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Identifying Your God-Given Space (Part 2) :: Sally Clarkson [Ep 404] RWYB Series wk 3 Apr 10, 2023

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What is unique about your life experience? Was your first thought, “Nothing”? Even the life that feels ho-hum is unique because no one else is wired precisely like you are, experiencing life precisely like you are.

My guest this week is author, speaker, and mom, Sally Clarkson. Having moved 23 times in her life she has had to find things she can take with her wherever she goes. A favorite of hers is connecting with people over tea. She encourages us to adopt simple rhythms that fit our experience and wiring and allow us to connect with who and what matters most to us.

Connect with Sally Clarkson:

Website: https://sallyclarkson.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therealsallyclarkson/
Instagram: @sally.clarkson

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Tea Time Discipleship: Sharing Faith One Cup at a Time by Sally Clarkson

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Identifying Your God-Given Space (Part 1) :: Cleere Cherry Reaves [Ep 403] RWYB wk 2 Apr 03, 2023

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What do you think when you hear the word “boundary”? Boundaries keep things in, keep things out, and help us feel safe. But they can also feel limiting, and we don’t always get to choose our boundaries. That’s where my guest this week, Cleere Cherry Reaves, encourages us to humbly submit to the space and assignment God has given us. Through her experience as a follower of Christ and a mom, she reminds us of this: in whatever way we are experiencing the boundaries of time and place, we can control where we spend our attention, our perspective, and how we inhabit our God-given space.

Connect with Cleere Cherry Reaves:

Website: https://www.cleerelystated.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cleerelystated/
Instagram: @cleerelystated

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The Miracle of You by Cleere Cherry Reaves

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How to Never Miss Out :: Vaneetha Risner [Ep 402] RWYB Series Wk 1 Mar 27, 2023

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What would it look like for you to live your best life? What if someone told you that you already are living your best life? Not because you’ve accomplished and arranged things just how you want, but because not only is God with you exactly where you are, but because he purposefully placed you there.

My guest this week, author and mom Vaneetha Risner, encourages us with her harrowing story of intense suffering and God meeting her right in its midst. Frustrated by circumstances and eager to experience God in the same manner others did she felt the Lord gently saying to her, “This is where I've placed you. This is where I'm gonna meet you. I'm not gonna expect you to climb mountains or do things you can't do to meet me.”

Do you feel out of place? Are you looking for the unique and specific ways God wants to use you? Join us for a series focused around my new book, Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space. We’ll walk together through six stories of women leaning into the varied assignments God has given them.

Connect with Vaneetha Risner:

Website: https://www.vaneetha.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vaneetharisner
Instagram: @vaneetharisner
Twitter: @vaneetharisner

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How to be Truly Strong :: Aundi Kolber [Ep 401] Mar 20, 2023

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What does strength look like to you? Does it look like white knuckling it, holding your breath? Or does it look like putting your oxygen mask on first, and then attending to the needs of others?

We all want to, need to be strong for those around us. But my guest this week reminds us there is a cost to being certain kinds of strong. Aundi Kolber is an author and therapist and her new book, Strong Like Water, helps unpack what true strength looks like and feels like and how to get there. In our conversation she encourages us in the practices of self-compassion and grounding and helps us see how white knuckling it is actually detrimental to our relationships and if we will pay attention to ourselves we can show up better for the people we hold dear.

Connect with Aundi Kolber:

Website: https://aundikolber.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aundikolberwrites
Instagram: @aundikolber
Twitter: @aundikolber

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Guided by Faith :: Candace Cameron Bure [Ep 400] Mar 13, 2023

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12Where do you turn for answers? Answers in parenting, answers in your career, answers when you encounter the negativity that seems to be lurking around every corner of life these days? My guest this week is a mom who came to a crossroads early in her parenting journey - what will I teach my kids about God? What do I even know about God?

In the hiddens years of mothering her small children a deep relationship with God was forged that would serve as the foundation for Candace Cameron Bure’s life. It directs how she mothers, her return to the entertainment industry, and her forays into entrepreneurship.

Candace is, among many other titles, host of the Candace Cameron Bure Podcast where Heather will join her as co-host for season 2 of the show!

