Dear Daughters

Do you wonder feel anxious or worried about what you should be doing with your life? Well, good news ahead. My conversation with Chrystal Evans Hurst is packed with truth about how to stop the cycle of insecure and unhealthy thoughts. Chrystal is an author, encourager, and a deep well of wisdom. In her book,  She's Still There: Rescuing the Girl in You,  she holds your hand and cheers you on to en...

Who am I? What am I about? If you have ever asked yourself those kinds of questions, then you likely have also had to look back at your story. Author and spiritual director, Casey Tygrett, says that remembering your past is often one of the most courageous things you can do.  He spent the past few years researching and unpacking the idea that we are who we are, because of our memories. And his new...

If love helpful books and beautiful journals, you'll love meeting Valerie Woerner, the owner of Val Marie Paper and author of  Grumpy Mom Takes a Holiday . Her mission is to create practical tools, including her original 6-month prompted prayer journal, and content that equips women to cut through the noise of everyday life and find fullness in the presence of the Lord. She lives in South Louisian...

Mother's Day is just around the corner so this week on the podcast, I'm featuring another mother that you'll love getting to know. This spiritual mama travels and speaks across the country, encouraging women to use the incredible influence God has given them to eternally impact their world. She has appeared on  Good Morning America  and has won national awards for her ministry work. She and her hu...

Want to know how to raise healthy teenagers? Well, we're gonna dive into the answer to that question and more. Since Mother's Day is just around the corner, I'm going to be talking with several moms I admire and unpack what it looks like to be a spiritually healthy mom raising spiritually healthy kids. Today I'm talking with friend, neighbor and fellow author, Kristin Schell, who happens to be the...

In celebration of my new book,  Dear Daughters: Love Letters to the Next Generation , releasing today … it is my DELIGHT to introduce you to my mother, Peggy Gerrie. (Though she goes by Mimi.) She is one of the MOST important people in my life. She is the reason I have energy and love to give to dear daughters  in my life. I am so excited for you to know her better. :) I'm also thrilled for you to...

So this week, I'm bringing you another podcast interview with a live audience. It's my second in a series of interviews where I invite an author friend for coffee and conversation, and I invite you into my home too. This week, Emily P. Freeman is joining me for this special format I'm calling  Dear Daughters Coffee and Conversation . Emily P. Freeman has been on my show before, which was all joy....

So this week's podcast is pretty exciting for two different reasons …  First, this is my very first podcast with a live audience. I decided to invite podcast guests to my home for coffee and conversation so that you could sit with us, listen in and then ask all the questions. I'm really excited about this format called Dear Daughters Coffee and Conversation. If you're interested in joining me for...

I believe that questions are the best way to know people better, to hear where people are with God and to help people find their way in life. Questions like … What's your God story? What's your guy story? And if you could reach back in your past and sit next to your younger self, what would you say to her? These kinds of questions are also an incredible opportunity to deepen a mother-daughter rela...

You know, I get a lot of questions about how to build or maintain good relationships in family. And I especially get questions about how to have good relationships between my kids and me. So today, I invited my 29-year-old daughter, Emily Boone, on the show to talk all things about the mother daughter relationship. We talk about a lot of things including what healthy boundaries look like between u...

Do you wish you had a mentor? Or would you like to be one? Or maybe you're just curious what a mentor relationship looks like? Whether crave deeper discipleship, a mentor relationship or a spiritual friendship, this is the show for you. Today I'm talking with Hayley Morgan. She's someone I've mentored over the years. And this episode, we go through the who, what, when, and how of a mentor relation...

I adore Stephanie Holden (aka  Honey Holden ). She's a southern girl, a mama to 3 grown up girls, a grandma, spiritual mama, and a pastor's wife. I love talking with Honey because she's the real deal. She loves Jesus and she loves the church and she loves her family. Today on the show, we talked about a lot of things including how to build a family that is connected and close and fun. And I figure...

If you know your Enneagram number and sometimes wonder, "What's next?" then you're going to love meeting  Clare Loughrige .  Not only is Clare is the co-founding Lead Pastor of  Crossroads Church and Ministries  in Marshall, Michigan which she started with her husband, Scott, more than 25 years ago but she also provides preaching, teaching, and spiritual direction for the leadership team. In addit...

