
Now That We're A Family
Culture has reduced the modern family to a joke -- informing parents they are only capable of shuttling their children from expert to expert who experiment with untested agendas. Katie and Elisha lean on their experience growing up in large families of 10 and 11 kids, to encourage parents to take back control, stop listening to popular relationship advice, and embrace their God-given role as their children's primary authority.
Latest episodes

Apr 3, 2025 • 46min
380: Second Guessing Our Parenting // we messed up . . .
Top 5 Tuesday Join our weekly email list to keep up to date with the highlights of what is going on in our family life. https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/top-5-tuesday-newletter- Get it All Done Club: Stop drowning in motherhood and start thriving!https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-clubIs your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful? Learn how to create a peacefully productive home in one week. Check out Katie's Free Home Management Masterclass: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/peacefully-productive-home-masterclass- Mentioned during podcast: - "The ONE Thing" by Gary Keller - https://amzn.to/3RBgr5W- "When your Child is 6 to 12" by John Drescher - https://amzn.to/42iThGB

Apr 1, 2025 • 51min
379: Mother Of 9 On Supporting a Grieving Spouse, Parenting Teens, & Age Appropriate Chores
Get it All Done Club: Stop drowning in motherhood and start thriving! https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-clubIs your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful? Learn how to create a peacefully productive home in one week. Check out Katie's Free Home Management Masterclass: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/peacefully-productive-home-masterclass-Mentioned during podcast: -"Home Management: Plain and Simple” by Kim Brenneman - https://amzn.to/425QS1V

Mar 27, 2025 • 40min
378: Convicted Of Our Sin
OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY:Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comUse coupon code: PODCASTVMA for 10% off each month

Mar 25, 2025 • 46min
377: What We Like and Don't Like About The Books We've Been Reading
OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY:Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comUse coupon code: PODCASTVMA for 10% off each month-Shop our Library - https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/shop-my-library-Past Podcasts Mentioned:-“343: What Aristotle, Abraham, and Virgil's The Aeneid Teach Us About the Household | C.R. Wiley” - https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/podcasts/now-that-we-re-a-family-10/episodes/2148910054-“347: How Women Are Deceived // Tilly Dillehay” - https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/podcasts/now-that-we-re-a-family-10/episodes/2148922413-“359: High Self- Esteem Is Destroying Your Kid's Future // Dr. Leonard Sax” - https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/podcasts/now-that-we-re-a-family-10/episodes/2148962824-“364: Building Margin Into Your Life” - https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/podcasts/now-that-we-re-a-family-10/episodes/2148976576

Mar 20, 2025 • 37min
376: Lessons We Learned While Building Our Home
OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY:Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comUse coupon code: PODCASTVMA for 10% off each month-Homeschool Course: The First Three Years Laying a foundation of joy, confidence, and a love of learning from the start.https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/homeschool For 15% off the course, use discount code: YTHOMESCHOOL-Mentioned during podcast:
- “The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)” by Seth Godin - https://amzn.to/3DshzFT

Mar 18, 2025 • 44min
375: Survival Vs. Existing When You Can't Do It All with Jessica Jackson
Get it All Done Club: Stop drowning in motherhood and start thriving! https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-club Is your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful? Learn how to create a peacefully productive home in one week. Check out Katie's Free Home Management Masterclass: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/peacefully-productive-home-masterclass-Now That We're A Family Print Magazine: Receive Powerful Biblical Family Encouragement Order and read Jessica Jackson's article she wrote for the March print issue here: https://mixam.com/print-on-demand/67c7787bc67c2e1cbaac0640 - Jessica Jackson is a mother to four kids, soon to be five in July, who is determined to not only enjoy motherhood, but to build a strong family and become better in the process. Along the way she’s become well practiced in thriving through survival mode while experiencing difficult pregnancies, health challenges, and multiple cross country moves. She has been married for almost 14 years and enjoys homeschooling her children. Learn more about Jessica through the links below: - Website - https://thrivinginmotherhoodpodcast.com/ - Thriving in Motherhood Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thriving-in-motherhood-podcast-productivity-planning/id1374647284 - Surviving to Thriving Toolkit - https://survivingtothrivingtoolkit.com/

