For The Love With Jen Hatmaker Podcast

By Jen Hatmaker

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"For the love" of...People. Home. Stories. Shoes. Family. Jesus. Community. TV. Travel. Food. Culture. The hilarious best-selling author and star of HGTV’s “My Big Family Renovation” invites you to drop by and catch up with her friends as they laugh and chat about all the things we love.

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Practicing Kindness for a H...

05.21.2019

Let’s get in the driver’s seat of how we’re living, who we’re investing in, and how we’re spending our time as we head into the third episode of For the Love of Health & Wellness. Today we’re looking at the ...

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05.21.2019 Practicing Kindness for a Healthier Life: Sebastian Terry Let’s get in the driver’s seat of how we’re living, who we’re investing in, and how we’re spending our time as we head into the third episode of For the Love of Health & Wellness. Today we’re looking at the ...
05.14.2019 Healthy Connections for a Healthy Life: Dr. Danielle Ofri With the second episode of our For the Love of Health & Wellness series, we’re taking a deep dive into physical health—but this is not a “go get your annual physical” guilt trip. We’re talking with a doctor who’s taking ...
05.10.2019 Pursuing Health at Every Size with Nutritionist Haley Goodrich We’re thrilled to begin a new series we hope will spur conversations about our body image, health, nutrition and well-being. During For the Love of Health & Wellness, we’re stepping out of the body-shaming space and giving the mic to ...
05.08.2019 Rachel Held Evans Tribute Episode: 2018 Interview “Loving, Leaving & Finding the Church” We lost a beloved friend, teacher, and true faith groundbreaker this week. Her teachings, writings, and insight into the Christian faith have quietly revolutionized the lives for many whose religious upbringing imposed limits and yielded scars. Because of Rachel, more ...
05.03.2019 Bonus Eps: Chrissy Metz from This Is Us and her Breakthrough Moment We always like to mix it up a little bit here in For the Love Podcast world, and we hope you’ll be the happy beneficiaries of this bonus episode! We got the chance to catch up with one of our ...
04.30.2019 Rap Artist Lecrae Navigates Injustice & Trauma with Love & Hip-Hop Coming in to wrap up our For the Love of Faith Groundbreakers series is yet another guest who challenges us to look at our faith differently, a prolific writer, rapper, activist and voice of conscience (and one that’s bound to ...
04.23.2019 Pete Enns Adds Color to Our Black & White View of the Bible The Bible means many things to many people, and its passages have been interpreted seven ways to Sunday; in turn those interpretations have spawned countless church denominations that all vary in their beliefs. For some, the Bible is the ultimate ...
04.16.2019 Sarah Bessey: Life on the Other Side of Being Broken Sarah Bessey is the friend we all need, the one who will welcome you with open arms, tuck you under a blanket she knitted herself, and hand you a cup of tea while you talk about the mysteries of life. ...
04.09.2019 Live Yourself into a New Way of Thinking: Richard Rohr Father Richard Rohr is one of our best teachers, hands down. Whether it’s through his work at the Center for Action and Contemplation (which he founded) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, or the many enlightening books he’s written, Fr. Richard is ...
04.02.2019 Actually Believing God Loves You Changes Everything: Jeff Chu “Does Jesus really love me?” Journalist Jeff Chu has asked himself this question countless times since he was a kid. Jeff grew up immersed in a family of theologians, where knowing and sticking to the Bible’s rules were prized currency. ...
03.26.2019 The Glory of God in Our Pain: Kaitlin Curtice & the Power of Lament When Kaitlin Curtice speaks, people listen. Raised a Southern Baptist, as she grew older Kaitlin began to explore her family’s rich history in the Potawatomi Citizen Band. Kaitlin tells us what life is like as an indigenous woman in the ...
03.19.2019 Can Faith Withstand Doubt? Mike McHargue’s Journey to Atheism and Back When Mike McHargue, AKA Science Mike of The Liturgists Podcast, stopped by to visit with Jen, we knew we were in for some mind-bending stuff. After all, you don’t go from a Southern Baptist deacon to an atheist back to ...
03.12.2019 You Are Wholly Good: Osheta Moore and Embracing “Shalom” We’re thrilled to enter a new series: For the Love of Faith Groundbreakers. In the vein of last year’s “exploring our faith” series, we’re talking with women and men who are taking a fresh, honest look at their faith experiences ...
03.05.2019 Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott on Grace and Good Friends You know that warm, happy glow you get after chatting with your friend all night, favorite beverage in hand and deep conversation shared between you? This conversation is one of those happy moments. Jen had the chance to catch up ...
02.26.2019 Amy Grant: Compassion, Community & the Cycles of Life Say the words “Amy Grant,” and you launch a generation of music lovers into nostalgia. We’ve grown up alongside Amy, haven’t we? Who didn’t sing “Love Will Find a Way” or “Baby, Baby” into their hairbrush? Who didn’t feel a ...
