What would it look like for you to live your best life? What if someone told you that you already are living your best life? Not because you’ve accomplished and arranged things just how you want, but because not only is God with you exactly where you are, but because he purposefully placed you there.  My guest this week, author and mom Vaneetha Risner, encourages us with her harrowing story of intense suffering and God meeting her right in its midst. Frustrated by circumstances and eager to experience God in the same manner others did she felt the Lord gently saying to her, “This is where I've placed you. This is where I'm gonna meet you. I'm not gonna expect you to climb mountains or do things you can't do to meet me.”  Do you feel out of place? Are you looking for the unique and specific ways God wants to use you? Join us for a series focused around my new book, Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space. We’ll walk together through six stories of women leaning into the varied assignments God has given them.   Connect with Vaneetha Risner:    Website:  https://www.vaneetha.com/    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vaneetharisner    Instagram:  @vaneetharisner    Twitter: @vaneetharisner      Links Mentioned:     Walking Through Fire: A Memoir of Loss and Redemption by Vaneetha Risner   Desperate for Hope: Questions We Ask God in Suffering, Loss, and Longing by Vaneetha Risner (Bible Study)    The Scars That Have Shaped Me: How God Meets Us in Suffering by Vaneetha Risner   Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament by Mark Vroegop   Suffering: Gospel Hope When Life Doesn’t Make Sense by Paul David Tripp   Walking With God Through Pain and Suffering by Timothy Keller    A Lifetime of Wisdom: Embracing the Way God Heals You by Joni Eareckson Tada     Exclusive Pre-Order:  Pre-Order Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space and receive a FREE audiobook copy, narrated by Heather MacFadyen Related Episodes:    The Good God Wants for Our Families :: Paul David Tripp [Ep 285]    Bottles of Hope :: Lindsey Wheeler [Ep 386]    Faith for the Unexpected :: Christine Caine [Ep 202]    Brave Enough to be Broken :: Toni Collier [Ep 388]   Featured Sponsors:  Find links to this week’s sponsors and unique promo codes at dontmomalone.com/sponsors.

How to Never Miss Out :: Vaneetha Risner [Ep 402] RWYB Series Wk 1

What does strength look like to you? Does it look like white knuckling it, holding your breath? Or does it look like putting your oxygen mask on first, and then attending to the needs of others?  We all want to, need to be strong for those around us. But my guest this week reminds us there is a cost to being certain kinds of strong. Aundi Kolber is an author and therapist and her new book, Strong Like Water, helps unpack what true strength looks like and feels like and how to get there. In our conversation she encourages us in the practices of self-compassion and grounding and helps us see how white knuckling it is actually detrimental to our relationships and if we will pay attention to ourselves we can show up better for the people we hold dear.  Connect with Aundi Kolber:    Website:  https://aundikolber.com/    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aundikolberwrites    Instagram:  @aundikolber    Twitter: @aundikolber      Links Mentioned:     Strong Like Water: Finding the Freedom, Safety, and Compassion to Move Through Hard Things – And Experience True Flourishing by Aundi Kolber    Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us Out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode –and into a Life of Connection and Joy by Aundi Kolber      Exclusive Pre-Order:    Pre-Order Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space and receive a FREE audiobook copy, narrated by Heather MacFadyen   Related Episodes:    The Window of Tolerance :: Charissa Fry [Ep 260]    True Intimacy with God :: Mo Isom Aiken [Ep 318]    Quiet Your Inner Critic and Practice Self-Compassion :: Kim Frederickson [Ep 188]    Walking Through Seasons of Unbelonging :: Shauna Niequist [Ep 362]   Featured Sponsors:    Find links to this week’s sponsors and unique promo codes at dontmomalone.com/sponsors.     

