The Fountains of Carrots Podcast

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FoC 129: Finding Your Blue Flame in Challenging Times with Jennifer Fulwiler Mar 31, 2020

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Today we’re talking with our friend and yours, Jennifer Fulwiler. She’s a mother of 6, author of bestsellers, daily radio show host on Sirius XM, and in her plentiful free time she tours nationally doing stand up comedy. Jen lives in Austin, TX and has a new book available for pre-order titled Your Blue Flame: … Continue reading FoC 129: Finding Your Blue Flame in Challenging Times with Jennifer Fulwiler →

Bonus Episode: We’re All Stuck At Home Together Mar 21, 2020

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We’ve never done a bonus episode. But we couldn’t imagine just moving forward with our regular programming before connecting with you over the pandemic we’re facing. This episode is basically a brain dump of what we’re thinking and feeling, what’s working for us, and perspectives we think will be helpful. We’re scared and anxious like … Continue reading Bonus Episode: We’re All Stuck At Home Together →

FoC 128: Creating Daily Rituals and Making Mental Space with Anne Bogel Mar 17, 2020

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Since recording this episode, a lot has happened. But we think this will be a good listen if you want to get your mind off of the pandemic and talk books, rituals, and how to not overthink, well, everything. In fact, some good rituals may be exactly what we all need to help get us … Continue reading FoC 128: Creating Daily Rituals and Making Mental Space with Anne Bogel →

FoC 127: Thinking About Death with Hope Not Fear with Fr. Harrison Ayre Mar 03, 2020

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It’s Lent! And it looks like there’s a global pandemic coming our way! So we are getting very memento mori in today’s episode. We’re talking with Fr. Harrison Ayre, our very first Canadian guest, about (dun dun dun) death. We know Fr. Harrison from his great presence on Twitter, but he has more important things … Continue reading FoC 127: Thinking About Death with Hope Not Fear with Fr. Harrison Ayre →

FoC 126: Why Catholics Need to Care About Racism with Gloria Purvis Feb 18, 2020

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In today’s episode we are diving in to an important topic that makes a lot of people uncomfortable to talk about: racism. Racism is not merely a political talking point, it’s an evil condemned by the Church. Our political narrative would have you believe that fighting abortion is for the right and fighting racism is … Continue reading FoC 126: Why Catholics Need to Care About Racism with Gloria Purvis →

FoC 125: Postpartum Truths for the Whole Person with Allison Auth Feb 04, 2020

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There are oodles of resources for pregnancy and caring for babies but caring for ourselves post partum–or even knowing what to expect post partum!–is another story. Hormonal changes plus sleep deprivation, stress, and feelings of isolation would make anyone feel overwhelmed but we often beat ourselves up over our emotions and struggles post partum rather … Continue reading FoC 125: Postpartum Truths for the Whole Person with Allison Auth →

FoC 124: Waking Up From Disordered Attachments with Seth Haines Jan 21, 2020

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The psychology of addiction is fascinating. What makes us reach for the things that we’re addicted to? Maybe we’re not addicted to heroin but do we have disordered attachments? When pain hits us as stress or emotional trauma do we reach for that glass of wine, binge a show on Netflix, or refresh those social … Continue reading FoC 124: Waking Up From Disordered Attachments with Seth Haines →

FoC 123: Bringing Beauty to the World Through the Beauty of Home with Carrie Gress and Noelle Mering Jan 07, 2020

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What’s the value of a space of beauty to nurture family life? How does beauty affect our souls? What makes a space beautiful? Is there theology to anchor our home lives in? These are the kinds of questions we’re touching on in today’s episode with writers, philosophers, and mothers, Carrie Gress and Noelle Mering–two of … Continue reading FoC 123: Bringing Beauty to the World Through the Beauty of Home with Carrie Gress and Noelle Mering →

FoC 122: The Reed of God: Embracing the Dark Secret of Advent Dec 10, 2019

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It’s Advent! Since we’ve already released episodes about Advent music and how we observe Advent in our homes, we decided to talk about the spiritual journey of Advent inspired by one of our favorite books of all time, The Reed of God by 20th century British Catholic and spiritual writer, Caryll Houselander. We’re sharing in … Continue reading FoC 122: The Reed of God: Embracing the Dark Secret of Advent →

FoC 121: The Real Live Deep Dive on Anne of Green Gables Nov 26, 2019

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Welcome to our FIRST EVER live recording of the podcast! That’s right, Haley and Christy–usually separated by a few thousand miles–were together in the flesh at the FoC Raspberry Cordial Catholic Literary Gathering and we recorded with an audience with dear friend and fellow Anne-phile, Meg Hunter-Kilmer. For those of you who couldn’t be there … Continue reading FoC 121: The Real Live Deep Dive on Anne of Green Gables →

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