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Welcome to Becoming! A place for teen, young adults, and individuals - where together we are becoming more than we are, and who we were always meant to be. Through each episode, hosted by Tawni Beardall and Erica Peterson, we will feature different topics to enhance your growth, help you see the world differently. We want to help you discover who you are, who you want to be, and who God is encouraging you to continue to become.
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TIRED OF THE LIES AND THE SPIN perpetuated in the culture about men, women, sex and love? Does the relentless gender propaganda make you feel as if you’re going mad? If so, get ready to hear hard-hitting truths about women and men that will make you cry out “Yes! Finally someone tells the truth!” The Suzanne Venker Show brings a wealth of wisdom from authors, educators, psychologists and others who aren’t afraid to admit what the culture won’t. https://www.suzannevenker.com/ https://www.patr ...
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ENCORE: The Confidence to be Confident with Ceri Payne
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Confidence is a skill. Our human nature makes it so easy for us to let life experiences chip away at any confidence we've built. We often focus on the negative and put ourselves down to a level we would never let our friends sink to. Ceri Payne is speaking with us today about some really practical ways that we can practice confidence. If you are af…
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96. The Queen Bee Syndrome: Feminism and the Black Community: India Lee Starks
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Several weeks ago I posted an interview with Adam Coleman, author of the book From Black Victim to Black Victor, where Coleman outlines the ways in which the black community has been conditioned to believe they're oppressed and how black women in particular have fallen for feminism to the detriment of their families and even themselves. Shortly the…
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Emotional Resilience with Dr. David T. Morgan
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When faced with unexpected adversity it can be so difficult to climb through each day that faces you. You have normal daily tasks that are never ending, while at the same time you may feel completely overwhelmed with your new challenges and it can feel completely impossible to get through. We can develop our emotional resilience before adversity st…
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95. Thirteen Reasons Modern Marriage Fails
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Today on the show we're going to talk about thirteen reasons modern marriage fails. 3:00 Too many young couples don't understand the meaning of marriage 6:00 Adopting a Judeo-Christian model for marriage can solve marital issues 6:30 Men have become feminized, and women have become masculinized 7:00 Couples are holding back the tide of nature, tryi…
Tawni is sharing a story about how a quiet plane ride lullaby, has stuck with her for years. A nearby passenger heard her singing the children's song "I Am a Child of God", and was so touched and had never heard it before. Knowing this truth....that you are God's child, and that he loves you can change everything. Really knowing it. Your knowledge …
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94. Red Flags & Non-Negotiables: Things to Consider While Dating
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Today we're going to talk about the most important red flags to consider while dating, for both women and men. IN THIS EPISODE: 3:20 Your guy needs to have a job, a purpose and a plan 8:00 Is he a mama’s boy? 10:40 Men: There’s really only one thing you need to figure out while you’re dating: Is your gal a feminist? 11:30 Clear signs of a femin…
THE MOON IS ROUND... This phrase has become a life moto for Tawni. In this episode she will explain what this means and why it's become so important to her. We’ve all seen the moon in its full and beautiful glory, but there are times when the shadows of life only allow you to see a sliver of the moon. In those desperate and hard times you may wonde…
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93. 6 Things Women Need to Know About Men
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Ladies, do you wish someone would have told you the things you had to learn the hard way about men? I don’t know about you, but I wish I’d known the things I’m going to tell you when I was first married. If you know how men think and become fluent in their language, your marriage or relationship is just exponentially stronger. So for those who have…
Tawni is a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach. This journey to learning the power of strengths has taken over 2 years now...but now with some incredible new insights from her certification she is sharing the power of how learning your strengths! One of the greatest gifts of knowing your strengths is the ability to free you from comparing! Comparison …
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92. What Our Victimhood Culture Hath Wrought: Adam B. Coleman
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that America has become a society of victims. My next guest, Adam Coleman, just released a new book entitled “Black Victim to Black Victor,” where he outlines all the ways in which the black community has been conditioned to believe they are oppressed and how black women in particular have fallen for…
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ENCORE: What I Learned from My Mother’s Passing as a Teen with Sam Johnson - TALES FROM TEENS
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ENCORE EPISODE originally aired April 2020 The loss of a parent is an experience that most of us cannot imagine. We were so blessed when an incredible teen named Sam Johnson reached out to share his story of growing up with a mother who was diagnosed with M.S. before he was born, was physically impaired for most of his life, and passed away this la…
