Welcome to episode 033 of Mud Stories! Mud Stories is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. In today’s episode I’m talking with Elizabeth Foss, wife to Mike and mom to nine children–ages six to twenty six–who […]
MS 030 Tara Storch: Living Through Grief and How Good Can Come From Tragic Loss
Welcome to episode 030 of Mud Stories! Mud Stories is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. In today’s episode I’m talking with Tara Storch, wife to Todd and mom to three lovely children, Taylor, Ryan, […]
MS 012: Kate Battistelli ~ Anger at God & Surrendering to His Highest Good
Welcome to episode 012 of Mud Stories! Mud Stories is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. In today’s episode I’m talking with Kate Battistelli, an empty-nester who’s been married to Mike for 30 years. She’s […]
For When You’re Surprised by Motherhood {Book Club with Lisa-Jo Baker}
The afternoon light drills through the shutter slats reminding me it’s time to be done–that dinner’s beckoning and never going to get made until we stop for the day. And who really needs to go to school past five o’clock anyway? Oh how the time gets away! Although this is our fourth year homeschooling, this […]
MS 011: Carrie O’Toole ~ RAD Disorder, Mental Illness & Surrender
Welcome to episode 011 of Mud Stories! Mud Stories is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. In today’s episode I’m talking with Carrie O’Toole a counselor and life coach who lives in Colorado with her […]
MS 006: Emily Wierenga ~ Anorexia, Hope, and How to See God
Welcome to episode 006 of Mud Stories! Mud Stories is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. In today’s episode I’m talking to Emily Wierenga, an award-winning journalist, columnist, artist, author and blogger at emilywierenga.com. […]
MS 004: Holley Gerth on Infertility, Redemption, and How to Hold On to Hope
Welcome to episode 004 of Mud Stories! Mud Stories is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. In today’s episode I’m talking to Holley Gerth, co-founder of the beautiful online community (in)courage.me, the best-selling author of […]
MS 003: Thoughts on Grief and Loss with Lisa Jo Baker {How to Be Sad and Well at the Same Time}
Welcome to episode 003 of Mud Stories! Mud Stories is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. In today’s episode I’m talking to Lisa Jo Baker—wife, and mama to three kids and a hamster named […]
When Rejection Stings {Allume}
The email came on a Friday afternoon–an email I’d been waiting on for over a month… The email that would hold the answer to a dream I’d been nurturing for some time, and the answer would be a simple yes or no. When I saw it arrive in my phone’s inbox, I halted mid-stride in front of […]
When You Need Hope the Day After Easter
Fifteen years ago yesterday, I sat in my living room and confessed my 2-year affair to my husband. And when I did, I had no plan what I’d do next, and no idea what I even wanted. All I knew was my double-life was destroying me from inside. And no matter how hard it was […]
