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Do you have a rhythm in your home that helps you practice gratitude? Maybe you have a journal where you write 2-3 things that you are thankful for each day. Or maybe around the dinner table, you talk about what you are grateful for in your day like highs and lows or blessings and bummers.

I think practicing gratitude is so important! So I am excited to have Clayton Greene and Chris Pappalardo back on the podcast to talk about their new product, the Graticube. This is a phenomenal way to practice gratitude in your home. I got one for our family, and we had so much fun one of the nights that Kyle came home from college. It is not exactly a cube; it has 12 sides, and I will let you guys share more about it in this episode. Lastly, we talk about how to be grateful during the hard times of life and I love the wisdom shared in this episode.

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a Graticube. All the details of the giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link: https://kingsumo.com/g/jyyapl/graticube-giveaway

It is fun to have Chris and Clayton back on the Podcast! If you missed my first conversation with them about their Advent Blocks, please check out Episode 109 on the Depth Podcast. These Advent Blocks help remind your children of the true meaning of Christmas, and they are phenomenal.

The second product we highlighted was the Sabbath Box so definitely check out Episode 135 on the Depth Podcast. This box helps you put distractions away and enjoy time with God and each other.

Book Recommendations:

• *The Voice of the Heart by Chip Dodd
• *Sacred Fire by Ronald Rolheiser

At GoodKind, they are committed to helping people start—and continue—practices that draw them to God and to one another. They want to help people practice their faith by having meaningful moments with their families. They started out by creating Advent Blocks, a 25-day Christmas practice for the whole family. Now, they're providing tools that help you develop the GoodKind of habits and holiday celebrations throughout the entire year.

Learn more at their website, goodkind.shop. Here is a direct link to the Graticube.

*Note: If you are interested in purchasing this book or the books recommended, I would love for you to use the Amazon Affiliate link above to help support the podcast. Thank you!

Did you know that October 15th is pregnancy and infant loss Remembrance Day? Sadly for many women, this is part of their story. It was for me. I lost a baby in between my two boys. So, in October, I try to have an episode on the podcast that will come along and offer hope to a hurting heart. Maybe someone is walking through a pregnancy or infant loss or for those of you who have a friend or loved one walking through this, this episode will give you lots of wisdom on how to come alongside and support them.

I am really excited to have Jenny Albers on the podcast. She wrote a book called *Courageously Expecting: 30 Days of Encouragement for Pregnancy After Loss. For many women, when they receive the news that they are pregnant, it is very exciting. But for someone who has just recently walked through a loss, that news can bring up a lot of emotions: excitement because there is a hope that you will have another baby, but fear because it might happen all over again that you lose that baby. So I love that we are giving voice to this hard subject today. Jenny has so much wisdom and I cannot wait for you to hear from her.

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Jenny's book: *Courageously Expecting. All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link: https://kingsumo.com/g/uteqfr/courageously-expecting-book-giveaway

Book Recommendations:

• *Comfort: A Journey Through Grief by Ann Hood
• *I Will Carry You by Angie Smith
• *They Were Still Born: Personal Stories about Stillbirth
• *A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis

October 15th is pregnancy and infant loss remembrance day, so I have some special episodes about miscarriage and infant loss in the month of October every year. Here are a couple of them:

• Episode 5 (my friend and I both share our story)
• Episode 6 (Empty Arms Support Group).
• Episode 53 (Grieving the Child I Never Knew by Kathe Wunnenberg)
• Episode 104 (Infant Loss)
• Episode 130 (Infertility & Miscarriage)

Jenny Albers is a wife, mother, and writer. She is the author of *Courageously Expecting, a book that empathizes with and empowers women who are pregnant after loss. She's a work in progress, and while never all-knowing, she's (by the grace of God) always growing. You can find her @jennyalbersauthor on Facebook and Instagram and at www.jennyalbers.com

*Note: If you are interested in purchasing this book or the books recommended, I would love for you to use the Amazon Affiliate link above to help support the podcast. Thank you!

Have you ever had a thought in your head and it took over? It started to change the way you think about yourself. Maybe you started to be extra hard on yourself, both critical and negative. Or maybe it was a thought about someone else and it just changed how you acted.

Our thoughts are definitely powerful, so I am excited to talk with Gem Fadling. I have her back on the podcast and we are talking about her new book, *Hold That Thought: Sorting Through the Voices in Our Head. This is such an important topic because we all have these thoughts that run rampant in our head. We just need to learn how to discern which thoughts are helpful and which ones are unhelpful as well as how to respond to them. This podcast episode has so much practical wisdom, but one of my favorite parts is at the very end when she talks about the table analogy. I think you are going to love it.

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Gem's new book: *Hold That Thought. All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link: https://kingsumo.com/g/3tn7y6/hold-that-thought-book-giveaway

It is fun to have Gem back on the Podcast! If you missed my first conversation with Gem about her book, *What Does Your Soul Love?, please check out Episode 117 on the Depth podcast. I love what she shares about transformation.

