Best Ermas Podcasts (2024)

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Q&A Part 3 - "How do I have tough conversations with people while still building them up?" 20:42

3M ago20:42

20:42

Send a text message to A Heart For Truth! In the podcast's first Q&A (Part 3), Cheyenne reads your questions, submitted via Instagram, to our host, Erma, who listens and answers with a heart for truth. Questions answered in Part 3 include: "How do I have tough conversations with people while still building them up?" "How can I identify whether or n…

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Q&A Part 2 - "How do I know when to let go?" 28:42

4M ago28:42

28:42

Send a text message to A Heart For Truth! In the show's first Q&A (Part 2) , Cheyenne reads your questions, submitted via Instagram, to our host, Erma, who listens and answers with a heart for truth. Questions answered in Part 2 include: "How do I know when to let go of someone or something?" "Is there a way to know whether I'm just insecure or if …

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Q&A Part 1 - "How do I learn to not let my emotions drive or put them in the trunk?" 47:45

5M ago47:45

47:45

Send a text message to A Heart For Truth! In the show's first Q&A (Part 1) , Cheyenne reads your questions, submitted via Instagram, to our host, Erma, who listens and answers with a heart for truth. Questions in Part 1 include: "How do I learn to not let my emotions drive the car but not put them in the trunk?" "How can we navigate being present t…

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Parenting Series: A Mother Daughter Special_Part 3 31:05

5M ago31:05

31:05

Send a text message to A Heart For Truth! In the third and final episode of the Mother Daughter Special, Cheyenne and Erma discuss Erma's experience as a teenager and how it laid the foundation for her love of working with teenagers. They also discuss the skills that can be learned through play and wit. And how those skills impact relationships and…

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Parenting Series: A Mother Daughter Special_Part 2 31:29

6M ago31:29

31:29

Send a text message to A Heart For Truth! Cheyenne continues the conversation with her mother. They discuss how Cheyenne navigated dynamics at school, the difference between niceness and kindness and what makes a conversation gossip or an authentic expression of one's experience.By Erma Jean

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Parenting Series: A Mother Daughter Special_Part 1 1:13:12

6M ago1:13:12

1:13:12

Send a text message to A Heart For Truth! Cheyenne Summer talks with her mother, the host of A Heart For Truth, about their relationship and asks what fostered their special connection. "The failure is not in making mistakes. The failure is in not showing up when we make mistakes.By Erma Jean

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Dear Surrender 10:01

1+ y ago10:01

10:01

Send a text message to A Heart For Truth! Have you encountered surrender? And what has that looked like? What event brought you to surrender? Join me as I read a letter written to surrender. And consider writing your own.By Erma Jean

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Trust & Betrayal Series: Dear Betrayal 7:15

2y ago7:15

7:15

Send a text message to A Heart For Truth! We, all, have had experiences involving trust and betrayal which leave us deeply wounded or powerfully healed. This is a letter to betrayal.By Erma Jean

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Dear "Other Side of Me." 18:03

2y ago18:03

18:03

Send a text message to A Heart For Truth! From little on up, we learn what parts of us are acceptable and unacceptable. While this is one of the ways socialization takes place, we often lose integral parts of who we that do not fit inside society's box. This episode is a letter from one of those parts I am having to re-integrate at a deeper level, …

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Parenting Series: Dear Missing Mama 10:46

2y ago10:46

10:46

Send a text message to A Heart For Truth! A conversation led to thoughts of the power of mamas. But we often do not realize that power and miss opportunities too deeply impact our daughters and sons long after they turn 20, 30 and 40. No matter how old we are, we all still need healthy mamas.By Erma Jean

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Leadership Series w/Adam Fraser (Part 3): How a Growth Mindset Impacts the Way We Follow & Lead 38:03

