Exchange False Beliefs with True Identity :: Jamie Winship [Ep 433]
What hats do you wear? We’ve all heard the phrase “She wears many hats.” Maybe we’ve said it about ourselves or others. But do you know what is constant in this word picture about one person performing many roles? The head that the hats sit on. It’s such a simple concept - we remain the same in each job we do or season we’re in. But it isn’t simple at all, is it? If we think of our identity as ...
1hr 2m Oct 09, 2023
1hr 2m
Sidetracked with Fall, Homecoming and Sibling Conflict :: Cynthia and Heather [Ep 432]
It’s mum time in Texas, y’all! Both the colorful garden flowers and the personalized faux floral and ribbon creations seen at Texas homecoming football games. Get sidetracked with Cynthia and me this week as we decode what the kids are saying these days, design our own mums, and talk about the hard things life has thrown at us lately. We discuss the trap of comparison and we finally stop searc...
46m Oct 06, 2023
46m
“What is My Responsibility in My Child’s Salvation?” :: Vela Tomba [Ep 431]
What is our role in our children’s salvation? It’s easy to hope in a formulaic approach for our kids’ salvation - to think if we just pray and have the family bible studies we’re guaranteed our kids will make an early decision to follow Jesus. But what about when they don’t? How do we stay “ok” when our kids are choosing the things we wouldn’t choose for them? How do we trust in God’s relentle...
46m Oct 02, 2023
46m
Ministry in the Margins :: Angel Ricchuiti and Brittany Turner [Ep 430]
What is your ministry? Of course, motherhood is its own type of ministry, but did you envision something else as your “ministry”? Whether you had plans you’ve set aside or not, working at something you’re passionate about outside of your home can quite the challenge. My guests this week are Angel Ricchuiti and Brittany Turner. Both are moms of 4 and both want to use their giftings and experien...
1hr 3m Sep 25, 2023
1hr 3m
“Help, I’m Tired of Fighting with my Daughter about Clothes” :: Kari Kampakis [Ep 429]
Admit it, you’ve seen a girl somewhere and thought, “I can’t believe her mother let her out of the house wearing that.” But if you’ve parented a teenage girl, you know it’s just not that simple. How can we connect with our daughters and let them know we’re on their side even if we are not on board with certain trends or styles? My guest this week is author, speaker, and mother of four girls, ...
51m Sep 18, 2023
51m
My Kid Saw Porn, Now What? :: Mandy Majors [Ep 428]
What would you do if your kid told you they saw porn? What would you do if you discovered porn on your child’s device? My guest this week is mom and founder of NextTalk, Mandy Majors. Her daughter was exposed to pornography at age 9 at school and she didn’t see it on a cell phone. That was a wake-up call moment for Mandy and she made it her goal to teach other parents how to talk through the q...
51m Sep 11, 2023
51m
Finding Courage to Speak Up When You’re Not OK :: Kristen Glass [Ep 427]
Who do you call when it feels like your world is falling apart? Do you share your struggles with trusted friends or is it hard to open up about what is going on in your life? Toward the end of her first marriage Kristen Glass broke a habit she’d had for years - struggling silently. For years she suffered alone, carrying shame for her actions and circumstances that left her feeling condemned an...
55m Sep 04, 2023
55m
Sidetracked with Cynthia and Heather [Ep 426]
Is Back-to-School time a mini fresh-start for you? With all the fresh supplies we get a chance to think again about who we want to be and what our daily life can look like. Get sidetracked with Cynthia and me this week as we discuss rhythms we are creating for the fall. Cynthia discovers AI and we talk habits, opening our homes for connection, scrapbooking for our younger selves, and new busin...
43m Sep 01, 2023
43m
Cultivating a Healthy Relationship with Tech :: Joey Odom [Ep 425]
Maybe you’ve wondered if you are addicted to your phone? Or if your kids are addicted to their devices? Is addicted the right word to use? Between work and school and life it is nearly impossible to live without some screen interaction, but what if we could change our relationship with our screens? What if they are not something we are powerless against, but something we can put in their prope...
43m Aug 28, 2023
43m
Braving the Tech Landscape Through Connection :: Chris McKenna [Ep 424]
What are your digital fears? What are the things you are afraid will happen if your child interacts with technology regularly? We all have digital fears to varying degrees, but anxiety isn’t our friend when it comes to strategies to keep our kids safe in the digital landscape. My guest this week is CPA turned tech expert Chris McKenna, founder of Protect Young Eyes, an organization devoted to ...
