Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Training a Child's Heart :: Dr. Scott Turansky [Ep 274]

Navigating Friendships :: Melanie Shankle [Ep 273]

Fighting Toxic Thoughts :: Jennie Allen Ep 272

Finding God Faithful :: Kelly Minter [Ep 271]

Grace According to Our Needs :: Beth Moore [Ep 270]

Intimacy with God is the Main Thing :: Kim Cash Tate [Ep 269]

Mountains of laundry, piles of toys and all the other “stuff” of life that comes into our homes can feel overwhelming, even to the neatest of moms with the best of intentions. We all love our families, but living with the messes and the clutter that comes along with them is a challenge. My guest Allie Casazza knows what it feels like to be overwhelmed by constantly cleaning and picking up her house at the expense of enjoying time with her kids. A few years ago with four kids under the age of five, Allie had a moment of clarity with God as she sat crying in her bathroom. If all I'm doing is cleaning up and it's just a bunch of stuff we don't really need, then what if we just didn't have stuff anymore? That moment changed the course of her family. It also changed how she viewed motherhood and all the “stuff” that comes along with it. Now, she shares the practical ideas and the mental shifts that helped keep the clutter away to free up her life for what matters most.  Connect with Allie:  * Website: alliecasazza.com* Facebook: facebook.com/alliecasazzablog* Instagram: @allie_thatsme  Links Mentioned:   * Resources from Allie for DMA Listeners * Declutter Like a Mother Challenge* Marie Kondo Method* Kat Lee and HelloMornings Featured Sponsor: PrepDish Prep Dish meal plans were created by chef and dietician Allison Schaaf to help save you time and put home-cooked meals on the table. No meal time stress. No more answering the dreaded question, “What’s for Dinner?!”. Developed by chef and dietician Allison Schaaf, Prep Dish is a healthy, whole food based meal plan subscription service. Allison does all the planning for you- including easy-to-follow shopping lists and prep-ahead instructions so you know what to prepare and when. NOW offering KETO MEAL PLANS! Imagine…all of your meals prepped and ready to go for the entire week. We like to call this meal time bliss! Get 2 weeks FREE go to Prepdish.com/dma. Featured Sponsor: Connected Families Your kids will mess up. So will you. Connected Families believes that the perfect time to build wisdom and GROW your relationship with your kids is during the messy times. They’ve developed an 8-session online course called Discipline That Connects With Your Child’s Heart. It is only offered twice a year, so register today! https://connectedfamilies.org/dtc/online-course/ Use coupon code DMA15 for 15% off!

Declutter Like a Mother Allie Casazza Ep 268

Toni Collier’s short childhood ended in third grade when her mother had a stroke. Toni carried many heavy emotional burdens in her childhood and felt deeply that she had to protect herself because the world was not a safe place.  Fast forward several years and Toni’s strength of will to avoid the emotional trauma she experienced as a child finally ran out. Now a mom and reeling from an emotionally abusive first marriage, Toni sought counseling and therapy for the healing she so desperately needed.  I was so blind to how unhealthy my life actually was. And the unveiling, the unwrapping of this emotional onion made me worse. But there was a healed Toni that I had to get to. Not just for me, but for my daughter and my new marriage. The only thing that brought me through was the hope that there is a God who said he could trade my weakness for his power. Toni opens up about the “treacherous” process of facing intense emotional trauma, the shame and stigma that surrounds therapy and what it’s like to parent in the midst of facing your own brokenness. Now as a powerful communicator and host with North Point Ministries, Toni has learned that God can take our broken, painful pasts and use them to minister to others.  I hopped on stage at North Point and my entire life changed in weeks. It was the first time in a long time that I had been in a ministry that's celebrated my gifts, wasn't intimidated by them, and also welcomed my brokenness. It is as if I had experienced a new Jesus. What we chat about: * Toni’s difficult childhood and how she had to grow up quickly to take care of her mom and herself* What led her to get help through counseling and trauma therapy* The challenge of therapy after years of emotional trauma* Parenting while going through intense therapy and healing * The process of identifying her daughter’s mental and emotional struggles* How she is working through school and behavior with her daughter* Her new marriage and how she met her husband Connect with Toni: * Website: https://tonijcollier.com  * Facebook: facebook.com/tonijcollier and facebook.com/brkncrayons* Instagram: @tonijcollier and @brkncrayons Links Mentioned:   * So Long, Insecurity: You've Been a Bad Friend to Us ** [BOOK]* Broken Crayons Still Color [WEBSITE]* North Point Ministries [WEBSITE] Featured Sponsor : Phonics Museum When your child enters the Phonics Museum, a learning adventure full of games, stories, and art awaits! With a clever mix of lessons, activities, games, and sing-along songs, young learners won’t get bored at Phonics Museum. Taking a “tools of learning” approach, the app helps establish a strong foundation of reading for children through a complete commitment to a phonics approach. Join Wendy, William, Percival and Miss Biddle, the museum curator on a reading adventure as they explore the Phonics Museum, sing songs, and play games with the living artwork in the museum. It’s an experience you’ll never forget! You can try the Phonics Museum today for free by signing up for the 2 Week F...