02.19.2019 The Evolution of Martina McBride: From Country Superstar to Food Network Chef We have country music royalty in our midst today, we’re fangirling and we don’t even care—because Martina McBride is our queen! Since she came on the scene in the early 90s, Martina has been a vocal powerhouse ranked among the ...
02.12.2019 Jennifer Knapp on Music, God, and Speaking Her Truth When Jennifer Knapp broke into Christian music in the 90s, we’d never heard anyone quite like her before. A soulful voice with lyrics to match, Jennifer took the CCM scene by storm—until she stepped out of the spotlight just a ...
02.05.2019 Sandi Patty: The Legendary Christian Singer Finds Her Personal Voice You asked, we listened: this is the kick-off episode of our For the Love of Music series! We’ll hear from artists of all stripes and genres, and find out what inspires them to create songs that touch our hearts like ...
01.31.2019 Therapy Is a Gift for Everyone: Onsite’s Miles Adcox One of the bravest, most impactful good changes we can make is to care for our emotional wellness. Each day we carry so many thoughts, memories and dreams that shape the stories we tell about ourselves. When we’re ready to ...
01.24.2019 Stuck? Just Do the Next Right Thing: Emily P. Freeman When you have no idea what to do next, it feels like you’re drowning in a lake of neverending to-do lists, homework, laundry, and dreams on hold. In a word, it’s overwhelming. How do we begin to take charge and ...
01.15.2019 Give Yourself the Gift of Done: Jon Acuff With the new year comes new pressure to CHANGE. OUR. LIVES. This is the year we’re finally going to lose the weight, finish the project, clean out ALL the closets. Time after time, so many of us find life gets ...
01.08.2019 Undoing the Shame of Our Body Image Struggles: Hillary McBride What would our lives be like if we spent less time thinking and talking about the way we look? What If we stopped comparing our bodies and bemoaning our “flaws”? Researchers report 85–95% of women are extremely dissatisfied with their ...
01.01.2019 Small Steps to a Happier Life: Gretchen Rubin Lawyer-turned-writer Gretchen Rubin fancied herself a happy person. She had a job she liked, a husband and two daughters she loved, a life she enjoyed. But one day she found herself wondering, “Could I be happier?” So she set out ...
12.25.2018 Best of For the Love: Emily Ley on Simplified Living Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the For the Love team! This week, we’re previewing our brand-new series for the new year, For the Love of Good Change, and bringing back one of our most downloaded episodes (not to mention ...
12.18.2018 Angels & Peacemakers: Mending the Divides Susan Ramirez and Jon Huckins are giving their all in some of the hardest work: lending voices and love to two communities who are suffering deeply. In our last episode of For the Love of Giving, we’re going to talk ...
12.11.2018 Ty Pennington Lives (and Gives!) to the Extreme People give in all kinds of ways. Some give talent. Others give quality time. Some use their influence to shine a light on struggles we need to know about. Our next guest, Ty Pennington, has given in each of these ...
12.04.2018 Charity: Water CEO Scott Harrison’s Thirst for Change “What would the opposite of my life look like?” Today’s guest, Charity: Water founder Scott Harrison, was a Jesus kid turned high-end club promoter, with all the luxury and excess that comes with it. Unfulfilled by his pursuit of “more” ...
11.27.2018 How to Help the Helpers: Pure Charity’s Mike Rusch and Legacy Collective’s Faitth Brooks When Fred Rogers was a boy (stay with us here) and he would see scary things on the news, his mother would tell him, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” Fret not, dear ones: ...
11.21.2018 The Hatmakers’ Favorite Things Returns: 2nd Annual Holiday Gift Guide! Back by popular demand, it’s one of our very favorite episodes: the Hatmakers’ Holiday Gift Guide! Our resident gift-giving champ (and Jen’s husband) Brandon is back to highlight twelve companies creating top-shelf products and making a difference in our world. ...
11.13.2018 The Popcast’s Knox McCoy and Jamie Golden: Binge-Watching with Our TV Soulmates You know those friends who know exactly what to watch and never steer you wrong? The friend who had an actual Smoke Monster terrorize guests during LOST watch parties? That other friend who does 7,000-word recaps of The Bachelor? These ...
11.06.2018 Kimmy Schmidt’s Ellie Kemper Dishes on The Office, Tina Fey, and Her Squirrel Days Between her roles in The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, you knew Ellie Kemper had to be delightful in real life—and we’re thrilled to confirm you’re absolutely right! Today Ellie joins our For the Love of TV series, as we ...
10.30.2018 Kimberly Williams-Paisley: Lighting Up Our TV Screens and Her World This week we’re rolling out the red carpet for a woman with a ton of talent and a heart of gold: Jen’s delightful friend, actor Kimberly Williams-Paisley! You’ve seen Kim in TV and movies since the ‘90s when she got ...
10.23.2018 The Good Place’s Jameela Jamil: Loving Your Body, No Filter Required. It’s not every day that you find a hilarious TV show that features moral philosophers and tries to answer “What does it mean to be a good person?” But then again, not every show is NBC’s The Good Place. And ...
