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#163: The Magic of Empathy with Kim Stuart Dec 03, 2018

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Do you frequent the parenting shame cycle? Could you use tips on how to genuinely engage with teenagers? How can you help your children choose quality friendships? Kimberly Stuart grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, where she learned to be snobbish about corn on the cob and good storytelling. She earned degrees at St. Olaf College and the University of Iowa, both fine institutions that did very little to prepare her for the lethal cocktail of parenting and writing. Kim is the author of eight novels, including the Heidi Elliott series and her most recent book, Heart Land. She has a passion to write chemistry-driven, smart, romance that requires a reader neither to leave her brain at the door nor to visit a confessional after turning the last page. Kim has made her home in Minneapolis, Houston, Chicago, Costa Rica, Nebraska, and Iowa, where she now lives with her brave husband and three wily children. What we chat about: how to help your kids when they’re choosing friends using empathy to help create a safe space for your kids how to extend grace to yourself when you’ve said way too much weird things we’ve done when we’ve met famous people super niche documentaries Links mentioned: Pucker UpHeart LandI’ll Be Your Blue Sky Binnie’s Butter Connect with Kim Stuart: website | instagram | facebook Connect with Emily: website I instagram I facebook I patreon Episode Sponsors: Natural Red: get 15% off your order with code SWP Prep Dish: get a free 2 week trial at prepdish.com/swp Canvas People: get an 11x14 canvas free + shipping by texting “SWP” to 484848 Brooklinen: get $20 off + free shipping with code SWP Support the show: Patreon | Amazon Share the Struggle! If you've been encouraged, share this episode with a friend. The struggle is real. We might as well do this together! Do you love the Struggle Well Project? Please leave a review here!

November Problem Solved Nov 26, 2018

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Could you use practical tips on how to find your identity outside of motherhood? What can you do to not feel old or out of touch with your ideal style? Are there things you had to put down because of adulting but would like to rediscover? Identity can be a complex and vast concept, but we actually managed to come up with some great tips! What we chat about: Rebecky’s birth story and an update on her ill-timed bathroom remodel maintaining an identity separate from motherhood Emily reveals she’s the Al Bundy of pianists Tips to help us all feel less haggish Making a “you” journal to help you figure out what you actually like Purpose vs. identity Connect with Rebecky: website | instagram Connect with Emily: website I instagram I facebook I patreon Episode Sponsors: Tommy John: visit tommyjohn.com/swp for 20% off your first order Canvas People: get an 11x14 canvas free + shipping by texting “SWP” to 484848 BioClarity: get your first month 1/2 off + free shipping with code SWP Natural Red: get 15% off your order + free shipping on orders over $50 with code SWP Support the show: Patreon | Amazon Share the Struggle! If you've been encouraged, share this episode with a friend. The struggle is real. We might as well do this together! Do you love the Struggle Well Project? Please leave a review here!

#161: Sex, Money and Your Marriage with Cherie Lowe Nov 19, 2018

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“Passionate Patience” and “Financial Foreplay” are coming up today, so buckle up! Have you ever considered how intertwined sex and money are in your marriage? This fascinating conversation Cherie Lowe outlines how to save money and improve your love life. This conversation is jam-packed with info you’re going to want to put in place! What we chat about: You’re bringing a covered dish to a party. Is it a potluck? A pitch-in? A “pot blessing”? (I may have made up that last one.) Finding some wiggle room in your budget Cherie’s journey to be debt-free How paying off debt has affected her children Forming a healthy relationship with money How learning to manage money can lead to better intimacy in your marriage (a.k.a. “financial foreplay”) Cheap and practical date nights The VND (values, needs, dreams) approach to your social calendar Attaching money to our identity Embracing each other’s strengths when it comes to budgeting Shopping strategies and couponing Links mentioned: Your Money, Your Marriage YourMoneyYourMarriage.com QueenOfFree.net HotWire.com BetterBidding.com Ebates Swagbucks Cartwheel Meijer Perks Walmart Savings Catcher Shopkick Formula 10.0.06 Connect with Cherie: website | instagram | facebook | pinterest | youtube Connect with Emily: website | instagram | facebook | patreon Episode Sponsors: Perfect Keto: get 20% off all products by visiting perfectketo.com/swp using code SWP Care Of: get 20% off your first month with code SWP Lola: get 40% off your any subscription with code SWP Hint: get 36 bottles for $36 by visiting drinkhint.com/swp using code SWP Support the show: Patreon | Amazon Share the Struggle! If you've been encouraged, share this episode with a friend. The struggle is real. We might as well do this together! Do you love the Struggle Well Project? Please leave a review here!

#160: Feeling Too Far Behind to Catch Up with Katie Ordway Nov 12, 2018

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Do you ever feel inadequate because you don’t know enough? Do you tell yourself you’re too behind to ever catch up? In this episode with Katie, we discuss her recent decision to follow Jesus and the identity questions she still wrestles with. We do official internet “research” (via online quizzes) to drill down to our true identities as well. What we discovered is: the concept of identity is a hard one to wrangle and we all wonder if we’re on the right track from time to time. What we chat about: defining true identity what it really means to “find our identity in Christ” how to believe the truth in what God says about us instead of the lies we tell ourselves Links mentioned: Bripe Baked in Vermont Bee onesie Connect with Katie: instagram Connect with Emily: website I instagram I facebook I patreon Episode Sponsors: Canvas People: get an 11x14 canvas free + shipping by texting “SWP” to 484848 Natural Red: get 15% off your order + free shipping on orders over $50 with code SWP Zip Recruiter: try it for free at ZipRecruiter.com/SWP Prep Dish: get a free 2 week trial at prepdish.com/swp Support the show: Patreon | Amazon Share the Struggle! If you've been encouraged, share this episode with a friend. The struggle is real. We might as well do this together! Do you love the Struggle Well Project? Please leave a review here!