Gem Fadling, CLC, is a founding partner of Unhurried Living, Inc., a non-profit that trains people to overcome hurry and lead better. She is a Certified Life Coach and a trained Spiritual Director who coaches women at the intersection of spiritual leadership and soul care. Gem is the host of the I Can Do That! Podcast as well as the co-author of *What Does Your Soul Love? Eight Questions That Reveal God's Work In You, and author of *Hold That Thought.

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Do you have margin in your schedule? Do you have white space on your calendar where you have flexibility and can move appointments around or are you so busy and packed that you are at full capacity with no wiggle room?

Oh friends, I feel like this is a struggle for many women and especially it has been a struggle for me over the years. And I remember reading back in 2015, Lysa Terkeurst's book, *The Best Yes. So I have some nuggets to truth to share with you her book as well as My Best Yes for this Fall. You don't want to miss this important announcement.

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Lysa's book: *The Best Yes. All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link: https://kingsumo.com/g/dbegp3/the-best-yes-giveaway

*Note: If you are interested in purchasing this book, I would love for you to use the Amazon Affiliate link above to help support the podcast. Thank you!

Have you ever had to have a tough conversation with a loved one? Maybe it was about their physical health? Perhaps it was about their emotional or mental health.

Sometimes these conversations can be really difficult, so I am so thankful that Dr. Matthew Sleeth is back on the podcast, and he is going to talk about his book, *Hope Always: How to be a force for life in a culture of suicide. September is Suicide Prevention Month and each year on the podcast, I try to highlight one episode where I give ideas or tools or share about this subject that is just not talked a lot about, especially in the church.

So today, I am excited for you to hear from Matthew and just the practical tools he gives us on how to have these tough conversations, how to enter into the conversation as well as how to help them. He is a medical doctor and worked in the emergency room for many years, so he brings a unique perspective. So again, I know this subject is hard to talk about, but I want to give voice to this because lives matter, and I want us to be a help to those that are struggling.

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Dr. Sleeth's book: *Hope Always. All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link: https://kingsumo.com/g/e2zxia/hope-always-giveaway

Other Resources:

• Link to Depth Podcast Episode 99: *I Love Jesus, But I Want To Die by Sarah J. Robinson
• Link to Depth Podcast Episode 49: *Fear Gone Wild: A Story of Mental Illness, Suicide, and Hope Through Loss By Kayla Stoecklein

It is fun to have Matthew back on the Podcast! If you missed my first conversation about his book, *Reforesting Faith please check out Episode 112 on the Depth podcast. I love what he shares about trees.

Matthew Sleeth, M.D., a former emergency room physician and chief of the hospital medical staff, resigned from his position to teach, preach, and write about faith and health. Dr. Sleeth has spoken at more than one thousand churches, campuses, and events, including serving as a monthly guest preacher at the Washington National Cathedral.

Recognized by Newsweek as one of the nation's most influential Christian leaders, Dr. Sleeth is the executive director of Blessed Earth and author of numerous articles and books, He lives in Lexington, Kentucky, with Nancy, his wife of forty years. Their grown children serve with their families in full-time parish ministry and as medical missionaries in Africa. You can connect with Matthew on his Blessed Earth Web site.

*Note: If you are interested in purchasing these books, I would love for you to use the Amazon Affiliate link above to help support the podcast. Thank you!

Have you ever worked with a coach? Maybe it was for a team sport. Or perhaps it was with a singing or writing coach.

I am so excited to introduce you to my writing coach, Adam Colwell. He is my guest on the podcast this week, and we're going to go in depth about my book, Depth! I am so excited for you to hear a little bit of the process of the book editing and coaching near the end of this 5-year journey with the book. We will share some of the behind the scenes. I cannot wait for you to hear the parts that change from the original draft to the final one as well as redundancies and book clarity. He truly gives so much wisdom.

If you are a writer, you definitely do not want to miss this episode. We also talk a lot about waiting and God's perfect timing; a message I need in the middle of this shipping delay. I think you are going to learn so much from him.

To learn more about this book, Depth, click this link to Jodi's website!

Adam Colwell is an encourager and motivator whose passion is to help writers and authors tell their stories in their unique voice and style. He was honored to be chosen by Jodi to coach her as she wrote her book, and he is so excited to see what God is going to do in the lives of her readers. As a ghostwriter and editor, Adam has completed 59 book manuscripts with his clients for publication since 2013, and he is currently working on nine more book manuscripts. To learn more about Adam, go to www.adamcolwellwriteworks.com or connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-colwell/

Have you ever felt heartbreak? Deep heartbreak? Has life turned out differently than you hoped or expected? Is loss or grief a part of your story? Oh friend, I am so sorry. I know how hard it is to walk through heartbreak. So, God placed on my heart a book to offer hope to a hurting heart and it releases this week.

So, I thought today, that I would read Chapter 1 of the book, Depth: Growing Through Heartbreak to Strength.