10.16.2018 Kathie Lee Gifford: Getting Real with a Morning TV Icon Put on your yoga pants and grab some popcorn, because today, ladies and gents, we start a brand-new series: For the Love of TV! And there’s no one better to hold court on our first episode than the Queen of ...
10.11.2018 BONUS EPISODE - Reaching Across The Aisle: Beto O’Rourke, and Pantsuit Politics It’s been bananas in the political sphere the past few years, but you knew that. You may not think you have a voice in any of the chaos, but frankly you do—because We The People get to decide who represents ...
10.09.2018 Ask Jen! All Your Book and Writing Questions Answered What was the hardest book for Jen to write? How’s the new book coming along? How on earth do we dip a toe into the publishing waters? And when is she going to write us a cookbook?! No doubt each ...
10.02.2018 Piecing Shattered Dreams into a Beautiful Story: Shannan Martin When we’re kids, we each think about the lives we want when we’re older. What if you worked hard for years to make that dream—a loving husband, doting children, a farmhouse with a literal white-picket fence—a reality? And then, all ...
09.25.2018 Tell Me More, Kelly Corrigan: A Live Show with the Poet Laureate of the Ordinary This is a special week in For the Love world, because it’s our very first live podcast! A few weeks ago, Jen and author Kelly Corrigan hosted 150 women in Jen’s backyard in Buda, Texas, and today we get to ...
09.18.2018 Writing from Opposite Sides: Jodi Picoult Asks the Big Questions We’re forging ahead in our For the Love of Books series, and today we host one of the most distinctive and decorated novelists of our time, a woman who challenges us to chew on why we believe what we believe: ...
09.11.2018 Books as Mirrors and Windows: Kwame Alexander’s Identity Through Words Our book series is in full swing, and we’re loving the conversations about reading and how words help us voice what really matters to us! This week’s guest is author, poet, and educator Kwame Alexander. And if you’ve never been ...
09.04.2018 Use Your Words to Raise Your Voice with Kathy Khang There's never been a time when words matter more. They have the force to spark ideas, to build, to topple the status quo. Words enter the world when you use your voice. But what is your voice? For some of ...
08.28.2018 Bringing Your Story to Life: Imperfect Courage with Jessica Honegger Welcome to a brand spanking new series that we are just tickled to launch—For the Love of Books! It’s not like we don’t talk about books all the time anyway, but now we’re dedicating an entire series to officially having ...
08.21.2018 Purposeful Parenting: Two Determined Mamas Talk Fostering, Adoption, and Special Needs Our Parenting series wraps up with an episode that our tribe has requested overwhelmingly. As parents, we are all doing the best we can to raise great kids. But what about the challenges we didn’t expect? What about the kids ...
08.14.2018 Working Moms Stretched Too Thin: Jessica Turner On Work-Life Satisfaction Over 70% of moms in America work, and let’s face it: they’re pulled in a thousand directions. More than ever, the pressure is sky high to do All The Things well: birthday parties, presentations, laundry, answering emails. There hardly seems ...
08.07.2018 Jen’s Parents Tell It All: Real-Time Parenting with Larry & Jana King PART 2 It’s the second half of the epic interview with Jana and Larry King—AKA Jen’s very own parents! In this part of the chat, Jana and Larry dish parenting gold as they talk about solutions for sibling rivalry, how to make ...
08.03.2018 Jen’s Parents Tell It All: Real-Time Parenting with Larry & Jana King PART 1 This episode is an important chapter in For the Love Podcast history, because we have the most exceptional parenting experts on the show: Jen’s own parents! Jana and Larry King have been married for forty-seven years and had four children, ...
07.31.2018 Parenting Through All Stages: When to Hold On & When to Let Go, with Dr. Jim Burns Parenting is a lifelong job, even after our children have flown the coop and are tending their own broods. Throughout the various stages, from the early “no sleep” baby years to the endless carpool years, we barely have the bandwidth ...
07.24.2018 TV (and Real Life) Mom Candace Cameron’s Path to Gracious Parenting From your mouth to Jen’s headphones, we’re starting a brand-new series you requested: For the Love of Parenting! This series will not only speak to those of us who are in the thick of parenting kids at every stage, but ...
07.17.2018 Making Summer Camp Magic Last a Lifetime: Stacy and Darell Smith Nearly forty years ago, they met at camp. Then they got married. Now they’re running the same camp! This week, we’re closing out For the Love of Summer with our crowdsourced episode, featuring Stacy and Darell Smith. For more than ...
07.10.2018 De-Stressing Summer Fashion with ModCloth’s Lizz Wasserman School’s out, the pool/beach/lake is calling, and vacation is just around the corner. For many of us, summer fashion means flip flops, sundresses and living in our bathing suits. For others, summer clothing choices, where often “less is more,” can ...

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