046 Live Big, Love Bigger with Kathryn Whitaker
This week, I’m finally releasing a great conversation with Kathryn Whitaker! I asked Kathryn come on the show to talk about her new book, Live Big, Love Bigger: Getting Real with BBQ, Sweet Tea, and a Whole Lotta Jesus. We had a great conversation about how how to...
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Checking In and Retreating
As you heard in Episode 045: Back to School Blues, we're having a rough start to the school year at our house! We're coming off a weekend full of illness, and I'm not going to be able to record a new episode this week. Going forward, I'll release new episodes every...
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045 Back to School Blues
This week, I talked about our house's back to school blues. As much as we love our parish school and teachers, we are struggling (as we always do) with the adjustment. I shared what the struggle is looking like and what Philip and I are doing on the parenting side...
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044 Letter Writing
This week, I talked about letter writing--why I love it, the book that is inspiring me lately, and my new challenge: writing one letter a week until Christmas. Wanna join me? Other links/resources mentioned this episode: The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery...
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043: Parenting From Fear
This week, I talked about parenting from fear--how it looks, why we do it, and how I handle it. Other links/resources mentioned this episode: Sonja Corbitt’s book, Fearless: A Catholic Woman’s Guide to Spiritual Warfare. The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good...
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042 Summer Camp
This week, I talked about the joys of SUMMER CAMP--as a camper, counselor, and a mother! Before that, I circled back to last week's episode, 041: Puberty Q&A With Jane. The Diocese of Lincoln has a fantastic website with a few videos and a bibliography with...
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041 Puberty Q&A With Jane
***LITTLE EARS WARNING.*** This week, my 9-year-old daughter, Jane, came on the podcast to talk through a lot of questions about puberty. Please consider listening to this show without little ears around in case they're not ready to hear this content. Links...
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040 Staycation and Filling Buckets
Congratulations to dianachristine3 and coffeebeanstina on winning copies of Colleen Carroll Campbell's book, The Heart of Perfection! I'll be in touch! This week, I: shared listener feedback on what they're doing to fill their own buckets (great ideas!). What are...
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039 The Heart of Perfection With Colleen Carroll Campbell
This week, I had the bucket list honor of chatting with Colleen Carroll Campbell! We talked about her new book, The Heart of Perfection: How the Saints Taught me to Trade my Dream of Perfect for God's. I loved the book so much that I'm giving away TWO copies to two...
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038 NFP Feedback
This week, I thought I'd share and respond to some of the feedback I received from Episode 037: All Things NFP With Bekah Knobeloch. A few of the links/resources mentioned this episode: Feminine Genius Ministries Recent reads: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia...
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