The Pulse Presents: Dave Wonders

The Pulse Presents: Dave Wonders

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  • Episode 16: Dr. Daniel Huerta
    Dr. Daniel Huerta oversees Focus’ initiatives that equip mothers and fathers with biblical principles and counsel for raising healthy, resilient children. In light of Father's Day coming up, Dave chats with Dr. Danny about the importance of dads, encouragement for dads who aren't perfect, how we can build connection with our kids, and how we can learn to do the things that we didn't see modeled growing up.
    15 min
  • Episode 15: Jenny Coffey

    Jenny Coffey is a licensed marriage and family therapist who has private practice in Colorado Springs and serves on the counseling team at Focus on the Family. Dave and Jenny chat about maternal mental health and practical help for moms who are feeling burnt out or just plain exhausted.

    19 min
  • Episode 14: Dr. Sharen Ford
    Dr. Sharen Ford is the director of foster care and adoption for Focus on the Family. Since May is National Foster Care Month, Dave and Dr. Ford unpack the top myths about foster care and discuss how we can support those who are fostering or are in foster care.
    17 min
  • Episode 13: Dr. Greg Smalley
    Dr. Greg Smalley is vice president of Marriage and Family Formation at Focus on the Family. Dave and Greg chat about the importance of gratitude in marriage and ways to show thankfulness to your spouse.
    16 min
  • Episode 12: Adam Holz

    Adam Holz (of Plugged In) and Dave chat about TikTok, thoughtful boundaries with social media and cell phone use, and how to teach our teenagers discernment.

    22 min
  • Episode 11: Dale Kuglin
    Dale Kuglin (of Brainerd Youth For Christ) and I talk about the importance of developing a personal faith and how we help teenagers working through doubt, deconstruction, and prodigal wandering in the wilderness.
    22 min
  • Episode 10: Mark Gregston
    "I believe you can either raise your kids to live in the zoo or you can prepare them to survive in the jungle."Mark is the host of the radio program "Parenting Today's Teens", the author of numerous books, and is a speaker at hundreds of events around the United States. Dave and Mark talk about the difference between teaching and training, how to be a better listener, and why you may need to adopt 20 dogs from the local shelter (it'll make more sense when you listen to the episode). They also discuss details about the upcoming Engage 23 parenting conference which you can register for at www.engage23.com
    25 min
  • Episode 9: Dr. Joannie DeBrito

    Dr. Joannie DeBrito (of Focus On The Family) and I have a discussion about self harm among teenagers including why it's so prevalent, warning signs for it, and creating spaces in our homes and churches where graceful conversation about it can happen.Warning- While we have a frank dialogue, it's not particularly graphic, but you still might not want your younger kids listening in with you because of the content.

    21 min
  • Episode 8: Phil Wickham

    Phil Wickham is one of the most well known worship leaders in Christian music and recently won Dove awards for both Worship Recorded Song of the Year and Worship Album of the Year. He also just released his first book, "On Our Knees: 40 Days to Living Boldly in Prayer" which explores biblical stories from Genesis to Revelation to learn about prayer from the heroes of the faith. Phil and Dave connect to chat about New Year's resolutions, the new song "This Is Our God", and a crazy story about Phil's dog.

    21 min
  • Episode 7: Monica and Derek Gustafson

    Celebrate Recovery offers a wide array of issue groups to help everyone overcome their habits, hurts and hang-ups through a 12 step program backed by Biblical principles. Monica and Derek stopped in to studio to share more about the specifics of the program and to announce the launch of a new Celebrate Recovery gathering in Brainerd.

    Website: https://www.iamheritage.org/celebrate-recovery

    Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090370566908

    12 min

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