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Women are born nurturers, but they sometimes overlook nurturing the three most important relationships in their lives: with God, their girlfriends, and themselves. Join hosts Marcia Ramirez and Stacey Wynn as they bring on friends and special guests to discuss ways to help enhance our spiritual lives, strengthen our friendships, and learn how to take better care of ourselves too!
Marcia Ramirez: www.marciaramirez.substack.com
Stacey Wynn: www.clarityunleased.com
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This is our Season Five finale and it's a great one! We have Dr. Laura Anderson here with us to talk about her wonderful book, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from the Impact of Religious Trauma and High-Impact Religion. We also have big news about the future of this podcast and what we are doing next, so don't miss out on this jam-packed episode! About Dr. Laura Anderson: Dr. Laura Anderson is a psychotherapist, trauma resolution coach and consultant, writer and educator specializing in c...
First, Marcia and Stacey process the election results. Maybe our discussion will help you with it too. Then, the Mastermind group is all here! Marcia, Stacey, Althena Pivonka, Marie Griffith and Staci Frenes all share their experiences of being in a Mastermind group. We talk about how and why we started one and how you can start one too! A Mastermind group is a unique community and we think you'll be inspired by this conversation. Join us! To learn more about Stacey and her wo...
This week’s podcast is a fascinating one! Have you heard of Human Design?? Join us as we learn all about it with our special guest, Jen Hoeft and our girlfriend, Athena Pivonka. ABOUT JEN: Jen Hoeft is a certified Human Design Analyst and Integrative Therapist. A Truth-Seeker, poet, teacher, author, yogi, drummer, artist. Bringing a lifetime of studying, playing and teaching music and movement, with the one desire of living a joyful, compassionate and real life that serves humanit...
This week on the podcast, Marcia and Stacey talk with guest girlfriend, Amie Pronk about the new short film, For Our Daughters. This film is the brain-child of Kristin Kobes DuMez, author of the book Jesus and John Wayne. They discuss themes from this film, which includes sexual and spiritual abuse in the church. It’s a hard topic, but also hopeful because more and more women are choosing to bravely speak out about their experiences. Their stories matter because they are helping others who ha...
Our girlfriend, Marie Griffith joins us this week to talk about her backpacking adventures and how nature can be a healing escape for us. I think even the most "indoorsy" person will be inspired! To read more about Marie's adventures, check out her blog at: https://www.livelikeitmatters.net/ Then, we talk to our special guest, Dr. Merry Lin about her new book, Rebecoming: Come Out Of Hiding to Live as Your God-Given Essential Self. Some of the things we talked with Dr. Lin about are: How...
We dove right into the political arena this week with our guest girlfriend Melissa Jackson. We talked about the value of debates, how to find trusted sources for breaking down political issues, and how religious beliefs help shape our political beliefs. We also talk about the difference between values and beliefs. It's a great conversation! Then with special guest, Petra Amrein, we dig into: 1. What does it mean to be our own advocate? 2. How do you fill up your own cup when you feel deplete...
Are you a Mom that is going through a faith deconstruction? Do you wonder how to raise your own children to believe in God and have faith when your own journey is in transition? Then you are definitely going to want to listen in to our guest today! Our guest for our Season Four finale is the wonderful Elizabeth Enns Petters. Lizz is a freelance writer and a podcaster known for the Deconstructing Mamas Podcast. She is the daughter of biblical scholar Pete Enns. Lizz is passionate about normali...
As we enter into this political election season, we reached out to former Nashville Mayor and current TN Congressional Candidate, Megan Barry for a chat. We found her lovely, forthcoming, and inspiring. Also, Marcia and Melissa Jackson discuss how they are navigating the political climate and why it's important for us as women to pay attention to what is happening right now... and then use our voices... and of course, VOTE. ---- ABOUT MEGAN BARRY: Megan is the daughter of a proud Ma...
Without a doubt, we have the most requests on this podcast to address friendship issues and how to forge more meaningful relationships with women. Today, we do just that! We have as our guests this week, three of the most talented and respected singer/songwriters in Nashville joining us to talk about their careers, their families, their friendship and how they balance them all! We welcome Emily Shackelton, Jenn Bostic and Sarah Darling this week as they discuss how to forge friendships in a ...
Church is supposed to be our safe place. Our Christian brothers and sisters are supposed to support us when we are lied about, misrepresented and treated unfairly. What do you do when all that fails you? Our guest today knows all too well about this kind of church hurt. Aimee has been through it all and is using her voice to help others who are trying to process this kind of hurt. The kind of hurt that shatters everything you knew to be true. Her story is compelling and awful and beautiful a...
