Life Beyond the Picket Fence Podcast
Counselor, author, and farm wife Brenda L. Yoder helps you nagivate life, faith, and family beyond the storybook image. She shares stories, lessons, and wisdom from ordinary people with uncomplicated lifestyles of authentic faith and timeless principles. Join her for front porch conversations that will ground your soul and spur you to be the voice of reason to others.
Episodes
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!
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...
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 unc...
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 balan...
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...
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 "Uncompl...
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. ...
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 A...
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, Deconstruct...
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 li...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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 suf...
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...
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.
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 ...
- 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...
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 ...
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