The God And My Girlfriends Podcast

This week's episode features one of the most talented women in Nashville, TN.... Carol Grace Anderson.  She's a singer, songwriter, actress, painter, motivational speaker and author!  Carol joins host Marcia Ramirez as they discuss her colorful life, and her latest book, "Pawprints of Wisdom - Life Lessons From Our Dogs."  If you are a dog lover, you don't want to miss this beautiful episode!

To connect with Carol:
email: [email protected]
Her Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carolmotivates
Her website: http://www.getfiredup.com/

Buy the book, "Pawprints of Wisdom": https://amzn.to/2T7B1jX

To learn more about Stacey and her work:  https://linktr.ee/clarityunleashed

To learn more about Marcia Ramirez: https://linktr.ee/marciaramirez

To learn more about God and My Girlfriends Ministries: www.godandmygirlfriendsministries.org

This week's special guest is registered nurse and integrative health coach, Petra Amrein.  Petra is passionate about empowering women to learn true self-care, guiding them on their journey to health, happiness and living their most authentic lives.

Petra's words: "We so often put everyone else first... family, friends, the co-worker who always needs help, that neighbor we barely know... pretty much everyone and anyone get on our priority list. Except us. ... Self-care isn't about putting yourself first in a selfish way. Self-care is about putting yourself on the list in the first place!  ... I became an integrative health coach to help women just like me - people-pleasing good girls - learn to practice self-care, to say no and set boundaries, to make themselves a priority, to reconnect with their authentic selves, and to live with energy, ease and joy."

Join Marcia and Petra as they discuss a few ways to start making your own health journey a priority!

Petra's website:
https://petraamrein.squarespace.com/

Petra's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.happy.peach/

To learn more about Stacey and her work:  https://linktr.ee/clarityunleashed

To learn more about Marcia Ramirez: https://linktr.ee/marciaramirez

To learn more about God and My Girlfriends Ministries: www.godandmygirlfriendsministries.org

Want to learn how to declutter your life... including your digital life?  Then join us this week as Marcia talks with business owner and digital marketing expert, Irene Williams.

"Over 10,000 phone photos, four email accounts with tens of thousands of messages, dozens of social accounts between personal and professional life, and 100% overwhelm...

It was at this make-or-break point that digital marketer and business owner Irene Williams developed a system to declutter, organize, and manage her digital life. The solutions she created immediately improved her day-to-day productivity and peacefulness and, long-term, proved to be effective and sustainable.

Now, Irene is bringing her system to the world through content, coaching, and an online course: Declutter Your Digital Life. The course addresses all aspects of digital life: email, social, phone use, photos, files—even virtual meetings. Her practical approaches get to the heart—and mind—of the matter so you can experience lasting change and gain translatable skills to help in other areas of life (e.g. - bye forever, extra 20 lbs!).

Beyond her passion for helping people cut the clutter and get to what really matters, Irene continues to lead client accounts through her digital marketing firm, Msg2Mkt, LLC, speaks at national conferences, and is an author and contributing writer for trade publications."

For more information about Irene and her coaching and courses:
www.irenewilliams.com

Or engage with her on Instagram:
@irenewilliamsofficial

For more information about God and My Girlfriends Ministries - and/or to donate to help fund this podcast and other ministry programs, go to : www.godandmygirlfriendsonline.com

To learn more about Stacey and her work:  https://linktr.ee/clarityunleashed

To learn more about Marcia Ramirez: https://linktr.ee/marciaramirez

To learn more about God and My Girlfriends Ministries: www.godandmygirlfriendsministries.org

Stacey Byington Wynn is a coach, conference speaker, podcast host, ministry leader and author. She is also the founder of a non-profit called “Common Ground” which unites women of different faiths.  Stacey is an empowering advocate for women, and has a ministry called "Clarity Unleashed" which helps women rebuild their faith after abuse, and she is the author of the new book/study journal, "Deconstruction: Your Journey In Faith".

For more information about Stacey and her coaching or ministry:
www.clarityunleashed.com

To order the book/study journal: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09328MJ6G/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_4CMPFH4AWDZBN4B7RF7X

And to connect with her on her socials:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/staceybwynn/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stacey.b.wynn
Twitter: https://twitter.com/staceybwynn

Also, to join her "Deconstruction Zone" on FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/553024858642296

Other resources Stacey mentioned:
Marg Mowczko: https://margmowczko.com/

Lucy Peppiat: https://twitter.com/lucepeppiatt?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

To learn more about Stacey and her work:  https://linktr.ee/clarityunleashed

To learn more about Marcia Ramirez: https://linktr.ee/marciaramirez

To learn more about God and My Girlfriends Ministries: www.godandmygirlfriendsministries.org

Debbie Cunningham is a recording artist, author and speaker. She is known as a powerful and engaging entertainer. Her musical styling of jazz is soulful and sultry, yet elegant and sophisticated.  She has recorded two albums; the first, a Jazz standards album entitled-The Rest of Your Life. The 2nd, an all-original jazz album entitled- A Million Kisses; with songs about the journey & celebration of committed love; also reflected in her brand new book - Dancing in the Kitchen: Hope and Help for Staying in Love. In it Cunningham shares stories behind the songs on the album, lessons from her 30 years of marriage and interviews from couples that have learned how to build lasting love in marriage and recapture the lightheartedness they once knew. 

Debbie lives in Franklin, TN with her husband, Derek. She spends her time performing with her pianist or jazz quartet, speaking about building lasting love, and performance coaching.

