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#53 [We’re Not Made to do Life on Our Own]
01/11/21 • 14 min
Happy new year! Today we are kicking off a brand new series. The heart behind Girls Talking Life is providing girl time when you can’t be with your girlfriends, but ultimately I want to encourage you to be in community with the women in your actual life. Gather, have conversations, create meaningful connections, and listen to each others’ stories. But sometimes that’s easier said than done.
Adult friending is hard and because of last year it’s even harder.
So over the next several episodes, I’m going to bring you incredible guests and also some resources! We’re talking all about cultivating community, creating meaningful connections and building lasting friendships!
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEMama Needs Subscription Box – February theme: Mama Needs Friendship – available to order through January 31st and will include Girls Talking Life conversation cards! Use the code PODCAST for free shipping on your first box!
Sermon by Pastor Jeff Bogue – Grace Church
The Ruth Experience – Creative Friendship Goals for the New Year
“Having friends is good! And they are good for you! Therefore, if you are passionate about self-care then you should be making friends and enriching those relationships. Investing in friendships is investing in yourself.” Hanna Gilland – It’s not just you: Making other adult friends is hard
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Happy new year! Today we are kicking off a brand new series. The heart behind Girls Talking Life is providing girl time when you can’t be with your girlfriends, but ultimately I want to encourage you to be in community with the women in your actual life. Gather, have conversations, create meaningful connections, and listen to each others’ stories. But sometimes that’s easier said than done.
Adult friending is hard and because of last year it’s even harder.
So over the next several episodes, I’m going to bring you incredible guests and also some resources! We’re talking all about cultivating community, creating meaningful connections and building lasting friendships!
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEMama Needs Subscription Box – February theme: Mama Needs Friendship – available to order through January 31st and will include Girls Talking Life conversation cards! Use the code PODCAST for free shipping on your first box!
Sermon by Pastor Jeff Bogue – Grace Church
The Ruth Experience – Creative Friendship Goals for the New Year
“Having friends is good! And they are good for you! Therefore, if you are passionate about self-care then you should be making friends and enriching those relationships. Investing in friendships is investing in yourself.” Hanna Gilland – It’s not just you: Making other adult friends is hard
YOHONNA’S FAVORITE 5Coffee Maker Auto On
CONNECT WITH GIRLS TALKING LIFE
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#52 Jenn Collins [What Mama Needs at Christmas]
I’m talking with Jenn Collins, Chief Self-Care Officer of the Mama Needs Subscription Box. Jenn is sharing a little of her story, how her business came to be and practical things we can do to get ready for the holidays while taking good care of ourselves in the process.
Most women are the executors of Christmas in their homes. The party planners, the gift buyers, the chefs and the decorators! Jenn preaches self-care all year long, but this show also seeks to encourage you to do all you can to take care of yourself during this season. The holidays are supposed to be full of joy and cheer, not stress an exhaustion.
Jenn and I chat about practical things we can do to make this month easier because we want to serve the people we love from a place of abundance, not overwhelm.
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#54 The Ruth Experience [Build Your Community]
What is holding you back from building community? Are you an inviter? How do you make time for friendships?
I am joined today by not one, but two lovely ladies who are part of a trio called The Ruth Experience. These ladies created a community, a modern day “Tea and Testimony,” where women come together and share their joys and sorrows and how God is at work in their lives, much like the way Ruth and Naomi interacted in the Old Testament.
Kendra and Kristin encourage us to start where we are, to build our community in the places we already go. Kristin says, “we have to be the ones who are looking, we have to be the initiators who are going out and trying to find that community.” But this can be intimidating. Fear of rejection can stop us in our tracks. Kendra and Kristin give terrific ideas on how to push past those fears and do the inviting.
Kendra and Kristin also tell us that prioritizing our friendships is key. We need to make time for them and add them to our to-do list just like anything else. They also give some creative ways to nurture relationships when we can’t physically be together. We chat about the value of befriending women in different life stages and what healthy sisterhood looks like.
Kristin Demery, Kendra Roehl, and Julie Fisk are three Central Minnesota authors. They believe in the immense power of authentic community and of intentionally living one’s faith out loud through kindness and friendship. They have several published books, including the One Year Daily Acts of Kindness devotional, with their most recent being the One Year Daily Acts of Friendship: 365 Days to Finding, Keeping, and Loving Your Friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEThe One Year Daily Acts of Friendship: 365 Days to Finding, Keeping, and Loving Your Friends
5 Creative Friendship Goals for the New Year
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WORD OF THE YEAR – WORD STUDYYou have your Word of the Year. Now what? Make it meaningful by studying what the bible says about your word.
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