Powerful Conversations from the mouths of extraordinary women and men. We’re Dana and Cara the “baby sisters” of our 5 older sisters and 3 brothers, and we’re tapping into the knowledge of wise and powerful women and men with a variety of ages and life experiences. Our conversations address the important issues surrounding womanhood, parenting, marriage, life and faith. Join our family of #MouthyBabes. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fromthemouthsofbabes/support
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With so many people making decision about public education in America these days, there’s one group that is often overlooked, the students. I am an educator with 15 years of experience in Texas public education, 7 in the classroom and 8 as an administrator. I will be interviewing students from various backgrounds and grade levels to get their take on education, what public education is getting right and wrong, what works and doesn’t work for them in regards to their learning, and how their e ...
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84. Loneliness with Meagan from Marco Polo
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This week we are so excited to welcome Meagan from Marco Polo to talk about loneliness. Many of us have experienced lonely times throughout our lives and as you may have experienced, the antidote for loneliness is connection. We discuss ways that you can find friends and nurture real connection in your lives. We would love to hear from you about wa…
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This week we welcome Amanda Louder to the podcast to discuss modesty-- what it is, what it isn't and how we can stop judging others and have more positive thoughts about ourselves. Amanda Louder is a Certified Sex & Marriage Coach who helps Christian men & women overcome their obstacles to create a more emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and physi…
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82. How to Win Friends and Influence your Teenagers with Christi Davis
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If you are in the thick of it with an angsty teenager or a toddler for that matter, you are going to love this episode! We are thrilled to have Christi Davis , a certified life coach on the podcast to discuss parenting teenagers (or three-nagers). Whatever stage of parenting you are in, the information and insight she shares is valuable. We discuss…
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81. Sexual Wisdom & Virtue with Tammy Hill
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This episode we welcome back Tammy Hill to the podcast for a conversation about sexual wisdom, creativity and the principle of virtue and what that looks like as a married, adult woman. This episode is sponsored by Coconu. Our listeners get a special discount. Follow the link below and use code BABES15 at checkout. Coconu Tammy Hill is passionate a…
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79. Is God Disappointed in Me? with Kurt Francom
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This week we welcome Kurt Francom from the Leading Saints Podcast to discuss his newly released book, Is God Disappointed in Me? This was an amazing conversation about the nature of God and how He feels about us and how we can overcome shame and the propensity to believe that God is disappointed in us. You can purchase his book here. Kurt Francom i…
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This week we welcome Chris Pfleiger to the podcast to discuss self defense. Dana participated in one of his classes and decided to bring him on the podcast to discuss maneuvers that will get you out of a bad situation. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fromthemouthsofbabes/support…
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Happy New Year! Cara and I have read and listened to a lot of books last year and wanted to give you our recommendations and reviews. We would love to know what you have read that you just couldn’t put down, too! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fromthemouthsofbabes/support…
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76. Love Languages & Anniversary Celebration
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We hope you had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year! Today Cara and I celebrate our wedding anniversaries by talking about love languages with our special guests-- our husbands. Enjoy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fromthemouthsofbabes/support
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75. Men's Mental Health and How it Affects Women with David & Tessa Dodini
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This week we welcome our little brother David and his wife Tessa to discuss men's mental health and how it affects women. We really enjoyed this thought provoking discussion about vulnerability and what that actually looks like, suicidal ideation, and how to talk to the men in your life about their mental health. Below you will find links for artic…
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74. Handling Difficulties with Grace & Gratitude with Aimee Patton
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This week we welcome our dear friend, Aimee Patton to the podcast. Aimee is no stranger to difficulties in her life and the lives of her loved ones, yet she is able to handle challenges with grace and gratitude. She has seen many miracles along the way and we wanted her to share them with all of you. Our hope is that you can see God's hand in your …
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This week Cara and I hop on the podcast to discuss how to keep your cool when your kids are not. It can be hard to keep your cool in the grocery store when your toddler is screaming that they want a donut. Cara and I discuss things we have done to find the zen in chaotic moments. Are you feeling overstimulated? What helps you to calm down? Need fri…
