Girlfriends (A Podcast for Catholic Women)

Saints in the Making (with Lisa Hendey and Katie Broussard)

October 13th, 2020  |  35 mins 8 secs

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Making Daily Prayer a Habit (with Abby Fredrickson)

September 8th, 2020  |  45 mins

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My guest this week is Abby Fredricksoon, Head of Content at Hallow, a Catholic meditation app. Abby is a wife and mom, and one of the prayer guides you will hear on the innovative prayer app, Hallow. I have shared about my love for this app on the show before, so I am thrilled to bring you this conversation about all the ways that Hallow can support you in your daily prayer life.

3 Ways You’re Wasting Your Time (and how to stop)

August 25th, 2020  |  49 mins 9 secs

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This week we are talking about some ways we waste our time -- and it’s not Netflix! Here are some things you might be doing that are robbing you of joy, along with ways to break these bad habits.

Is Homeschooling Right for You?

August 18th, 2020  |  42 mins 53 secs

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Are you freaking out about the school year? What will it look like? How will you manage? How can you possibly make it work? With masks and social distance at school? With homeschooling for real for the first time? With managing your kids’ remote learning while also working and running your household? With … you fill in the blank with your own anxiety-producing scenario?

Healing After Miscarriage (with Karen Edmisten)

August 11th, 2020  |  54 mins 9 secs

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Karen and I share a conversation about a Catholic approach to miscarriage, and she shares from her own experiences of multiple losses. Why is this a rare conversation in the Church today? What are there so few resources available to support women through the grief of miscarriage?

The Plans God Has for You (with Amy Smith)

August 4th, 2020  |  34 mins 38 secs

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My guest this week is Amy Smith, author of The Plans God Has for You: Hopeful Lessons for Young Women. Amy speaks to the hearts of young women about God’s unique love for them and the plans he has for their lives, all based on her favorite Scripture passage, Jeremiah 29:11.

Throwback Tuesday: What Are You Keeping from God?

July 14th, 2020  |  37 mins 41 secs

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Are you all in for Jesus? Or is there something you are keeping from God? It has been my experience that we like to think we’re doing God’s will, but when it comes down to it, we struggle to turn over our lives to God and accept his will over our own.

Fitting In Fitness with Brittany Pearson

July 7th, 2020  |  51 mins 39 secs

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My guest this week is wife, mom, and fitness professional, Brittany Pearson who runs a health coaching business at FitMomLifetotheFullest.com.

3 Things to Do When God Feels Far Away

June 23rd, 2020  |  40 mins 50 secs

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Sometimes, because of unrest in the world or unrest in our souls or unrest in our personal lives, it can feel like God is far away. Where is God when we suffer a global pandemic, racial injustice, political violence, and war?

Faith and Hope When Facing Infertility (with Debra Vermeer)

June 16th, 2020  |  50 mins 2 secs

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This week, Girlfriends connects across the globe with author Debra Vermeer, Australian author of Life to the Full: Stories of Infertility, Faith, and a Hope-filled Future.