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Today, I'm giving you  a book review / summary of What Happened to You?,  a book by Dr. Bruce Perry & Oprah Winfrey. that blew my mind and helped me understand the neuroscience of trauma and suffering. Sounds dark, I know! But understanding these topics are my route to find healing, for myself and the people I love.LINKS mentioned during this episode:Book: What Happened to You? by Dr. Bruce Perry & Oprah WinfreySUPPORT the show? If you enjoyed the episode, I'd love it if you could show your support by sharing this link with someone who might enjoy it. Email, text message, social media, whatever you prefer! You can also show your support by leaving a review on iTunes (★★★★★ rating?), which will help others find and enjoy the show. Special thanks to Mario and Tate Callejas for providing the music & intro for the Kin podcast! Check out Mario's music on Spotify

Welcome to episode 40 of the Kin podcast. On this episode, I discuss why I stopped drinking in September 2020. Truth be told, this is an episode about intentions and motivations disguised as an episode about alcohol.LINKS to support in case you are struggling with alcohol or substance abuse: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism SAMHSA's National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357) SUPPORT the show? I'd so appreciate it if you'd show your support for the show by sharing this link with someone who might enjoy it on your favorite social media channel. Another great way to show your support is by leaving a review on iTunes (maybe a ★★★★★ rating?), which will help others find and enjoy the show. Special thanks to Mario and Tate Callejas for providing the music & intro for the Kin podcast! Check out Mario's music on Spotify

Welcome to episode 39 of the Kin podcast, all on capital s Suffering. QUOTES mentioned during this episode: “To draw an analogy: a man's suffering is similar to the behavior of a gas. If a certain quantity of gas is pumped into an empty chamber, it will fill the chamber completely and evenly, no matter how big the chamber. Thus suffering completely fills the human soul and conscious mind, no matter whether the suffering is great or little. Therefore the "size" of human suffering is absolutely relative.” — Victor Frankl in Man's Search for Meaning “Our wounds, entrusted to the divine mercy, can become the stimulus to extraordinary growth.” - Rev. Cynthia Bourgeaut in Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening SUPPORT the show? I'd so appreciate it if you'd show your support for the show by sharing this link with someone who might enjoy it on your favorite social media channel. Another great way to show your support is by leaving a review on iTunes (maybe a ★★★★★ rating?), which will help others find and enjoy the show. Special thanks to Mario and Tate Callejas for providing the music & intro for the Kin podcast! Check out Mario's music on Spotify

Welcome to episode 38 of the Kin podcast, all on self-worth. Thanks for tuning in to my rambles on life. I hope you perceive this episode as an invitation, not a criticism. As always, all my love to you.LINKS mentioned during this episode:Previous episode on self-worthSUPPORT the show? I'd so appreciate it if you'd show your support for the show by sharing this link with someone who might enjoy it on your favorite social media channel. Another great way to show your support is by leaving a review on iTunes (maybe a ★★★★★ rating?), which will help others find and enjoy the show. Special thanks to Mario and Tate Callejas for providing the music & intro for the Kin podcast! Check out Mario's music on Spotify

Welcome to episode 37 of the Kin podcast. Thank you for listening in. :-)LINKS mentioned during this episode: Previous episode on post-weaning depression Previous episode on hyperemisis gravidarum SUPPORT the show? I'd so appreciate it if you'd show your support for the show by sharing this link with someone who might enjoy it on your favorite social media channel. Another great way to show your support is by leaving a review on iTunes (maybe a ★★★★★ rating?), which will help others find and enjoy the show. Special thanks to Mario and Tate Callejas for providing the music & intro for the Kin podcast! Check out Mario's music on Spotify

WELCOME to episode 36 of the Kin podcast.LINKS mentioned during this episode: Book: Happy Are You Poor on Amazon Previous episode on Centering Prayer Previous episode on hyperemisis gravidarum My Goodreads profile SUPPORT the show? I'd so appreciate it if you'd show your support for the show by sharing this link with someone who might enjoy it on your favorite social media channel. Another great way to show your support is by leaving a review on iTunes (maybe a ★★★★★ rating?), which will help others find and enjoy the show. Special thanks to Mario and Tate Callejas for providing the music & intro for the Kin podcast! Check out Mario's music on Spotify

