Fireside Talk Radio

Tina Meier is a national exert on how to protect our children from bullying, cyber-bullying, and suicide. She tells her story and offers advice and comfort to parents about how to help our kids when faced with bullying. In Megan's case, an adult set up a false identity, pretended to be a friend, then attack with vicious cyberbullying. According Tina cyberbullying is especially destructive because "everybody knows." She tells her story so other parents never experience the trauma and tragedy she did. Riveting and filled with truth, don't miss Tina's story in her own voice!

Tina Meier, Founder of the Megan Meier Foundations says, when it comes to bullying, “Do something as an adult. Don’t stand by and stay quiet. Because you’re not helping our kids or our community. If you report it, then it’s being reported by someone else, it’s not the kid that’s having to try to report it.” In this episode, she shares the symptoms that can alert parents. Also, she included valuable insight about how to help his school kids who are being bullied. Don't miss what this tender-hearted mom, who lost her child to suicide as a result of cyber-bullying, shared about how you can help your child.

Charlotte Canion returns to share wisdom she acquired as a care-giver to her aging parents. With another book coming out this spring to address the feelings of guilt that often plague care-givers, Charlotte is a wealth of ideas about how to take care of yourself as you care for others. A popular speaker and facilitator, she offers tips, like how to teach nursing homes to build raised beds for planting vegetables. She offers practical suggestions on how to engage your aging parents and younger generations to safe guard treasured family stories. If you need a little boost of help, Charlotte will have you laughing and refreshed in the time it takes to listen to this podcast. Don't miss this dear lady's insight!

Elder Care Expert Charlotte Canion joins Cathy to share stories from her 14 year journey of caring for her father-in-law, her father and her mother as their health deteriorated. She watched as dementia, Alzheimers and Parkinson's took their toll on her family, but she knows there are hundreds of other diseases affecting elderly mental and physical well-being. Author of You've Got to Laugh to Keep from Crying, Parenting Your Parents, Charlotte shares authentically, all the while passing along practical tips about self-care for the care-giver. She includes a personal story of sexual abuse in her family and how care-giving culminated in forgiveness. If you're wondering how in the world to take care of yourself and everyone else, don't miss what this beautiful lady has to say!

Author Dana Goodrum joins Cathy to talk about why young people are not going to church. By the time she was a young adult, she says she already had "a plethora, the Pandora’s box of sins and mistakes and things to be ashamed about or quite frankly to be judged on.” Yet, no matter your "Chapter 1," Dana says your story can change into a life that honors God.

Now, she's speaking to Christians about how to welcome younger generations back to a life of faith. How can we fight back, when the enemy tells us we're not worthy of God? Dana speaks candidly about how to help others, especially millennials, begin a walk of faith.

Dana Goodrum joins Cathy to share her wisdom on finding purpose in our pain. "There's beauty in broken," she says, "God didn’t cause it, but He allowed everyone's Chapter 1 for a purpose." Chapter 1 of Dana's life taught her to reach out when friends' need encouragement to grasp a life of faith. “The best thing we can realize as Christians is that we all have a “Chapter 1.” She points out that many millennials view the church as a "picture perfect museum," instead of a place where they can get help turning life around. If your church has been wondering why an entire generation of young people are purposefully choosing not to pursue a life of faith, you will not want to miss what Dana has to say!

Co-host Anna Krafve Pierce joins Cathy to share stories and successes when it comes to giving children a love for music, even if mommy can't carry a tune in a bucket! Choosing some of their favorite lines of great Christmas hymns, this mother-daughter duo laugh together about pushing the family to sing, even if it's off-key. If you're looking for practical ideas to inspire sweet sounds at your house during the holidays, don't miss this creative bonanza. There's no better way to teach young children to enthrone the King of Kings in our hearts than singing songs together, even the silly ones!.

Co-host Anna Krafve Pierce joins Cathy to share her philosophy of keeping holidays simple, while focusing on passing along true meaning to her small children. She shares some of the Krafve's stories and together this mother-daughter duo brainstorm several simple ideas to give other what they really need, while giving yourself lots of freedom. Anna includes her plan for the simplest, most delightful advent tradition as an example of passing along meaningful ideas to her children, without burdening herself with perfection. If perfection was never on your Christmas list anyway, you'll love the authentic way Anna brings home the holidays.

Dr. Alise Cortez returns to share the secrets she shares all over the world to leaders who seek out her wisdom. Do your employees seem to migrate away from your business just about the time you get them trained? Are you going through the motions, but feel asleep at the wheel (and we’re not talking country music here)? It’s not easy to surprise Cathy, but Alise shares an unexpected approach for getting your passion sparked up in all aspects of your life. Her suggestions are easy, practical, and oh-so fun - which makes us so happy at Camp Krafve!

World-renowned consultant, Dr. Alise Cortez, joins Cathy to share how unexpected events unleashed her to pursue her passion and purpose in life. When her marriage came to an abrupt end, Alise determined not to waste the opportunity, but instead re-calibrated her life in the most beautiful way possible. The change in her circumstances “yielded a new clearing for myself,” she says, and “gave me a space to recreate myself.” She shares the secrets of her success in this lively and authentic telling of how crisis can be our ticket to freedom, energy, and joy.