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91. Conversation with a Client: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at What Happens When Wives Earn More
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It is one of the most taboo topics on the planet: what happens when wives earn more. The following podcast is an in-depth look at what happened when one wife's side hustle exploded and created a rift in her marriage, causing resentment and frustration that led to an eventual separation. When Lauren Taylor, who's from South Africa, first reached out…
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ENCORE: When Life Gives You Lemons with Natalie Norton
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ENCORE EPISODE: Originally Aired March 2019 Heartbreak from loss, or whatever hard circumstance you are dealing with, can cause your world to crumble all around you. Tawni interviewed the incredible Natalie Norton who has a complete understanding of what this looks and feels like. This amazing interview was so touching and enlightening that we had …
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90. *RE-BROADCAST* On Being a Millennial, a Mother, & Jordan Peterson's Daughter: Mikhaila Peterson
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**This is a rebroadcast of Ep. 44 w/ Mikhaila Peterson. We'll be back next week with more exciting content. Suzanne will be interviewing one of her coaching clients. DON'T MISS IT! Thanks for listening. Enjoy.** It's hard enough to be a millennial these days. But does being Jordan Peterson's daughter make it easier? Or harder? Mikhaila Peterson is …
The 7th and Final Step of the Surrender Series. You may think that after this entire series we would not need to cover surrender, but each time I get to the next step I realize how much more I need to dig in to this, and continue to work on this skill. Remember what surrender looks like: HUMBLE · PATIENT · SUBMISSIVE · PEACEFUL · FAITH-FILLED ·Full…
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89. Are You a Product of Childhood Emotional Neglect?: Erica Komisar
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Most of us are aware that what happens to us in childhood has a huge effect on who we become as adults. But what if the opposite is also true? What if what doesn’t happen in childhood has an equal, or even greater effect? The absence of emotional support in childhood is as damaging as other traumas. Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN) is not a form o…
We've worked so hard to let go and surrender that this step might seem so far from what we've talked about. Believe...to hope for more. If we finally recognize that after all, God's plan for us will happen, it can feel hard to hope and plan for anything in our future. In this episode we will talk about continuing to create and believe in a desired …
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88. What's Wrong with Being Woke: James Lindsay
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Have you been told that science is sexist? Or that being obese is healthy, that there is no such thing as biological sex, or that only white people can be racist? Are you confused by these ideas, and do you wonder how they have managed so quickly to challenge the very logic of Western society? James Lindsay is a mathematician, an author and cultura…
Accept what is and trust God’s divine purposes and timing in all things. It's so difficult to not wrestle God for what we think is our plan, but when we accept that maybe God has greater growth, greater plans, and greater perspective we can grow our ability to surrender. We may have faith that God is the most trustworthy being, but do we really pra…
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87. Are Women Better Than Men?: Roy Baumeister
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Roy Baumeister is a social psychologist who explores how we think about the self, and why we feel and act the way we do. He's one of the world’s most prolific and influential psychologists who has published well over 500 scientific articles and more than 30 books. In 2013, he received the highest award given by the Association for Psychological Sci…
Step 4 of Spiritual Surrender Some grief is heavier than other grief. Sometimes it moves through you and sometimes it just gets stuck and you carry it. We shouldn’t dismiss our grief and try to push it down. It’s ok to feel grief, fear, and anger. We need to address those feelings that may be within us. Grief is not something to avoid or run away f…
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86. 7 Rules for Life & Love for a New Generation of Women
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So my kids and my friends' kids are now at the age when they're seriously dating and thinking about the future. Unfortunately, the advice most of them receive from the culture, via the media and via their universities, isn't just bad. It completely undermines women's chances for a happy, balanced life. Young women in particular are taught all the w…
Step 3 of Spiritual Surrender: Let Go Our brains always want the path of least resistance- and my brain does not like letting go. I don’t think I’m alone in this either- there are many famous songs, movies, and novels all about the process of letting go. But I’m telling you, one of the most peaceful feelings you can have is when you find the courag…
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85. No, Love Is NOT Enough to Make a Family: Katy Faust
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You probably know the adult viewpoints on marriage, infertility, reproductive technologies, same-sex parenting, divorce, and adoption. But have you ever considered these matters from the kids’ perspective? In her new book, Them Before Us, Katy Faust flips the script on adult-centric attitudes toward marriage, parenthood, and reproductive technologi…
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Surrender: Making Friends With Our Worst Case Scenario
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How do you make friends with your worst case scenario? That sounds hard...but last episode we we talked about discovering what we do and do NOT have control over. If our worst case scenario is something we cannot control...then we can practice surrendering by making friends with that outcome. Tawni is walking you through some stories and examples t…
