Today, author and podcaster Crystal Paine—you know her as the Money Saving Mom on Instagram—shares candidly about the day she found out her child was a bully, was being expelled from school, and was depressed and suicidal. Sitting in an emergency room with her husband and child, it felt like the world was crumbling around her. Maybe you’ve been there?

Well, that experience was the jarring, life-altering catalyst she needed to dig i...

In this day and age, when technology lets us be everywhere and nowhere all at once, how connected are we? Have we gotten so comfortable behind our screens that we’re uncomfortable with having somebody sitting across our table?

Well, today, we are going to get back to the basics and refresh the “why” and “how” of embracing simple hospitality. Author Karen Ehman will help us abandon pressure and stress to make room for connections an...

Today’s podcast is full of Cajun spice because we’re live at Fresh Grounded Faith inBossier City Louisiana! And author Liz Curtis Higgs and musician Michael O’Brien are with me.

We answered questions about how to forgive yourself, what to do when your husband isn’tleading your family well, why God allows the enemy to still steal, kill and destroy and we evengot a question about surrogate pregnancy! Yep, you never know what will hap...

Do you have a love-hate relationship with your body? I think a lot of us do. But we were made for more than that, friend. Far from a superficial issue, self-image is a spiritual issue because God has named our bodies good from the beginning. And, even though lots of us know that in our heads, it’s a whole other thing to make it real in our bodies.

Author Jess Connolly is helping us learn how to break free from the broken beliefs ab...

Sometimes our desire to serve God—even when we’re using the gifts God has given us—can overshadow our delight in simply being with Him. Well, when God called Christy Nockels to lay down her ministry for a season, she was forced to confront how her sense of purpose and worth had become tangled up in her work. But what she gained was the benefit of an empowering surrender that let her live as God’s beloved.   On today’s episode, Chri...

Whether you're brand-new to the Bible or grew up in the second pew, reading Scripture can feel confusing, or even boring, at times. Today Tara-Leigh Cobble will show you how you can read through the Bible—and walk away with a new understanding of it.

You don't have to go to seminary. You don't need a special Bible. You just need 12 minutes. So, get ready—this episode could be what God uses to absolutely change your life...

What if you could practice a simple habit to help you curb anxiety and depression, get unstuck from patterns that hold you back, build contentment and clarity, expand your confidence, and let you experience a happier, healthier, and more balanced life?

In this episode, author and writing coach Allison Fallon has incredible news for you. Everything you need for the freedom you want is literally at your fingertips. You'll get pra...

Anxious thoughts can lead to anxious feelings and end up turning into panic, can’t they? My guest Jamie Grace has been there. Jamie was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome, OCD, ADHD, and anxiety at a young age, so finding quiet from her anxious thoughts and feelings has felt almost impossible for her.

Today, you'll hear Jamie's honest and brave story of living with anxiety and learning to find quiet. You'll discover how, ...

Without the wisdom of God, we can be easily offended. But with the Holy Spirit, we can discern truth, receive feedback with humility, and laugh at ourselves.

Humorist and best-selling author, Suzanna B. Lewis gives us some straight talk about how to deal with things and people that work our nerves! So, stick around to learn, laugh, and even discover what it means to catch a bubble. You’ll love this conversation, and you’ll love thi...

Today, you get to hear from the author of the only authorized biography on Elisabeth Elliot’s life. Bestselling author, Ellen Vaughn, will share how she used Elisabeth’s private, unpublished journals and candid interviews with Elisabeth’s family and friends, to paint the adventures and misadventures God used to shape one of the most influential women in modern church history.

I found this one of the most fascinating and inspiring c...

Your past doesn’t have to be a prophecy for your future. You may have taken some wrong turns along the way, but today, Dr. Tony Evans shows you that U-turns are possible. Yet, he says you get to choose whether or not you want that.

He gets honest about how we use our human freedom, the consequences that come from negative choices, and the way to reverse those consequences. This is power-packed and you will love it. Get ready for a ...

When you get a clear view of how Jesus sees women, you understand your own wholeness. Today, biblical culturalist Kristi McLelland transports you back to Jesus’ world.

You’ll follow in the footsteps of the women who came face-to-face with the Living God. You’ll learn how Jesus generously restores dignity to women in the first century and now. And you’ll get a fresh perspective of Jesus and women as you view the Bible through a firs...

We’ve all been there: stuck in a cycle of what-ifs, plagued by indecision, and paralyzed by the fear of getting it wrong. Nobody wants to live a life of constant overthinking, but it doesn’t feel like something we can choose to stop doing. It feels like something we’re wired to do.

But author Anne Bogel says it’s not. Today, she'll show you how to overcome negative thought patterns that are repetitive and unhealthy and replace ...

Making your mark on the world doesn’t happen by mimicking someone else’s life or calling. In fact, when you learn to be yourself, satisfaction and success are closer than you think.

Today, Jamie Ivey, author and host of “The Happy Hour” podcast, helps you uncover your own uniqueness, gives you a green light to be yourself, and shows you how living faithfully in the here and now is the key to an abundant life.

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Sometimes we don’t realize that peace is in us until chaos threatens to snatch it from us. An alarming diagnosis, an emergency, even a bad day can be all it takes for chaos to overwhelm us and peace to abandon us. But, you can have peace even in chaos because peace is more than a feeling.

Today, I’ll give you five unchangeable facts about peace that will make you breathe a little easier, smile a little bigger, and rest a bit more s...

It’s amazing how heavy the weight of emptiness can feel. Often, we try to fill our emptiness with whatever we can to make that heavy feeling go away. But God can do His best work in our emptiness.

Today, author Nancy Guthrie helps you discover practical ways to make your emptiness the perfect place to cultivate hope. You’ll begin to see that God really does do His best work with empty—as He fills it with Himself.

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Author Lisa Bevere is with us today, and the woman is on fire! She’s fully Italian and full of the Holy Spirit, and this conversation is full of life, encouragement, and insight. Lisa shows you how to be a strong woman who strengthens others.

And, if you’re a man listening, stay with us because this still applies to you. It will give you great insight into how you can be all God has created you to be.

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Jen Bricker-Bauer was born without legs, not given a name, and left in the hospital. But, against all odds, she went on to compete against able-bodied athletes and become a State Champion in power tumbling, and now, she’s an incredible aerialist and author. 

She lives out the mantra, “Never say can’t.” And, today, you’ll learn that if she can, you can.This woman perfectly embodies the “I Can” spirit, and I’m so pumped she’s on this...