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**Old Ladies Know Stuff with Rhonda Stoppe & Friends**

Old Ladies Know Stuff –– They really do! And we are here to teach you all-the-things! If the secret to a life-well-lived comes through godly mentors, then let’s listen together to world changers who are impacting our world with their message!No matter your age or stage of life please come LAUGH with us, CRY with us, CELEBRATE with us while learning insights from women who’ve walked the path ahead of you. In this fun and engaging show join Rhonda and friends offer: practical help- real stories- biblical insights to help you build a life without regrets.

Latest Episodes:

Guest Cast with Dr James Dobson Family Talk Mar 21, 2023

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This amazing interview with Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk first aired July 6, 2021. You can catch the all of Rhonda's interviews with Dr. James Dobson's Family Institute HERE:*
Listen Here: Part 1
Read Part 1 Full Transcript Here:
Dr. James Dobson's book Mentioned:
Bringing Up Boys
Rhonda's Resources Mentioned:
Moms Raising Sons to Be Men
Listen Here: Part 2
Read Part 2 Full Transcript Here:
Dr. James Dobson's Books Mentioned:
When God Doesn't Make Sense
The New Dare to Discipline

Rhonda's Resources Mentioned:
Moms Raising Sons to Be Men
If My Husband Would Change I'd Be Happy
The Marriage Mentor
I Sleep with the Pastor
*Please consider making a donation to Dr. James Dobson Family Institute so they can continue their vital ministry to families in this generation.
Click Here to Donate to Dr. James Dobson Family Institute

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"This podcast is for the purpose of mentoring only and is not a replacement for therapy. We suggest you seek out the help of a trained biblical counselor for help with your specific situation.”

Your Marriage Can Survive Toddlers & Teens! Mar 07, 2023

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Your Marriage Can Survive Toddlers & Teens - Guest Cast with Rhonda Stoppe presenting this message at the Awesome Marriage Online Marriage Retreat*

INTRO: (00:00-4:43)
-Postpartum
-Feeling like I had failed my husband and my children
-Temptation to run away and find my worth in my career
-Loneliness of motherhood
-"Trying to Keep the Love Alive in Marriage while Keeping your kids alive one more day" LOL
-Toddler Tantrums and Teen mood swings can make it feel like connecting with your spouse is impossible.
-Grin & Bear it... Fake it til you make it? Not the Best Course of Action.
-Imposter syndrome
-God loves when we cry out and admit we are at the end of our rope and don't have it all together
4 WAYS YOUR MARRIAGE CAN SURVIVE TODDLERS & TEENS (04:44)
1. Be Still
-God is for you building a better marriage
-Who can be against you?
-Stop Striving to Do Better
-Overly Committed
QUOTE: "Being Still may feel counter productive, but God will meet you in the quiet."

2. Be Real (07:02-09:19 )
-Honesty with gentle words
-Don't shame or blame your spouse
-Acknowledge the real difficulty of raising toddlers & teens
-Realize that you need help
-You GET ONE SHOT AT THIS marriage & parenting thing... ONE
3. BE GENUINE (07:50-09:19)
4. BE DETERMINED TO BE UNITED (09:19-12:20 )
QUOTE: "Decide together how you will respond when your kids attempt to create turmoil."
QUOTE: "Kids who can divide their parents are filled with insecurity"
Ecclesiastes 4:12 "Two are better than one..."
QUOTE: "God is your source of wisdom & strength"
TAKE AWAY: "If we want our kids to follow Christ they must see the testimony of His love in our marriages"
CONCLUSION:
One more story (12:23)
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
*To WATCH Rhonda giving this presentation and to register for the conference
Click Here: Awesome Marriage Virtual Retreat 2023
DISCOUNT Code: RHONDA10
Moms Raising Sons to Be Men - Rhonda Stoppe, Harvest House Publishers
The Marriage Mentor - Rhonda Stoppe, Harvest House Publishers

Moms Raising Sons Book Quote: "Your Son's Generation is longing to see..." Mar 05, 2023

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Moms Raising Sons Book Quote:
Your son's generation is longing to see what genuine Christianity looks like
#MomsRaisingSonstoBeMen - Available now!

