Living Easy with Lindsey

Board Certified Holistic Health and Nutrition Practitioner, Dana Kay, knew right away that her son was different. She used to wake up dreading what kind of mood he would be in. Shortly after, he was diagnosed with ADHD, but the medications weren't helping him.

She was told by her doctor that food wouldn't make a difference with his ADHD, but she chose to try it anyway - and changing his diet was the only thing that worked. She saw a drastic shift in his behavior and his attention span.

Jesse and I have personally seen a very real shift in the behavior and physical health of our own boys after adjusting their diet toward cleaner, more natural foods.

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On today's episode, Dana and I talk about gut-brain connection, the foods that can reduce negative behaviors and how to determine the foods that are causing behavioral problems within your home.

We also discuss budgeting in a way that allows you to afford healthier meals, the importance of shifting your diet as a family and how to introduce new, healthier foods to your children.

Get Dana's book here: Thriving with ADHD: A Guide to Naturally Reducing ADHD Symptoms in Your Child

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Secrecy is a breeding ground for shame. In today's episode, Manda Carpenter discusses her new book, 'Soul Care to Save Your Life' and how self-awareness led to deep and committed healing in her friendships and romantic relationships.

Manda shares her vulnerable story about committing adultery and answers questions about how her husband responded to her confession of committing adultery as a Christian, how they have worked through the healing process together and the action steps she has taken toward growth. She discusses openly about the ways in which she navigated the deep shame and guilt that came with the past mistakes that were made and encourages others to live freely in God's glory and redemption.

Manda also talks about the practical ways that she and her husband have chosen to prevent present temptation from becoming future sin.

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Today's episode with Chris and Holly Santillo discusses the importance of teaching our children independence and resilience in a generation that has become heavily focused on dependency.

Many millennial parents are fearful of allowing their children to live independently because they worry about the disconnect in the relationship. However, Chris and Holly discuss how independence actually creates a real connection between parent and child.

They discuss the importance of allowing our children to explore, to make decisions on their own, to fail and learn from that failure - and so much more.

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Raising Resilient Children in an Era of Detachment and Dependence by Chris and Holly Santillo

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On today's episode, I am sharing my own story about how postpartum anxiety turned into over 7 years of deep, intense. anxiety.

I attempted to pray it away, worship it away, talk it away and read it away, but it clung to me and my life. It impacted my marriage and my motherhood greatly and I desperately needed to figure out how to navigate it.

In this conversation, I will walk you through Philippians 4 and five things that we can do as Christians to fight through, reject and rebuke anxiety in our lives. We will discuss resolving controversy and pursuing peace, rejoicing loudly and how being reasonable and understanding can increase our peace.

I also share my own personal opinion on taking medication for mental health. As believers, we are called to pursue peace in the thick of our circumstances, but sometimes we simply feel like we're suffocating. Is it okay to rely upon medication to help?

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On today's episode, I am sharing very openly about my past and the decisions that have haunted my memories. I talk about a conversation that Jesse and I had on a road trip about our past relationships, our regrets in those relationships and the embarrassment we feel about our actions. I have been working hard to move past this shame in my life and wanted to bring you guys along for the journey. In this quick episode, I share four biblical ways that you can work in faith through remorse, regret, shame and embarrassment toward healing and joy. I dig into how the Gospel, self-centeredness and people-pleasing can cause us to live in a place of shame rather than in a place of freedom, and how taking our eyes off of ourselves and placing them back on Christ can help to break that bondage.

They discuss how financial intimacy, recreational intimacy, emotional intimacy and more impact their day to day relaitonships and build upon one another. They share their own stories of these broken pieces of their rleationship and how practical, small, daily changes restored that brokenness and also gave them freedom to ask for the things thtat they needed.

