April 4, 2025 • 18 mins
Introduction to Crunchy Stewardship: A Holistic Approach to Health and Finances
In this introductory episode of Crunchy Stewardship, cousins Katie Jones and Chrissy Rombach share their passion for holistic living rooted in a biblical foundation. They discuss their personal journeys towards embracing a 'crunchy' lifestyle, covering topics like natural pregnancy, non-toxic living, and financial stewardship in alignment with Christian values. Katie and Chrissy also introduce their motivations for starting the podcast, aiming to inspire and equip listeners to steward their health and finances in a way that honors God. They encourage listeners to join their new Facebook group, 'Crunchy Christian Mamas on a Budget,' as a space for sharing knowledge and fostering community.
00:00 Welcome to Crunchy Stewardship
01:07 Katie's Journey to Crunchiness
03:42 Chrissy's Path to a Holistic Lifestyle
07:33 The Financial Side of Crunchy Living
09:38 Meet Your Hosts: Katie and Chrissy
17:17 Join Our Community
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Katie Jones (00:00):
Hey, and welcome to Crunchy Stewardship.
My name is Katie Jones,
Chrissy Rombach (00:06):
and my name is Chrissy Roach.
Katie and I are two cousins whoare passionate about learning
and sharing knowledge to equipothers to steward their
financial, mental, emotional,financial, and physical health
in order to honor God in everyaspect of their lives.
Katie Jones (00:22):
In this podcast, we are taking a deep dive into what
it means to steward our lives asGod originally intended for us
with the resources that he hasgiven us.
We are going to look at topicslike food, medicine, finances,
mental health, and tons ofothers that we have ideas on.
(00:46):
More through this kind ofnatural lens and with a biblical
foundation.
So without further ado, we'regonna dive into this kind of
introductory podcast episode totalk about what we're doing a
little bit more, why we're doingit, and kind of our passion
behind it.
Chrissy Rombach (01:06):
Hmm.
Yeah.
So Katie, what was the firstthing that really kind of made
you click into becoming crunchy?
Katie Jones (01:15):
Yeah, it's kind of funny.
I, I don't know if I have like areally, really defining moment,
but it really kind of startedwhen.
When we were trying to getpregnant, so this was back in
2020, which also had a lot of,there was a lot of crazy stuff
going on, right?
(01:35):
Obviously 2020 brings up a lotof emotions for many of us, but
that was the year that myhusband, Wes and I, we had
officially made the decision tostart trying to begin our family
and.
At that time I started reading alot of books, right?
Like, like I do.
And, and as we begin thispodcast and go into it, I'm sure
I will mention lots of thesebooks, but I just, I got a few
(01:59):
books that were talking aboutgetting pregnant and eating and,
and what we should be doing inorder to like boost our
fertility.
And so I started to recognizelike, oh, there's a lot of
things that I could be doingdifferently with my lifestyle in
order to.
Kind of bring my body to a placethat was like prepared and ready
to grow a little baby inside ofit.
(02:21):
So that was probably one of thefirst, uh, the first kind of
like points of entry into thiscrunchy lifestyle.
But I would say what reallypushed me over the edge was.
Once I finally became pregnantseveral years later, which we'll
talk about at some point, I wasdedicated to not using an
epidural, and it was mostly outof fear of needles for myself.
(02:43):
And at the same time, I hadheard things like, oh, maybe
epidurals aren't the mostnatural.
You know, the drugs might be notgreat for you and the baby, and
all these things.
And so.
I was like, you know what?
I wanna learn more about this,and so I want to figure out how
can I have a baby without havingan epidural, because that's kind
(03:03):
of what everybody does, right?
Mm-hmm.
I, I've heard that it's painful.
And so I started researchingthis and I started getting into
kind of this more holistic sideof pregnancy and birth, and
that's, that's really where mylike super crunchy journey
began.
It, it.
It started with the wholepregnancy stuff, but then really
(03:25):
the tipping point was actuallybecoming pregnant and wanting
to, to do it the most non-toxicway as possible.
But I don't think I would'vedefined myself as crunchy until
probably the last handful ofmonths, like once I became a
mama and I was like, I amdedicated to this.
So.
How about you, Chrissy?
What, do you have like adefining moment, or was it just
(03:45):
kind of like a, A ripple effect?
