Embracing Your Season: Raising Littles and Understanding Teens with Paige Clingenpeel
How do we navigate seasons of parenting and marriage while embracing the struggles and successes? This podcast is designed to provide you with practical tools, wisdom, and takeaways to equip and encourage you. Join Paige Clingenpeel, a licensed therapist, minister, and mom of four, as she invites others into conversation, sharing her successes and failures with humor and humility.
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How do we raise the next generation with health, wisdom, empowerment, and encouragement in a world increasingly shaped by technology? In this episode, Paige shares her TEDx Talk and offers insights on how technology is transforming teen behavior—impacting their brains, communication, and connection. How do we ensure our kids feel loved, safe, and purposeful in this digital age? Our children are the future leaders of this world. It’...
It’s easy for us to drown in the messy problems we’re facing each day, but if we stop and remember where God has shown up for us before, we may discover that laughter and even joy are hiding in the mud. Today, Paige welcomes Cynthia Yanof. Cynthia is a wife, mother, podcast host of the show MESSmerized, blogger, and author of Life is Messy God is Good - the topic of today’s episode. Cynthia looks at life and all its hardships with ...
*Trigger Warning* This episode contains adult themes, specifically centered around suicide. Listener discretion is advised.
Today, Paige welcomes Jay Lowder. Called to full-time evangelism in 1989, Jay is the founder of Jay Lowder Harvest Ministries, an organization dedicated to reaching diverse groups of people with the message of Jesus Christ. Through his ministry, he travels the globe to football stadiums, schools, churches, and ...
The effects of trauma can show up in weird ways throughout our lives. Maybe a certain song takes you back to when you were 12 and your parents told you they were getting a divorce, maybe there’s a smell that takes you back to your first love and first real heartbreak, or maybe, like Paige shares in todays episode, it’s watching your son break his arm and feeling utterly helpless to fix his pain. We’ve all experienced trauma in our ...
Today, Paige welcomes Matt Arnett, the Community Pastor and Director of Business on Mission & Church on Mission for The Bucket Ministry, a nonprofit organization that works to provide the love of Jesus and clean water solutions to communities in need around the world. He is also a committed husband and father with a strong heart for engaging children in missions, believing they are not just recipients of ministry, but active pa...
In today’s episode of Embracing Your Season, Paige shares an interview from her recent trip to AACC (American Association of Christian Counselors) in Dallas, TX with author and advocate Sandy Kirkham. She currently serves on the board of the Council Against Child Abuse and works with survivors, conducting victim support conferences. Sandy’s book, Let Me Prey Upon You, contains the vulnerable details of abuse she suffered at the han...
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*Trigger Warning* This episode centers around marijuana use, mentions additional illegal drugs, and the impacts of these drugs on teens and young adults. Listener discretion is advised.
In today’s episode of Embracing Your Season, Paige shares an interview from her recent trip to AACC (American Association of Christian Counselors) in Dallas, TX with Dr. Linda Mintle. Dr. Linda has a Ph.D. in Urban Health and Clinical Ps...
*Trigger Warning* This episode contains adult themes, specifically centered around self-harm. Listener discretion is advised.
No parent wants to find out that their child is self-harming. Such a revelation can leave you devastated, confused, and desperately wanting to find solutions - but where do you begin? In today’s episode of Embracing Your Season, Paige shares an interview from her recent trip to AACC (American Association of C...
In today’s episode of Embracing Your Season, Paige shares an interview from her recent trip to AACC (American Association of Christian Counselors) in Dallas, TX with Dr. Mercy Connors. Dr. Connors is a Licensed Professional Counselor, the Director of Program Development and Professional Relations with AACC and is happily married to Jesse Connors, Founder of TrueLife.org, and has three children and one waiting in heaven. Together, P...
The term “catfishing” has been around for years, and many of us like to think we’re savvy enough to spot a scam. But as catfishers become more sophisticated, it’s easier than ever for both adults and kids to fall victim - risking not just money but personal safety. In this episode, Paige shares her personal experiences with scammers and is joined by producer Mike Segovia to reveal key strategies for avoiding scams and having essent...
*Trigger Warning* This episode mentions complex psychological disorders, sexual abuse, sexual trauma, and other adult themes. Listener discretion is advised.
In today’s episode of Embracing Your Season, Paige shares an interview from her recent trip to AACC (American Association of Christian Counselors) in Dallas, TX with Dr. Shannae Anderson. Dr. Shannae is a licensed clinical psychologist and is currently the Clinical Director at ...
Curious about taking your children on a short-term mission trip? This episode is for you! Join Paige as she welcomes her producer, Mike, and reflects on her transformative journey to the Dominican Republic with her two daughters. She unpacks key considerations for parents, the heart posture needed for this type of experience, and the real “pros and cons” to weigh before committing. Mission trips can be humbling and life-changing, o...
What if parenting focused on teaching our children self-regulation? Imagine if they knew how to advocate for themselves and understood the unique ways they learn best. In today’s episode, Paige welcomes Dr. Kelly Cagle, host of the Parenting IQ podcast, author of God's Promises as Waves, and devoted mom to three boys: Levi, Titus, and Micah, alongside her husband, Josh. Holding a PhD in Education, Dr. Kelly is passionate about...
On today’s episode of Embracing Your Season, Paige welcomes Nirup Alphonse, lead pastor of LIFEGATE Church in Denver, devoted husband, and father of four boys. Nirup delivers a powerful message on parenting, emphasizing the importance of leading children toward their God-given identity. He challenges parents to go beyond raising independent kids and instead nurture humility - teaching them to recognize their role in shaping others ...
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. - Ephesians 6:12 (ESV)
Discussing Spiritual Warfare (SW) isn’t the most comfortable topic for the modern-day Christian. We like our “spiritual forces of evil” to be metaphorical rather than literal. Yet, the Bible is clear th...
Where does God’s goodness fit when we’re confronted with grief? How do we grapple with the command to “be of good cheer” (John 16:33) when life is a daily struggle? Today’s guest, Dr. Curt Thompson has made it his life’s work to understand how God sees us, knows us, loves us, and welcomes us into His arms, even in the midst of unimaginable grief. With great authenticity and vulnerability, Dr. Curt shares with Paige how God is waiti...
What can we do as parents to strengthen our kids spiritually before they leave the home? On this week’s episode of Embracing Your Season, Paige Clingenpeel welcomes back international speaker, author, and Christian apologist, Alex McFarland. Together, Paige and Alex discuss who has the most influence on your kids as they grow, the importance of intentional family time (including meals together whenever possible), confronting and ad...
Every marriage has busy seasons and any parent will tell you that when you add kids to the mix, things get next-level crazy. Between sleep deprivation, a messy home, financial strains, and overstimulation, it can seem like you and your spouse are ships passing in the night, barely acknowledging that each of you is taking on water! How do you keep connecting with this person you vowed to love til death do you part? Today, Paige welc...
As 2024 comes to a close, join host Paige Clingenpeel and producer Mike Segovia on a soundbite journey through some of her favorite conversations of the year. Check out Paige’s takeaways below and the specific episodes mentioned so you can go back and listen again - or catch up on any you might have missed! Thank you for listening in during 2024, we can’t wait to share all of the NEW and EXCITING things coming in 2025!
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In today’s episode of Embracing Your Season, Paige shares an interview from her recent trip to AACC (American Association of Christian Counselors) in Dallas, TX with Leslie Vernick. Leslie Vernick is a licensed clinical social worker, relationship coach, and author of multiple books including Emotionally Destructive Marriages, which is the primary topic of this episode. With frank honesty and deep compassion, Leslie shares her brok...
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