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Bonnie Gray wrote this amazing book, Finding Spiritual Whitespace: Awakening Your Soul to Rest, and after I read it, I had, had to, HAD TO, sit down and talk to her. In this world of go go go, do more, do it all well and don’t forget to look amazing doing it, this book is powerful reminder that finding rest is not a luxury but a necessity.

Bonnie and I discuss our typical coping mechanisms, our fear of not being valuable, of doing it all and doing it well or feeling like a failure, and ways to shift the paradigm not only in our own lives, but the lives of those around us.

If you wonder:

- what is my value – would anyone love me or like me if I stopped “doing” – how can I recharge when there is no end in sight – how much more can I give

then this podcast is absolutely for you. Give yourself permission to listen to our conversation, then move towards finding your inner whitespace.

Enter to win a copy for you and a friend of Finding Spiritual Whitespace: Awakening your Soul to Rest, by commenting below. (Open to US and Canada only)

Is God calling you to find rest and whitespace in your life? What does that look like for you?

It’s easy to put your worth in your children’s failures and successes. In this week’s episode, Kathi and guest, Erin MacPherson, author of the Christian Mama’s Guide series, discuss being a part of the Bad Moms Club. While most moms are striving to be the best mom she can be, she is usually riddled with doubt, guilt and worry. If this sounds like you, take heart, you aren’t alone. 

Kathi and Erin discuss ways to get through this journey of motherhood from birth through young adulthood. Some of the highlights include:

• “Don’t judge your parenting on one bad day!”- One bad day doesn’t undo all that parenting that you’ve poured into your kid/s.
• “Find your people that will still be a fan of your kid even when he/she doesn’t make the best decision.”- When our child has royally messed up, there is something about another adult who you admire seeing something besides “future adult delinquent” in your child that will give you hope.
• “Don’t put your faith in the sheep, put it in the Shepherd.”-  We base the outcome of our lives on the actions of our children. Wrong. Our hope is only in God.

If you are in need of some encouragement through your mom walk, this one is for you. After you listen, comment below on what struck a cord with you the most. You’ll be entered to win a copy for you and a friend of Kathi’s new book, I Need Some Help Here! Help for When Your Kids Don’t Go According to Plan. In fact, two winners will win a copy for her and a friend!

In this episode of You’ve Got This! we sit down with blogger and author extraordinaire, Crystal Paine, and talk about how to move beyond surviving day to day and move into being excited about your life once again.

Crystal shares great secrets from her New York Times best-selling book Say Goodbye to Survival Mode: 9 Simple Strategies to Stress Less, Sleep More, and Restore Your Passion for Life, and gives specific encouragement for all of us women who have stopped living and moved into survival mode.

Just some of the wisdom that Crystal shares:

 · Avoiding the trap of trying to “Just getting more organized”

· Going into the “No Zone”

· How to sort out your true friends from the users when you are trying to get out of survival mode

· How do you get to the other side of survival mode and overwhelmed to peace

· How to say no so you can say yes to what really matters

· Finding and fixing your mom “Achilles Heel”

 Join Kathi and Crystal for the most info-packed, freeing, 20 minutes you will experience all week.

A conversation with Sheila Wray Gregoire, the author of The Good Girls Guide to Great Sex (And You Thought Bad Girls Have All the Fun) and blogger extraordinaire over at To Love Honor and Vacuum.

Kathi and Sheila have a fun, but frank conversation about sex in marriage. Here are some of the areas where they just go there:

 • Women love talking about sex, but when you ask them about their sex lives, there is always a

groan. What’s the deal?

• What is the difference between sex and making love?

• What can I do during the day to make me ready for sex at night?

• Sheila’s best piece of advice when your sex life is stalled out.

• What do you do if you are one of the 30% women who have a higher sex drive than her

husband?

• Sheila’s word to women whose husbands are addicted to porn.

Fun informative, and hopefully for your husband, a little motivating.

Let’s Talk About Sex (Baby…)

 

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Join Kathi Lipp and her cohosts Mandy Arita and Liz Sagaser as they talk about all the things you are talking about:

• Marriage
• Parenting
• Sex
• Managing the Homefront
• Living the Life You Were Designed For