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  • How to Help Anxious Kids: Max Lucado on Parenting, Faith, and Finding Peace [Ep 556]

    How to Help Anxious Kids: Max Lucado on Parenting, Faith, and Finding Peace [Ep 556]
    Jan 19 2026

    Are we living in the most anxious generation ever? In this powerful and hope-filled conversation, Max Lucado joins us to talk about anxiety, mental health, and the unseen struggles so many kids and teens are facing today—and what parents can do about it.

    With constant access to phones, social media, and nonstop information, anxiety often shows up sideways in our kids through anger, withdrawal, or fear. Max explains what’s happening in the brain, why anxiety feels like an alarm that never shuts off, and how parents can become a soft place to land when emotions run high.

    We also talk about the importance of parents addressing anxiety in their own lives, how worry steals joy and peace, and why our presence (not perfection) is what God desires most. Max shares encouragement for praying parents, reminding us that Jesus never turned away a parent who asked for help for their child. Here is some of what we cover:

    • Why today’s kids are facing unprecedented levels of anxiety
    • The physical and emotional toll of chronic worry
    • Why a parent’s physical presence matters more than we realize
    • Max Lucado’s personal faith journey and what God taught him about presence over performance
    Connect with Max Lucado:
    • Instagram: Max Lucado (@maxlucado)
    • Facebook: Max Lucado
    • Website: Max Lucado

    Links Mentioned:

    • Calm Thoughts for Kids: 90 devotions for Anxious Days
    • Tame Your Thoughts: By Max Lucado
    • Anxious for Nothing by Max Lucado
    • Hermie Series–Buzby and the Grumble Bees
    • **SIGN UP to Join Heather and Megan at Pro Love Saturday for Embrace Grace
    Related Episodes:
    • Life Empowered by the Holy Spirit :: Max Lucado [Ep 381]
    • You Are Never Alone :: Max Lucado [Ep 298]
    • From Overwhelmed to Anchored: Replacing the Lies of Motherhood with God’s Truth :: Erica Gwynn [Ep 544]

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    46 min
  • How’d I Miss That? Parenting Perspective, Praying for Your Kids & Trusting God’s Process :: Cynthia Yanof [Ep 555]

    How’d I Miss That? Parenting Perspective, Praying for Your Kids & Trusting God’s Process :: Cynthia Yanof [Ep 555]
    Jan 12 2026

    My friend and Sidetracked podcast co-host, Cynthia Yanof, joins me to discuss her new book, How’d I Miss That?

    Cynthia shares hilarious and poignant stories about family and kids that help uncover deeper truths—reminding us that God has a plan, and there’s no formula for this parenting journey. We often stress over things that feel big at the moment, like preschool registration or making the “right” sports team, but what really matters is having an eternal perspective—focusing on who our kids are becoming at 25 and who we are becoming as parents. In this episode, we talk about:

    • How to pray audacious, faith-filled prayers over our kids
    • Trusting the process, even when it doesn’t make sense in the moment
    • Why not all friendships are meant for every season of parenting—and being intentional about your inner circle
    • And we wrap up with some fun hosting tips from Cynthia

    Connect with Cynthia Yanof:
    • Instagram: Cynthia Wilkinson Yanof (@cynthiayanof)
    • Website: Cynthia Yanof


    Links Mentioned:

    • How’d I Miss That?: By Cynthia Yanof
    • Sidetracked - Podcast - Apple Podcasts
    • Draw the Circle: By Mark Batterson
    • Pre-order Cynthia’s book and then fill out this form to join us LIVE on Jan 27th at 7:30 pm CST

    Related Episodes:
    • The Goal Isn’t Happy Children :: Cynthia Yanof – Summer of Mentorship – Wk 6 [Ep 419]
    • The Unicorn That is Adult Friendship :: Cynthia Yanof – Summer of Mentorship – Wk 3 [Ep 416]
    • Raising Kids Who Can Stand Alone :: Cynthia Yanof -Summer of Mentorship-Wk 2 [Ep 415]


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    48 min
  • People Skills That Strengthen Friendships, Marriage, and Family :: Debra Fileta [Ep 554]

    People Skills That Strengthen Friendships, Marriage, and Family :: Debra Fileta [Ep 554]
    Jan 5 2026
    Moms, life throws us into so many conversations every day…

    Talking with our kids, navigating our husband’s work party, connecting with other moms, or building our own friendship. All of these moments show who we are and how we communicate.