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This week Cara and I discuss the Barbie movie. No doubt we will be seeing lots of Barbie and Kens walking around for Halloween this year, Dana and Luke will be included in the craze so we figured we would hop on that train and discuss our thoughts about the movie. We are also really excited to be partnering with Marco Polo. Marco Polo is a video ch…
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69. Embracing the 'hood' in Motherhood with Maren Droubay
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This week, we have a special episode in honor of mothers. We are excited to welcome back Maren Droubay, host and creator of the Mamahood Podcast, to discuss the mental load of motherhood, equality in our homes and ways that we can be confident in our decisions as we embark on our unique motherhood paths. The Mamahood PodcastThe Mamahood Instagram@M…
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Wow! It's been a minute. Sorry about that. This week we bring Dana's husband, Luke, on the podcast to talk about the epic surprise he pulled together for Dana's golden, 30th birthday. You'll never believe what he was able to pull off! At the end we talk about how everyone has their strengths and weaknesses and how we shouldn't compare against each …
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67. Pretty Girls have ADHD with Sarah Burke
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This week we welcome back our sister Sarah Burke. Sarah and Cara have both been through a journey through the spectrum with their kids and with themselves. Both of them have multiples (Sarah has triplets and Cara has twins) and both of them have children on the Autism Spectrum with other disorders such as ADHD, OCD, etc.) We talk about diagnosis an…
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66. Managing Disappointments with Rachel & Scott Moser
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This week we are excited to welcome back our sister Rachel. She brings along her husband Scott and we discuss how to manage disappointments as they arise in our lives and the paradigms in which we view those disappointments and what they say about ourselves. Truly Macwww.shoptrulymac.com/babesUse Code BABES at checkout--- Support this podcast: http…
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65. Web of Escapism with Meg Dodini
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This week, Meg Dodini, our sister in law, joins us all the way from Norway! (Ok fine, she wasn't there when we recorded this, but she is back there now). Meg is married to our brother Sam and they live in Bergen, Norway. Meg is getting her master's degree in dance performance and has broken the internet with her viral dance videos on Tik Tok. We ta…
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64. Cat Fight Premiere: Cool or Just Stupid?
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This week we are excited to premiere our new segment Cat Fight, where we bring on one of our siblings and duke it out over a topic of our choosing. This week the topic is, "is this cool or is it just stupid?" Join us with our husbands and special guests, our brother Sam and his wife Meg-- all the way from Norway! Sponsors Truly Mac www.shoptrulymac…
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Happy New Year, Babes! We hope January hasn't been too long already for you. In this episode, Cara and Dana reflect on the pits and peaks of this last year. They also discuss goals and direction for the podcast this coming year. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fromthemouthsofbabes/support…
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Kindness is a choice. Carter Hult left a legacy of kindness in his short 18 year life even when kindness wasn’t extended to him. In this episode we share some of Carter's own words through the college essay he wrote where he talks about the struggles he faced. Despite being bullied, he chose to see the good in people and proactively seek out those …
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61. Period Powers with Ashlee Sorensen
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This week we welcome Ashlee Sorensen to help us "get brilliant in the basics" of hormone health. Have you felt at war with your own body? Betrayed by it at times? 1. You are not alone. 2. Understanding your hormones and how your amazing body was designed is the key to unlocking your superpowers! In this episode we discuss how to maximize your cycle…
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60. Quit Shame, Quit Porn with Dr. Cameron Staley
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Dr. Cameron Staley is a clinical psychologist who is passionate about helping individuals improve their mental and sexual health. In his TEDx talk, Changing the Narrative Around the Addiction Story, Cameron shares details from his research and counseling experience regarding helpful ways to talk about sexuality and how to effectively reduce unwante…
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This week we talk about family matters-- you know family fights, family love and family drama. No ones family is perfect so we share a little bit about how to navigate family relationships especially as you all enter into adulthood. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fromthemouthsofbabes/support…
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58. How to Respond When People Leave your Faith
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This topic has been weighing heavily on our hearts and minds. With family members and friends leaving the church Cara and I are both a part of, we have been having really powerful and important conversations. It can be difficult to navigate, but we talk about how it's possible and how differences do not have to create division. --- Support this pod…
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This week we share some of your hot takes and unpopular opinions as well as some of our own! Connect with us on our new Facebook Group page here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fromthemouthsofbabes/support
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56. Embracing Jesus' Atonement with Dr. Hank Smith
