In this fun bonus episode, Alyssa and Emily talk about the basics of hospitality. Where do we start? How do we go about inviting others into our homes? We talk about it ALL here! From food to cleaning, lots of kids and small houses, to how to do hospitality on the go with travel sports, we share ideas we’ve seen and heard over the years! 

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In this episode Emily sits down with author and speaker Stacy Reaoch to talk about her book, Beautiful Freedom: How the Bible Shapes Your View of Appearance, Food, and Fitness. Grab a coffee and pull up a chair for this mentor mom conversation as we gleam from Stacy’s wisdom.

• The story behind what led Stacy to write her newest book: Beautiful Freedom: How the Bible Shapes Your View of Appearance, Food, and Fitness. 

• What are the ditches you see women falling into when it comes to body image?

• Let’s talk about apathy and obsession

• How would you encourage a mom to begin to have the right perspective when it comes to body image?

• 1 Timothy- bodily training is of some value, but godliness is of value in every way.

• What was the hardest chapter to write on this topic?

• How our “food rules” can get in the way of real community and fellowship among believers

• "Food is a good gift from God. Be wise, but not fearful around food."

• As we look to raise daughters, how can we be wise in our parenting when it comes to talking about our bodies?

• “Our girls are watching us when we complain our pants are too tight, whether we are content or discontent with our bodies. Those things rub off on them and then they start to mimic us in those ways. We want to model contentment. Even if instead we are struggling with it, we don’t need to voice those things to our daughters.”

• “We need to be really mindful with our words. Instead we should comment on people’s character and the godliness we see in other women. I want to call out even more the ways I see God at work in their lives.”

• Building our daughters up in the ways that God has created them.

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Today on the podcast we welcome Dr. Daniel Bennett, lead teaching pastor at Bethany Community Church in Washington, IL. You’re going to want a notebook for this conversation, we had so many good takeaways!

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Today on the podcast we welcome Ash Anderson, a Licensed Professional Counselor currently practicing in the state of Colorado. 

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Today we welcome on the podcast Jaclyn Beaty, a Certified Functional Nutrition Coach and Wellness Practitioner!

You’ll hear us talk about:

-The story behind Jaclyn’s interest in food and nutrition and her passion to help families

-What is the importance of stewarding our bodies through nutrition? Does God care about this?

-How God has created us to be holistic beings

-Seeing everything in our lives as holy to God and an opportunity to glorify God

-How does God want us to glorify Him with our bodies?

-“When you feel well, you serve well.”

-“It’s not God’s desire for us to feel bad and exhausted all the time. We’ve normalized taking a pill for every ill.”

-The two pitfalls Christians can fall into with food and nutrition. How should we respond instead?

-The first temptations in the Bible involve food!

-One of the ways God call us to draw near to Him in Scripture is fasting

-“Gluttony is really irresponsible eating. It’s lacking the spiritual process of discernment of the what and how much we are eating.”

-Our responsibility to teach our children about how to steward our bodies as temples of God

-What are some practical tips people can go after today?

-Jaclyn shares her one rule: eat whole foods.

-“The world’s way of eating is not working. This is not the way the Creator intended it to be.”

-Reduce or replace inflammatory oils with healthy oils

-The benefit of cutting out food dye

Jaclyn’s go-to hospitality and meal train meals:

“The goal is that we would be people who are equipped to serve our families and others for the long haul.”

You can connect with Jaclyn on her website.

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We are so excited to welcome Lindsey Bomgren, founder of Nourish Move Love, to the podcast today! Lindsey is a certified trainer, fitness instructor, and mom to three. Today we chat about:

-What led Lindsey to start Nourish Move Love and offer free workouts to women

-Fitness is not about how you look, it’s about equipping you for the tasks you will be called to do to care for your family

-How do you see exercise as a way to glorify God?

-“Physical strength translates into mental strength.”

-Living a life worthy of the gospel of Christ

-How physical discipline carries over into spiritual disciplines

-The two pitfalls we can fall into when it comes to physical fitness

-What is sustainable is not setting an aesthetic goal but setting a progress goal

-Confidence comes from doing what you say you’re going to do

-Why our identity in Christ matters

-Lindsey shares some practical tips for where to start with strength training

-“Start small and add on.”

-The story behind Split Strong 35

-“The number one anti-aging cream is strength training.”

-Lindsey shares about the blessing bags she does with her kids

Today we’re introducing our brand new mini-series on health and wellness! Things we chat about on today’s episode:

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In this last episode of our holiday mini-series, Emily and Alyssa talk about sharing the most important story of all, the gospel.

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Welcome back to our holiday mini-series! In today's episode we talk about the unique opportunities the holidays give us for service and hospitality.

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