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.
I loved having this father/son duo on the podcast to talk about the relationship between father and son. Dads want to have a great relationship with their sons, but sometimes they don’t know where to start.
Today I talk with this son and dad about:
This is so important to the Kubiceks that they came up with their own company called
6 summers, a resource to help dads be intentional with their sons.
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I loved this conversation with Juli Bevere, a founder of Sons and Daughters, led by John and Lisa Bevere’s sons and their wives. Sons and Daughters is an initiative that helps young adults discover the adventure, freedom, and purpose found in their Creator. What began in 2017 as a few YouTube videos for millennials has grown into a collection of studies, podcasts, events, and a global community with Ambassadors in over forty countries.
I talk with Juli about living an integrated life, as a follower of Jesus, mother, daughter, wife. What does it look like to integrate everything? We talk about identity and how our lives change when we find our identity first in Christ before anything else.
Check out their new devotional I AM TRANSFORMED, (40 Devotions for Knowing Who You Are and Whose You Are) a companion devotional book for their book. I AM
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Warning: Adult topics discussed.
Today I talk with Rachelle Starr, founder and CEO of Scarlet Hope, a Non-profit dedicated to sharing the hope of Jesus with Women in the Adult Entertainment industry.
Rachelle helps us get out of our comfort zones and reminds us that God can use us anywhere. You will be inspired to love others better and have the courage to help your family get out of their safe space and into the lives of others. When God asks us to go, he always directs our steps.
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Who doesn’t want to bring out the best in their kids? I think all of us do!
This podcast was one that really got me thinking and had me talking with my kids immediately after.
Here are some things his book goes into and what we talked about on the podcast
To be empowered with effective relational parenting skills.
Children who will almost immediately and positively respond to a new parenting approach Principles that are easily adaptable to the full spectrum of school-age children. Dramatic improvement in communication as the principles are adopted and consistently applied A more joy-filled home complete with understanding and purpose. Grab Miles Book:Leave a review if this podcast has encouraged you.
Have you ever felt like you didn’t fit in? Have you ever moved into a new place and craved community but didn’t know how to find it?
This was me a few years ago. We moved to a new state the week COVID shut down the world. SPOILER ALERT: Not a great time to build community or new friendships.
We lived in a new neighborhood bustling with new families, but I didn’t really feel connected to anyone. It seemed as if everyone had their own group, and no one had kids our age so it didn’t automatically match up. But what I learned is if I really wanted community I needed to ask for it. So I did….
Listen to this episode today to see how one simple text led to a community that has been lifegiving.
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Families are struggling to connect and grow together. Social media influencer and father of four, Andy Dooley, wants to change that. His new book, Building a Family of Faith: Simple and Fun Devotions to Draw You Close to Each Other and Nearer to God wants to help families connect to God and each other.
We talk about:
Andy Dooley is committed to empowering today's families as a passionate leader, pastor, and fitness professional. He has been working with young people and families for over eighteen years through sports, fitness, and ministry. He is a Men's Health contributor, and he holds multiple fitness certifications with International Sports Sciences Association. He is the author of Walk in Faith: 5-Minute Devotions for Teen Guys. He is happily married to Tiffany, and they have four gorgeous children, Hope, Skylee, Andy II, and Ava, and live in Seattle, Washington.
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Deborah Liu is a seasoned technology executive based in Silicon Valley. She is currently the president and CEO of Ancestry, the company at the forefront of family history and consumer genomics. Prior to this, she served on the leadership team of Facebook, where she was the vice president of Facebook App Commerce. During her time there, she founded Facebook Marketplace and created Facebook Pay, Facebook Audience Network, and App Ads.
Deb and I talk about her new book Take Back Your Power. Ten Rules for Women at Work.
Deb and I go in depth about her journey as a CEO, wife, and mother of three. We talk about her going after her dreams, but also creating a home. We talk about partnerships in marriage and how choosing the right mate is one of the most important things we can do. A real eye-opener for me is when she talks about the different lanes her and her husband operate in, and how they don’t critique each other’s lanes. This advice alone will save some marriages ;)
We talk about different seasons in life, and why that really matters. We talk about giving ourselves grace and doing what we can in the season that is in front of us.
As an ambitious woman this interview was such an encouragement to me.
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Pat Bradley is the President of International Crisis Aid, one of the first organizations to show up in “no-go zones” where starvation, disease, and danger are a part of everyday life. A humble beginning turned into life-saving efforts for people living in crisis in eleven different countries. Crisis Aid is committed to “helping the helpless” with relief efforts locally and globally, equipping those who are beyond the crisis to take responsibility by providing programs that train, inspire, and move them to independent, self-sustaining living. Pat and Susan, his wife of more than forty years, live in St. Louis. They have two adult children and six grandchildren.
Pat Bradley stared out the back car window at seventy displaced people huddling together under a few trees to escape the blistering African heat. They had fled their village in South Sudan in the middle of the night as it was destroyed amid a bloody civil war that had indiscriminately claimed the lives of young and old family members alike. As these desperate, mourning survivors became smaller in the back window, they grew ever bigger in Pat’s heart. He knew they wouldn’t survive unless someone did something―and quickly. But he was just a normal guy―a formerly divorced recovering alcoholic who worked at an ad agency. What could he possibly do?
From that moment forward, Pat Bradley refused to do nothing.
In this interview, we talk about how all of us can DO SOMETHING, wherever we find ourselves.
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Today I talk to author Shannan Martin, who wrote the book Start with Hello (And Other Simple Ways to Live as Neighbors) In this practical, compelling book, author Shannan Martin shares simple practices for living as a more open-hearted, empathetic neighbor who sees past what divides us, looks for common ground, and is rewarded with vibrant and enduring connection.
There are so many ways, both intentionally and unintentionally, we wall ourselves off from one another, yet we are truly better, healthier, and happier together. The good news is authentic connection can be found. Martin shares how to:
This episode is so good!
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Have you ever felt off in your personal or professional life? Have you ever felt like you couldn’t find peace in your purpose? Do you ever feel frazzled? This is the podcast for both you and ME!
Today we have leadership guru Jeremie Kubicek, a global speaker, a Wall Street Journal best-selling author, and a serial entrepreneur. As Co-Founder of GiANT, he works to certify leaders inside and coaches/consultants on an operating system that unlocks the potential of leaders inside organizations like Google, Microsoft, the US Air Force, Chick-fil-A, and thousands of small, medium, and large companies.
We talk about his new book The Peace Index and after a near-tragic accident, Jeremie’s philosophy on life and work changed dramatically. He works tirelessly to help people see
life from a bigger perspective, and The Peace Index is one of those examples.
The simple idea is this.
How do you have inner Peace when there is very little outward Peace?
Jeremie has created a powerful assessment that people can use as a daily/weekly benchmark around Purpose, People, Place, Personal Health and Provision to help understand where people are off, and he gives them practical things to do each and every day to improve those numbers.
Things we talk about and his book covers:
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