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Showing of 27 reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. This is a rare look into the home of a couple who worked intentionally for nearly five decades to build a legacy of peace and comfort at home, irrespective of the environment they grew up in. Such a great book about not accepting that your past has to define your future at home.

One person found this helpful. It's obvious that Joanne knows how to create a beautiful space for her family and that she loves them dearly. It's not often that we become so engaged in our families that we are willing to sit together at a family meeting to hammer out a missions statement.

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What an awesome testament to the power of connection. Unfortunately, I haven't called many family meetings in my day. When I do, everyone knows something really heavy is about to go down. This book has certainly gotten me thinking hard about calling just such a meeting to begin development of a family mission statement.

I laugh just thinking about the shock on everyone's face when I tell them why I've called them together. I've followed this family for years, primarily through their writings and online presence. What an awesome example of growing together while remaining true to your individual calling. Dan and Joanne have clearly raised their kids to breathe on their own, and oh, how they are flourishing. Joanne opens the front door of their home in Creating a Haven for Peace and invites us all in to see how they've managed to become America's Family [my words, not hers].

That might be a little dramatic, but I would certainly vote for them. This is a great read. In writing "Creating a Haven of Peace" Joanne Fairchild Miller has not only recorded interesting and inspiring accounts of how changing perspective has worked to turn her family hardships into success stories, but too, has outlined a blueprint of common sense ideas and practical wisdom that anyone can incorporate into their home life.

Joanne gives us the stories those of us familiar with her husband, Dan Miller's 48 Days brand, haven't heard before. She details her own upbringing in a tumultuous home life, her marriage to Dan, surviving through lean times, and her family's climb back to the top again. What I liked most was that it never made the usual promises of "living happily ever after" found in similar books.

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Creating A Haven: Simple Steps For a Healthy and Nurturing Home will help you make your home a positive space in a harsh world. This unique book utilizes. Creating a Haven of Peace and millions of other books are available for instant access. A place of peace and unconditional love. Joanne Miller is an artist, speaker, author of five children’s books and co-author (with Dorsey McHugh) of "Be Your Finest Art.".

None of the successes that happened to the Miller family were by chance, and none happened overnight. Joanne's voice is completely authentic. She makes it abundantly clear that a good marriage, good kids, and a loving home are a constant work in progress.

As Paul McCartney said, "it doesn't work out if you don't work at it". I have recommended and gifted the book to several friends. I think it would make an ideal housewarming, wedding or baby shower gift, as well as an important resource for anyone just trying to keep it all together! This storytelling and principle raising is a beautiful teaching on family life. So needed in an age of brokenness and individualism.

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In reading this I felt as though I had been invited to sit in on a family reminiscence as they excitedly picked out photos and cine film clips from their memory archives. What I particularly admire is that Joanne has consciously and intentionally been able to break a generational pattern of dysfunction and create a new vision for herself and her family line. This is not so easily achieved as we often tend to over balance.

There is an exaggerated over compensation for what we may have lacked and desired in our own upbringing. You don't feel that Joanna has done this. Elegantly intertwining her strengths with her husband's an entirely unique family recipe was created in which each family member had a respected position and contribution. This will be a great resource for my own children as they leave the nest to build their own havens of peace. I now have the tools to create a home full of peace, joy and safety. As an entrepreneur that's saying a lot! I'm so inspired to create a home full of peace for my kids to grow up in!

Joanne's funny, raw and powerful stories and practical advice are already helping my wife and I create a home more full of peace, joy and safety. As an entrepreneur with ups and downs I'm confident that following Joanne's clearly laid out suggestions, my kids will grow into healthy, equipped responsibly human beings who know how to make their own wise decisions. I had a peaceful home growing up and I identify with what Joanne says about fostering this environment but I didn't know how to actually carry that out.

Now I know how to practically and proactively create that with Joanne's help. I finished the book in 2 days. Joanne takes you "behind the curtain" and shares her experiences of the unpredictable entrepreneurial life. The relationship that she has with her husband, Dan, is a guiding light for those of us who are also married and have spouses who are entrepreneurs. It certainly can be done successfully if you have respect for one another instead of the parent just being a disciplinarian or law-enforcement officer. It also gives them a sense of purpose, and helps them to feel more appreciated.