How to be Truly Strong :: Aundi Kolber [Ep 401]

12Where do you turn for answers? Answers in parenting, answers in your career, answers when you encounter the negativity that seems to be lurking around every corner of life these days? My guest this week is a mom who came to a crossroads early in her parenting journey - what will I teach my kids about God? What do I even know about God?  In the hiddens years of mothering her small children a deep relationship with God was forged that would serve as the foundation for Candace Cameron Bure’s life. It directs how she mothers, her return to the entertainment industry, and her forays into entrepreneurship.  Candace is, among many other titles, host of the Candace Cameron Bure Podcast where Heather will join her as co-host for season 2 of the show!  Connect with Candace Cameron Bure:    Website:  https://candacecbure.com/    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/candacecameron    Instagram:  @candacebure @candacecameronburepodcast    Twitter: @candacebure    TikTok: candacecameronb   Links Mentioned:     The Bible Recap with Tara-Leigh Cobble   Candace Cameron Bure Podcast     Candace’s Clothing Line   DaySpring Candace Cameron Bure Collection  Related Episodes:    How to be Calm and Kind Under Pressure :: Candace Cameron Bure [Ep 223]     Exclusive Pre-Order:    Pre-Order Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space

Guided by Faith :: Candace Cameron Bure [Ep 400]

Join Bruce and Heather for a Q + A episode where they talk about the importance of connection and communication in their marriage (Happy 24th Anniversary!  🎉🥳) and what it looks like to be in the thick of parenting teens.  Links Mentioned:    Nancy Houston "Then God Made a Woman"    Champion Tribes   Feeding the Mouth That Bites You: A Complete Guide to Parenting Adolescents and Launching Them Into the World by Kenneth Wilgus, PhD.     Townsend Sheet of Emotional Needs (scroll down below the show notes)     Related Episodes:    Communication that Connects :: Kimberly Galindo [Ep 396]    Freeing Your Adolescents to Step Into Adulthood - Ages and Stages - Teens :: Dr. Ken Wilgus [Ep 382    Bruce Learns to Label His Feelings :: Bruce and Heather  [Ep 316]    20th Anniversary Q + A :: Bruce and Heather [Ep 242]    The Right to Change My Mind :: Bruce and Heather [Ep 196]    This is Us :: Bruce and Heather [Ep 145]    Goals, Roles, and Superpowers :: Bruce and Heather MacFadyen [Ep 112]     Exclusive Pre-Order:    Pre-Order Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space   Featured Sponsors:  Find links to this week’s sponsors and unique promo codes at dontmomalone.com/sponsors.

Talking, Teens, and Twenty-four Years :: Bruce + Heather [Ep 399]

What does a child need to flourish? There are a million answers to that question, but in all honesty, it’s a little different for each child. We have so many tools available to us to help us see our own personalities and tendencies more clearly. My guest this week is mom and author Karen Stubbs. She challenges us to be students of our kids’ personalities - to tell them the way they are wired is a good gift from God. She encourages us to learn our kids. Not just to correct or discipline them, but to celebrate the way God has made them, help them grow into their strengths, and give them eyes to see their weakness with kindness and grace. Through her ministry, Birds on a Wire, parents can take a quiz to help understand their child’s unique personality and then be equipped to shepherd each unique personality well.  Connect with Karen Stubbs:    Website:  https://birdsonawiremoms.com/karenstubbs    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BirdsonaWireMoms/    Instagram: @karenstubbs  @birdsonawiremoms    Twitter: @BOAWMoms    Podcast: Wire Talk   Links Mentioned:     Personality Plus for Parents: Understanding What Makes Your Child Tick by Florence Littauer    Birds on a Wire Personality Color Quiz   Wire Talk Podcast Series on Personality    The Art of Motherhood by Karen Stubbs    Survival Guide to Motherhood: Learn to Thrive, Not Just Survive by Karen Stubbs   PDF::  How to Parent Each Type    Related Episodes:    Honoring Others :: Rachel Wade [Ep 348]     Temperament Guide: Help for All Types of Moms to All Types of Kids [Ep 14]     Understanding Boys Better :: David Thomas [Ep 315]   Exclusive Pre-Order:    Pre-Order Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space   Featured Sponsors:    Find links to this week’s sponsors and unique promo codes at dontmomalone.com/sponsors.     

