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Signpost Parenting :: Ann Voskamp [Ep 395] Jan 30, 2023

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Who saw all that you’ve done today? Anyone? A mom’s work usually goes unacknowledged. We want to measure our work by how the house looks or how the children behave, or by how put together we look when we go out. But my guest this week, Ann Voskamp, invites us to prioritize the unseen. She dares us to prioritize things like the riches of Christ, the promise of an eternity in his presence that is “utterly and completely fulfilling,” and our relationships with those around us. She helps us see the value in “signpost” parenting - not overly concerned with outcomes we cannot control, but deeply committed to continually pointing our kids to Christ and the sufficiency of His great love for us.

Ann is a mom to 7, farmer’s wife and author of several books including her newest, Your Brave Song: An Inspirational Children’s Picture Book That Shows How Faith in Jesus Can Help Kids Overcome Fear, Worry, and Anxiety.

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Website: https://annvoskamp.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnVoskamp
Instagram: @annvoskamp

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Freedom is Not a Look :: Alisa Keeton [Ep 393] Jan 23, 2023

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What’s the first word that comes to mind if I say, “Describe your body”?

It wasn’t “good”, was it?

Fellow human, it should be! Because that’s what God himself says about your body! He says it is good. Just the way he created it - not some past or future version of it, how it is right now.

My guest this week is Alisa Keeton and she has spent the last 10+ years serving others through her ministry, Revelation Wellness. She wants you to understand not only that your body is good, but just how very much God loves you. She deeply desires that we would know God - not just about him, but know him. And that is where our journey to health and wellness can begin.

“Freedom is not a look, it’s a feeling.”

Connect with Alisa Keeton:

Website: https://alisakeeton.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/akeeton/
Instagram: @alisakeeton
Twitter: @alisakeeton

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Clarifying Your Family Culture :: Heather [Ep 392] Jan 16, 2023

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You know what you’re seeing of someone else’s life as you scroll isn’t the whole story and yet we all find ourselves longing for that perfect vacation, that look of pure delight on their child’s face, or the silent moments they were able to enjoy.

We all know “comparison is the thief of joy,” and we should run from it. But what if, rather than try to immediately silence or distract whatever we’re feeling in those moments, we got curious about what’s going on inside? What if we could filter what we see and discern what is for us and what isn’t?

In Christ, God has given us a treasure trove of wisdom and knowledge that, by the power of the Holy Spirit, is available to us all the time. We can use that wisdom to guide us as we uncover the “why” behind our comparisons and help us recognize our God-given boundaries.

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Steady Identity in Shifting Roles :: Kari Kampakis - Part 2 [Ep 391] Jan 09, 2023

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“As parents our job is to be kinder and stronger, and wiser.”

Those words are simple and sensible, but that directive can be deceptively hard. How do we mother - how do we live even - as our roles change hourly, monthly, yearly?

In this second part of our conversation with Kari Kampakis she encourages us that if we are finding our identity in Christ and our joy in Him we can more easily navigate our ever-shifting roles as women. We can be free to teach and guide our children through life and ultimately let go of the reins when the time is right.

Connect with Kari Kampakis:

Website: https://www.karikampakis.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karikampakiswriter/
Instagram: @karikampakis
Twitter: @KariKampakis

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Connecting With Your Daughter Through Humility and Compassion :: Kari Kampakis - Part 1 [Ep 390] Jan 02, 2023

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“I’m not a regular mom, I’m a cool mom” are the words of Mean Girl Regina George’s mom. We know she’s not a great example of a mom, but it can be difficult to sort out which moments are for connecting and which are for correcting.

You want to be a valid voice in your daughter’s life as she enters their teen years and not just maintain, but grow your connection with her. It is possible to break from what society says and enjoy the teenage years.

Mom of four girls and author, Kari Kampakis, talks with us this week about how humility and compassion can help us navigate our relationships with our tweens and teens. (Bonus - when they see us live this way, it will help them learn to navigate relationships too!)

Connect with Kari Kampakis:

Website: https://www.karikampakis.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karikampakiswriter/
Instagram: @karikampakis
Twitter: @KariKampakis

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Every Mom a Theologian :: Phylicia Masonheimer [Ep 389] Nov 28, 2022

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We are all theologians. We may not be formally educated experts, but we all have beliefs about who God is and how and why he interacts with us (or doesn’t). All of our assumptions, presuppositions, opinions, and ideas make up our theology. The question is, where are we getting our information? What do we base our theology on?