Chrissy Rombach (03:48):
Yeah.
You know, I think it was alsokind of a ripple effect.
I think the foundation wasoriginally laid, um, back when I
was in eighth grade, so13-year-old me.
Yeah.
My mom was diagnosed withulcerative colitis and she,
yeah.
Got super sick and I rememberlike, she was so skinny.
(04:09):
I think she got down to likemaybe 105 pounds and she's five
seven.
Wow.
She's not a short human.
Um, I just remember always likesitting at the dinner table and
her not being able to make itthrough a meal because she
needed to go to the bathroomand, um.
The doctor had threatened toresect her colon because it had
(04:30):
gotten so bad, and she did alast stitch effort so that the
doctor did not have to do thesurgery and she decided to
change her diet and, um.
I, of course was 13 years old.
I didn't really care all thatmuch.
I just wanted my mom to bebetter.
So I didn't really know exactlywhat she was doing, but I do
remember her constantly makingyogurt and boiling bones.
(04:53):
Yes.
And I didn't understand.
I was like, you're always makingthis bone broth and you're
growing your little baby yogurtcultures in the corner of the
kitchen.
I don't understand what's goingon, but.
She healed and now to this day,like she has the capability to
eat a Chick-fil-A chicken nuggetand not die.
And it's just looking back, Irealize like how she really did
(05:18):
use like the benefits and thefood that God created for us
originally to heal her bodyfrom.
This life altering illness, youknow?
So that was the originalfoundation, but I really didn't
actually start quote unquotebecoming crunchy until maybe
about two years ago when myhusband and I moved out to North
(05:40):
Carolina.
We're trying to save money, youknow, build up an emergency
fund, pay off our debt, save upfor our house, all of these
goals.
And so I was really just lookingfor ways of like, how can we cut
our daily expenditures?
In order to meet these financialgoals quicker.
And one of the things that justkilled me every time I went to
the store was having to buydetergent, like laundry
(06:02):
detergent and dish detergent.
I was like, I feel like we'regonna go in debt just by buying
detergent.
And so I found a way to create ayear's worth of laundry
detergent that cost me only$5and has four ingredients and is
completely non-toxic.
I love it.
And after making that switch, itkind of led to a very slow
(06:24):
snowball.
It started with cleaningsupplies and has transitioned
into food and water and all theother fun, crunchy things.
So, yeah, I guess with me it'salso been a little transition,
slow process.
Katie Jones (06:37):
You know, it's funny, I actually very much
remember your mother growing heryogurt.
I think that might've beenaround the time that I was
living with you guys and mm-hmm.
I just remember it being, and I,I didn't really understand.
I remember her having some gutissues and.
Stuff.
But it's so interesting now,like through this lens that I
(06:57):
have today, looking back at thatand being like, wow, I can't
believe that some of thesethings that I'm learning now
actually worked for her.
Yeah.
And that has really solidified alot of what I'm learning about
and want to continue todedicate.
Myself too, and, and being, youknow, really focused on being a
(07:18):
good steward of, of thesethings, right?
Our body, our finances, right?
And so I think this really kindof brings it back into a little
bit more of our why behind whatwe're doing.
And I think that this will be agreat time to talk about it
because.
My journey too has been, youknow, I'm, I am a certified
financial counselor and mm-hmmum, I'm helping Christians learn
(07:41):
how to manage their money inlight of the gospel, and so on
my journey to becoming morecrunchy and wanting to live this
non-toxic lifestyle, again, I'mreally dedicated to doing this,
but what I've run into manytimes is like, oh my gosh,
switching some of these thingsis really expensive.
Oh, absolutely.
Chrissy Rombach (07:59):
It's kind of a financial
Katie Jones (08:00):
burden, but at the same time.
Getting back to like, my body isa temple and I do want to
protect it.
I want to, um, be a good stewardof it.
And, and same thing for ourfamily.
I, I wanna do what's best for mybaby and I wanna do what's best
for my husband and, and just.
Really be intentional aboutthat.
(08:20):
Mm-hmm.
But asking these questions like,how do I do this in a way that
also makes sense for ourfinances?
Because I'm, I wanna be a goodsteward there, right.
And right.
So for me, in this budgetingmindset, I'm always like, how do
I do this?
