This is the 100th episode of the Dear Daughters Podcast recorded live just last week in Springdale, Arkansas. First I have to say that I’m blown away and entirely grateful to God for his ever present help on this journey. From the very start of this show, my end goal was to encourage you with helpful, practical advice on how to live a godly life. And I have to say, every guest on this show has brought so much wisdom to that conversation. It only seems fitting that the 100th episode takes place i...
Jul 01, 2019•44 min•Season 3Ep. 100
Do you long to create a home that offers both beauty and comfort? A space that offers both respite and connection? Meet my new friend, Kennesha Buycks. She is the creator of Restoration House , a home and lifestyle brand/blog that focuses on creating spaces that go beyond merely the aesthetic and focus on creating soulful, restorative aspects of home. When Kennesha is not busy being a wife to her amazing husband or a mama to her four kids, she spends her time writing, blogging, and encouraging o...
Jun 19, 2019•49 min•Season 3Ep. 99
Meet my dad, Bob Gerrie. He is an inspiration to all who come in contact with him. People often joke about ‘getting Bob-ed’ by his enthusiastic, warm welcome. In celebration of Father’s Day, I asked my dad to come on the podcast this week. We talk about family legacy, about what real wealth means to him, oh and of course we cry all the tears! I’m so deeply grateful to have a father like Bob Gerrie. I know you'll be inspired. Here's my dad! SHOW NOTES Here’s the video: Don’t Let the Old Man In Do...
Jun 12, 2019•19 min•Season 3Ep. 98
Over the years mentoring women, I’ve started to see reoccurring themes in our conversations. As well, Bailey Greenlees (my magnificent ministry assistant), has also seen these same themes while mentoring college women. Today on the podcast, Bailey and I share our three must-have conversations while mentoring women. We touch on ideas that we talk about with our dear daughters frequently, and we share some great books and tools to take with you as you love others well! I’ve linked below all the bo...
Jun 04, 2019•32 min•Season 3Ep. 98
Parenting in today’s world is always rapidly changing, so it makes me grateful to have a friend that’s a parenting expert. My friend, Vicki Courtney, is speaker and an author of many books about parenting including 5 Conversations You Must Have With Your Daughter and 5 Conversations You Must Have With Your Son. Vicki is a wife of 31 years, a mother of 3 grown children who all have families of their own, and she's a grandmother of 6. OH JOY! So she’s a spiritual mama with some homegrown experienc...
May 29, 2019•55 min•Season 3Ep. 97
Do you wonder feel anxious or worried about what you should be doing with your life? Well, good news ahead. My conversation with Chrystal Evans Hurst is packed with truth about how to stop the cycle of insecure and unhealthy thoughts. Chrystal is an author, encourager, and a deep well of wisdom. In her book, She’s Still There: Rescuing the Girl in You, she holds your hand and cheers you on to end the cycle of toxic thoughts and actions in your life. Our conversation was incredibly impactful and ...
May 22, 2019•46 min•Season 3Ep. 96
Who am I? What am I about? If you have ever asked yourself those kinds of questions, then you likely have also had to look back at your story. Author and spiritual director, Casey Tygrett, says that remembering your past is often one of the most courageous things you can do. He spent the past few years researching and unpacking the idea that we are who we are, because of our memories. And his newest book, As I Recall: Discovering the Place of Memories in Our Spiritual Life, speaks to these quest...
May 15, 2019•57 min•Season 3Ep. 95
If love helpful books and beautiful journals, you’ll love meeting Valerie Woerner, the owner of Val Marie Paper and author of Grumpy Mom Takes a Holiday . Her mission is to create practical tools, including her original 6-month prompted prayer journal, and content that equips women to cut through the noise of everyday life and find fullness in the presence of the Lord. She lives in South Louisiana with her husband Tyler and two girls, Vivi and Vana. And guess who lives on the same block? Her gra...
May 08, 2019•53 min•Season 3Ep. 94
Mother’s Day is just around the corner so this week on the podcast, I’m featuring another mother that you’ll love getting to know. This spiritual mama travels and speaks across the country, encouraging women to use the incredible influence God has given them to eternally impact their world. She has appeared on Good Morning America and has won national awards for her ministry work. She and her husband, Bob, live in Florida; they have five grown children (one of whom is literally known worldwide) ...
May 01, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 93
Want to know how to raise healthy teenagers? Well, we’re gonna dive into the answer to that question and more. Since Mother’s Day is just around the corner, I’m going to be talking with several moms I admire and unpack what it looks like to be a spiritually healthy mom raising spiritually healthy kids. Today I’m talking with friend, neighbor and fellow author, Kristin Schell, who happens to be the mother of several teenagers. You might remember her as the founder of The Turquoise Table movement ...
