For The Love With Jen Hatmaker Podcast

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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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Making Good Use of Our Emot...

01.19.2021

It’s so hard to feel your feelings—especially when you have all of them all at once, and it’s never a convenient time to process them. For the past year, we’ve all been stewing with anxiety, stress, anger, loneliness, grief, and ...

For The Love With Jen Hatmaker Podcast episodes:

01.19.2021 Making Good Use of Our Emotions: Hilary Jacobs Hendel It’s so hard to feel your feelings—especially when you have all of them all at once, and it’s never a convenient time to process them. For the past year, we’ve all been stewing with anxiety, stress, anger, loneliness, grief, and ...
01.12.2021 How Boundaries Can Save Your Relationships with Nedra Glover Tawwab Next up in our For the Love of Reconnecting series, we’re touching base with a very important and easy-to-lose-hold-of concept: our boundaries. If 2020 taught us anything, it’s how much setting boundaries impacts our life. So why do we feel ...
01.08.2021 [BOOK CLUB BONUS] Allison Winn Scotch’s “Cleo McDougal Regrets Nothing” Sneak peek alert! Are you looking for a place where your book-loving heart can flourish? Look no further, and allow us to welcome you to the Jen Hatmaker Book Club. Want to join us? Visit jenhatmakerbookclub.com, and become one of ...
01.05.2021 Rewriting the Stories We Tell Ourselves: Lori Gottlieb New year, new series! We’re thinking all about For the Love of Reconnecting, where we’ll try to get back in touch with who we are and what we value, so that we can start to inch forward in this brand-new ...
12.29.2020 Living While We Wait: Cece Jones-Davis’ Blessing for 2021 We made it, you guys—we’re finally turning the corner into a brand-new year and into the hope of a fresh start. And while 2021 will no doubt have its set of challenges, we’ve set our minds to living in the ...
12.22.2020 Hallmark and Chill: Christmas Movies with the guys from Deck the Hallmark It’s the most wonderful time of the year! But let’s be honest: if you’re a Hallmark Christmas Movie addict, it’s been the most wonderful time of the year since October, and you’re not sorry about it. And neither are Dan, ...
12.15.2020 Winning by Saying Yes to What’s Next: Lori Allen This week, we’re wrapping up our celebration of small wins amid the 2020 dumpster fire, and we’re asking ourselves two questions: where we go from here, and how do we say yes what’s ahead? Savvy businesswoman and bubbly star of ...
12.08.2020 Clutching onto Faith in the Wilderness Moments: Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart “If my faith cannot offer me something in the wilderness moments, it isn’t worth having,” says Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart. And as we explore the silver linings of this turbulent year, Rev. Naomi’s wisdom is just what we need as we ...
12.04.2020 [BOOK CLUB BONUS] Abbi Waxman’s “The Bookish Life of Nina Hill” Sneak peek alert! Are you a bookie? Do you love reading and talking about what you’re reading? Then the Jen Hatmaker Book Club is where you belong. Want to join us? Visit jenhatmakerbookclub.com, become one of the squad. This month, ...
12.01.2020 Laughing Through the Ugly Cry with Dawn Barton Joy and pain aren’t mutually exclusive; they mingle together in our stories every single day. That’s probably never been more true than in 2020. In these moments, we reach for guides who have traveled through some dark moments and come ...
11.24.2020 2020 Heroes Build Bridges Over Walls: Combat Vet Diana Oestreich 2020 has shaken up so many of our beliefs. What’s normal? What’s safe? What does it look like for our families and our communities to thrive? These are life-changing questions, and today’s guest is someone who has been searching for ...
11.17.2020 The Lazy Genius Life with Recovering Perfectionist Kendra Adachi Do you know who has a PhD in Small Wins? We do, because this week on the show we have The Lazy Genius, AKA the brilliant and delightful Kendra Adachi! Kendra is the woman who brought the Tim Riggins Salad ...
11.16.2020 Jen's Favorite Things – The 4th Annual Holiday Gift Guide It’s the most wonderful time of the year—gift guide time! We're going to go ahead and give 2020 the No, Thank You Award, but we can still try to make the holidays merry and bright. And to help you do ...
11.10.2020 Matthew McConaughey Catches Life’s Greenlights On the road to finding small wins, it’s helpful to watch for the “green lights” in our lives—those signals that indicate we can move forward when we see them—but also recognize and appreciate the yellows and reds that slow us ...
11.06.2020 Giving Up Guilt, Getting Back Joy with Valorie Burton Right now, we all need some small wins. And in our brand-new series called—wait for it—For the Love of Small Wins, we’re talking to thought leaders who remind us to look for the ways kindness and resilience has showed up ...
10.30.2020 [BOOK CLUB BONUS] Kelly Corrigan’s “Tell Me More” Want a sneak peek into the book club of your dreams? Then allow us to present: the Jen Hatmaker Book Club! From time to time, we’ll drop in with what we’re reading in hopes you’ll join us at jenhatmakerbookclub.com—because we ...
