We are joined by some really special guests in this episode! Rachel & Felipe Pimentel, friends from Johnson City, TN and parents to two littles, share their story of a battle with mental health, infidelity, separation, healing, reconnecting, and how it’s still a choice every single day. This episode is raw, honest & we think will deeply encourage you!

If you’re in a season that feels like there’s no way out, please listen. You’re not alone! And this is not the end of your story.

Rachel also wrote a blog for us about their storyand you can read that here :

⁠https://freedandflourishingco.com/2023/11/28/do-not-grow-weary/⁠

On today's episode, we walk you through all the creative, encouraging resources on our website and highlight all of our free guides! If you've never checked out our website, it such a helpful & fun space filled with a lot of rich content!

Check out all of our free guides here: https://freedandflourishingco.com/resources

View all our merchandise in our shop here:

https://freed-flourishing-co.myshopify.com/

View all the blogs mentioned in this episode here:

https://freedandflourishingco.com/blog/

In this episode, Anna and Caroline discuss the importance of serving with your kids and how this can practically be done with littles. Anna shares what this has looked for her family while living in Portland, OR and how she is seeing it shape & impact them. This is an encouraging episode we believe all families would benefit listening to!

Today we are joined by Katie Ohlin, Katie Trewitt, and Sam Boring-- three of the gals that attended our first retreat! You will hear what the weekend was like from their perspective and their takeaways. This episode encouraged our hearts so much and made us so expectant for all the FFCO retreats to come!

Podcast is back! And we are starting off by chatting about what we loved about our very first retreat. We are so humbled by & thankful for every woman that trustedtheir weekend to us! This weekend was beautiful because of each of you. Our theme was “both/and”, speaking to the intermingling of joy & sorrow, a tension we all have felt whether or not we have known how to name it. Our heartwas to create a space for women to show up just as they are, with whatever they’re carrying, and be refreshed. We ate so much yummy food, we moved our bodies, we created with our hands, we laughed a LOT, we lingered around thetable, and ultimately we left feeling a little more seen & a little less alone. We hope this is just the beginning of these kinds of weekends together!

More about FFCO retreats here:

https://freedandflourishingco.com/retreats

Follow us on Instagram @freedandflourishingco or subscribe to our email list here to be in the loop of the next one coming soon! https://view.flodesk.com/pages/6322827a9f7462fb241d51f6

On this episode, Averi, Anna, and Caroline chat all about gratitude and the powerful force it is for your health. We share the heart behind our yearly ritual of Naming the Good Together and share why we love to come together for it every November.

Resources mentioned:

Anna Booth's podcast episode sharing her story:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/219Nl3Ai0MmJE60fmdx88M?si=79c82feb3a534c0c

Blogpost on Naming the Good Together:

https://freedandflourishingco.com/2023/11/08/the-importance-of-naming-the-good-together/

1000 Gifts by Ann Voskamp:

https://www.amazon.com/One-Thousand-Gifts-Fully-Right/dp/0310321913/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2WVM9FAEEX3Q&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tFEyc3gjZKd8FvB4yXuYCyuQ7rgYA1qXb8pV7MKuxnOSH9_ssb23SglK-6RdTgZRXDFDkYV2dWeuq7Wb4bdpKKy5UP4uJWShoEJY1IMjHUf1xqQ83whRdzeHA-fknvRtU_9k8BTq_yme6tcEeNqZyNEmenRBoecMsTfihyLzy7UCZGJN6x4JP7CEaRkGxy0W-3Bs6gWJdeXf-EfQiKPsEPzr0oLeaBfmi57PA_3--kc.PG05Z0rwj76pyCgN3BsYf6D824pUSa3P3Q_2epMS-aA&dib_tag=se&keywords=1000+gifts&qid=1731901614&sprefix=1000+gifts%2Caps%2C95&sr=8-1

Naming the good together journal:

https://freed-flourishing-co.myshopify.com/products/naming-the-good-journals

Practicing Gratitude guide:

https://static.showit.co/file/9aOseAjhTfKdpdbuNreBzw/177280/anna_gratitude_guide.pdf

In this episode, Anna & Caroline chat about what it means to live out "a love that costs".

Sermon mentioned:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bridgetown-audio-podcast/id84246334?i=1000665821021

In this episode, Caroline and Hannah share about traveling on big trips with young kids and why they feel passionate about it. They tell you all about their experiences and why they would encourage every family to not shy away from the big trips as a family! They also include some tips that helped them thrive as a family during their travels!

In this episode I (Hannah) chat with my dear friend Ashley McKee! Ashley has been like an older sister and mentor to me. Her wisdom will deeply bless you. We talk about what it means to truly do life together, how to pour into the life of another, and share encouragement for women who are feeling a lack of community in their life right now! We hope it blesses you!

Anna Booth is back with her dear friend ,Jordan Moyer, to chat through some of their chronic health struggles and what it has looked like to care for their bodies in various seasons of life. What we love about this episode is that it is so applicable to all of us who struggle in any form, which (spoiler alert) is all of us at some point in our lives! Join us as we chat through physical health struggles, mental health struggles, community, and what it looks like to practically share each other's burdens.

Episode 09 : Anna Booth on chronic illness, gratitude and choosing to live life differntly

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/u5sLwsPazLb

FFCO content written by Anna :

The Beauty of Longterm Friendships with Jordan

⁠⁠https://freedandflourishingco.com/2022/09/08/the-beauty-of-longterm-friendships/⁠

The Importance of Naming the Good Together

⁠https://freedandflourishingco.com/2023/11/08/the-importance-of-naming-the-good-together/⁠

Living with Chronic Illness

⁠https://freedandflourishingco.com/2023/07/01/living-with-chronic-illness/⁠

Unconventional Choices for Your Family

⁠https://freedandflourishingco.com/2024/05/09/unconventional-choices-for-your-family/⁠

Transitions in Motherhood

⁠https://freedandflourishingco.com/2023/03/06/transitions-in-motherhood/⁠

Sole Maintenance

⁠https://freedandflourishingco.com/2023/06/04/sole-maintenance/⁠

Rhythms versus Goals

⁠https://freedandflourishingco.com/2023/01/09/rhythms-versus-goals/⁠

Some resources mentioned :

Shakti Mat

(we love theshaktimat.com)

LMNT electrolyte packets

Gratitude Journal

(https://freed-flourishing-co.myshopify.com/products/naming-the-good-journals)

Water, Sunlight, Community, Quality food

(get back to the basics)

Sertraline

(meds are a gift when needed)