In a world of constant chaos and conflict, homes are often the only places of peace where souls find rest. Everybody longs for that place of comfort called home. And in today's noisy world, home there's an instinctive yearning to make that space a place of refuge and beauty. Author  Christie Purifoy , calls this art of creating such a space, "placemaking." In her new book,  Placemaker: Cultivating...

"God has equipped you for this season. He has made you strong. Walk in it. Chin high, shoulders back. And fight for what's important. Fight for connection, privacy, wisdom … these moments are full of wonder and wretchedness. God will use these days." Meet  Kate Merrick.  She's an author, speaker, mom of three, and the cofounder of the Reality family of churches with her husband Britt. She also spe...

Remember the time I offered to homeschool all the children? Yes, it would be in the interview with my new friend,  Jessica Smartt. Jessica's a former English teacher turned homeschooling mom of three. She's an ESTJ, an iPhone addict (in recovery) and anxiety overcomer. She's also an allergy mom (only slightly neurotic ;), loved by God, and wife to Mr. Fix Anything. She runs a mean 12-minute mile a...

Suffering from a lifelong disease, I've been told I can't possibly be contented. Contentment happens to us because of circumstances, after all – right? But what if contentment found in Jesus is something that everyone can experience? Something we can chase and then catch hold of? Meet  Liz Carter . She's an author and blogger who writes about life in all its messy, painful, joyous reality. She lik...

Justin Whitmel Earley was just about to turn 30 when he had a complete anxiety collapse. The years that followed were extremely dark. He went from being a former missionary in China, to a few short years later, an anxious lawyer, medicating with alcohol. He felt like a failure as a father, husband, worker and human being in general. In his recovery, Justin discovered that habits form us more than...

Can I start with some BIG news that I've been dying to talk about …? A precious little boy was born into the world. His name is Caleb David Davis. And he is my grandson. He was born 3 weeks ago. And ohmygracious, he is beautiful. Little blonde fuzzy head. Tiny wonderful human. My heart is exploding. My grandma name is Zuzu. And Will's name is Bear. Yes, Zuzu and Bear. Sounds like a cartoon or a ch...

Today on the Dear Daughters Podcast, I'm talking with  Kristin Schell of the Turquoise Table  about all things Thanksgiving. This is the final episode in what I'm calling the Thanksgiving Trio which is three episodes with three of my favorite table people. The first was with  EP 75 with Bri McKoy , the second was  EP 76 with Jen Schmidt  and last but certainly not least is with my friend and neigh...

Need some good recipes and gathering ideas for the upcoming holidays? Yeah, me too. So I called on the experts. Last week on the  Dear Daughters Podcast | Episode 75 , I talked with Bri McKoy. We talked about the most important part of the holiday and how to mix in gratitude when you're feeling lonely.  This week, I invited Jen Schmidt to chat all things food, memories, and thanksgiving wonder. Sh...

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year. I love gathering around the table with my dearest people, sharing affirmations and bumping elbows as we reach for one more slice of pumpkin pie. This season I'm extra grateful because I have a grandson coming Thanksgiving week ~ oh JOY!! Thanksgiving often gets overshadowed by twinkly, glorious Christmas, so I thought it would be extra wonderful...

It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful. ~ Myquillyn Smith I'm so excited to have Myquillyn Smith, otherwise known as  The Nester , join me on the show today! She's a writer, a homebody and a contentment evangelist. Her motto is,  'It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful.'  Isn't that just lovely? I love her passion for helping women love their most important space, their home. Myquill...

Hey there, dear one. I see you wrestling under the sadness, afraid that it'll crush you. I know that the world can be scary and hard, and that our list of losses only grows longer as we get older. But there is good news. I believe that if you name what you've lost, if you sit with your grief and let it show you what has been taken from you instead of wrestling against it, that is the first step on...

Do you find yourself enduring the season of life you're in, rather than embracing it? Do you find yourself always expectantly looking ahead, putting the opportunities of today on hold because you're distracted by your dreams for what's next? Maybe you don't even want to  wan t to be content with what your circumstance is right now, you just want it to end! Well, today's episode is for you, friend....