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
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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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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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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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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July 3, 2025 • 52 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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July 1, 2025 • 40 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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June 26, 2025 • 32 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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June 24, 2025 • 53 mins
Christy and Nathan Nockels have had a long career in music. They began as the duo Watermark and eventually joined the Passion movement in 1997. After their time with Passion, they moved back to Nashville, TN as a family of five with their three children. Since then, Christy has launched her podcast, The Glorious in the Mundane, as well as written the book The Life You Long For. Nathan has continued to write, produce and compose mus...
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June 19, 2025 • 46 mins
In a society where modern marriages experience increased stress and emotional burnout, best-selling authors, speakers, and podcasters Gabe and Rebekah Lyons guide couples towards healing in their powerful new book, The Fight For Us. They share their emotional health journeys and provide relatable next steps for their readers. We are so thankful for them joining us today and we can’t wait for you to be encouraged through our convers...
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Today we are joined by singer-songwriter Tim Timmons and his delightful wife Hilary Timmons. After two decades of ministry and a lifetime of looking for Jesus, Timmons is no stranger to pain, cancer, sorrow, failure, joy and hope. Tim’s greatest desire—whether the catalyst is his cancer diagnosis, his theology, his blog or his songs, he just wants to keep the conversation going so people can discover for themselves the real life f...
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We are so excited to have our two brilliant friends, Kelly Corrigan AND her daughter, Claire Corrigan Lichty on the podcast today!
Kelly Corrigan has been called “the voice of her generation” by O, the Oprah magazine. She’s a New York Times Bestseller, and hosts her podcast, Kelly Corrigan Wonders.
Claire Corrigan Lichty graduated from the University of Virginia with a double major in computer science and drama. She writes ...
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June 10, 2025 • 38 mins
Today we are joined by the AMAZING Megan Piphus. Megan is a FOUR TIME Emmy winning producer and artist who has been performing since she was just ten years old. She became nationally recognized as a ventriloquist on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno as well as from America’s Got Talent and is now the first black female puppeteer to perform on Sesame Street. She’s released a children’s album, Spaceships & Dreams, that helped provide re...
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June 5, 2025 • 38 mins
Speaker, singer, songwriter, author and local pastor, DawnCheré Wilkerson, LOVES encouraging people of all ages to never give up. While doing SO much amazing work, DawnCheré and her husband Rich are also pastors at Vous Church in Miami, FL. She shares her story of being raised all around music, and her stories of infertility. We absolutely loved this conversation about how to use music when your kids get stuck along with so many ot...
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We have been wanting to get these two on the podcast for SO long and feel so grateful today is finally that day! Charles Kelley is one third of the Grammy award winning Lady A and has also released music as a solo artist, including his album The Driver. He’s also written hit songs not only for Lady A, but other incredible Country artists like Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker and Brett Young. We talk all things music, parenting and what th...
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May 30, 2025 • 2 mins
This summer, we’re bringing back one of our favorite series of all time - the Music City Series! Living in Music City, we are surrounded by the most fascinating and incredibly talented people. From Charles Kelley of Lady A, to THE voice of The Little Mermaid, Jodie Bensen, you are sure to hear from people you know and love. You’ll laugh, sing along and you will walk away with so much wisdom on family and the stuff that matters.
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May 29, 2025 • 42 mins
If you have been around either of us very long, you know how much we both ADORE Kelly Minter! Kelly is not only a dear friend, but she’s one of our most trusted voices when it comes to speaking truth into our lives and the lives of kids. Kelly is the author of 2 books, 9 Bible Studies, 5 Bible Studies for teenagers (and one cookbook!) In this episode, we talk about how desperately kids need Scripture in today’s world and what we ca...
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May 27, 2025 • 51 mins
Dr. Robert Brooks is not only a professor at Harvard Medical School, but is one of the world’s leading experts on the topic of resilience. In this episode, we get to listen to and learn from Bob, as he asked us to call him, on this crucial topic for kids today! He has so much wisdom and offers so much help in terms of how we help the kids we love learn that they can do hard things. We can’t wait for you to listen in on this importa...
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May 22, 2025 • 28 mins
And now, it’s Owen’s turn! Sissy had so much fun getting to interview our very own David Thomas on why he wrote this wise and wonderful book called Owen Finds He Has What it Takes! Make sure to listen…so many important ideas on helping the kids we love develop resilience! And make sure to grab a copy of Owen, too! We love this book, David Thomas!!!!
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Owen Learns He Has What it Takes: A Lesson in Resilience
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We are SO excited to introduce one of our heroes in the therapeutic world to our Raising Boys and Girls family today! Dr. Tamar Chansky, who you have heard us quote countless times, joins us as we talk about all things anxiety, OCD and negative thinking. There are so many pieces of wisdom in this episode we are sure you are going to want to come back to it many times. Dr. Chansky, we’re so grateful for this conversation and for the...
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May 15, 2025 • 30 mins
On today’s episode of the podcast is our very own Sissy Goff! It’s so fun to turn the tables and for David to interview Sissy not only on why this book on courage is important today, but what we can do to help the kids we love find their own brave—from the very earliest of ages! Make sure to listen in for what Sissy is seeing now in terms of anxiety and kids and practical ideas on what we can do today to make a difference!
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