Mar 13, 2025 • 49min
374: Unstable Living Situations and Constant Transitions
Now That We're A Family Print Magazine: Receive Powerful Biblical Family Encouragement Sign up here for the March print issue: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/offers/WtcxV3CS/checkout

Mar 11, 2025 • 48min
373: Girls Doing Jiu Jitsu, Pastors Getting Paid, and Trim Healthy Mama
OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. Voetberg Music Academy courses are having a price increase at the end of March! Sign up at the link below and use the coupon code: VMA20. The first 200 people who sign up using this code will receive 20% off each month they're subscribed.https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comUse coupon code: VMA20 for 20% off each month - Send us your questions for future podcasts! You can submit them here:https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/podcastquestionsubmission

Mar 6, 2025 • 37min
372: Easy NO CRYING Sleep Training (From a Mom of SIX)
Now That We're A Family Print Magazine: Receive Powerful Biblical Family Encouragement Sign up here for the March print issue: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/offers/WtcxV3CS/checkout-Get it All Done Club: Stop drowning in motherhood and start thriving! https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-clubIs your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful? Learn how to create a peacefully productive home in one week. Check out Katie's Free Home Management Masterclass: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/peacefully-productive-home-masterclass-Newlywed Marriage Retreat with Chad & Jenise Johnson:If you are a newlywed, we cannot recommend this event enough. It is running May 2nd-4th of this year in Sisters, Oregon. If you are not a newlywed then sending a newlywed couple may be the greatest gift you can give them. Visit the Newlywed Workshop website here to learn more and register with the early bird pricing: https://newlywedcoaching.com/ -“Sleep Training Method (no crying it out) Mom of 5 // Scheduling, Naps, Breastfeeding” - https://youtu.be/qkDdnkSEX5I?si=SIXmBrvLkrOL44zg

Mar 4, 2025 • 49min
371: Creating The Home You've Always Dreamed Of with Jordan & Milena Ciciotti
Now That We're A Family Print Magazine: Receive Powerful Biblical Family Encouragement Sign up here for the March print issue: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/offers/WtcxV3CS/checkout-OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. Voetberg Music Academy courses are having a price increase at the end of March! Sign up at the link below and use the coupon code: VMA20. The first 200 people who sign up using this code will receive 20% off each month they're subscribed.https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comUse coupon code: VMA20 for 20% off each month-High school sweethearts, Jordan & Milena Ciciotti are joining us today! They got married in June 2017 and have 3 little bundles of joy earth-side, one in heaven and one on the way. Originally Milena went to college to study early childhood development, but her plans drastically changed when God opened the door for her YouTube channel to grow! Jordan and Milena also host a podcast together called As For Me and My House, where they go into greater detail about life, marriage, and parenting through a biblical worldview. They are both unashamed, Bible-believing followers of Jesus. They believe God's Word is sufficient for all instruction for living a life pleasing to God. You can connect and follow with Jordan & Milena through the links below: - Website: https://milenaciciotti.com- As For Me and My House Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/as-for-me-and-my-house/id1455909213- As For Me and My House YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@asformeandmyhousepodcast- Milena's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MilenaCiciotti- Milena's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/milenaciciotti/- Jordan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jordanciciotti/- Bible Stories for Kids app - https://biblestoriesforkids.app- Bible Stories for Kid's App Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biblestoriesforkidsapp/Past interview with Jordan & Milena - Chatting Miscarriage, Purity Culture, & Ministering Online with Jordan and Milena Ciciotti | Ep. 256 - https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/podcasts/now-that-we-re-a-family-10/episodes/2148451312