New Podcast I Had To Tell You About: Imagined Life Nov 07, 2018

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Family time while driving can be a challenge. I wanted to share a family-friendly new podcast with you that will have everyone engaged. Give it a listen and subscribe here!

#159: Demystifying Counseling with Ann Taylor McNiece Nov 05, 2018

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Do you think you might need counseling, but don’t know where to start or even if it’s okay to get help? Ann has got answers. Ann Taylor McNiece is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a wife, a mom, a daughter, and a friend. Over the past few years, she has worked in the schools with kids of all ages, in private practice with individuals and couples, and in a community mental health agency where she served low-income clients and family reunifying after problems with child abuse. Her passion is to help women understand the truth about their hearts and souls and to help couples get to the heart of their marriages. What we chat about: signs that it’s time to seek a professional counselor dispelling the stigma that it’s not okay for Christians to get counseling and/or medication how to find a counselor that is the right fit for you identifying issues with food obsession and body issues what to say to a friend who you believe would benefit from counseling Links mentioned: Postpartum network Psychology Today The Intentional Family Connect with Ann: website | facebook Connect with Emily: website I instagram I facebook I patreon Episode Sponsors: Brooklinen: get $20 off + free shipping with code SWP Prep Dish: get a free 2 week trial at prepdish.com/swp Audible: start your 30-day trial + 1 free book using the link or text “SWP” to 500500 BioClarity: get your first month 1/2 off + free shipping with code SWP Support the show: Patreon | Amazon Share the Struggle! If you've been encouraged, share this episode with a friend. The struggle is real. We might as well do this together! Do you love the Struggle Well Project? Please leave a review here!

Just Em #16: Identity Nov 01, 2018

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Excited to kick off our first-ever Struggle Well Project Focus! Interestingly, as I studied the concept of identity, I got very involved in the study of icebergs…I know. It’s odd. Just stay with me here. I promise it is interesting. Connect with Emily: website I instagram I facebook I patreon

#158: The Wondering Years with Knox McCoy Oct 29, 2018

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I enjoy pop culture AND Christianity. Did you know this can be a thing? Knox McCoy loves laughing and making people laugh. Really anything that’s laughter-adjacent, he’s into. He’s also super into the word “swashbuckling” and his dream is to one day use it in a bio. Knox began podcasting in 2011 as a way to talk more about popular culture, and to his extreme surprise, he’s still doing it every week on The Popcast with Knox and Jamie. As a resident of the South, Knox’s heritage is to enjoy football and barbecue, and he does so with great passion. He also enjoys zombie movies, police procedurals, and a good Netflix binge. Knox lives with his wife and three kids in Birmingham, Alabama where he works as a screenwriter and as the swashbuckling co-founder of The Popcast Media Group. (Dreams really can come true.) What we chat about: learning from uncomfortable conversations how pop culture informs Knox’s faith teaching kids the gospel with care questioning God Links mentioned: The Popcast with Knox & Jamie The Bible Binge The Wondering Years Shoe DogSuccessionKilling Eve Connect with Knox: website | instagram | twitter Connect with Emily: website I instagram I facebook I patreon Episode Sponsors: Daily Harvest: get three free cups in your first box with code SWP Tommy John: use the link for 20% off your first order Perfect Keto: get 20% off your order using link and promo code SWP Support the show: Patreon | Amazon Share the Struggle! If you've been encouraged, share this episode with a friend. The struggle is real. We might as well do this together! Do you love the Struggle Well Project? Please leave a review here!

#157: Holding Tight to Permanent with Amanda Williams Oct 22, 2018

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Amanda Bible Williams likes words and books more than just about anything. She holds bachelor’s degrees in psychology and English, nearly a master’s in religion, and a deep love for a farmhouse east of Nashville, Tennessee, where she lives with her husband and their four children. Chief Content Officer of She Reads Truth, Amanda spends her days happily rearranging sentences and explaining that her maiden name really is Bible. She is the co-author of She Reads Truth: Holding Tight to Permanent in a World That’s Passing Away and a general editor of the newly released She Reads Truth Bible. What we chat about: how Amanda is struggling well through a very difficult season why you should read the Bible how She Reads Truth is different than your typical Bible study Links mentioned: She Reads Truth Lauren Daigle Look Up Child Connect with Amanda: instagram | facebook | twitter Connect with Emily: website I instagram I facebook I patreon Episode Sponsors: Perfect Keto: get 20% off your order using link and promo code SWP Zip Recruiter: try it for free at ZipRecruiter.com/SWP Simple Contacts: get $20 with promo code SWP Natural Red: get 15% off your order + free shipping on orders over $50 with code SWP Support the show: Patreon | Amazon Share the Struggle! If you've been encouraged, share this episode with a friend. The struggle is real. We might as well do this together! Do you love the Struggle Well Project? Please leave a review here!

October Problem Solved Oct 18, 2018

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Fall is here are we’re solving all of your Halloween headaches like picking a couples costume, appropriate trick or treat age limits and handing out candy. We also determine when it’s appropriate to start watching Hallmark Christmas movies and tackle the challenge of getting your kids to wear winter clothes. And our friendship is tested when Rebecky reveals she doesn't like pumpkin spice flavored anything. WHAT?! Ways to support the show: Patreon Amazon Share the Struggle! Find me on Instagram because I want to hear YOUR thoughts! If you've been encouraged, share the episode with another mom. The struggle is real. We might as well do this together!

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