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Bad Driving, Mega Churches & The Super Rich

Kaitlin & Emily expose their terrible driving skills and naturally fall into hysterical laughter. The whole thing almost goes off the rails entirely BUT THEN everyone pulls it together and gets into a really deep discussion about Mega Churches, how rich is “too rich” and lots of other stuff.

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Where The Crawdads Sing

Kaitlin sits down with four of her besties to bring you our second So...What Else? Book Chat. The ladies sat down to discuss one of their favorite books, Where The Crawdads Sing. The movie adaptation is coming out in July so dive into this book chat to get ready for it!

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Experiencing Missions

Kaitlin and Katherine reminisce about their experiences working on staff at a missions organization together. They chat about some super "normal" experiences they had like getting bras stolen, almost getting eaten by alligators, getting attacked by dogs…..and then they get into a discussion about how sometimes “helping” can hurt when not done with the right attitude.

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Adoption, Alcoholism, & Special Needs Parenting

Valerie Cantella is an award-winning multi-passionate communications and public affairs professional. She is the author of Off-Script: a mom’s journey through adoption, a husband’s alcoholism, and special needs parenting. She shares her journey as a mother of teens with mental health issues, the struggles of special needs parenting, the effect of alcoholism on a marriage, and how she learned to embrace the unimaginable to create an extraordinary life.

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Deconstructing & Reconstructing Your Faith

Salina Iavarone is the cohost of the Life Your Freakin’ Life Podcast, a Positive Psychology Practitioner, Enneagram Coach, and Life Coach. We chat about so many things from positive psychology, to mindfulness, to deconstruction and reconstruction of faith, chronic pain and the struggle of curly hair.

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Discovering You’re In A Toxic Relationship

Ainsley B is a brand new mom, podcaster, writer, Enneagram coach, and she has her first book coming out this summer! Ainsley shares about an extremely toxic and abusive relationship that she was in, why she stayed, how it ended, and how she’s healed since.

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Transforming The Sting of Your Past Into Purpose For Today

Chris Brown (no, not that Chris Brown…) is an author, pastor, speaker, and church leadership expert. Chris worked alongside Dave Ramsey for years as a radio host, served as a campus pastor at Elevation Church, and is now the Lead Pastor of The Well Church in Tennessee. He shares about the pain of growing up with an incredibly tumultuous homelife; homelesses, abuse, violence, instability, and how he has transformed the pain of his past into purpose for his present.

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Grieving Child Loss & Borrowed Courage

Tova Sido is an author, speaker, podcaster, counselor, and minister. She shares her journey through the loss of her children. Tova has so much wisdom to share about grief, faith, and the beauty of healing.

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Live Your Freakin’ Life

Christine Kreisher is a podcaster, author, speaker, coach, and CEO of Irresistible Teams where she serves alongside leaders from around the world to develop thriving staff and volunteer cultures. We chat about so many things from podcasting to owning a cafe to Christine’s incredible story of life transformation. She is a delight! Enjoy!

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Miss Pickles Emily Frizzle

It’s a SWEpisode day! The regular crew is here to talk all about Dental Health, canker sores, Emily and Matt’s new pet, and some pillow-talk.

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Before You Split

THE Toni Nieuwhof has worn many hats in her life; pharmacist, attorney, speaker, author, podcaster, wife, and mother. She talks with us about her book, Before You Split, and opens up about some of the struggles her and her husband, Carey Nieuwhof, have faced in their marriage. If you're in a relationship, this episode is for you as Toni provides her unique perspective on whether to stay or split in the midst of a troubled relationship.

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Losing A Child To Drug Addiction

Lisa Nadine is an addictions counselor, speaker, and author. Today, she shares her heartbreaking story of losing her son to drug addiction. We talked about so many things in this episode - loss, grief, addiction, mastering your mind…you don’t want to miss this one. 

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Your Guide To Great SEX

This week we are going THERE….Yes, we are talking all about SEX. From purity culture to coercion, arousal, porn, vaginismus, to lust…we talk about it all and you do not want to miss it.

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Valentine’s Day Fails, Doomsday Prepping, & Fainting In Slow Motion

One minute before we hit the record button, we stupidly said “Do you think we have enough to talk about tonight?” and then we talked for an hour and 20 minutes about the Zombie Apocalypse, Matt fainting, Valentine’s Day fails, and we answer some of YOUR questions! We laughed so hard we cried, literally.

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Finding God in the Dark

Kristi Blackburn is married to Davey Blackburn, who you might remember from Episode 44! Kristi shares about growing up in a home where she struggled to feel safe, getting physically attacked as an adult, going through a divorce, and then blending a family with her husband, Davey. She is such a sweet soul with lots of wisdom.

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The Lie Of Self Blame

Monica Zuniga Bailey is a coach, consultant, and communicator. Monica shares her powerful story of a night when she was tragically raped. She has since been on a road to healing and restoration from distorted feelings of self blame and punishment from God.

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Trauma Informed Yoga Therapy

Amber Newberry is a Trauma Informed Yoga Therapist and the founder of Beautiful and Beloved. On today’s episode, she shares about how she was sexually assaulted at age 15 and then raped at age 19. She talks about how these experiences impacted her life and then led her to pursue healing through Holy Yoga.

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