In the midst of her young daughters battle with cancer, Kate Merrick shut down her social media and hasn’t looked back. She has written two books on her personal journey through grief and wrestling with God while embracing the good gift of life away from the distractions online. Kate has a raw and honest way of conveying truth and I just loved our conversation. We laugh hard and go deep.

This last episode of the season is absolutely one to listen to and share!

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Lisa Appelo, Author of “Life Can Be Good Again” is back again this week to offer insight and encouragement for parents and caregivers helping a child through loss and grief. Every child is so very unique in their response and acceptance of loss. Understanding how to provide a safe space, compassion and understanding is so important.

Lisa’s experience of losing her husband suddenly, leaving her a widow and single mother of 7 propelled her into writing and speaking on grief to encourage others in their own journeys. She is a sound voice of biblical wisdom and hope!

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Today's guest is Kara Stout, a wife, mother, author and writer at Sincerely by Kara on Instagram! Kara shares about her journey of long term infertility and the lengthy and painful process that led to the adoption of her young daughter Norah. Kara gives us an honest look at her journey of much waiting, disappointment and grief but she encourages our hearts so beautifully with truth from God’s word and through her testimony of his faithfulness.

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Todays episode is going where we’ve never gone before- PERIMENOPAUSE!

While neither of us can claim to be experts on this topic my guest Pam Ratzlaff and I are going there because perimenopause is upon us whether we like it or not.

So, if you enjoy some good girl chat on topics like hormones, hot flashes and collagen grab a hot beverage and enjoy my conversation with Pam Ratzlaff!

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Conversation with Kate Battistelli

Topics covered:

Kate’s broadway career & meeting her husband

Early years to the empty nester years

Letting God lead & trusting His plans

When life doesn’t go as planned.

Such a gift to talk with Kate! Enjoy!

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Today's guest is Tanner Olson and I know you’re going to love our conversation a lot.

Tanner lives in Nashville, TN with his wife and young son.

He is a poet, speaker, and podcaster and the author of four books, including the highly acclaimed collection of poetry, Walk A Little Slower.

For the past 10 years he has been travelling all over the U.S. sharing poetry, delivering messages of grace, and offering stories of hope.

In our time together we cover the topic of parenthood, infertility and adoption and the beauty of talking daily with the Lord. He shares with us his heart behind his newest book, a kids book, which is called All the Things I Say to God.

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Instagram: @writtentospeak

Book website: www.writtentospeak.com

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Our guest today is Whitney Newby, a writer, artist, and the founder of Brighter Day Press, a ministry that creates literature-rich, gospel-centered resources for family discipleship.

She has a Bible degree from Moody Bible Institute and is a registered nurse. Whitney makes her home in South Carolina with her husband and four children.

In today episode Whitney and I discuss what it means to Lift Our Eyes (the title of her new book out March 18th!) to the One who will carry us through the sometimes difficult and discouraging days of motherhood. She offers honest stories and timeless truth from scripture for the heart of mothers needing reminders of God’s love and faithfulness!

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Book website: www.liftyoureyesbook.com

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A new season is finally here!

After a 10 month break, it’s so great to be back in your earbuds (or however you’re listening in today!) It’s a joy to share this recent conversation, had with the beautifully articulate and insightful Naomi Vacaro, founder of Whole Hearted Quiet Time and author of the book, Quiet.

We get really honest about motherhood, including facing our failures and intentional parenting. Naomi also shares her perspective on the changes that have happened on social platforms over the past decade or so and some of hard things that we as content producers face in our pursuit to share online today. We cover the downside of social media usage and how to steward our time online well. Lots to takeaway and feel challenged by, especially if you’re a content producer yourself!

And if you’re having a hard day of mothering, our personal acknowledgements in the first half may just help you feel less alone.

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We are continuing our series The Thriving Home again with this final episode that covers the most important thing we as mothers can do for our homes and that is to know God and His Word well!

A little about my guest,

Glenna Marshall. She is a wife, mother, author and speaker.

She grew up in Tennessee but lives in southern Missouri where her husband has pastored their church for nearly twenty years. Glenna studied creative writing at Union University, graduating with a B.A. in English in 2003. She is the author of three books (with a fourth coming soon!) and travels extensively to speak at women’s retreats and conferences.

Much of her writing deals with spiritual disciplines as the means by which we grow in the faith and endure suffering. Glenna’s deepest desire is to direct her readers to deep study of Scripture.

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We are continuing our series The Thriving Home again this New Year with a very honest conversation about the hope that is available to those in a seemingly hopeless marriage.

This episode is powerful and I think every married person including couples preparing for marriage can glean from today’s conversation!

My guest today is Kathy Bush, co-author of the new book “Sex On the First Date”. She shares how her toxic marriage became more than she ever imagined it could be despite long term infidelity and alcoholism.

Kathy shares so openly about the way their lives changed when she and her husband surrendered all and chose to do marriage Gods way.

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