    Today, Debra Fileta, counselor, author, and podcaster, joins me to share practical tips on how to communicate effectively with friends, family, and loved ones. In our tech-driven world, we’ve lost many opportunities for genuine connection, and often we don’t realize how we come across when meeting new people or entering a room full of strangers.

    Debra shares insights from her new book, People Skills, to help us connect in deeper, more authentic ways. Here’s some of what we cover:

    • Relationships and people skills: The strength of your relationships depends on the skills you bring into them.
    • Communication matters: In a tech-driven world, real-life interactions with tone, body language, and facial expressions are more important than ever.
    • Understanding communication styles: Learn the four types—assertive, aggressive, passive, passive-aggressive—and how to navigate them.
    • Practical tips for being a great conversationalist: Honor your story, honor theirs, and create space for give-and-take in relationships.
    Connect with Debra Fileta:

    • Instagram: Debra Fileta
    • Facebook: Debra Fileta Truelovedates.com
    • Website: Debra Fileta, M.A. LPC (@debrafileta)
    Links Mentioned:

    • Soul Care: By Debra Fileta
    • People Skills: By Debra Fileta
    • Talk To Me: The Debra Fileta Podcast
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    • When Friendships Get Messy: Healing, Humor and Finding Your Chicken-Fried Women :: Melissa Radke [Ep 519]
    • Important Topics to Cover with Tweens and Teens about Manners, Technology and Friendship :: Lee Cordon [Ep 408]
    • Helping Our Kids Foster Friendships :: David Thomas and Sissy Goff [Ep 338]
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    55 min
  • Overwhelmed at Christmas? The Women of the Bible Who Understand :: Mary DeMuth [Ep 553]

    Overwhelmed at Christmas? The Women of the Bible Who Understand :: Mary DeMuth [Ep 553]
    Dec 15 2025
    In this episode, author, podcaster, and speaker Mary DeMuth returns to share the inspiration behind her latest work, which spotlights overwhelmed women in the Bible—women whose stories have often been minimized or overlooked. From Mary the mother of Jesus to Hagar to the widow with two mites, these women model faith, resilience, and wholehearted trust in God.

    We talk about how Christmas can be both beautiful and heavy. Mary opens up about her own seasons of overwhelm, from her water breaking on Christmas Eve to sleeping in a barn the week before Christmas. She reminds us that Mary, the mother of Jesus, lived through the deepest fears a mother can face, yet she remained faithful as a disciple. Here is some of what we cover:

    • Why Christmas often heightens grief, trauma, and unmet longings
    • The consumerism of the holiday season vs. the simplicity of God with us
    • What Shalom really means: wholehearted, whole-bodied peace rooted in surrender
    • Jesus’ care for the overlooked, the aging, and the marginalized
    • The definition of “Whelm” which refers to out-of-control stress, “overwhelmed” is that same stress amplified beyond capacity
    Connect with Mary DeMuth:

    • Instagram: Mary DeMuth // Healing from Trauma (@marydemuth)
    • Facebook: Mary DeMuth
    • Website: Mary DeMuth
    Links Mentioned:

    • Nobody's Mother: By Sandra Glahn
    • 90-Day Bible Reading Challenge: By Mary DeMuth
    • Most Misunderstood Women of the Bible: By Mary DeMuth
    • The Most Overlooked Women of the Bible: By Mary DeMuth
    • The Most Overwhelmed Women of the Bible: By Mary DeMuth
    • Podcast - Pray Every Day Mary DeMuth
    • Church Hurt Checklist
    Related Episodes:
    • Building the Family You Never Had :: Mary DeMuth [Ep 156]
    • Nobody’s Mother :: Dr. Sandra Glahn [Ep 443]
    • From Overwhelmed to Anchored: Replacing the Lies of Motherhood with God’s Truth :: Erica Gwynn [Ep 544]
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    49 min
  • How to Feel More Secure in Your Marriage and Family :: Marc Cameron [Ep 552]

    How to Feel More Secure in Your Marriage and Family :: Marc Cameron [Ep 552]
    Dec 8 2025
    In today’s episode, I sit down with Marc Cameron, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, to explore one of the most influential (and often overlooked) elements of our emotional lives: attachment styles. Drawing from more than 80 years of research, Marc breaks down how our earliest experiences with our families shape the way we connect, communicate, handle conflict, and relate to the people closest to us well into adulthood.

    This episode offers a compassionate and scientifically grounded roadmap for understanding yourself and the people you love. Whether you identify as avoidant, anxious, vacillating, disorganized, or relatively secure, you'll walk away with clarity, validation, and practical tools for building healthier patterns of connection. Here is some of what we cover:

    • Why attachment styles are not personality traits, but relational survival strategies formed early in life
    • Why “secure” doesn’t mean perfect; it means the relationship feels predictable and safe most of the time
    • How attachment ruptures can be healed in adulthood through awareness and practice
    • Why the holidays amplify attachment triggers—family roles, old wounds and unresolved expectations
    • How to move toward secure attachment by learning emotional language, practicing repair, and using the comfort circle
    Connect with Marc Cameron:

    • Instagram: How We Love (@howwelovebook)
    • Facebook: How We Love
    • Website: How We Love – Discover Your Love Style, Enhance Your Marriage
    Links Mentioned:

    • How We Love: By Milan and Kay Yerkovich
    • Understanding Your Attachment Style:By Marc Cameron
    • Love Style Quiz – How We Love
    • Freebies – How We Love
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    • Building Healthy Relationships by Exploring Adult Attachment Patterns (Part 1) :: Charissa Lopez [Ep 498]
    • Building Healthy Relationships by Exploring Adult Attachment Patterns (Part 2) :: Charissa Lopez [Ep 499]
    • How to Align with Your Spouse in Parenting :: Dr. Kim Kimberling [Ep 491]
    • What Does my Child Need :: Amy and Jeff Olrick [Ep 480] SofM 2024
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    53 min
  • The Case for Miracles, Christmas, and Faith :: Lee Strobel [Ep 551]

    The Case for Miracles, Christmas, and Faith :: Lee Strobel [Ep 551]
    Dec 1 2025
    In this episode, I sit down with bestselling author and investigative journalist Lee Strobel to explore some of the most profound questions of faith: Are miracles real? What evidence supports the Christmas story? What are angels like?

    Lee was famously an atheist, and when his wife came to faith in Christ, he set out to prove her wrong. In the end, he discovered that the evidence for Jesus was too substantial to ignore and he became a Christian. Since then, he has helped countless people wrestle with life’s biggest questions: Is God real? How do we navigate a spiritually mismatched marriage? How can we help our kids understand the evidence that Jesus came, died, and rose again?