50m Aug 21, 2023
50m
Beating Expectations :: Cynthia and Heather [Ep 423]
We’re baaaaaack! How was your summer? Maybe you're like us...a little laughing, crying and even vacation freak-outs. Around here you're never alone. Listen in for a fun conversation with our friend Cynthia Yanof as we chat about summer adventures and the transition to Fall. We’re talking about expectations as moms. How sometimes things turn out better than expected and other times we grieve th...
39m Aug 18, 2023
39m
Back-to-School & Tech Toolkit :: Dr. Kelly Jameson [Ep 422]
What helped you feel ready for a new school year as a kid? All the supplies purchased and organized? The perfect first-day outfit? What helps you feel ready for school now, as a mom? How can you advocate for your kids and support their teachers? My guest this week is Dallas-based therapist and speaker Dr. Kelly Jameson. She shares a great set of tools to help us advocate for our children and i...
50m Aug 14, 2023
50m
The Worry-Free Parent :: Sissy Goff [Ep 421]
What percentage of the anxiety you feel comes from parenting? We are often most anxious about the things we care most about. That is normal! We love our kids and want to nurture and protect them, but we know anxiety isn’t helping us. My guest this week is counselor and parenting expert Sissy Goff. Her new book,  The Worry-Free Parent, is designed to help us recognize how anxiety makes its way ...
45m Aug 07, 2023
45m
Remaining You While Raising Them :: Alli Worthington [Ep 420]
Have you felt that you’ve lost a part of yourself since having children? Maybe even “lots of”  or “all” the parts? Motherhood changes us - and it should - but we need to consider our own emotional health and well-being just as important as that of our kids. My guest this week, mom, and author Alli Worthington, encourages us to be set free from mom-guilt by dropping some common “good mom”-myths....
47m Jul 31, 2023
47m
The Goal Isn’t Happy Children :: Cynthia Yanof - Summer of Mentorship - Wk 6 [Ep 419]
How do you give your kids independence? At what stage do you let kids try and fail? At the heart of parenting is this job: to give our kids the skills they need to live without us. We know that and we still might spend hours in their rooms trying to help them get to sleep or keeping up with their gym clothes or assignments. We bring our own fears or suppositions about the future to bear on the...
37m Jul 24, 2023
37m
That Time We Googled Married Sex :: Cynthia Yanof - Summer of Mentorship - Wk 5 [Ep 418]
How do you connect with your spouse? And how often? It’s easy for us to get busy parenting and adulting and then take our marriage relationship for granted. We may think we’ll focus on it when things slow down or the kids aren’t so needy, but actually, a healthy marriage is a great help to our kids. We’re taking time this summer (as usual) to be mentored by an experienced mom and benefit from...
42m Jul 17, 2023
42m
Relationship + Respect (8 going on 18) :: Cynthia Yanof - Summer of Mentorship - Wk 4 [Ep 417]
What do you do when your kids are a little sassier than necessary?  How do you respond? Can we shape their responses? When does it really matter? To answer those questions we need both perspective and wisdom. We’re taking time this summer (as usual) to be mentored by an experienced mom and benefit from her wisdom. Bonus! My guest for these 6 weeks is both wise AND funny.  Join me for conversat...
27m Jul 10, 2023
27m
The Unicorn That is Adult Friendship :: Cynthia Yanof - Summer of Mentorship - Wk 3 [Ep 416]
Who are your close friends? What do you do to cultivate friendships in your life? Friendship as an adult can feel like we’re unicorn-hunting, clinging to some childhood ideal or tv show standard. But real life friendship requires risk and it can come and go in seasons. And it is so worth it. We’re taking time this summer (as usual) to be mentored by an experienced mom and benefit from her wisd...
41m Jul 03, 2023
41m
Raising Kids Who Can Stand Alone :: Cynthia Yanof - Summer of Mentorship - Wk 2 [Ep 415]
What do you feel when your child is struggling? How do you decide when to step in? Whether it's fighting for your attention from a new baby or struggling with a new skill there are times for us to intervene and there are times for us to let our kids be uncomfortable. Yes, because we’re limited, but also because, as our summer of mentorship guest puts it, “If I want to raise kids that can stand...
35m Jun 26, 2023
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Little Liar Face :: Cynthia Yanof - Summer of Mentorship - wk 1 [Ep 414]
12What do you do when your kid lies? What about when your kid doesn’t make the team? Is this your failure or theirs…or is it something else? We’re taking time this summer (as usual) to be mentored by an experienced mom and benefit from her wisdom. Bonus! My guest for these 6 weeks is both wise AND funny. Join me for conversations with wife, mom, author, and podcaster Cynthia Yanof. We’ll answ...