How to Rekindle Intimacy in Your Marriage Bed Feb 16, 2023

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How to Rekindle Intimacy in Your Marriage Bed In this short episode (6:46) Rhonda offers practical insights to help you rekindle the romance in your marriage.
Steps to Build Intimacy in Marriage
1. A Close Warm Friendship
- Play together
2. Pursue Each Other
3. Ask God for Help
4. View s❤️x as a supernatural way God knits your souls together as one.
5. Connect on an emotional level
-Make her feel seen & heard
-Help her with the everyday chores
-Giver her time to unwind
6. Rhonda’s resource: Ebook “A Christian Woman’s Guide to Great
S❤️X in marriage
7. Building Trust is Crucial
- believe the best about each other
-love them for who they are
8. Affirming Words
9. Make time to make love
This episode is in no way a comprehensive resource. I am not a professional counselor, but as an older woman I offer these valuable insights. I pray the steps you learn here will help you reconnect and rekindle intimacy with your spouse.
For professional help please reach out to a free counselors at Focus on the Family.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Crosswalk Article: Are S❤️X and intimacy the Same thing?
-Article
-Video
ebook: A Christian Woman’s Guide to Great S❤️X in Marriage
The Marriage Mentor - Becoming the Couple You Long to Be
Real Life Romance

GuestCast: Our LOL True Love Story w/ Steve & Rhonda Stoppe Feb 08, 2023

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GUESTCast Episode with Steve Stoppe. Our LOL True Love Story - Listen and laugh as we try to recall our Real Life Romance Love Story that began over 40 years ago ❤️
Listening Time: (14:35)
Original Audio Interview :
Engaging Story - Strengthening Your Marriage One Story at a Time
YouTube Video Has over 34K Views!
You can WATCH Steve & Rhonda’s Love Story video here:
Watch Here - Other couples tell their love stories from Rhonda’s Book: RealLifeRomance

Guest Cast: THRIVE & REST with Marnie Swedberg - Mentor to Thousands! (12:48) Jan 24, 2023

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THRIVE & REST! DON’T MISS this power packed Conversation. An excerpt from the exciting Spiritual Growth Conference: Thrive with Me 2023
Join Rhonda and Marnie to hear insights and inspiration to help you discover how to Thrive while Learning to Rest.
Rhonda’s Acronym:
REST
Remember
Eliminate
Savor the Savior
Tell
(Listening Time: 12:48)
Marnie’s speaker profile: WomenSpeakers.com
Buy Marnie’s New Book:
Spiritual Growth
Experience self-awareness at a whole new level. Honestly assess your true feelings, beliefs, concerns, and spiritual options. Gain the clarity you need to get going in a clearly defined direction.
The book also includes a Relgion Comparison Guide to further convince you of your choice, and encourage you to fully invest. You'll explore the top 20 religions at your own pace, coming to your own conclusions, because nobody else's opinion about this really matters.
BIO:
Marnie Swedberg is an international leadership mentor, the author of 13 books, the host of her own radio talk show, a media expert, and a keynote speaker for organizations around the world.

Fun and fast-paced, yet peaceful and approachable, her history includes fires, floods, a tornado, car wrecks, business set-backs, a burglary, lightning strike, ambulance rides and more. She models come-back behavior, possibility thinking, and profound faith.

As the webhostess of www.WomenSpeakers.com, the largest online directory of Christian Women Speakers in the world, she connects event planners with speakers
Links Mentioned in this Episode:

Thrive With Me Conference Replay
Marnie’s Speaker Profile & Booking Info
Watch Rhonda & Marnie’s conversation here. (Forward to find Rhonda’s Interview 35:09)
Watch Rhonda’s Session at Thrive with Me 2023: Everyone Can Live an Extraordinary Life!

Rhonda’s Resources Mentioned:

The Marriage Mentor - Becoming the Couple You Long to Be - by Steve & Rhonda Stoppe (Harvest House Publishers)
Moms Raising Sons to Be Men (Harvest House 2023)
How to Have a Relationship with Jesus
YouTube Channel: Rhonda Stoppe No Regrets Woman
Podcast: Old Ladies Know Stuff

10 Reasons to Go to Church - Even When You Don't Feel Like it! Jan 04, 2023

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10 Reasons to Go to Church - Even When You Don't Feel Like it
These 10 points are taken from a popular article I wrote for Crosswalk.com
For a more detailed breakdown of each point you can read the article here:
10 Reasons to Go to Church - Even When You Don't Feel Like it

Happy New Year Friends. I'll see you in church!
Soli Deo Gloria
Rhonda

GUEST CAST with Brandon Stoppe_Insights into Adolescence (Part 3 of 4) Dec 01, 2022

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Part 3 of 4 This conversation will blow your mind! Rhonda's son, Brandon Stoppe shares what is going on in the mind of your adolescent son!
Wow. Just wow! Don't miss this. And then please SHARE IT with your boy mom friends in the thick of adolescence.
QUOTE: "What do I do with him? Where do I send him?"

Men speak shoulder to shoulder. Learn new ways to communicate with your son.
Christian sons have an inner turmoil of the Holy Spirit's conviction amidst their fight to become a man.

