Read More, Read Well

On today's closer look episode, we're taking a moment to enter into the Advent season with two great saints, St. Francis de Sales, and St. Jane de Chantel. Marcie, Colleen, and Fr. John discuss how these individuals lived with a love for something greater than themselves, and how we are all called to live in the fullness of Christ, no matter what our walk of life. We hope you enjoy this re- presentation of "How Ordinary People Can Live Holy Lives." 

We all have stressful situations in our personal lives, and the world is filled with stressful situations outside of our personal lives - how can reading literature help us with that?

Janel and Linda talk more in this episode about easing your stress through reading literature. One key to managing the stress response is to have the ability to step back, look at something from the outside, and say, "Well isn't that interesting to observe." Practicing it with a book helps us to practice it in real-life stressful situations.

Stressed out? Pick up a book! In this series, "How to Ease Your Stress Through Reading" Janel talks with her good friend Linda, a Registered Nurse and licensed Psychologist, about stress and how we can manage the stress response through reading. At the top of the list of ways to manage stress is meaningful connections with others, and reading and discussing literature is one big way to do that.

In this Closer Look episode, we go back to an interview from 2018 between Marcie and Dr. Maryanne Wolf discussing how reading has changed since digital content has become so prevalent in our day to day lives, and what that has done to our reading brain. Is it possible to be bi-literate; reading from print and on a screen? Learn more about this fascinating question with today's podcast.

Find more resources from Dr. Maryanne Wolf on her website

"...Every moment, the good or the bad, has the capacity for great, transformative beauty"

Find out more about the Between the Lines Journal.

In Episode 2 of the series "How to Start a Reading Journal" Janel and Colleen troubleshoot some issues we might face when trying to build a practice of reading literature and journaling to help build our memory. In becoming "savorers" of literature instead of "consumers" we begin to think in a new way - a way that can change culture!

Find out more about the Between the Lines Reading Journal.

Do you remember what you had for dinner last night? Without making an intentional effort to remember something, we so often just forget it. Don't let the wisdom you gain from reading great literature be lost from your memory!

Janel and Colleen talk about how you can preserve your thoughts and experiences by writing them down, in this first episode of the series "How to Start a Reading Journal".

Find out more about the Between the Lines Reading Journal here: https://wellreadmom.com/between-the-lines-journal/

In our Season 2 launch, Janel is joined by Nicole Bugnacki, Executive Director of Well-Read Mom, and Joseph Pearce, author and professor of literature. They ask the question, "With so many editions of classic books out there, how do you choose a good one?" Pearce shares his wealth of knowledge and experience in literature and publishing to help us find good book editions.

For more information about Joseph Pearce and all his great literary resources, check out www.jpearce.co

In the final episode of our very first season, Marcie interviews author Tracey Finck about her book, "Love Letters to a Child".

Do you long to connect deeply with your children, but don't know how? Tracey shares that journaling for her children turned out to be one of the most effective things she did as a parent, and she can help you get started. Use this podcast as a sneak peek, then get Tracey's book in the Well-Read Mom store.

Thanks for following during our first season of the Read More, Read Well Podcast, and we look forward to having you back for new episodes starting again in August!

"I love this book...somebody's got to read it!" Have you ever felt this way? We love to share things that are important to us, and they help us connect with those we love. In this final episode in the series Connecting with Your Family Through Literature, Janel, Eric, and Elisabeth discuss how sharing books with your family is an amazing way to grow deeper in your relationship with them.