Stay ConnectedHas something simple ever changed your life? A lunch box note changed mine. A few years ago, my husband wrote a timely message to our son that said: BE STRONG, PROTECT THE WEAK, LOVE EVERYONE. Those six words ignited our family’s mission to love others well.
Each week on Be Love. Do Good. podcast, we’ll share ideas, encouraging words, and stories that inspire you to love outside your comfort zone.
This month we have some of the best of the best coming your way. We wanted to re-release this important episode with Jemar Tisby, if you missed this one, you will definitely want to catch up today!
All of us want our kids to stand up to injustices in our world. As Christians we are to love others, come alongside one another, and help each other understand our God given worth and dignity. Fighting Racism should be something we want to dive into headfirst and do everything in our power to make sure this is not happening on our watch.
Today we are talking about how to fight racism, with Jemar Tisby, New York Times Best-Selling author. He has written the Color of Compromise and How to Fight Racism and How to Fight Racism (Young Reader’s Edition).
If you have ever wanted to talk to your kids about racism but just didn’t know where to start or didn’t know if you had the knowledge to give them the right tools, this is the conversation for you.
Jemar is a historian, author, and speaker, and helps teach and guide us on how to help ourselves and raise our kids to fight racism.
Sometimes an important topic like this can feel overwhelming to tackle but in Jamar’s book How to Fight Racism he dives into three things:
Awareness
Relationship
Advocacy
I promise after this episode you will understand the importance of understanding others and you will be confident to start or continue the conversation with your family.
Don’t miss this one!
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This month we have some of the best of the best coming your way. We pulled from some of the most listened to podcasts of the year. We didn’t want you to miss some of the most talked about and listened to interviews. Today we are re-releasing our conversation with founders of She Works His Way, and our conversation of is there such a thing as work life balance and what does it look like.
The age old question for almost every parent is,“How do we find work/life balance?
Is there even such a thing? Many times, it feels like if we just balanced it all we would have a full, complete, and happy life. But sometimes that balance feels like a big unicorn in the sky, something completely unattainable.
If you are a parent who continues to struggle with this, Somer and Michelle are here to help us rethink this question. They are here to give us some practical tools and perspective of what it looks like to dispel the notion of the world that we must have it all together; that we have to wear all the hats perfectly.
Somer and Michelle wrote the book She Works His Way: A Practical Guide for Doing What Matters Most in a Get-Things-Done World. She also founded She Works His Way a place for working women to be discipled.
With passion and wisdom, Myers and Phoebus challenge the modern-day thinking about "boss babe" mentality, helping working women place all dreams, goals, and side hustles under the authority of Jesus.
As a mom who is an entrepreneur and loves to work this was such an encouraging and uplifting conversation and helped me see what really matters in the grand scheme of things.
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This month we have some of the best of the best coming your way. We pulled from some of the most listened to podcasts of the year. We didn’t want you to miss some of the most talked about and listened to interviews. Today we are re-releasing our conversation with Carlos Whittaker, the human hope dealer!
He embodies our podcast’s definition of Be Love. do good. You may have read Carlos’ books, or maybe you have seen his good deeds on Good Morning America, the Nick Cannon Show, or anywhere they have gone viral, like raising a tip for Tonee the Piano man, or helping a woman get a service dog, or helping teens in Brooklyn.
Carlos sees people, like really sees people. People call him the Hope Dealer. He gives hope to people everyday and shares it with his hundreds of thousands of social media followers.
He gets to the heart of people and his passion is to help others see people too. People who are different from you, people you have bias against, people who get on your last nerve.
Today Carlos tells us story after story of how he has seen people tear down the walls and get to know others, which brings perspective and open hearts. Carlos gives us tangible ways of how to take the first step.
I promise you, you will be so encouraged and inspired to see others and love others better after this interview.
I am so thankful for people like Carlos in this world. He truly makes this world a better place.
