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How do we slow down to acknowledge one another?Join our discussion as guests Christy Bouleware, Chris Morris, and Brittany Tinsley answer questions on anxiety, fear, misconceptions around mental health issues, how faith institutions can do better, and what they really wish people knew. www.christyboulware.com www.chrismorriswrites.com www.brittanytinsley.com
This episode is dedicated in loving memory to Macey Wright, age 27.
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Rebecca George, author of Do The Thing: Gospel-Centered Goals, Gumption, and Grace for the Go-Getter Girl is our guest today. Part guide, part manifesto, this book beckons you to pursue the passions that stir your soul.
We talk about the deep roots of striving, when God calls us to quit something, our motivations, time blocking for productivity, a thought-life inventory, and a heart-warming story. Rebecca is a podcaster, speaker, writer, certified career coach & the founder of the Radical Radiance podcast community.
Find Rebecca here and order her book on Amazon here.
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Jillian Benfield, author of The Gift of the Unexpected: Discovering Who You Were Meant To Be When Life Goes Off Plan is our guest today. We talk about letting go of certainty when slowing down is chosen for you, our ideas of worth and success, and the gift of community. Jillian is a former journalist and news anchor who regularly advocates for the full inclusion of people with disabilities in her writings, community, and Congress's National Down Syndrome Advocacy Coalition. Jillian lives with her husband and three children on Florida's Space Coast.
Find Jillian here and order her book on Amazon here.
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Lyndsey Medford, author of My Body and Other Crumbling Empires: Lessons For Healing in a World That is Sick is our guest today. We discuss living with autoimmune diseases, what wholeness could mean, a chronically ill world, the difference between healing and fixing, the word vocation, and slowness as a tool for creating change. You can find Lyndsey on IG @lyndseymedford and at lyndseymedford.com.
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Alan is president and founder of Unhurried Living, Inc. in Mission Viejo, California.
Alan and his wife Gem wanted to become the kind of people who had a life that was helpful to others ~ a journey: of unhurried living, of spiritual formation, of contemplative leadership, and rediscovering the genius of Jesus’ unhurried way. They do that through leadership retreats, coaching, speaking & spiritual direction.
Alan’s newest book, (with IVP Formatio) A Year of Slowing Down: Daily Devotions for Unhurried Living is described as a daily 5-minute retreat.
Amazon says: “There are six devotionals for each week of the year, each one an invitation to slow down and be present with the movement of God in your everyday life.”
This book is a beautiful formational opportunity within a devotional helping our souls slow a bit more. Visit www.unhurriedliving.com -
Enneagram Life: Personal, Relational, and Biblical Insights for All Seasons by author and coach, Elisabeth Bennett helps you discover how your personality type affects all aspects of your life. We are impacted at various stages in our life journey by our birth order, parenting and so much more!
Elisabeth proves that the Enneagram is a useful tool for understanding why people respond in different ways to life’s triumphs and tragedies.
This is Elisabeth’s 11th book. Find her at @enneagram.life on Instagram and at https://www.elisabethbennettenneagram.com/ -
Today's guest is my neighbor, Tami Purdue, owner of Sweet Peas Urban Gardens. She was the first local micro greens grower in Raleigh. We discuss the long hours in a law firm before this new venture, how young people today are anti-hustle, and how starting small and accepting help has grown not just her business but her capacity to help others in the community. Tami shares how working in the dirt is regenerative to our souls and how working in nature is literally healing our bodies. You can find Tami on IG @sweetpeasurbangardens and at www.sweetpeasurbangardens.com for info on microgreens and volunteering.
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Join guest Jenn Tucker and me as we talk all about breath prayers - a lifeline and a powerful tool to manage anxiety. While trying to sleep on a little vinyl couch in her daughter's hospital room, breath prayers became Jenn's lifeline. Jenn is an illustrator, lettering artist, and graphic designer who lives in Georgia with her husband and two teen daughters. Her book Breath As Prayer: Calm Your Anxiety, Focus Your Mind, and Renew Your Soul releases on Sept 13th. It offers guidance on how to implement a breath prayer practice, the science behind it, gorgeous, original full-color illustrations, and 80 breath prayers, and a heartfelt foreword by Ann Voskamp. Visit www. breathasprayer.com for your printable anxiety tool kit when you pre-order Jenn's new book.
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Today I am doing my first solo episode in two years! I answer listener questions like: Who is Jodi? Where do I podcast from? Where do I live? Also, news about my upcoming book with IVP, a Bonaire childhood memory, my yellow raft story, and a Henri Nouwen quote that is also tied to a slow living & spiritual formation question: Who is God putting in your path?
