Bringing Forth: A podcast on parenting and spirituality

Sisterhood can be vital to our well being as mothers. In this podcast I chat with 2 sisters about their experiences of parenting and how that is meaningful for them.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

This week I talk with Maram Said, DO about their experience of co-parenting with her mother, raising 2 boys, and caretaking patients as they become parents themselves!  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

This week's conversation we talk with actor and songwriter Julia Weldon about being Non-binary & figuring out what that means in the midst of parenting.  Take a listen to the song that they sing to their little ones!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71WtNNHVHGE Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

We explore mindful and queer parenting with Melissa-Ann Nievera-Lozano. She shares all about her children, her partnership and the thoughtfulness they put into parenting.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

Mother/Daughter Authors Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Elisabeth Sophia Lee join Bringing Forth to talk about their book Mother Daughter Speak and to share about the process of writing a book together and how parenting makes us more human. See below for an article Grace Ji-Sun Kim wrote about vulnerability and motherhood. It's what I needed to read amid the constancy of covid parenting!https://www.fsrinc.org/become-vulnerable-mother/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

This week Fran Rossi Szpylczyn talks about step-parenting and caregiving her (now adult) step daughter. She shared about laughter, joy, and admiration as well as the witness of her husband's love for his daughter. You can follow her blog at https://breadhere.wordpress.com/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

This week's guests are Uzma Jafri and Zaiba Hasan from the podcast Mommying While Muslim. They talk about their faith lives, white supremacy, naming their children and how parenting has changed their understanding of Allah. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

After an infertility diagnosis Elyse and her spouse were able to welcome a miraculous little one After year into parenting we explore some of the religious and spiritual elements of being a mother and an LDS parent while also managing PPD and anxiety. Find her on instagram @elysegeorgeSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

Listen in as Shannon Evans, author of Embracing Weakness, explores themes of vulnerability, anger, and spiritual practice amid the ordinary (and sometimes extraordinary) realities of parenting children.It is marked explicit because of a couple of words.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

In this episode Martine offers our ears her exploration of non-violence, mothering, daughtering, and eldering.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

This is the season finale. I take some time to asnwer YOUR questions and reflect on some of my own experiences of podcasting and parenting. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

In today's Episode Margaret Redmond shares with us her stories of loss, love and parenting.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

Rabbi Shelley Goldman shares about her intersectional experiences of parenting, and the richness that Jewish life and practice brings forth in family life. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

Ben Tapper, father of a new baby, brings his reflection on fatherhood, the divine feminine, and the profound presence of being with a new baby awakening to the world. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

This week the Authors of Bless this Mess: A Modern Guide to Faith and Parenting in a Chaotic World. They share about good enough parenting, the holy trinity of parenting, and their honest struggles as people of faith and parents! Thankfully these authors aren't "know it alls" or in the business of doleing parenting advice that makes you feel inadequate...they are in the business of reminding us that we have the capacity to figure it out- albeit- in a messy way. FYI- there is some cussing.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

Dr. Leah Gunning Francis, a mother, Christian Theologian, and author shares with me about her experience of being born anew when her children were born, the challenges of raising and black sons in this America, the importance of being accomplices and being deepest selves as parents. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

In this episode 2 friends, Nishta Mehra and Courtney Humphreys share how the differences of race, religion and sexuality in their friendship have been sources of depth and intimacy. They talk about supporting each other's parenting, religious journeys, and the honest struggles of daily life.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

Today's episode features Annie Selak. Annie shares about her journey to accompany her child as she is. She unpacks images of God and the disorienting power in parenting and we play a snack game!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

