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Send us Fan Mail Now it’s time to get to know Allie. Nicole interviews her as we spend some time learning about Allie outside of her being a mom and wife. This is our last episode before our big 3 year anniversary episode. Let’s get excited!!! 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 We are gearing up for our 3 year anniversary. On our podcast we talk a lot about who we are moms and wives, but we do not always talk about who we are outside of that. This week we get to know Nicole a little bit better as Allie interviews her.  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 For our final episode in our “How to talk to your kids” series, Allie is back and her and Nicole talk about disabilities. Nicole has a daughter with a physical disability and Allie worked with adults with intellectual disabilities for 14 years. In this episode we share how we talk to our kids and other kids about people who are differently abled.  Subscribe to our email subscripti...

Send us Fan Mail Melissa Luepke and Nicole had such a great conversation that it continues in this week’s episode. In this episode they talk about how to talk to your kids about loss. Losing in sports, academics and in arts can be hard to stomach, but it is a part of life. They also talk about how to talk to your kids about romantic relationships. Teaching your kids the importance a healthy marria...

Send us Fan Mail Some topics are just not easy to talk to your kids about. Thank you to Melissa Luepke for being our guest speaker. She is a wife and mother of 3 teenagers, and came to share her wisdom with us moms. She is also a Director of Christian Education at Nicole’s church and has worked with youth for 20+ years. She and Nicole talk about lots of hard topics. In this episode they talk about...

Send us Fan Mail This episode we spend time reflecting on challenges and triumphs we had in 2024. We share how we can move forward with the good and to grow from the not so good. It’s good to remember both and to learn from it.  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 It’s a new year and we need to set our focus on things we can do to better ourselves. How can we focus more on our children, spend more time with our husbands, and live a healthier lifestyle? Listen to our episode about our goals for 2025, how we plan to accomplish them and get inspired to set your own goals! Subscribe to our email subscription here and get blog posts early, behin...

Send us Fan Mail Enjoy our last episode of the season! We talk about our holiday plans and all the fun things we enjoyed this year. From kid milestones to favorite podcast episodes. We will be taking a few weeks break to spend time with family over the holidays. We will see you again January 13! Subscribe to our email subscription here and get blog posts early, behind the scenes info, early merch...

Send us Fan Mail Some people believe that if you and your spouse never fight than you have the perfect marriage. In this episode we talk about how some fights are important and when handled the right way can actually better your marriage. We share some of our pettiest fights and some of best solutions to ending a fight.  Subscribe to our email subscription here and get blog posts early, behind the...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever slapped a person in the face with a banana? This week we talk about all the fun things that happened when we did church ministry and when we were youth in the church. If you want to here our crazy stories then this is the perfect episode to jump into!  Subscribe to our email subscription here and get blog posts early, behind the scenes info, early merch drop informat...

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!