Page of Our Lives Podcast

Nicole Clark is a wife, mom, and a former background dancer for Justin Timberlake (yes!). But more than that, Nicole is someone who knows intimately the pain and heartache of infertility. It was through her own struggle with infertility that her ministry, Twelve 12, was born.

Jennifer Dukes Lee is an author, speaker, book editor and accidental farm girl. She is passionate about sharing the Good News through storytelling, including in her latest book, "Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-Hurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl." Jennifer knows first hand that going big and hustling hard leaves us stressed, empty, and out of sorts, yet is often our cue to step into a far more satisfying, sustainable pace. Through "Growing Slow", Jennifer tells her story of rude awakening to the ways her chosen lifestyle of running hard, scaling fast, and the never ending chase for results was taking a toll on her body, heart, and soul. But when she finally gave herself permission to believe it takes time to grow good things, she found a new kind of freedom. 

Do you feel overwhelmed and stressed out at home?

Are you disappointed that you don't have more quality time with the people you love?

Do you wish you could stop second-guessing your parenting choices?

Then you need to listen to today's episode. Our special guest is Kimberly Amici, a Family Culture Coach. Kimberly is passionate about helping people build their best families by gaining confidence to say yes to the things that matter and no to the things that don’t. Kimberly believes that when families are intentional about creating a vision for who they want to be, they can then establish routines, rhythms, and traditions to make that vision a reality. 

She loves helping families move from chaos to calm and shares all about how she does that on today's show. 

It's prom season pretty much everywhere you look right now. Recently Paige saw her two oldest kids have their first prom experience. From the dresses, to the pictures, to the promposals, one thing's for sure, prom in 2022 is nothing like it was when we were in high school.  All of the glitter and glam had the two of us reminiscing about our own proms and laughing about the memories on today's episode. 

Join us for this fun look at a page of our lives on today's episode.

Today's guest is author Jodi Cowles who has spent most of her life living abroad. Jodi uses the sights, surroundings and senses of living in a foreign country to influence her work as a fiction writer. In fact, her most popular book, Some Wandered in the Desert, was inspired by a near-kidnapping experience she had while living in North Africa. Today Jodi and her family call Istanbul, Turkey their home. We can't wait for you to meet her and hear her fascinating story.  

On this episode, we're crossing the finish line on things we've been wanting to get done in our lives. From big things to small things, we know how important it is to finish something once you've started. For Paige, this has meant getting her home salon organized so she can better serve her beauty clients in a more peaceful atmosphere. For Leslee, this has meant finally finishing writing her first book. Both of these important accomplishments are helping us take the next steps toward our achieving our dreams and goals. We hope today's conversation inspires you to cross the finish line on something you've started or been trying to do. 

April is National Donate Life Month! And this month is extra special to our amazing co-host Paige Eavenson. When Paige's youngest daughter, Corrie, was just three-year-old, she underwent a liver transplant. On today's episode, Paige shares Corrie's Story with our listeners. Her story will give you hope during the darkest moments of your life and remind you that God is with you even when you cannot trace his presence. 

This episode is truly a page of our lives! We cover all kinds of topics -- from what we're eating and making for dinner, to what we're reading, to what the heck are ASMR videos and why are they so popular. It truly is an episode for all your senses!

If you've ever struggled with knowing what you're supposed to be doing with your life, know that you're not alone. We have been there and can attest that when you learn to identify your passions, it will help you uncover your purpose. 

Hurry causes us to miss out on a lot of what God has for us because we are running too fast. On today's episode, we take a look at what it looks like to live an unhurried life. Learning to slow down and be more intentional with our time is hard, but the benefits are always worth it. 

Some of the books we're reading that are impacting us right now include,

This is such a great episode! Paige and I had the honor of interviewing the founders of She Works HIS Way, Michelle Myers and Somer Phoebus. These ladies are passionate about two things - Jesus and discipling working women. It's these passions that led them to launch the She Works HIS Way network, their annual conference, Narrow, and to write their must-read book, "She Works HIS Way." We love how Michelle and Somer encourage women to stop compartmentalizing their lives - from work, to home, to church, to social - and instead incorporate Jesus into every area of their lives. Their story is so inspiring and we can't wait for you to meet them. 

On this episode, Paige and Leslee recap their week which includes Paige's washing machine troubles and Leslee celebrating her husband's birthday.

But our conversation quickly takes a serious turn when Paige shares about her recent read, Jennie Allen's new book, "Find Your People." In this book, Jennie talks about the power and importance of living life in community and not waiting until you're in a difficult season to reach out for help.

