Pam Stevenson, a native of Chile living in Massachusetts has a business using hand-lettering and modern calligraphy to create beautiful messages and pieces of art. She shares with us how she got started and how you can too.

Meet our Guest Pam:

Pam is a Chilean graphic designer married to an American Superman and she's the mom of three little ones. And they're currently living in Massachusetts where her husband teaches at Gordon College while she's at home, homeschooling the kids and she makes everything calligraphy related. And in her spare time, she is helping her husband with Proyecto Nehemías - I don't know if I said that right - The Nehemiah Project, which is a nonprofit, where he's making Christian literature available in Spanish.

Connect with me and let me hear your thoughts:

Website - www.thismomknows.com

Topics we cover:

• Pam's journey from Chile to Massachusetts

Resources mentioned:

For a more pop style: The Happy Ever Crafter (website, YouTube, Instagram)

Proyecto Nehemías:     https://proyectonehemias.com/

Link to transcript:  https://www.thismomknows.com/blog/episode-14

Connect with Pam:

Itsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LettertoFlourish?ref=shop_sugg (get 20% discount with promocode MOMKNOWS20)

About This Mom Knows

Moms know a lot of things, and when we start talking, ideas form, energy builds, and we take action. This Mom Knows is a place for moms to mompreneurs to find encouragement, connection, and maybe even collaboration but most importantly community with moms who know.  So, grab a cup of coffee, maybe a paper and pencil to jot down an idea or two, and let's discover what This Mom Knows.

Annie Tan-Cohen, mom and personal trainer, shares about what fitness and nutrition really mean and how to achieve it in a balanced way.

Meet our Guest Annie:

 Annie is a wife and a mom to a six-and-a-half-year-old daughter. She's a personal trainer who also does nutrition coaching, as well as being a personal stylist. 

Connect with me and let me hear your thoughts:

Website -  www.thismomknows.com

Topics we Cover:

• Annie's background and relocation from Singapore to the United States

Resources Mentioned:

Interested in booking a virtual training session?  You can email Annie.

Annie's favorite gadget is...an app!  She loves MyFitnessPal

Link to Transcript: https://www.thismomknows.com/blog/episode-13

Connect with Annie:

Website: https://wellnesslife.us/

About This Mom Knows

Moms know a lot of things, and when we start talking, ideas form, energy builds, and we take action. This Mom Knows is a place for moms to mompreneurs to find encouragement, connection, and maybe even collaboration but most importantly community with moms who know.  So, grab a cup of coffee, maybe a paper and pencil to jot down an idea or two, and let's discover what This Mom Knows.

Jenn Uren talks about times when she has heard God's voice in her own life sharing about times when she listened - and times when she didn't.

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Website -  www.thismomknows.com

Topics we Cover:

• Deidra McGeever's experience of losing her voice and finding it through God's healing

Resources mentioned:

Episode 3: Overwhelm

Episode 6: Surprise Adoption

Episode 9: Connected Parenting

Emily P Freeman: Episode 25 - Come Home to Yourself

The Next Right Thing Book

Link to Transcript: https://www.thismomknows.com/blog/episode-12

About This Mom Knows

Moms know a lot of things, and when we start talking, ideas form, energy builds, and we take action. This Mom Knows is a place for moms to mompreneurs to find encouragement, connection, and maybe even collaboration but most importantly community with moms who know.  So, grab a cup of coffee, maybe a paper and pencil to jot down an idea or two, and let's discover what This Mom Knows.

Mary Ethel Eckard has learned to listen to God's voice. Listen as she shares her story of how hearing God's voice has led her from making a kidney donation to starting retreats and Dragonfly Ministries.

Meet our Guest Mary Ethel:

Mary Ethel Eckard is our guest today, and she is a mom to four and has eight grandchildren. She's the co-founder of Dragonfly Ministries, where through her captivating testimony of relying on God's strength and guidance through the heights and depths of life, Mary helps others find freedom from the shame and pain of their past. Originally from South Carolina with a detour to Chicagoland where we met, Mary now calls Texas home.

Topics we Cover:

• Mary's experience of hearing God's voice

Connect with me and let me hear your thoughts:

Website -  www.thismomknows.com

Resources:

Learn more about retreats at Dragonfly Ministries, or her books The Making of a Dragonfly and Lessons of a Dragonfly.

