Don't Mom Alone Podcast

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

   20 Feb 2023 · 57 min

   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…

2. Communication that Connects :: Kimberly Galindo [Ep 396]

   13 Feb 2023 · 48 min

   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…

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

   6 Feb 2023 · 1 h 00 min

   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…

4. Signpost Parenting :: Ann Voskamp [Ep 395]

   30 Jan 2023 · 55 min

   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…

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

   23 Jan 2023 · 54 min

   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…

6. Clarifying Your Family Culture :: Heather [Ep 392]

   16 Jan 2023 · 27 min

   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…

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

   9 Jan 2023 · 38 min

   “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,…

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

   2 Jan 2023 · 40 min

   “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…

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

   28 Nov 2022 · 1 h 00 min

   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…

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

    21 Nov 2022 · 50 min

    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…

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

    14 Nov 2022 · 40 min

    “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…

12. Bottles of Hope :: Lindsey Wheeler [Ep 386]

    7 Nov 2022 · 53 min

    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…

13. Advent Untangled :: Mindy Rives [Ep 385]

    31 Oct 2022 · 42 min

    “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…

14. Chosen by Jesus :: Cast of The Chosen [Ep 384]

    24 Oct 2022 · 54 min

    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…

15. Collaboration Over Competition :: Liz Bohannon & Jessica Honegger [Ep 383]

    17 Oct 2022 · 1 h 03 min

    Do you view other moms as collaborators or competitors? Whether it’s our achievements or our difficulties we often compare ourselves to other moms rather than come alongside them (or even celebrate them - gasp!). My…

16. Freeing Your Adolescents to Step Into Adulthood - Ages and Stages - Teens :: Dr. Ken Wilgus [Ep 382]

    10 Oct 2022 · 51 min

    It’s been pointed out that if you want to make anything scary or negative, put “teenage” in front of it. For example, teenage driving, teenage parties, teenage sex, teenage thinking. One of our main jobs as parents is…

17. Life Empowered by the Holy Spirit :: Max Lucado [Ep 381]

    3 Oct 2022 · 54 min

    What does it mean to have the Holy Spirit? To encounter or experience the Holy Spirit? How does he speak to us? Does he speak to us? Western cultures tend to operate under the assumption that if we can’t explain it,…

18. Ages & Stages Series--The Tween Years :: Charissa Lopez [Ep 380]

    26 Sep 2022 · 51 min

    How do you feel when you are in between stages of life? Excited? Nervous? Afraid? Tweens - those kids in between childhood and adolescence - are capable, growing into their own thoughts and ideas and preferences, but…

19. Navigating Middle Motherhood :: Kara Trochta [Ep 379]

    19 Sep 2022 · 51 min

    What do we do with ourselves when our kids need less of our minute to minute attention? How do we fill the space given to us when kids go to preschool or elementary school? If we aren’t intentional as we step into this…

20. Ages and Stages Series-- The Elementary Years :: Dr. Meg Meeker [Ep 378]

    12 Sep 2022 · 51 min

    What is your favorite elementary school memory? A teacher you loved? Playing on a favorite team? Parenting elementary school kids can sometimes feel like a breath of fresh air - kids are more capable, they can get…

21. Ages and Stages Series — Infants/Toddlers :: Rachel Norman [Ep 377]

    5 Sep 2022 · 51 min

    It’s cliché until you have to live it - the grocery store crying infant or toddler tantrum. The hushed pleas or commands from embarrassed parents. The silent judgment of others. Crying or whining are often attempts at…

22. Reading Aloud to Overcome Mom Fear :: Jennifer Pepito [Ep 376]

    29 Aug 2022 · 49 min

    What fear pops up in your parenting again and again? Maybe it’s, “how do I teach my kids that they can do hard things in a loving way?” or, “what if my kids make bad decisions?” or “what if I’m a bad mom?” These fears…

23. Doubt, Questions & Your Teen’s Growing Faith :: Mary Jo Sharp [Ep 375]

    22 Aug 2022 · 47 min

    Doubt is a normal part of a growing faith. When the big questions come, you can navigate them with confidence. Is it worth it to go to church? If God is loving, why would he allow bad stuff in the world? Did God…

