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Send us Fan Mail It is important to know your history, but it is also important to know the history of the world. In this episode, Allie and Nicole talk about their mutual love of history. They talk about why it’s important to know what’s going on in the world, why its important to know the history of where you live, and why it’s important to know about your personal family history. Subscribe to o...

Send us Fan Mail Nicole tells us all about her mission trip to Panama. She shares what she did on her trip and some interesting takeaways that she got from being in a foreign country. In this episode, she shares that many things she learned about Panama would interest Allie and her current lifestyle. Listen to Allie hearing about this trip for the first time along with you!  Subscribe to our email...

Send us Fan Mail Where the line is between preparing kids and letting them grow naturally? There is this tension between preparing kids for future responsibilities and letting them just be kids. Listen to Allie’s solo episode about how she try to balance on this line.  Subscribe to our email subscription here and get blog posts early, behind the scenes info, early merch drop information and so muc...

Send us Fan Mail When did reading become popular??? Nicole and Allie talk about how in the last year or so, reading books has become more and more popular. Everything from romance, smut, fantasy, autobiographies and more! We get a little silly and share some of our favorite series, genres and authors. Join us this episode for all the fun! Subscribe to our email subscription here and get blog posts...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, Allie talks about trusting your gut, which in her life is synonymous to the Holy Spirit. You instinctively know when someone is creepy, when someone is lying, and when you are being called to do something. We have just been trained to ignore our gut. Reconnecting with our gut will lead to us, our families, and our community being better off for it. Learnin...

Send us Fan Mail Covid brought on a lot of new issues for the world. But one issue, especially in the US, seems to go unmentioned. Since covid hatefulness has skyrocketed and loving your neighbor has gone down the tubes. In this episode we talk about how we wish we could bring some of the love back and how we are trying to guard our hearts against the hate. Join in with your GGM community on the L...

Send us Fan Mail Do you remember the book about Alexander? The boy who had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Well, in this episode we will discuss how Nicole had one of those days. We hope it is a reminder to everyone that sometimes days are hard but we still love momming and our marriages. Hope you get a kick out of some of the crazy events of the day! Subscribe to our email subscripti...

Send us Fan Mail Often we look at other people, for us mainly other moms, and wonder if we measure up. Most of the time we are basing our comparisons on small amounts of time spent with someone or even people we see on social media. This is not healthy and most of the time we are comparing ourselves to people without knowing their whole story. This episode we share some of our bigger insecurities...

Send us Fan Mail Many times when people are trying to get healthy, they try dieting. This if fine if this diet is something you plan to do the rest of your life, but not if it will only last as few months. Others focus on working out and do worry about food. In our opinion getting healthy is much more than all of that. In this episode we talk about different things we are doing to live a healthier...

Send us Fan Mail Week 2 of learning amazing things about sleep. Getting our kids to sleep can be stressful. Especially if they were once sleeping through the night or if our previous kids slept well. Listen to another amazing week of learning from our favorite sleep therapist!  Want to use Michelle’s services? Use GGMomma to get 15% off Follow Her On Instagram Sleepyhead Solutions Website Subscrib...

Send us Fan Mail Michelle, sleep consultant from Sleepyhead Solitions, joins us today to talk all about sleep! When you aren’t sleeping everything is affected. In part 1, she talks about what a sleep consultant is, how to establish good sleep patterns with your kids, sleep regressions and much more!  Want to use Michelle’s services? Use GGMomma to get 15% off Follow Her On Instagram Sleepyhead Sol...

Send us Fan Mail What is gentle parenting??? In this episode we talk about our views on the subject and the definitions that we use. We know that it is hard to raise kids and every parent wants to do it in a way that shows love but also helps their kids learn how to become good adults/people. We talk a lot about how we are trying to do just that.  Subscribe to our email subscription here and get b...

Send us Fan Mail Becoming a mom is hard. Many people underestimate how difficult it will be. Our guest speaker, AJ Hooper, talks with Allie about how hard motherhood can be. They also discuss how best to handle the twists and turns. AJ talks about how all of the ups and downs convinced her to write a book about being a first time mom.  Connect with AJ on Instagram , Facebook and buy her book on Am...

Send us Fan Mail When you become a parent you need to make rules and choices for your family. These rules may be different then ones other families have. In this episode we talk about some of the choices and rules that we have that might be unpopular. Subscribe to our email subscription here and get blog posts early, behind the scenes info, early merch drop information and so much more!

Send us Fan Mail Another walk down GGM podcast memory lane! Back in 2022 we talked about why we wanted to homeschool (Allie) or send our kids to public school (Nicole). We are now two years into both of the avenues that we chose and we wanted to update our listeners. We are still happy with our choices and you should listen to this episode and learn why!

Send us Fan Mail Our VERY FIRST episode we talk about the COVID-19 pandemic. We talked about how we handled the pandemic in the moment. This episode is an update on that. We talk about how our lives have been changed  in the last four years because of what we learned and experienced during the pandemic.  Subscribe to our email subscription here and get blog posts early, behind the scenes info, ear...

Send us Fan Mail When do you rest? When does your family rest together? Our lives are usually over-scheduled and filled to the brim. Every hour of every day is taken up by something: school, work, play dates, extra curricular activities, etc. In this episode we will address all of it and how to create margin in your life so that your pace can slow down. Subscribe to our email subscription here and...

Send us Fan Mail Starting your own business can be daunting, but it is even harder to do when you are a mom. We are starting a new series where once a month we will interview a local moms (local for us - Hamilton County, IN). These amazing women started businesses while balancing being a mother as well. Our first guest is Danielle Smith a local cookie baker. She shares how she started her company,...

Send us Fan Mail When we were in high school * cough *, 15+ years ago, the pressure to go to a 4 year college was very high. It was looked down upon to go to community college or online school, and it was seen as bad to go to a trade school or straight into a job. In this episode, we talk about how we hope your kids will choose the option that works best for them. We talk about how there is not a...

Send us Fan Mail Letting your kids make mistakes is hard. When is the risk too high? When is it appropriate to step aside and let them choose? In this episode we talk about how our parents and our life experiences have influenced the way we let our kids make mistakes. These are not a cut and dry ways to handle your kids choices but what we have personally experienced.  Subscribe to our email subsc...

Send us Fan Mail One things most parents want to do for their kids is protect them. This includes making sure to surround them with people we trust. Not just adults but the kids they play with and the shows they watch. This episode we talk about how we discern the who might be the best influences in our kids lives.  Subscribe to our email subscription here and get blog posts early, behind the scen...

Send us Fan Mail As the saying goes, “Never stop dating your spouse”. In this episode we talk about some of our favorite dates that we have been on with our husbands. We discuss fun stay at home ideas, fancy dinners and all the dates in-between. Head to our blog and you will see our full list of 50 different date ideas!  Subscribe to our email subscription here and get blog posts early, behind the...

Send us Fan Mail Holidays can be stressful even when you don’t have kids, but when you add distance to grandma’s house and naps times things get even more complicated. In this episode we discuss how we make time for our extended family during the holidays while also not forgetting to focus on our immediate family. If your family lives close or far you always need to have a plan for the holidays, e...

Send us Fan Mail Research from the Institute of Family Studies shows that 1 in 4 40 year olds have never been married. It also showed an increase fear in having a family. This shocked us! In this episode we talk about why we think there is many benefits to marriage.  Article Link

Send us Fan Mail When you first get married there are some uncertainties of what your roles are and what being together forever will look like. Now that we are 9-10 years into marriage we feel much more secure in being a wife. In this episode we will talk about how we have grown as spouses and feel more confident in our roles as wives.