#MomLife

On this episode, we are doing something different! Many of you have told me that I should be interviewed, that I should share my story with all of you! Though that makes me a little nervous because my story is messy, I have agreed to do it! So for this final episode of our first season, Shannon Cunningham will be interviewing me! I am pretty much going to talk about my failed life as a super-Chris...

On this episode, I’ll be speaking with Rechelle Nau, one of the leaders of Community Bible Study here in La Jolla. Rechelle is an incredible mama, but becoming a mom has rocked her world and challenged her faith. I can’t wait to share this powerful story with you ladies. When I recorded her, I sat in our studio just crying. So get ready, ladies, for a powerful testimony.

On this episode, I’ll be speaking with my friend and amazing mom, Jen Foss. Jen has 3 boys, ages 7, 5, and 3 and she is going to share with us about parenting boys and also share how she has learned to rely on the Lord to overcome the burdens of stress and anxiety in her life. Whether you have boys or not or whether you struggle with anxiety or, are a much better person than me and are always peac...

So it’s crazy that this gal, who looks so put together, has such a backstory. I was honestly shocked when she started sharing it with me. Jenny experienced physical abuse from her own father and because abuse seemed like normal to her, from a boyfriend as well. It’s a rough story, and we get into some tears, but God is faithful!

On this episode, I’ll be speaking with Megyn Caston, who founded the ministry Marriage 365 with her husband Casey. Though I will ask her a few marriage tips, I really want to ask her about her personal journey and how she has worked through some major control issues in her life. If you have ever struggled with needed to be in control—which really, ladies, who hasn’t?—then listen in to my conversat...

This week Christine shares her story of walking through infertility, of adoption, and of how her faith journey was impacted by all of that.

Today we're joined by my dear friend, Natalie Muir, an immigrant from South Africa, a dear friend of our family, and a great guide for her family through transition.

Today I’m excited to bring back this amazing mama of faith, Christine Nieman. We’re getting real today. We are talking about extending grace & forgiveness to our own moms. Christine is sharing her own journey and share the practical steps she has been going through to forgive. It’s hard, but it’s life changing.

In our #MomLife gathering,we've been discussing the book, "Discipline That Connects with Your Child’s Heart", by Jim & Lynne Jackson. It's a wonderful book that many of us connected with, and I'm inviting two of our Moms, Jeni Oh Denton and Karin Lee into the studio today to talk to you about it.

On today’s episode, I’m excited to introduce you to my new friend Keri Dailey! Keri is a mama of 2, she is a worship leader, AND she’s leading worship for our next women’s retreat in March of 2020! And today I’m excited to learn about your faith journey and particularly your heart for worship!

On today’s episode, I’m excited to introduce you to my friend Megan Lizotte. Megan is a mama and she’s a passionate runner. She has spent her adult life competing on a national and international level. Megan is also passionate about her relationship with Jesus. But recently, Megan has experienced a ton of pain physically that has hampered her ability to run. Today, I want to ask Megan about her fa...

On today’s episode, I’m really excited to bring back one of our local moms, Marcia Branstetter. Marcia is talking about helicopter parenting, how to avoid it, and the even worst lawnmower parenting. What does it all mean? Give a listen to the episode and find out!

On today’s episode, I’m really excited to share the story of one of our local moms, Dani Bartels. Dani’s husband had a serious health scare last year and we are going to talk about how that impacted her faith journey. I’ll give a spoiler alert, Dani’s husband is fine now so we’re not sharing a sad story with all of you. Dani shares about how this awful experience affected her faith. What do we do...

On today’s episode, I’m super excited to interview one of our newer mentor mamas, Michelle Lebeau. For the last couple weeks at #Momlife, we have been talking about issues the come up in our marriages and a major one is communication. I was so encouraged personally when Michelle shared at #Momlife so I wanted to bring her story to all of you.

Welcome to the 38th episode of the #Momlife podcast! On today’s episode, I’m super excited to introduce you to my new friend Mallory Brown! Mallory is an everyday mama trying to raise her kids to follow Jesus, she works in ministry with athlete’s wives, plus hear how she is trying to foster a Christ-centered identity in her kids.

Welcome to the 37th episode of the #Momlife podcast! On today’s episode, I’m again hanging out with this amazing mama, Stephanie Thompson! Today we are going to talk about prayer and probably a lot of moms out there are like, how do I pray? So today we are going to talk about praying with authority.

Welcome to the 36th episode of the #Momlife podcast! On today’s episode, I’m super excited to introduce you to my new friend Sarah Baruchi. Sarah has 4 kids and she is on staff with her husband at All People’s Church. Sarah has experienced great loss and disappointment in her faith journey and she is going to share about that and the wisdom she gained through it.

On today’s episode, I’ll be speaking with these two lovely young ladies, Morgan Cunningham & Meredith Strange. So mamas, these two represent exactly what so many of us hope for in our kids: they grew up in the church, are now in college away from home, and are independently pursuing their own faith journeys.

On today’s episode, I’m again bringing in one of my favorite mamas, and coach extraordinaire, Marcia Branstetter! Three weeks ago we talked about kids and self-confidence and today we’re going to talk about a topic that relates: losing! It’s actually kind of good for us sometimes.

On today’s episode, I’m bringing in one of my favorite mentor mamas, Susie Dhus! We’re continuing our 3-part series discussing how we talk about self-confidence, body image, and sex with our kids. In this third episode, we are going to talk about sex. When should we talk to our kids about it and then what should we say?

On today’s episode, I’m again bringing in one of my favorite friends, Jenny Oh! We’re continuing our 3-part series discussing how we talk about self-confidence, body image, and sex with our kids. Today we're sharing about body image, especially thinking about how we teach about it to our girls.

On today’s episode, I’ll be once again interviewing my dear friend and the amazing mentor Mom, Shannon Cunningham. Shannon is the mother of two amazing kids, who are each doing amazing things. Where did her kids gain the confidence that we all want to install in our own children? Listen on and find out...

On today’s episode, I’ll be speaking with 3 mentors from our #Momlife group, Deanne Rhode, Leslie Evans, & Michelle Lebeau. I’m going to ask these 3 mentors how they kept perspective during the holidays.

On today’s episode, I’ll be interviewing this amazing woman, . Pam shares her personal story of faith with us today.  She talks about feeling like an outsider and also shares a story of tragedy in her family and how her faith helped her through it.

Welcome to the 28th episode of the #Momlife podcast! On today’s episode, I’ll be interviewing this amazing woman, Yolanda Kaunda. Yolanda lives in Malawi and she’s here right now because her church, Lingadzi Presbyterian partners with ours and we send teams back and forth to encourage each other. I want to ask Yolanda more about her story and ask her about her hopes and dreams and fears as a mama.