Mary's favorite gadgets are...her veggie spiralizer and her automatic corkscrew! (I'm not sure the exact one she has, but here is one to get you started)

Link to transcript:  https://www.thismomknows.com/blog/episode-11

Connect with Mary:

Website: http://www.maryetheleckard.com/

About This Mom Knows

Moms know a lot of things, and when we start talking, ideas form, energy builds, and we take action. This Mom Knows is a place for moms to mompreneurs to find encouragement, connection, and maybe even collaboration but most importantly community with moms who know.  So, grab a cup of coffee, maybe a paper and pencil to jot down an idea or two, and let's discover what This Mom Knows.

Diedra McGeever talks about how she literally found her voice after 6-years without it. Diagnosed with an incurable disease, Diedra found hope and healing through her faith and the support of an old family friend. Hear about her journey of healing and her encouragement on how to use your voice.

Meet our Guest Diedra:

Diedra McGeever is originally from Sleepy Hollow, Illinois with all its Headless Horseman imagery. She now lives on the west coast of Florida with her husband and her kids Riley and Logan. Her background in fashion has served her well as she and her husband have now renovated I think two houses together. But her life took a twist bringing her to where she is today, and we're going to talk about that. 

Connect with me and let me hear your thoughts:

Website -  www.thismomknows.com

Topics we Cover:

• Discussion about a life-changing experience

Resources mentioned:

Diedra's favorite gadget is...her diffuser neckace! (I'm not sure the exact one she has, but here is one to get you started)

Link to transcript: https://www.thismomknows.com/blog/episode-10

Connect with Diedra:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/diedra.mcgeever

About This Mom Knows

Moms know a lot of things, and when we start talking, ideas form, energy builds, and we take action. This Mom Knows is a place for moms to mompreneurs to find encouragement, connection, and maybe even collaboration but most importantly community with moms who know.  So, grab a cup of coffee, maybe a paper and pencil to jot down an idea or two, and let's discover what This Mom Knows.

Jenn Uren, host of the This Mom Knows podcast, shares about how learning about connection and connected parenting was the key to going from a family of 5 to a family of 7 and how it breathed life back into a space once filled with overwhelm.

To hear the beginning of the story, check out Episode 3 where she shares about finding herself buried under overwhelm and then Episode 6 where you will learn about their surprise adoption.

Connect with me and let me hear your thoughts:

Website -  www.thismomknows.com

Topics I covered:

• Unconventional adoption process with minimal support

Resources Mentioned: 

For more information on parenting with connection, check out The Connected Child by Karyn Purvis or The Connected Parent by Karyn Purvis and Lisa Qualls.

listen to This Mom Knows Episode Three and Episode Six 

Link to transcript: https://www.thismomknows.com/blog/episode-9

About This Mom Knows

Moms know a lot of things, and when we start talking, ideas form, energy builds, and we take action. This Mom Knows is a place for moms to mompreneurs to find encouragement, connection, and maybe even collaboration but most importantly community with moms who know.  So, grab a cup of coffee, maybe a paper and pencil to jot down an idea or two, and let's discover what This Mom Knows.

Elisabeth Klein knows hard marriage.  She share about being in a hard marriage, staying for years as she tried to make it work, and finally choosing to seperate. After her divorce she found that she had a unique ministry to women facing similar relationship challenges. She shares about how she serves women and how Jesus sustained her through it all.

Meet our Guest Elisabeth:

Elisabeth Klein is our guest today and she was in a very difficult Christian marriage for almost 19 years. After a 15 month church led reconciliation attempt. She was supported by her church leadership to legally separate and three months later, she was served divorce papers. This left her as a single mom to two teenagers for four years. But then God brought a sweet kind man into her life and they married five years ago. Together, they have five kids between the ages of 19 and 30, two of whom are now married, so they have two grandsons with another on the way. Elisabeth has been following Jesus since she was 15. And has been serving women for over 20 years through church ministry, writing, speaking, and now coaching. And she works primarily with women currently in difficult marriages, those separated and those divorced by helping them go deeper in their relationship with Jesus and in their own personal wholeness. 

Connect with me and let me hear your thoughts:

Website - www.thismomknows.com

Topics we cover:

• Her difficult Christian marriage

Resources mentioned:

Click to find her Marriage Assessment.  For details on the Marriage Challenge, feel free to email Elisabeth at [email protected].

Connect with Elisabeth:

Website: https://elisabethklein.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elisabethkleincoach

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elisabethkleincoach/

Elisabeth's favorite gadget is...her blender! (I'm not sure the exact model Elisabeth has, but this is the one I have and I love it!)