    Now, he has a new movie coming out called The Case for Miracles, bringing the supernatural to life in a powerful and compelling way. In this interview, we explore:

    • Documented cases of divine healing
    • Spiritual Mismatch in marriage and how to have hope
    • The evidence surrounding Christmas and the incarnation
    • Do angels exist? Do we have guardian angels? What Scripture and research reveal
    • How God is using miracles and dreams around the world to draw people to Him
    Connect with Lee Strobel:

    • Instagram: Lee Strobel (@lee_strobel)
    • Facebook: Lee Strobel
    • Website: Lee Strobel
    Links Mentioned:

    • The Case for Miracles Movie
    • Spiritual Mismatch: By Lee Strobel
    • The Seeing the Supernatural: By Lee Strobel
    • The Case for Christ: By Lee Strobel
    • The Case for Miracles: By Lee Strobel
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    • Moms and the Best Christmas Pageant Ever :: Dallas and Amanda Jenkins [Ep 501]
    • “What is My Responsibility in My Child’s Salvation?” :: Vela Tomba [Ep 431]
    • Seek Him First :: Lillian Richey [Ep 494]
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    48 min
  • What Comes Next When Life Falls Apart: An Honest Conversation with Jess Connolly [Ep 550]

    What Comes Next When Life Falls Apart: An Honest Conversation with Jess Connolly [Ep 550]
    Nov 24 2025
    In this powerful and deeply honest conversation, Jess Connolly—author, podcaster, and speaker—invites us into a season of her life marked by heartbreak and uncertainty.

    Jess opens up about the winter of 2023, when her husband experienced panic attacks, heart issues, and a mental health crisis. At the same time, her family was facing major loss as her stepfather passed away after heart surgery, while also preparing for a book release. Followed by one of her children walking through a dark trial. Jess brings so much truth and gentle encouragement to anyone walking through a season that desperately needs hope, not the shallow Christian clichés we often hear, but a deep and steady hope that God is with us in the valley. Here’s some of what we cover:

    • The myth of the “prosperity gospel of parenting” and why 1+2 does not always equal 3
    • The pressure to assign purpose to a painful season
    • Rethinking Psalm 23 and understanding the rod and the staff
    • Learning to lament: why anger expressed to God is actually intimacy
    • An exclusive sneak peak at her next book!
    Connect with Jess Connolly:
    • Instagram: Jess Connolly | Author + Bible Teacher (@jessaconnolly)
    • Facebook: Jess Connolly
    • Website: Jess Connolly
    Links Mentioned:

    • What Comes Next: By Jess Connolly
    • Tired of Being Tired: By Jess Connolly
    • It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: By Lysa TerKeurst
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    • Sidetracked with Jess Connolly :: Cynthia and Heather [Ep 484]
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    53 min
  • The Type C Mom: Finding Peace Between Perfection and Chaos :: Ashleigh Surratt [Ep 549]

    The Type C Mom: Finding Peace Between Perfection and Chaos :: Ashleigh Surratt [Ep 549]
    Nov 17 2025
    As a young mom, I felt the tension of wanting to have it all together: the boys in matching outfits, the house spotless, and dinner on the table. But no matter how hard I tried, it always felt just out of reach.

    Today, Ashleigh Surratt joins me to talk about what it means to be a Type C mom — a blend of Type A and Type B — and how this mix shapes the way we experience motherhood. She is a mom and faith-filled encourager who speaks honestly about motherhood, identity, and finding God’s grace in the messiest seasons of life. Her perspective helps moms release perfectionism and embrace the freedom found in authenticity. We talk about:

    • How to stop comparing yourself and embrace what truly matters to you
    • How “ideal mom” expectations can become an idol
    • Why authenticity and vulnerability invite connection rather than shame
    • Create simple “catch-all” systems to manage chaos in your home
    • When you feel drained, pause and invite God into the overwhelm
    Connect with Ashleigh Surratt:

    • Instagram: Ashleigh Surratt (@ashleigh.surratt)
    • Facebook: Ashleigh Surratt
    Links Mentioned:

    • The Lazy Genius
    • The Ashleigh Surratt Show - Podcast - Apple Podcasts
    • Podcast with her husband
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    • Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius :: Kendra Adachi [Ep 492]
    • The Lazy Genius Kitchen :: Kendra Adachi [Ep 365]
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    45 min