Welcome to episode 050 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 Annie Lobert, survivor of more than a decade of sex trafficking, and the […]
MS 049 Susie Larson: Finding Your Sacred Yes Through Hard Times
Welcome to episode 049 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 Susie Larson, a radio host with her own daily live talk show, […]
MS 042 Wendy Blight: Rape, Fear, and Forgiveness and Finding Hope from Reading the Bible
Welcome to episode 042 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 Wendy Blight—speaker, Bible study teacher, attorney, wife and mother of two–who resides […]
MS 032 Jessica Turner: Finding The Fringe Hours
Welcome to episode 032 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 Jessica Turner, wife, mom, marketing professional and founder of the lifestyle blog The Mom […]
MS 029 Rachel Anne Ridge: Unexpected Turns, Mundane Days, and Taking Just the Next Step
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 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 009: Christy Johnson {Part 2} ~ 7 Steps to Soul Health & Identifying Our Inner Love Junkie
Welcome to episode 009 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 continuing with part two of my conversation with Christy Johnson–certified life coach, writer, and inspirational […]
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 […]
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 […]