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84. FOR MEN ONLY: How to Navigate a Successful Marriage & a Meaningful Life: E. Paul Allerton
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Believe it or not, many men today are just as interested in having a happy marriage as are women, and they’re actually great at becoming true partners in creating a great marriage. But: they need guidance. Too many men grew up in homes where a father was absent physically or emotionally. As a result, men often have faulty beliefs about what makes f…
Step 1 of our Spiritual Surrender Series. Today we are talking about identifying what things you have control over and what you have the power to affect. Identifying your control and power allows you to begin to surrender. Your recognition of these boundaries is going to help you start to see your unique struggles in a new light! Reference: 7 STEPS…
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83. 3 Hugely Unpopular Life Decisions That Lead to Huge Success
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So I had a coaching session recently w a gal who, on her intake form, wrote that she'd read my 2011 book, How to Choose a Husband—which, as a side note, is being re-released this year under a new title with a new intro—and that when she came across the passage that said 'Put marriage and motherhood, not career, at the center of your life, and fit e…
After announcing my divorce last summer to my close friends, a friend shared an article with me that I felt compelled to dive into and share with you. The tendency for us to resist control and just surrender to what God may have in store to us is completely natural. However, we can grow our ability to spiritually surrender, and we'll be taking it b…
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82. *REBROADCAST* How to Love a Man: Alison Armstrong
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"Women have been acculturated to believe they should be their own heroes. Women's television delivers this message over and over again with movies in which, at most, one good man might provide some small assistance as the heroine rescues herself." Those are the words of "Claudia," the wise grandmother who tutors her granddaughter Kimberlee in the a…
After our awesome episode last, I had more I had to share about anxiety. I definitely wanted to soak up as much as possible from our guest, but I had a little more that I wanted to share with you! Doing a little story time, and just sharing some personal thoughts and experience that I had to make a follow up episode! Learn more about GABB Wireless.…
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81. Suzanne shares letters from readers and listeners
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In this podcast episode, Suzanne shares letters from readers and listeners. 3:00 Suzanne reads an email from Ashley, a left-leaning listener/reader who has a PhD, lives in a big city and was on the verge of divorce. Feeling like she had no other options, she started reading Suzanne’s books, tried out her theory and saw immediate changes in her marr…
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Strategies for Anxiety Resolution with Dr. David T. Morgan
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We all are facing some level of anxiety, and recent world events have allowed all of us to have an even closer look at how anxiety affects us personally. Recognizing, coping with, and resolving anxiety are skills the can be developed and can be an incredible tool for us. Dr. David T Morgan PhD is sharing strategies to help us not have anxiety about…
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80. The Top 5 Things Men Do Thinking It Makes Them Good Guys: Elliott Katz
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A lot of men want to be good guys. But Elliott Katz, author of Being the Strong Man A Woman Wants: Timeless wisdom on being a man, says a lot of what men are doing, thinking it makes them good guys, actually makes women lose respect for them. To help these men understand why, Elliott and Suzanne discuss the top 5 things men mistakenly do thinking i…
Let's get going with the first episode of Season 2! We are back and here to chat about what we've been up to during the break, and what is to come this season! If you want to learn more about learning and using your strengths click on the links below. Strengths Coaching with Tawni Career Clarity Course with Aligned Ambition Passion Project Course w…
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79. The Secrets of Happily Married Women & Men: Dr. Scott Haltzman
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Dr. Scott Haltzman, also known as “Dr. Scott,” is internationally recognized for his work on infidelity and in support of marriage. He has appeared on the Today Show, 20/20, Nightline, Good Morning America, The Rachel Ray Show, as well as a whole host of print media. It will surprise no one who listens to this podcast why I invited Scott on the pro…
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78. Marriage & Motherhood in a Woke World: A Conversation with Lauren Southern
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Lauren Southern is an independent Canadian journalist, author and documentary filmmaker. She's currently completing the production of her third documentary film Crossfire which investigates the political power struggle between Black Lives Matter and police forces in America. In addition, Lauren has written a new children's book, Henry the Sheepdog,…
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77. What Does Masculinity and Femininity LOOK Like?: Suzanne Venker w Andre Paradis
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Andre Paradis is back to talk with Suzanne about all things male and female! IN THIS EPISODE: 8:50 What is gender intelligence? 11:30 If you want a healthy relationship with a man, you have to find out why he's compelled to say and do what he does 15:50 There has to be a balance between masculinity and femininity 17:40 Too many women confuse steppi…
