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Have you heard my first episode with Jennifer Dukes Lee with her book, *It's All Under Control? We recorded it back in 2019. Honestly, she was my second interview ever on the podcast (Episode 3). It was really fun to talk with her since I was on her book launch team for that very book. This episode has so many practical tools to help you especially if you struggle with control and surrender. My word this year is surrender so it was so fun to go back and listen to this episode in light of that.

One of my favorite quotes in this book as well as on this episode is "We surrender outcomes, but we don't surrender effort." I loved that reminder, so I think you are going to learn so much from Jennifer.

Note: Jennifer has been a guest three times on my podcast! The first time is this repeat episode we are listening to today about her book, *It's All Under Control

Her second time on the podcast we talked about her book, *Growing Slow. You can check out our conversation on the Depth Podcast Episode 80. I cannot wait for you to hear about the four seasons: Spring Planting, Summer Growth, Autumn Harvest and Winter Rest

Finally, she came back for a 3rd time on the podcast to talk about her latest book, *Stuff I'd Only Tell God: A Guided Journal of Courageous Honesty, Obsessive Truth-Telling, and Beautifully Ruthless Self-Discovery. You definitely want to check out Depth Podcast Episode 173.

Book Recommendations:

• *The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel
• *Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
• *One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp

Jennifer Dukes Lee is a bestselling author, thinker, and question asker from Iowa. Her friends say they are scared to sit alone in a room with her because they end up telling her things they never intended to say. She is both proud of this fact and also a little annoyed at how nosy she can be. She put a bunch of her favorite questions into a journal called *Stuff I'd Only Tell God. It's like your own little confession booth. She's also the author of *Growing Slow and *It's All Under Control. Learn more at jenniferdukeslee.com.

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Have you heard my episode with Suzie Eller that I recorded back in 2019? It is about the book, *The Mended Heart. If you have ever heard me speak or share about my broken clay pot, this is the book that inspired it.

I am so excited for you to hear this episode that I recorded the very first year of the podcast. I went back and listened to it today and loved hearing some of the truths in it that have really become foundational truths I share in my speaking and my book, Depth: Growing Through Heartbreak to Strength. Also, it was a joy to see God's faithfulness with my book and this podcast over the last four years. Friend, this episode is definitely one of my favorites and I cannot wait for you to hear it.

Also, we talked about her podcast, More Than Small Talk and it was such an honor to be a guest on it earlier this year. Here is a link to listen to my conservation with Holley Gerth, Jennifer Watson, and Suzie Eller.

Note: Suzie was my first guest to be on my podcast twice so I would love for you to check out my conversation with Suzie about her book, *JoyKeeper. Please check out Episode 46 on the Depth podcast. I love what she shares about joy!

Finally, she came back for a 3rd time on the podcast to talk about her latest book, *Prayer Starters: Talking with God About Hard Times. You definitely want to check out Depth Podcast Episode 158.

Book Recommendations:

• *Mere Christianity by C.S Lewis
• *Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
• *Undone by Michele Cushatt
• *It's All Under Control by Jennifer Dukes Lee
• *Sacred Rest by Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith

Suzanne Eller (Suzie) is a bestselling author. She is co-host of the More Than Small Talk podcast with KLRC Podcast Network, which debuted in the top 25 Christian podcasts. Suzie has appeared on media such as Focus on the Family, Aspiring Women, The Harvest Show, KLOVE and many others. She served with Proverbs 31 Ministries for 14 years. She believes that healed women scoop up other women and run toward the cross. When she's not writing, you'll find her kayaking, hanging out with her "littles," finding the best foodie food truck, or hiking. Connect with Suzie at www.tsuzanneeller.com

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Father's Day is just around the corner, how are you feeling? For some of us, we have a great relationship with our dad. For others, we don't. For some of us, we have a spouse. For others, we don't. For a single parent, it can be really hard.

Today, I want to have an honest conversation about loss and single parenting. I am excited to have Matthew Ronan on the podcast this week. He is going to vulnerably share about losing his wife and being a single dad for his daughter. But more than that, we dive deeper into grief and loss and how to deal with the hard emotions.