My guest this week is Phylicia Masonheimer, founder of Every Woman a Theologian, and her goal is “to teach [women] how to discern truth, know what (and Who) [they] believe, and live [their] faith boldly in a post-Christian world.” Her day to day work is creating resources for women to learn to study the bible and navigate doctrine because a firm theological foundation matters for us personally and individually as well as for our other relationships be it our spouses, kids, friends, neighbors. That foundation will underpin the comfort we bring to a hurting friend, the discipline we use with our children, and how we treat our spouse.

Connect with Phylicia Masonheimer:

Website: https://phyliciamasonheimer.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phyliciadelta
Instagram: @phyliciamasonheimer @everywomanatheologian
Podcast: The Verity Podcast

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Brave Enough to be Broken :: Toni Collier [Ep 388] Nov 21, 2022

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The origins of our word vulnerable are found in a Latin word that means “to wound”. We all know that to be fully known is to open ourselves up to the possibility of being wounded. When we let down our armor, when we expose the wounds of our past as part of the healing journey is risky and scary, but my guest this week, Toni Collier, says, “Be brave.”

Be brave enough to be just who you are before God - he knows you already and loves you unconditionally. Be brave enough to be just who you are before yourself and let guilt indicate places that need to change and banish shame. Be brave enough to be who you are before safe people who can walk with you, supporting your unsteady but important healing steps. There are better, healthier relationships to be had through the healing journey. As Toni would say, “hurt and hope can coexist.”

Toni Collier is a wife, mom, author, speaker, and founder of the international women’s ministry Broken Crayons Still Color which helps women process through their brokenness to get hope. Her newest book, Brave Enough to be Broken, is available wherever books are sold.

Connect with Toni Collier:

Website: www.tonijcollier.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/colliertoni
Instagram: @tonijcollier @brkncrayons
Podcast: Still Coloring

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Good Boundaries and Goodbyes :: Lysa TerKeurst [Ep 387] Nov 14, 2022

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“Good fences make good neighbors” is a line from Robert Frost’s Mending Wall, but the poem goes on to say, “Before I built a wall I'd ask to know / What I was walling in or walling out”

So often in our lives we feel the unrest of chaos or dysfunction in our relationships, but we don’t know exactly what we need to wall out or wall in. My guest this week, Lysa TerKeurst faced a new season of life and wanted to enter it with wisdom and strength - caring for others and herself in each of her relationships. Her personal journey led to her newest book, Good Boundaries and Goodbyes, a guide for each of us as we navigate relationships, practice setting healthy boundaries and even sometimes need to say goodbye.

Connect with Lysa TerKeurst:

Website: https://lysaterkeurst.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialLysa
Instagram: @lysaterkeurst

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Good Boundaries and Goodbyes : Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are by Lysa TerKeurst
Setting Healthy Boundaries with Family :: Dr. John Townsend [Ep 250]
Leslie Vernick and Difficult v Destructive Relationships - https://leslievernick.com
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Bottles of Hope :: Lindsey Wheeler [Ep 386] Nov 07, 2022

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Grief has been called the unwanted visitor - it shows up when you don’t want it and it often stays longer than we would want. In the midst of seasons of suffering or grieving it’s so easy to feel isolated and to be isolated, the weight of bringing our real selves into community feeling like another burden to bear. Whatever dreams we might have had of how our life we go or what it would look like for us to serve God and others seem to be an impossibility.

Meet my guest this week, Lindsey Wheeler. For over a decade Lindsay and her family have fought through her chronic illness and fought for her special needs daughter. She has felt the sting of isolation and the deep relief and joy of true community. In the midst of it all she has found a way to serve others and share God’s gentle love for them by sitting with them in their grief. Through her small business, Bottle of Tears (see discount code below), she reminds others they are seen in their grief - by her, by God, by a loved one that would send one of her precious vintage bottles.

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Website: https://www.bottleoftears.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bottleoftears
Instagram: @bottle_of_tears

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Advent Untangled :: Mindy Rives [Ep 385] Oct 31, 2022

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“Deck the Halls with Chaos and Unmet Expectations” - not the traditional words to the song but maybe more accurate?

Advent is celebrating Jesus coming into our everyday life, meeting us humans in the spaces where we are. My guest this week, Mindy Rives, reminds us that our activities to celebrate Advent should be just that - woven into our everyday life. But so often we get buried in “failed” activities or the season zooms past us.

Mindy’s excellent planning tool, Advent Prep Club, will help you find all sorts of activities from free or inexpensive things to more involved activities, with plenty of space to add in your holiday traditions.

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