In today's episode, our guest Diane Bingham, shares about losing an infant and raising her two daughters amid the reality of that loss. The beauty of her prayer and her connection to the earth and her spouse speak volumes.It was an honor to interview her, to know her child. I hope you will be honored as you listen.Anyway, Today’s episode is about the death of a child. It is tender. There are tears from me and my guest.It is beautiful and sad and profound and above all it was an honor to sit with my guest today.Please know though, that it might be hard.My Dad had 12 brothers and sisters. So growing up I had loads of aunts, uncles, and cousins. Now I have loads of aunts, uncles, cousins, cousin in laws, first cousins once removed so on and so forth.My Dad is the only one of his generation to die so far. He died 15 years ago when he was 51 years old.For my siblings and i we didn’t know if we belonged with his family. Were we still part of that side of the family if he was dead? Did we still get to be at things? Every family event was hard, emotional and fraught with our (or my) sense of not belonging.Maybe a decade or so ago my great big family started having a family reunion every other year. The first year that my siblings and spouses and such decided to go I had a hard time. My Dad’s siblings are reminders of the kind of person my father was (a good one) and a reminder of what I have lost.I have a hard time not being jealous of my cousins. On one hand I wish people would talk openly about how much it sucks he is dead and how awesome he was and also I wish someone would love me as well as my Dad loved me.Anyway, I remember being on the lodge porch at this state park having a family potluck meal. With a plateful of food I was trying to figure out where to place my body and my children’s bodies. Feeling vulnerable and tender and not sure where I belonged I ended up next to my Aunt Diane and my Uncle Mike. At some point in our chatting, probably about weather, I realized that they too knew what it was like to grieve. THey knew what it was like to walk into a family gathering and have your pain be in everyones awareness and no one’s discussion. I realized that they knew loss. In my accidentally bold way, I dove in- Tell me, I asked, “What was Justin like?” Justin, is my cousin. A dark haired little baby with a serious disposition, who was born in the spring of 1986 and died later that fall. I was young when he was born. In the years since i Have asked about JUstin, but moreover, I have felt a deeper sense of the way that grief is part of the unspoken grayspace in life. I have felt the way that people survive, mangage and sometimes even thrive all while carrying the tremendous load of grief with them. For today’s guest, all in while being accompanied by God.Today’s guest is my dear Aunt Diane. She is perhaps,of my Dads siblings the most similar. She is Justin’s mother. She is also the parent of Jill and Jennifer as well as the spouse of Mike. She is a farmer, a midwesterner, a white, straight, cis gender Catholic. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

Today's guest, Delia Raab Snyder is an atheist Jew thoughfully bringing up her daughter. With stories of awe such as making music with her daughter and making time to care for herself with literature Delia shares wisdom and insight from her place of meaning making.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

In this episode Chad Abbott shares about receiving blessings from his Grandmothers and a Sunday school, and how that launched him into a life where he is able to see goodness in everyone.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

Patrick Reyes, parent, partner and author shares about curiosity, hospitality and the invitations in an interfaith family. Patrick, the author of Nobody Cries When Die: God,Community, and Surviving to Adulthood, inspired some of my own ministry and I was honored to hear more about his story, his family, and the way that his personal trauma impacts how he parents his children. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

In today’s conversation Crystal Puckett offers her story and wisdom at the intersection of parenting and spirituality. She shared about when your kids call you out, when you and your spouse face trauma and racism, she shared about raising black children, and above all living a life of deep spirituality amid parenting.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

In this episode Jim Pfeiffer shares with us about parenting his 4 adult children and the joys of grandparenting. He shares about his expanding worldview and mystical encounters. After having lived in Africa for 11 years, Jim talks about how their time in Namibia impacted family, worldview, and spiritual life. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

Today's guest, Christy Noren-Hentz, shares with us about her experiences of living with bipolar disorder, anxiety and depression while parenting and working as a minister. She shares her tools for reflection, coping and developing community.To support this podcast please visit patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast or leave a review on Itunes. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

This week we explore the opportunties and challenges of praying when a toddler is present, as well as exploring some of the ways that parenthood has impacted Edmund as a priest and leader of a community. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

Hannah Shanks, author of This is My Body: Embracing the Messiness of Faith and Motherhood, shares her story of welcoming her child. She shares about her stories of hope, how she prays, and her journey with preeclampsia when her son was born. You can hear, as Hannah shares, how raw so much of her story is, and how much these experiences sit in us even years later. Be mindful, this is a hard story, so take care of yourself as you listen, or choose not to listen.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

Please consider being a patron! All artists need support and I need you. Patreon.com/bringingforthToday's special episode I meet with a 7 year old to talk about the spirituality of her life: we talk aphids, limestone, cicadas and geodes!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

This episode, with Natalia Imperatori-Lee explores her experience of Cuban American and Latinx Catholic practice and family and the importance of honesty in how we talk about parenthood. Speaking of which, if you are interested in her current book Cuentame you can buy it here: https://www.orbisbooks.com/cuentame.htmlIt's on Amazon too.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)

Today we hear from Sean Doll O'Mahoney about connection and disconnection as that relates, for him, to parenting and spirituality. Using the ideas and language from the Jean Miller Baker institute in Wellsley Massachusetts, Sean shares with us about relationship, parenting and some of his personal experiences of letting go of control.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/bringingforthpodcast)