Students of Our Children :: Karen Stubbs [Ep 398]

Why do you think God created women?  We know from Genesis that God didn’t say, “We have all these fish, we may as well have women too,” but instead he said, “It is not good” without women. Women take on all sorts of roles in our society, but it can be particularly difficult to suss out what exactly is our role in church and leadership.  My guest this week is theologian Joel Muddamalle. Joel serves as the Director of Theology and Research for Proverbs 31 Ministries among other teaching and preaching responsibilities. In our conversation this week we dive into both the Complementarian and Egalitarian viewpoints as well as receiving gentle encouragement of the great value God places on women and the charge to approach these issues with humility.  Connect with Joel Muddamalle:    Website:  https://muddamalle.com    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Muddamalle/    Instagram:  @muddamalle    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@muddamalle    Links Mentioned:     Complimentarian Theologians     Dr. Tom Schreiner    Egalitarian Theologians    Lynn Cohick    Craig Keener   Craig Blomberg    Related Episodes:    Gender and Sexuality :: Preston Sprinkle [Ep 370]    Women Can Be All In For Jesus :: Kat Armstrong [Ep 253]    Exclusive Pre-Order:    Pre-Order Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space   Featured Sponsors:  Find links to this week’s sponsors and unique promo codes at dontmomalone.com/sponsors.

On the Role of Women :: Joel Muddamalle [Ep 397]

With phrases like “you complete me” our culture idealizes connection between spouses or even friends that has no boundaries.  This brand of intimacy sounds appealing but it doesn’t work well practically. Our desire for connection is innate, but vulnerability is messy and risky. My guest this week, Kimberly Galindo, encourages us instead that the point where “I” end and “you” begin is the point where we’re different, but it is our real point of connection.  In our conversation Kimberly gives us some tools to communicate in a way that fosters connection, but maintains our separate personhood.  Kimberly is a licensed therapist with experience helping married couples and individuals connect well in many areas.  Connect with Kimberly Galindo:    Website:  https://www.aspenhausassociates.com/kimberly-galindo    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thekimberlygalindo    Instagram:  @thekimberlygalindo    Related Episodes:   Self-Differentiation and Why it Matters :: Nancy Houston [Ep 335]     Bruce Learns to Label His Feelings :: Bruce and Heather [Ep 316]   Exclusive Pre-Order:    Pre-Order Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space   Featured Sponsors:    Find links to this week’s sponsors and unique promo codes at dontmomalone.com/sponsors.     

Communication that Connects :: Kimberly Galindo [Ep 396]

Some of our precious kiddos live with their sensitivity and intensity turned up a notch from the rest of us. What we think should be simple or routine can trigger big outbursts from our kids. Daily life might feel chaotic or unpredictable.  As a mom of a sensitive or intense child you probably have a good idea of what doesn’t work, but it can be hard to discern what will help in those moments. My guests this week are Lynne Jackson and Lydia Rex of Connected Families. Together, they have compiled research and real life experiences from over a 100 families of children who are sensitive and intense and created a parenting course to support and equip parents.  Lynne and her husband Jim have been regulars on Don’t Mom Alone encouraging moms (and dads) that it is possible to connect with your child, to coach them, and correct them - you never have to lose one to have the other. Lydia joins Lynne in the thick of parenting her own sensitive and intense children to encourage moms to draw from the limitless well of Christ’s love for yourself and your child in real-life challenging situations.  Connect with Lynne Jackson & Lydia Rex:   Website:  https://connectedfamilies.org/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ConnectedFamilies  Instagram:  @connectedfams  Links Mentioned:     Connected Families - Your Sensitive Intense Child   Connected Families Sensitive & Intense Kids Online Course   Connected Families - 7 Practical Calming Strategies for Kids   Related Episodes:   Grace and Truth for Moms :: Lynne Jackson [Ep 296]  Helping Your Children With Sensory Processing Issues :: Lynne Jackson [Ep 258]   Connected Relationships (LIVE Event) :: Jim and Lynne Jackson [Ep 222]  Discipline 101 (LIVE Event - Friday Night) :: Jim and Lynne Jackson [Ep 221]  The Entitlement Fix :: Jim and Lynne Jackson [Ep 200]   Bonus Mentor Episode - Resolving Sibling Conflict :: Jim and Lynne Jackson [Ep 126]   Connecting With Your Kids in Any Circumstance :: Jim and Lynne Jackson [Ep 98]  How to Connect, Coach and Correct Your Child :: Jim and Lynne Jackson [Ep 81]  Help Your Child Feel Safe and Loved :: Jim and Lynne Jackson [Ep 80]  Exclusive Pre-Order:    Pre-Order Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space   Featured Sponsors:  Find links to this week’s sponsors and unique promo codes at dontmomalone.com/sponsors.