This is a podcast episode about Glennon Doyle's book Untamed. Read Untamed Learn more about author Glennon Doyle A huge thank you to Antonella Saravia for being on the show! Want to hear more from Antonella? You can find her at the following links: @tsaravia on Instagram Personal blog QUOTES mentioned during this episode: “How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been: how gloriously different are the saints.” — C.S. Lewis “Every time you're given a choice between disappointing someone else and disappointing yourself, your duty is to disappoint that someone else. Your job, throughout your entire life, is to disappoint as many people as it takes to avoid disappointing yourself.” — Glennon Doyle in Untamed LINKS mentioned during this episode: Book: Untamed on Amazon Previous episode on the Enneagram: One Test Worth Everything SUPPORT the show? I'd so appreciate it if you'd show your support for the show by sharing this link with someone who might enjoy it on your favorite social media channel. Another great way to show your support is by leaving a review on iTunes (maybe a ★★★★★ rating?), which will help others find and enjoy the show. Special thanks to Mario and Tate Callejas for providing the music & intro for the Kin podcast! Check out Mario's music on Spotify

A huge thank you to Ashlee Gadd for being on the show! Want to hear more from Ashley? You can find her at the following links: @ashleegadd on Instagram Coffee + Crumbs Personal blog C+C Book: The Magic of Motherhood LINKS mentioned during this episode: Harry Styles album Fine Line Taylor Swift album Lover Newsfeed Eradicator for Chrome and Firefox J. Crew Factory Slippers The kids toy we love: EzyRoller Enneagram account @JustMyEnneatype on Instagram Book: The Road Back To You Coffee + Crumbs podcast on Patreon Book: The Next Right Thing by Emily Freeman Essay: Momentum by Anna Quinlan Episode on Process podcast: Serving others by creating with Ashlee Gadd QUOTES mentioned during this episode: "Create from love, not for love." "We grow with the damage, not with the years." SUPPORT the show? I'd so appreciate it if you'd show your support for the show by sharing this link with someone who might enjoy it on your favorite social media channel. Another great way to show your support is by leaving a review on iTunes (maybe a ★★★★★ rating?), which will help others find and enjoy the show. Special thanks to Mario and Tate Callejas for providing the music & intro for the Kin podcast! Check out Mario's music on Spotify

Thanks for tuning in to episode 33! Over six months since my last episode, I'm going to catch you up on what's been going on in my corner ... but more importantly, I'll tell you how I'm "turning on the light" during this COVID-19 darkness we have all been plunged into.LINKS mentioned during this episode: Episode about gratitude Episode about post-weaning depression Episode about pregnancy and hyperemesis gravidarum Father Richard Rohr's newsletter: Sign up Book: Miracles and Other Reasonable Things by Sarah Bessey Book: Untamed by Glennon Doyle QUOTES mentioned during this episode: "The darkness of the soul is no less spiritually punishing than is the loss of physical light to the psyche. We talk about faith but cannot really tolerate the thought of it. It's light we want, not shadow, certainty not questions. The aphotic, the place without images, is no less an attack on faith and hope than those periods in life when nighttime brings nothing but unclarity, nothing but fear. Where am I going? the soul wants to know. When will this be over? the mind wants to know. How can I get out of this sightless place I'm in? the heart demands." — Sister Joan Chittister  “I wondered if my physical pain had been holding this despair at bay. Once my skeleton was healed, my soul finally was free to admit that she had taken a beating over these months as well.“ — Sarah Bessey “We've got to stop depending on other people or outside events to meet our needs. We need to reverse the flow and draw it from the inside out—based on the absolute union between God and the soul—instead of from the outside in.“ — Father Richard Rohr “We are not punished for our sins, we are punished by our sins (such as blindness, egocentricity, illusions, or pride).“ — Father Richard Rohr "Pray for the courage to admit that you are not fine. And that when you say those words aloud that you would be met by love and care. I pray that you would remain open to participating in your own healing, even if it comes to you in ways that you resent and fear at first. Just because it's new to you doesn't mean God isn't already waiting there for you in the doctor's office, in the therapist's room, on the page, in the conversation, in the solitude. May you welcome the love of God to your most tender places." — Sarah Bessey “I can feel everything and survive. I can use pain to become.” — Glennon Doyle SUPPORT the show? I'd so appreciate it if you'd show your support for the show by sharing this link with someone who might enjoy it on your favorite social media channel. Another great way to show your support is by leaving a review on iTunes (maybe a ★★★★★ rating?), which will help others find and enjoy the show. Special thanks to Mario and Tate Callejas for providing the music & intro for the Kin podcast! Check out Mario's music on Spotify.

