You can support the Do Something Beautiful Podcast NOW on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/leahdarrowAvera Maria Santo is a 21-year-old Alabama native and part time college student. When she's not in school, she's working on her blog titled Inside My Holy of Holies, where she writes about her life as a practicing Catholic living a chaste life with same-sex attractions. ​In this conversation, we talk about her struggle of same-sex attraction and its connection to her Catholic faith, along with...

39: "Don't Call Me Gay. Call Me Catholic" - An Interview with Avera Maria Santo

People are good. You might not think that if you listen to traditional news, but that's a lie. Everyday heroes and saints live among us and my goal is to introduce them to you.We are inspired by the words of Mother Teresa, "Do something beautiful for God. Do it with your life. Do it every day. Do it in your own way. But do it!” Leah Darrow, former model and contestant on America's Next Top Model, draws on her experience in the beauty industry to expose the lies we are told about our worth being tied to our appearance and instead invites us to look again at the real meaning of beauty in service to mankind.

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This Motivation Monday, we talk about Worst Case Scenarios.Don't.Don't spend more time thinking about the worst case scenario than you do about the Plan A! What if it all works out? What if you operated out of that belief?Learn more about Power Made Perfect.Support the Show.

123: Worst Case Scenario - DON'T DO THIS!

This week's episode is a must. Leah's guest is Sean Clifford, CEO of Canopy, father of four, and man of many degrees. Sean founded Canopy in 2019 to help build a world of healthy tech users, starting by protecting children from pornography.Leah and Sean talk about the impact of COVID on internet usage and the paradoxical need for devices and their dangers. They also talk about brain development in children and saving them as long as possible from harmful images, and how to rewrite the parenti...

122: You're Saying I Can Filter Tik-Tok??

Listen. This is not just a cliche.The Lord is always changing who we are. We can embrace not just who we are now, but who we're being called to become! The Lord is a Lord of transformation, and he is ready to springboard us off of those baselines into breakthroughs!HEY YOU! Yep. You. Are you Pam Beesly, Kelly Kapoor, or Jim Halpert? Could you possibly be Dwight?No idea what I'm talking about? Then you need to check this out –&gt; Join my team, Become a Patron, and join me in bringing and high...

121: Embracing Who You Are

It's a heavy one, but I feel that it's important to share this, even though it's hard.I'm sharing my story of losing my seventh baby. Motivation has to go hand in hand with suffering. We need the support, prayers, and encouragement of one another when we're carrying our crosses, and that's one of the graces I found in the helplessness of my miscarriage.Even (or maybe especially!) in the midst of suffering, we have the opportunity to receive love, grace, and the good intentions of those a...

120: What Happened to Me

Can't help it. We have to talk about Dreams, where they come from, and what we are called do with them!Everything amazing that happens in the world comes out of a dream. Keep dreaming and giving your dreams to God!HEY YOU! Yep. You. Are you Pam Beesly, Kelly Kapoor, or Jim Halpert? Could you possibly be Dwight?No idea what I'm talking about? Then you need to check this out –&gt; Join my team, Become a Patron, and join me in bringing and highlighting God's beauty in the world!Have you checked ...

39: "Don't Call Me Gay. Call Me Catholic" - An Interview with Avera Maria Santo

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