Girlfriends (A Podcast for Catholic Women)

5 Ways to Be More Confident

August 6th, 2019  |  42 mins 1 sec

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Do you struggle with confidence? I think many of us feel alone in our anxieties and insecurities, but it’s very common to lack confidence sometimes. Whether you are starting a new work project, or building a friendship, or growing in your marriage or spiritual life, or setting health goals, many of us worry that we will fail and struggle to feel like we are in control of our circumstances.

Sorting Your Stuff with Lisa Lawmaster Hess

July 30th, 2019  |  48 mins 9 secs

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Are you working on organization this summer? Or thinking about ways to approach the fall season with a fresh, new, de-cluttered home or workplace? Today’s guest is here to help. Without guilt or any measure of negativity, Lisa Lawmaster Hess gives you the tools you need to get organized at last.

Taking on the World with Olivia Colombo

July 23rd, 2019  |  43 mins 3 secs

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I can’t wait for you to meet Olivia Colombo! She is going to encourage you! Olivia is a young adult podcaster, speaker, and activist who is making changes and encouraging others with her positive energy in the Church and in her community. She and I chat about young adults in the Church, being a pro-life witness on college campuses, and the importance of striving for holiness, no matter what your age or stage of life. I also answer listeners’ feedback about handling failure and how to deal with anxiety over our children’s health.

So You Want to Change Your Husband

July 16th, 2019  |  47 mins 12 secs

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Who among us doesn’t want to influence our significant other? And this is not always a bad thing! We want good things for our husbands and we want them to become all that God has planned for them to be, and so we … nudge, nag, suggest, and criticize. But these are not great ways to communicate. Let’s talk about some ways you can work with your husband to unite you both in common goals, instead of dividing you.

How to Make Schooling Choices for Your Kids

July 9th, 2019  |  45 mins 12 secs

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Should you homeschool, or send your kids to public school, private school, online school, charter school, or some combination of these things? These are hard decisions we have to make as parents, and at the end of this school year is an opportune time to think about how you will educate your children in the coming year. Listener Carol recently asked if I would share the reasons why we chose to homeschool our kids, and I share those thoughts at the beginning of this episode.

Mary, Our Queen and Our Mother (with Marge Fenelon)

July 2nd, 2019  |  44 mins 48 secs

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What is your relationship with Mary like? Do you struggle sometimes to feel close to our mother in heaven? Author Marge Fenelon writes extensively about Mary, from personal experience and from a historical perspective. Her newest book is My Queen, My Mother: A Living Novena. She joins me for a conversation about this book and others this week. Check out all of Marge’s work at her website, MargeFenelon.com.

Healthy Ways to Handle Failure

June 25th, 2019  |  40 mins

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Failure feels terrible. Maybe you didn’t get a job you applied for, maybe your idea for a school fundraiser was a total dud, or maybe you just got impatient and yelled at your kids. Again. When we fail, we are sometimes tempted to live in denial or drown our sorrows in unhealthy ways, but this week I want to invite you to spend some time thinking about healthy ways to respond to failure—so we can learn and grow from our experiences.

Girlfriends LIVE: Sharing Your Faith with Others

June 18th, 2019  |  49 mins 6 secs

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This week’s show was recorded live on Facebook with listeners interacting with me live as I recorded! This was a fun way to do the show and I hope you enjoy listening to it, even after the fact. We talked about the topic of sharing your faith with non-believing family and friends. How can we avoid conflict and share authentically in a way that might inspire others to explore the Faith themselves?

How to Plan a Wedding and Not Lose Your Soul

June 11th, 2019  |  54 mins 29 secs

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Living Abundantly with Katie Curtis

June 4th, 2019  |  26 mins 12 secs

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This week I am excited to share a recent conversation I had with my friend, author Katie Curtis. Katie is a wife, mom, and author of The Wideness of the Sea, a beautiful novel about a young woman’s life transition in her career and among her family members and romantic interests. I loved reading this book recently and know you will enjoy it too!