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Craving Peace? How Sabbath and Nature Can Restore Your Soul :: Eryn Lynum [Ep 524] May 26, 2025

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Today Eryn Lynum joins me to share about the beautiful connection between nature and rest. Sabbath has become such a hot topic right now but Eryn had to learn from age 14 how to rest like her life depended on it when she was diagnosed with Addison's disease. She is now a homeschooling mom of four, a master naturalist, author, and business owner. Her family is committed to their family values and weekly sabbath amid a very full life. She reminds us of some deep ancient truths that God created us to fully live and gives us tools to find new rhythms. We explore:

How Jesus taught through nature
The meaning of “Shabbat” — to stop and to delight
How to build in Selah pauses (even if you only have 5 minutes!)
God meant for the sabbath to be a celebration, not a stuffy rule following day
Rest is the perfection of vital activity- what is vital in this season for your family

Connect with Eryn Lynum:

Website: Eryn Lynum Author
Facebook: Eryn Lynum Author and Speaker
Instagram: Eryn Lynum | Master Naturalist and Author (@erynlynumauthor)

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Navigating Senior Year: College Prep, Family Talks, and Faithful Waiting :: Lee Cordon and Barrett Ball [Ep 523] May 19, 2025

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Today we are live and in person in my office with Lee Cordon and Barrett Ball! My real-life friends have created a comprehensive guide for senior year and beyond. We cover the logistical, emotional, and spiritual challenges that every family walks through—from managing the college application process to preparing for big transitions at home. This conversation is packed with practical tips, encouragement, and insights every high school parent needs to hear. Here are some of the many topics covered in today’s episode:

Building a realistic college list and setting financial expectations early
Finding safe support systems that don’t fuel anxiety for students or parents
Summer prep checklist: housing deposits, senior photos, Greek life, dorm lists
What to get started on in Junior year to make Senior year more enjoyable and less stressful
Practical gift ideas and etiquette around graduation announcements
How to wait well with our kids and stay calm and collected to set the tone for your home

Connect with Lee Cordon and Barrett Ball:

Website: Do Say Give
Facebook: Do Say Give
Instagram: DoSayGive (@dosaygive)

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Helping Kids Do Hard Things, Strong-Willed Kids, and Growing Through Failure :: David Thomas & Sissy Goff [Ep 522] May 12, 2025

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Today our favorite counselors, David Thomas and Sissy Goff, are back to talk about their new project- children’s books! So much has happened over the last few years and they are beginning to see the onset of anxiety drop to age 6 from 8 years old previously. They created these books to give kids the words and emotional tools to do hard things and decrease anxiety, including a golden retriever feelings chart. As usual, they pack so much advice into every moment, here are some things we cover:

Escape and Avoidance vs. Support and Challenge in parenting
Connect over correction- we lose connections when we try to control the environment
Kids are becoming less resilient- they learn they are capable by experience
How to help an introverted child with friendships
How to be a good loser- turn it into something constructive
How to understand your strong-willed child
Why teen boys are not taking risks

Connect with David Thomas and Sissy Goff:

Website: Raising Boys and Girls
Facebook: Raising Boys and Girls
Instagram: Raising Boys and Girls (@raisingboysandgirls)

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From Blockbusters to Blanket Forts: Patricia Heaton on Parenting, Faith, and Comedy [Ep 521] May 05, 2025

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Today Emmy-winning actor Patricia Heaton joins us for a candid conversation on motherhood, career, and raising four boys. We talk about the pressure parents feel to over-schedule kids, the beauty of simplicity (just give them a cardboard box!), and how God ordered her journey through motherhood and acting.
She and her husband, David Hunt, are in the business of producing movies and directed Unexpected, a film about the emotional ups and downs of infertility. Patricia believes that the best way into tough subjects is through comedy and this movie does just that. Stick around till the end where she shares her advice for helping four boys flourish -including her list of things to do as a family.
Connect with Patricia Heaton:

Website: Home - Patricia Heaton
Facebook: Patricia Heaton
Instagram: Patricia Heaton (@patriciaheaton)

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The Shift: Overcoming Self-Sabotage, Imposter Syndrome, and Critical Inner Monologues :: Mary Marantz [Ep 520] Apr 28, 2025

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Do you often feel like something is holding you back? You can’t quite get to where you want to go professionally, relationally, or in personal habits and goals?
Today Mary Marantz is here to tell us about the mental shifts that change everything. Mary’s story is riveting from growing up in a single-wide trailer in the mountains full of dirt and memories to Yale law school, she has stories to tell! Through her many experiences, she has learned how our self-limiting thoughts can hold us back and how to overcome them. Not through the typical “get it boss girl” mentality but practical steps that lead us to a life we want to live and enjoy, and how to lead our kids well in the area of achievement. Here are some of our topics:

Why fear is a boring liar — and how to manage it
The "fear of success" and why it keeps us playing small
How childhood environments shape adult confidence: the power of speaking life over yourself and your kids
Feeling like everyone has a manual on how to do life and we have missed it
How to handle imposter syndrome and look for the “evidence to the contrary” of the lies in our head

Connect with Mary Marantz:

Website: Mary Marantz - Home
Facebook: The Official Mary Marantz Insiders Community!
Instagram: Mary Bess Marantz (@marymarantz)

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When Friendships Get Messy: Healing, Humor & Finding Your Chicken-Fried Women :: Melissa Radke [Ep 519] Apr 21, 2025

