050 // What We Learned This Year – The Kindred Mom Team

Kindred Mom Podcast

This episode is a recap of the content shared on the Kindred Mom Blog & Podcast throughout 2018, as well as personal reflections from Host Emily Sue Allen, and Kindred Mom team members Lynne Patti, Jenni Van Winkle, Lindsey Cornett, and Robin Chapman.

Monthly Topics on Kindred Mom in 2018

Self-Care for Moms Series

Loving Well Series

Resilience Series

Family Culture Series

Cherishing Childhood Series

Life Around the Table Series

Cultivating Home Series

Comparison & Contentment Series

Podcast Episodes from 2018

Mentioned in this Episode:

Free Download: Recipes for Families Living Life Around the Table

Free Download: Self-Care Questionnaire

Resilience Series

Episode 38 of the Podcast – Every Screen Tells a Story with Christie Thomas

Essay: Putting Myself Aside by Natalie Ogbourne

Learn more about the Fall 2018 Writers in Residence

The Transformation Essays by Marilynn Song Harri – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Essay: Measuring Experiences by Wonder Rather Than Mileage by Annie Rim

Join The Kindred Mom Private Facebook Group

About Podcast Host Emily Sue Allen –

Emily Sue Allen is the founder of Kindred Mom, and she hosts/produces the Kindred Mom podcast. Emily is also a member of several communities for writers (including Hope*Writers and Rise Up Writers, among others) and she is a regular devotional writer for Joyful Life Magazine. Soul care for moms and helping women find joy in the midst of their motherhood journey are among her greatest passions. Emily is a contemplative, creative soul who celebrates the beauty of a humble, handmade life and deeply values the power of encouragement. She lives with her husband and six kids in the Pacific Northwest, and personally blogs at emilysueallen.com. Find Kindred Mom on Instagram and Facebook, and follow Emily on Instagram to see her most recent family adventures.

Guests on this Episode

Jennifer Van Winkle is a fun-loving and intentional-but-casual minimalist. She is an editor of and regular contributor to the Kindred Mom Blog and Podcast. She is also a regular contributing writer for Joyful Life Magazine and member of the Hope*Writers community. Currently, she writes from home with kids underfoot on her personal blog Pepper Sprout Home. She is passionate about squeezing the most fun out of life in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and 3 children. She is always in search of truth and what it looks like to live authentically and if that surrounds a plate of delicious food shared with good friends and family, then she’s pretty much in the happiest place she can imagine. Find Jenni on Instagram.

Read some of Jenni’s Writing:
Poop Mountain / Go Get Him, Tiger / Speed Boat : Ocean Liner

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Lynne Patti is a stay at home, homeschooling mama of 5 vibrant children. She is an editor and contributor to the Kindred Mom blog and podcast. Kindred Mom serves as a fulfilling break for Lynne from the every day mom-tasks of Cheerio pouring and fixing “funny socks.” She enjoys singing weekly with a professional choir, Lego building, and most importantly, connecting with good friends over good food. In her adulthood, she has found that God is real, gracious and abounding in love. Lynne and her family live in Los Angeles where, after 16 years, big city living has become their jam.

Read some of Lynne’s writing:
A Choir Calling / Prevailing Strength / The Perfect Monster Mom

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Robin Chapman is a full-time imperfect mama, wife, and Jesus follower. She lives in Fairbanks, Alaska with her husband of 13 years and four children (ages 1 to 7). She’s trying hard to learn how to do this motherhood thing in a way that doesn’t land the whole family in intensive therapy, and she has a heart for helping other mamas buried in the little years know they are normal and there is hope. You can find her hiding out in the bathroom with a cup of coffee, or online looking for grace in her mundane and crazy life on her blog, Instagram, or Facebook.

Read some of Robin’s writing:
Growing Compassion For My Body / Parenting in Public / Tending a Marriage

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Lindsey Cornett is a loud talker, iced coffee drinker, and lover of the written word who writes from the intersection of faith, family, and freedom. She’s married to Evan, and together they live in Grand Rapids, Michigan with three kiddos (four and under). Over time, she is learning to relinquish her perfectionism and embrace her life and creativity as-is. In the process, she’s become passionate about encouraging other women to embrace the freedom Jesus offers, which is rooted in the belief that we are enough just as we are. You can find more of Lindsey’s writing on her personal website, on Instagram, and over at the The Drafting Desk, a thoughtful monthly newsletter which she co-writes to inspire women toward freedom from perfectionism.

Read some of Lindsey’s writing:
Two Bites of Humble Pie / Facing Postpartum Depression / Strong and Brave

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Special thanks to Michael Patti for the original music featured on the Kindred Mom Podcast.