

Information about the Find Your Path Program for moms

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11. Stop Feeling Discouraged as You Focus on Goals, Focus on This Instead

Karen Bates — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 13:55:58 GMT

awarrioreducation.com

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Season 1 Intro

Karen Bates — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 13:50:30 GMT

Thank you for your support during the podcast launch!

Please email me with nominations for Warrior Highlights or with any questions or concerns that we can delve into in one of the podcast episodes: karen@awarrioreducation.com

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10. The Three Most Important Habits for Having a Thriving Marriage in a Busy World [with Monica Tanner]

Karen Bates — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:16:27 GMT

Link to Monica's Podcast

Link to her On the Brighter Side of Marriage Webiste

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9. Three Guiding Principles that will Transform Your Life [with Greg Denning]

Karen Bates — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:00:00 GMT

Link to Greg's Website

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8. Six Habits that Cultivate Your Children's Divine Identity [with Jodi Chaffee]

Karen Bates — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:58:39 GMT

Link to Jodi's Podcast: The Family Culture Movement

Link to Jodi's Website

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7. How the Power of Tiny Habits Can Transform Your Life [with Molly Christensen]

Karen Bates — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:59:01 GMT

Find Molly at buildingheroesacademy.com

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6. What I Needed to Understand about Lifting People into their Potential [with Benjamin Allen]

Karen Bates — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:22:15 GMT

Find Ben at https://www.clasropes.com/

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5. Key Actions that Motivate You Daily to Reach Your Vision [with Rachel DeMille]

Karen Bates — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:19:26 GMT

Find Rachel at Tjed.org

Here is the link to the Mentoring in the Classics course

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4. What's the Best Investment You Can Make to Help Your Family? [With Audrey Rindlisbacher]

Karen Bates — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:30:34 GMT

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3. If You or Your Children aren't Motivated to Learn, this is What You are Missing [With Marlene Peterson]

Karen Bates — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:23:32 GMT

Here is a link to Marlene's website and resources: https://www.welleducatedheart.com/

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2. That Moment of Panic and How to Move Past "I'm not good enough."

Karen Bates — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 03:30:42 GMT

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1. Introduction the Podcast Launch Episodes Starting March 15th

Karen Bates — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 23:15:00 GMT

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Pre-launch 5. Am I Doing Enough? What Your Kids Need from You to Succeed

Karen Bates — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 13:46:27 GMT

This is one of the first classes I ever recorded, so I am pretty nervous and I do talk pretty fast. But I thought it had some valuable things for us to think about, so I included it here.

These 4 principles and 3 steps are taking from a lesson in the free mini-course "5 Days to a Happier Family"

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Pre-launch 4. So Many Educational Opportunities! How do I Make Choices with Confidence?

Karen Bates — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:10:00 GMT

As I share my story of how I came to find the educational path I chose for my kids.

The educational path you choose will be different, but the principles of finding it are the same! Look for the patterns in the process as I share my story.

Here is a link to the free "Plan Your Worry-free Homeschool Year" mini-course.

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Pre-launch 3. Avoid Power Struggles: How to Prepare Your Child to Use Screen Time Wisely

Karen Bates — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:05:00 GMT

Smartphones or social media can distract our kids and de-motivate them from doing the work that will make them happiest and change the lives of those around them. How do we teach our kids to use these incredible tools for good instead of being overpowered by them? How do we gauge when they are ready to start practicing?

Here is the link to the free "Preparing your Child to use a Smarthphone Wisely" mini-course and readiness quiz.

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Pre-launch 2. Raise Motivated Learners by Starting this Crucial Habit Today

Karen Bates — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:00:00 GMT

If you want to raise self-motivated kids, you'll want to implement this crucial habit. I'll tell you about the TV show that led to a library trip that changed my life!

Here is the link to the video I mentioned in the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOa9id-w3VE

To get started on your Warrior Journey, try a free lesson from the Basic Training Bootcamp by signining up here

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Pre-launch 1. Not Creative? How I Started My Path and How You Can Too!

Karen Bates — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 13:16:16 GMT

Do you ever feel like you don't have anything really special to contribute? Like you don't have special gifts or talents that will make a difference in the world? You are not alone! Many of us feel that way, but in this episode I share how I came to see that this wasn't true for me and that it's not true about you either.

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Welcome to Pre-launch Week

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Episode 00 Trailer

Karen Bates — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:41:24 GMT

Welcome to the Warrior Families Podcast. I’m Karen Bates and I’m on a mission to stop the frustration, controlling, nagging and worry that come into our homes when we misunderstand our role as influencers and supporters of each other’s unique gifts.

I used to worry a lot about making sure my kids did all they were supposed to do. I often felt overwhelmed with the endless tasks of staying afloat in a busy home that was always getting messy,, and guilty because of my inconsistency as I made personal and family goals I didn’t keep.

I knew I fell short of being the kind of mom my kids deserved. I would see such potential when I’d look in their eyes and it caused me to feel deeply inadequate and afraid of failing them.

As I tried to figure out how someone as flawed as I was could possibly give them all they needed, I read hundreds of books on parenting and education, finished my degree in Marriage Family and Human Development, and practiced through Lots of trial and error as I homeschooled 8 kids and ran several educational programs for youth.

I wasn’t perfect at anything I tried, but I came to learn that it was okay, that it was this way because my kids and I were all in this learning process together.

I no longer feel overwhelmed, guilty or inadequate (or at least not nearly as often) because I now focus on simply creating an environment that organically grows me and my kids into our potential.

It’s not a perfect environment, but it has the essentials for human growth: love, light, support, resilience, patience and forgiveness through each other’s many mistakes and weaknesses.

I created this podcast to share what I and others have learned about becoming warrior families who imperfectly, but willingly, use our unique gifts to light the world in these troubled and uncertain times.

So thank you for listening and for being a person who cares enough to seek your part. As we keep having these discussions, we can continue to create homes that inspire warriors to do their part to ease suffering and increase love throughout the world.

To learn more, visit awarrioreducation.com

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