24. Building Strong Marriages :: Kimberly Beam Holmes [Ep 374]

    15 Aug 2022 · 50 min

    Marriage is like riding a bike with no training wheels - you have to keep pedaling to stay up. There’s no easy downhill, no coasting. It’s worth it, but it’s work. Add a kid or a few in there with work and bills and…

25. Behind the Mic :: Heather [Ep 373]

    8 Aug 2022 · 25 min

    If you’re new here or even if you’ve been around a while, join us this week as I give you a glimpse into who I am, how Don’t Mom Alone came about, and where we’re headed as a show. We’ll talk through a listener story…

26. Raising Discerning Viewers :: Heather [Ep 372]

    1 Aug 2022 · 31 min

    Media is all around us - movies, music, tv, online videos, reels, TikToks, and more. And, there are as many parenting strategies around media as there are types of media. How do we safeguard our kids around media in…

27. Rebranded: Stepping Into a New Season :: Christy Wright [SOM Wk 6]

    25 Jul 2022 · 49 min

    What would it take for you to walk away from the most abundant time in your career? From a time that was not only full, but fun, rewarding, and productive? My guest this week, Christy Wright did just that - walked…

28. Move from Comparison to Compassion :: Karen Ehman [SofM Wk 5]

    18 Jul 2022 · 43 min

    Does your life look exactly like you want it to? All too often we come across what seems like the life that we want on someone else’s Instagram. You can dismiss those as the “highlight reels”, that is what they are,…

29. Creating Family Culture :: Amber O’Neal Johnston [SOM Wk 4]

    11 Jul 2022 · 47 min

    Creating Family Culture :: Amber O’Neal Johnston [SOM Wk 4] You are creating a culture for your family, right now, whether or not you’re aware of it or intentional in it. Your words and actions reveal the functional…

30. Focused Living :: Shontell Brewer [SOM Wk 3]

    4 Jul 2022 · 48 min

    “I don't have time for the things that God has not called me to.” My guest this week, Shontell Brewer, wisely speaks those words. She is a wife and mom of 5. She’s written a book on parenting and still things haven’t…

31. Life Giving Faith in Every Circumstance :: Lisa Appelo [Summer of Mentorship Wk 2]

    27 Jun 2022 · 42 min

    Childhood should be carefree, right? We hope that our kids make it to adulthood with as few scars as possible, but that isn’t the nature of the world we live in. What happens when our kids encounter grief? What happens…

32. Lasting Parent-Child Relationships :: Helen Smallbone [Summer of Mentorship Wk 1]

    20 Jun 2022 · 46 min

    “Don’t care how, I want it now!” When we watch Veruca Salt sing those words in Willy Wonka we are immediately repulsed. And yet, lots of our time and energy is spent trying to unlock the secrets to a quick change of…

33. Villages of Hope and Help :: DeVon and Paulette Franklin [Ep 371]

    13 Jun 2022 · 38 min

    Tragedy struck and Paulette Franklin could have given up hope. Instead, she used it as a chance to “bring together the village of hope and help” from her extended family, namely her aunts, who lived both near and far.…

34. Gender and Sexuality :: Preston Sprinkle [Ep 370]

    6 Jun 2022 · 58 min

    Over 20% of Gen Z identifies as LGBTQ+. That’s roughly 1 in 4 of today’s teen and young adult populations. There is a lot of confusion around gender and sexuality in our Christian culture today - how do we love others…

35. Dwelling Differently :: Natalie Abbott [Ep 369]

    30 May 2022 · 43 min

    “I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.” Psalm 119:11 is a very familiar verse, but do you take it as a life-giving exhortation or do you shove it into the mental closet of “shoulds”? The…

36. Raising Emotionally Strong Boys :: David Thomas [Ep 368]

    23 May 2022 · 1 h 04 min

    Our sons are constantly receiving messages about how to handle their emotions - from us as moms and dads, or from other men in their lives and from our culture as well. All too often that message has been “Be strong,…

