Author and therapist Brenda Yoder chats with Angela Correll, author of the book Restored in Tuscany . You won’t want to miss this conversation where you’ll learn: How to say yes to the best things for your life. The importance of lingering. Why demolition must occur before restoration. How to stop people pleasing and focus on pleasing God. And so much more! Purchase Angela’s book, Restored in Tuscany , and connect with her on her website and on Instagram and Facebook. Check out Brenda’s new book...
May 22, 2024•26 min
Author Brenda Yoder chats with her friend, Amy Jones, a farm wife featured in Brenda's new book Uncomplicated: Simple Secrets for a Compelling Life . Amy shares several lessons and practical advice applicable to listeners, no matter where you live. Lean into this rich interview and learn: The benefits of intergenerational relationships. How taking risks and trying new things doesn’t have to be complicated. How to work hard for what you want. How to find what you want to do, and then do it! Purch...
May 01, 2024•30 min
Author and therapist Brenda Yoder asks Charystin, her friend and a millennial mom, to share her family's journey of trauma, prayer, and faith. Since the emergency birth of her son, Charystin and her husband have had to make tough decisions including brain surgery. Lean into this rich interview and learn: How you can have equanimity and forbearance in hard circumstances. How prayer and faith are intrical parts of an uncomplicated life when circumstances are not. How to not just sit back when life...
Apr 17, 2024•33 min
Author and therapist Brenda Yoder chats with Lee Ann Mancini, author of Raising Kids to Follow Jesus, about raising up the next generation. This important conversation will teach you: How to develop a biblical worldview. How to practically pray and apply the Bible to your parenting. Encouragement for instilling values in a secular and polarized culture. The idea of being a parenting practitioner and how to create balance as you parent. And so much more! Purchase Lee Ann’s book, Raising Kids to F...
Apr 03, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 13
In this episode, author Brenda Yoder sits down with her friend Donna Bontrager who shares her hard-earned wisdom and uncomplicated faith in the midst of loss and suffering. Lean into this rich interview and learn: Grounded perspectives for experiencing loss and pain. How to build an intimate relationship with God that sustains you in all circumstances. How to have joy in the midst of pain. How to use your pain for God’s glory and to help others. Purchase Brenda’s new book Uncomplicated: Simple S...
Mar 20, 2024•34 min
Author and therapist, Brenda Yoder, had a front porch conversation with her readers about her new book releasing March 19–Uncomplicated: Simple Secrets for a Compelling Life. In this episode, Brenda shares how writing this book has impacted her as well as what the readers will hopefully glean: The topics are like a coming home for the reader. To recognize the influence each of us has in our ordinary lives. How "Uncomplicated" helps you to return to your core values and shed the pressure of socia...
Mar 06, 2024•28 min
Author and therapist, Brenda Yoder, had a front porch conversation with a friend and Instagram Influencer, Laura Yoder, a Shipshewana native living a compelling life in a Midwestern city. Laura helps people consume things wisely, whether it’s food, money, or time. They chat about how small-town values are transferred to contemporary, bigger city life as well as: Life skills of working hard, prudence, cooking, and contentment. How to consume wisely, whether it’s food, beauty products, or other pu...
Feb 21, 2024•32 min
Author and therapist, Brenda Yoder, enjoyed a front porch conversation with friend and author, Amelia Rhodes. They chatted about rightsizing priorities, possessions, and lifestyle as well as: How cancer led Amelia and family to reevaluate. How downsizing and simple living are hard sometimes. The importance of delayed gratification. How intentional priorities fuel the daily disciplines of simple living. Check out Amelia’s books: Isn’t it Time for a Coffee Break Pray A to Z Connect with co-host Am...
Feb 07, 2024•25 min
Author and therapist Brenda Yoder has a conversation with fellow Hoosier Angela Herrington about her new book that helps readers uncomplicate their faith journey when challenged with doubts and religious trauma. They chat about: the process of sifting and sorting through faulty beliefs and absolutes. questions to uncomplicate boundary violations. how religious trauma is erosive over time. how her new book, Deconstructing Your Faith without Losing Yourself can help the reader. Get Angela’s book D...
