Allison Byxbe is a writer, speaker, and advocate for honest conversations about grief, healing, and faith in the midst of life’s hardest realities.

Allison shares her story of walking through profound loss and heartbreak, including her sister’s stillbirth, her own miscarriage, a difficult genetic diagnosis for her son, and seasons of struggle within her marriage. She opens up about the questions, fears, and grief that accompanied those experiences, and the slow, often messy journey toward healing.

One of the most powerful parts of Allison’s story is the role journaling played along the way. We talk about how putting words to our pain can help us process emotions instead of suppressing them, why reflection is such an important part of healing, and how journaling can create space for God to meet us in our hardest seasons.

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Allison's Website: https://allisonbyxbe.com/

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Emily and Matt are vindicated about the existance of water table fountains. Is Ariana Grande okay? Is it okay for society to be commenting on women’s bodies if they’re underweight? The 1 tillion different terms for women’s haircuts and styles that hairstylists are absolutely making up. How long is too long to wear an item of clothing before deciding to return it? Kaitlin has a ruin with a librarian. Matt doesn’t understand how libraries work. Does renting everyday clothes make any sense? The Black Tux is the best. Norah faces her first walking related injury (don’t worry, she’s okay…Emily? Not so much). Go Knicks!

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Hanna Seymour is an author, speaker, Bible teacher, and a passionate advocate for helping people experience God in everyday life. Hanna encourages women to let go of perfectionism and embrace simple, sustainable rhythms that deepen their relationship with Jesus.

In this conversation, we talk about why so many Christians carry shame around the idea of having a “quiet time” and how that shame can actually keep us from connecting with God. Hanna shares practical, attainable ways to grow your faith, even in busy seasons, and reminds us that spiritual disciplines were never meant to be another item on our to-do list.

We also discuss a freeing truth: there is nothing we can do to make God love us more. We don’t earn His affection through Bible reading plans, prayer streaks, or perfect spiritual habits. Instead, those practices simply help us draw closer to the God who already loves us completely.

Finally, Hanna unpacks how the science of habit formation can work alongside spiritual growth, helping us create rhythms that are life-giving rather than guilt-inducing. If you've ever felt like you're failing at your faith because you can't seem to "do enough," this conversation is the breath of fresh air you've been looking for.

Hanna’s Website: https://hannaseymour.com/

Everyday Spiritual Habits Book: https://amzn.to/3SarXc3

The Weekly One: https://hannaseymour.com/the-weekly-one

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Kaitlin’s relationship with ChatGPT has become her greatest source of encouragement. Matt and Emily don’t quite understand the workings of a child’s water table toy. Kaitlin is experiencing a slight identity crisis as she’s starting to transition out of the early years of motherhood. Scott and Kaitlin go to their nephew’s wedding in Minnesota..congrats Grant and Lily! New Jersey’s fast-paced hustle culture is exhausting, it might be time to buy a family compound in the middle of nowhere. We tackle some big questions: Can kids see spiritual beings? Should middle schoolers have phones? Is it gross to sleep in the same shirt you wore all day? Slow-summer Kaitlin is beginning to emerge. Scott goes shopping to relieve stress while Kaitlin witnesses a cat viciously murder a chipmunk.

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Erica Ligenza Gwynn is an author, speaker, and writer of That’s Just Not True: How to Replace the Lies You Didn’t Know You Believed with God’s Unchanging Truth.

In this conversation, Erica unpacks the cultural lies that often disguise themselves as empowerment but quietly leave us exhausted, anxious, and stuck. We dive into phrases we hear all the time—“God won’t give me more than I can handle,” “I can do anything,” “My feelings are my truth,” and “I am enough”—and explore why these ideas sound comforting but ultimately fall short.

Erica gently challenges the narratives we’ve absorbed from culture, social media, and even church circles, revealing the deeper truth beneath them and pointing us back to a more grounded, freeing understanding of God and ourselves.

Erica’s Website: https://ericagwynn.com/

That’s Just Not True Book: https://amzn.to/4wKpIML

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Happy Mother’s Day SWEople! OLIPOP is a life changer. Caroline helps Kaitlin navigate a grocery store. Is Taco Bell like sort of healthy now? Fast food is staring to grow on Kaitlin. Scott has exactly no functioning legs, oh and may also have a parasite. Emily is the slowest walker of all time. Kaitlin decides to be the fun parent for a night. Parenting when your spouse is traveling is hard. For the first time ever, Emily takes interior design inspiration from Kaitlin.

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Jennifer Dukes Lee is an author, speaker, and expert in helping people create rhythms that actually work in real life, not just in theory.

In this episode, Jennifer makes the bold claim that everyone is a morning person, you just haven’t discovered your style yet. We talk about identifying your unique “archetype” and how understanding it can completely change the way you start your day. She also breaks down the difference between routine and ritual, and why one feels like a chore while the other actually brings life.

We dive into the very real struggle of revenge bedtime procrastination (aka staying up way too late just to reclaim your time), and how to shift your habits without adding more pressure.

At the core of the conversation is this simple but powerful idea: it’s not about when you wake up, it’s about who you wake up to be.

How to Love Your Morning: https://amzn.to/4ur1SUg

Jennifer’s Website: https://jenniferdukeslee.com/

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Scott has not one, but two, pulled hamstrings. Norah walks for the first time, but like sort of. The saga of Donald The Cat continues. Kaitlin's Spotify is unhinged. If men have good personalities but aren’t attractive women are still attracted to them, but the same isn’t necessarily true for women. Kaitlin's worst nightmare comes true at the library. Matt tries to make an intelluctual point, but Emily immediately shuts him down. Do women actually have stronger pain tolerance than men? What's up with celebrities and DUIs?

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