Parenting Sensitive and Intense Kids :: Lynne Jackson and Lydia Rex [Ep 395]

Who saw all that you’ve done today? Anyone? A mom’s work usually goes unacknowledged. We want to measure our work by how the house looks or how the children behave, or by how put together we look when we go out. But my guest this week, Ann Voskamp, invites us to prioritize the unseen. She dares us to prioritize things like the riches of Christ, the promise of an eternity in his presence that is “utterly and completely fulfilling,” and our relationships with those around us.  She helps us see the value in “signpost” parenting - not overly concerned with outcomes we cannot control, but deeply committed to continually pointing our kids to Christ and the sufficiency of His great love for us.  Ann is a mom to 7, farmer’s wife and author of several books including her newest, Your Brave Song: An Inspirational Children’s Picture Book That Shows How Faith in Jesus Can Help Kids Overcome Fear, Worry, and Anxiety.  Connect with Ann Voskamp:   Website:  https://annvoskamp.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnVoskamp  Instagram:  @annvoskamp   Links Mentioned:    Your Brave Song: An Inspirational Children’s Picture Book That Shows How Faith in Jesus Can Help Kids Overcome Fear, Worry, and Anxiety by Ann Voskamp Waymaker: A Dare to Hope by Ann Voskamp  Related Episodes:   How to {really} Parent with Grace :: Jeannie Cunnion [Ep 55]  How to be Calm and Kind Under Pressure :: Candace Cameron Bure [Ep223]  Week Four Summer of Mentorship 2020 :: Sally Clarkson   Exclusive Pre-Order:  Pre-Order Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space Featured Sponsors:   Find links to this week’s sponsors and unique promo codes at dontmomalone.com/sponsors. 

Signpost Parenting :: Ann Voskamp [Ep 394]

What’s the first word that comes to mind if I say, “Describe your body”?  It wasn’t “good”, was it?  Fellow human, it should be! Because that’s what God himself says about your body! He says it is good. Just the way he created it - not some past or future version of it, how it is right now.  My guest this week is Alisa Keeton and she has spent the last 10+ years serving others through her ministry, Revelation Wellness. She wants you to understand not only that your body is  good, but just how very much God loves you. She deeply desires that we would know God - not just about him, but know him. And that is where our journey to health and wellness can begin.   “Freedom is not a look, it’s a feeling.”  Connect with Alisa Keeton:   Website:  https://alisakeeton.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/akeeton/  Instagram:  @alisakeeton  Twitter: @alisakeeton   Links Mentioned:    Revelation Wellness  Food is Not the Boss of Me Challenge  Revelation Wellness Podcast  Related Episodes:   Revelation Wellness :: Alisa Keeton [Ep 132]  Your Body is GOOD :: Jess Connolly [Ep 329]  Become Fully Alive - Mind, Body, and  Spirit :: Susie Larson [Ep 218]    Exclusive Pre-Order:  Pre-Order Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space Featured Sponsors:   Find links to this week’s sponsors and unique promo codes at dontmomalone.com/sponsors. 

Freedom is Not a Look  :: Alisa Keeton [Ep 393]

You know what you’re seeing of someone else’s life as you scroll isn’t the whole story and yet we all find ourselves longing for that perfect vacation, that look of pure delight on their child’s face, or the silent moments they were able to enjoy.  We all know “comparison is the thief of joy,”  and we should run from it. But what if, rather than try to immediately silence or distract whatever we’re feeling in those moments, we got curious about what’s going on inside? What if we could filter what we see and discern what is for us and what isn’t?  In Christ, God has given us a treasure trove of wisdom and knowledge that, by the power of the Holy Spirit, is available to us all the time. We can use that wisdom to guide us as we uncover the “why” behind our comparisons and help us recognize our God-given boundaries.      Exclusive Pre-Order:  Pre-Order Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space Special Listening Guide for this episode:   Download Listening Guide here Links Mentioned:     Feelings Card and “What I Need” Quadrant (scroll down just under the text of the show notes) Feelings Wheel  Related Episodes:   Shaping Your Family Culture :: Kimberly Amici [Ep 294]  Bruce Learns to Label His Feelings :: Bruce and Heather [Ep 316]  How to Help a Friend Process Life :: [Ep 395]  Featured Sponsors:  Find links to this week’s sponsors and unique promo codes at dontmomalone.com/sponsors.

