Reframing our Stories: The Podcast

As a biblical scholar, Jennifer Bird wants to have honest, I mean really honest, conversations with others about what the Bible does and does not say on any given topic. Her personal background and feminist framework mean that she is particularly interested in the topics of women, sex, sexuality, and relationships. What potentially unhealthy expectations and practices are alive and well in our soc...

Tami Hackbarth is a life coach and the host of the 100% Guilt-Free Self-Care podcast. She works with women who want to get their time and energy back so they can go after their big dreams and create the world they want to live in. In our conversation, Tami notes a recent focus in her podcast on managing through the pandemic - check out episode 56: 10 Tips for Feeling Less Like Shit . She believes...

In Linda’s book Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free , she discusses what it was like as an Evangelical girl growing up in purity culture and the effect it had on her sexuality. The book also highlights the countless other women who she interviewed nationwide on the same topic. Whenever I do workshops within a church community, I recomm...

In this episode I talk to Dave Kellan, a musician in the greater New York area. Dave and I went to high school together and I always admired the way he followed his love for music. Dave has won multiple awards and competitions for his music and has opened for bands like Uncle Kracker and Bowling for Soup. His love for music has carried him through difficult times of grief, which you will hear abou...

Kelly Conroy is the creator of Fierce Unfolding, an organization with a mission to build community, dismantle internalized patriarchy, and facilitate systemic change. She offers space for women to cultivate self-awareness and know themselves, to heal and love who they are. In this episode, we talk about the paths to motherhood and the unspoken expectations, loss and identity challenges that many w...

In this episode, I’ll introduce you to Tory High. I have known him since college and it has been a joy to see Tory pave a path for himself helping others achieve health and wellness as a personal trainer, and also share and motivate about being a strong and attentive parent through his business called The High-Powered Dad.   Discussing race can be challenging - I struggle to find my own words, but...

My good friend Sara Johnson does amazing racial equity work as a Founding Partner with The Truth & Titus Collective .  Trigger warning for listeners -- in this episode, we talk about the death of a child.  We also discuss church, fear, risk and learning to be uncomfortable.  These are hard subjects for many, so please do what you need to do and care for yourself.

In today’s episode, I’m going to introduce you to my dear business partner, Jenny Mohler. She talks about her childhood and growing up in a family where the real conversations around sexuality just didn’t happen and how that affected her going forward. I think many of us can relate to this one. Let’s dive in!

In the pilot of Reframing Our Stories, I’ll tell a little bit about my story and passion behind this podcast. I believe stories have the power to transform us as people and I want to share some truly inspiring stories from guests in all aspects of life. Our stories can be scary and beautiful. That's what this podcast is about.