Embracing Your Season: Raising Littles and Understanding Teens with Paige Clingenpeel

What are we going to do with the rest of our lives? Have you lived your life to the fullest? On this week's episode of Embracing Your Season , Paige welcomes Sarah Bragg, a fellow podcaster and author of the book Is Everyone Happier Than Me?  The book is a snapshot of the last several years of Sarah’s life as she has stepped into the “mid-life” phase. She discusses wrestling with issues like...

How often do we neglect ourselves as parents and then not have enough or much to give out because of it? On this week's episode of Embracing Your Season with Paige Clingenpeel, is an amazing guest and advanced certified rolfer, Jason Snell. He is passionate about his practice in Fort Wayne, Indiana and helping as many people as possible learn to listen to their bodies in order to live life in...

On this week's episode of Embracing Your Season with Paige Clingenpeel, author Gary Thomas joins Paige to discuss his book, Sacred Marriage . Married for over 40 years, Gary credits his devotion to loving his wife well to his faith in God. Recognizing that even the best marriages face challenging moments is key to a successful marriage! While no marriage is perfect, if we surrender our imperf...

How do we talk to our kids about pastoral moral failure? And why do we put pastors and leaders on a pedestal? On this week’s episode of Embracing Your Season , Paige Clingenpeel answers some tough questions on this topic and gives tips for talking through these issues happening in the church. This episode is a great conversation starter with your kids about responsibility, sin, consequences, and r...

How do we answer some of the tough questions our kids ask about Christianity? How do we equip and encourage our kids in the world we are living in? On this week’s episode of Embracing Your Season , Paige Clingenpeel has a phenomenal speaker, author, and Christian apologist, Alex McFarland on the show.  Together, they discuss his book: The 21 Toughest Questions Your Kids Will Ask About Christianity...

Join Paige on this week’s episode of Embracing Your Season , where she gives tips on avoiding the summer break meltdowns and those phone calls every few minutes from your kids. Paige shares her own experiences of summertime growing up with her brother, living out in the country, and only having each other to argue and play with. Summertime can be amazing, but it can also bring lots of stress for u...

On this week’s episode of Embracing Your Season , Producer Mike Segovia joins Paige Clingenpeel on the show, to discuss the topic of increased conflict at youth sporting events. The increase of anger and conflict is growing in this day and age and virtually everything is being recorded and uploaded to social media. Listen as they keep it real and share their life stories and actions at their kids&...

With internet access seemingly available to children of all ages, online safety is a hot parenting topic these days! How do we talk to our kids about staying safe and keep an eye on what they’re exposed to? Paige welcomes the Chief Parenting Officer and CMO of Bark Technologies, Titania Jordan to discuss this very issue and the incredible system Bark has created. Contrary to popular assumption, an...

S ometimes we face struggles in life but how do we walk through those seasons with honesty and humor?  On this week’s episode of Embracing Your Season , host Paige Clingenpeel has a great dialogue with Molly Stillman discussing her book: If I Don’t Laugh, I’ll Cry. This book is a chronicle of her life’s journey about how death, debt, and comedy lead her to a life of faith, farming, and forgetting...

We all struggle with conflict because it is a part of our daily lives - whether we like it or not. On this week’s episode of Embracing Your Season, host Paige Clingenpeel welcomes  Donna Jones, author of the book: Healthy Conflict, Peaceful Life and host of the podcast, That’s Just What I Needed. Through personal stories and experiences, Donna helps remove the fear we often associate with conflict...

On this week’s episode of Embracing Your Season, host Paige Clingenpeel has Producer Mike Segovia on the show to do a Q&A interview. They talk about having conversations with our teens when unexpected things happen in life, fostering accountability in marriage, living out the principles of  1 Corinthians 10:13, and being intentional about spending time with your spouse amid parenting and busy...

Blending families after divorce or loss isn’t easy.  So many in the world today are trying to blend and mesh their families together. This can be such a difficult process, leading to stress and discord among the family. On this week’s episode of Embracing Your Season with Paige Clingenpeel, she has Paul and Jeanette Savage who are authors of the book, Blended: Navigating the Challenges and Joys of...

