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#126: Face Time with Kristen Hatton Feb 12, 2018

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Kristen Hatton is the author of Face Time: Your Identity in a Selfie World for teen girls and the teen devotional Get Your Story Straight. A third book, The Gospel-Centered Life in Exodus for Students, is coming this summer. Kristen is also a blogger, Bible study teacher and speaker for groups of parents, women, and teens. In addition to her own blog, she contributes frequently to the Rooted Ministry blog and enCourage women’s blog. She resides in Edmond, Oklahoma, with her pastor husband, and they have three teenagers. What we chat about: Kristen's idea to start a Bible study with her daughter and her friends Walking through the season of her daughter's eating disorder How to have a friend and be a friend Understanding teens and empathizing with them Talking with teens about idolatry Teens and technology Laying a foundation for the teen years Links mentioned: Face Time: Your Identity in a Selfie World DIY bath bombs Connect with Kristen: website // facebook // instagram // twitter // pinterest Episode Sponsors: RX Bar: get 25% off your first order using the promo code MSW Support the show: Shop Amazon Affiliate Link Share the Struggle! Find me on Instagram or Facebook because I want to hear YOUR thoughts on this episode! If you've been encouraged by the show, please share it with another mom. The struggle is real. We might as well do this together!

Just Em #7: Devoted or FULLY Devoted? Feb 08, 2018

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This week we look at John 3:1-15 and a guy named Nicodemus. And then we ask some hard questions about our own lives. Ouch. That's the part we don't like. Let's do it anyway!

#125: Closure is Complicated with Micah Maddox Feb 05, 2018

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Micah Maddox is a women’s conference speaker, Bible teacher, writer, blogger, and author of Anchored In: Experience a Power-Full Life in a Problem-Filled World. She is passionate about helping women find purpose, peace, and calm in our chaotic world. As a pastor’s wife and mother of three, she contributes her time to MOPS and her local church – including serving as a women’s ministry leader. What we chat about: The complicated journey of finding closure Knowing when it's time to walk away from a relationship Why Micah chose to become a foster parent How having foster children has affected her biological children Setting healthy boundaries Connect with Micah: website // facebook // instagram // twitter // pinterest Episode Sponsors: Tula: 20% off + free shipping Prep Dish: free two-week trial Support the show: Shop Amazon Affiliate Link Share the Struggle! Find me on Instagram or Facebook because I want to hear YOUR thoughts on this episode! If you've been encouraged by the show, please share it with another mom. The struggle is real. We might as well do this together!

#124: Unfiltered Faith with Tabitha Panariso Jan 29, 2018

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Tabitha Panariso is a devoted wife, mom of two (almost three) and a very wordy, typically unfiltered, writer of life and faith. She spends the majority of her days at home with her kids taking advantage of any other free time by pouring into her friendships and community. Over and over again, Tabitha is relearning that her worth has nothing to do with her doing and all to do with her being — His. What we chat about: The grief process Tabitha walked through after leaving the workforce How we misinterpret the way God handles us Becoming passionate about finding your identity Staying present with your kids What is actually required to be healthy Links mentioned: Letterboard Connect with Tabitha: website // instagram // facebook Episode Sponsors: Daily Harvest: enter promo code MSW to get three items FREE in your first box Fabletics: get two pairs of leggings for just $24 when you become a VIP member Support the show: Shop Amazon Affiliate Link Share the Struggle! Find me on Instagram or Facebook because I want to hear YOUR thoughts on this episode! If you've been encouraged by the show, please share it with another mom. The struggle is real. We might as well do this together!

#123: The Purpose Right In Front of You with Stephanie Ackerman Jan 22, 2018

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Stephanie Ackerman is an ordinary girl living an extraordinary life where she gets to do what she loves for a living. Her purpose is to create, inspire, teach, and encourage others through creative arts. At any given moment she might be praying, doodling, running, baking chocolate chip cookies, doing laundry, trying to match socks, doing more laundry, organizing piles, at the airport or coming home from the airport, stitching, taking a nap or all of the above. What we chat about: Divorce - knowing when to walk away Hormonal changes Confronting self-doubt Embracing your own creativity Pushing your children to overcome their fears Fear of praying out loud Links mentioned: Faith Journaling for the Inspired ArtistMarriage Health Connect with Stephanie: website // instagram // vimeo Episode Sponsors: Prep Dish - free two-week trial Tula - 20% off + free shipping Support the show: Shop Amazon Affiliate Link Share the Struggle! Find me on Instagram or Facebook because I want to hear YOUR thoughts on this episode! If you've been encouraged by the show, please share it with another mom. The struggle is real. We might as well do this together!