For more information about Debbie's music and book: www.debbiecunningham.net

For a free chapter of her audio book, "Dancing In The Kitchen" go to: www.debbiecunningham.net/audiobook

For more information about God and My Girlfriends Ministries: 
www.godandmygirlfriendsonline.com 

To learn more about Stacey and her work:  https://linktr.ee/clarityunleashed

To learn more about Marcia Ramirez: https://linktr.ee/marciaramirez

To learn more about God and My Girlfriends Ministries: www.godandmygirlfriendsministries.org

Marcia's guest this week is Mark Smeby. Mark is a singer-songwriter, actor, speaker and author. He has been an in-demand writer in the Christian music and publishing industry for nearly 25 years,  has recorded 9 cd's of original material and performs all over the country, taking his ministry of hope to churches, conventions and other venues. As an actor, Mark has appeared on the hit tv series, “Nashville” as well as multiple roles in faith-based films.  His Live Hope Minute daily radio feature is nationally-syndicated in 250 radio markets around the US and Canada.

Mark joins us this week as our first "Guy-friend" and we are so happy to have him come into our little community to inspire and encourage us all.  They talk about faith, spiritual reframing, finding hope ... and Mark's latest book, "Losing Control: Finding Freedom by Letting Go"


To order Mark's books or cd's go to:
Mark's website: www.livehopenow.com

For more of his current writings:
His blog: https://marksmeby.substack.com/

To connect with Mark on his socials:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smeby
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marksmeby/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/msmeby

To learn more about Stacey and her work:  https://linktr.ee/clarityunleashed

To learn more about Marcia Ramirez: https://linktr.ee/marciaramirez

To learn more about God and My Girlfriends Ministries: www.godandmygirlfriendsministries.org

This week’s podcast episode is a very special episode, featuring singer/songwriter, author and speaker, Staci Frenes. In her new book, “Love Makes Room”, Staci tells her story of coming to understand and fully affirm her daughter’s gay orientation within the context of her Christian faith.

This episode is a must-listen to anyone who loves someone who identifies as LGBTQ.

For more information about Staci:  https://www.stacifrenes.com

Her blog post on Huffington post: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-i-learned-about-love-when-my-daughter-came-out_b_7692082

Books she recommends:

“God and The Gay Christian” by Matthew Vines -https://matthewvines.com/

“Unclobber” - by Colby Martin

“Walking the Bridgeless Canyon” by Kathy Baldock -

Helpful websites:

https://www.freedhearts.org/

FB Mom’s Group - “Mama Bears”

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Marcia’s blog post:

“Loving Better: My Journey towards becoming an affirming Christian”

http://marciaramirez.blogspot.com/2019/07/loving-better-my-journey-towards.html

To learn more about Stacey and her work:  https://linktr.ee/clarityunleashed

To learn more about Marcia Ramirez: https://linktr.ee/marciaramirez

To learn more about God and My Girlfriends Ministries: www.godandmygirlfriendsministries.org

Singer-songwriter, speaker and author, Mary Sue Englund joins Marcia this week to talk about her new inspirational book, "I Am A Woman" and the accompanying song of the same name.   An inspiring and uplifting conversation.  

To order the book: https://iamawomansurvivor.com/the-book/

To download the song for FREE: https://iamawomansurvivor.com/the-song/

For more about Mary Sue and her music:  www.marysueenglund.com

And for more info about God And My Girlfriends Ministries: https://www.godandmygirlfriendsonline.com

To learn more about Stacey and her work:  https://linktr.ee/clarityunleashed

To learn more about Marcia Ramirez: https://linktr.ee/marciaramirez

To learn more about God and My Girlfriends Ministries: www.godandmygirlfriendsministries.org

In this week's episode,  Marcia speaks with Eve Annunziato and Jackie Brewster, the authors of the book, "Hearing God Speak - a 52 week interactive Enneagram devotional".  They dive into discussions about the Enneagram and how they both discovered it,  how they came up with the idea of writing this book, and how we can all use the Enneagram to help us dive deeper into biblical truths.

To order the book, "Hearing God Speak:": https://www.amazon.com/Hearing-God-Speak-Interactive-Devotional/dp/0593232690

To find their podcast, "Speaking of The Enneagram": https://speakingoftheenneagram.buzzsprout.com/

Connect with Jackie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enneagramwithjb/?hl=en

The book, "The Red Tent": https://www.amazon.com/Red-Tent-20th-Anniversary-Novel-ebook/dp/B000FA5PZU/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+red+tent&qid=1618450295&s=books&sr=1-1


And for more info about God And My Girlfriends Ministries: https://www.godandmygirlfriendsonline.com

To learn more about Stacey and her work:  https://linktr.ee/clarityunleashed

To learn more about Marcia Ramirez: https://linktr.ee/marciaramirez

To learn more about God and My Girlfriends Ministries: www.godandmygirlfriendsministries.org

In this 1st show of Season 1, Marcia calls on two of her best friends. Britt Savage and Kim Parent to help kick off the GAMG Podcast Series.  They have an honest discussion about what self-care looks like, the ups and downs of friendship, embracing aging -  and how spirituality has shaped their lives.  They also touch on Kim's love of Tiny Houses, Britt's wacky dress-making abilities, and even "Forest Bathing". 
Come on into the conversation!  :-)

For more information about Kim Parent: www.kimparent.com

For more information about Britt Savage: https://www.reverbnation.com/brittsavage

*And for a picture of Britt's dress that she talked about -made entirely out of IRS Tax Forms and then donated to charity, check out this article! -- https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/article/13027308/economic-stimulus-britt-savages-irs-tax-form-dress-to-raise-money-for-charity

For more information about Marcia Ramirez: https://marciaramirez.com/

And for more information about God and My Girlfriends Ministries:
www.godandmygirlfriendsonline.com

To learn more about Stacey and her work:  https://linktr.ee/clarityunleashed

To learn more about Marcia Ramirez: https://linktr.ee/marciaramirez

To learn more about God and My Girlfriends Ministries: www.godandmygirlfriendsministries.org