Before his wife passed away, together they wrote a children's book called The Girl With Five Hearts. The question on the back of the book says, "What do you do with a broken heart." So, we are going to talk about that today as well. It is an honest conversation full of vulnerability, wisdom, and even some Father's Day advice for our solo parents. It was great advice for me as a mom too.

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Matthew's new book: The Girl With Five Hearts. 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/j8izmo/childrens-book-giveaway

Book Recommendations:

• *The Soul of Shame by Dr. Kurt Thompson
• *I Still Believe by Jeremy Camp
• *Beyond the Darkness by Clarissa Moll
• *Grief Share Workbook

Link to Depth Podcast Episode 160: Beyond the Darkness – Clarissa Moll

Matthew Ronan is an artist and writer who's worked in film, television, and radio. His credits include projects for Disney/Lucasfilm, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, and the Michael Jackson estate. He recently published The Girl With 5 Hearts, a children's book he illustrated and co-authored with his late wife Chastidy. He lives in San Francisco with his daughter Catica. You can connect with him on his website or on Facebook and Instagram.

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How are you at managing your emotions? Do you have tools in your emotional tool belt on how to handle sadness, anger, and worry? I would say for most people, this is a hard struggle.

I am so excited to tell you about this new book that my friends Lynn Cowell and Michelle Nietert wrote. It is called *Managing Your Emojis, and I wish I had this book when I was younger. Today I have the privilege of talking to Michelle about this amazing devotional for kids, and there is so much wisdom in this episode. Michelle is a counselor, so she gives some many practical tools about emotional literacy for our kids and us as parents too! You do not want to miss our conversation.

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Michelle and Lynn's book: *Managing Your Emojis. 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/0n9mkx/managing-your-emojis-book-giveaway

It is fun to have Michele back on the Podcast! If you missed my first conversation with Michele and Lynn about their book, *Loved & Cherished, please check out Episode 51 on the Depth podcast. Love this devotional they wrote for girls.

Book Recommendations:

• *Search for Significance by Robert McGee
• *Boundaries by Townsend and Cloud
• *Try Softer by Aundi Kolber
• *Strong Like Water by Aundi Kolber
• *On Getting Out of Bed by Alan Noble

Licensed Professional Counselor of 25 years, Michelle Nietert is the coauthor of the *Managing Your Emojis, *God I Feel Sad: Bringing Big Emotions to a Bigger God series (books about naming your feelings), best selling book *Loved & Cherished, and the award-winning book for adults *Make Up Your Mind.

She leads a team of counselors as the clinical director of Community Counseling Associates in the Dallas, TX area. A popular speaker on topics regarding mental health, faith, and parenting, she is a frequent guest on national television and podcasts, and hosts the Raising Mentally Healthy KidsTM podcast. She and her husband Drew have been married 20 years with two school aged children. Connect with Michelle at YourMentalHealthCoach.com.

*Note: If you are interested in purchasing this book or the books recommended, I would love for you to use the Amazon Affi

Have you cinched your trust to the promises of God? When life's unexpected storms come blowing through, do you have an unwavering trust in a God that will not fail? For most of us, I think we can say that we know we need to trust God, we can quote Bible verses about trusting God, but actually living it out is much harder to do.

This is why I love the wisdom from today's guest. I have Kristine Brown on the podcast, and we are going to be talking about her book, *Cinched: Living with Unwavering Trust in an Unfailing God. We are going to dive deep into the life of Rahab today. I am so excited that this episode is like a Bible Shoes Episode! So instead of doing it solo, I am excited to have Kristine and I together talk about Rahab's life, the promises of God, and how we can better trust Him as we walk out our faith. There is so much goodness in this episode!

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Kristine's book: *Cinched. 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/fs1s5p/cinched-book-giveaway

Book Recommendations:

• *All Things New by John Eldridge
• *It's All Under Control by Jennifer Dukes Lee

Kristine Brown is a ministry wife, mom, stepmom, and Mimi who shares a message of "becoming more than ourselves through God's Word" at her website, morethanyourself.com. She is the author of *Cinched: Living with Unwavering Trust in an Unfailing God. Any given day you can find Kristine texting her young adult kids, adding another book to the growing stack on her bookshelf, or searching for a new way to cook broccoli. Kristine and her husband live in East Texas.

