Listen in as Julie Interviews Meghan Fitzgerald about her new book Butterfly Out . We live life forward and understand it backward and often find the things we go through to be random and Meghan Fitzgerald has written a beautiful book about her journey to finding her purpose. In her book, she shares intimately about her journey from an eating disorder to true love and care for her body. And, once again what is most personal is actually quite universal, as Julie relates to much of her journey and...
Nov 21, 2023•42 min•Season 4Ep. 3
For the past few months, Julie has been working with the SUN project on developing what we hope will be a continuing relationship to tell real stories of moms on a journey of addiction recovery. This is the second of 2 conversations that we have recorded. Enjoy! The SUN Project is a cross-sector, collaborative system of compassionate care that uses best practices to support the health, safety, well-being, and recovery of pregnant patients with a substance use disorder, their infants, and their f...
Nov 13, 2023•35 min•Season 4Ep. 2
For the past few months, Julie has been working with the SUN project on developing what we hope will be a continuing relationship to tell real stories of moms on a journey of addiction recovery. This is the first of 2 conversations that we have recorded. Enjoy! The SUN Project is a cross-sector, collaborative system of compassionate care that uses best practices to support the health, safety, well-being, and recovery of pregnant patients with a substance use disorder, their infants, and their fa...
Nov 06, 2023•43 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Julie runs to conflict. Steve runs from conflict. We are all wired differently and have different baggage coming to conflict. Julie shares her passion for conflict and how it has been healing and surprising. How can we all work to build a world with more peaceful conflicts? Without conflict there is no true intimacy. To access the second part of The Power of Conflict on Marco Polo Sharecast, click here: Live or Later Sharecast Mentioned in the Episode: Podcast on Nonviolent Communication Continu...
Jul 25, 2023•32 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Julie and Steve talk about some of the obstacles to date night. Also a review of Grove Cartel Brewery and the adjoining Meadows @ Grove Cartel . And this week is a twofer, where we also celebrated a friends birthday with a game night! Continue the conversation ... you can send us a message or link to our social media pages at The Celebrate Story! Podcast Webpage at https://www.celebratestorypod.com/....
May 22, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Julie and Steve have a conversation about the book The Power of Fun by Catherine Price and what in the book appealed to them for their marriage, parenting and life. Here is the link to the Fun Toolkit mentioned in the episode. Continue the conversation ... you can send us a message or link to our social media pages at The Celebrate Story! Podcast Webpage at https://www.celebratestorypod.com/....
May 19, 2023•22 min•Season 3Ep. 38
The last Date Night was at Deejai Noodle Bar & Starlight on 22nd (as called in the episode, the Starlight Lounge ... whoops). We also got a story from Julie's recent trip to Atlanta for the Taylor Swift Concert. Here is the West Wing Clip mentioned in the podcast. If you are enjoying all the Celebrate Story! podcasts, please Subscribe, Like and Review in your favorite Podcast Playing App. Continue the conversation ... you can send us a message or link to our social media pages at The Celebra...
May 02, 2023•12 min•Ep. 37
Part 2 was a labor of grief and love. Julie and Steve discuss the grief that accompanies the necessary decision to leave a faith community they loved. They also discuss what they hope to find in the next faith community and their own baggage that truly effected the unhealthy ways they bonded to their previous church home. Certainty Episode Continue the conversation ... you can send us a message or link to our social media pages at The Celebrate Story! Podcast Webpage at https://www.celebratestor...
Apr 25, 2023•46 min•Ep. 36
We start with a list of memories from our 22 years of marriage. Then stories and reviews of our recent stay at the UNC Charlotte Marriott Hotel & Conference Center . Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay Continue the conversation ... you can send us a message or link to our social media pages at The Celebrate Story! Podcast Webpage at https://www.celebratestorypod.com/....
Apr 24, 2023•17 min•Ep. 35
A new podcast that lets you peak into Julie and Steve's weekly date night. Expect restaurant, brewery and attraction reviews, as well as some witty banter. Enjoy! Music by Yrii Semchyshyn from Pixabay Continue the conversation ... you can send us a message or link to our social media pages at The Celebrate Story! Podcast Webpage at https://www.celebratestorypod.com/....
