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In today’s episode we sit down with our guest Chelsey Youman, she's an attorney, she's a mom and she is the Texas State Director and National Legislative Advisor for Human Coalition Action. There's a myth that things are going to go haywire in this country if Roe v. Wade is reversed. Yet that is not the case as the pro-life movement has been preparing for this day for 50 years. Join us as Chelsey tells us more about that and the great work she does. Show Links: Op-Ed Texas Leads the Way Healing Resource- Rachel’s Vineyard.org Abortion Memorial Page Catholic Healing- Rachel Project SAVAnon- Support Group Dr. Bernard Nathanson’s Autobiography, full story on the misuse of data  Chemical Abortion Resource Plessy versus Ferguson Human Coalition Action Human Coalition.org Show Takeaways: Listen in as Chesley explains how the Human Coalition has been preparing for the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the other amazing work it is doing Discover the many resources and support available to those who have an abortion or are considering one. Learn some of the myths about Chemical Abortion. Let’s Connect: Instagram Wild + Beautiful Website

In a world that has deemed Truth controversial, Wild + Beautiful is a place where questions, debate, and hope in what is yet unseen are welcomed and encouraged.   In a culture that threatens to erase those who dare to diverge from the mainstream, this is a place where believers are galvanized to explore and speak Truth without fear.   In a reality that feels upside-down, this is a place where words -- and THE Word --  guide us to the safe harbor of Truth.   Join our smart, sassy, sometimes irreverent hosts, and their occasional guests, as they explore how to live a brave faith that engages with culture but does not conform to it.   Come be Wild + Beautiful.

Hey friends! As you may have guessed, this is the "we're going on break" episode. PLEASE stay connected and reach out to Lauren and Joanna, and know that they love you all and are deeply encouraged by the community that has been created with this podcast. If there's anything you'd like to hear from them in the future, let them know! Until then, stay wild and beautiful. Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com

Happy Star Wars day! May the fourth be with you. This week we’re discussing the Fruits of the Spirit, but laying the foundation for our pursuit of them through humility first. What does the Bible have to say about it? What behaviors do we exhibit that separate us from God? What would it look like to build our habits around embodying and cultivating spiritual fruit? SHOW NOTES This episode’s reading is from Romans 12: 1-5; and Galatians 5: 19-22, taken from the NLT Study Bible. If you’d like to pick one of these up for yourself or someone you know, they can be found here: https://www.tyndale.com/p/nlt-study-bible/9781496416643 CONNECT -Have topic ideas or questions for Kyle? Share them here! Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com -Like the show? Buy us a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wbpod -We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel

Hello friends! Jo and Enriquez have officially entered into maternity leave, and have left you all in the somewhat questionable hands of producer Kyle. For the first guest host week we will be discussing anxiety and worry, and specifically hearing an excerpt from Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount. -How do we respond to anxiety and worry as believers? -Does our use of professional help and medication undermine God’s ultimate provision? -How can we support others, both believers and non-believers? SHOW NOTES Today’s reading from the Sermon on the Mount is from the NLT Study Bible, and is found in Matthew 6:25-34. If you’d like to purchase one of these, they can be found here: https://www.tyndale.com/p/nlt-study-bible/9781496416643 Little things can add up to help a lot throughout your day! Here’s a helpful resource for learning new things that are simple and effective for protecting our mental health as individuals: https://www.mhanational.org/31-tips-boost-your-mental-health Kyle’s instagram: @kyleblaine CONNECT -Have topic ideas for Kyle? Share them here! Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com -Like our show? Buy us a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wbpod -We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel

Happy Easter! Today on Wild + Beautiful… 🎉 HUGE GOOD NEWS! A federal judge has ruled that the FDA illegally approved the abortion pill in the U.S. We’ll be praying as this case progresses. ✋ We break down the two biggest threats to ending abortion in the U.S.   📢 We have a special announcement! Our babies are coming, but our show isn’t going anywhere.  Have topic ideas for Kyle? Share them here! Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com   ☕ Like our show? Buy us a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wbpod  🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel  SHOW NOTES Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration: https://adfmedia.org/case/alliance-hippocratic-medicine-v-us-food-and-drug-administration  Jo’s Instagram live on the above case:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CqwRzvWAtxD/?hl=en Abortion Pill Reversal (know this info – you could save a life!):  https://www.abortionpillreversal.com/  Planned Parenthood is sweeping up nearly all of the federal sex ed money in the U.S.: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/morning-wire/id1576594336?i=1000605840020  How to take down Planned Parenthood - an ebook you can download: https://secure.savethebabyhumans.org/complete-guide-defunding-pp/?utm_source=WEB-H&utm_medium=TCGTDPP&utm_campaign=E-BOOK&utm_content=MAR-2023

