Joy In The Journey

My guest today is Jenny Kernan. She's a mother of three beautiful children, with two of them at home and one of them in heaven. When they were ready to start a family, she struggled to get pregnant, and decided to take the fertility route. After going through the difficult process of taking follicle stimulating hormone shots, and Clomid, it wasn't long before she got the great news that she was pr...

How do you keep going after losing your child? How do you deal with the grief when life has to continue for not just yourself but also your family? Today, I'm speaking with Amanda Fierce. Amanda is a 5th-grade teacher, mother of three beautiful children, a volunteer for multiple causes, and a huge supporter of Mattea's Joy . At only 23 weeks into her pregnancy, Amanda's water broke unexpectedly. S...

Sometimes when you can't control the circumstances life gives you, you try controlling everything else—something I know I've done as a mother. Today's guest, Amy Kemp, is talking about how sometimes you need to make space for others to do things for you, especially when you're dealing with difficult moments in life. Amy is a public speaker, and the owner and CEO of Amy Kemp Inc., where she helps l...

Today, I'm speaking with Joy Harmon—a courageous woman who has overcome more than her fair share of hardship. Only 15 weeks into her first pregnancy, Joy had a placental abruption. She underwent a C-section and spent four months watching over her daughter in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. By the time her first daughter was two years old, they had their second little girl, who also spent time in...

It's hard to allow other people in on your journey through life, especially for the difficult moments. No one knows this better than today's guest, Kim Piggush. She's on a mission to spread cancer awareness through public speaking as well as mentoring others through their battles with the disease. Kim is a wife, mother of two beautiful girls, and a 2-time cancer survivor. She's currently the Chief...

It's so hard to conquer your fears and give yourself over to God, especially on the hard days. And my guest today has a lifetime of experiences that I know will be very meaningful to anyone who is facing similar challenges. In today's episode, we have the lovely Annie Kidd. Annie is a mother of two, and a nurse of circumstance who went through 38 years of caring for a child with five different hea...

It's so hard to know what to expect as a parent, and even harder when your child has medical issues that were never on your radar. Today, we have the courageous Lorna Walker joining us on our very first interview of the podcast, to talk all about how to maneuver the stress, depression, fear, and setbacks that come with having a critically sick kid. Lorna is a blogger of Walk This Way , and author...

Welcome to the Joy In the Journey podcast! My name is Jamie Freedlund, and I'm the host of the show and Co-Founder of Mattea's Joy, a non-profit organization that helps families with hospitalized children.  I know firsthand what it means to be the parent of a sick kid, and the challenges that go with it, as my daughter, Mattea Joy, was born with several severe medical complications. My husband and...