And so you and I, uh, startedthis conversation many months
ago when we were talking about.
How do, like we were both likein the space of like, I wanna be
(08:43):
organic and I wanna do thesethings.
What are you doing, Chrissy?
In order to save money.
And so, and every time somebodyask me that
Chrissy Rombach (08:50):
question, I always go off on my laundry
detergent.
Katie Jones (08:53):
Yes.
Yes.
And I love it once a year and itcost me five.
And it's so great and so manypeople don't know about these
things, and so what you and Istarted learning through our own
conversation and thenconversations with our other
cousins over Christmas.
Mm-hmm.
We, we have a lot of knowledge,the two of us, because both of
us are kind of like spearheadingthis research and we're really
(09:16):
interested mm-hmm.
In learning about it.
Um, and we found out that a lotof our friends and family want
to kind of know about what we'relearning.
And so, yeah, we thought we'dstart a podcast to kind of talk
about this more stewardship sideof being crunchy.
Like how do we steward both ourhealth and our finances together
and.
Yeah.
I, I think that's really uniquethat we both have this
(09:37):
perspective on it.
But before we get a little bitfurther, and I, I wanna give
people who maybe don't know us,right?
Yeah.
That are not our friends andfamily members, I want to give
them a quick introduction oflike.
Who are we?
Where are we from?
What are we doing?
You know, that way people canget to know us too, that, that
(09:57):
aren't our moms who are probablylistening to this episode.
I, I already had a conversationwith my mom who was like, I
can't wait till this comes out.
I wanna know everything.
So, hi mom.
That's a shout out to you.
Chrissy Rombach (10:09):
I definitely have not told my mom about this
one yet.
Katie Jones (10:12):
I love it.
She's gonna be listening tothis.
She excited, she's gonna belistening and be like, what is
this?
So why don't you, Chrissy, startus off with a just a little
introduction of like, yeah, whoare you, where are you from,
what are you doing?
Yeah.
That kind of stuff.
Chrissy Rombach (10:24):
Yeah.
So, um, I was born in Chicago,but I was raised for the most
part in Texas.
So I do consider myself a Texan.
Yeah.
I grew up in Texas.
Loved my life there.
Met my husband while I was incollege, actually just at the
beginning of nursing school.
And um, after we got married andI finished nursing school, we
(10:47):
moved out to North Carolina so Icould start working as a nurse
in a local hospital out here.
And um, yeah, that has reallykind of grown into developing a
desire within me to see.
Just the whole public reallycultivate their health well in
(11:08):
every aspect.
Um, I work in an orthopedic unitand it actually used to be a
trauma unit, so I really wasseeing people down, um, at their
worst point in their lives.
And I came to realize, you know,health really is more than just
physical health.
It is emotional health,spiritual health, um, mental
(11:28):
health, and.
You know, it all comes together.
And then recently I learned asmy husband and I, um, started.
Opening a financial coachingbusiness and, um, talking to
people about their finances, Ireally realized that financial
health really is woven intothat.
And so I've developed a desireto see people really, truly be
(11:52):
the healthiest that they can beand working in a hospital
environment.
I think it's kind of kind.
We don't necessarily alwaysaddress the health of the whole
person.
Um, and so that is one thingthat I really want to get into
(12:15):
is helping people.
To really cultivate the healthof their whole person
physically, emotionally,spiritually, mentally, and
financially.
Because if you're missing thehealth in one of those aspects,
you know you're not gonna bereally, truly healthy.
And so, um, that is one thingthat I really wanna do and I
(12:36):
wanna get into.
And I think working in ahospital environment kinda just
gives me a little bit of akickstart into.
Having a little bit of abackground of what health is and
how the body works andeverything like that.
Um, and so, yeah, I just wannashare what I've learned with
other people.
I.
Cool.
Katie Jones (12:57):
Well, I am Katie Jones.
I currently live in Denver,Colorado as we record this, but
by the time that this isactually published, I, many
people will find out we areactually moving to rural
Michigan and I, I, it.
(13:18):
Just, it cracks me up right nowsaying that, um, it's been kind
of a long time coming and I'msure as the podcast unfolds,
we'll, we'll share more aboutthat story, but Yep.
