Hey friends! As you may have guessed, this is the "we're going on break" episode. PLEASE stay connected and reach out to Lauren and Joanna, and know that they love you all and are deeply encouraged by the community that has been created with this podcast. If there's anything you'd like to hear from them in the future, let them know! Until then, stay wild and beautiful. Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com
Happy Star Wars day! May the fourth be with you. This week we’re discussing the Fruits of the Spirit, but laying the foundation for our pursuit of them through humility first. What does the Bible have to say about it? What behaviors do we exhibit that separate us from God? What would it look like to build our habits around embodying and cultivating spiritual fruit? SHOW NOTES This episode’s reading is from Romans 12: 1-5; and Galatians 5: 19-22, taken from the NLT Study Bible. If you’d like to p...
Hello friends! Jo and Enriquez have officially entered into maternity leave, and have left you all in the somewhat questionable hands of producer Kyle. For the first guest host week we will be discussing anxiety and worry, and specifically hearing an excerpt from Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount. -How do we respond to anxiety and worry as believers? -Does our use of professional help and medication undermine God’s ultimate provision? -How can we support others, both believers and non-believers? SHOW ...
Happy Easter! Today on Wild + Beautiful… 🎉 HUGE GOOD NEWS! A federal judge has ruled that the FDA illegally approved the abortion pill in the U.S. We’ll be praying as this case progresses. ✋ We break down the two biggest threats to ending abortion in the U.S. 📢 We have a special announcement! Our babies are coming, but our show isn’t going anywhere. Have topic ideas for Kyle? Share them here! Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com ☕ Like our show? Buy us a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wbpod...
Today on Wild + Beautiful… ✝️ The Easter Triduum is here – are you ready for renewal? 🙏 Why thoughts and prayers ARE the appropriate response after a tragedy. 💙 It’s good to ponder things in our hearts before deciding how or whether to act. What do you think? Write to us: Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com ☕ Like our show? Buy us a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wbpod 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel SHOW NOTES What is the Easter Triduum? More from EWTN https://www....
🎶 Find out what it means to me 🎶 Today on Wild + Beautiful… ⚽⚽ Are soccer referees teaching us more about respect for authority than law school deans?! (Spoiler alert: YES.) 👨👶 We all have authority figures in our lives, and sometimes our relationships with them are complicated. Our faith weighs in. 🌟 Authority can be a stabilizing force and guiding light in our life – and that’s GOOD. What do you think? Write to us: Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com ☕ Like our show? Buy us a coffee! https...
Today on Wild + Beautiful… 🖊️ Jo advises listeners to use caution when borrowing pens from friends 🕮 Sorry mom… “Be nice!” may not always be good advice What do you think? Write to us: Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com ☕ Like our show? Buy us a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wbpod 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel SHOW NOTES 1 Corinthians 13 Love is patient, love is kind Galatians 5:22 The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness Wellesley College...
Today on Wild + Beautiful… 🎤 What does the popular say about our culture? 📺 What we consume does affect us. How can we be discerning? 🎭 What is beauty and how do we experience it in a degraded culture? What do you think? Write to us: Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel LINKS NYC’s new “Satanic golden medusa” is a damning indictment of American pop culture. Catholic News Agency: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253489/how-the-satanic...
Today on Wild + Beautiful, Enriquez interviews Ericka Andersen, author of the new book “Reasons to Return: Why Women Need the Church and the Church Needs Women.” ⛪ Whether you’ve never missed a Sunday, you’ve been away for a while, or you’ve never attended church, this conversation is for you. 👪 Taking kids to church can be difficult. Ericka shares where to find encouragement to stay the course with our kids. 👩 Why women need the church and the church needs women Were you ever away from Church...
Today on Wild + Beautiful… 🛑 Did you grow up in “purity culture”? We deconstruct wrong teachings on modesty. 📱 How do we navigate modesty in the social media realm, where skin is currency? 👫 Are women responsible for the purity of men? Maybe the answer is less black-or-white than we’ve been told. What do you think? Write to us: Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel LINKS & QUOTES The Catechism of the Catholic Church on the 9th Commandmen...