Today on Wild + Beautiful… ✝️ The Easter Triduum is here – are you ready for renewal?   🙏 Why thoughts and prayers ARE the appropriate response after a tragedy. 💙 It’s good to ponder things in our hearts before deciding how or whether to act.  What do you think? Write to us: Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com   ☕ Like our show? Buy us a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wbpod  🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel  SHOW NOTES What is the Easter Triduum? More from EWTN https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/easter-triduum-6534 Pope Benedict XVI The most sacred days of our Christian calendar celebrate the life-and-death battle that Jesus wins — and empowers us to do — by his dying and rising. Romans 12:15  Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.  BOOK Elizabeth Elliot: The Path Of Loneliness https://a.co/d/fMeSngT

🎶 Find out what it means to me 🎶  Today on Wild + Beautiful… ⚽⚽ Are soccer referees teaching us more about respect for authority than law school deans?! (Spoiler alert: YES.) 👨‍👶 We all have authority figures in our lives, and sometimes our relationships with them are complicated. Our faith weighs in.  🌟 Authority can be a stabilizing force and guiding light in our life – and that’s GOOD.  What do you think? Write to us: Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com   ☕ Like our show? Buy us a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wbpod  🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel  SHOW NOTES Ephesians 6: "Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with promise: "that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth." And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. Fallout after Stanford Law School disrespects federal judge: https://washingtonstand.com/commentary/women-we-must-not-kneel-before-the-trans-patriarchy  Two judges weigh in: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/03/stop-the-chaos-law-schools-need-to-crack-down-on-student-disrupters-now/  Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraph 1822: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/1898.htm  Need a Catholic retreat? Check out Casa Maria: https://sisterservants.org/

Today on Wild + Beautiful… 🖊️ Jo advises listeners to use caution when borrowing pens from friends 🕮 Sorry mom… “Be nice!” may not always be good advice What do you think? Write to us: Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com   ☕ Like our show? Buy us a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wbpod  🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel  SHOW NOTES 1 Corinthians 13 Love is patient, love is kind Galatians 5:22 The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness Wellesley College and the “trans patriarchy” https://washingtonstand.com/commentary/women-we-must-not-kneel-before-the-trans-patriarchy  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/us/wellesley-college-trans-nonbinary.html  Injustice: Trans rapists in women’s prisons https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/26/trans-woman-isla-bryson-found-guilty-rape-not-be-held-in-womens-prison-sturgeon  A (female) Supreme Court justice doesn’t know what a woman is https://www.nationalreview.com/news/judge-jackson-refuses-to-define-woman-during-confirmation-hearing-im-not-a-biologist/  BOOK: “Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women’s Rights” by Ayaan Hirsi Ali https://a.co/d/6mYMGIg Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraph 1822: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/1822.htm

Today on Wild + Beautiful… 🎤 What does the popular say about our culture? 📺 What we consume does affect us. How can we be discerning? 🎭 What is beauty and how do we experience it in a degraded culture? What do you think? Write to us: Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel LINKS NYC’s new “Satanic golden medusa” is a damning indictment of American pop culture. Catholic News Agency: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253489/how-the-satanic-new-york-city-courthouse-statue-is-all-about-abortion Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/media/satanic-golden-medusa-abortion-statue-new-york-city-courthouse-ruthlessly-mocked-monstrosity Author John Mark Miravalle on “Beauty: What It Is And Why It Matters.” Interview: https://avemariaradio.net/kresta-in-the-afternoon-feb-28-2023-hour-1/ The book: https://a.co/d/bTF7llp