So when, when people hear this,we will be in the process of
kinda getting ready to actuallymove.
Um, so we'll talk more aboutour, our process of moving to
rural Michigan and.
(13:40):
What that looks like for ourlifestyle.
I'm, I'm actually, there's a lotof things that I'm excited about
in this kind of crunchyendeavor, um, and what that
means for it.
Um, moving to more farmland, youknow, we already know that
people at the church that we'removing to have dairy cows, you
know, and things like that.
Wow.
So just like.
I'm really curious, I'm reallyinterested to kind of dive
(14:01):
deeper into some of that,because right now in the suburbs
of Denver, uh, it's a littlebit, uh, it's interesting, it's,
it's challenging, but also notto find resources like that.
You know, obviously we're in thecity, there's an abundance of
things, but it's hard to weedthrough what is.
What is truly kind of thatholistic, non-toxic stuff versus
(14:23):
who's just trying to make moneyoff of this health and wellness,
you know, craze that's going on,um, with Mamas across America
and stuff, and so.
Yeah, it's, it's interesting.
I'm excited about the, the move,but for me right now, I, so I'm
a mom, I'm also a foster mom,um, which that's a lot of what I
(14:44):
do for work, right?
Of being a mom is lots of workand so.
My husband and I have beenparents for two years, um, to
our foster kiddos, and then wehave a, a little baby who, um,
by the time that this podcastcomes out, he'll be about one
years old.
So it's really exciting.
Um, but besides being a mom, um,I.
(15:07):
Am a certified Christianfinancial counselor.
So I do help individuals learnhow to manage their money in
light of the gospel, whichmeans, you know, teaching them
how to build excellent moneymanagement skills so they can
kind of free their money up todo what God is calling them to
do.
And this case, like, I'm reallypassionate, I'm really excited
about helping moms and familieslive this kind of non-toxic,
(15:31):
holistic lifestyle and, and doit in a way that's really.
Honoring to God that doesn't,you know.
Put their faith to the sidebecause all this is really for
the glory of God.
And I think that that issomething that we should also
really mention is like, that'slike you and I, Chrissy, I, I
know that we're super aligned inthat and, and really passionate
and dedicated to being truedisciples of Jesus, you know,
(15:55):
walking in his way and, andteaching other people too about
that.
And so I'm also a youth pastor'swife.
My husband is a youth pastor.
And um, that's been a funjourney as well.
Mm-hmm.
Um, or we love board games andjust kinda, yeah.
We love being outside and I lovegardening too.
(16:15):
I'm sure we'll talk about thatat the, on the podcast.
And.
I, I am really excited.
I'm really excited about thispodcast and what it's going to
mean for the two of us in ourjourney because I think it'll
help inspire us to continue tolearn and to grow, but also what
it means for our friends andfamily who will listen and grow
(16:36):
with us, um, as well asChristians across the United
States, and how we can behelping and equipping them to
learn these things.
Um.
And so yeah, that's, that's kindof all of this in a nutshell.
Christy, is there anything elsethat you wanted to add before we
kind of wrap up thisintroductory, kind of first
episode of ours?
Chrissy Rombach (16:57):
Um, not that I know of right now.
I'm really just looking forwardto see how God uses this podcast
to, um, reach others for hisglory and to help others really,
truly steward every aspect oftheir lives well.
Yeah,
Katie Jones (17:14):
yeah.
Well said.
Um, if you.
Are wanting to really kind ofjump in this journey with us
and, and become our friends.
Like if we, if we don't know youalready and you're listening,
you're like, Chrissy and Katiesound really cool, uh, come join
us.
We we're creating a Facebookgroup to.
Really just bind together tolearn all this stuff and share.
(17:37):
But Chrissy and I are by nomeans experts.
Sure.
Chrissy works in the medicalfield.
Her and her husband also do somefinancial coaching.
Yes.
To do.
Um, and so we're, we're both,you know, in kind of that money
space and, but we're by no meansthe experts on all this.
And so I think what we really.
Our passion about is justsharing the knowledge that we
have, but also coming and, andasking more questions to each
(18:01):
other, and, and that's how weall grow.
Like ne, neither of us isclaiming to have all the
answers, and so we'd love foryou to join us in our Facebook
group.
We've called it CrunchyChristian Mamas on a budget.