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76. Get on the Same Page with Your Spouse About These 4 Things: Suzanne Venker
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Research shows, and experience demonstrates, that there are 4 main potential stressors in every marriage. If you and your spouse can agree on these early on, you’re way ahead of the game. But if you missed the boat, hope is not lost. You and your spouse can get on the same page anytime you want. All you have to do is make up your mind to do so—and …
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75. How to Raise Countercultural Kids: Suzanne Venker
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Need some support and validation for raising your kids counterculturally? If so, this is the podcast episode for you! My husband Bill and I are almost empty nesters, and every step of the way we took some sort of heat for parenting differently than the way other people did, beginning w our babies’ sleep schedules, to my staying home w them, to the …
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74. What Happens When Wives Earn More: Suzanne Venker
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According to the Natural Bureau of Economic Research, when wives earn more than their husbands the couple are 15% less likely to have a “very happy” marriage, 32% more likely to report marital troubles, and 46% more likely to report separating. Those are some big numbers. And there's a perfectly good reason for them, but you'd be hard pressed to fi…
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73. How The Pill Sabotaged Women's Sexual Power: Suzanne Venker
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The birth control pill has facilitated a massive change in human sexual behavior. But the subsequent development of casual sexual relations in the form of “hookup culture” has enhanced, not equalized, biological sex differences. This is especially true when it comes to sexual strategy and levels of preference for emotional investment from partners.…
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72. The Emotionally Unavailable Mother: Erica Komisar, LCSW
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Depression and anxiety take root in childhood, writes veteran psychoanalyst Erica Komisar. Parents who are concerned about their children’s mental health and emotional well-being need to know that early intervention and guidance is the way to prevent early symptoms in children from developing into long-term mental disorders. The way to avoid this? …
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71. The Myth of Male Power (and Other Uncomfortable Facts about Women and Men):Warren Farrell, Ph.D.
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Dr. Warren Farrell is a political scientist, activist, and author of seven books on men’s and women’s issues. He was chosen by The Financial Times of London as one of the world’s top 100 thought leaders, and his books have been published in more than 50 countries, and in 19 languages. Warren’s most recent book, The Boy Crisis, was published with Jo…
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70. What It Means to Be a Man—In Any Era: Michael Durkin
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What do women find attractive in a man? Why are millennial men at such a disadvantage when it comes to marriages and relationships today? How can men rebuild themselves after a divorce? These are just some of the questions author Michael J. Durkin will answer today. Durkin is an author, speaker and self-described maniac committed to the strengtheni…
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69. Behind the Scenes of Feminism's Destructive Legacy: Mallory Millett
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Feminist icon Kate Millett passed away three years ago at the age of 82. Her 1970 book, Sexual Politics was called “the Bible of Women’s Liberation” by The New York Times and had a seismic effect on feminist thought. It launched Millett as what the Times called “a defining architect of second-wave feminism.” In a cover story that same year, TIME ma…
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68. Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus: John Gray, Ph.D.
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There are relationship experts…and then there’s John Gray. The author of the most popular relationship book of all time, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, John’s wisdom about the inherent differences between women and men, as well as what it takes to build a lasting, loving relationship have now influenced two generations of men and women. M…
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67. Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts (SYMBIS.com): Dr. Les Parrott
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Is marriage a crapshoot? My guest today says no. He argues that couples who take a proactive approach to marriage have the best chance at having the most successful relationships. His name is Les Parrott, and he’s a clinical psychologist specializing in marriage and family. He, along with his wife Leslie, who’s also a marriage therapist, wrote Savi…
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66. Amy Coney Barrett Brings Family & Religion to the Forefront of American Politics: Joy Pullmann
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Smart, accomplished, and a religious wife and mother? Do such women exist? I thought a traditional life was an impediment to a woman being successful in the world outside her doorstep. According to the powers that be, these two worlds are wildly at odds. Enter Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, who comes along to pu…
CLICK TO TAKE THE LISTENER SURVEY With election day coming soon...we knew we needed to bring this message to you in the middle of our break between season 1 and season 2! Our guest: Erin Geiger Smith is a journalist and a writer of 2 amazing books called Thank You for Voting, both for adults, and a young readers addition. As we understand the right…
