Raising Boys & Girls

Raising Boys & Girls

Welcome to the Raising Boys and Girls Podcast with Sissy Goff, David Thomas, and Melissa Trevathan. In each episode of this podcast, we’ll share some of what we’re learning in the work we do with kids and families on a daily basis at Daystar Counseling Ministries. Our goal is to help you care for the kids in your life with a little more understanding, a little more practical help, and a whole lot of hope. So pull up a chair and join us on this journey of raising boys and girls. Connect with us at raisingboysandgirls.com.

Episodes

Episode 304: Faith, Family, and the Power of a Good Devotional with Melanie and Caroline Shankle

September 2, 2025 • 30 mins
Melanie Shankle is the New York Times bestselling author, a popular speaker, and cohost of The Big Boo Cast podcast. A graduate of Texas A&M, she loves writing, checking to see what's on sale at Anthropologie, and looking for the bright side. Most of all, she loves being the mother of Caroline and the wife of Perry. Caroline is Melanie's daughter and an animal science major at Texas A&M. She graduated in May 2025 and is planning...
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Episode 303: ADHD Wisdom - How All Kids Learn with Dr. Kelly Cagle

August 28, 2025 • 37 mins
With a PhD in Education, Dr. Kelly Cagle is the founder of the IQ network. Which includes Mom IQ Community and Coaching the Parenting IQ Podcast, where she helps parents use the little daily moments as big learning opportunities. Fun fact, she was born in Brazil, married her husband at 19, homeschools her three sons and daily seeks to create a world where families find freedom from the negativity of an ADHD label. And live with int...
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Episode 302: How to Set Your Child—and Yourself—Up for a Healthy School Year with Dr. Caroline Leaf

August 26, 2025 • 28 mins
Dr. Caroline Leaf is a clinical and research Neuroscientist who specializes in Psychoneurobiology, the science of how the mind can change the brain. She’s known for pioneering techniques that help people manage stress, overcome trauma and break toxic thought patterns. Through her bestselling books like Switch on Your Brain and her Podcast Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess, she offers practical tools for building mental clarity and emoti...
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Episode 301: Five Essential Needs for Every Kid with Trusted Pediatrician Stacy Furlow

August 21, 2025 • 74 mins
Dr. Stacy Furlow is a dedicated Pediatrician with 25 years of experience. Caring for children and guiding families through every stage of their child’s health and development. Passionate about making medicine approachable and empowering parents with knowledge. Stacy blends science with compassion. To provide expert advice in a way that is both relatable and reassuring.    As a firm believer in preventative care, and holistic wel...
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Episode 300: Looking Outward - Two Things to Know & Prepare Boys, Girls and Parents with Going Back to School with David Thomas and Sissy Goff

August 19, 2025 • 28 mins
Happy Back to School! In this episode, we’re going to talk about two things we want girls to know going back to school, two things we want boys to know going back to school. And two things we want parents to know when your kids are going back to school. Stay tuned, for the teaser of the new RBG season coming out soon, which we’ll be studying temperaments, and more. Books referenced in this episode for more practical ways, ide...
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Episode 299: Parenting with Humility through Chronic Illness while Seeing your Family's Life on the Big Screen with Bart & Shannon Millard

August 14, 2025 • 56 mins
Bart Millard is a Christian singer songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist for the contemporary Christian band MercyMe. He is also the author of the book and the subject of the movie "I Can Only Imagine," which is based on his life and the story behind the hit song of the same name.The song was inspired by the death of his father and his reflections on faith and the afterlife. Married to his childhood sweetheart, Shannon Mil...
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Episode 298: Calling, Community, and the Mother-Daughter Relationship with Sandra McCraken, Leslie Jordan, Taylor Leonhardt

August 12, 2025 • 53 mins
In the summer months, not only am I the director of our little summer camp program called Hopetown. I’m also the worship leader and worship music chooser for kids in 2nd - 12th grades. And let me tell you, as a therapist for kids for over 30 years, I am very choosy when it comes to the lyrics that these kids sing. They are kids who have known heartache, who have experienced loss of all shapes and sizes, trauma, anxiety, depression,...
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Episode 297: Thinking Your Life Would Look Different as a Parent with Jessica Turner

August 7, 2025 • 38 mins
Jessica Turner is a content creator and taste maker for busy moms looking for hacks to live life with more intention and less stress. Jessica is trusted by beloved brands and services that help make life easier for busy women. She is also the best selling author of the Wallstreet Journal best selling book, The Fringe Hours and Stretched too Thin. How working moms can lose the guilt, work smarter and thrive. In her newest book, I Th...
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Episode 296: Building Resilience: The Road from No to Glenda Bubble with Ginna Claire Mason

August 5, 2025 • 44 mins
Ginna Claire Mason is a Broadway actress and singer best known for her role as Glenda the Good Witch in Wicked, both on Broadway and the US National Tour. While in Wicked she had the opportunity to perform on the Tonight Show and on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Mason toured nationally with Wicked, Newsies and Flashdance and in Las Vegas with Duck Commander Musical. She has also starred in Hallmark Channel movies such as: A H...
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Episode 295: Faith, Family, Music, and the Power of Being Present with Adam & MacKinnon Doleac