QUOTE: "As sons, how we see God is how we see our parents."
STORY: The last straw. The Ditch Digger
ADVICE TO DADS: from Brandon.

The power struggle.
Parent's Unity made all the difference.
Hard work works.

QUOTE: "As I was digging it was a kind of natural type of moment. I'm getting better at this... It was something to be really proud of myself in...and I wanted to show my dad...
Work for my dad made all the difference for me."
STORY: Moses, Miriam and Aaron.
SINGLE MOMS: Mothers of sons without dads... Brandon shares great hope!

CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER.

QUOTE: "Talk so he listens. And listen so he talks...Be willing to give him the reasons why..."

Please SUBSCRIBE & SHARE to catch the rest of the story in the next Episode. (I apologize for the abrupt ending of this episode! But please stay tuned for the Final Episode: Part 4 of 4 "Insights into Adolescence )

GUESTCast: Sons & Dating with BoyMom: Monica Swanson & Rhonda Nov 09, 2022

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GuestCast! BoyMom Podcast Host Monica Swanson & Rhonda Stoppe discuss Sons & Dating. Today's episode is packed with great insights where we talk about helping our sons navigate relationships, dating, s*x, and finding a spouse. This power packed episode first aired: BoyMom Podcast
Chapter Titles:

Having the Talk (10:37)
Help Them Discern (19:04)
To Date or Not to Date? (25:37)
Give Them The Why (26:47)
Hope for Single Moms (28:20)
Old Ladies Know Stuff (29:21)
Group Dating & High School Sweethearts (39:25)
How Far is Too Far? (41:59)
Help Them Set Boundaries (42:49)
Appeal to the Man He will Become (48:36)
Talk Openly with Them (52:30)
Conclusion

Monica Swanson

Monica and her husband Dave raise boys and tropical fruit on the North Shore of Oahu. Monica has homeschooled their four sons (two who are currently in college in Southern California.) Monica is the author of Boy Mom: What Your Son Needs Most from You, and host of the Boy Mom Podcast. Monica has been blogging for over 10 years and has encouraged over 10 million visitors to her website with articles on parenting and family, healthy living, and (mostly) healthy recipes. The Swanson boys are all surfers, (Luke, who is 17, surfs professionally) which keeps Monica on her knees. Monica loves good coffee, running trails with her husband and dog, Thor, the Word of God, and connecting with women all over the world through the crazy gift of the internet.
Monica's Books:
BoyMom - What Your Son Needs from You
Raising Amazing - Bringing up Kids Who Love God, Like their Family, and Do the Dishes - without being asked.
Rhonda's Books (mentioned in this episode):
Moms Raising Sons to Be Men - Guiding them Toward Their Purpose & Passion
Real Life Romance - Inspiring Stories to Help You Believe in True Love
The Marriage Mentor - Becoming the Couple You Long to Be
Learn more about Monica at: MonicaSwanson.com
Register for Monica's Character Training Course
Subscribe to The Boy Mom Podcast
"This podcast is for the purpose of mentoring only and is not a replacement for therapy. We suggest you seek out the help of a trained biblical counselor for help with your specific situation.”

Insights into Adolescence with Rhonda Stoppe (Part 1) Oct 06, 2022

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This is Part 1 of a 4 part message Rhonda taught at a Homeschool Convention. (I know I talk real fast in this but please remember, I was speaking at a convention in California. LOL. We talk fast out here on the West Coast. And I was trying to share a one hour message in 30 minutes to make time for Brandon to join me for a Q & A at the end (Part 4)
So please gear up to listen fast dear friends. 🥴 I promise I slow down as I get into my groove.
You can also watch me telling the story here on Focus on the Family.
STORY: When my 4 year old daughter said, "I know you can't wait til we are grown so you can do whatever you want, I knew I needed help.
I looked for mentors. The women who mentored me helped me become the woman I hoped to be, the mom I meant to be. They were real, genuine and honest. Their stories gave me hope and unfolded incredible wisdom.
That's why I am so passionate now about mentoring women. And that's why I am inviting you to become a faithful subscriber of Old Ladies Know Stuff.
Together we will laugh and cry and unpack incredible insights to guide you toward a no regrets life.
In this 4 Part Message you will discover the secret that changed the trajectory of my life. And I know it will do the same for you!
POINTS:

You're not alone
You're in good company
You can do this!

QUOTE: "Your children aren't an imposition on your ministry, they are your ministry"
I am SO EXCITED to start this new journey with you. Together let's build a tribe of NO REGRETS WOMEN! PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & SHARE with your friends ❤️
Resources Mentioned: Moms Raising Sons to Be Men
"This podcast is for the purpose of education only and is not a replacement for therapy. We suggest you seek out the help of a trained biblical counselor for help with your specific situation.”

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