There are some powerful discussion questions in the book, which we dig into on today's episode. Going through the questions together, Leslee and Paige get vulnerable, share a page of their lives and the different challenges they are facing.

On today's show, Paige shares about recently taking the Clifton StrengthsFinder test and uncovering her top five personality strengths. Her discovery is helping her better understand herself and how best to use her gifts, talents and passions. We also talk about meal planning and meal prep. Sometimes, figuring out what's for dinner is the hardest decision we make all week. We're both trying a few new things to make those decisions a little easier on us and get dinner on the table faster for our families. 

On this week's episode we are giving you a real page from our lives and sharing what's been going on in our world. Paige loves to read and she's always finding great books at her local Goodwill. She recaps her latest book and what it's teaching her. Leslee recently celebrated her birthday and with it came some highs and some lows. And Paige shares about finishing up the work on her annual pajama drive to honor her daughter, Corrie's, liver transplant. 

Hey friends! We're back! After a few weeks away, we're back and excited to bring you a new season of The Page of Our Lives! On today's episode, we recap a recent talk Leslee gave on friendship. Friendship is one of the most important gifts God has given us, but it's important that we cultivate the right friendships in our lives. And speaking of friends, we recap our recent trip to Florida where we met up with a few friends to attend the Beautiful Conference at Grace Family Church in Tampa. We had the best time! There were lots of laughs and a few tears as we shared a weekend with great friends. 

Did you know that when you leave a rating or review of our show in your podcast player it helps other people find our show? It means so much to us when you take a minute to do that. Also, share today's episode with one of your friends and make sure you plan a weekend away with friends really soon. We promise you'll be glad you did. 

Today we wrap up our Christmas series on InstaJoy! All month we’ve shared four key ingredients we need to prepare our hearts to receive the joy that God has for us. We’ve learned to pause, pray, and prepare…and today we’re going to talk about the last ingredient – the importance of praise.

Praise is like the steam valve on the instant pot. When the pressure of life builds and builds, praise is what helps us release those burdens and open our hearts to receive God’s joy.

Isaiah 61:3 says to put on a garment of praise for a spirit of heaviness.

So, let’s experience the fullness of joy and talk about the power of praise on this episode of The Page of Our Lives.

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We’re continuing our Christmas series on InstaJoy! The name for this series comes from one of our favorite Kitchen tools - the instant pot! Each week we’re unpacking a different ingredient to help prepare our hearts to receive the InstaJoy that God has for us.

Preparing is an important part in cooking in your instant pot, and it’s important in experiencing joy. We can’t just show up, throw our ingredients in the instant pot and expect it to come out perfectly each time. We need to read the recipe, prepare the ingredients and then cook in the proper order. Joy is the same. If we don’t spend time preparing our hearts to receive joy, we might just miss it.

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We’re continuing our Christmas series on InstaJoy! The name for this series comes from one of our favorite Kitchen tools - the instant pot! Each week we’re unpacking a different ingredient to help prepare our hearts to receive the InstaJoy that God has for us.

One of the ways we experience God's joy is through prayer.

Prayer reminds us of God’s presence in our lives. Prayer reminds us that God cares for us and wants us to bring our concerns and worries to him. Prayer helps us release burdens that weigh us down so that our hearts can receive the joy God has for us.

At the end of today’s episode, we have a little challenge for you…a way for you to being practicing some of the InstaJoy ingredients we’ve been talking about this month. We hope you’ll take a few minutes to try it out and then let us know what you think.

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We love using an instant pot to cut down cooking time and get dinner on the table faster. But when it comes to finding joy, we've learned you can't shortcut your way to experiencing it. Lasting joy takes four very specific ingredients that together add up to one joyful life in Christ.

To help prepare your heart to receive what God has for you this Christmas, we're opening up the cookbook and sharing our recipe for InstaJoy all month on the Page of Our Lives.

Today's episode focuses on ingredient number one: the importance of making time to pause in the midst of a very busy season. 

On today’s show, we explore how to find gratitude in a time a grief. We interview writer and teacher, Blakni Riley. After losing her infant daughter just a few days after birth, Blakni has walked through one of the most difficult journeys a person can travel. Yet through her darkest season, Blakni saw glimpses of God’s goodness at work in her life, allowing her to experience gratitude in the midst of her grief. She says recognizing these moments of thanks allowed her to heal and to find hope even in her sorrow. Thank you to Blakni for joining us on today's show.

