15 Jul Ep. 86- Finding Your Summer Tradition.
Every Summer- I freak out...
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08 Jul Ep. 85- Help! Name that baby!
Are you having trouble finding the perfect name for your little darling? Perhaps- you can relate to the pressure of finding The One name everyone can agree upon. More parents struggle with this than you think. I read this article about how common baby names can...
24 Jun Ep. 83- 10 Things I’ve learned from the First Year of Homeschool
10 things I've learned from the First Year of Homeschool. In Ep. 83- I share 10 things lessons I learned from my first year as a homeschool stay at home mom. This was a pivot year for our family. I went from teaching at the University...
17 Jun Ep. 82- Then and Now… Ironman to Pregnant with #4
Hey Mama! With the anniversary of my first Ironman occurring- I couldn't help looking back and thinking how much life has changed. I share with you my highs and lows from this past year, and how the contrast in seasons can totally wreck a person. We...
06 Jul Ep. 05: Made in Grit: Pre-Race Jitters, Mental Strategies and Starting the Race
What does an athlete feel and think the night before a big race? Are they rehearsing strategy and mental mantras or do they try to distract themselves from the nerves of race day? [podbean resource="episode=kcqcc-92ec7a" type="audio-rectangle" height="100" skin="1" btn-skin="107" share="1" fonts="Helvetica" auto="0" download="0" rtl="0"] On Ep. 05...
13 May Ep. 80- Jacey Verdicchio – The Unexpected Way Motherhood Teaches Us How to Relinquish Control-
[podbean resource="episode=5qejx-912c8a" type="audio-rectangle" height="100" skin="1" btn-skin="107" share="1" fonts="Helvetica" auto="0" download="0" rtl="0"] Jacey Verdicchio, writer, podcaster, blogger, and mama to a sweet baby girl- shares her story of how her daughter Betsy came to be in this world, and how the process was not as she expected....
02 Mar Ep. 78: Kristi Hayes- Be Strong. Protect the Weak. Love Everyone: How a Little Lunchbox Note revolutionized this Mama’s Life
[podbean resource="episode=rhxkb-8bdef0" type="audio-rectangle" height="100" skin="1" btn-skin="107" share="1" fonts="Helvetica" auto="0" download="0" rtl="0"] This story begins with a single note- in a child's lunchbox. This week's guest is Kristi Hayes. She is a wife, mom, former youth minister, who now entrepreneur who advocates for the vulnerable. Her family's mantra...
16 Dec Ep. 72: How to Love My Actual Christmas: With Alex Kuykendall
[caption id="attachment_890" align="alignnone" width="225"] This book is exactly what we need to read during the holidays. Giving us a Real-Life perspective on How To Do the holidays when our family, our life , our job, our feelings...
10 Nov Ep. 67: Feeling Weird, Dull, Uninspired? Realign Yourself with Joy: Just Kimberley
[caption id="attachment_844" align="aligncenter" width="236"] One of Libby's Creations[/caption] [podbean resource="episode=kypv8-7b42ec" type="audio-rectangle" height="100" skin="1" btn-skin="107" share="1" fonts="Helvetica" auto="0" download="0" rtl="0"] This episode is part recap of Ep. 66 with Libby Gifford and part confessional. I resonated with all the topics discussed in last week's episode, that I wanted...
27 Oct Ep. 65: How to Stop a Crazy Day and Kicking Tension out of the Kitchen, plus Solo-Parenting is No Joke!!
[podbean resource="episode=dbi3m-798568" type="audio-rectangle" height="100" skin="1" btn-skin="107" share="1" fonts="Helvetica" auto="0" download="0" rtl="0"] This episode is part recap of last week's episode and part sharing what a recovering unadventerous, dull-minded mom has done to create fun in the house...
20 Oct Ep. 64: Courtney DeFeo and A House of Giggles
[podbean resource="episode=fh2sn-78bac2" type="audio-rectangle" height="100" skin="1" btn-skin="107" share="1" fonts="Helvetica" auto="0" download="0" rtl="0"] How do we teach our children virtues like: Love, Gratitude, Joy, Generosity and Compassion.. AND Still make it fun/ exciting and cultivate a desire to know and love Jesus?? Listen to this week's episode with...