Connect with Candace Cameron Bure:

Website: https://candacecbure.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/candacecameron
Instagram: @candacebure @candacecameronburepodcast
Twitter: @candacebure
TikTok: candacecameronb

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The Bible Recap with Tara-Leigh Cobble
Candace Cameron Bure Podcast
Candace’s Clothing Line
DaySpring Candace Cameron Bure Collection

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Talking, Teens, and Twenty-four Years :: Bruce + Heather [Ep 399] Mar 06, 2023

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Join Bruce and Heather for a Q + A episode where they talk about the importance of connection and communication in their marriage (Happy 24th Anniversary! 🎉🥳) and what it looks like to be in the thick of parenting teens.

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Students of Our Children :: Karen Stubbs [Ep 398] Feb 27, 2023

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What does a child need to flourish? There are a million answers to that question, but in all honesty, it’s a little different for each child. We have so many tools available to us to help us see our own personalities and tendencies more clearly.

My guest this week is mom and author Karen Stubbs. She challenges us to be students of our kids’ personalities - to tell them the way they are wired is a good gift from God.

She encourages us to learn our kids. Not just to correct or discipline them, but to celebrate the way God has made them, help them grow into their strengths, and give them eyes to see their weakness with kindness and grace. Through her ministry, Birds on a Wire, parents can take a quiz to help understand their child’s unique personality and then be equipped to shepherd each unique personality well.

Connect with Karen Stubbs:

Website: https://birdsonawiremoms.com/karenstubbs
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BirdsonaWireMoms/
Instagram: @karenstubbs @birdsonawiremoms
Twitter: @BOAWMoms
Podcast: Wire Talk

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On the Role of Women :: Joel Muddamalle [Ep 397] Feb 20, 2023

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Why do you think God created women?

We know from Genesis that God didn’t say, “We have all these fish, we may as well have women too,” but instead he said, “It is not good” without women. Women take on all sorts of roles in our society, but it can be particularly difficult to suss out what exactly is our role in church and leadership.

My guest this week is theologian Joel Muddamalle. Joel serves as the Director of Theology and Research for Proverbs 31 Ministries among other teaching and preaching responsibilities. In our conversation this week we dive into both the Complementarian and Egalitarian viewpoints as well as receiving gentle encouragement of the great value God places on women and the charge to approach these issues with humility.

Connect with Joel Muddamalle:

Website: https://muddamalle.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Muddamalle/
Instagram: @muddamalle
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@muddamalle

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Complimentarian Theologians

Dr. Tom Schreiner

Egalitarian Theologians

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Communication that Connects :: Kimberly Galindo [Ep 396] Feb 13, 2023

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With phrases like “you complete me” our culture idealizes connection between spouses or even friends that has no boundaries. This brand of intimacy sounds appealing but it doesn’t work well practically. Our desire for connection is innate, but vulnerability is messy and risky. My guest this week, Kimberly Galindo, encourages us instead that the point where “I” end and “you” begin is the point where we’re different, but it is our real point of connection. In our conversation Kimberly gives us some tools to communicate in a way that fosters connection, but maintains our separate personhood.

Kimberly is a licensed therapist with experience helping married couples and individuals connect well in many areas.

Connect with Kimberly Galindo:

Website: https://www.aspenhausassociates.com/kimberly-galindo
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekimberlygalindo
Instagram: @thekimberlygalindo

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Parenting Sensitive and Intense Kids :: Lynne Jackson and Lydia Rex [Ep 395] Feb 06, 2023

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Some of our precious kiddos live with their sensitivity and intensity turned up a notch from the rest of us. What we think should be simple or routine can trigger big outbursts from our kids. Daily life might feel chaotic or unpredictable.

As a mom of a sensitive or intense child you probably have a good idea of what doesn’t work, but it can be hard to discern what will help in those moments. My guests this week are Lynne Jackson and Lydia Rex of Connected Families. Together, they have compiled research and real life experiences from over a 100 families of children who are sensitive and intense and created a parenting course to support and equip parents.

Lynne and her husband Jim have been regulars on Don’t Mom Alone encouraging moms (and dads) that it is possible to connect with your child, to coach them, and correct them - you never have to lose one to have the other. Lydia joins Lynne in the thick of parenting her own sensitive and intense children to encourage moms to draw from the limitless well of Christ’s love for yourself and your child in real-life challenging situations.

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