HER FAITH INSPIRES Ep 314: Parenting Adult Kids, Running Your Race, and the 75 Heart, Mind, Strength Challenge

 

Season: 22 Episode: 314

Summary

This episode is packed with truth, encouragement, and a few hard-earned lessons.
I’m answering your questions about parenting adult kids, sharing my life verse, and introducing the 75 Heart, Mind, Strength Challenge launching November 10th.

If you’re in the thick of parenting little ones, or learning how to parent adult children, this one’s for you. We’ll talk about what it means to not miss the parenting window, how to lay a foundation of wisdom when your kids are young, and how to stay a source of godly counsel when they’re grown.

I’ll also share my life verse — 1 Corinthians 9:27 — and why it reminds me to run this race with purpose and discipline, making sure my life matches my message.

Finally, I’ll walk you through the brand new 75 Heart, Mind, Strength Challenge — a discipleship-based alternative to 75 Hard that will help you grow spiritually, mentally, and physically in prepartion for 2026.

Join the Challenge: https://www.shandafulbright.com/challenge/

Intro to Parenting Adult Kids, Running Your Race, and the 75 Heart, Mind, Strength Challenge

Welcome back to another episode of Her Faith Inspires, where we take cultural issues and examine them through the lens of Scripture. Today’s episode is a fun one, I’m doing Q&A! We’ll talk about raising adult kids, what my life verse is and why, and I’ll share details about the 75 Heart, Mind, Strength Challenge launching Monday, November 10th.

Between the Lines

Our hives didn’t make it this year, one fell to silk moths, the other to a bear. Beekeeping success rates are only about 40%, but we’re planning to try again in the spring (and definitely invest in an electric fence).
I’m also heading back to California next week for my uncle’s memorial. While the reason is sad, I’m looking forward to family time, favorite foods, good coffee, and Christmas movies with my best friend. This season is emotional as we launch our son, and although change is hard, I know being with family will be good for my heart. Please pray for smooth travel and no flight delays.

Parenting Adult Kids

When your kids are little, everyone tells you how fast it goes, but it goes even faster than you think. There are “windows of parenting” that close as kids grow, and we don’t always realize the weight of that until the window is gone. This is why discipleship and training in those early years matter so much; the foundation you lay becomes the one they build on as adults.
Proverbs repeatedly tells sons to listen to their father’s instruction and not to forsake their mother’s teaching. That assumes parents are teaching. Our role doesn’t disappear when they turn 18, we simply shift from hands-on parenting to wise counsel, encouragement, and a steady example of godly living.
Your house rules still matter, your involvement still matters and your wisdom is still needed. Don’t hand your kids off to the world the moment they reach adulthood – remain a present, wise, godly voice in their lives.

My Life Verse

I don’t choose a yearly word or verse, personally it feels too me-focused for my taste. But I do have a life verse, a guiding Scripture for how I want to live and serve:
1 Corinthians 9:27
“But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.”
This passage reminds me that my walk must match my message. My greatest hope is that if my family picks up something I’ve written, they’d be able to say, “She lived this.” The race is lifelong, and discipleship begins with discipline, purpose, and consistency.

75 Heart, Mind, Strength Challenge

The 75 Heart, Mind, Strength Challenge is my Christ-centered alternative to 75 Hard, focusing not just on physical toughness but on holistic discipleship through the Great Commandment. For 75 days, you will engage in daily rhythms that strengthen your heart (prayer, Scripture, relationship-building, acts of love), your mind (reading, worldview formation, intentional reflection), and your strength (healthy, sustainable physical activity), with an emphasis on consistency over perfection and formation over performance. Instead of an all-or-nothing restart system, this challenge cultivates grace-filled discipline, service to others, and spiritual, mental, and physical growth rooted in loving God with everything you are.