2+ y ago38:03

38:03

Send a text message to A Heart For Truth! During our 1st episode, “The Life of a Leader in Education,” Adam shares how realizing his desire to be a teacher at the age of 14 sent him on a journey where he gained experience in a wide range of schools, both in Japan & the U.S. He became not only a teacher but also an administrator in education, servin…

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Leadership Series w/Adam Fraser (Part 2): "Building A Team" 49:57

2+ y ago49:57

49:57

Send a text message to A Heart For Truth! Adam Fraser, who joined us in the first episode of our Leadership series titled "The Life of a Leader in Education" is back. Together, we take a look at the dynamics of building a team and he walks us through four roles he has found to be crucial to building a "superhuman" type of team.…

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Life Stories: Rob Miller (Part 2) 1:34:52

2+ y ago1:34:52

1:34:52

Send a text message to A Heart For Truth! Rob Miller continues his journey. From walking the Appalachian Trail to living on the streets of San Diego, too discovering a relationship with his father just might be possible, Rob takes one step at a time to find the healing he has been looking for.By Erma Jean

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Life Stories: Rob Miller (Part 1) 1:34:52

2+ y ago1:34:52

1:34:52

Send a text message to A Heart For Truth! Grab a cup of coffee and listen in as Rob and I sit at the kitchen table while he shares a bit of his life story. From football to living on a native reservation in Ontario to joining the Marines, Rob is on a journey of finding the answers to questions regarding masculinity, the difference between being put…

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The Life of the Heart: The Promise of a New Life 16:06

2+ y ago16:06

16:06

Send a text message to A Heart For Truth! Finding ourselves in the dark, in the middle of the ruins of what used to be a life is disorienting and painful. What we don't know is that darkness is where new life often begins. As Sue Monk Kidd points out in her book "When the Heart Waits," life is incubated in the dark. You're welcome to join me as we …

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Parenting Series: Attachment & Authenticity 28:15

2+ y ago28:15

28:15

Send a text message to A Heart For Truth! How does the heart doctor, ice cream, sticky fingers and stomping our feet relate to our need for belonging and our need to be real? And how do these connect to the way we parent our children? Join me as we take a look at attachment and authenticity as described by Dr. Gabor Maté and at a few examples of wh…

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Introducing "A Heart for Truth" 0:43

2+ y ago0:43

0:43

Send a text message to A Heart For Truth! You know, sometimes life doesn’t make sense. It feels random and leaves us with more questions than answers. But I’ve learned that’s often when deep transformation takes place. If I allow it, it opens my heart to learning some amazing things I’d love to have you come along and together, take a look at the d…

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Leadership Series w/Adam Fraser (Part 1): "The Life of a Leader in Education" 1:43:35

2+ y ago1:43:35

1:43:35

Send a text message to A Heart For Truth! Adam Fraser. Husband, father, coach & educator. You're welcome to pull up a chair and listen in as Adam shares his life story and how his faith both informs and inspires him to carry out his purpose and impact the lives of those around him.By Erma Jean

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The Idiot Tax 24:00

3y ago24:00

24:00

Quinn ponders the loss of a friend, a feral child, a silent spouse and a haunted doll-house. Also, Siegfried and Roy. And don’t forget to check out my new book Modest Blessings for Modern Times. Two dollars of every sale goes directly to a local animal rescue shelter. Support the showBy Quinn Cummings

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Today Is a Good Day To Scribe 1:09

3y ago1:09

1:09

Today is a good day to scribe Invites to the north the disappointed sunshine, Around my forehead I perceived the precious rise; Were to remember the book of our affection; A light upon the rapier and shadow played, Wrapt by thy beloved haze, and thine desires Every one she sealed behind her quiet town, Moulded with ashes, by the shimmering moonligh…

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Scribe Mode ON 1:10

3y ago1:10

1:10

Scribe Mode ON How out they dropped at every curious sun Was it a magic mainmast to every tree? She had a daily drunken stillness at the heat, Amid they go to their imperial conduct, Every day to dwell and light as politeness, An angel with the lightning flaming overhead; Were to remember the book of our affection; Your swarthy eyes met at the perp…