Clarifying Your Family Culture :: Heather [Ep 392]

“As parents our job is to be kinder and stronger, and wiser.”  Those words are simple and sensible, but that directive can be deceptively hard.  How do we mother - how do we live even - as our roles change hourly, monthly, yearly?  In this second part of our conversation with Kari Kampakis she encourages us that if we are finding our identity in Christ and our joy in Him we can more easily navigate our ever-shifting roles as women. We can be free to teach and guide our children through life and ultimately let go of the reins when the time is right.  Connect with Kari Kampakis:   Website:  https://www.karikampakis.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karikampakiswriter/  Instagram:  @karikampakis Twitter: @KariKampakis    Links Mentioned:    Love Her Well: 10 Ways to Find Joy and Connection with Your Teenage Daughter by Kari Kampakis   Liked: Whose Approval Are You Living For? By Kari Kampakis  10 Ultimate Truths Girls Should Know by Kari Kampakis More Than a Mom: How Prioritizing Your Wellness Helps You (and Your Family) Thrive  by Kari Kampakis    Related Episodes:   Motherhood, Career, & Identity :: Kat Armstrong [Ep 171]  Brave Enough to be Broken :: Toni Collier [Ep 388]  Self-Differentiation and Why it Matters :: Nancy Houston [Ep 335]  Rebranded: Stepping Into a New Season :: Christy Write [SOM Wk 6]  Featured Sponsors:   Find links to this week’s sponsors and unique promo codes at dontmomalone.com/sponsors.      

Steady Identity in Shifting Roles :: Kari Kampakis - Part 2 [Ep 391]

“I’m not a regular mom, I’m a cool mom” are the words of Mean Girl Regina George’s mom. We know she’s not a great example of a mom, but it can be difficult to sort out  which moments are for connecting and which are for correcting.  You want to be a valid voice in your daughter’s life as she enters their teen years and not just maintain, but grow your connection with her. It is possible to break from what society says and enjoy the teenage years.  Mom of four girls and author, Kari Kampakis, talks with us this week about how humility and compassion can help us navigate our relationships with our tweens and teens. (Bonus - when they see us live this way, it will help them learn to navigate relationships too!) Connect with Kari Kampakis:   Website:  https://www.karikampakis.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karikampakiswriter/  Instagram:  @karikampakis Twitter: @KariKampakis    Links Mentioned:    Love Her Well: 10 Ways to Find Joy and Connection with Your Teenage Daughter by Kari Kampakis   Liked: Whose Approval Are You Living For? By Kari Kampakis  10 Ultimate Truths Girls Should Know by Kari Kampakis More Than a Mom: How Prioritizing Your Wellness Helps You (and Your Family) Thrive  by Kari Kampakis   Related Episodes:   Be Vulnerable, Find Your People :: Jennie Allen [Ep 354]   Freeing Your Adolescents to Step Into Adulthood - Ages and Stages - Teens :: Dr. Ken Wilgus [Ep 382]   Ages & Stages Series - The Tween Years :: Charissa Lopez [Ep 380]  Helping Our Kids Foster Friendships :: David Thomas and Sissy Goff [Ep 338]  Featured Sponsors:   Find links to this week’s sponsors and unique promo codes at dontmomalone.com/sponsors. 