I dedicated this book:

To the woman whose life has just been shattered,

to the hurting heart whose whole world changed in an instant,

to the grieving soul who struggles to get out of bed, I understand.

I see you. I am one of you. I wrote this book for you.

Praying this book brings hope to another hurting heart! I am excited to be giving away a copy of my first book! All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link: https://kingsumo.com/g/azvsgk/depth-book-giveaway

To hear more behind the scenes about my book, check out Depth Podcast Episode 146.

Has God ever asked you to do something completely out of your comfort zone? Well, I feel like He has asked me to do that a couple times. The first one was with this podcast, and I cannot believe that I am celebrating the third year of the podcast this week. That was a leap of faith for me when I started this podcast three years ago. It is super exciting!

The second example would be my book, Depth: Growing Through Heartbreak to Strength. I feel like God placed that on my heart five years ago in 2017. So I am so excited for this episode because we are going to trace all the God moments that happened from the book idea to the writing of it, to the editing and re-writing of it, to the waiting and to the publishing and all the prayers too! I am excited to talk with my college roommate, Maile, and she is going to interview me and ask me questions about the book.

I hope you can see and trace God's hands and fingerprints all over the process these last five years. So I am really excited for this special behind the scenes episode about my book, Depth.

This is your last week to pre-order my book, Depth: Growing Through Heartbreak to Strength and receive the special pre-order gifts too. My friend DJ painted a beautiful picture of a tree with deep roots.

Please click this link to redeem your pre-order gifts.

Here is link to Depth Podcast Episode 39 with my friend, Danya about giving to Proverbs 31 Ministries.

Here is a link to blog post about the beautiful tree with broken glass that hangs by my front door. It is called When Brokenness Leads to Depth.

To hear more about behind the scenes about the Depth Podcast, here is a link to both my first year and second year birthday celebration episodes.

Depth Podcast Episode 47: Special Behind the Scenes Episode for the one year birthday of the podcast.

Depth Podcast Episode 97: The Depth Podcast is Two Years Old! Cannot wait for you to hear more behind the scene stories the last two years.

Have you ever met someone and immediately connected with them? It almost felt like a divine appointment, like you were supposed to have met them.

I am so excited to have Kathe Wunnenberg back on the podcast. I interviewed her back in 2020 and we are going to share a little bit about how God has connected us. I just love His perfect timing as well as his fingerprints all over how our relationship began. I cannot wait for you to hear the wisdom from my mentor and hear how God's connections are powerful.

My book, Depth: Growing Through Heartbreak to Strength is releasing at the end of August. So this month, I wanted to share a little bit about the three storylines in the book. My miscarriage back in 2006 was my first heartbreak. Kathe's book, *Grieving the Child I Never Knew, was a big part of my healing and eventually I can trace back the beginning of my book ministry to this book! So, I hope you enjoy this conversation with Kathe! If you are interested in pre-ordering my book, here is a link to Depth on Amazon.

Also, I share more about my miscarriage and Baby Grace on an episode with my friend Yvonne, the very first year the podcast began. Here is a link to Depth Podcast Episode 5.

Lastly, I want to share a link to my first conversation with Kathe on the Depth Podcast back in 2020. Here is a link to Depth Podcast Episode 53.

Kathe Wunnenberg is the founder and president of Hopelifters Unlimited. She is a speaker, writer, leader, and connector known for her ability to offer creative solutions for real life problems. The author of *Hopelifter, *Grieving the Loss of a Loved One, and *Grieving the Child I Never Knew, Kathe lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her family.

*Note: If you are interested in purchasing this book or the books recommended, I would love for you to use the Amazon Affiliate link above to help support the podcast. Thank you!

Have you ever struggled with why God did not answer your prayer the way you thought He should? I know I have. Honestly, one of the times that I really wrestled with God was over my friend, Jeannie. She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and sadly four months later, she passed away. I had to wrestle a lot with God about that "why". So today on the podcast, it is really exciting to talk with Jeannie's daughter, Sophia.

Sophia is an amazing young woman, and we have an honest conversation about loss and cancer. It was really special to take a trip down memory lane with Sophia and talk with her about her mom, our friendship, and some of our favorite memories. We also talked about the loss and how hard it was. So, I recommend grabbing some tissues because there are some sad parts to our conversation.

But what I love most about it-- is that it is honest and raw. And you are going to be so impressed with the maturity of this 19-year-old woman and how God met her in the pain and is using this loss to shape her character. I am so proud of her, and I know her mom is too.

My book, Depth: Growing Through Heartbreak to Strength is releasing at the end of August. So this month, I wanted to share a little bit about the three storylines in the book. Losing my friend, Jeannie to cancer is one of my greatest heartbreaks along with my divorce and miscarriage. So I hope this episode with her daughter, Sophia, helps give you a glimpse into my beautiful friendship with Jeannie.

If you are interested in pre-ordering my book, here is a link to Depth on Amazon. Also, the book launch team starts this next week. If you are interested in being a part of that, you can click this link to join the Book Launch Team.