How have you successfully taught your children and grandchildren to use good manners, and at what age do you think parents should begin this process? A good place to start is with the bad habit of interrupting. We just had an example of good manners here a few minutes ago. Ashley knew Juliet was waiting, and when she finished, she gave Juliet her attention.

That happened to me just the other day. A teen girl held the door open for me and I thanked her. I wanted her to know I really appreciated it so she would be more likely do it again for the next person.

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If the parent really is in charge, the child learns to respect the parent instead of taking advantage. Today I walk into the aroma of great food or candles and hear music that calms my spirit, no matter what the day has brought. When our kids were growing up, they knew which one of us was the easiest to work. I can't say enough wonderful things about this book. Return to Book Page. So we talked about it. This is what we have worked hard to provide for our children and now our grandchildren.

I want people to know how great teens can be. Yes, they are little adults in so many respects, adults in training. They are in training in a good way or in a bad way. We make that choice. You made an intriguing point on page 24 about discipline. Why do you think some parents might sometimes shy away from disciplining their children? They just get frustrated.

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But if a parent is continually allowing a child to be unruly and undisciplined, that parent may very well have self-confidence issues when it comes to discipline. My own mother could get violent sometimes. I had a single parent home, and my mother was very dictatorial. You can do that without anger and rage. That and the self-confidence issue go hand in hand. I can use my own experience with Jared, our middle child.

He spent a lot of years with severe drug and alcohol dependency. It started when he was in his early teens, and extended into his twenties. It was severe enough that he almost died more than once, and we had him home three times for suicide watch. There was no conflict in our home, and Jared was never disrespectful or angry with us about it. He had a time of needing to find himself, and I think some children struggle with that more than others.

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They have so much pressure and stress, so much going on in their lives, plus hormones and growth. It can be overwhelming for some children, and not so much for others. Some teenagers breeze right through and do fine. We had some real struggles for many years, but getting outside help was key. We often think we can handle everything ourselves, but sometimes we need a mediator to reach an agreement or to solve problems. The counselor knows the right questions to ask and is not close to the issue, which gives him or her a clearer perspective on the situation.

A coach or a mentor is another good approach.

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Our kids do, too. They pick up things from people they admire, so put them with people who will have that positive effect on their lives. In chapter 3, you discuss formulating a mission statement. How should a family go about creating a mission statement that is agreeable to all of the family members?

It led us to begin having family nights. I highly recommend your family have one night a week or a couple nights a month, whatever works into your schedule.

Have a nice dinner together. Include things that are happening at school or work or with their friends. We developed our family mission statement back when it became very popular for entities to create mission statements. Businesses, churches, organizations, all were writing mission statements. We figured why not have a family mission statement. Ours would include what we wanted our family to stand for, what we wanted to integrate into our lives. It was what we wanted other people to see about us from the outside.

It was how we wanted to be viewed by the world. So we talked about it. A lady lived in a neighborhood with a lot of single parent and low income children, and she had a little safe place they could come to.

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She would talk to them, play with them and supervise them. She had on her wall a little motto about what she wanted her safe place to be. I read what she had written and realized that was exactly what I wanted. The next time we had family time, I read the statement to them. The result was it took Dan and me out of the roles of law-enforcement officers.

So what are we going to do to change that? How are we going to repair the damage that was done? It worked really well. Our mission statement came out of a magazine, but you can do it however you want to. It can be a poem or even a song. You can add to it and change it as you go. Nothing is written in concrete. It can be anything you want to have as your family mission statement. We posted it in every bathroom, right beside the toilet. All the kids could memorize it easily.

You can put it on the refrigerator or anywhere people will see it often, but putting it in the bathroom is very effective. When I spoke with other parents, I realized the mission statement was something unique that set our family apart. What advice would you give to someone who might feel this way? If you do nothing but just take small steps, like having a family night, a date night, or lighting candles to create a relaxing atmosphere, just make that small effort to start.