Broken Crayons Still Color Toni Collier Ep 267

Melissa d’Arabian is a winner of “The Next Food Network Star,” a celebrity chef, author, and mom of four girls. She’s an expert on affordable and healthy family home cooking who has inspired people with her shows on the Food Network.  A few years ago, God inspired Melissa to do a deep dive into scripture and prayer to evaluate the meaning of food in her life. What she discovered is our relationship with food reflects our understanding of God and his creation.  In her new book, Tasting Grace, she invites readers to appreciate food as not only a gift from God but also as a deeper invitation into his love. Every meal we have can be an invitation into creativity, community, and patience. The fact that I could sit there and even for a moment and marvel and at least to honor everything that's gone into my food connected me more to God and it made me enjoy the food more. We talk about how meals can bring us closer to God and how he created a food system to nourish us and delight our palates. Melissa is passionate about separating food and body image and saying no to the negative perspective often put on food.  I want my children when they are young women going out there in the world to have the joy of a great relationship with food. And so if I talk about myself in a way that is unkind, not only are my kids hearing it, but God is hearing it. Speaking in terms of body image and all of that, I think it must make God feel sad when I reject the body he has given me. What we chat about: * How Melissa studied food and what God was saying about food* The wonder of food and gratitude we can feel toward it if we consider all that went into making it* Meals can bring us closer to God with every bite we take* God created a food system for humans that nourishes us and delights our palates* Food and body image and how they need to be separated * How we relate to food greatly affects how our kids relate to food* Growing food in a garden gives us another level of gratitude* “Food is God’s love made delicious.”* Saying no to the idea that exercise is punishment for food* The spiritual winter Melissa walked through after her mother committed suicide Connect with Melissa:  * Website: www.melissadarabian.net* Facebook: facebook.com/darabianmelissa* Instagram: @melissadarabian* Twitter: @melissadarabian Links Mentioned: * YouVersion App* It’s Not About the Food :: Carrie and Angie [Ep 173]  [PODCAST]* Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating [BOOK]*** Videos and Recipes from Melissa on FoodNetwork.com Featured Sponsor : Phonics Museum When your child enters the Phonics Museum, a learning adventure full of games, stories, and art awaits! With a clever mix of lessons, activities, games, and sing-along songs, young learners won’t get bored at Phonics Museum. Taking a “tools of learning” approach, the app helps establish a strong foundation of reading for children through a complete commitment to a phonics approach. Join Wendy, William,

Gratitude With Every Bite Melissa D'Arabian Ep 266

Wow! Six years into podcasting and the 265 episodes of this show have been downloaded 8.7 million times across 204 different countries. Today we are celebrating our podcast-iversary with a “best-of” show featuring clips from your favorite episodes.  We’re also featuring testimonials from listeners who share how the podcast has helped them not mom alone. Like these quotes from moms: This podcast has really become my one-stop show for all things parenting. I love how you cover such a wide range of topics and how all of your guests are filled with grace and grounded in God’s word and his truth. It has totally changed my perspective on motherhood. I’ve gone from feeling quite frustrated and alone to knowing that other moms are dealing with the same things. I don’t feel quite so lonely. All the encouragement is really changing my life. Thanks so much for listening to the Don’t Mom Alone podcast. I’m thankful it’s made an impact in your lives. When I started this six years ago, I couldn’t imagine where it would take me. As for the future? Well, we’ll just have to see where God takes us! Special shout-out thanks to my production team--Sarah-Jane Menefee and Rachael Jamison. Could NOT produce this show each week without their help! Special Production Help from Airr: Ever wanted to share a specific quote or clip from your favorite podcast with a friend, but didn’t know how? This week’s sponsor, Airr, solves that problem by making it simple to share clips from specific episodes. Here's an example: I’m going to start featuring listeners “airr quotes” in my Monday email. Make sure you go to https://www.airr.io/dontmomalone to sign up and start listening and quoting.  Episodes Mentioned: * Announcing the God Centered Mom Podcast ::  Leslie Johnson [Ep 1] * The Enneagram and Motherhood :: Suzanne Stabile [Ep 232]* Become Fully Alive–Mind, Body, and Spirit :: Susie Larson [Ep 218]* Shame, Perfectionism and Smiling Depression :: Misty Persefield and Stephanie Coker [Ep 154]* Motherhood, Career, and Identity :: Kat Armstrong [Ep 171]* Women Can Be All-In for Jesus :: Kat Armstrong [Ep 253]* Overcoming Barriers to Sexual Intimacy :: Nancy Houston [Ep 206]* Habits of a Healthy Marriage :: Paul David Tripp [Ep 234]* What’s Your “Wifestyle” ? :: Jen Weaver [Ep 155]* All of Kirk Martin's Podcasts Episodes*

6th Podcast-iversary Heather MacFadyen Ep 265

Compassion Changes Everything :: Jonathan Almonte [Ep 264]