Welcome to episode 029 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 Rachel Anne Ridge, an artist, writer and owner of a stray donkey named Flash! […]
MS 024 Craig and Jen Ferguson: Pornography, Marriage, and How to Find Hope
Welcome to episode 024 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 joined by my husband Thad, as together we talk with Craig and Jen Ferguson, a couple whose bravery […]
MS 013 Michele-Lyn Ault: Teenage Pregnancy & A Life Surrendered
Welcome to episode 013 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 Michele-Lyn Ault, a wife and mama to four beautiful children. She writes about […]
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 008: Christy Johnson {Part 1} ~ Relationship Addiction, Affairs, and Comparisons
Welcome to episode 008 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 Christy Johnson–certified life coach, writer, and inspirational speaker. Christy advocates for the […]
For When You Compare and Feel Insecurity {Allume}
I begin in the west and fly halfway across the country before I finally arrive for the conference. The driver picks me up at the airport and I’m reunited with my online friend who started her journey this morning in the east. We chat a mile a minute and look forward to seeing our “smaller” […]
MS 005: Jennifer Smith, Unveiled Wife {Encouragement for Your Marriage}
Welcome to episode 005 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 Jennifer Smith, founder and writer of Unveiled Wife. Jennifer began blogging in 2011 with […]
How to Become a Better Friend {Releasing Expectations}
I hadn’t heard from her in over a month. And I didn’t feel a release to send another message until I did. Because sometimes, in a friendship, we need space. We need to process all that’s happening inside and respond when our heart is ready—when we have something meaningful to say. And that’s what I […]
When Graduation Changes Your View
I’d known it was coming for months—how they’d pass their own milestones this year and graduate. Him, the oldest of the five, towering tall. And her, the youngest, vibrant and sweet. He graduated from high school with all the pomp and circumstance—the tassel-shifting, hat-tossing, and cheering with streamers flying high into the sky. And she […]