Link to Transcript : https://www.thismomknows.com/blog/episode-8

About This Mom Knows

Moms know a lot of things, and when we start talking, ideas form, energy builds, and we take action. This Mom Knows is a place for moms to mompreneurs to find encouragement, connection, and maybe even collaboration but most importantly community with moms who know.  So, grab a cup of coffee, maybe a paper and pencil to jot down an idea or two, and let's discover what This Mom Knows.

Ashley Boulais is wife to Brandon and mom to three boys.  Today she shares a candid look into life as a pastor's wife in a small town. We discuss stereotypical expectations as well as how we can encourage moms who are living life in public view.

Meet our Guest Ashley:

Ashley loves Jesus, her husband, Brandon and her three boys who are aged eight, six and four, which feels impossible to me. She's an avid reader and enneagram nine and is currently learning hand embroidery and might take up whittling because you know, COVID and by the way, she is a pastor's wife.

Connect with me and let me hear your thoughts:

Website - www.thismomknows.com

Topics we cover:

• How Ashley met her husband and her journey to becoming a pastor's wife

Resources mentioned:

Ashley's favorite gadget is...her headband headphones (similar to these)

Link to transcript: https://www.thismomknows.com/blog/episode-7

Connect with Ashley: 

Website: https://ashleyboulais.com/

About This Mom Knows

Moms know a lot of things, and when we start talking, ideas form, energy builds, and we take action. This Mom Knows is a place for moms to mompreneurs to find encouragement, connection, and maybe even collaboration but most importantly community with moms who know.  So, grab a cup of coffee, maybe a paper and pencil to jot down an idea or two, and let's discover what This Mom Knows.

Jenn Uren, host of the This Mom Knows podcast, continues the story she started in Episode 3 and shares how she and her husband ended up with a sudden surprise adoption of two babies.  She shares how this came about and how her family learned first hand about the trauma that accompanies adoption.

Connect with me and let me hear your thoughts:

Website - www.thismomknows.com

Topics we cover:

• The unexpected question from a friend about adoption

Resources:

Reference to This Mom Knows Episode Three where Jenn talks about dealing with overwhelm.

Link to transcript: https://www.thismomknows.com/blog/episode-6

About This Mom Knows

Moms know a lot of things, and when we start talking, ideas form, energy builds, and we take action. This Mom Knows is a place for moms to mompreneurs to find encouragement, connection, and maybe even collaboration but most importantly community with moms who know.  So, grab a cup of coffee, maybe a paper and pencil to jot down an idea or two, and let's discover what This Mom Knows.

Crystal Paine is the Money Saving Mom and host of the Crystal Paine Show podcast where she helps you embrace life right where you are and take practical steps to get where you want to go.  

She is also a New York Times bestselling author. Her newest book, Love-Centered Parenting released on March 16, 2021, and in this episode, we have a conversation about what love-centered parenting is and how she learned to embrace it as a mom.

Meet our Guest Crystal:

Crystal Paine is the founder of MoneySavingMom.com, host of the Crystal Paine Show podcast, and a New York Times bestselling author. Her new book Love Centered Parenting is available for pre-order now and releases on March 16. Crystal's desire is to help women across the globe live with more joy, purpose, and intention in their everyday lives. She lives with her husband and her kids in the Nashville area where she's actively involved in her local church. She loves following her passions from raising awareness for foster care and adventures with her family, to finding the very best grocery deals and trying to read way too many books at one time.

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Website - www.thismomknows.com

Topics we cover:

• Her journey into blogging and the start of MoneySavingMom.com

Resources mentioned:

People Crystal mentioned:  Sally Clarkson, Emily P. Freeman, Jeanie Cunnion, Meg Meeker, and Jennifer Dukes Lee.

https://moneysavingmom.com/

Crystal's Podcast https://crystalpaine.com/

Crystal's New York Times bestselling  Love-Centered Parenting

Connect with Crystal at her website, on Facebook, or Instagram.

Crystal's favorite gadgets are...her breadmaker and Fitbit.

Link to transcript: https://www.thismomknows.com/blog/episode-5

Connect with Michele: 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themoneysavingmom/

About This Mom Knows

Moms know a lot of things, and when we start talking, ideas form, energy builds, and we take action. This Mom Knows is a place for moms to mompreneurs to find encouragement, connection, and maybe even collaboration but most importantly community with moms who know.  So, grab a cup of coffee, maybe a paper and pencil to jot down an idea or two, and let's discover what This Mom Knows.