I also share where my own remote "island in the city" is located and end with a short benediction for your week. Visit me at www.jodigrubbs.com or on Instagram @jodi.grubbs. Sign up here for my twice-a-month newsletter: Your Slow Living Invitation
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Today's guest is Nicole Zasowski, author of the new book What If It's Wonderful: An Invitation to Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate. Nicole is a wife, mom, and therapist from CT. We talk about: how gratitude requires action, the courage to celebrate, how joy is the most vulnerable feeling that we feel, how God's faithfulness is not dependent on our faith, the vulnerability of joy, and how God is both our celebrator and our comforter. You can interact with Nicole on Instagram @nicolezasowski and she has some fun, free downloads & resources at www.nicolezasowski.com for you.
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Project Solomon by Jodi Stuber & Jennifer Marshall Bleakley is also a story about belonging, hope, mercy, and community. I talk with Jodi and Jen about how this book came to be, the way horses can sense what people who have suffered greatly need most, and Hopewell Ranch where children and veterans alike can experience being loved and wanted. You might even hear some horses whinnying in our episode. You can find Jodi and her husband Ty Stuber the owners of a therapeutic riding ranch on IG @hopewell_ranch or www.hopewellranch.org and author Jennifer Bleakley on IG @jenbleakley or www.jenniferbleakley.com.
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Ann Swindell's new book The Path To Peace: Experiencing God's Comfort When You're Overwhelmed offers guided reflections on experiencing God's steadfast peace. We tackle questions like: Is peace possible today? What does that even look like? Have you felt forgotten by God? Ann shares her personal story of real longing and finding God to be the source of peace himself.
Ann is a mom, a pastor's wife, a widely featured writer, owner of Writing with Grace, and an author with Bethany House. Find Ann at www.annswindell.com & on IG @annswindell. -
Cindy Bunch, author of "Be Kind To Yourself" is our guest. We discuss spiritual formation in our everyday lives, practices from her book, releasing frustrations & embracing joy, a gratitude flip, social media & expectations, and Cindy's own spiritual director Marilyn Stewart. Cindy is also a spiritual director herself. She is married and has three grown children and is an editor and associate publisher at IVPress.
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Connection, Intentionality & Hygge: A Slow Living Conversation with Lillie Duncan. We discuss: coziness, family, a shift to slow living, intentionally taking care of your soul, staying well during the holidays, the sea and our formative years, saying yes and also saying no, block scheduling, nature, stillness with God and more. Lillie is a writer, film photographer, wife and mother. Connect with her at www.lillieduncan.com or on Instagram @lillie.duncan
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We discuss letting go, fear & control ~ all themes from her book, What Does Your Soul Love? Moving at the pace of grace and growing at the pace of transformation is key in spiritual formation.
Gem is the host of I Can Do That, a new podcast rooted in grounded optimism and practical spirituality that gives 1 practical idea + 1 simple take-away in each episode.
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Alison Bradley, Certified Enneagram Coach & Writer joins us to discuss: Enneagram Nines, the Peacemaker Devotional she co-wrote, personal conflict, deep soul care work, our gut & conscience, believing our presence matters, her own Little Free Library, and what it means to live a good story. You can find Alison on Instagram @alisonlbradley & @9ish_andiknowit where she's the host. Visit www.courageforabetterstory.wordpress.com for Alison's free resources!
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Best selling author of Dirt, Mary Marantz ~ on remembering our roots, honoring our stories as well as our gifts, and her personal journey. From the girl in the rural WV single-wide trailer to the woman she is today, Mary shares her life, shaped through the lens of grace, which is the truest version of her story. Also hear a sneak peak into Mary's next book about achievement, our worth and our value. Mary and her husband Justin live in an 1880's fixer-upper by the sea in Connecticut. Find Mary at www.thebookdirt.com as well as on The Mary Marantz Show.
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Becky is a mom, author, speaker and community manager at incourage.me. We discuss stopping our busyness and discovering opportunities to impact someone else, sharing kindness in our everyday life, our own stories of being kind, even when that felt awkward, and being a connector in our communities today.
You can find Becky at beckykeife.com and on IG @beckykeife
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Kayla Craig, liturgist, podcaster & new author of "To Light Their Way: A Collection of Prayers & Liturgies for Parents" joins us. Kayla's thoughtful, empathetic spirit and her background in journalism, all contribute to the most beautiful short written prayers, all from the perspective of a parent. We talk about how Kayla's kids point her to God, how this book is inclusive, no matter your background and how light streaming in the cathedral windows of their Craigmore home is good for the soul. Find Kayla on IG @kayla_craig & @liturgiesforparents as well as kaylacraig.com.
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How Living Within the Goodness of Limits Creates a Spacious Life, a conversation with Ashley Hales, author and podcaster. We talk about rest, how limits are actually good, how salt and the community of believers have so much in common! Ashley's new book, A Spacious Life: Trading Hustle and Hurry For the Goodness of Limits comes out on September 14 and you can pre-order it now on Amazon. Follow Ashley on IG at @aahales and take her Hustle Habit quiz on her website: aspacious.life where you can also get pocket practices when you pre-order.
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