10.27.2020 Black in White Spaces: Marcie Alvis-Walker on Racial Intersections To be Black in America means living at several different intersections. Writer and thinker Marcie Alvis-Walker joins For the Love Podcast to share the inspiration behind her beautiful, thought-provoking space called Black Coffee with White Friends. Marcie shares about her ...
10.23.2020 [BONUS] Michael Kutcher on “2 Hearts” Film & the Gift of Organ Donation On this bonus episode of For the Love, we’re talking about a heartwarming new movie (based on a true story!) called “2 Hearts” with organ donor recipient and advocate Michael Kutcher. He’s a walking miracle shares his journey of receiving ...
10.20.2020 Recasting Portrayals of Race, with Brit Bennett Stories come in many forms: in the reports we see in the news, the TV shows and movies that light up our screens, from books to toys and so many other places. New York Times bestselling author Brit Bennett is ...
10.13.2020 Empowering Black Entrepreneurs: Jessica O. Matthews Turns Adversity into Strength What does it mean to build the world in a way where every single person, no matter their color, gender, ability or religion has access to security and opportunity? That’s a question inventor and entrepreneur Jessica O. Matthews has spent ...
10.06.2020 “Education Is Freedom Work”: Dr. Monique Morris on Investing in Black Students Having access to learning is a portal to opportunity, a key to unlocking your dreams and leaving doors open for those who come after you. That’s what education has been for Dr. Monique Morris, an author, scholar, justice educator and ...
10.02.2020 [BOOK CLUB BONUS] Sejal Badani’s “The Storyteller’s Secret” Want a sneak peek into the book club of your dreams? Then allow us to present: the Jen Hatmaker Book Club! From time to time, we’ll drop in with what we’re reading in hopes you’ll join us at jenhatmakerbookclub.com—because we ...
09.29.2020 Centering Mental Health & Self-Care in Black America, with Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes Cultivating a healthy mind is essential for our entire well-being. Psychologist and theologian Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes joins us For the Love of Black Lives series to help us unpack how the anxiety and trauma carried through generations of Black Americans ...
09.22.2020 Celebrating the Rich Legacy of Black Culture, Art & Fashion in America, with Dr. Tanisha C. Ford Black culture is central to American culture—we simply don’t have America without having the Black experience, born of slavery and systemic racism and white supremacy, of physical and mental and emotional pain. But through generations, Black women and men have ...
09.15.2020 The Black Woman’s Fight to Be Well, with Christina M. Rice Though many of our country’s systems of care desperately need an overhaul, there’s one system in particular that could improve greatly to help Black Americans: healthcare. It might be unimaginable that we might get lesser care, for example, if we ...
09.08.2020 Going to Church Shouldn't Hurt: Alicia Crosby on Religious Trauma’s Effect on Black Lives God created a beautiful world, filled with people who share love, creativity, friendship and hope in all kinds of ways. For thousands of years, some have tried to use religion to wield power and authority over people around the globe, ...
09.04.2020 [BOOK CLUB BONUS] Nora McInerny’s “No Happy Endings” Want a sneak peek into the book club of your dreams? Then allow us to present: the Jen Hatmaker Book Club! From time to time, we’ll drop in with what we’re reading in hopes you’ll join us at jenhatmakerbookclub.com—because we ...
09.01.2020 CeCe Jones-Davis: Realigning the Gears of the US Justice System As lawyer and activist Bryan Stevenson puts it, slavery never actually ended—it just evolved, and today it looks like mass incarceration. In the past fifty years, we’ve seen the prison population skyrocket from 200,000 in 1970 to 2.2 million in ...
08.25.2020 Ending Black Oppression and Celebrating Black Dignity with Alencia Johnson Today we open a new chapter of For the Love, where we’ll celebrate the beauty, wholeness, and dignity of Black Lives. At the same time, we’ll also explore the roots of the recent growing advocacy and racial reckoning with experts ...
08.18.2020 [Summer Best Of For the Love] Actually Believing God Loves You Changes Everything: Jeff Chu Since journalist (and now podcaster!) Jeff Chu came on the show in spring of 2019, we haven’t forgotten his poignant storytelling or his answer to the powerful question he’s asked himself since he was a kid: “Does Jesus really love ...
08.11.2020 [Summer Best Of For the Love] Small Steps to a Happier Life: Gretchen Rubin When lawyer-turned-writer Gretchen Rubin first came on the show in 2019, we were dazzled by the wisdom and tools she shared on how to live with more contentment, right where we are. A decade ago, Gretchen fancied herself a happy ...
08.04.2020 [Summer Best Of For the Love] The Glory of God in Our Pain: Kaitlin Curtice & the Power of Lament When our third Summer Best Of teacher speaks, people listen—and we couldn’t forget the powerful words she shared on For the Love in 2019. Raised a Southern Baptist, as she grew older Kaitlin Curtice began to explore her family’s rich ...
07.28.2020 [Summer Best of For the Love] You Are Wholly Good: Osheta Moore and Embracing “Shalom” Our second Summer Best Of guest is a teacher who taught us how to embrace peace with others, but also within ourselves. Osheta Moore is a writer, speaker, podcaster, and a faith groundbreaker. She’s also a powerful leader on racial ...