Apr 12, 2023•8 min•Ep. 34
Julie and Steve reflect on memories of their childhood church experiences and reflect on how church in adulthood met needs for family and security. They begin to discuss what the process of re-evaluating their relationship with church looks like and the loss of what they once had. Listen in for an authentic conversation about the complexity of finding the right church home. Continue the conversation ... you can send us a message or link to our social media pages at The Celebrate Story! Podcast W...
Apr 10, 2023•46 min•Ep. 33
This week Steve finishes up a 2 part series of the The Grey of some social issues. This week, we talk race with Dr. Tracey Benson, co-author of the book, Unconcious Bias in Schools and founder of the Anti-Racist Leadership Academy. Please listen with an open mind to this important conversation! More about Tracey - https://traceyabenson.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/exploring-race-racism-and-unconscious-bias-in-schools/id1036167679?i=1000473775303 https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/sh...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 32
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Apr 04, 2023•56 min•Ep. 31
Steve gives his experiences and thoughts on his time with church over the last 20 + years. Then Steve and David Roberts have a discussion on the state and future of the Christian Church in the US. Hope you enjoy. David Roberts Bio and Social Media Links Continue the conversation ... you can send us a message or link to our social media pages at The Celebrate Story! Podcast Webpage at https://www.celebratestorypod.com/....
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 30
Some thoughts on why people hold certain political ideologies, a conversation with Nick Vincent on how his thoughts have changed and the state of politics today. Nick Vincent's Bio Links from todays Show: A Different Way of Thinking Podcast The elevator skit from Candid Camera https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/01/the-psychology-of-conformity/251371/ People tend to change their minds with stories of real people, not facts https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/06/media/jen-psaki-nbc/index.html...
Apr 04, 2023•57 min•Ep. 29
Steve and Julie Wagner discuss their journey through parenthood and the joy, dread and challenge that has presented. If you are enjoying the podcast please make sure you Subscribe/Follow and also leave a Rating and a Review on Apple Podcast ... it really helps the show. You can follow all that is going on at Celebrate the Grey and connect with Steve on Social Media at www.celebrategreypod.com . Music: Intro and Outro Song - Sexy Fashion Beats by Coma-Media Interlude Song - Old Photos by Olexy Co...
Apr 04, 2023•45 min•Ep. 28
This week we are talking about Work and Identity with Steve and his good friend Nick Vincent. If nothing else, you need to hear Nick's healthy take on what work means to him. Worth the listen! About Nick Vincent - Self Proclaimed, Approachable Nerd Nick Vincent is a longtime friend of the Celebrate Story! podcast team. Nick is a father of two living in northern VA with his wife, Rebecca. He is coming to terms with his athleticism and no longer competes but coaches ultimate frisbee. Nick also ser...
Apr 04, 2023•48 min•Ep. 27
In the inaugural episode of Celebrate The Grey, Steve will take us back to a turning point in his way of processing the world around him and give a set-up into what the coming weeks of the podcast will be about. Julie Wagner's Podcast Website - www.celebratestorypod.com Reference Material: Origin of the Quote "If are given something for free, then you are the product" Article on Intellectual Humility Article on Dunning-Kruger effect Music: Intro and Outro Song - Sexy Fashion Beats by Coma-Media ...
Apr 04, 2023•31 min•Ep. 26
Introduction to a new podcast from Celebrate Story! Steve Wagner presents Celebrate The Grey! We will look at a number of topics that used to feel black and white, but now fall into a Grey space. Continue the conversation ... you can send us a message or link to our social media pages at The Celebrate Story! Podcast Webpage at https://www.celebratestorypod.com/.
Apr 04, 2023•1 min•Ep. 25
Julie speaks with Lisa Sharon Harper who's recently published book draws on her lifelong journey to know her family's history, leading Christian activist Lisa Sharon Harper recovers the beauty of her heritage, exposes the brokenness that race has wrought in America, and casts a vision for collective repair. Enjoy this candid conversation! Link to the book: Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World--and How to Repair It All by Lisa Sharon Harper If you are enjoying Celebrate Story! please S...
Jul 26, 2022•58 min•Ep. 24
This week, Julie concludes her 3 Part series, 'What is the Church?', with an interview of Brian McLaren ( https://www.celebratestorypod.com/guests/brian-mclaren/). Brian is the author of more than 15 books, including Faith After Doubt, Do I Stay Christian?, and A New Kind of Christian, he is a faculty member of The Living School at the Center for Action and Contemplation. Please enjoy this great conversation between Julie and Brian! Link to Brian McLaren's new book, ' Do I Stay Christian? ' To c...