Apr 23, 2019•48 min•Season 3Ep. 92
In celebration of my new book, Dear Daughters: Love Letters to the Next Generation , releasing today … it is my DELIGHT to introduce you to my mother, Peggy Gerrie. (Though she goes by Mimi.) She is one of the MOST important people in my life. She is the reason I have energy and love to give to dear daughters in my life. I am so excited for you to know her better. :) I’m also thrilled for you to meet my dad, Bob Gerrie. Though he’s better known in our family as Papa. Together they are quite the ...
Apr 16, 2019•31 min•Season 3Ep. 91
So this week, I’m bringing you another podcast interview with a live audience. It’s my second in a series of interviews where I invite an author friend for coffee and conversation, and I invite you into my home too. This week, Emily P. Freeman is joining me for this special format I’m calling Dear Daughters Coffee and Conversation . Emily P. Freeman has been on my show before, which was all joy. Listen to DD Episode 19. If you’re interested in joining me for these live interviews (and we’ve had ...
Apr 09, 2019•50 min•Season 3Ep. 90
So this week’s podcast is pretty exciting for two different reasons … First, this is my very first podcast with a live audience. I decided to invite podcast guests to my home for coffee and conversation so that you could sit with us, listen in and then ask all the questions. I’m really excited about this format called Dear Daughters Coffee and Conversation. If you’re interested in joining me for these live interviews (and we’ve had people drive in from all over to join us) then get on the mailin...
Apr 02, 2019•43 min•Season 3Ep. 89
I believe that questions are the best way to know people better, to hear where people are with God and to help people find their way in life. Questions like … What’s your God story? What’s your guy story? And if you could reach back in your past and sit next to your younger self, what would you say to her? These kinds of questions are also an incredible opportunity to deepen a mother-daughter relationship. :) These are the questions I asked my special guest on the show today. Because I wanted to...
Mar 26, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 88
You know, I get a lot of questions about how to build or maintain good relationships in family. And I especially get questions about how to have good relationships between my kids and me. So today, I invited my 29-year-old daughter, Emily Boone, on the show to talk all things about the mother daughter relationship. We talk about a lot of things including what healthy boundaries look like between us. We also talk about what she wished she could have told me when she was younger. And oh my graciou...
Mar 20, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 87
Do you wish you had a mentor? Or would you like to be one? Or maybe you're just curious what a mentor relationship looks like?Whether crave deeper discipleship, a mentor relationship or a spiritual friendship, this is the show for you. Today I'm talking with Hayley Morgan. She's someone I've mentored over the years. And this episode, we go through the who, what, when, and how of a mentor relationship that works. And we even talk about mentor relationships that didn't work. I know you'll get a TO...
Mar 13, 2019•56 min•Season 3Ep. 86
I adore Stephanie Holden (aka Honey Holden ). She’s a southern girl, a mama to 3 grown up girls, a grandma, spiritual mama, and a pastor’s wife. I love talking with Honey because she’s the real deal. She loves Jesus and she loves the church and she loves her family. Today on the show, we talked about a lot of things including how to build a family that is connected and close and fun. And I figure Honey is the perfect go-to on a fun, Jesus-loving family. :) I also wanted to interview her because ...
Mar 06, 2019•56 min•Season 3Ep. 85
If you know your Enneagram number and sometimes wonder, “What’s next?” then you’re going to love meeting Clare Loughrige . Not only is Clare is the co-founding Lead Pastor of Crossroads Church and Ministries in Marshall, Michigan which she started with her husband, Scott, more than 25 years ago but she also provides preaching, teaching, and spiritual direction for the leadership team. In addition, she is a formally trained spiritual director for leaders with The Transforming Center in Wheaton, I...
Feb 27, 2019•58 min•Season 3Ep. 84
In a world of constant chaos and conflict, homes are often the only places of peace where souls find rest. Everybody longs for that place of comfort called home. And in today’s noisy world, home there’s an instinctive yearning to make that space a place of refuge and beauty. Author Christie Purifoy , calls this art of creating such a space, “placemaking.” In her new book, Placemaker: Cultivating Places of Comfort, Beauty and Peace she explains what it means to build a space of beauty and peace, ...
Feb 20, 2019•44 min•Season 3Ep. 83
"God has equipped you for this season. He has made you strong. Walk in it. Chin high, shoulders back. And fight for what’s important. Fight for connection, privacy, wisdom … these moments are full of wonder and wretchedness. God will use these days." Meet Kate Merrick. She’s an author, speaker, mom of three, and the cofounder of the Reality family of churches with her husband Britt. She also specializes in making up dances to The Greatest Showman soundtrack, riding a surfboard, horse, or roller ...