July 31, 2025 • 57 mins
Adam Doleac is a critically acclaimed singer, songwriter and rising country music star. Taking the Nashville scene by storm with his unique signature sound. Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi Doleac initially chased his big league dreams with a baseball scholarship to the University of Southern Mississippi. But soon realized his true calling was creating music. Self-taught on multiple instruments, Doleac became proficient in guitar, ...
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Episode 294: Being Present as a Parent and Keeping it Kind with Candace Cameron Bure

July 29, 2025 • 35 mins
Candace Cameron Bure, is an actress, producer, director, and bestselling author, best known for playing D.J. Tanner on Full House and Fuller House. She’s starred in over 40 romantic comedies and mysteries, including the hit Aurora Teagarden series. Candace competed on Dancing with the Stars, co-hosted The View, and voiced Pinky in the Emmy-nominated Reindeer in Here. In 2024, she starred in and produced Unsung Hero with Lionsgate. ...
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Episode 293: Building Resilience and Courage with Ginny Owens

July 24, 2025 • 39 mins
Ginny Owens has spent the past two decades sharing her heart with listeners and readers as a singer-songwriter, author, teacher and advocate. Her unique musical style and inspirational lyrics have transcended gender definition and taken her to diverse venues that include, the White House, the Sun Dance Film Festival, Lilith Fair and the National Day of Prayer in Washington, D.C. As a toddler, Ginny picked out melodies on the pia...
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Episode 292: Curing the Bedtime Blues with Ziggy Marley 

July 22, 2025 • 26 mins
Ziggy Marley is an eight-time Grammy winner, he’s also a deeply grounded human, who leads with kindness, purpose and a whole lot of love.  Ziggy grew up as the eldest son of reggae icon Bob Marley and he’s carried that legacy with so much grace. But here’s what we love most. Ziggy isn’t just creating music that moves people, he’s raising a family with intention leading with character and showing his kids and all of us what it me...
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Episode 291: Living in the Mess and Helping Siblings Get Along with Justin Whitmel Earley

July 17, 2025 • 38 mins
Justin Whitmel Earley is a writer, speaker and lawyer. He is the author of the Common Rule Habits of the Household and Made for People. Though he spends most days running his business law practice. Through his writing and speaking Justin empowers people to thrive through life giving habits that form them in the love of God and neighbor. He continually explores both how physical habits are more spiritual than we think and how sp...
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Episode 290: A Family Conversation with Caleb & Will Chapman (of Colony House) and Julia Chapman & Jillian Chapman

July 15, 2025 • 72 mins
Colony House is an Indie rock band made up of brothers Will and Caleb Chapman. As well as Scott Mills and Parke Cottrell is playfully self described as land lock surf rock. Their personal genre designation is as much inspired by their hometown of Franklin, TN as their new album the Cannonballers is. The band's music is built on pillars of honesty, accessibility and family. The Cannonballers marks the band's 4th full length rele...
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Episode 289: Building a Family Legacy with Brown & Debbie Bannister

July 10, 2025 • 60 mins
Brown Bannister, a Grammy Award-winning American record producer and songwriter, widely regarded for his pioneering work in contemporary Christian music. He has produced landmark albums for artists such as Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, and MercyMe, helping define the sound of the genre. A member of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, Bannister has earned multiple Dove Awards and continues to influence the indus...
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Episode 288: Grief, Loss and Showing Hope with Steven Curtis Chapman & Mary Beth Chapman

July 8, 2025 • 74 mins
In a career that expands more than 3 decades, Steven Curtis Chapman is the most awarded artist in Christian music history. With 60 GMA Dove Awards, 5 Grammy Awards, an American Music Award and a historic 50 Number 1 singles. He has sold more than $17 million albums with 10 certified Gold or Platinum albums to his credit. In 2017, Chapman also became a best selling author with his memoir Between Heaven and the Real World, My Story. ...
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Episode 287: Adoption and Letting Go of Expectations in Parenting with Amy Brown

July 3, 2025 • 51 mins
Amy Brown is co-host of the Bobby Bones show. The ACM and CMA award winning program and heard on 190 stations and the #1 Country morning show in the US reaching millions of listeners! Amy also co-host Country Top 30 with Bobby Bones, a 4-hour music program airing on more than 240 stations in the US and Canada and hosts Women of iHeart Country. A show devoted to supporting female artists and voices airing on more than 150 iHeart Cou...
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Episode 286: A Part of her World with Jodi Benson, the voice of the Little Mermaid

July 1, 2025 • 38 mins
Jodi Benson is best known as the voice of Ariel in Disney’s Little Mermaid. Jodi also gave a voice to Barbie in Disney Pixar’s Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3. She delighted her fans with a cameo in Enchanted before reprising her role as Ariel in Ralph Breaks the Internet. In 2011, Disney honored Jodi’s contributions by making her a different Disney legend. An accomplished singer, dancer and mattress. Jodi made her starring role de...
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Episode 285: What's Next with Demi-Leigh Tebow

June 26, 2025 • 31 mins
Demi-Leigh Tebow is an entrepreneur, influencer, model, author AND philanthropist. She uses her platform as Miss South Africa and Miss Universe to educate and inspire on a global scale. She has a deep passion for making every individual feel seen, heard and loved. She uses her philanthropic vision working with The Tim Tebow Foundation, raising awareness for the fight against human trafficking and supporting children with profound m...
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