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Get ready to laugh! Today Melissa Radke joins me for a hilarious and heartfelt conversation. Her new book Chicken-Fried Women will make you giggle, cry, and think about the women and friendships in your life. We cover many hilarious topics including spray tans, garage sale bras, swim gym, southern church in the 80’s, and laundry on the couch. At the heart of the book is how to navigate adult friendships and here is more of what we talked about:

What it means to find your people—your chicken-fried women- battered and bruised but still tender on the inside
Healing a mother-daughter relationship with kindness and boundaries
How to divorce a girlfriend (and maybe get her back)
Stick around to the end where Melissa shares the best advice on what it feels like to build your own table (even when it’s hard or uncomfortable)

Connect with Melissa Radke:

Website: HOME | MELISSA RADKE
Facebook: Melissa Radke | Facebook
Instagram: Melissa Radke - Lifestyle, Parenting, Relationships (@msmelissaradke)

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Mean Girls, Mom Roles & Modern Friendship: Coaching Kids Through Conflict :: Dr. Kelly Jameson [Ep 518] Apr 14, 2025

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Today Dr. Kelly Jameson joins me to help us understand the many dynamics of teen friendships. Although this episode mainly applies to girl moms there is advice for the boy mom in this episode as well! Kelly is a trained systems therapist who practices narrative therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. Through her many years of listening to families and teens, she has learned how to navigate the difficult years of teen and tween friendships and how to help parents coach their kids. Here is some of what we cover:

The rise of “friend hoarding” and large group dynamics in 2025
What qualifies as “mean girl” behavior—and why it’s all about power dynamics
Coaching sons to stay out of the drama—and why that matters
How moms are becoming more enmeshed in their kid’s friendships and the damage that causes
The 3 types of friendships every kid should understand

Connect with Dr. Kelly Jameson:

Website: Kelly Jameson - Therapy. Speaking. Consulting.
Facebook: Kelly Jameson, PhD | Facebook
Instagram: Kelly Jameson, PhD (@drkellyjameson)

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Queen Bees and Wannabes: by Rosalind Wiseman

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Walking Through Grief: Coping, Comforting Kids, and Embodied Emotions :: Erin Nelson and Colleen Montague [Ep 517] Apr 07, 2025

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Grief is a journey that no one wants to walk, yet so many of us will experience deep loss in our lifetime. In this episode, Colleen and Erin have an open and honest conversation about Erin’s journey through unimaginable loss—losing her husband in a plane crash, navigating her children’s grief, the heartbreak of her mother’s suicide, and later, the devastating loss of her son in a car accident.
Through her story, Erin shares what it looks like to carry grief in our bodies, the crisis of faith that can come with loss, and how she found her way through the darkness. From those tragedies was born Jessica’s house, a place for families to walk through grief and be supported. And now a book When Grief Comes Home that shares the tools she has learned through so many trials.
Here are some topics we cover:

The impact of trauma and grief on the body and nervous system
The importance of modeling healthy grief and emotional expression for children
How to come alongside grieving families in tangible, practical ways
The unique challenges couples face when grieving a child and how to let someone grieve in their own way
Brightsiding- what it is and how to speak to someone in a dark season

Connect with Erin and Colleen:

Website: Jessica's House
Facebook: Jessica's House
Instagram: Jessica's House (@jessicas_house)

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From Believer to Disciple: Following Jesus in Everyday Life :: Courtney Garrett [Ep 516] Mar 31, 2025

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Do you often desire to disciple your neighbors, friends, or acquaintances but don’t know how?
Today Courtney Garrett joins me to talk about her amazing tools to help Christians invite people into going deeper with Jesus. She is an accidental homeschool mom with years of ministry experience who saw a need for discipleship tools. Often people have grown up in church and pieced Bible stories together but they may have gaps in their view of God and His character. Courtney has written 101 Christianity -a study to help direct conversation and lead people to follow Jesus. Here are some topics we cover…

The difference between being a believer and a committed follower of Jesus
Stories of high school and college students using 101 Christianity to lead well
How to ask people into a discipleship study in a gracious way
How knowing the character of God can help in hard times
Ideas for discipleship with your family

Connect with Courtney Garrett:

Website: 101 Christianity
Instagram: Courtney Garrett (@courtney_garrett_)

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Mothering Autism: Navigating Grief, Marriage, and Community :: Carrie Cariello, Kate Swenson, and Adrian Wood [Ep 515] Mar 24, 2025

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Do you have a child with autism or neurodivergent tendencies? Do you have a friend with a child that needs support but you're not sure how to show up?
Today Carrie, Kate, and Adrian are here to share their deeply personal stories about their kids and how autism has shaped their families. The amazing thing is each of their experiences is so different- and each of them has approached this diagnosis uniquely. They co-wrote a book called Autism Out Loud that covers a huge variety of challenges. We barely scratched the surface but here are some things we covered…

The hidden, unexpected grief of special needs parenting
How raising a child with autism magnifies stress in marriages
Siblings and how autism affects their lives- the joys and sadness that come with a neurodivergent sibling and how to keep that communication open
What parents of autistic children really need from friends and family
It takes risk, invitation, and vulnerability to find your people and a community that can rally around and support you

Connect with Carrie, Kate, and Adrian:

Website: Tales of an Educated Debutante - Adrian Harrold Wood, PhD
Website: Finding Cooper's Voice | Welcome to the Secret World of Autism
Website: Carrie Cariello
Instagram: Adrian Harrold Wood, PhD (@talesofaneducateddebutante)
Instagram: Kate (@findingcoopersvoice)
Facebook: Carrie Cariello

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Autism Out Loud: By Carrie Carieel, Kate Swenson, and Adrian Wood

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