Feb 13, 2019•44 min•Season 3Ep. 82
Remember the time I offered to homeschool all the children? Yes, it would be in the interview with my new friend, Jessica Smartt. Jessica’s a former English teacher turned homeschooling mom of three. She’s an ESTJ, an iPhone addict (in recovery) and anxiety overcomer. She’s also an allergy mom (only slightly neurotic ;), loved by God, and wife to Mr. Fix Anything. She runs a mean 12-minute mile and can make just about anything dairy free. She’s on the podcast today creating a life giving communi...
Feb 06, 2019•40 min•Season 3Ep. 81
Suffering from a lifelong disease, I’ve been told I can’t possibly be contented. Contentment happens to us because of circumstances, after all – right? But what if contentment found in Jesus is something that everyone can experience? Something we can chase and then catch hold of? Meet Liz Carter . She’s an author and blogger who writes about life in all its messy, painful, joyous reality. She likes Cadbury chocolates and turquoise, in equal measure, and lives in the UK with her husband, a church...
Jan 29, 2019•36 min•Season 3Ep. 80
Justin Whitmel Earley was just about to turn 30 when he had a complete anxiety collapse. The years that followed were extremely dark. He went from being a former missionary in China, to a few short years later, an anxious lawyer, medicating with alcohol. He felt like a failure as a father, husband, worker and human being in general. In his recovery, Justin discovered that habits form us more than we form them. He believes the answer to our contemporary chaos is to practice a rule of life that al...
Jan 23, 2019•40 min•Season 3Ep. 79
Can I start with some BIG news that I’ve been dying to talk about …? A precious little boy was born into the world. His name is Caleb David Davis. And he is my grandson. He was born 3 weeks ago. And ohmygracious, he is beautiful. Little blonde fuzzy head. Tiny wonderful human. My heart is exploding. My grandma name is Zuzu. And Will’s name is Bear. Yes, Zuzu and Bear. Sounds like a cartoon or a children’s book. And I love it. Caleb was born the week before Thanksgiving so we’ve been traveling ba...
Dec 05, 2018•16 min•Season 2Ep. 78
Today on the Dear Daughters Podcast, I’m talking with Kristin Schell of the Turquoise Table about all things Thanksgiving. This is the final episode in what I’m calling the Thanksgiving Trio which is three episodes with three of my favorite table people. The first was with EP 75 with Bri McKoy , the second was EP 76 with Jen Schmidt and last but certainly not least is with my friend and neighbor, Kristin! Kristin reveals her biggest Thanksgiving blunder and how that led her to create one simple ...
Nov 08, 2018•39 min•Season 2Ep. 77
Need some good recipes and gathering ideas for the upcoming holidays? Yeah, me too. So I called on the experts. Last week on the Dear Daughters Podcast | Episode 75 , I talked with Bri McKoy. We talked about the most important part of the holiday and how to mix in gratitude when you're feeling lonely. This week, I invited Jen Schmidt to chat all things food, memories, and thanksgiving wonder. She’s great at breaking big things down in manageable pieces whether that’s cooking for 30 people or han...
Nov 01, 2018•35 min•Season 2Ep. 76
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year. I love gathering around the table with my dearest people, sharing affirmations and bumping elbows as we reach for one more slice of pumpkin pie. This season I’m extra grateful because I have a grandson coming Thanksgiving week ~ oh JOY!! Thanksgiving often gets overshadowed by twinkly, glorious Christmas, so I thought it would be extra wonderful to highlight Thanksgiving by talking with a few of my very favorite table people over the next thre...
Oct 24, 2018•36 min•Season 2Ep. 75
It doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful. ~ Myquillyn Smith I’m so excited to have Myquillyn Smith, otherwise known as The Nester , join me on the show today! She’s a writer, a homebody and a contentment evangelist. Her motto is, ‘It doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful.’ Isn’t that just lovely? I love her passion for helping women love their most important space, their home. Myquillyn, her husband Chad, and their three boys have moved 14 times (!!!) over the course of their married l...
Oct 10, 2018•48 min•Season 2Ep. 74
Hey there, dear one. I see you wrestling under the sadness, afraid that it’ll crush you. I know that the world can be scary and hard, and that our list of losses only grows longer as we get older. But there is good news. I believe that if you name what you’ve lost, if you sit with your grief and let it show you what has been taken from you instead of wrestling against it, that is the first step on the path back to joy. Today I’m talking about grief and loss, and about how those things can be tea...
Sep 26, 2018•15 min•Season 2Ep. 73
Do you find yourself enduring the season of life you’re in, rather than embracing it? Do you find yourself always expectantly looking ahead, putting the opportunities of today on hold because you’re distracted by your dreams for what’s next? Maybe you don’t even want to wan t to be content with what your circumstance is right now, you just want it to end! Well, today’s episode is for you, friend. I’m so excited to welcome Stephanie Holden, otherwise known as Honey Holden, to the show today. She’...
Sep 12, 2018•37 min•Season 2Ep. 72
