For Real with Kimberly Stuart

I have long loved and admired Sarah Bragg, so it was such a delight to have her join me on For Real! Sarah is the friend you want to move next door, fire up a pot of coffee, and put in a few hours of chatting on the front porch about what it’s really like to be a mom, writer, podcaster, and carpool driver. Sarah has a passion to help folks survive right where they are, and I know you’re going to l...

On this episode of For Real, we dive into the potential minefields of sex and intimacy, and Sheila Gregoire was the perfect person to help us know better in order to do better. It was an honor to chat with Sheila, a woman who is on the front lines of bringing hope and freedom to some dark spots in the church. For her book The Great Sex Rescue , Sheila interviewed 20,000 Christian women, and her re...

Katherine Wolf is the kind of friend who changes every lens of your life from lackluster to technicolor. If it feels like you’re in a moment where you could use a shot of courage and hope mixed with some seriously honest faith, then this is the conversation for you. Katherine knows what all those things truly mean, and I learned so much from her in our conversation. Katherine is a communicator and...

Ambassador John Cotton Richmond is a real-life superhero. He combats human trafficking and slavery, he loves his family and friends like a beast, and he does it all with humor and humility. The guy should wear a cape. What an honor to chat with him on this episode! I cannot wait for you to listen in on our hope-filled conversation. Ambassador Richmond’s career has taken him to the front lines in t...

Jo Saxton is a force, and she leverages that force to lift up others. I really tried hard not to fangirl with Jo, and to her credit, she humored my frothing like the pro she is. She coaches us beautifully in this episode, helping us know how to lead well, love fiercely, and be a people who pour oxygen into the dreams of others. I cannot wait for you to listen in on our rich conversation. Jo S...

What a total joy to chat with my friend Heather Gudenkauf about the ups and downs of a writer's life, the importance of family, and her new novel, The Overnight Guest . In addition to being a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Heather is absolutely one of the kindest people I know. She lives with open hands and a deep desire to lift others up. I think you'll love hearing our conversa...

Just in time for a brand new year! Jennifer Taylor Wagner is my guest on today’s episode, and she is the perfect person to help us look into 2022 with a holistic view of health and wellness. Jennifer’s new book, Your Good Body: Embracing a Body-Positive Mindset in a Perfection-Focused World , is just what we need as we reframe how we view weight and scales and food and feeling good in our own skin...

What an absolutely fantastic way to end the year, with my mom buckling under my pressure to join me on the pod! Patti is wise and funny and beautiful, all things I want to be when I grow up. She won’t be the first to say it, so I will: The woman is a legend. For forty years, she nurtured a family, a marriage, a home, and a deep faith while also flourishing in a career as a professional violinist....

What an absolute unicorn-sighting-level treat to have Maria Goff on For Real! MARIA GOFF, YOU GUYS!! Maria has been a steadfast friend and mentor to me. She is the person I go to for real-world advice on family, parenting, and how to make life more beautiful. She is honest and warm and true to the bones. I can’t wait for you to get to listen in on our conversation. Maria Goff has made a career out...

This conversation was a really deep breath in and then out again. Stefanie Boyce is the best teacher of how to swim through the most treacherous, overwhelming waters and emerge with robust hope and honest faith. I hope you grab hold of her words and don’t let go. Stefanie Boyce is a speaker, yoga instructor, spiritual director, and director of The Oaks, a retreat center designed to help people cre...

If you are in need of some laughter and whimsy and a reminder of what’s good, this conversation with my friend Taylor Hughes is the ticket. Taylor is a magician, a keynote speaker, and an author, and he tells a great story. I can’t wait for you to listen in. Taylor Hughes fell in love with the art of illusion when his parents bought him a magic kit for his seventh birthday. More than thirty years...

This episode! Yowza. It is definitely one to put on your "listen-again-when-I-have-to-remember-what's-important" list, friends. For years, Jennifer Dukes Lee has been living out the heartbeat of her call to grow slow, right where we are. She is doing this countercultural thing, and we can too. I learned so much from her in this conversation and in her book, Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-Hurrying You...

Nicole Baart is a gem of gems. She writes beautiful books, she lives (and tells) rich and worthy stories, and she shares my love of Dutch pastries. You need to be her friend. Nicole's new novel, her TENTH (!), releases soon, and after loving every single one of her books, I think this one, Everything We Didn't Say , is my very favorite. I think you're going to love eavesdropping on our conversatio...

Kayla Craig is smart, sassy, deeply rooted in a rich faith, and a beautiful writer. She also does a lot of laundry at her house and loves her husband, kids, and community with wild abandon. In short, you and I want to be her friend. Kayla's new book, To Light Their Way , is absolutely luminous, and it gives words to us in moments we just can't find any on our own. I think you'll love listening in...

My guest for Episode Brand-Spanking-New-Number-One of For Real is the unparalleled Bob Goff. Bob is the New York Times bestselling author of a bunch of books that have changed the way I think and live, including Love Does, Everybody Always, Live in Grace, Walk in Love, and Dream Big. He is an internationally beloved speaker and the founder of Love Does, a nonprofit human rights organization operat...

For Real with Kimberly Stuart invites listeners to eavesdrop on conversations with folks who live and love well, create beautiful things, teach us a ton, and let us in on what they know. Never one for successful small talk (JUNIOR HIGH WAS A STRUGGLE), Kim asks her guests to get right to it, mining stories of honesty and courage and finding plenty of snort-laughter and tears along the way. They ta...