So come over there and, and join us in the
conversation.
Feel free to post questions thatyou have.
Um, share your knowledge, shareyour resources and tips on how
(18:22):
you are able to kind of livethis non-toxic lifestyle that
is, um, also not extremelyexpensive.
We mm-hmm.
Yeah.
We just, we wanna grow togetherand glorify God and, and really
see the kingdom come, um, hereon earth, um, through all of
this.
So.
Join us over there and we hopeto chat soon.
(18:44):
We'll see you next time.
See you later.
Hey, and welcome to Crunchy Stewardship.
My name is Katie Jones,
Chrissy Rombach (00:06):
and my name is Chrissy Roach.
Katie and I are two cousins whoare passionate about learning
and sharing knowledge to equipothers to steward their
financial, mental, emotional,financial, and physical health
in order to honor God in everyaspect of their lives.
Katie Jones (00:22):
In this podcast, we are taking a deep dive into what
it means to steward our lives asGod originally intended for us
with the resources that he hasgiven us.
We are going to look at topicslike food, medicine, finances,
mental health, and tons ofothers that we have ideas on.
(00:46):
More through this kind ofnatural lens and with a biblical
foundation.
So without further ado, we'regonna dive into this kind of
introductory podcast episode totalk about what we're doing a
little bit more, why we're doingit, and kind of our passion
behind it.
Chrissy Rombach (01:06):
Hmm.
Yeah.
So Katie, what was the firstthing that really kind of made
you click into becoming crunchy?
Katie Jones (01:15):
Yeah, it's kind of funny.
I, I don't know if I have like areally, really defining moment,
but it really kind of startedwhen.
When we were trying to getpregnant, so this was back in
2020, which also had a lot of,there was a lot of crazy stuff
going on, right?
(01:35):
Obviously 2020 brings up a lotof emotions for many of us, but
that was the year that myhusband, Wes and I, we had
officially made the decision tostart trying to begin our family
and.
At that time I started reading alot of books, right?
Like, like I do.
And, and as we begin thispodcast and go into it, I'm sure
I will mention lots of thesebooks, but I just, I got a few
(01:59):
books that were talking aboutgetting pregnant and eating and,
and what we should be doing inorder to like boost our
fertility.
And so I started to recognizelike, oh, there's a lot of
things that I could be doingdifferently with my lifestyle in
order to.
Kind of bring my body to a placethat was like prepared and ready
to grow a little baby inside ofit.
(02:21):
So that was probably one of thefirst, uh, the first kind of
like points of entry into thiscrunchy lifestyle.
But I would say what reallypushed me over the edge was.
Once I finally became pregnantseveral years later, which we'll
talk about at some point, I wasdedicated to not using an
epidural, and it was mostly outof fear of needles for myself.
(02:43):
And at the same time, I hadheard things like, oh, maybe
epidurals aren't the mostnatural.
You know, the drugs might be notgreat for you and the baby, and
all these things.
And so.
I was like, you know what?
I wanna learn more about this,and so I want to figure out how
can I have a baby without havingan epidural, because that's kind
(03:03):
of what everybody does, right?
Mm-hmm.
I, I've heard that it's painful.
And so I started researchingthis and I started getting into
kind of this more holistic sideof pregnancy and birth, and
that's, that's really where mylike super crunchy journey
began.
It, it.
It started with the wholepregnancy stuff, but then really
(03:25):
the tipping point was actuallybecoming pregnant and wanting
to, to do it the most non-toxicway as possible.
But I don't think I would'vedefined myself as crunchy until
probably the last handful ofmonths, like once I became a
mama and I was like, I amdedicated to this.
So.
How about you, Chrissy?
What, do you have like adefining moment, or was it just
(03:45):
kind of like a, A ripple effect?
Chrissy Rombach (03:48):
Yeah.
You know, I think it was alsokind of a ripple effect.
I think the foundation wasoriginally laid, um, back when I
was in eighth grade, so13-year-old me.
Yeah.
My mom was diagnosed withulcerative colitis and she,
yeah.
Got super sick and I rememberlike, she was so skinny.
(04:09):
I think she got down to likemaybe 105 pounds and she's five
seven.
Wow.
She's not a short human.
