Motherhood is a Universal Language
Momnesia
Julie and Sarah are back for Season 3, Episode 3. Tween fashion, interfaith dynamics, raising kids during a pandemic, racial profiling. We nearly cover every topic in this discussion with some new friends, guests Zaiba Hasan and Uzma Jafri from the podcast Mommying While Muslim. The Mommying While Muslim podcast seeks to support American Muslim moms and the unique issues they face in a post 9/11 world.
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Time to Pivot
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Julie and Sarah are back for Season 3, Episode 2 with guest Lisa Graft. Lisa Graft is an emotional, creative, insightful, and encouraging storyteller. She’s a writer, speaker, and podcast host! Lisa is the Founder of the movement that’s changing mom-culture, I Am Mother of the Year.com, where she’s equipping and encouraging moms to move from isolation, fear, and overwhelming chaos, to community, compassion, peace, and freedom.
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Time to Pivot
Momnesia
Julie and Sarah are back for Season 3, Episode 2 with guest Lisa Graft. Lisa Graft is an emotional, creative, insightful, and encouraging storyteller. She’s a writer, speaker, and podcast host! Lisa is the Founder of the movement that’s changing mom-culture, I Am Mother of the Year.com, where she’s equipping and encouraging moms to move from isolation, fear, and overwhelming chaos, to community, compassion, peace, and freedom.
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It's Hard Work, But It's Good Work
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Today’s guest is Mary Baker-Boudissa. Mary is an educator, speaker, and advocate, working with school districts, nonprofits, and churches to create environments that value diversity and are equipped for social justice and culturally relevant responses to communities. She currently works for PCG, Inc. in Indianapolis as a Project Specialist. In ministry and in her professional life, Mary continues to use her voice to promote anti-racism and equity, while coaching allies in social justice work.
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It's Like Someone Cleaned A Window
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Today’s episode wraps up season two of Momnesia. And what better way to end season two than with the queen of podcasting herself, Lindsay Tjepkema. Lindsay is the CEO and co-founder of Casted, the first and only marketing platform built around branded podcasts. Lindsay is also the mother of three boys, including twins. She and her husband are both from Michigan, but now embrace the chaos from their home in Fortville, IN. Learn more at casted.us and engage with Lindsay on Twitter @CastedLindsay.
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Am I Strong Enough For This?
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Today’s guest is Tasha Jun. Tasha is a melancholy daydreamer, a Korean girl, wife to Matt, and mama to three little warriors: two wild boys and one little lady. She loves French fries, world maps, coffee, spicy soup and wandering the world. As long as she can remember, she’s lived and stood in places where cultures collide, longing for home. Jesus found her in the middle of her lifelong homesickness and has been leading her towards wholeness ever since.
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Fear Causes You to Wish the Days Away
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Lindsay Hotmire is a master message coach and copy expert who loves to work with coaches and leaders who know there's nothing formulaic about authenticity. She lives in the Midwest with her husband and four kids, loves wine and bourbon, and occasionally dreams about what life will be like in 5 years when she is an official empty nester. In this episode, Lindsay shares a series of vignettes that have been collected over time; tiny, little stories that come together to represent something even bigger.
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There's Light At the End of the Tunnel
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Marisella Bodrero was in corporate recruiting for 10 years prior to her starting her private career coaching program for women. After the birth of her daughter, she struggled to find her new identity as a mother and a career-driven, high-achieving woman. With the help of her supportive husband, a therapist, and her own exploration in the world of personal development, she was able to establish a clear sense of self and purpose and is grateful to serve as a coach for other women on the same journey.
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Clearing Out the Noise
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Rachel Pritz is a corporate escapee turned certified Life Coach. She focuses on helping people get unstuck, maximize their potential and create more of the life they crave. Rachel is a mom of 2 living children, Austin (6) and Zoey (3) and the mom of 3 babies in heaven. Losing her daughter to stillbirth was a pivotal moment in her life. She turned her grief into post-traumatic growth and is now living her life with gratitude and presence and helping others do the same.
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Just The Little Things
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Rev. Shannon New Spangler shares candidly about her experience with postpartum depression. This all consuming darkness made her feel like she was failing in all areas of life, including in her role as mom, spouse and pastor. At the urging of her husband, Shannon got the medical attention she needed. She offers a message of hope and encourages others who may be in that same dark place to be bold in asking for help and take comfort in knowing that you are not alone.
info_outlineIn this week’s catch up, Sarah shares about a unique and powerful experience she shared with her mom performing with SongShape, a program of The Resonance Initiative. The SongShape Chorus uses the power of singing to encourage people with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia – as well as their care partners – to create something unique, engage in community life, and rediscover the fullness of what life with dementia and Alzheimer’s can be.
Julie reports back on her trip to Denver where she participated in an Enneagram workshop hosted by The Narrative Enneagram. The Narrative Tradition offers an interactive exploration of the Enneagram through inquiry with panelists who share their personal stories and insights. Tune in to hear about this rich experience and how Julie continues to wrestle with the wisdom and insight she gained over the weekend.
Today’s guest is Suze Fair. Suze wears a lot of hats. She’s a pastor, a creative, and a professional. In her career she has worked in higher education, the marketplace, and the church. Wherever she is, she is passionate about making sure the Good News of Jesus is being shared.
Currently, Suze is the Chief Culture Officer for a community bank in Northern Indiana. She also enjoys writing & speaking about the journey of faith the Lord has invited her on (both professionally and personally).
Married for 30 + years to Kelly and they are the parents (adoptive and bio) of 3 (mostly) grown children. Suze is involved in her community, passionate about the Arts & their redemptive potential, and trying daily to figure out how to be a Good Neighbor. She also drinks way too much coffee and is tempted to daily to run away to the beach (but that’s a story for another day).
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