40m Jun 19, 2023
40m
Parenting Neurodivergent Children--Summer Edition :: Carrie Casell [Ep 413]
How does your child’s behavior reflect on you? That’s a trick question -  it doesn’t. But it’s easy for us to feel that it does. Parenting a neurodivergent child can heighten those feelings of guilt or shame when our child doesn’t behave in an expected way or when traditional forms of discipline or parenting simply don’t work. Pile on top of that everyone’s summer activity and vacation social ...
53m Jun 12, 2023
53m
Mentoring for Women in the Workplace :: Diane Paddison [Ep 412]
If your God-given assignment is to work outside of your home or the WFH life,  how do you manage the schedules and responsibilities and feelings that accompany those places? Mothering well is always hard - whether you work outside of the home or not. But moms who do work outside the home can feel a particular kind of difficulty caught between wanting to be the best mom and the best at work. M...
53m Jun 05, 2023
53m
A Mash-Up of Summer Support [Ep 411]
What do you feel when you hear, “It’s summertime”? Dread? Excitement? Anxiety? All three? No matter how many summers you’ve been mom-ing it’s the same - there will be fun and boredom, magical moments and fighting and we’ll be tired of it and wish it wouldn’t end. Join me this week as we talk about how to ENJOY summer, navigate sibling conflict, and much more. Clips from these original episod...
58m May 29, 2023
58m
The Praying Mama :: Natasha Miller [Ep 410]
What are your patterns of prayer? Has it been hard for you to fall into a rhythm of prayer? We know that prayer matters and works. It changes us, it opens our eyes to where God is at work around us. We want to pray for our kids, for ourselves, for others we love - why does it feel so difficult to jump in? My guest this week is Natasha Miller, The Praying Mama, and our conversation is full of e...
42m May 22, 2023
42m
Parenting Ahead :: Kristen Hatton [Ep 409]
What’s The Thing you knew that you couldn’t talk to your parents about when you were growing up? Emotions you had or mistakes you made? As moms we want to connect with our kids, we want to be their source of truth and guidance as they grow, but how do we cultivate that sort of connection and trust? My guest this week, mom and author Kristen Hatton, helps us set the stage for walking alongside...
41m May 15, 2023
41m
Important Topics to Cover with Tweens and Teens about Manners, Technology and Friendship :: Lee Cordon [Ep 408]
What do modern manners look like? Manners are simply social behaviors or habits - you can have good ones or you can have bad ones. But it's been 101 years since Emily Post first published her book on manners and etiquette and it only seems as though lately we, as a society, have regressed in our social behaviors. My guest this week, Lee Cordon, has long felt called to make an impact on this ge...
53m May 08, 2023
53m
Occupying Suffering Spaces :: Cari Trotter [Ep 407] RWYB Series Wk 6
What is a place you’d rather not go? One that sounds nearly unbearable. The DMV? The school pick-up line?  What about going into a serious medical diagnosis or a financial crisis?  Following Jesus is no safeguard against difficulty in life. God may give you an assignment that feels impossible and overwhelming. That is where my guest this week, mom and author/speaker Cari Trotter, found herself ...
49m May 01, 2023
49m
Shrinking or Swelling to Fill Your Space :: Courtney DeFeo [Ep 406]
Have you ever seen a “magic towel” that swells and “grows” when you put it in water? Have you shrunk a shirt in the laundry? At different times in our lives God assigns us a space that we have to shrink or swell to occupy. This could mean giving up beloved roles, or taking on responsibilities we don’t want. How do we respond when we find ourselves in these situations? My guest this week is Cou...
49m Apr 24, 2023
49m
Listening for God's Leading :: Caroline Cobb [Ep 405] RWYB wk 4
What is my God-given space? How do I figure that out? What if my God-given assignments feel at odds with one another? My guest this week is wife, mom, and singer-songwriter Caroline Cobb. She also deeply enjoys studying the Bible and writing songs, and at times, with little margin in her life, she has asked those questions and more. She shares with us how she learned to lean in, not to the per...
57m Apr 17, 2023
57m
Identifying Your God-Given Space (Part 2) :: Sally Clarkson [Ep 404] RWYB Series wk 3
What is unique about your life experience? Was your first thought, “Nothing”? Even the life that feels ho-hum is unique because no one else is wired precisely like you are, experiencing life precisely like you are. My guest this week is author, speaker, and mom, Sally Clarkson. Having moved 23 times in her life she has had to find things she can take with her wherever she goes. A favorite of h...