37. Winning Together as Co-laborers :: Heather [Ep 367]

    16 May 2022 · 38 min

    Mommy Wars. They may have started out as “working mom” v. “stay at home mom” but it has morphed (or devolved) into something much bigger. While, in the eyes of our culture, “you do you” might have freed us to make…

38. God’s Hand Over Everything :: Tori Hope Petersen [Ep 366]

    9 May 2022 · 47 min

    God ordains the time and space we inhabit - sometimes that’s one home for decades, sometimes it’s 12 homes in 6 years and instant homelessness at age 18. It was the latter for Tori Petersen and for so many other…

39. The Lazy Genius Kitchen :: Kendra Adachi [Ep 365]

    2 May 2022 · 53 min

    The kitchen. It can be a place of glorious delight or it can be a place of burnt despair. Whether it’s mostly delight or mostly disaster for you, it’s often a place of frustration. Everyone is hungry and needs…

40. The Power of Pausing:: Kirsten Watson [Ep 364]

    25 Apr 2022 · 42 min

    Do you remember commercial breaks? They were built-in pauses, breaks from the drama or sitcom. With DVR’s or streaming services we can easily skip or minimize the pauses. But what if “pause” is what your everyday…

41. Gentle Christ-Centered Parenting :: David and Amanda Erickson [Ep 363]

    18 Apr 2022 · 55 min

    “Peaceful” and “parenting” aren’t words we usually put together. Think about the parenting moments that stick out to you from the last week – was there anything peaceful about them? What if there could be? What would…

42. Walking Through Seasons of Unbelonging :: Shauna Niequist [Ep 362]

    11 Apr 2022 · 47 min

    We all walk through seasons of transition, whether we leave something behind by choice or it was chosen for us. Life after a disruptive event or during life transitions can feel like “starting over” just as much as a…

43. Mom, You Are Important but Not Essential, and That’s Good News :: Brittany Turner [Ep 361]

    4 Apr 2022 · 36 min

    As moms we do carry a big burden – we have a God-give responsibility to love and care for our children, but how often do you feel crushed under that burden? It’s hard to do all the tasks to take care of everyone –…

44. Creating Digital Safe Spaces :: Chris McKenna [Ep 360]

    28 Mar 2022 · 52 min

    Does keeping your kids safe on the internet ever feel like a game of Whack-a-mole - frenzied and unending, always trying to fend off the threats that pop up? Or maybe you’ve been afraid your kids would be or feel left…

45. How to Help a Friend Process Life [Ep 359]

    21 Mar 2022 · 47 min

    How do you respond when a difficult situation comes your way? One that feels out of the blue, or that doesn’t have a clear solution, or all the solutions you’ve tried haven’t worked? In this birthday episode (Happy…

46. Mentoring with Lisa Bevere [Ep 358]

    14 Mar 2022 · 56 min

    Have you ever wished for a fairy godmother? Someone to wave a wand and make your troubles disappear? The next best thing just might be a real godmother - a woman to see you in your distress and to offer help and…

47. Recovering from Mom Burnout :: Nicole Zasowski [Ep 357]

    7 Mar 2022 · 50 min

    Every mom will experience burnout. It’s as simple as our energy output exceeds our energy input, but it can be debilitating and discouraging. You may wish for a vacation, or spa day or even just 15 minutes of silence,…

48. Equipping Your Kids for Difficulty :: Kim Sorgius [Ep 356]

    28 Feb 2022 · 59 min

    What happens when you’ve had a Proverbs life - following the rules and making the right choices - but then you wake up to find yourself living in Ecclesiastes where life is painful and doesn’t quite make sense? It’s…

49. Church Hurts, Healed by the Church :: Angel Ricchuiti [Ep 355]

    21 Feb 2022 · 52 min

    Think of 9 women you know. Statistics says that 1 of those women was sexually abused as a child. This week, Angel Ricchuiti bravely tells us her story of sexual abuse within the church. She gives us hope that God…

50. Be Vulnerable, Find Your People :: Jennie Allen [Ep 354]

    14 Feb 2022 · 56 min

    Friendship isn’t something we are taught in school. We sort of fumble our way through the trial and error of how to make and keep friends. Add in our culture of independence, where it can be hard to admit we need…