07.21.2020 [Summer Best of For the Love] Barbara Brown Taylor: Learning to Walk in the Dark Ever wish you had a toolkit tailor-made to get you through 2020? Us too. That’s why we pulled together a few of our favorite teachers who have graced the podcast over the years, so we can brush up on the ...
07.14.2020 Enneagram Nines - Sarah Bessey on The Peacemakers To close our spectacular Enneagram series, last but certainly not least (we promise, Nines!), we’re diving into the earnest and endearingly sincere Peacemakers with Jen’s wonderful friend and all-around good human, author Sarah Bessey. Fondly called the crown of the ...
07.07.2020 Enneagram Eights - Sarajane Case & Abi Robins on The Challengers Make way for the Enneagram Eights! On this week’s episode, we get to chat with not one, but two experts about the steely armor and tender insides that make up The Challengers, as they’re sometimes called. Sarajane Case of Enneagram ...
06.30.2020 Enneagram Sevens - Bob Goff on The Enthusiasts Enneagram Sevens! You can’t say it without an exclamation point, right? This week we look at what many consider to be the most “fun” number on the Enneagram—known as The Enthusiasts for good reason! To guide us is a true ...
06.26.2020 [BONUS] Jen and Sydney Hatmaker On Being Gay and Loved On this incredibly meaningful, special bonus episode of For the Love, in honor of Pride Month, a mother and daughter come together to have a frank and beautiful conversation about what it’s like to grow up as the daughter of ...
06.23.2020 Enneagram Sixes - Ashton Brye on The Loyalists On today’s peek behind the Enneagram curtain, we get to learn all about Type Sixes—the Loyalists—and what makes them tick. Graphic designer, Enneagram artist, and Disney cast member Ashton Brye shares how she discovered the Enneagram, applied her own artistic ...
06.16.2020 Enneagram Fives - Dr. Avon Manney & Knox McCoy on The Investigators Today we begin a deep dive into the head triad, starting with Type Fives—the Investigators. And because there’s so much to learn about the complex Fives, we have not one but two guests to share their input: Enneagram expert Dr. ...
06.11.2020 [BONUS] White Women’s Toxic Tears, with Lisa Sharon Harper In light of the uprisings of the past weeks, it is not enough to perform wokeness. We need true solidarity. True solidarity requires an understanding of the historical and cultural roots and current-day patterns of white women’s betrayals of people ...
06.09.2020 Enneagram Fours - Ian Cron on The Individualists Our Enneagram series continues with another type who rounds out the heart triad: the beautifully complex Type Fours (also known as The Romantics). To lead us on all things Type Four, we have an incredible returning guest: a Four himself, ...
06.02.2020 Enneagram Threes - Lisa Whelchel on The Achievers The next stop on the For the Love of The Enneagram train takes us to the land of the Enneagram Threes (also known as The Achievers). Leading us today are two Threes—someone you may know named Jen Hatmaker who’s a ...
05.26.2020 Enneagram Twos - Phileena Heuertz on The Helpers Our next installment of For the Love of The Enneagram brings us to wonderful Enneagram Twos (aka The Helpers!). And leading our discussion is Phileena Heuertz, a spiritual director and Enneagram expert who, as a Two herself, knows how it ...
05.19.2020 Enneagram Ones - The Reformers with Fr. Richard Rohr Last week, we launched our brand-new Enneagram series, and today we begin our deep-dive into each of the nine numbers. We’re starting right at the top with Enneagram Ones—and who’s better to talk about Ones than with For the Love ...
05.12.2020 What is The Enneagram? Suzanne Stabile Gives Us a Primer Good people of the internet and faithful For the Love listeners—you’ve asked, we’ve listened, and we are thrilled to invite you to our brand-new series on one of our favorite topics: The Enneagram personality assessment! Whether you’re a seasoned Ennea-thusiast ...
05.05.2020 Elizabeth Gilbert Moves from Fear to Fierce Who would we be if we weren’t afraid? What would our lives look like if we pushed aside our greatest fears and let curiosity lead the way? Today we’re wrapping the Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire series with one ...
04.30.2020 [BONUS] A “Fierce” Jen Hatmaker Book Club Sneak Peek! Have you ever wanted to be part of an actual book club? One that actually reads the book instead of just providing classy cover for wine drinking? (well, okay, there’s still a little wine drinking) Then seriously, you need to ...
04.28.2020 Camila McConaughey: Empowerment to Do What We’ve Never Done Before Fierce women are all around us—we are them, we raise them, we’ve been mentored by them. But lifestyle expert and entrepreneur Camila McConaughey takes that to a new level by cultivating a loving, open, supportive community called Women of Today. ...
04.27.2020 [BONUS] Quarantine Queens Eps 11: Paula Faris on Realigning Our Priorities Right now, we’re capable of so much more than surviving. We can thrive right now if we dig deep and we put our hand to this work. Award-winning ABC News correspondent Paula Faris, who also hosts the Journeys of Faith ...

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