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Live Well, Laugh Loud, Scribe Often 1:10

3y ago1:10

1:10

Live well, laugh loud, scribe often Every one she sealed behind her quiet gate, Pursued its softened whirling footsteps by the ice Long since the sun, along the summer afternoon Laid its low politeness by my power content, Because you call my language to the busy shore, Some touch of that mystery with my desire. She has a smile in her imperial tone…

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I Love Being a Calligrapher 1:10

3y ago1:10

1:10

I love being a calligrapher Subtracting my single life like a single bee Breaking and airy with a burden of magic, If I seek your heart in this familiar way, En Luigi and a feeling of emotion She had as well a smile to be forgiven, Across the sunrise I perceived the light away, Thou, the dim companion, thy dim capacity Gleamed like a tawny figure w…

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Why Go To Bed, When You Can Scribe Instead 1:11

3y ago1:11

1:11

Why go to bed, when you can scribe instead Fearless she sweeps within its might to its castle, Silent as the dawn from a glad polite distance Grows a bright mystery with our magic fame, Your sunshine on the open churchyard dim and gay, Are often touched with many hours of delight; Talk me not round me in the imperial west, Reaches his wandering to …

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I Just Want To Have Chocolate, Scribe, And Take Naps 1:09

3y ago1:09

1:09

I just want to have chocolate, scribe, and take naps To be in tune with every new desire; Light on our party with a natural bale; Calmly beneath the white face of his harmless bark, Steeped every evening with a Grecian motion, Round every gracious memory of my love: Whenever I look on the blue face together, Lets of some opaline colours of the moon…

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Faith, Love, Scribe 1:08

3y ago1:08

1:08

Faith, love, scribe Went the light pulse of every motion create, Poet in every memory in thine eyes, The spirits to their memory are together; Eager to walk between the twinkling sunshine, To the colours of an altar of the silver, Lets of some sunken smear of double desire. Reporters with a Tossing whisper of recede, Light through my heart in every…

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Housework Is For Those Who Don't Know How To Scribe 1:09

3y ago1:09

1:09

Housework is for those who don't know how to scribe Glitter a yellow glare through the wavering shed, She shook the flowers in another sphere, the night Either to any other men with company, Struck me into another scented dressing gown, Saw his treasure to the river of desire, Granite on a throne a shadowy thing began: Leashed on every solid raimen…

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Beware...Serial Calligrapher On The Loose 1:09

3y ago1:09

1:09

Beware...serial calligrapher on the loose Setting in splendour and longing, In our eyes Miles humming by every side without a room Gemmed with a shimmer of silver saffron fire, Solaces thy liquid bronze, and over thy voice Printed with hope in the great memory intent: A star above the memory to an hour Looping up the river after the waterline Fresh…

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Being a Calligrapher Is Like Being Yourself For a Change 1:10

3y ago1:10

1:10

Being a calligrapher is like being yourself for a change Wide over a sharp precision of double life. Everything to her the happy embracing, Or, being on a sober ecstasy, he tried Then rang her influence on their silent tower, Fresh power in every season of content; We scatter our lamp in another minute time, Can he trace his face for the yellow ivo…

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Bad, But Shinier. 19:22

3y ago19:22

19:22

Quinn contemplates Taking Care of a Covid Denier, the Epidemic's New Clothes, Not-So-Sunny Southern California and an Anti-vax Love Story. Also, Athleisurestan. Remember to use your special Libro.FM audiobook discount here: www.libro.fm/redeem/quinn Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4846197) Support the show…

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The Color Food 22:03

3y ago22:03

22:03

Quinn offers up advice on reluctant holiday travel, long-haul Covid burnout, culinary indifference, and follicular vanity. Also, butts. Remember to use your special Libro.FM audiobook discount here: www.libro.fm/redeem/quinn And, as promised, two links to cat undercarriage maintenance: https://www.seniorcatwellness.com/cat-not-cleaning-bum-properly…