Today on Wild + Beautiful, Enriquez interviews Ericka Andersen, author of the new book “Reasons to Return: Why Women Need the Church and the Church Needs Women.” ⛪ Whether you’ve never missed a Sunday, you’ve been away for a while, or you’ve never attended church, this conversation is for you. 👪 Taking kids to church can be difficult. Ericka shares where to find encouragement to stay the course with our kids. 👩 Why women need the church and the church needs women Were you ever away from Church? What spurred you back? Write to us: Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel LINKS “Reasons to Return: Why Women Need the Church and the Church Needs Women.” https://www.amazon.com/Reason-Return-Women-Church-Needs/dp/1641585668 Connect with Ericka Anderson

Today on Wild + Beautiful… 🛑 Did you grow up in “purity culture”? We deconstruct wrong teachings on modesty. 📱 How do we navigate modesty in the social media realm, where skin is currency? 👫 Are women responsible for the purity of men? Maybe the answer is less black-or-white than we’ve been told. What do you think? Write to us: Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel LINKS & QUOTES The Catechism of the Catholic Church on the 9th Commandment http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c2a9.htm John Paul II’s Theology of the Body https://stmarys-waco.org/documents/2016/9/theology_of_the_body.pdf Fr. Mike Schmitz’s Ash Wednesday Episode: You Are Mine https://youtu.be/hPTcMWpHfKk

Today on Wild + Beautiful… ✝️ It’s Lent… again! Let’s prepare our hearts for the Resurrection. 📝 Lent rhymes with ment…al health! How’s yours? 💕 There’s a God-shaped hole in the heart of every human. We discuss. Write to us: Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel LINKS & QUOTES Our Lent 2022 episode (a primer on Lent) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lent/id1601284314?i=1000552101674 John Paul II’s World Youth Day Address https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/speeches/2000/jul-sep/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_20000819_gmg-veglia.html ❤️ JPII Quote: It is Jesus in fact that you seek when you dream of happiness; he is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; he is the beauty to which you are so attracted; it is he who provokes you with that thirst for fullness that will not let you settle for compromise; it is he who urges you to shed the masks of a false life; it is he who reads in your hearts your most genuine choices, the choices that others try to stifle. John Eldridge podcast: “The Surprising Symptoms of Trauma and the Challenges of Deconstruction” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5ckJbjJQU4 Ben Shapiro on the mental health crisis among young girls: Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ben-shapiro-show/id1047335260?i=1000599592782 Article: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/02/15/young-americans-are-losing-their-minds-the-social-left-is-to-blame/

You’ve heard us mention her numerous times on our podcast, and now she’s finally here! Alison Centofante is a mom, a media powerhouse and pro-life advocate. Most importantly, she’s one of our dearest friends. “Lean in” culture, and how its main champion seems to be backing away What being a “working mom” looks like in different seasons Is it Biblical to work AND be a mom or are we to focus on one calling at a time? What fears or questions do you have about working and parenting? If you’re doing it now, tell us your hacks! Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel Links: Connect with Alison: Instagram, Website Scripture: 1 Samuel 25, Prov. 31, Acts 18

Today on Wild + Beautiful… 🤰🤰 Jo and Enriquez share what it’s like to be called “elderly” pregnant women and how they’re coping with old age. 📰 They break down some troubling news stories… and why there is reason for HOPE in the headlines. 🎤 We have a special guest coming next week. Any guesses? Have a topic or news story you want us to cover? Tell us about it: Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel LINKS & QUOTES “Secularization Revisited: There’s Hope For Faith,” by Mary Eberstadt https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2022/12/30/secularization-revisited-theres-hope-for-faith/ Missionary Hudson Taylor quote: “There are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done.” https://tabletalkmagazine.com/article/2021/11/beginning-with-impossible/

