In the Arena with the Eyre Sisters

Mar 04 2025 58 ep. 43 mins 36

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The Eyre sisters, mothers of 18 children ages 1-25 and daughters of best-selling parenting authors, share stories and discuss how growing up in an eccentric family has impacted their lives and their own parenting journeys.

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59. Q&A: Siblings, Scriptures, Stillness, and Exercise

Mar 04 2025 36 mins

This week's episode is pretty low key, but we hope you find it as fun to listen to as we did recording it. For the episode we've chose to answer four questions we've received from listeners: 1) How do you stay close with siblings, especially when you're in different stages? (And help your kids stay close?) 2) What do you do for family scripture study and personal scripture study? 3

58. What Will Our Kids Remember?

Feb 18 2025 46 mins

Do you ever worry about what your kids will remember when you send them off into the wild world? This week, we discuss how to be intentional with your kids. They grow up so fast - it can feel like they're slipping through our fingers. In this episode, we talk about what it was like in our home growing up and then give ideas for things we're doing. How do you teach values to your ki

57. Travel Tips (Part 2)

Feb 04 2025 46 mins

In this week's episode, we get to talk about one of our favorite topics - traveling! We have already done two other episodes on travel (see below), so be sure to check those out! In this episode, we dive into answering some other thoughts we have about traveling. We discuss a variety of topics, including: how to be intentional with the purpose of a trip, successes and challenges we

56. Cultivating Friendships (for Moms!)

Jan 21 2025 52 mins

This week's topic is one we have received several requests for - making and keeping friends as moms. Whether you have good friends or you're yearning for friends, we hope you find this episode helpful! We share ideas for how to create meaningful friendships and share our own experiences. How do you make friends as a mom? Share with us on Instagram! Show Notes: Mayo Clinic about

55. How to Control your Kids (Encore)

Jan 16 2025 40 mins

This week we talk about how much or how little we should try to control various aspects of our kids' lives. It can be tough! We want to protect and guide them but we also want to help them become confident and independent as they make their own decisions. Join us as we discuss our parents' approach to control in our family growing up examine the approach we each take in our motheri

54. New Year's Renewal (vs. "Resolutions")

Dec 28 2024 44 mins

In this episode, we share a variety of ideas for how you can focus on renewal and realistic change, discuss the goal-setting culture of our family as we grew up, and also how we approach goals in our personal and family lives now. We would love to hear your thoughts on renewal, change, and resolutions! Come share with us on Instagram @eyresisters! Show Notes: The Stages of Change

53. Building Enduring Relationships by Helping Our Kids Feel Seen, Safe and Free

Dec 17 2024 49 mins

Do you have adult kids? If so, today's episode is for you! We are focusing on how to foster enduring relationships with our adult kids. We focus specifically on how to help our adult kids feel seen, safe, and free. How do you foster enduring relationships with your adult kids? We'd love to have you share with us on Instagram! Join us @eyresisters. Show Notes: The previous ep

52. Getting Excited About Giving

Dec 03 2024 37 mins

In today's encore episode, we talk about how to get our kids (and ourselves!) excited about giving during this holiday season. We share our ideas and we'd love to hear yours! Come share what you've done in your family with us on Instagram @eyresisters. Show Notes: Christmas ad The Three Trees by Angela Elwell Hunt Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck I Go

51. Our Experiences with LDS Missions

Nov 19 2024 52 mins

We've had a lot of questions about LDS missions, so we decided to devote an episode entirely to sharing about missions. We talk about what a mission is, what it's like to serve, why we go, why some in our family have chosen not to go, pressure around missions, etc. Come join in and listen! Did you serve a mission? Come hop onto Instagram and share your thoughts and experiences! We'

50. Family Intimacy (Encore!)

Nov 13 2024 46 mins

Enjoy a fan-favorite we pulled from the archives! This week, we dive into a discussion about family intimacy. By family intimacy, we don't mean the physical intimacy you share with your partner. Instead, we mean intimacy in the sense of closeness, connections, and a sense of being seen. We discuss things that get in the way of intimate relationships, and we also give some ideas fo