49m Apr 10, 2023
49m
Identifying Your God-Given Space (Part 1) :: Cleere Cherry Reaves [Ep 403] RWYB wk 2
What do you think when you hear the word “boundary”? Boundaries keep things in, keep things out, and help us feel safe. But they can also feel limiting, and we don’t always get to choose our boundaries. That’s where my guest this week, Cleere Cherry Reaves, encourages us to humbly submit to the space and assignment God has given us. Through her experience as a follower of Christ and a mom, she ...
55m Apr 03, 2023
55m
How to Never Miss Out :: Vaneetha Risner [Ep 402] RWYB Series Wk 1
What would it look like for you to live your best life? What if someone told you that you already are living your best life? Not because you’ve accomplished and arranged things just how you want, but because not only is God with you exactly where you are, but because he purposefully placed you there. My guest this week, author and mom Vaneetha Risner, encourages us with her harrowing story of ...
50m Mar 27, 2023
50m
How to be Truly Strong :: Aundi Kolber [Ep 401]
What does strength look like to you? Does it look like white knuckling it, holding your breath? Or does it look like putting your oxygen mask on first, and then attending to the needs of others? We all want to, need to be strong for those around us. But my guest this week reminds us there is a cost to being certain kinds of strong. Aundi Kolber is an author and therapist and her new book, Stro...
57m Mar 20, 2023
57m
Guided by Faith :: Candace Cameron Bure [Ep 400]
12Where do you turn for answers? Answers in parenting, answers in your career, answers when you encounter the negativity that seems to be lurking around every corner of life these days? My guest this week is a mom who came to a crossroads early in her parenting journey - what will I teach my kids about God? What do I even know about God? In the hiddens years of mothering her small children a d...
44m Mar 13, 2023
44m
Talking, Teens, and Twenty-four Years :: Bruce + Heather [Ep 399]
Join Bruce and Heather for a Q + A episode where they talk about the importance of connection and communication in their marriage (Happy 24th Anniversary!  🎉🥳) and what it looks like to be in the thick of parenting teens. Links Mentioned:  Champion Tribes (https://www.championtribes.com/home20550563) Feeding the Mouth That Bites You: A Complete Guide to Parenting Adolescents and Launching T...
39m Mar 06, 2023
39m
Students of Our Children :: Karen Stubbs [Ep 398]
What does a child need to flourish? There are a million answers to that question, but in all honesty, it’s a little different for each child. We have so many tools available to us to help us see our own personalities and tendencies more clearly. My guest this week is mom and author Karen Stubbs. She challenges us to be students of our kids’ personalities - to tell them the way they are wired i...
48m Feb 27, 2023
48m
On the Role of Women :: Joel Muddamalle [Ep 397]
Why do you think God created women? We know from Genesis that God didn’t say, “We have all these fish, we may as well have women too,” but instead he said, “It is not good” without women. Women take on all sorts of roles in our society, but it can be particularly difficult to suss out what exactly is our role in church and leadership. My guest this week is theologian Joel Muddamalle. Joel ser...
56m Feb 20, 2023
56m
Communication that Connects :: Kimberly Galindo [Ep 396]
With phrases like “you complete me” our culture idealizes connection between spouses or even friends that has no boundaries.  This brand of intimacy sounds appealing but it doesn’t work well practically. Our desire for connection is innate, but vulnerability is messy and risky. My guest this week, Kimberly Galindo, encourages us instead that the point where “I” end and “you” begin is the point ...
48m Feb 13, 2023
48m
Parenting Sensitive and Intense Kids :: Lynne Jackson and Lydia Rex [Ep 395]
Some of our precious kiddos live with their sensitivity and intensity turned up a notch from the rest of us. What we think should be simple or routine can trigger big outbursts from our kids. Daily life might feel chaotic or unpredictable. As a mom of a sensitive or intense child you probably have a good idea of what doesn’t work, but it can be hard to discern what will help in those moments. ...
59m Feb 06, 2023
59m
Signpost Parenting :: Ann Voskamp [Ep 395]
Who saw all that you’ve done today? Anyone? A mom’s work usually goes unacknowledged. We want to measure our work by how the house looks or how the children behave, or by how put together we look when we go out. But my guest this week, Ann Voskamp, invites us to prioritize the unseen. She dares us to prioritize things like the riches of Christ, the promise of an eternity in his presence that is...
