‘The Grumble-Free Year’: A Conversation With Author Tricia Goyer

Tricia Goyer is a homeschooling mom of 10, a bestselling author of over 70 books, a speaker, a podcaster, and a family advocate. 

"Choosing good communication and gratitude over grumbling takes work, but it is worth it," Goyer says. Limor Zellermayer/Unsplash

Tricia Goyer is a homeschooling mom of 10, a bestselling author of more than 70 books, a speaker, a podcaster, and a family advocate.

In her current season of life—some of her children are now grown—her household consists of her husband, eight of their children, and an elderly grandparent with dementia. It was under these circumstances that she and her family challenged themselves to live “grumble-free,” that is, abstaining from complaints. As she put it, “What could possibly go awry?”