08 Oct Sunday Confession: with Patty Pittman- No Sausage Legs for Me…. plus trends we love/hate.
[podbean resource="episode=ydxxs-76c427" type="audio-rectangle" height="100" skin="1" btn-skin="107" share="1" fonts="Helvetica" auto="0" download="0" rtl="0"] Patty Pittman-3x Ironman. USA Triathlon Coach. Mom to my son, Trek. Fitness trainer. Saved by grace. from The Mommy Project Ep. 62 is back for her confession. It is all in the realm of taste in...
06 Oct Ep. 62: Patty Pittman- Fitting the Fit Lifestyle into New-MomLife. Postpartum Weight-Loss after C-Section.. plus more.
[podbean resource="episode=thf79-76677a" type="audio-rectangle" height="100" skin="1" btn-skin="107" share="1" fonts="Helvetica" auto="0" download="0" rtl="0"] Patty Pittman- Fitness Trainer, 3x ironman, 7x Marathon > who knows what it means to fight for the health she wants. We invite you into our 3rd conversation with Momas who place an emphasis on...
17 Sep Sunday Confession 24: Chick Fil A, The Bachelorette and Bad Dates- with Brooke Sailer
[podbean resource="episode=pbg95-72fb68" type="audio-rectangle" height="100" skin="1" btn-skin="107" share="1" fonts="Helvetica" auto="0" download="0" rtl="0"] Sunday Confession With Brooke Sailer. Sunday Confession 24 reveals obsessions, quirky trends, embarrassing dating life confessions and lots of fun in the name of Confession. This episode was recorded the day Bachelor Nation Mourned the loss...
03 Sep Sunday Confession 23: with Tanisha Merrill lots of Book Love on this Confessional.
[podbean resource="episode=a3hii-7161c0" type="audio-rectangle" height="100" skin="1" btn-skin="107" share="1" fonts="Helvetica" auto="0" download="0" rtl="0"] Sunday Confession 23- books, Sonic tater tots and more gushing over a mutual author and how these books changed our perspectives on all things life and womanhood, Plus More....
01 Sep Ep. 57 – I Chose You, Life as a Stepmom, and Learning the Blended Family – with Tanisha Merrell (Part One).
[podbean resource="episode=dq7mf-7161aa" type="audio-rectangle" height="100" skin="1" btn-skin="107" share="1" fonts="Helvetica" auto="0" download="0" rtl="0"] "Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother." On the next 2 episodes- The Mommy Project is highlighting the Special often fraught relationship of The Blended Family. The 'Yours, Mine, and Ours," mindset that...
25 Aug Ep. 56 -This is Not How Life was Supposed to Go- with Kimmie Lewis Walker
[podbean resource="episode=92uxv-708fdd" type="audio-rectangle" height="100" skin="1" btn-skin="107" share="1" fonts="Helvetica" auto="0" download="0" rtl="0"] Kimmie Lewis Walker is our guest this week on The Mommy Project. In this episode- I ask Kimmie to share her story of when life took a turn for the worst. At 24- Kimmie became...
20 Aug SUNDAY CONFESSION 21: What You May Not Know About Aly Taylor
Sunday Confession is all heart, laughs and reveling in life's absurdities. We have Aly Taylor, Ph.D, Star of Season 2 TLC 'Rattled', Breast Cancer Survivor, and Mom of 3 on The Mommy Project this awesome Sunday- to Reveal somethings you may not know about her. For...
18 Aug Ep. 55 – How Cancer Made Her Mommy- TLC’s Rattled Star – Aly Taylor
[podbean resource="episode=zkgj7-6f85d6" type="audio-rectangle" height="100" skin="1" btn-skin="107" share="1" fonts="Helvetica" auto="0" download="0" rtl="0"] [caption id="attachment_699" align="aligncenter" width="301"] Aly and her darling girls How Good God Is!![/caption] Aly Taylor- one of the most gracious women you will ever meet- joins us on the podcast today! We discuss topics ranging from...
02 Aug Ep. 53 – How DO We Keep Our Kids Safe On Social Media? – Hannah Alfred
[podbean resource="episode=ehr2b-6e2ed3" type="audio-rectangle" height="100" skin="1" btn-skin="107" share="1" fonts="Helvetica" auto="0" download="0" rtl="0"] [caption id="attachment_660" align="aligncenter" width="600"] three girls chatting with their smartphones[/caption] According To Wikipedia: Social media fosters communication. An Internet research company, Pew Research Center, claims that "more than half of internet users (52%) use two or...