*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!

Has God placed a dream on your heart? Maybe it is to write a book, start a ministry, or help others in need. Perhaps it is a retreat center or starting your own business. I believe God places a dream into each of our hearts.

I am excited today to talk about Pastor Rick Warren's new book, *Created to Dream. The subtitle is The 6 phases God Uses to Grow Your Faith. I love talking about growing deeper in our faith, and I believe God does that through our dreams. I am so grateful to Zondervan Books for access to these amazing words of wisdom from Pastor Rick. I cannot wait for you to hear as he talks about the 6 phases of faith. So grab a notebook to take notes, because it is so good.

Also, I am so excited we are giving away 2 copies of Pastor Rick Warren's new book: *Created to Dream. 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/5pnjay/2-copies-of-pastor-rick-warrens-new-book-giveaway

In July 2018, I had the opportunity to speak at Saddleback Church with Pastor Rick Warren during all four weekend services. Sitting on his panel, together we discussed how to raise a remarkable child in the Purpose Driven Family Series.

Saddleback Church Service Link

A Time magazine cover article named Rick Warren the most influential spiritual leader in America, and one of the hundred most influential people in the world.

Tens of millions of copies of Pastor Rick's books have been published in 200 languages. His best notebooks, *The Purpose Driven Life and *The Purpose Driven Church were named three times in national service of pastors as the two most helpful books in print.

Rick and his wife, Kay, founded Saddleback Church, the Purpose Driven Network, the PEACE Plan, and Hope for Mental Health. He is the cofounder of Celebrate Recovery with John Baker.

Taken from Created to Dream by Rick Warren. Copyright © 2023 by Zondervan Book by permission of Zondervan, www.zondervan.com.

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Have you ever been in awe of God's timing and God's fingerprints all over the details of a story? I am excited to tell you about one that recently happened. I don't know if you heard last week's episode, but I talked with Jessica Young, and she was one of my special mom stories. Her daughter, Adlie, has a rare genetic disorder and on that episode, we talked about how Adlie had a bone marrow transplant. If you missed our conversation, I highly recommend listening to it first and this one second. I promise the truths that Jessica shares are powerful.

This week, I am super excited to be talking with Adlie, Jessica's daughter. She is going to share the story from her perspective, and I am just in awe of her maturity and wisdom at the young age of ten years old. I promise you do not want to miss one word she shares. She is so inspiring and making such an impact on others. So, we will start by listening to our conversation—one of my favorites. And then I have a special God story to share with you that happened after my interviews with Jessica and Adlie. It is a "God-Incident".

Link to the Be the Match, Bone Marrow Registry

Link to Red Cross Blood Donations

Have you ever thought about God is for you? He is not just with you, but He is for you! If you are walking through a difficult season right now, sometimes it doesn't always feel like God is for you or that God is with you. I so love the encouragement from today's episode.

It is one of my special mom stories, and I talk with Jessica Young. I knew Jessica when she was Jessica Vanlandingham. I was her babysitter through my teenage years and watched her grow up. She is now a mother herself, and she is going to share about her daughter who has a rare genetic disorder. What I love about today's episode is the perspective she gives us when life is hard, and you are walking through something that you don't understand.

Also, at the very end, she reads us these song lyrics that helped her in the middle of her difficult time. She talks about how God Is For You! It is so powerful, and I had goosebumps all over when she shared it. If you are in a hard season right now, you do not want to miss the truth that Jessica shared.

Christian Song Recommendations:

• "The Blessing" by Kari Jobe and Cody Carnes
• "Praise You In This Storm" by Casting Crowns
• "Blessings" by Laura Story
• "Just Be Held" by Casting Crowns
• "Into Dust" by Mack Brock
• "Soar" by Meredith Andrews

Link to the Be the Match, Bone Marrow Registry

Link to Red Cross Blood Donatio

Did you know that Mother's Day is a really hard day for many women? For some, they lost their mom, and Mother's Day is super difficult. For others, they have lost a child and there is a deep hole in their heart each Mother's day. And for others, they desire to be a mom and that dream has not happened yet. Each month as the pregnancy test is negative, they have to wait for that dream to happen.