Connecting With Your Daughter Through Humility and Compassion :: Kari Kampakis - Part 1 [Ep 390]

We are all theologians. We may not be formally educated experts, but we all have beliefs about who God is and how and why he interacts with us (or doesn’t). All of our assumptions, presuppositions, opinions, and ideas make up our theology. The question is, where are we getting our information? What do we base our theology on?  My guest this week is Phylicia Masonheimer, founder of Every Woman a Theologian, and her goal is “to teach [women] how to discern truth, know what (and Who) [they] believe, and live [their] faith boldly in a post-Christian world.” Her day to day work is creating resources for women to learn to study the bible and navigate doctrine because a firm theological foundation matters for us personally and individually as well as for our other relationships be it our spouses, kids, friends, neighbors. That foundation will underpin the comfort we bring to a hurting friend, the discipline we use with our children, and how we treat our spouse.  Connect with Phylicia Masonheimer:  Website:  https://phyliciamasonheimer.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phyliciadelta  Instagram:  @phyliciamasonheimer   @everywomanatheologian   Podcast: The Verity Podcast   Links Mentioned:     The Ology: Ancient Truths, Ever New by Marty Machowski Mary Flo Ridley & Megan Michelson Birds & Bees  Related Episodes:   Become What You Behold :: Ruth Chou Simons [Ep 255]   Let’s Talk About Sex :: Mary Flo Ridley and Megan Michelson [Ep 328]  Consistency in Bible Study :: Katie Orr [Ep 352]  Giving Kids a Firm Foundation :: Troy Simons [Ep 278]  Featured Sponsors:  Find links to this week’s sponsors and unique promo codes at dontmomalone.com/sponsors.

Every Mom a Theologian :: Phylicia Masonheimer [Ep 389]

The origins of our word vulnerable are found in a Latin word that means “to wound”. We all know that to be fully known is to open ourselves up to the possibility of being wounded. When we let down our armor, when we expose the wounds of our past  as part of the healing journey is risky and scary, but my guest this week, Toni Collier, says, “Be brave.”  Be brave enough to be just who you are before God - he knows you already and loves you unconditionally. Be brave enough to be just who you are before yourself and let guilt indicate places that need to change and banish shame. Be brave enough to be who you are before safe people who can walk with you, supporting your unsteady but important healing steps. There are better, healthier relationships to be had through the healing journey. As Toni would say, “hurt and hope can coexist.” Toni Collier is a wife, mom, author, speaker, and founder of the international women’s ministry Broken Crayons Still Color which helps women process through their brokenness to get hope. Her newest book, Brave Enough to be Broken, is available wherever books are sold.   Connect with Toni Collier:   Website:  www.tonijcollier.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/colliertoni  Instagram:  @tonijcollier  @brkncrayons  Podcast: Still Coloring   Links Mentioned:    Brave Enough to be Broken: How to Embrace Your Pain and Discover Hope and Healing by Toni Collier   Setting Healthy Boundaries with Family :: Dr. John Townsend [Ep 250] New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional by Paul David Tripp  Related Episodes:   Broken Crayons Still Color :: Toni Collier [Ep 267]  Healing from Broken Friendships :: Shundria Riddick [Ep 321]  How to Help a Friend Process Life [Ep 359]  Be Vulnerable, Find Your People :: Jennie Allen  [Ep 354]  Featured Sponsors:  Find links to this week’s sponsors and unique promo codes at dontmomalone.com/sponsors.

Brave Enough to be Broken :: Toni Collier [Ep 388]

“Good fences make good neighbors” is a line from Robert Frost’s Mending Wall, but the poem goes on to say, “Before I built a wall I'd ask to know / What I was walling in or walling out”  So often in our lives we feel the unrest of chaos or dysfunction in our relationships, but we don’t know exactly what we need to wall out or wall in. My guest this week, Lysa TerKeurst faced a new season of life and wanted to enter it with wisdom and strength - caring for others and herself in each of her relationships. Her personal journey led to her newest book, Good Boundaries and Goodbyes, a guide for each of us as we navigate relationships, practice setting healthy boundaries and even sometimes need to say goodbye.  Connect with Lysa TerKeurst:   Website:  https://lysaterkeurst.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialLysa  Instagram:  @lysaterkeurst   Links Mentioned:    Good Boundaries and Goodbyes : Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are by Lysa TerKeurst      Setting Healthy Boundaries with Family :: Dr. John Townsend [Ep 250] Leslie Vernick and Difficult v Destructive Relationships - https://leslievernick.com  Therapy and Theology Podcast   Related Episodes:   Setting Healthy Boundaries with Family :: Dr. John Townsend [Ep 250]  Forgiving What You Can’t Forget :: Lysa TerKeurst [Ep 304]  5 Schedule Sappers and How to Stop Them :: Lysa TerKeurst [Ep 45]  Uninvited :: Lysa TerKeurst, Kay Wyma and Courtney DeFeo [Ep 131]  Featured Sponsors:  Find links to this week’s sponsors and unique promo codes at dontmomalone.com/sponsors.