30 Jul SUNDAY CONFESSION 18: – Fashion Trends We are Embarrassed By and Music Confessions- Hannah Alfred
[podbean resource="episode=5ixjj-6d8f76" type="audio-rectangle" height="100" skin="1" btn-skin="107" share="1" fonts="Helvetica" auto="0" download="0" rtl="0"] [caption id="attachment_641" align="alignnone" width="1024"] See - Overalls are a thing![/caption] Fashion trends we are embarrassed about The Cowboy Hat and Dress...
28 Jul Ep. 52 – The Nos of Social Media. Faux Pas, Confessions, and Monster Moments.
[podbean resource="episode=b2d33-6d8791" type="audio-rectangle" height="100" skin="1" btn-skin="107" share="1" fonts="Helvetica" auto="0" download="0" rtl="0"] Social Media Etiquette, Faux Pas and all the things we love to Hate about the Social Media Monster. With One of our favorite Rockstar Moms- Hannah Alfred. Mother to the lovely toddler Corrie. Hannah has been on...
23 Jul SUNDAY CONFESSION 17: Trolls, Toddlers, and Tempers -with Hannah Alfred
[podbean resource="episode=wkgpp-6d478a" type="audio-rectangle" height="100" skin="1" btn-skin="107" share="1" fonts="Helvetica" auto="0" download="0" rtl="0"] You will Laugh when you hear...
21 Jul EP. 51 – Glass Castles, Princess Diana, and Why Adult Fiction is So Smug…
[podbean resource="episode=di5z7-6d4196" type="audio-rectangle" height="100" skin="1" btn-skin="107" share="1" fonts="Helvetica" auto="0" download="0" rtl="0"] YouWill Love This Episode! Being Mid-Summer, It is So Hot outside! Why not curl up in the air condition with a good book and stiff arming the world for awhile...
16 Jul Sunday Confession 16: Which Friend Are You? – with Stephanie Wilkes
[podbean resource="episode=j4e8d-6d021c" type="audio-rectangle" height="100" skin="1" btn-skin="107" share="1" fonts="Helvetica" auto="0" download="0" rtl="0"] Sunday Confession is where we divulge in our pop culture confessions, what we are obsessed with and Guilty Pleasures. This is a lighthearted way to shake off the week, laugh at the crazy and embrace...
14 Jul Ep. 50 – Labor Never Follows Directions, Identity Crisis, and Finding Your Way- with Stephanie Wilkes
[podbean resource="episode=vfjwy-6d01cb" type="audio-rectangle" height="100" skin="1" btn-skin="107" share="1" fonts="Helvetica" auto="0" download="0" rtl="0"] [caption id="attachment_568" align="alignnone" width="960"] Stephanie and her husband Michael[/caption] Stephanie Wilkes- Mom of 2, who also juggles the following roles: Librarian, YA novel reviewer, entrepreneur, seamstress, and killer wit. Stephanie is a delight and a true...
02 Jul SUNDAY CONFESSION 14: LaTonya Lewis… “If I could get away with not wearing bra, I so would!!!”
Sunday Confession is here again- we love this series here at The Mommy Project - maybe one of my most favorites of the all the series we have done on the podcast. LaTonya Lewis reveals her Sunday Confession: What book is on your nightstand right now? The...
24 Jun Ep. 47- 1 Yr. Anniversary of the Podcast!! Embracing the Process with Hayley Gaston
Life is a Process- We don't always know where we are going and how it will turn out. This is an Episode all about the Creative Process, Why Community is Important and Answering Listeners Questions with Hayley Gaston. Here is the Transcript of this week's episode: The...
18 Jun SC: 12. Hamilton, Star Wars and why Holidays are the Worst.- Lets Get Honest! With Emily Raney
Lots of History here on this Sunday Confession. Sunday Confession #12 is all about unpopular opinions, why Father's Day Gift shopping is the Worst! Plus, more. Turn - Netflix series Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. The Hamilton Soundtrack All the Holidays...
26 May Ep. 43- Passing The Faith starts at the Dinner Table.
[caption id="attachment_459" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Cathy Hogan and Evie (one of her granddaughters)[/caption] Discussion Points: Spend some individual time with your kids Psalms 34 Meal Time with the family Bible Time and How it really looks with littles It is important where you go to Church. It...