Dr. Nijay Gupta joins Paige Clingenpeel on this week’s episode of Embracing Your Season.   Dr. Gupta is a successful author and academic writer and serves as a Professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary. Paige and Dr. Gupta discuss growing up in the church and his book, Tell Her Story , which addresses how women led and ministered in the early church. This podcast is packed with amazing knowl...

Did you know that your diet could be related to mental health issues like anxiety and depression? On this week’s episode of Embracing Your Season, host Paige Clingenpeel discusses several takeaways about diet and how that correlates with anxiety, depression and other mental health issues. We need to be mindful of what we are putting in our bodies and how it is affecting our everyday health. Takeaw...

On this week’s episode of Embracing Your Season, host Paige Clingenpeel is joined by Hillary Ferrer. Hillary Ferrer is the founder and President of Mama Bear Apologetics. She feels a burden for providing accessible apologetics resources for busy moms. She is the chief author and editor of the bestselling books Mama Bear Apologetics:  Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies, Mama Bear Apolo...

Have you ever thought about moving into your purpose in life? On this week’s episode of Embracing Your Season, host Paige Clingenpeel is joined by Johnathan Baldwin. Johnathan “JB” co-founded Story House and is a Certified Life Coach, Pastor of over 15 years, ordained minister, and a Prepare and Enrich facilitator. He serves pastors and individuals going through life transitions, relationship chal...

On this week’s episode of Embracing Your Season, host Paige Clingenpeel is joined by Michael and Tania Koehler with Marriage Mania Ministries to talk about discipleship in the home. They are very passionate about helping families and raising the next generation to be sincere Jesus followers. You can start discipleship today by simply having dinner together and starting to build community within yo...

Are you a parent that struggles with communicating with your kids about sex? On this week’s episode of Embracing Your Season, host Paige Clingenpeel gives pointers for having the “sex talk” with our kids.  We’ve been designed for a purpose and on purpose. We were not just born knowing how to live our divine design, we have to be taught those things which is where we as parents come into it. We nee...

Are you a parent of a special needs child? Do you struggle with finding community and connection? On this week’s episode of Embracing Your Season, host Paige Clingenpeel has Julie Hornok on the show. Julie is the co-founder of Labeled and Loved which is a non-profit organization that is passionate about empowering women to find grace, acceptance and strength in the midst of even the toughest circu...

Have you ever heard of attachment based family therapy? On this week’s episode of Embracing Your Season, host Paige Clingenpeel invites Dr. Suzanne Levy who is an internationally renowned licensed clinical psychologist, co-developer of the Attachment Based Family Therapy and co-owner of the ABFT International Family Institute. Dr. Levy shares an abundance of information on attachment styles, encou...

On this week’s episode of Embracing Your Season, host Paige Clingenpeel has Jeff Hamilton, the founder of Dad Academy on the show.  Jeff has a passion for helping dads find their purpose, passion, intimacy on a deeper level with God and finding community with other dads who are walking through life together. Jeff shares the three C’s that are an important role of the father which Paige also shares...

In a world filled with busy schedules, mounting challenges, and increasing disconnection, we have the gift and power of prayer. On this week’s episode of Embracing Your Season, host Paige Clingenpeel is joined by Aaron Smith who co-authored The Marriage Gift with his beautiful wife, Jennifer Smith. Aaron shares that the most important thing that we can do with our spouse to increase intimacy is to...

On this week’s episode of Embracing Your Season, host Paige Clingenpeel is joined by Kim Hopkins who is the director of outreach and communications for Lives in the Balance. Lives in the Balance is Dr. Ross Greene’s non-profit organization which teaches parents, caregivers, and teachers how to advocate on behalf of kids who have behavior challenges in hopes of changing the system and making sure e...

Join host Paige Clingenpeel for a Q & A on this week's episode of Embracing Your Season.  Paige answers multiple questions that have been sent in by listeners and shares tips about setting boundaries with our kids, screen time, social media, and real friendships versus toxic friendships. This is one you won’t want to miss! Paige Clingenpeel Questions About the Podcast? Email: paigeclingen...

In our culture today, the role of the father is really put down but what people don’t realize is  that the role of a father really is important in our kids' lives. On this week's episode of Embracing Your Season, host Paige Clingenpeel has special guest Dr. Meg Meeker on the show to talk about the impact that fathers have in our kids' lives. Dr. Meeker also addresses how to lift up...