55m Jan 30, 2023
55m
Freedom is Not a Look :: Alisa Keeton [Ep 393]
What’s the first word that comes to mind if I say, “Describe your body”? It wasn’t “good”, was it? Fellow human, it should be! Because that’s what God himself says about your body! He says it is good. Just the way he created it - not some past or future version of it, how it is right now. My guest this week is Alisa Keeton and she has spent the last 10+ years serving others through her minis...
54m Jan 23, 2023
54m
Clarifying Your Family Culture :: Heather [Ep 392]
You know what you’re seeing of someone else’s life as you scroll isn’t the whole story and yet we all find ourselves longing for that perfect vacation, that look of pure delight on their child’s face, or the silent moments they were able to enjoy. We all know “comparison is the thief of joy,”  and we should run from it. But what if, rather than try to immediately silence or distract whatever w...
27m Jan 16, 2023
27m
Steady Identity in Shifting Roles :: Kari Kampakis - Part 2 [Ep 391]
“As parents our job is to be kinder and stronger, and wiser.” Those words are simple and sensible, but that directive can be deceptively hard.  How do we mother - how do we live even - as our roles change hourly, monthly, yearly? In this second part of our conversation with Kari Kampakis she encourages us that if we are finding our identity in Christ and our joy in Him we can more easily navi...
38m Jan 09, 2023
38m
Connecting With Your Daughter Through Humility and Compassion :: Kari Kampakis - Part 1 [Ep 390]
“I’m not a regular mom, I’m a cool mom” are the words of Mean Girl Regina George’s mom. We know she’s not a great example of a mom, but it can be difficult to sort out  which moments are for connecting and which are for correcting. You want to be a valid voice in your daughter’s life as she enters their teen years and not just maintain, but grow your connection with her. It is possible to brea...
40m Jan 02, 2023
40m
Every Mom a Theologian :: Phylicia Masonheimer [Ep 389]
We are all theologians. We may not be formally educated experts, but we all have beliefs about who God is and how and why he interacts with us (or doesn’t). All of our assumptions, presuppositions, opinions, and ideas make up our theology. The question is, where are we getting our information? What do we base our theology on? My guest this week is Phylicia Masonheimer, founder of Every Woman a...
59m Nov 28, 2022
59m
Brave Enough to be Broken :: Toni Collier [Ep 388]
The origins of our word vulnerable are found in a Latin word that means “to wound”. We all know that to be fully known is to open ourselves up to the possibility of being wounded. When we let down our armor, when we expose the wounds of our past  as part of the healing journey is risky and scary, but my guest this week, Toni Collier, says, “Be brave.” Be brave enough to be just who you are bef...
50m Nov 21, 2022
50m
Good Boundaries and Goodbyes :: Lysa TerKeurst [Ep 387]
“Good fences make good neighbors” is a line from Robert Frost’s Mending Wall, but the poem goes on to say, “Before I built a wall I'd ask to know / What I was walling in or walling out” So often in our lives we feel the unrest of chaos or dysfunction in our relationships, but we don’t know exactly what we need to wall out or wall in. My guest this week, Lysa TerKeurst faced a new season of lif...
40m Nov 14, 2022
40m
Bottles of Hope :: Lindsey Wheeler [Ep 386]
Grief has been called the unwanted visitor - it shows up when you don’t want it and it often stays longer than we would want. In the midst of seasons of suffering or grieving it’s so easy to feel isolated and to be isolated, the weight of bringing our real selves into community feeling like another burden to bear. Whatever dreams we might have had of how our life we go or what it would look lik...
53m Nov 07, 2022
53m
Advent Untangled :: Mindy Rives [Ep 385]
“Deck the Halls with Chaos and Unmet Expectations” - not the traditional words to the song but maybe more accurate? Advent is celebrating Jesus coming into our everyday life, meeting us humans in the spaces where we are. My guest this week, Mindy Rives, reminds us that our activities to celebrate Advent should be just that - woven into our everyday life. But so often we get buried in “failed” a...
42m Oct 31, 2022
42m
Chosen by Jesus :: Cast of The Chosen [Ep 384]
The Chosen has taken the world by storm. It’s the largest fan supported entertainment project of all time with over 408 million views on its app alone. It’s a show about the Bible, about Jesus written from the unique perspective of the people Jesus chose to be around. It showcases Jesus’ incredible love and puts us the viewer right into the daily life of Jesus’ disciples and friends. Join Heat...
54m Oct 24, 2022
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