Today on Wild + Beautiful… 👰 Jo and Enriquez share their stress coping mechanism. There are mail-order brides in the story. 🗣️ Jo testified for LIFE at an abortion hearing in Washington… and pulled zero punches. 🕮 Enriquez reviews the book “Discipline Is Destiny” by Ryan Holiday. 👭 Bad habits and addictions… Shia LeBeouf reminds us why we need each other. And we want to hear YOUR voice. Did you have to overcome anxiety to speak an important truth? Tell us about it: Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel LINKS & BOOKS Trust Me, I’m Lying, by Ryan Holiday https://www.amazon.com/Trust-Me-Im-Lying-Ryan-Holiday-audiobook/dp/B07RK54H63/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=trust+me+im+lying&qid=1675312372&sprefix=trust+me%2Caps%2C112&sr=8-1 Discipline Is Destiny, by Ryan Holiday https://www.amazon.com/Discipline-Destiny-Power-Self-Control-Virtues/dp/0593191692/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1675312337&sr=8-1 Jon Bernthal’s Conversation with Shia LeBeouf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnVKqQiQyTQ

A lot of the most “controversial” topics also happen to be the most important topics in our culture today. Jo and Enriquez have a conversation that explores why people stay silent on the issues that matter & how we can find our voices. And we want to hear YOUR voice. Did you have to overcome anxiety to speak an important truth? Tell us about it: Wildandbeautifulpodcast@gmail.com 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel

In 2022, we saw the historic reversal of Roe v. Wade. But the pro-life movement still has a lot of work to do! Abortion is still legal and accessible in 75% of America. Today Jo and Enriquez discuss… 📰 The latest abortion news you should know 🤦‍♀️ Oh no she didn’t… a Congresswoman uses Jeremiah 1:5 to DEFEND infanticide 💊 The abortion pill has become the deadly drug epidemic no one is talking about 🛑 Why Planned Parenthood has GOT to go 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel LINKS & BOOKS QUICK READ: Why our laws need to protect infants who survive abortion from infanticide: https://www.christianpost.com/news/a-short-history-of-babies-born-alive-during-an-abortion.html LONG READ: The Story of Abortion in America: A Street-Level History By Marvin Olasky and Leah Savas https://www.amazon.com/Story-Abortion-America-Street-Level SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Today Enriquez chats with pro-life activist and mom Christine Yeargin. You’re going to be amazed by Christine’s story and how it led her to help pregnant mothers today in a BIG way. They chat about… 🤰 Becoming a single mom 👨 The indispensable role of men in our lives 🚸 Raising Christian kids in a secular world 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel LINKS https://www.christineyeargin.com/ Follow Christine on social media and learn more about her ministry to assist moms in crisis. She’s @ChristineYeargin or @ChristineYeargs on all major social media platforms. We especially recommend you follow her on GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/christineyeargs Listen to Christine’s podcast, Speak Out, on Apple Podcasts or anywhere you find podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speak-out-with-christine-yeargin/id1622097794

Happy 2023!! It’s the show’s 1-year anniversary, and a new year. We’re taking a step back to consider the role resolutions and goals can play in our lives as Christians. 💓 God knows His plans for us… but is it OK for us to make plans, too? 🤝 How do we keep God at the center of our journey? 📝 Jo’s pastor-dad created a resource we’re sharing with YOU! 🎥 We’re on video! Subscribe to our new YouTube channel LINKS & BOOKS Pastor John’s Resolutions Worksheet SCRIPTURES & QUOTES: Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” In honor of the life and passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Enriquez wanted to share this quote which can help to center our 2023 resolutions: “What is truly great grows outside the limelight; and stillness at the right time is more fruitful than constant busyness, which degenerates all too easily into mindless busywork. All of us, in this era when public life is being more and more Americanized, are in the grip of a peculiar restlessness, which suspects any quietness of being a waste of time, any stillness of being a sign of missing out on something. Every ounce of time is being measured and weighed, and thus we become oblivious to the true mystery of time, the true mystery of growing and becoming: stillness. It is the same in the area of religion, where all our hopes and expectations rest on what we do; where we, through all kinds of exercises and activities, painstakingly avoid facing the true mystery of inner growth toward God. And yet, in the area of religion, what we receive is at least as important as what we do.” -From his book, “Co-Workers of the Truth: Meditations for Every Day of the Year” https://www.amazon.com/Co-Workers-Truth-Meditations-Every-Year/dp/089870409X/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me&qid=1545233738&sr=1-1&fbclid=IwAR0Eo1IfyhljZL8LLjP7S183Dimqq-nLgEhX03_-PN2mRe_9U1lkBUHWUVo