– from Identity
to destiny –
Welcome! I am so glad you are here!
Welcome! I am so glad you are here!
This website will provide you with new articles about family life, education, marriage, personal growth and about faith. The content is profound, practical, based on love. It honors you as a family and an individual, independently of your origin and social background. I will share with you the insights of my journey to be this successful woman, wife and mother. I enjoy my life with a deep gratefulness in my heart – and the aim is to share what I’ve learned with you. Come and join the thousands of readers from all over the world!
With love,
Jeanne from familythatmatters
This website will provide you with new articles about family life, education, marriage, personal growth and about faith. The content is profound, practical, based on love. It honors you as a family and an individual, independently of your origin and social background. I will share with you the insights of my journey to be this successful woman, wife and mother. I enjoy my life with a deep gratefulness in my heart – and the aim is to share what I’ve learned with you. Come and join the thousands of readers from all over the world!
With love,
Jeanne from familythatmatters
Culture is not culture until it shows up in the children
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How last week I had to force my kids into their happiness
I know how to make my children happy. Chocolate for our girl, permission to play "Rollercoaster Tycoon" on the computer for our oldest, a trip to the Dinosaur Museum for our third one... I could include a whole list of my children's wishes here. And frankly, I love...
What our youngest had in common with a little Chihuahua
A few weeks ago I had a talk with Heinz Etter. I love to hear his insights about challenges we face in raising our children – he has this special capacity to not only grasp the situation I see but to point out things I don't see. This happened again on that talk.I...
How a reader’s family applied the idea of talking about sexuality with their children
A few weeks ago, when I wrote a multi-part article on "Sexuality - should we talk about it with our children", I was well aware that this was a challenging topic for many families.Despite the media surge of explicit material, many of us find it difficult to deal with...
A bad day – and two insights coming out of it
Did you ever have one of those days, when you worked hard all day while having a hard time to focus and not really accomplishing that much? Well I had one of those days this week. It was one of the first really hot days of summer. I did have some trouble concentrating...
What a mischief of our child can tell us about ourselves
This Wednesday, my sister-in-law and myself went to visit a dear friend in the French part of Switzerland.We were able to leave our kids at home; I only took my sweet three-year old with me. While we were sitting in the garden having a delicious meal, enjoying each...
“I wouldn’t want you to be my secretary“
These were the words of a professional, who is without a secretary at the moment. I love what this person does. That's why I told him I would love to help out but didn't think I was the right person for this job.That’s when he told me: “I wouldn’t want you to be my...
Different beliefs about Destiny – and how they will impact our family
From Identity to destiny – this is our slogan from familythatmatters. This is our vision statement. A vision statement is a way to explain in one sentence who we are, why we exist, what is distinctive about us and what we do want to accomplish. All the...
What Queen Esther has to do with the new year’s resolution
While this post may sound somewhat unusual to some people – especially men or easy going people in general, the principles described have helped countless people who were dealing with any kind of shame in their lives. It’s the end of one year, 2018 and the beginning...
The reason why I am thankful on Christmas
My house is decorated with lights Christmas decoration and candles. Presents are ready, cookies are made, Christmas-dinner planned, family celebrations are all organized … and our home is filled with expectation and our children are full of this tingling sensation for...
How to stop fighting against the personality differences of your child
It has been amazing to watch the change that occurred in the life of our boy since that moment we had our first counseling session concerning our 5-year old a month ago. He has made a huge amount of progress in his whole being. He didn’t “change”. He still loves to...
How the advice of an expert changed my view about my 5-year old
As I told you in the last article, there are times when we have such kind of issues with one of our children, that we ask a good friend or an expert for help.This is what we did lately.I sent Heinz Etter an e-mail, where I wrote him about our...
How active appreciation can shape a family culture
In the last Article I've shared with you how active appreciation has changed my life. How Benny brought this into our marriage, and how it transformed me over the years. Today, it is not only our marriage that is bathed in active appreciation, but it has turned into a...
How active Appreciation can make a difference
There is little I cherish more in our marriage than active appreciation. Active appreciation is something Benny brought into my life.His way of how he actively appreciates who I am and what I do has changed my life over the years. Today, our whole family is constantly...
Nobody is perfect – but what about our own life?
Nobody is perfect We all agree with that. Wall tattoos, posters and cards confirm that we all know this to be true. However…. How about our own life? How do we deal with our own shortcomings, failures and wrongdoings?Most people I know, after facing their imperfection...
The liberated conscience – in the life of an adult
Personal thoughts and application on an attended lecture on education, given by Heinz Etter Part 3When I look at my own life, I remember what it felt like to be punished, blamed and shamed for my “wrongdoings”. Irrespective of whether those things were done “by...
The liberated conscience …. Thoughts on an attended lecture on education, given by Heinz Etter Part 2
In the last article I shared with you my résumé of what I got out of the lecture about education with the title “The liberated conscience”, held by Heinz Etter. As promised, I will share more about the final thoughts of that lecture: this article will help us to...