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This week we welcome Dr. Hank Smith to discuss Jesus Christ and His Atonement and how we can more fully embrace it in our lives. We talk about Jesus teaching his followers about boundaries. We talk about how the Holy Ghost is the vehicle that makes the Atonement efficacious and lastly we discuss how the commandments are not there to help us avoid s…
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55. Practical Peacemaking with Emma Petty Addams & Kristine Haglund
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** It was brought to our attention that part of the episode was cut off! We apologize. Here is the updated and complete episode** ENJOY! This week we welcome two ladies from Mormon Women for Ethical Government (MWEG) to talk about the intersection of faith and politics. Politics seem to polarize more than bring people together nowadays, but in this…
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54. True Crime and Advocacy with Public Defender Rebecca Gray
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Rebecca Gray attended law school at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., one of our nation’s top academic institutions. After graduating, she moved to Miami, FL where she began her career as a criminal prosecutor at one of the country’s largest prosecutorial offices. For over three years, Rebecca filed, prepared, and tried cases ra…
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53. Seeking Heavenly Mother with Jessica Smith
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This week we welcome Jessica Smith from @milkmaidshoney to discuss the Divine Feminine or Mother God. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believes in and celebrates a Heavenly Mother, who loves us and with her Husband and First Born Spirit Son created all living things. When discussing this topic with our older brother, Aaron Dodini, he…
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52. SHOUT: Preventing Sexual Abuse with Katie Hastings
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Studies show before the age of 18, one in three girls, and one in five boys are sexually abused. Studies also show 95% of sexual abuse is preventable through education. We are so grateful to have Katie Hastings, pediatric nurse, mother of 4 boys, wife, and sexual abuse survivor herself, joins us to discuss her recently published book, Your Safe Bod…
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51. Navigating Religious Trauma with Danielle Calder
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Danielle Calder from @daniellecalder_ formerly @theremaybetypos joins us again to discuss healing from religious trauma, deconstruction and reconstruction and faith affirming therapy. Cognitive dissonance lives on both sides of the faith divide with believers and nonbelievers alike. To those who claim belief, not everything makes sense. Not all loo…
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50. Processing Emotions with Emily Christensen
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This week we welcome back Emily Christensen to discuss how to process our own emotions and how to teach young children how to process their own feelings and emotions. We talk about owning it when we make mistakes and believe us when we say, we all make them. This week's episode is sponsored by MixHers. We are happy to give our listeners 10% off (th…
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49. Creating Your All In with Morgan Jones
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This week we welcome Morgan Jones who is the host of the All In podcast. We discuss what it means to be "all in" in every aspect of our lives-- with our faith and how we show up outside of our faith as well. Find her @mojo7795 and @allin.podcast and her book “ALL IN. Exploring What it Means to be All in the Gospel of Jesus Christ”. https://deseretb…
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Welcome back Babes! We have missed you! In this episode we give life updates. Big life changes for Cara and Dana. We talk about intuition and trusting your gut and taking responsibility for your decisions. Follow along with us on Instagram and head over to our page to enter our giveaway! @fromthemouthsofbabespodcast This week's episode is sponsored…
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As we wrap up Season 1 of the podcast, we discuss perfectionism and how we can overcome it with grace, empathy, and understanding. As always we share funny stories that came out of the mouths of our babes and we talk about the future of Season 2 and our goals moving forward. If there has been a particular topic, theme, or guest that has resonated w…
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46. Creating Square Spaces in a Round Peg World for LGBTQ+
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This week we welcome a much anticipated and requested guest, Richard Ostler. Richard speaks at firesides and conferences about how to more fully embrace LGBTQ Latter-day Saints, see their gifts and contributions, and better understand their unique road. He is the host of the Listen, Learn and Love podcast (listenlearnandlove.org) which provides a p…
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44. Survivors of Suicide: For Those Left Behind featuring Joleen Hibbs Peppers
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**DISCLAIMER: This episode goes into great detail about suicide and shares some specifics that may be graphic and traumatic to some. It also has some swear words in our From the Mouths of Babes stories.**The entire month of September has been Suicide Awareness month. We are grateful to have Joleen Hibbs Peppers on the episode to share her and her s…
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43. Growing Through Grief with Brooke Stirling Passey
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This week we welcome Brooke Stirling Passey, author of The Only Pirate at the Party, mother of three, horse enthusiast, trash TV expert, avid reader and president of her book club, the MUMU society to the podcast! In this episode we talk about grieving after the death of a loved one. Brooke is unfortunately not a stranger to loss and lost three ver…
