#118 Helping Our Kids Build Healthy Relationships with Other Kids
Have you ever felt ashamed at the playground? Have you worried that your kids are the only ones playing Ninja Warrior while the others swing peacefully? Have you felt like you just can't measure up as a mom? This week, Kathi and Erin discuss the reaction to Erin's new...
#117 Living our Lives as a Work of Art
Do you see yourself as God's masterpiece? Do you live as a piece of art? Does the entire concept of living as a work of art totally intimidate you?Emily Freeman, author of A Million Little Ways, joins us on the podcast and really makes the concept of living as a work...
#116 Parenting with Freedom
All of the parenting books, the intentional planning, and the "I'm going to be a great parent" attitude meant nothing the minute Ellen had her firstborn, Erin. None of the discipline strategies worked the way they promised. So Ellen began the adventure of finding ways...
#115 The Search for “Home”
Heartache. Searching. Loneliness. An overwhelming need to be exquisitely loved. Can you relate? Our guest this week, Emily Wierenga, shares her journey in searching for "home". She was raised in a Christian home but never felt truly loved. She longed to know she fit...
#114 School Supplies, Starbucks and… Debt-Proofing your Everyday Spending
Where does all the money go? It can be frustrating when you are trying to save money but every time you turn around there is something you weren't planning for- school supplies, birthday gifts, and oh wait, is that Christmas decor in Hobby Lobby!Our guest Mary Hunt,...
#113 Living out Your Passion and Your Purpose
God sometimes asks us to do things that seem crazy big and beyond our scope of "ableness" (and let's be real, willingness!).Things like:Starting a businessCreating a ministryInternational adoptionWhat happens when we faithfully jump in with both feet? Jessica...
#112 The Cure for the “Perfect” Life Part 2- Performancism and People-Pleasing
In part two of my interview with my co-author Cheri Gregory, we talk about how the last two of the bullies from our book The Cure for the Perfect Life 12 Ways to Stop Trying Harder and Start Living Brave, Performancism and People Pleasing, follow us around and beat us...
What Happens When There is No Snap
I was 33 years old when I came to the very logical conclusion that the only way to stop the hurting was to kill myself. I was in the depths of a very painful marriage where I never felt like I could do anything right. I was a mess. I knew I wasn't a good wife, a good...
#111 Holy, Messy and HGTV Our Interview with Jen Hatmaker, Author of Interrupted
She had all of her "Christian" ducks in a row.... until God swept them all to the side. Jen Hatmaker was a Christian speaker and author, married to a PASTOR for heaven's sake who spent every day of her life doing the church thing and doing it well. But then, Jen...