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In this episode, Christy and Grace continue their series on the gifts of the spirit, this week discussing faithfulness. They talk about how they’ve experienced faith as a choice, and how that one choice guides all actions. Listen in to learn more!

This week Christy and Grace once again take a step back from their series to interview their guest, Annie. Annie discusses with them the importance of intentional friendship and how it can sustain you through the different seasons of life.

In this episode, Christy and Grace continue on their series on Fruits of the Spirit. They discuss Goodness, how goodness comes from God and how we can choose to seek and and find the good in things. In their conversation the ladies realize that it can be a challenge to discover and find the good unless we are intentionally looking for it. Listen and weigh in on their conversation!

In this episode, Christy and Grace continue in their series on Fruits of the Spirit. Their discussion explores the deeper meaning of kindness beyond what society definition of kindness is. Listen in and share your thoughts!

In this episode, Christy and Grace continue their series on the Fruits of the Spirit. Their discussion focuses on how patience usually boils down to a choice and a decision that can lead to growth in becoming a patient person. It is in the choosing of patience that we can live out the extraordinary in the ordinary. 

In this episode, Grace and Christy step away from their series to interview their guest, Gracie. The three of them discuss the importance of being rooted in prayer amidst the ongoing transitions of life. Even in the ordinary, prayer brings us to the extraordinary.

In this episode, Christy and Grace continue their series on the Fruits of the Spirit, focusing on peace. They discuss how you can choose peace as well as the times in their lives when they have experienced the peace that surpasses all understanding. Listen in and let us know how you try to cultivate peace in your ordinary life to live out the extraordinary.

In Episode 2, Christy and Grace continue their series on the Fruits of the Spirit, focusing on Joy. They discuss how surrender leads to freedom which leads to joy. Listen to hear how you can bring the extraordinary fruit of Joy into your ordinary life. 

In this first episode of season 2, episode 1, Christy and Grace begin a series on the Fruits of the Spirit. In this episode, they discuss Love, which ties all of the other fruits together. Listen to how they talk about many different types of love and how they try to incorporate love in their live to live out the extraordinary in the ordinary.

In Episode 24, Christy and Grace reflect back over their first season as a Mother/Daughter podcast duo and look forward in anticipation of planning their next series as they continue to explore living out the extraordinary within our ordinary lives.

In Episode 23, Christy and Grace have a conversation about Mary and their personal relationship with her. They emphasize how they have learned to her as she has experienced all parts of life, just like us!

In Episode 22, Christy and Grace discuss how Advent is the beginning of the liturgical new year. Tune in to hear their discussions on their favorite Advent traditions and more!

In episode 21, Christy and Grace jump off their last episode on Celebrating Well and now talk about Resting Well. Why is rest important? How does it go hand-in-hand with celebration? As we head into Thanksgiving week, we hope this episode can help you reflect on how you can best soak in the season.

In Episode 20, Christy and Grace open the discussion on how we tend to prepare to celebrate but then don't always celebrate well. They pose the question, "Why is that?" and ask you listeners to join the conversation with your own insight and experience. 

Poetry, worship, hobbies, recreation and more! That is what Christy and Grace think of and enjoy about music. How about you? In Episode 19, the gals discuss their enjoyment of music, how it has been integrated in their lives, passed on, etc. and how they can see something as normal and ordinary as music, extraordinary. 

In Episode 18, Christy and Grace chat about the what they have learned about money,  being good stewards of money, even when there isn't much, and the freedom that comes through budgeting. They talk about how they have found a nerdy part of them through taking an ordinary thing of money management and making it extraordinary through responsibility and trust in the Lord.

Suffering is something we usually don't want to think about, let alone think about doing well. In Episode 17, Christy and Grace talk about how if we learn to suffer well, it can lead to holiness, help us to live out the extraordinary in the ordinary and deepen our trust in God.

In this episode, Christy and Grace talk about the five different love languages from Gary Chapman's book, "The Five Love Languages".  Tune in to hear how knowing yours and others' love languages can help to guide each of us in serving others to the best of our ability. 

In Episode #15, Christy and Grace explain the devotion to the saints, some of their favorites, what makes them people they love and want to imitate, as well as how the saints are such great examples of faith and trust in the Lord. 

In Episode 14, Christy and Grace discuss friendship and the benefits of building a community to support, encourage and call on in pursuit of goals in our every day lives.

In Episode 13, Christy and Grace discuss how there can be benefits of social media. Too often we are quick to blame social media for imbalance in our lives before trying to take control of our feeds and find positive influences. Tune in to hear how Christy and Grace have chosen to have social media serve them instead of falling into the temptation of comparison and just scrolling.

In Episode 12, Christy and Grace discuss finding joy in the state of life you are in. Sometimes we may think life will be better when, but God has a call for us where we are at, for such a time as this season we are in. So let us embrace our lives, learn to love it, and find the extraordinary in our ordinary, whatever that may be.

In Episode 11, Christy and Grace discuss movies, entertainment, shows and the art that we enjoy as well as the good we can fine in them.

It's Back to School! A time of schedules colliding and a chance for new habits to form. In Episode #10, Christy and Grace discuss "mono-tasking", a phrase coined by the podcast, Catholic Stuff You Should Know, as well as choosing to be present and intentional as we navigate the changes taking place in our lives this fall. 

In Episode 9, Christy and Grace discuss how when we are humble we can see the good we have to offer others as well as the good they can offer us. Discussions can be tricky but there is wisdom to gain!