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42. Effective Conversations about Pornography with Children with Emily Christensen
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This week we welcome life coach, Emily Christensen, to discuss effective ways to start conversations with our children about pornography. We discuss the cycle of shame surrounding pornography and Emily says, “shame comes from not talking about it at all... When we keep things a secret, we increase the curiosity and allure factor.” We also discuss p…
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BONUS: All U's Must Choose- A talk for teens on Sex
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We are excited to provide a bonus episode this week! As you recall from this week's episode, we talk about how parents demonstrate to their children, that they have confidence in their children by being fearless communicators. We wanted to provide an excellent resource for parents when discussing the topic of sex and sexuality with their children. …
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41. Three Kinds of Parents with Dr. Fred Dodini
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Welcome to part 2 of our series as we discuss Dr. Fred Dodini's book, Shine Brighter: Choosing a Life of Greater Clarity, Purpose and Joy. In this episode we discuss the three kinds of parents as it pertains to the sun, moon and star metaphor. Dr. Dodini shares the "Prime Directive" of parenting and what all children need to thrive. We discuss the …
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40. The Overarching Choice that Encompasses All Others with Dr. Fred Dodini
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This week we welcome Dr. Fred Dodini to the podcast. Dr. Fred Dodini has been a therapist, life coach and family life educator for the past 20+ years and resides in Indianapolis, IN. He has enjoyed the diversity of life’s experiences through careers in the entertainment industry (toured with a rock n’ roll band for 8 years), experience in business …
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39. Idealization of Motherhood with Dr. Julie Hanks
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This week we welcome back Dr. Julie Hanks! We continue where our conversation left off and talk about the idealization of motherhood and it's effects on all women. We talk about how being secure in your own choices allows for better connection-- connection with other women and with our children. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.…
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38. Pediatric & Prenatal Chiropractic Benefits with Dr. Nancy
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This week's episode was super fascinating. Cara and I were educated when it comes to the benefits of chiropractic work in pregnancy and pediatrics by Dr. Nancy Elwartowski-Cooper. Dr. Nancy started to see that kids were getting sick more often and put on more medication. With seeing the increase in ear infections, colic, reflux, autism and more, sh…
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37. Effects of Screen time on children with Ralphie Jacobs
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This week we welcome Ralphie Jacobs from @simplyonpurpose to talk with us about the effects of screen time on a child's developing brain. Studies show that 77% of parents are saying that raising their kids is harder nowadays because of technology; and kids wish their parents would get off their phones. Psychology Today says that, parents using thei…
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36. The Sex Talk You’ve Been Waiting For with Dan Purcell
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It's sexy summer and this week we welcome Dan Purcell, host of Get Your Marriage On podcast to the episode to discuss how to heat things up in the bedroom. We are stewards of our own sexuality and it's our responsibility to increase our health and understanding when it comes to healthy sexuality. Dan gives us tips and tricks on things you can do to…
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35. The Power of Female Sexuality with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife
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This week we welcome back Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife to expound more on the topic of the power of female sexuality. We discuss the effects of the "good girl" syndrome, the art of desire, and talk about challenging beliefs we have grown up learning when it comes to sexuality. If something from this episode resonates with you and you would like to l…
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34. This Came out of the Mouth of My Babe- Listener edition
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We asked for stories and you delivered! This week we share your stories that came out of the mouths of your little babes. These kids are precious and hilarious! This is an episode you won't want to miss! Listen to see if your story gets featured. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fromthemouthsofbabes/support…
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33. Navigating Boundaries within Relationships & Religion
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This week we welcome Danielle Calder to the podcast. It is a thought provoking episode on how to navigate boundaries within religion and relationships. Danielle says, "we teach people how to treat us." She teaches us practical ways to communicate our boundaries, in whatever stage we are of setting them. Danielle Calder is an associate clinical soci…
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32. Dear Jesus, Send Coffee -Meredith Redmon
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This week we welcome Meredith Redmon to the podcast! We discuss finding grace in the messy side of motherhood. Let's be honest, motherhood is messy, but there is also a lot of joy, humor, and growth for both us as the mommas and the kiddos. We talk about how to find connection and regaining our sense of self at the beginning of motherhood and how n…
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