Good Boundaries and Goodbyes :: Lysa TerKeurst [Ep 387]

Grief has been called the unwanted visitor - it shows up when you don’t want it and it often stays longer than we would want. In the midst of seasons of suffering or grieving it’s so easy to feel isolated and to be isolated, the weight of bringing our real selves into community feeling like another burden to bear. Whatever dreams we might have had of how our life we go or what it would look like for us to serve God and others seem to be an impossibility.  Meet my guest this week, Lindsey Wheeler. For over a decade Lindsay and her family have fought through her chronic illness and fought for her special needs daughter. She has felt the sting of isolation and the deep relief and joy of true community. In the midst of it all she has found a way to serve others and share God’s gentle love for them by sitting with them in their grief. Through her small business, Bottle of Tears (see discount code below), she reminds others they are seen in their grief - by her, by God, by a loved one that would send one of her precious vintage bottles.  Connect with Lindsey Wheeler:   Website:  https://www.bottleoftears.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bottleoftears  Instagram:  @bottle_of_tears   Links Mentioned:     IF: Gathering  DMA listeners special code for Bottle of Tears: DONTMOMALONE20 for 20% off any order through January 31, 2023.  Related Episodes:   Adopting Special Needs :: Candace and Alice [Ep 213]  Life Giving Faith in Every Circumstance :: Lisa Appelo :: Summer of Mentorship Week 2  Be Vulnerable, Find Your People :: Jennie Allen [Ep 354]  Featured Sponsors:   Find links to this week’s sponsors and unique promo codes at dontmomalone.com/sponsors. 

Bottles of Hope :: Lindsey Wheeler [Ep 386]

“Deck the Halls with Chaos and Unmet Expectations” - not the traditional words to the song but maybe more accurate?  Advent is celebrating Jesus coming into our everyday life, meeting us humans in the spaces where we are. My guest this week, Mindy Rives, reminds us that our activities to celebrate Advent should be just that - woven into our everyday life. But so often we get buried in “failed” activities or the season zooms past us.  Mindy’s excellent planning tool, Advent Prep Club, will help you find all sorts of activities from free or inexpensive things to more involved activities, with plenty of space to add in your holiday traditions.   Connect with Mindy Rives:   Website:  https://adventprepclub.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adventprepclub  Instagram:  @adventprepclub     Links Mentioned:     DMA Discount Code for 15 % off Advent Prep Club: DONTMOMALONE    Related Episodes:   Celebrating Advent :: Tsh Oxenreider [Ep 305]  Christmas Traditions with Little Ones :: Jacki Rucksdashel [Ep 142]   Santa or No Santa :: Ep 306  Featured Sponsors:   Find links to this week’s sponsors and unique promo codes at dontmomalone.com/sponsors. 

Advent Untangled :: Mindy Rives [Ep 385]

The Chosen has taken the world by storm. It’s the largest fan supported entertainment project of all time with over 408 million views on its app alone. It’s a show about the Bible, about Jesus written from the unique perspective of the people Jesus chose to be around. It showcases Jesus’ incredible love and puts us the viewer right into the daily life of Jesus’ disciples and friends.  Join Heather as she speaks with cast members and writers and more on The Chosen’s impact on their own lives and people around the world.  Connect with The Chosen Series:   Website:  https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsideTheChosen/  Instagram:  @thechosentvseries  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheChosenSeries  TikTok: @thechosentv   Links Mentioned:     Unfiltered: Gen Z Reacts to The Chosen   Buy your tickets starting Oct 25th for the Season 3 World Premiere on Nov 18th   Related Episodes:   Media, Imagination, & the Kingdom of God :: Erick Goss [Ep 136]  Doubt, Questions & Your Teen’s Growing Faith :: Mary Jo Sharp [Ep 375]   Featured Sponsors:   Find links to this week’s sponsors and unique promo codes at dontmomalone.com/sponsors. 

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