Jan 24, 2024•24 min
Author and therapist, Brenda Yoder, had a front porch conversation with full-time working mom and business owner, Amy Yoder, about shifting your lifestyle to match your values. You’ll glean wisdom about : Not doing everything just because you have the opportunity. Clarifying values that define your personal, family, and career goals. Uncomplicating life without compromising your dreams and goals. Being present and living in the moment even in a busy family life. Get more ideas for simplifying yo...
Jan 10, 2024•30 min
Author and therapist Brenda Yoder invites you to uncomplicate the holiday season with tips for relationships, expectations, and even holiday decor. You’ll glean wisdom about : How your physical spaces can help holiday or winter blues. Replacing social media with gentle, nurturing activities to alleviate holiday expectations. Managing social activities and relationships during the holiday season. Simple experiences make the holidays less stressful. Get more ideas for simplifying your life by preo...
Dec 19, 2023•16 min
Author and counselor Brenda Yoder invites you to her front porch as she chats with fellow podcaster, Bible teacher, and creative entrepreneur Kala Yoder. In this conversation, Brenda and Kala discuss how loss in Kala’s life spurred her to grow in Christ rather than run away from him. You’ll glean wisdom about: How significant losses bring you to a more intimate relationship with Jesus Christ. Being honest with God while still being reverent. God’s unexplainable peace in pain and tragedy. How to ...
Dec 06, 2023•30 min
Author and counselor Brenda Yoder invites you to her front porch as she thoughtfully converses with Cassie Rademaker, the Life Beyond the Picket Fence podcast producer. Cassie is a homeschooling mom, a millennial, and together with her husband, forging an uncomplicated lifestyle. In this conversation, you’ll glean wisdom about: How to be intentional about your priorities while in the middle of parenting young children. Carving contentment with a more simplified life. Controlling your workload so...
Nov 22, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Author and counselor Brenda Yoder invites you to her front porch as she relaunches the Life Beyond the Picket Fence podcast. In this conversation, Brenda interviews writer and speaker Ingrid Lochamire. You’ll glean wisdom about: How to not overcrowd your life. How to pay attention to time and how not to waste the time we have. Tempering life situations that seem to shipwreck us, but they don’t need to. Connect with Ingrid at https://ingridlochamire.com/ and on Instagram @ingridlochamire Pick up ...
Nov 06, 2023•26 min
Author and counselor Brenda Yoder invites you to her front porch as she relaunches the Life Beyond the Picket Fence podcast. In this conversation, Brenda interviews author and speaker Kim Ray Mishler. You’ll glean wisdom about: God’s faithfulness and grace in hard circumstances. How to ground yourself in the present when feeling overwhelmed with uncertainty and troubles. How to not waste your suffering, but use it instead to help others. Connect with Kim at https://www.kimraymishler.com/ Pick up...
Oct 25, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Author and counselor Brenda Yoder invites you to her front porch as she relaunches the Life Beyond the Picket Fence podcast. In this introductory episode, Brenda shares lessons she’s been learning in the quiet season of the last two years. You’ll glean wisdom about: How places where you thrive help the hard places in your life. How to be present with what’s right in front of you. Resizing your life and priorities for your current season. And what Brenda’s been doing in the last two years during ...
Oct 11, 2023•16 min•Season 4Ep. 1
The end of the school year and start of summer means life is going to get crazy...CRAZIER!! Do you ever wonder how you're going to make it?? Parenting is a really hard job. Juggling multiple schedules, emotions, and everything else pull at you from all sides and leave you utterly exhausted. If this is you, listen to today's broadcast, and soak in the encouragement and wisdom that you are okay and not alone.