Um, I just remember always likesitting at the dinner table and
her not being able to make itthrough a meal because she
needed to go to the bathroomand, um.
The doctor had threatened toresect her colon because it had
(04:30):
gotten so bad, and she did alast stitch effort so that the
doctor did not have to do thesurgery and she decided to
change her diet and, um.
I, of course was 13 years old.
I didn't really care all thatmuch.
I just wanted my mom to bebetter.
So I didn't really know exactlywhat she was doing, but I do
remember her constantly makingyogurt and boiling bones.
(04:53):
Yes.
And I didn't understand.
I was like, you're always makingthis bone broth and you're
growing your little baby yogurtcultures in the corner of the
kitchen.
I don't understand what's goingon, but.
She healed and now to this day,like she has the capability to
eat a Chick-fil-A chicken nuggetand not die.
And it's just looking back, Irealize like how she really did
(05:18):
use like the benefits and thefood that God created for us
originally to heal her bodyfrom.
This life altering illness, youknow?
So that was the originalfoundation, but I really didn't
actually start quote unquotebecoming crunchy until maybe
about two years ago when myhusband and I moved out to North
(05:40):
Carolina.
We're trying to save money, youknow, build up an emergency
fund, pay off our debt, save upfor our house, all of these
goals.
And so I was really just lookingfor ways of like, how can we cut
our daily expenditures?
In order to meet these financialgoals quicker.
And one of the things that justkilled me every time I went to
the store was having to buydetergent, like laundry
(06:02):
detergent and dish detergent.
I was like, I feel like we'regonna go in debt just by buying
detergent.
And so I found a way to create ayear's worth of laundry
detergent that cost me only$5and has four ingredients and is
completely non-toxic.
I love it.
And after making that switch, itkind of led to a very slow
(06:24):
snowball.
It started with cleaningsupplies and has transitioned
into food and water and all theother fun, crunchy things.
So, yeah, I guess with me it'salso been a little transition,
slow process.
Katie Jones (06:37):
You know, it's funny, I actually very much
remember your mother growing heryogurt.
I think that might've beenaround the time that I was
living with you guys and mm-hmm.
I just remember it being, and I,I didn't really understand.
I remember her having some gutissues and.
Stuff.
But it's so interesting now,like through this lens that I
(06:57):
have today, looking back at thatand being like, wow, I can't
believe that some of thesethings that I'm learning now
actually worked for her.
Yeah.
And that has really solidified alot of what I'm learning about
and want to continue todedicate.
Myself too, and, and being, youknow, really focused on being a
(07:18):
good steward of, of thesethings, right?
Our body, our finances, right?
And so I think this really kindof brings it back into a little
bit more of our why behind whatwe're doing.
And I think that this will be agreat time to talk about it
because.
My journey too has been, youknow, I'm, I am a certified
financial counselor and mm-hmmum, I'm helping Christians learn
(07:41):
how to manage their money inlight of the gospel, and so on
my journey to becoming morecrunchy and wanting to live this
non-toxic lifestyle, again, I'mreally dedicated to doing this,
but what I've run into manytimes is like, oh my gosh,
switching some of these thingsis really expensive.
Oh, absolutely.
Chrissy Rombach (07:59):
It's kind of a financial
Katie Jones (08:00):
burden, but at the same time.
Getting back to like, my body isa temple and I do want to
protect it.
I want to, um, be a good stewardof it.
And, and same thing for ourfamily.
I, I wanna do what's best for mybaby and I wanna do what's best
for my husband and, and just.
Really be intentional aboutthat.
(08:20):
Mm-hmm.
But asking these questions like,how do I do this in a way that
also makes sense for ourfinances?
Because I'm, I wanna be a goodsteward there, right.
And right.
So for me, in this budgetingmindset, I'm always like, how do
I do this?
And so you and I, uh, startedthis conversation many months
ago when we were talking about.
How do, like we were both likein the space of like, I wanna be
(08:43):
organic and I wanna do thesethings.
What are you doing, Chrissy?
In order to save money.
And so, and every time somebodyask me that
Chrissy Rombach (08:50):
question, I always go off on my laundry
detergent.
Katie Jones (08:53):
Yes.
Yes.
And I love it once a year and itcost me five.