On today’s show, we share 10 simple ways you can show gratitude to the people in your life. None of these ideas are hard to do, but they do require pausing long enough to notice the people around us. And thinking about how we can let them know that they matter.

We hope these ideas inspire you to find ways to show a little more gratitude throughout your day.

And by the way, ...we’re grateful for you, our listeners and for every like, comment and review we receive. Thank you for supporting our show and sharing it with your friends.

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We're continuing our Gratitude series on today's show with a special guest. We talk with Rachael Mitchell, an author and freelance writer who embarked on a journey to show gratitude to 40 people in her life in honor of her 40th birthday.

What began as a project for herself has now become a book called "The Birthday Project." Rachael’s experience in showing intentional gratitude is inspiring and will make you want to be more intentional with the people who have impacted your life.

We are excited to kick off a new month on the Page of Our Lives. All month long we will be talking about gratitude! From the impact it has on our physical bodies to the way it lowers anxiety, to hearing stories of people who are living lives through a lens of gratitude - we'll cover gratitude from all the angles.  

On today's show, we're looking at the impact gratitude has on our body, mind and spirit. It's pretty remarkable all the ways having an attitude of gratitude can positively impact you. It helps fight depression, helps you accomplish tasks, it even helps you make friends! 

We are also launching our November Gratitude Challenge! All month long we're encouraging our listeners to write down three things they're grateful for each day. We will share our lists throughout the month and we also want you to share them with us! You can message us through our Instagram or Facebook accounts @pageofourlivespodcast, or email us at pageofourlivespodcast@gmail.com. 

On today’s show we wrap up our conversation on Lies We Believe with the lie: “I can’t forgive them.” When we harbor unforgiveness toward someone, it can leave us broken and bitter. On this episode, we explore why we struggle to forgive and how this lie keeps us from experiencing true freedom. Many of us struggle with this lie. But the truth is, forgiveness is possible. If you struggle to forgive others, our prayer is that today’s show helps you take a small step toward releasing the hurt and bitterness in your heart.

All month long we're talking about Lies We Believe and today’s show is about the lie "It all depends on me."

When we buy into this lie, it often leaves us gripping tight to whatever we can. We try to control outcomes and people, and keep all the plates spinning. We are left feeling overworked, overused and overlooked. 

We’re going to dig into why we believe that it all depends on us and more importantly, how do we begin to let go of the control and surrender to a God who never asked us to do it all in the first place.

We are talking about Lies We Believe all month long, and today’s show is about the lie "This will never change."

Have you ever been in a season where you felt that way? Maybe it was with a relationship, your health or your job. When it seems like things will never change, we can feel stuck, hopeless and sometimes even abandoned.

We examine why we feel like things will never change and what we do to get back to a place of believing we have a future and a hope.

We are kicking off our second season of the Page of Our Lives! We are excited about all the new shows, topics and guests we have planned. It’s going to be a great season and we’re so glad you’re along for the ride.

To begin, we’re jumping in the deep end and talking about Lies We Believe. Over the next month, we’ll share a lie from our own lives and how we overcome it. This week we're exposing "I'm Too Much" and "I'm Not Enough."

So join us as we open up the book on lies we believe on this episode of the Page of Our Lives.

Friends, we launched this podcast dream with little more than an idea and a couple of microphones. Now, 20 episodes later, we’re wrapping up our first season.

On today’s show we take a minute to recap all the lessons we’ve learned along the way. From how we get out of a funk to pursuing our dreams to the importance of rest, we’ve shared a page from our own lives and introduced you to some amazing friends.

We will be back in October with new episodes, so until then we would love for you to share the show with your friends and leave us a rating in your podcast player.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for traveling along on this adventure with us. We can’t wait to see where the next season takes us on the Page of Our Lives!

We know parenting is not for the weak. It takes our whole physical, mental, spiritual and emotional selves to parent well, not to mention having eyes in the back of our heads. But what are we to do when we are worn out from parenting?   

On today’s show, we talk with Kelli Wild, a family therapist who is passionate about helping weary moms and dads find rest for their souls. As Kelli puts it, “Parental burnout is a real thing. And when it sets in, it can affect the whole family.”   

As parents, we can’t afford to ignore our needs forever. That’s why today’s show is so important.  

Do your kids get a weekly allowance or maybe have a part-time job, but always seem to ask you for cash? No matter how kids earn income, as parents we need to help them understand the importance of money and what to do with it.

Our guest today is Brian Horvath, someone who built his career helping people live a more purposeful financial life.  Brian joins us to share some very practical tips we can incorporate at home to help our kids -- and ourselves -- increase our financial IQ.