Today on Wild + Beautiful… ✝️ It’s Lent… again! Let’s prepare our hearts for the Resurrection. 📝 Lent rhymes with ment…al health! How’s yours? 💕 There’s a God-shaped hole in the heart of every human. We discuss. Write to us: Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel LINKS & QUOTES Our Lent 2022 episode (a primer on Lent) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lent/id1601284314?i=1000552101674 John Paul II’s World Youth Day Address https://www....
You’ve heard us mention her numerous times on our podcast, and now she’s finally here! Alison Centofante is a mom, a media powerhouse and pro-life advocate. Most importantly, she’s one of our dearest friends. “Lean in” culture, and how its main champion seems to be backing away What being a “working mom” looks like in different seasons Is it Biblical to work AND be a mom or are we to focus on one calling at a time? What fears or questions do you have about working and parenting? If you’re doing ...
Today on Wild + Beautiful… 🤰🤰 Jo and Enriquez share what it’s like to be called “elderly” pregnant women and how they’re coping with old age. 📰 They break down some troubling news stories… and why there is reason for HOPE in the headlines. 🎤 We have a special guest coming next week. Any guesses? Have a topic or news story you want us to cover? Tell us about it: Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel LINKS & QUOTES “Secularization Revisit...
Today on Wild + Beautiful… 👰 Jo and Enriquez share their stress coping mechanism. There are mail-order brides in the story. 🗣️ Jo testified for LIFE at an abortion hearing in Washington… and pulled zero punches. 🕮 Enriquez reviews the book “Discipline Is Destiny” by Ryan Holiday. 👭 Bad habits and addictions… Shia LeBeouf reminds us why we need each other. And we want to hear YOUR voice. Did you have to overcome anxiety to speak an important truth? Tell us about it: Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gm...
A lot of the most “controversial” topics also happen to be the most important topics in our culture today. Jo and Enriquez have a conversation that explores why people stay silent on the issues that matter & how we can find our voices. And we want to hear YOUR voice. Did you have to overcome anxiety to speak an important truth? Tell us about it: Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel...
In 2022, we saw the historic reversal of Roe v. Wade. But the pro-life movement still has a lot of work to do! Abortion is still legal and accessible in 75% of America. Today Jo and Enriquez discuss… 📰 The latest abortion news you should know 🤦♀️ Oh no she didn’t… a Congresswoman uses Jeremiah 1:5 to DEFEND infanticide 💊 The abortion pill has become the deadly drug epidemic no one is talking about 🛑 Why Planned Parenthood has GOT to go 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel...
Today Enriquez chats with pro-life activist and mom Christine Yeargin. You’re going to be amazed by Christine’s story and how it led her to help pregnant mothers today in a BIG way. They chat about… 🤰 Becoming a single mom 👨 The indispensable role of men in our lives 🚸 Raising Christian kids in a secular world 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel LINKS https://www.christineyeargin.com/ Follow Christine on social media and learn more about her ministry to assist moms in cris...
Happy 2023!! It’s the show’s 1-year anniversary, and a new year. We’re taking a step back to consider the role resolutions and goals can play in our lives as Christians. 💓 God knows His plans for us… but is it OK for us to make plans, too? 🤝 How do we keep God at the center of our journey? 📝 Jo’s pastor-dad created a resource we’re sharing with YOU! 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel LINKS & BOOKS Pastor John’s Resolutions Worksheet SCRIPTURES & QUOTES: Jeremiah 2...
Today on Wild+Beautiful, we have a kid-friendly episode for you! 🎁🎁🎁 Our children (...8 of them…) read the Nativity Story from the Gospel of Luke. 🕮 Follow along here! 🕮 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%201&version=NIV We begin at Luke 1:5 and end with Luke 2:39 Thank you for this incredible year together. We can’t wait to see you again in 2023! 🎉🎉🎉...
Today on Wild + Beautiful, Jo and Enriquez unpack the new “Respect for Marriage Act” and how the attempt to redefine marriage has failed. LINKS: The (Dis)respect for Marriage Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8404 Obergefell case https://www.oyez.org/cases/2014/14-556 Judge in NY recognizes “throuples” https://nypost.com/2022/10/08/nyc-judge-rules-in-favor-of-polyamorous-relationships/ Our interview with Patrina Mosley https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/christian-flo...