And it's so great and so manypeople don't know about these
things, and so what you and Istarted learning through our own
conversation and thenconversations with our other
cousins over Christmas.
Mm-hmm.
We, we have a lot of knowledge,the two of us, because both of
us are kind of like spearheadingthis research and we're really
(09:16):
interested mm-hmm.
In learning about it.
Um, and we found out that a lotof our friends and family want
to kind of know about what we'relearning.
And so, yeah, we thought we'dstart a podcast to kind of talk
about this more stewardship sideof being crunchy.
Like how do we steward both ourhealth and our finances together
and.
Yeah.
I, I think that's really uniquethat we both have this
(09:37):
perspective on it.
But before we get a little bitfurther, and I, I wanna give
people who maybe don't know us,right?
Yeah.
That are not our friends andfamily members, I want to give
them a quick introduction oflike.
Who are we?
Where are we from?
What are we doing?
You know, that way people canget to know us too, that, that
(09:57):
aren't our moms who are probablylistening to this episode.
I, I already had a conversationwith my mom who was like, I
can't wait till this comes out.
I wanna know everything.
So, hi mom.
That's a shout out to you.
Chrissy Rombach (10:09):
I definitely have not told my mom about this
one yet.
Katie Jones (10:12):
I love it.
She's gonna be listening tothis.
She excited, she's gonna belistening and be like, what is
this?
So why don't you, Chrissy, startus off with a just a little
introduction of like, yeah, whoare you, where are you from,
what are you doing?
Yeah.
That kind of stuff.
Chrissy Rombach (10:24):
Yeah.
So, um, I was born in Chicago,but I was raised for the most
part in Texas.
So I do consider myself a Texan.
Yeah.
I grew up in Texas.
Loved my life there.
Met my husband while I was incollege, actually just at the
beginning of nursing school.
And um, after we got married andI finished nursing school, we
(10:47):
moved out to North Carolina so Icould start working as a nurse
in a local hospital out here.
And um, yeah, that has reallykind of grown into developing a
desire within me to see.
Just the whole public reallycultivate their health well in
(11:08):
every aspect.
Um, I work in an orthopedic unitand it actually used to be a
trauma unit, so I really wasseeing people down, um, at their
worst point in their lives.
And I came to realize, you know,health really is more than just
physical health.
It is emotional health,spiritual health, um, mental
(11:28):
health, and.
You know, it all comes together.
And then recently I learned asmy husband and I, um, started.
Opening a financial coachingbusiness and, um, talking to
people about their finances, Ireally realized that financial
health really is woven intothat.
And so I've developed a desireto see people really, truly be
(11:52):
the healthiest that they can beand working in a hospital
environment.
I think it's kind of kind.
We don't necessarily alwaysaddress the health of the whole
person.
Um, and so that is one thingthat I really want to get into
(12:15):
is helping people.
To really cultivate the healthof their whole person
physically, emotionally,spiritually, mentally, and
financially.
Because if you're missing thehealth in one of those aspects,
you know you're not gonna bereally, truly healthy.
And so, um, that is one thingthat I really wanna do and I
(12:36):
wanna get into.
And I think working in ahospital environment kinda just
gives me a little bit of akickstart into.
Having a little bit of abackground of what health is and
how the body works andeverything like that.
Um, and so, yeah, I just wannashare what I've learned with
other people.
I.
Cool.
Katie Jones (12:57):
Well, I am Katie Jones.
I currently live in Denver,Colorado as we record this, but
by the time that this isactually published, I, many
people will find out we areactually moving to rural
Michigan and I, I, it.
(13:18):
Just, it cracks me up right nowsaying that, um, it's been kind
of a long time coming and I'msure as the podcast unfolds,
we'll, we'll share more aboutthat story, but Yep.
So when, when people hear this,we will be in the process of
kinda getting ready to actuallymove.
Um, so we'll talk more aboutour, our process of moving to
rural Michigan and.
(13:40):
What that looks like for ourlifestyle.
I'm, I'm actually, there's a lotof things that I'm excited about
in this kind of crunchyendeavor, um, and what that
means for it.
Um, moving to more farmland, youknow, we already know that
people at the church that we'removing to have dairy cows, you
know, and things like that.
Wow.
So just like.