We are back with Pt. 2 of our conversation with Tiffany Lee (Plumb music) and Melissa Jackson as we discuss Tiffany's faith shift and how a perfect storm of circumstances led her into re-thinking everything she knew about life and love and spirituality. Pre-order Plumb's new album: Candy Coated Waterdrops Reimagined And our friend Amie Pronk rejoins us in the girlfriend seat this week as they talk about what makes life worth living. Also, Amie and Stacey help Marcia do some inner child wor...
Many of you know Tiffany Lee by her stage name, Plumb. She has toured the world, sold over 500,000 records, and over two million singles worldwide. Today, we just get to talk to "Tiff" as her best friend, Melissa Jackson calls her. Tiff and "Melis" give us a beautiful and authentic view into their friendship and both give some amazing advice on how to navigate long-term friendship, how to hold one another accountable, and how to critique each other without coming across as being critic...
Are you finding yourself at a crossroads? Do you find yourself wondering "What now, God?" -- well even if you aren't in "mid-life" right now, you're going to love this inspiring conversation with our guest, Debbie Cunningham. Debbie is a jazz recording artist, author, speaker & podcast host. After spending more than a decade in the music business and singing about love & romance, she decided to write a book about it… and published her first book, Dancing in The Kitchen in 2019. — In i...
Without a doubt, we have had the most requests asking us to dive into friendships and the nuances behind making and keeping good friends here on the podcast. Insert our guest this week - Lea Sims! This lady brought some amazing insight on female friendship, why it's so important, how to make good friends and BE a good friend. You guys are going to LOVE what Lea has to say. We also talk about getting "un-stuck" in life, and a bit about her faith journey and how deconstruction has played a part...
Our special guest this week is Brandi Wilson. Marcia and Stacey talk with Brandi about her newest book, "Better Than Okay: Finding Hope and Healing after your Marriage ends". Brandi has managed to write the perfect handbook for handling life after loss, betrayal and heartbreak. But her advice isn't limited to divorce. What she learned and is sharing with us all now, is great advice for navigating any kind of grief and loss. Don't miss this inspiring conversation! Brandi Wilson is an author, ...
Our special guest this week is Amanda Held Opelt. Marcia and Stacey talk with Amanda about her newest book, "Holy Unhappiness: God, Goodness, and The Myth of The Blessed Life". If you have ever wondered why life can seem so hard, even though you are trying your best to do everything "right", this episode is for YOU. Also, Juli-Maners Hood returns in the girlfriend seat and brings us a beautiful "good news" story that you don't want to miss! --- Amanda is an author, speaker, and songw...
Our special guest this week is Danielle Shroyer. She is a spiritual director, author, speaker, and former pastor. She is the author of three books, most recently Original Blessing: Putting Sin in its Rightful Place. In addition to her spiritual direction practice, she leads groups and retreats, creates spiritual formation resources, and serves as a dream work mentor for the Haden Institute. Danielle is a graduate of Baylor University and Princeton Theological Seminary and was a founding...
Our special guest this week is Pastor Trey Ferguson. Pastor Trey is a Miami-Dade County based minister, writer, and podcaster whose passions include jokes, justice, and Jesus. He’s the creator of New Living Treyslation–a podcast that retells and relates scripture in a modern vernacular–and a co-host of Three Black Men, a podcast where he muses on theology and culture with Sam Gay, Robert Monson, and a wide array of riveting guests. The author of Theologizin’ Bigger, Trey also writes and...
On our Season Four Premiere, Stacey and Marcia look back on a few of their favorite moments in Season Three and look ahead to what is coming up in Season Four. --- Mentioned in episode: Our brand new Instagram! Follow us for all the podcast news: @thegamgpodcast https://www.instagram.com/thegamgpodcast/ https://linktr.ee/thegamgpodcast Guests from Season 3 we mentioned: Marg Mowczko-- Marg's website: https://margmowczko.com/ Our interview with her: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/...
Our special guest this week is writer, preacher and former college campus minister, Liz Cooledge Jenkins. Liz is the author of Nice Churchy Patriarchy: Reclaiming Women’s Humanity from Evangelicalism. She lives in the Seattle area with her husband and their black cat Athena. Her writing can be found at Sojourners, The Christian Century, Christians for Social Action, Feminism and Religion, and Red Letter Christians, among other places; she also blogs at lizcooledgejenkins.com and Instagrams as...
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