And so on the podcast for the month of May, I like to highlight special mom stories. I want to remind women, they are not alone in these hard seasons that they are walking through. For some, it is stories of infertility and miscarriage. Other stories are adoption or a child with special needs or a rare disease. My hope for this series is to encourage other women and help give us tools on how we can come alongside and support these women that are walking these hard roads.

So today, I am so excited to have Erin Greneaux on the podcast. She is going to share her story of infertility and miscarriage from her book, *Inconceivable Redemption. I pray her words will help encourage another hurting heart.

In 2020, Saddleback Church hosted a gathering for grieving women a couple nights before Mother's Day called the Bella Donne, which means beautiful women in Italian. I have attached the link so you can listen. I pray this encourages you especially if your heart is hurting this Mother's Day. https://saddleback.com/watch/webcast/belle-donne/belle-donne-2020

Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Erin's book: *Inconceivable Redemption. 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/urecyy/infertility-and-miscarriage-book-giveaway

Other Special Mom Stories that could be helpful:

• Kaley Olson shared her two-year struggle with infertility as well as her miscarriage last year. To listen to her special mom story, click the link to Episode 130.
• Holley Gerth shared her infertility story of 10 years as well as how she met her daughter. To listen to her special mom story, click the link to Episode 81.
• Allyn Ann shared her infertility story and her emotional journey to having 2 miraculous IVF babies. To listen to her powerful story, click the link to Episode 31.

Link to Erin's blog post: What to Expect When You're Not Expecting

Link to Jodi's blog post: Encouragement for your Hurting Heart on Mother's Day

Book Recommendations:

• *A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
• *The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
• *Loved Baby by Sarah Philpott

Erin Greneaux is an award-winning author and mom to three girls who make every day an adventure. She loves working in the garden and finds her best inspiration while digging in the dirt. Erin is passionate about exploring the practical application of faith in everyday life. She uses writing to take Biblical ideas and present them in a way that is clear, creative, and captivating.

*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 written a letter to your younger self? Maybe you want to share the truths you wish you knew 10 years younger or 20 years ago. Perhaps they are about your marriage, parenting, friendships, or just life. If you heard my episode last week, I talked with Jennifer Dukes Lee about her new guided journal which is full of a lot of questions to self-reflect on. One of them was about writing a letter to your younger self and we talked about it on her podcast episode.

I wrote a letter in 2018 back to my younger self, twenty years younger. I was planning to read this letter at the end of Jennifer's episode. It was longer than I remembered, so I decided to make it its own special episode. I cannot wait for you to hear the truths I learned through all the hard seasons of my life and what I wish I knew on my wedding day. After recording, I decided this will be a beautiful gift to give each of my sons when they are ready to get married.

I highly encourage you to write a letter to your younger self too! What truths has God shown you now that you are older and wiser? What do you wish you could go back in time and tell the younger you? What truths would you share with your kids as they approach that same age?

Recommended Depth Podcast Episodes that share more of my story and what I learned over the years:

Episode 1: Introduction Episode -- *Unglued Life Changing Book

Episode 2: Milan and Kay Yerkovich -- *How We Love Our Kids Life Changing Book

Episode 7: Suzie Eller -- *The Mended Heart Broken Clay Pot

Episode 26: Rosser Family -- Family & Feelings

Episode 29: Lysa TerKeurst -- *It's Not Supposed To Be This Way Disappointments

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

Episode 143: How to Process Emotions in a Healthy Way – Debbie Hetschel (My Christian Counselor)

Episode 146: Special Behind the Scenes of the *Depth Book and third year birthday of the podcast.

Episode 147: Reading Chapter 1 of the *Depth: Growing Through Heartbreak to Strength

Blog Post: 4 Truths I Wish I Knew as a Young Mom

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