Gratitude is a lot more than a motivational slogan. It’s rooting ourselves in the reality of God’s love. Today, Jo and Enriquez talk about what it means to live out gratitude every single day. 💓Why gratitude is so transformative and important. 🤝 Practicing gratitude deepens our relationships and strengthens our mental health. 🤰 Jo has a story you don’t want to miss ;) 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel SCRIPTURES: God wants what is GOOD for us: John 10:10 “…I came that yo...
Andrew Klavan is a popular podcast host with The Daily Wire, best-selling author, screenwriter, and most importantly, a dear friend. Just in time for Christmas shopping, we’re talking about his books and some of his recommended reads, as well as culturally tame topics like the battle between belief and unbelief, and the importance of women as women. 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel LINKS to Klavan’s books discussed on the podcast: The Truth and Beauty The Great Good Thing:...
Advent invites us to prepare and celebrate Christmas in a way that our secular culture overlooks. We have four weeks to prepare for the Messiah - and celebrate the Christian "new year"! Share your traditions with us: wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com 📅 Jo and Enriquez discuss resolutions for the Christian new year which starts November 27! 🥐 What are some of our Advent traditions… and is it OK to change them if they’re not working for us? 📚 We have some amazing book recommendations that are p...
Stereotypically categorized as a “guy” problem, pornography is pervasive in our culture and impacts all of us. Today Jo and Producer Kyle chat about… 🧐Why attempts to limit pornography aren’t universally celebrated 🧠 How pornography can become an addiction 🗣What you can do as a parent to prepare and protect your kids in a sex saturated culture 🏃🏽♀️ 🏃🏾♂️Practical steps for moving towards health and getting free 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel LINKS: 10 Facts You P...
The world is confused about what a woman even is today, but God gave us a “feminine genius” that we can exercise to help heal our broken culture. Today Jo and Enriquez chat about… ♀️♂️ How the differences between men and women are complementary, not competitive. 👧👩👵 What women can uniquely contribute to a world broken by materialism. 🤰 Why we should not tacitly accept attempts to redefine or erase women. Transgender ideology harms the men, women, and children it touches. 🎥 We’re on video! S...
…that is the question. 🗳️ The Midterms are coming…what’s a Christian woman to do? 📚 The Bible and other Christian teachings have some solid guidance on this question. 👶 In a move that will surprise no one, abortion comes up. #SorryNotSorry LINKS https://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/faithful-citizenship/upload/forming-consciences-for-faithful-citizenship.pdf https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/45887/what-does-the-catholic-church-teach-about-voting-a-cna-explainer...
With more than 2 decades of marriage between the 2 of them, Jo and Enriquez take a crack at dating advice. 💏 👰🏽🤵🏽 Dating has a purpose! 💔 …and the world is very confused about it. 🫀 …but God isn’t! We talk about His awesome ideas for love. 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel
This week’s topic is not controversial AT ALL 😘 Lions and Tigers and Uterus Transplants… Oh my! 💉 Should we take a beat before endorsing IVF? 🤰 What’s so wrong with surrogacy, anyway? 🫁 Uterus transplants are now a thing, but are they a GOOD thing? (Also, lungs and hearts are the only two organ emoji) 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel
Jo had the audacity to take a vacation, but the show went on thanks to producer Kyle! Kyle and Lauren covered the whole gamut of human interests and emotions, from… 🎃☕The definitive answer on whether pumpkin belongs in coffee 🗓️ A momentous anniversary in Kyle’s life 💪 Who would win in an Enriquez v. Jo arm wrestling contest 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel
✈️ Jo’s fighter pilot uncle fact-checks our ignorance of military spending (thanks, fam) 🍁☕🗓️ Reflecting on miscarriage & this season of our lives 🪕 Jo finally has a decent music suggestion: Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers 🐑 Not losing hope when our church’s shepherds fail and fall 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel Links: Yellow-Backed Fly - song and lyrics by Steve Martin, Steep Canyon Rangers | Spotify...