Just Em #6: How Dare You Jan 22, 2018

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Join me as I look at the end of John 2 this week! Hope you learn as much as I did!

Problem Solved: Figure Skating and the Mysterious Bathtub Jan 17, 2018

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Things got interesting this month, friends. We changed up the format slightly and simplified it. Basically so Rebecca wouldn't quit. Please feel free to send her mean messages about even considering it! Thank you in advance. There's no theme this month which is fun because it left us open for even more shenanigans. Enjoy.

#122: Finding Hope & Reason with Elise Hurd Jan 15, 2018

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Elise Hurd is a faith coach, wife to her best friend, Jason, and mom of 5 wildly exuberant kids. Her passion is to help believers remember, record, and relay their personal experiences of Jesus. Her goal is to equip Jesus-followers to "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." (1 Peter 3:15). Elise and Jason are completing their RV renovation and plan to hit the road full time in their tiny home by the summer of 2018. What we chat about: Elise's story of modeling, abortion, attempted suicide and the hope she found in Christ A creative way she's using her limitations to teach her children to rely on Christ How parents can love/help their prodigal kids What is a Jesus Story Box? The remarkable connection remembering and our spiritual lives Isaiah 40:6 and dialogue with God Links mentioned: Jesus, the One and Only Schmidt's Natural Deodorant Where to find Elise: website // instagram // facebook Episode Sponsors: Zip Recruiter - Start posting jobs for free Butcher Box - Place your first order at ButcherBox.com/MSW with the promo code MSW and get $20 off and free bacon Fabletics - Go to Fabletics.com/MSW today and get TWO pairs of their amazing leggings for just $24 when you become a VIP member Support the show: Shop Amazon Affiliate Link Share the Struggle! Find me on Instagram or Facebook because I want to hear YOUR thoughts on this episode! If you've been encouraged by the show, please share it with another mom. The struggle is real. We might as well do this together!

Just Em #5: Making Whips and Cleaning House Jan 11, 2018

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Today we look at John 2:13-17 where Jesus did some things that don't seem very Jesus-y. We know though that he never makes a mistake and is always working for our good so it's worth taking a deeper look into this interesting scene.

#121: Becoming Free with Jamie Ivey Jan 08, 2018

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Jamie Ivey is a podcaster, writer, and speaker from Austin, Texas. She is the proud mama to four kids and the wife to Aaron, worship pastor of The Austin Stone Community Church. Jamie loves to encourage women to passionately follow Jesus through whatever stage of life. She does this through writing and her weekly podcast, The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey. Jamie's debut book If You Only Knew: My Unlikely, Unavoidable Story of Becoming Free, releases January 2018. What we chat about: Identity and actually believing what you say you believe How Jamie's life has changed as a result of sharing her story Learning to take a backseat to the Holy Spirit Watching God draw her children's heart closer to Him Building relationships through service Links mentioned: If You Only Knew: My Unlikely, Unavoidable Story of Becoming Free Orange Theory Slow North candles Where to find Jamie: website // instagram // facebook // twitter // pinterest Episode Sponsors: Fabletics - Go to Fabletics.com/MSW today and get TWO pairs of their amazing leggings for just $24 when you become a VIP member Wellness Witness - Join the At-Home Tribe through January 14, 2018, for just $12/mo by visiting athometribe.com and clicking the Mom Struggling Well discount box Prep Dish - Get a free two-week trial now by visiting PrepDish.com/MSW Support the show: Shop Amazon Affiliate Link Share the Struggle! Find me on Instagram or Facebook because I want to hear YOUR thoughts on this episode! If you've been encouraged by the show, please share it with another mom. The struggle is real. We might as well do this together!

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