The Modern Lady Podcast

When the culture hits low, we hit high!  In February this year, we began the discussion on how our choices in entertainment can make a lasting impact on our families and on society as a whole.  Not only are those sentiments still true today, but they may actually be even more relevant now, more than 6 months later!  This week, we give an update on how we're still navigating the disc...

Have you felt it lately? The "levelling up" in the world's chaos and unsettledness?  Perhaps you've felt, as we have, an interior motivation to respond to the outside disorder with a "levelling up" in our own homes, particularly in our cleaning and organizing. This week, Michelle and Lindsay discuss common elements they see between growing through the "Stages of the Interior Life" of Catholic...

"As goes the family, so goes the nation and the whole world in which we live." (Pope St. John Paul II) We can see throughout history how critical strong family identity and culture is in the wider society, but where does one even begin? And why should it be a prominent discussion in our homes? This week, Michelle and Lindsay discuss all the benefits to developing a family culture and share some of...

For many families, deciding what to do this school year may have been fraught with worry and unease. In this interim episode, Michelle and Lindsay discuss some of the considerations and philosophies that the Murray family have experienced over their homeschooling journey so far that they hope will help assuage some of the nerves and concerns over heading into a homeschool year like no other!

When you think of the word "leisure", what comes to mind? This week, Michelle and Lindsay discuss how understanding true, authentic leisure is more complex than they originally realized and why it is more important than we often give it credit for!

Home is what you make it!  And here to help keep us motivated and focused is the Homemakers Creed!  This week, Michelle and Lindsay take the statements of this domestic manifesto point by point and discuss all the heart, art and nobility that lies therein!

Chaos and disorder seem to run rampant these days.  This week, Michelle and Lindsay start the discussion on what it means to live according to right order, why eschewing chaos is so important (especially today!) and how seeking an orderly life and society begins by working on ourselves first.

Our culture and lives today seem filled with noise, deafening and blaring... and non-stop!  But were we made to live with this constant tumult?  This week, Michelle and Lindsay end the second season of The Modern Lady Podcast for their annual summer break with an ode to the power of silence - why it's necessary, why retreat is not always weakness and why "longing for the long-form" may b...

Right now, our families and the world need for us to stand firm for truth and be a light in the face of such devastating darkness.  As Christians, this is our calling, but we are not sent out unarmed and ill-equipped!  This week, Michelle and Lindsay discuss the power of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, why they are so necessary and how each of them plays a pivotal role in uniting us ever f...

Being truly courageous, especially today, is a far more nuanced endeavour than we realize.  It is an ongoing process of growth that requires heart work and real life relationship, humility and a willingness to sometimes take the calculated, unpopular risk.   This week, we discuss the power of personal testimony, the ineffectiveness of false bravado and the confident courage that can...

Last week, Michelle and Lindsay shared a little bit about their financial journeys and discussed the personal "whys" that motivate them to avoid debt and plan for the future.  In today's episode, the discussion continues with a look into some further considerations when it comes to money and wealth: from usury to the prosperity gospel to true Christian charity, the ladies cut to the heart of...

Kicking off a two-part episode on finances, Michelle and Lindsay are beginning a discussion on family finances, debt and future planning by sharing their personal journeys so far!  In response to a recent listener question, the ladies chat about how their views on money have changed over the years, living as one-income families in today's world and why, especially when it comes to the family...

This week, it's all about women's intuition: from the biological to the psychological to the theological... and why we can and should "trust our guts"!  We've all had moments where we've just had a sense about what we should do in a particular situation.  This week, Michelle and Lindsay chat about all the ways that women, in particular, seem to be purposefully designed to be attuned to o...

When it comes to playing with our children, it seems we can sometimes be conflicted.  We may not always WANT to play house or with Legos... and so what do we do when those feelings of duty threaten to drown out the pleasure of spending time with our kids?  This week, the Ladies discuss play as parents and share some of the childhood memories that inspire them to seek out ways to playfull...

Humanity has changed and adopted many things throughout history "in the name of progress".  From our perspective in history, however, we can look back and see how some of this progress may have actually set us back, in terms of our relationships and priorities.  This time of living through a pandemic has been a big opportunity for many people to be able to sit back and reflect on what th...

The ability to see beauty all around you, wherever you are, is a skill worthy of cultivation... especially these days!  Beauty truly does permeate our world but often it takes a keen eye and willing participation to bring it to the forefront.  This week, Michelle and Lindsay discuss some of the ways they seek out extraordinary beauty in their "ordinary" and offer some tips on how we can...

Developing a "growth mindset" is a practice that had already been encouraged by psychologists, even before pandemic struck.  In these strange times, familiarizing ourselves with this concept can be more helpful than ever!  This week, Michelle and Lindsay discuss a viral graphic making its rounds on social media and chat about how moving through zones of fear, learning, and then growth is...

It's our annual Spring Trends guide, here at The Modern Lady Podcast!  From Tiki bars to oat milk, crochet dresses to sour beers, here is your definitive rundown on what to keep an eye on for the up and coming spring and summer seasons!  Join us for a chat and a laugh as we hash out the good, the bad... and yes, even the ugly!

Last week, the Harvard Business Review posted an article called, "That Discomfort You're Feeling is Grief" and it struck a chord with many people in these strange days of COVID-19.  In this episode, Michelle and Lindsay take a closer look at some of the standout points of this article and discuss how it can help us pinpoint how we're *really* feeling right now.

Albert Einstein once remarked, "The exaggerated esteem in which my lifework is held makes me very ill at ease.  I feel compelled to think of myself as an involuntary swindler."  Imposter Syndrome, the inability to believe one's success is deserved or legitimately achieved, has much more common than most of us think.  This week, Michelle and Lindsay discuss what Imposter Syndrome is,...

"The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." (John 1:5) Can people truly change?  What about people who seem completely unreachable and lost in the darkness?  Always, there is hope and there is God.  That is the message woven throughout this week's episode, in which Lindsay shares her incredible story of how the steadfastness and faithfulness of God call...

Pop Quiz!!  What do pretzels, Tim Hortons, the Filet'o'Fish and German beer have in common? Believe it or not, they have all originated from or been influenced by traditional Catholic practices during the liturgical season of Lent! Historically, these devotions are steeped in genuine, deeply contrite intentions. Could it be time to revive and reclaim these valuable parts of our Catholic herit...

... do you just have some unmet needs that have gone unaddressed for a while?  Self-care is still a huge part of the wider cultural conversation.  It's empowering to consider how much control each of us have over the small, daily choices we can make that can help us fill our proverbial buckets!  This week, Michelle and Lindsay muse on the different ways we can acknowledge potentiall...

In our culture, it's easy to use the word "love" to encapsulate many levels of affection for many different relationships.  We may "love" cheeseburgers and also deeply "love" our spouse, for example!  But the ancient Greeks had a much more clearly defined understanding of the different kinds of love!  Based on C.S. Lewis' The Four Loves, Michelle and Lindsay dig deeper into each of...

In our culture, and in our pursuit of health, we are so mindful of what exactly we are putting into our bodies, from the foods we eat to the cleaning products we stock up on.  But what about our minds and imaginations?  What are we willingly allowing into our souls, especially in regards to the entertainment we consume?  In this week's episode, Michelle and Lindsay start the convers...