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one more reason why rewards and consequences make your life harder
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and what does this have to do with justice?
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let's talk this week about why attachment/gentle parenting is easier and how that plays out in large families
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It is such a joy to welcome Josée Bergeron, wife and mother of five, creator of Backwoods Mama, speaker and author of Beyond the Front Door who will reignite your desire to get outdoors with your kids and reconnect with nature. Josée shares her story and shares simple, tiny steps to getting outdoors again.
00:41 - Welcome Josée and background story
12:54 - Reconnecting with nature, gaining traction
16:54 - Going outside isn't always easy, tiny steps
19:12 - Growing things to help you feel better
21:05 - Backwoods Mama website, nature book lists etc.
23:43 - Nature-Connection Calendar - simple ways to get outdoors
27:39 - Connected eating and where food comes from
29:17 - Getting our teens outside and workshops
32:22 - How the book is structured
36:52 - A great resource for homeschoolers / teaching science
40:06 - Book, website and newsletter
Backwoods Mama - Raising Outdoor Kids
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Beyond the Front Door: Embracing Nature for a Happier and Healthier Family by Josée Bergeron
Night Tree by Eve Bunting
Other resources mentioned:
Backwoods Mama - Nature Booklists
Good Books for Catholic Kids - Nature Booklist
Backwoods Mama - Nature-Connection Calendar
theology of dirt (blog post)
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our anniversary and what marriage means
Originally recorded on Dec. 31, 2020
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I welcome Paul McCusker to discuss the release of the new Augustine Institute audio drama Welcome to Hope Springs. Paul shares how this production came to be, how he discovered his talent in writing early in life and how audio dramas have a way of bringing the family together.
Welcome to Hope Springs | Audio Drama Series
Augustine Institute
1:02 - Adventures in Odyssey, stories and novels
9:58 - What led you to this form of art?
24:06 - Paul's conversion to the Catholic Church
41:09 - The story behind Hope Springs
52:12 - Listening with our kids and sparking conversation
reading and relationships (blog post)
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From the publisher's feed
The Church is experiencing a profound renewal — a new springtime of faith. But what does that look like in your home? In your parish? In your daily life?
We are living in a time of…
Let's explore what it means to live as an authentic Catholic family in our time: the beauty of the Faith, the reality of raising children in Christ, the struggles and triumphs of Catholic life, and how ordinary families become instruments of the New Evangelization. From marriage and parenthood to education and community, let's look at how joy—rooted in Christ and His Church—might become the normal rhythm of Catholic life.
Let's usher in the New Springtime Pope John Paul II proclaimed. Catholic family life doesn't have to look perfect to be beautiful. The world doesn't need more noise. It needs to see Catholics living with conviction, charity, and contagious joy.
Let's make joy normal.

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