Dear Daughters

Do you want to journey deeper into self-awareness, but feel like you need a guide? It can be confusing to hear people rattle off a bunch of numbers and letters trying to help you better understand yourself if you don't have enough context.

Today, I talk with Anne Bogel about her latest book, Reading People, which gives an in-depth look at seven different personality frameworks. We also talk books (LOTS of books), the glory days of the 80's hit-wonder, Color Me Beautiful, and our thoughts about book to movie adaptations.

Anne is a wife, mom to 4, bookworm and author. She writes online at Modern Mrs. Darcy and hosts the What Should I Read Next? Podcast. I can't wait for you to meet her!

• Anne's book, Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything
• The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self Discovery, by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile
• Anne's newest book, I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
• The book that made the biggest impression on Anne in 5th grade ~ Where the Red Fern Grows
• Isn't this just one of the most important books anyone reads? To Kill A Mockingbird
• See all of L.M. Montgomery's books but Emily of New Moon and The Blue Castle are two of our favorites.
• Sweet Valley High & The Babysitter's Club
• Anne's favorite work of nonfiction that she read in her 20's ~ Dallas Willard's, The Divine Conspiracy… and her favorite fiction from her 20's, Jane Eyre.
• Anne is just bursting with creativity. I love the idea of her Book Journaling for Book Lovers class!
• Anyone remember being draped for Color Me Beautiful?
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Are you or someone you love in a season of suffering? Whether it's the suffering that comes from loneliness and unfulfilled hopes, or the heartache that comes with illness or loss, author and teacher Laurie Short has comfort for you. In her new book, When Changing Nothing Changes Everything: The Power of Reframing Your Life, Laurie talks about the ability to expand your perspective by reframing your life stories.

She shares a very personal story of how when she finally got engaged at forty-three years old, it ended in a dissolved relationship. She also shares (with great joy) how God brought her just the right man at forty-nine years old. I hope that it gives you courage to love your one beautiful life - even the painful parts - and that it brings you some comfort in whatever you might be grieving.

Laurie is a wife, stepmom, speaker and author based out of Santa Barbara, California. I can't wait for you to meet her!

• Laurie's book on grace and suffering, Finding Faith in the Dark: When the Story of Your Life Takes a Turn You Didn't Plan.
• Dear Daughters Episode 45 with Suzanne Stabile about the enneagram
• Jeremiah 29.11, and the part of the chapter most people skip over… Jeremiah 29.4-11
• "Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do." ~ C.S. Lewis
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Are you looking for real friends who will walk through life with you? The sort of friends who you can say anything to? Today on the podcast, Jamie Ivey talks about how to find those kind of friends. The kind you can talk to about the hardest things, the kind that speak truth and walk out life with you.

We also talk about freedom and authenticity and about parenting. Lots of good stuff. Jamie is a wife, mom, podcaster, speaker, and a newly published author of: If You Only Knew: My Unlikely, Unavoidable Story of Becoming Free.

She and her husband live in the Austin area with their four kids. I can't wait for you to meet her. Here's the interview on Dear Daughters Podcast Episode 50.

Show Notes:

• Jamie's new book, If You Only Knew: My Unlikely, Unavoidable Story of Becoming Free
• Susie's book, Parenting Your Teen and Loving It: Being the Mom Your Kid Needs
• Jamie and Aaron's beautiful glamping retreat center, Green Acres
• She Reads Truth Proverbs study ~ The Way of Wisdom
• Jamie's upcoming Happy Hour Live, May 4-5th
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Jen Schmidt has spent the last decade encouraging, challenging and cheering on women to embrace both the beauty and bedlam of their everyday lives on her popular lifestyle blog, Beauty and Bedlam. She's a wife, mother, and 'accidental author', as well as a fellow table person and thrifter.