Mar 10, 2023•13 min
Are you in the trenches of parenting irritable adolescents? Do you ever wonder "Who is this and where is my kid?" In this episode, Brenda speaks about the psychological and physiological changes happening during the adolescent years. This and a few other factors can help parents navigate their child through these surly tween and teen years. On top of raging hormones and body changes, children are also experiencing independence and autonomy. This can be excruciatingly difficult years to parent. I...
Jul 04, 2021•18 min
"Brokenness is a gift. This year is a gift. I think God is waking us up. I think he's calling us. I think he is allowing us to recognize we cannot do it by ourselves. We need a Savior." - Christy Lynne Wood Hello friends, hope you are having a great week! Today, we are concluding our interview with Christy Lynne Wood, talking about her life after meeting Jesus and how her heart's desire now is to introduce Him to others who are lost, fed up, and frustrated with performing based religion. Growing...
Dec 13, 2020•24 min
"You can find the real God in the real Bible, when you read it for yourself. Not what someone else has told you about it or not what you think might be there. You can find the real God." - Christy Lynne Wood Hello friends! We hope that you enjoyed your Thanksgiving last week and were able to find time to rest as well! Welcome back as we continue sitting On The Front Porch, this time talking to our friend Christy Lynne Wood about her story of faith. Christy chose the tagline Finding the Real God ...
Dec 01, 2020•22 min
Learn how to sustain your faith through big disappointments from a great interview with Andrea Miller.
Nov 13, 2020•27 min
In my interview with Andrew Miller, she shares practical tips for overcoming disappointments but also how to strengthen your faith when hope seems lost.
Nov 01, 2020•27 min
Ingrid and Brenda provide principles for how to draw close to God, both sharing from different faith perspectives.
Aug 19, 2020•28 min
Ingrid and Brenda talk today about their top three tips for family life. Join them On the Front Porch for this important episode!
Aug 05, 2020•20 min
Women are designed for relationships! Join Ingrid and Brenda as they talk about how to mentor other women in your season of life in this episode of On the Front Porch podcast series.
Jul 21, 2020•18 min
Has there been a woman in your life who has invested in you or mentored you, “coming alongside” in a way that left a lasting impact? Brenda and Ingrid continue their summer conversations On the Front Porch by talking about women who have influenced them, both formally and casually. Ingrid has called them “Bettys” in honor of an early mentor of her. Both Brenda and Ingrid share about three women whose influence and example have guided and inspired them in their faith and in their roles as women. ...
Jul 08, 2020•22 min
God created us for community and the smaller space of friendship. This week On The Front Porch, Brenda and Ingrid talk about friendship. Their own friendship began in their local community almost ten years ago! In this episode, Ingrid and Brenda talk about important qualities of friendship. These include: Healthy, nurturing friendships Honesty Trust The importance of reciprocity Boundaries in friendship And more! In addition, Ingrid and Brenda each share a unique friendship from a specific seaso...
Jun 23, 2020•25 min
Brenda has invited her good friend Ingrid to join her in a summer podcast series for conversations On the Front Porch. Between the two of them, they have over 100 years of lifetime wisdom of life, faith, and family, beyond the storybook image. Join Brenda and Ingrid for a front porch chat! In complying with the COVID 19 stay-at-home orders, Ingrid and Brenda realized how much they missed interacting with others outside of family. As local communities open us, they want to help you find ways to e...
Jun 09, 2020•24 min
We have exciting news! The Life Beyond the Picket Fence podcast is starting a new series titled "On the Front Porch" for season three. Brenda is excited to bring Ingrid Lochamire on the podcast with her where they''ll share insights, wisdom, and authentic conversation. You last heard them together on the Valuing Motherhood series at the end of season two. Between the two of them, they have over 100 years of lifetime wisdom of life, faith, and family, beyond the storybook image. Join us! The Firs...
May 26, 2020•22 min
In this episode and the last, Brenda shares Part Two of her interview with Ingrid Lochamire, a woman whose journey has powerful lessons from which to learn. Today's episode is powerful for parents helping their kids through crisis. You won't want to miss it!
Mar 31, 2020•25 min