I'm really curious, I'm reallyinterested to kind of dive
(14:01):
deeper into some of that,because right now in the suburbs
of Denver, uh, it's a littlebit, uh, it's interesting, it's,
it's challenging, but also notto find resources like that.
You know, obviously we're in thecity, there's an abundance of
things, but it's hard to weedthrough what is.
What is truly kind of thatholistic, non-toxic stuff versus
(14:23):
who's just trying to make moneyoff of this health and wellness,
you know, craze that's going on,um, with Mamas across America
and stuff, and so.
Yeah, it's, it's interesting.
I'm excited about the, the move,but for me right now, I, so I'm
a mom, I'm also a foster mom,um, which that's a lot of what I
(14:44):
do for work, right?
Of being a mom is lots of workand so.
My husband and I have beenparents for two years, um, to
our foster kiddos, and then wehave a, a little baby who, um,
by the time that this podcastcomes out, he'll be about one
years old.
So it's really exciting.
Um, but besides being a mom, um,I.
(15:07):
Am a certified Christianfinancial counselor.
So I do help individuals learnhow to manage their money in
light of the gospel, whichmeans, you know, teaching them
how to build excellent moneymanagement skills so they can
kind of free their money up todo what God is calling them to
do.
And this case, like, I'm reallypassionate, I'm really excited
about helping moms and familieslive this kind of non-toxic,
(15:31):
holistic lifestyle and, and doit in a way that's really.
Honoring to God that doesn't,you know.
Put their faith to the sidebecause all this is really for
the glory of God.
And I think that that issomething that we should also
really mention is like, that'slike you and I, Chrissy, I, I
know that we're super aligned inthat and, and really passionate
and dedicated to being truedisciples of Jesus, you know,
(15:55):
walking in his way and, andteaching other people too about
that.
And so I'm also a youth pastor'swife.
My husband is a youth pastor.
And um, that's been a funjourney as well.
Mm-hmm.
Um, or we love board games andjust kinda, yeah.
We love being outside and I lovegardening too.
(16:15):
I'm sure we'll talk about thatat the, on the podcast.
And.
I, I am really excited.
I'm really excited about thispodcast and what it's going to
mean for the two of us in ourjourney because I think it'll
help inspire us to continue tolearn and to grow, but also what
it means for our friends andfamily who will listen and grow
(16:36):
with us, um, as well asChristians across the United
States, and how we can behelping and equipping them to
learn these things.
Um.
And so yeah, that's, that's kindof all of this in a nutshell.
Christy, is there anything elsethat you wanted to add before we
kind of wrap up thisintroductory, kind of first
episode of ours?
Chrissy Rombach (16:57):
Um, not that I know of right now.
I'm really just looking forwardto see how God uses this podcast
to, um, reach others for hisglory and to help others really,
truly steward every aspect oftheir lives well.
Yeah,
Katie Jones (17:14):
yeah.
Well said.
Um, if you.
Are wanting to really kind ofjump in this journey with us
and, and become our friends.
Like if we, if we don't know youalready and you're listening,
you're like, Chrissy and Katiesound really cool, uh, come join
us.
We we're creating a Facebookgroup to.
Really just bind together tolearn all this stuff and share.
(17:37):
But Chrissy and I are by nomeans experts.
Sure.
Chrissy works in the medicalfield.
Her and her husband also do somefinancial coaching.
Yes.
To do.
Um, and so we're, we're both,you know, in kind of that money
space and, but we're by no meansthe experts on all this.
And so I think what we really.
Our passion about is justsharing the knowledge that we
have, but also coming and, andasking more questions to each
(18:01):
other, and, and that's how weall grow.
Like ne, neither of us isclaiming to have all the
answers, and so we'd love foryou to join us in our Facebook
group.
We've called it CrunchyChristian Mamas on a budget.
So come over there and, and join us in the
conversation.
Feel free to post questions thatyou have.
Um, share your knowledge, shareyour resources and tips on how
(18:22):
you are able to kind of livethis non-toxic lifestyle that
is, um, also not extremelyexpensive.
We mm-hmm.
Yeah.
We just, we wanna grow togetherand glorify God and, and really
see the kingdom come, um, hereon earth, um, through all of
this.
So.
Join us over there and we hopeto chat soon.
(18:44):
We'll see you next time.
See you later.
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