Today we talk about how to get past some of the barriers that keep us from opening our homes, how to take hospitality on the go, and what you actually need to live a hospitable life. We also discuss her new book, Just Open the Door: How One Invitation can Change a Generation

Here's the interview on Dear Daughters Podcast Episode 49.

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As women, we have this tendency to sabotage our own calling to shine. There's a lot of confusion out there about shining and pride and hiding and humility. God has called us to live radiant lives, and that's not prideful. That's the calling of God. ~ Janet Davis

Janet Davis is one of the best listeners I've ever met ~ both to other people, and to the Holy Spirit. She is a spiritual director, speaker, teacher, and has written two books. Janet works with women in particular, and I have loved getting to meet with her over the last few months to listen together to what God is saying through her in my life. She is wise and nurturing, a perfect spiritual mama.

Today we talk about transitions and grieving and… crones (intrigued?). I cannot wait for you to meet Janet!

Here's the interview on Dear Daughters Podcast Episode 48.

Do you need a guide to fight fear, wrestle worry and overcome anxiety?

Meet Alli Worthington. Alli is a speaker, author, and business coach who lives with her husband and their five boys in Nashville, Tennessee.

She's the author of a new book, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety.

Today we talk about breaking the cycle of anxiety, giving ourselves grace, and staying healthy while on social media.

Here's the interview on Dear Daughters Podcast Episode 47.

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Be aware of where your time is going. Decide what's going to be important to you. If you don't, everybody else is going to decide it for you. ~ Will Davis III

Do you have goals and dreams but for whatever reason aren't able to achieve them? Well, then I hope you get some big encouragement and direction from today's podcast with Will Davis III.

Will is a realtor, trail runner, mountain climber, husband to beautiful Amy, and my son! He also has an amazing mind for systems and strategy. He recently helped me make changes in my schedule by looking at priorities and goals. As a result, it has helped me feel more free, more organized, and much more effective.

So excited to have you join us as we dig into priorities, goals and strategy. Here's the interview on Dear Daughters Podcast Episode 46.

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As we continue diving into these questions surrounding vocation, identity and God's plans for our lives, it just seemed right to explore the Enneagram so I called in an expert.

Suzanne Stabile has taught over five hundred Enneagram workshops over the last twenty-five years. She has written two books on the subject, hosts The Enneagram Journey podcast, and continues to teach on the subject at events on a regular basis.

In addition to all of this, Suzanne also coached high school and college women's basketball coach, taught senior theology, started a social services program for the elderly, and raised four children. She lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband, Joe, where they run the ministry they started together in 1985, Life in the Trinity Ministry, and chase around their seven (soon to be eight!) precious grandbabies.

So glad to have you join us as we explore the Enneagram. Here's the interview on Dear Daughters Podcast Episode 45.

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What am I supposed to do with my life?

That's what we'll be looking into over the next few weeks on the podcast. The questions surrounding vocation, identify and then what to do with those two things in developing a strategy to accomplish God's plans for our lives.

Today, I'm so excited to have my husband Will Davis Jr. join me for another episode of the podcast. Besides being a church founder and pastor, I wanted to interview him because he is someone who has known what he's meant to do with his life since he was eighteen years old. He has laser beam focus and has a lot to say about the Bible and vocation.

So glad to have you join us as we explore vocation and how to love your one beautiful life. Here's the interview on Dear Daughters Episode 44.

Show notes: www.susiedavis.org

Alexandra Kuykendall lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband and four daughters, where she writes about relishing life, hosts The Open Door Sisterhood Podcast with our mutual friend Krista, and speaks about expectations, contentment, and purpose. She worked for MOPS International for ten years and still regularly contributes to their blog.

In this episode of The Dear Daughters podcast, we talked a lot about releasing expectations this Christmas (which she talks about in her new book), focusing on what matters, and the beauty of brokenness. Alex also shared the recipe for her home-run holiday dessert. ;)

I can't wait for you to meet Alex. Here's the interview on Dear Daughters Episode 43.

All show notes at www.susiedavis.org