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I have heard people ask about certain things, “Is it too late?” And I would say, “It’s never too late,” especially when it comes to apologizing. Today on this short episode I am reminded why it is so important to say, “sorry.”
I talk about when my husband came to Holden and asked for his forgiveness for not giving him space to process his emotions. I talk about how hard it is for me to say, “I am sorry,” because admitting I’m sorry feels like I am wrong, and I love being right!
This short episode reminds us it’s never too late to say we are sorry, even if the outcome isn’t what we want it to be, even if things aren’t “fixed.” Sorry is a powerful word, so we can’t be afraid to say it.
Today we laughed A LOT! If you don’t know the Skit Guys may I introduce you to some of the greatest and funniest people you will ever meet. Today we talk about their new feature film Family Camp. Family camp is fun for all ages, a movie you will want to take your family to. Through each scene and family portrayed you will see yourself in a little bit of all of the characters.
Tommy and Eddie talk about how this was a dream of theirs for years. What it looks like to have open hands and let God direct your steps, and how God, laughter, and fun can all go together.
I promise you will be smiling after this conversation and will be inspired to parent with grace, forgiveness and vulnerability.
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I don’t know about you but there isn’t a compliment I don’t love, or that makes me feel good. So why is it, we don’t tell people more the positive things we are thinking about them? Are we nervous they will think we are crazy? Especially if they are a stranger?
I was reminded this week as several strangers complimented me on things, how great that felt, and how it really made my day, so much that it inspired a podcast episode.
Today in this short podcast I remind all of us if we are thinking something kind about someone, tell them, RIGHT THAT MOMENT. Words matter. If all of us made a commitment to share great things with others, to make someone’s day, to just say out loud what we were thinking, it would make a difference, I promise.
Let’s do it this week!
Today I have on author, licensed counselor, podcaster, and co-founder of Living Wholehearted, a professional counseling and organizational development firm, and Courageous Girls, an online curriculum equipping moms and daughters for every stage of their growing years.
Terra and I discuss the mother/daughter relationship, why it can be so tumultuous, and how we can connect throughout the years.
We talk through some of the biggest fears parents have in raising their kids and how we can navigate these.
We also talk about one of the things I am learning a lot about, creating space for our own feelings and our kids’ feelings. How to normalize emotions so our kids grow up with a healthy understanding of them.
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Today I am talking with Natalie Silverstein author of Simple Acts: The Busy Teen’s Guide to Making a Difference and Simple Acts: The Busy Family's Guide to Giving Back she is the go to when it comes to helping our family live a life of service to others.
Natalie gives us practical ways we can help our kids, and especially teens, live a life outside themselves. We talk about ways we can come alongside our kids and teens to help them live the long game of service.
Some things we discuss:
Making service a priority in our family.
How do we serve others when we are so busy?
How can we help our kids serve in their passions and talents?
How do we get our teens off their phones and off the couch to go be a changemaker.
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This week I am talking all things summer! First of all can you even believe school is almost out? Some of us are so excited, some of us have that “deer in the headlights” look because you can’t believe it is already here! What in the world are you going to do all summer with kiddos at home. Especially if you work full time out of the house.
I give some ideas of how to teach a “life skill” this summer, some expectations you can give so your kids so their eyeballs don’t fall out from watching tv, and some ways we personally as parents can be present.
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Today I have on marriage experts Carla and Byron Weathersbee who founded Legacy Family Ministries. We talk about why having a strong marriage is important when it comes to having a strong family unit. We talk about ways we can make sure we strengthen our marriage when it gets hard, getting help in the rough patches, and how to make marriage a priority when life gets chaotic, (we can all raise our hands), and so much more.
We could have talked for hours about so many different things when it comes to the importance of marriage, but I know this will inspire you and give you some great ideas of how to foster your own marriage.
Marriage is one of the greatest gifts, but sometimes it has to be fought for, and sometimes it can be full of pain, but when we fight for one another, and learn to love one another through the hard, you can find beauty on the other side.
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