May 23, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 23
This week Julie is bringing you a great interview with Michel Hendricks, one of the authors of the book The Other Half of Church. Michel is a teacher, trainer, inventor and author. Drawing from the cross-section of the Bible and brain science, he helps churches and communities implement a relational discipleship that transforms. He is the director of Life Model consulting at Life Model Works and is the co-author with Dr. Jim Wilder of the book The Other Half of Church: Christian Community, Brain...
May 09, 2022•57 min•Ep. 22
Recent news is littered with stories of Christian churches acting badly. Laura Barringer and her father Scot McKnight had a front row seat to one of these stories at Willow Creek Community Church outside of Chicago, IL. They have theorized in their book, A Church Called Tov, that there might be a better way to do church. We hope you enjoy listening to this interesting and enlightening conversation between Julie and Laura. Laura Barringer's Bio A Church Called Tov ordering link Continue the conve...
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 21
In the first episode of Season 2 of Celebrate Story!, Julie reenacts her talk from icuTalks from March. The theme is Changing the Narrative and Julie shares just a few of the stories from her life that prompted her digger deeper for better answers to the important questions in life. Link to YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/bOp-cZHWeXA Continue the conversation ... you can send us a message or link to our social media pages at The Celebrate Story! Podcast Webpage at https://www.celebratestorypod.c...
Apr 11, 2022•24 min•Ep. 19
Introducing Celebrate The Grey , a new podcast under the Celebrate Story! umbrella. Check it out and make sure you subscribe in your favorite Podcast App. Episodes starting March 22nd. Continue the conversation ... you can send us a message or link to our social media pages at The Celebrate Story! Podcast Webpage at https://www.celebratestorypod.com/.
Mar 10, 2022•1 min•Ep. 18
Julie and Steve wrap up Season One with some thoughts on the podcast so far and some info about what is coming up next Season. Also some info about an upcoming speaking engagement Julie has at icuTalks ( www.icutalks.com ). Finally an announcement of a new podcast under the Celebrate Story! umbrella … Celebrate The Grey with Steve Wagner, Starting 3/22 and available wherever you get your podcasts Continue the conversation ... you can send us a message or link to our social media pages at The Cel...
Mar 09, 2022•20 min•Ep. 17
A couple of stories from Julie's weekend away and Steve's weekend at home with the kids leads to a discussion on seeing more than one side to life's events and the people that cross your path during such events. Also, how a trip to a crypt in the basement of a chapel can helps us appreciate sitting with both the joys and the pains of life. Books mentioned on the Podcast Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved by Kate Bowler The Wisdom of Wilderness: Experiencing the Healing Po...
Mar 01, 2022•38 min•Ep. 16
Julie and her great friend Bethany sit down to talk about a number of issues revolving around Mental Health, Faith, Motherhood, Sex and Relationships. If you are craving vulnerable, open communication and conversations, you do not want to miss this one. If you enjoyed the Podcast, please Subscribe/Follow and leave a rating and review. It really helps. Past Celebrate Story! Podcasts mentioned: Group Therapy? Untamed! An Interview with Kim Honeycutt (Part 1) An Interview with Kim Honeycutt (Part 2...
Feb 20, 2022•52 min•Ep. 15
Nobody has it all figured out. Especially Us (Julie and Steve). But we are putting in the work to strengthen ourselves and our marriage. A lot of that work has involved making our own mental health a priority. After multitudes of difficult spaces in our marriage of 20 plus years, we are thankful to be learning more tools to process the difficulties we have had in communication. We are doing the work to transform our pain, rather than transmit it to those around us. Podcast with Closet Creatives ...
Feb 16, 2022•44 min•Ep. 14
Julie and Steve discuss the vision for the remainder of the podcast season and focus on a few points from a book they both read. They discuss "usefulness" and mental health and Steve shares a little bit about processing his own experiences with mental health. Books mentioned on the Podcast: A Man Called Ove: A Novel by Fredrik Backman How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell www.celebratestorypod.com Continue the conversation ... you can send us a message or link to our ...
Feb 07, 2022•27 min•Ep. 13