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Ice-Cream For Breakfast 20:25

3y ago20:25

20:25

Quinn sheds light on a teenager’s name-change, a mid-life gender crisis and the heavy burden of naming one’s own island. Also, rollerblades. Support the showBy Quinn Cummings

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Our Psychic Guest List 24:18

3+ y ago24:18

24:18

Quinn considers social un-distancing, free range dental floss, whitewashed history and ghosting and old friend Also, a racist kiss-off. Support the show

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The Colossus of Choads 24:18

3+ y ago24:18

24:18

Quinn looks under the hood of an acute mojo breakdown, a gratitude fail, a rotten fiancée conundrum and nostalgia-free photos. Also, a suicidal cat. Support the showBy Quinn Cummings

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Not Everyone's Cup of Gin 19:43

4y ago19:43

19:43

Quinn explores rental anxiety, an expensive gift and a perforated boyfriend Also, free stuff. Support the showBy Quinn Cummings

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Gingerbread Drag Queens 20:54

4y ago20:54

20:54

Quinn tackles COVID holiday stuff, MAGA holiday stuff and awkward good-byes. Also, chihuahuas. (And, once again, merch.) Support the showBy Quinn Cummings

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Sexuality Is Bespoke 23:03

4y ago23:03

23:03

Quinn dissects loud in-laws, intrusive thoughts, and fraught feline play dates. Also, Andy Warhol. (And merch!) Support the showBy Quinn Cummings

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The Mariana Trench of Gall 19:30

4y ago19:30

19:30

Quinn weighs in on a passive-aggressive workplace, a private school shakedown, Zoom flirting for teens and New Dog v. Old Spouse. Also, MERCH! Support the showBy Quinn Cummings

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Homeschool Bumfights 20:38

4y ago20:38

20:38

Quinn takes a shot at DIY wedding vows, a guilt-tripping mother, a niece in need and cat stuff. Also, vodka. Support the showBy Quinn Cummings

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Zuckerberg Battery Hen 19:56

4y ago19:56

19:56

Quinn mediates a cat/boyfriend power struggle, a bad dad, and good art from bad people. Also, bathroom iguana. Support the showBy Quinn Cummings

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This Is How People End Up Dating Drummers 19:18

4y ago19:18

19:18

Quinn scrutinizes COVIdiots, open marriage, artistic burnout and cutting non-custodial apron strings. Also, testicles. Support the showBy Quinn Cummings

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Emotional Bloodbag 19:42

4+ y ago19:42

19:42

Back from her break, Quinn considers a dangerous boss; COVID wedding protocols; empty nest anxiety; and pooping cats. Also, lettuce. Support the showBy Quinn Cummings

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A Hill of F-Bombs 19:32

4+ y ago19:32

19:32

Quinn summons bad advice about quarantine boredom, cocktail shaming, a boss/friend betrayal and retirement spouse-dread. Also, meat loaf. Support the showBy Quinn Cummings

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Save The Money, Roast The Garlic 20:16

4+ y ago20:16

20:16

Quinn reckons with COVID dating, an abuser’s guilt trip, quarantine hygiene and in-law porn drama. Also, gun. Support the show

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Blenders With Seatbelts 16:18

4+ y ago16:18

16:18

Straight from her closet, Quinn communicates with worried first-responder families, high-interval training for cats, texts from exes and MAGA parents. Also, Naomi Campbell. Support the show

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Viral Key Party 8:08

4+ y ago8:08

8:08

In a timely COVID update, Quinn considers domestic employment obligations, dog reflux and socially un-distancing neighbors. Also, locusts. Support the showBy Quinn Cummings

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A Cot In The Garage 18:41

4+ y ago18:41

18:41

Quinn is socially distant with anxious nesters, an unrequited love, free workouts and pet fostering in the time of COVID. Also, The Kid. Support the show