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Leading on the Forward Edge – At Home
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At Harvest Time Partners, we believe that character creates the opportunities to reach our hopes and dreams regardless of our situation. Our blog aims to support and encourage readers to build and strengthen their character as they strive to reach their full potential.
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Easy-to-use advice on how to be the best for those you care about the most.
How to Be Present With Your Family on Ordinary Days
The days we would give almost anything to have back are rarely the big occasions. They are the ordinary Tuesdays we treated as rehearsal.
How to Get Your Kids to Talk to You Beyond “Fine”
“Fine” is not information. It is a test. The whole relationship lives in the second question we ask after the first answer lands.
How to Encourage Your Adult Children (and Aging Parents)
The kids we cheered for are adults now, still playing on fields we cannot see. Grown people do not ask for encouragement, which is exactly why they need it.
Screen-Free Family Time: How to Turn Down the Noise
Every home has a volume level, and most of us never chose ours. Noise is really the lack of any space where a hard thing could get said.
Modeling Behavior for Kids: They Learn What They See
Our families do not learn from our speeches. They learn from our patterns, and we are teaching all day whether we mean to or not.
How to Apologize to Your Child and Repair After Conflict
Healthy homes still have hard moments. What sets them apart is whether anybody goes back afterward to repair the damage.
How to Let Go of Expectations for Your Kids and Spouse
Most of us carry a picture of who the people we love should be, and they never agreed to it. Holding loosely means loving the person we have.
How to Build Family Habits That Stick: Start Small
Big plans on the refrigerator fade by day eleven. The small step that feels almost silly to say out loud is the one still going in March.
How to Make Your Family Feel Valued With Quality Time
We are often better at making a stranger feel important than the people in our own house. They deserve the best of us, not the leftovers.
How to Cope With Empty Nest Syndrome and Quiet Seasons
Seasons at home end without ceremony, often on an ordinary Tuesday. The quiet that follows is a transition, not a problem to be solved.
When We Were Young – Character Creates Opportunity®
No, this is not an “old school” story about walking up hill in the snow both ways to school and how tough it was compared
The Bright Side of Loneliness – Character Creates Opportunity®
During the holiday season, some of us struggle with loneliness and I wanted repost a prior blog on the bright side of loneliness. If we
Once a Week: Now Available!
Once a Week is a collection of our most popular blog posts over the years. Through reading one short chapter each week and answering some thought-provoking questions, the book will help you reinforce what is important in your life and get re-energized to climb back into the ring for another week to reach your full potential in your most important roles in the home, the workplace, and the community.