We also discuss sexual intimacy, voicing our needs and their beliefs on sex toys within the bedroom. If you enjoy this conversation, be sure to check out my Sex & Christianity series on the podcast

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On today's brief episode, I am saying THANK YOU to all of you who have helped me get to over 1 million downloads and 100 episodes on The Living Easy Podcast while also sharing my favorite episodes and your favorite episodes!

One of my favorite quotes ever says this: "No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helps you."

I know that God has led the way in this podcast and I give Him all of the glory! Your encouragement, shares and love have also been so encouraging and helpful in getting me to this place and I want you to know how much I appreciate each and every one of you.

Favorite Episodes:

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1. My favorite episode with a friend: Episode 25 with Alanna Garcia: Escaping Perfectionism, Insecurity and People-Pleasing. I LOVE this girl with my whole heart and just love who I am when I'm around her. She is a beacon of light and wealth of wisdom. I think you'll love her as much as I do.

2. My favorite motherhood episodes: Episode 74: The Mighty Influence of a Praying Mom and Episode 92: Mama, Is Your Motherhood Healthy?

3. My favorite episode that I recorded on my own: Episode 56 - Let's Talk About Those Emotional Walls That You've Built

4. Most impactful episodes according to my audience: Episode 7: 6 Ways Your Phone is Changing You, Episode 73: The Marks of a Christian Life: Are You Living It Out? and Episode 75: How I Study the Bible.

5. My most downloaded episodes: Episode 11: Ten Ways a Wife Disrespects Her Husband (Without Realizing It) Episode 53: Dealing with Difficult In-Laws as a Christian And every episode from The Sex and Christianity Series.

6. My most honest episodes: Episode 30: My Testimony, Episode 65: Lindsey's Dating Stories and Episode 18: The Remedy for Jealousy and Comparison.

Thank you all for everything - I love you guys! Follow along with me on IG @livingeasywithlindsey!

In this conversation, Lindsey Maestas has an insightful conversation with Josh and Christi Straub, authors of Famous at Home: 7 Decisions to Put Your Family Center Stage in a World Competing For Your Time, Attention, and Identity, which explores how we can create an emotionally safe environment within our homes.

Their training as therapists helped them to discover the power of emotional safety, how to champion leaders within their home, and the importance of continuing to seek more wisdom and grow with the help of spiritual leaders, therapists, and life coaches.

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You can also catch Josh and Christie on their podcast, Famous At Home with Dr. Josh and Christi Straub.

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In this conversation, Lindsey Maestas talks with Katie about creating passive income on social media and how to continue marketing and building a profitable online course! They discuss growth tactics for Katie's follow up coaching session post her Faith Fueled Breakthrough launch.

Lindsey and Katie discuss how to best choose the course launch that works for you, how to prepare for other course launches, and more.

Katie Hedrick's course "Faith Fueled Breakthrough" provides biblical wisdom that will help you trade your broken for breakthrough and your confusion for clarity in order to live your life with more freedom and confidence.

You can also catch Katie on her podcast, Stepping Into A Joy Filled Life.

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Christine Miles is a former therapist and 'professional listener'. In this conversation, Lindsey and Christine discuss how common it is to learn how to speak as a child, but not how to listen. We are not wired to be good listeners, so we must actively practice listening well because the art of listening can deeply and positively impact our relationships as parents and as spouses.

Christine and Lindsey discuss the importance of speaking when you have something of value to say rather than speaking to fill the space. Extroverts, are you listening? ;) Lindsey asks Christine to teach her practical and implementable ways to make changes to bad listening to enhance her relationships. They also talk about offering solutions when solutions aren't wanted and how this can create a vast disconnect in our relationships.

Christine has recently published an award winning book, What Is It Costing You Not To Listen: The Power of Understanding to Connect, Influence, Solve & Sell that dives deep in how we can learn to listen differently to better understand those in both personal and professional relationships

Christine shares her story of an interest in the art of listening from a very young age and has devoted her lifes work to helping improve listening in our interpersonal relationships.

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