Treasured with Courtney DeFeo

Ashlee Stites is my Joanna Gaines. If you've ever thought my house looked good - it's because Ashlee picked it out! She's my adorable neighbor, awesome friend and fantastic stay-at-home mom. She is the proud wife to Jonathan and their three kids. This episode is for moms and girls to enjoy together! Ashlee's oldest daughter, Emerson, joined us from A&M to chat about the challenges of "technology." They both offer such wisdom in this area. I love how much they love and respect each other. Enjoy a peak into one strong mother/daughter relationship as they talk through the tough moments of technology and how families can work together.

Nick and Jessica have been together for 14 years, have 2 wonderful kids (10 + 7) and live in Southlake, Texas.  Nick currently works at Microsoft and prior to that was with Verizon for 12 years.  Jessica is in free lance Marketing, Web Design, Photography and Social Media Consulting.  Between Nick's technology experience and device knowledge and Jessica's countless hours doing social media research, together they bring to the table both sides of the safeguarding spectrum. 

They have a passion for safeguarding and protecting kids from devices and the harms of having social media too young, started with their own children.  You learn learn more about their resources, presentations and upcoming services at their safeguarding site.

Casey is a singer and songwriter who has previously been leading worship at Northpoint for over 15 years and producing songs for other artist’s and organizations.  Most recently, Casey joined his wife Anisa in running Truth and Co. an interior design company created to help busy families make confident design decisions for any home project, new or renovated.  However, when he’s not growing Truth & Co or writing songs, you will find him doing laundry, diapers or dishes and riding bikes or having dance parties with he and Anisa’s family of 4 girls.

Founder of Treasured Girlz and the Treasured Study, Courtney DeFeo, discusses the topic of Technology. She covers the challenges and opportunities that this topic brings to moms that are raising girls. She also discusses the Technology session that is featured in the Treasured Study and some tips on how to lead your girls through this discussion.

Wendy Henderson has been married to her amazing husband Jeff for 23 years.  Jeff is the pastor of Gwinnett Church, a campus of North Point Ministries.  They have two children, their daughter Jesse and son Cole.  Jesse is in her Junior year at Samford University and Cole is in his Senior year of high school.  Wendy has been a stay-at-home mom for almost 21 years now and has learned a lot along the way.  What she hasn’t learned from real life parenting experiences, she sought out through mentors and reflecting on the parenting of her own parents and Jeff’s parents.  Wendy is a self proclaimed Karaoke icon, who loves coffee shops, traveling when she can and time with friends and family.

Enjoy this fun chat with Wendy and her daughter Jesse on friendship!

Kari Kampakis is a blogger, author, speaker, and newspaper columnist from Birmingham. Her two books for teen and tween girls, 10 Ultimate Truths Girls Should Know and Liked: Whose Approval Are You Living For, have been used widely across the country by teen youth groups and small groups to empower girls through faith.

Kari’s newest book is for moms of teen girls, and it is called LOVE HER WELL: 10 WAYS TO FIND JOY AND CONNECTION WITH YOUR TEENAGE DAUGHTER. It will release August 18, 2020 through W Publishing, an imprint of Thomas Nelson.

Kari’s work has been featured on The Huffington Post, The TODAY Show, EWTN, Proverbs 31, Yahoo! News, The Eric Metaxas Show, Ann Voskamp’s blog, and other national outlets. She and her husband, Harry, have four daughters and a dog named Lola. Learn more by visiting KariKampakis.com or finding Kari on social media.

Courtney DeFeo is the founder of this podcast and the creator of TreasuredStudy.com. In this episode, she shares on the topic of "Friendship" which is a common struggle and great teaching opportunity for our girls. Tune in to hear ideas on how to guide your girls through friendship conflict and most importantly how to be the friend you want to find.

Today's mother-daughter chat is with Allie and Sandra Stanley on the topic of emotions.

Sandra and Andy Stanley founded North Point Ministries in 1995. She is a Georgia native and has lived in the Atlanta area since graduation from Georgia Tech in 1988.  Sandra and Andy have been married 31 years and have three children, ages 27, 25, and 23.  They also have a daughter-in-law, Danielle, and a 19-year-old foster daughter. Sandra is the author of two women’s studies—Comparison Trap and Breathing Room. Her ministry passion is promoting foster care in the local church.  Much of her time these days is spent in seminary classes though Dallas Theological Seminary, working on various writing projects, and continuing her involvement with Fostering Together – the foster care initiative at North Point Ministries. 

Allie Stanley is originally from Milton, GA and graduated from Auburn University in 2018. She has a passion for serving students and was a middle school small group leader, a Young Life leader, a camp counselor and the Student Coordinator at Auburn Community Church. Allie now works with middle school students at a church in Alpharetta, Ga while she is pursuing a Master’s Degree in Theology from DTS. She has a heart for pouring into younger generations and her prayer is that the Lord uses her to inspire and equip students to be godly young men and women who are passionately pursing the Lord while loving the people around them.

Diana King has been teaching over 30 years and is a dear friend of the DeFeo family. She is currently changing little lives in the classroom every day at Grapevine Faith. She also has a passion for The Kukhoma Project which is where she spends some of her favorite summer days in Zambia.  The Kukhoma Project exists for God’s glory to rescue teen mothers in Lusaka, Zambia who have been victims of abuse, to restore, equip and empower these girls and their communities.

Courtney DeFeo, founder of Treasured Girlz, shares some encouragement and guidance around the topic of EMOTIONS. In addition, she gives some practical tips for those walking their daughters through the Treasured Study and what to expect for Session 3: Emotions.