Thanks for tuning in to episode 32! You might be thinking, "A Thanksgiving episode the week after the Thanksgiving holiday?" That's right, and there's good reason for it, too. Episode 32 is all about gratefulness: allowing it to spill over into the other 364 days of the year and also opening ourselves up to being thankful for the "bad" stuff in our lives.Links mentioned during this episode: Post I wrote in 2014: The undiscovered side of gratefulness Book: Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis Quotes mentioned during this episode: "You can tell a lot about a person by the way she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights." — Dr. Maya Angelou “We mature with the damage, not with the years.” — Anonymous “It's not happy people that are grateful, it is grateful people who are happy.” Support the show? I'd so appreciate it if you'd show your support for the show by sharing this link with someone who might enjoy it on your favorite social media channel. Another great way to show your support is by leaving a review on iTunes (maybe a ★★★★★ rating?), which will help others find and enjoy the show. Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin podcast! Check out his music on Spotify.

Thanks for tuning in to episode 31! I'm a bit behind on episodes because of a pesky cold, but I'll be up-to-date in a few days. For now, here's today's episode...Links mentioned during this episode: Photo of Juan José with the blue sunglasses Everyday Salt project I created with two of my best friends Article on NYTimes: At Goldman, He's David Solomon. At the Club, He's D.J. D-Sol. Harry Styles interview with Zane Lowe Kindred Spirits newsletter you can sign up for, if you'd like Quotes mentioned during this episode: “Many a man who has known himself at ten forgets himself utterly between ten and thirty.” — Catherine Drinker Bowen "You are not required to save the world, or anyone for that matter, with your art. It isn't valuable only if it rescues or raises money or makes an enormous impact. It can be simply for the love of it. That is not frivolous or selfish in the slightest. If the only person it saves is you, that's enough.” — Jen Hatmaker "Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul. If either your sails or your rudder be broken, you can but toss and drift, or else be held at a standstill in mid-seas. For reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction. Therefore let your soul exalt your reason to the height of passion, that it may sing; And let it direct your passion with reason, that your passion may live through its own daily resurrection, and like the phoenix rise above its own ashes." — Khalil Gibran in his book, The Prophet “If you win the rat race, you're still a rat.” — Lily Tomlin “What a terrible waste of a life it is, to always take the easy path, to never know what it is to risk everything for what you love.” — Beau Taplin Support the show? I'd be so grateful if you'd show your support for the show by sharing this link with someone who might enjoy it on your favorite social media channel. Another great way to show your support is by leaving a review on iTunes (maybe a ★★★★★ rating?), which will help others find and enjoy the show. Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin podcast! Check out his music on Spotify

Thanks for tuning in to episode 30! My first real episode "back" from my HG break. It feels amazing to be behind the microphone again talking about my favorite topic: the intricacies of the human heart.Links mentioned during this episode: The Daily Meditations newsletter I read without fail, by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM My Instagram account: @kinthestudio Quotes mentioned during this episode: "It's not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: what are we busy about?" — Henry David Thoreau "To pray and actually mean 'Thy Kingdom come,' we must also be able to say 'my kingdoms go.'" — Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM Support the show? I'd be so grateful if you'd show your support for the show by sharing this link with someone who might enjoy it on your favorite social media channel. Another great way to show your support is by leaving a review on iTunes (maybe a ★★★★★ rating?), which will help others find and enjoy the show. Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin podcast! Check out his music on Spotify

Thanks for tuning in to episode 29! It's been almost three months since my last episode, and today I'll explain why why I've been gone this long.Resources on hyperemesis gravidarum: HER Foundation American Pregnancy Association Wikipedia (surprisingly good) Babycenter Prayer mentioned on the show:Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty,my memory, my understanding, and all my will— all that I have and possess.You, Lord, have given all that to me.I now give it back to you, O Lord.All of it is yours.Dispose of it according to your will.Give me love of yourself along with grace,for that is enough for me.”Support the show? The best way you can support the show is by sharing this link to someone you know or on your favorite social media app. Another great way to show your support is by leaving a review on iTunes (and hopefully a ★★★★★ rating?), which will help others like you find and enjoy the show, as well. Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show! Check out his music on Spotify.

Thanks for tuning in to episode 28! This is a few days late because I was terribly sick last week with a nasty virus ... but I'm back! Alive and kicking! So, thanks for your patience. :-)Links mentioned throughout the show: Documentary: Minimalism (by the Minimalists) Book: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo Resources on minimalism: NoSidebar.com BecomingMinimalist.com TheMinimalists.com Support the show? The best way you can support the show is by sharing this link to someone you know or on your favorite social media channel. Another great way to show your support is by leaving a review on iTunes (and hopefully a ★★★★★ rating?), which will help others like you find and enjoy the show, as well. Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show! Check out his music on Spotify.

A huge thank you to Ashley Abramson for being on the show!Want to hear more from Ashley? You can find her at the following links: @ashleyabrmsn on Instagram Contently Website Blog If you enjoyed this episode, hop on over to iTunes to give me a ★★★★★ review, which will help others like you find and enjoy the show, as well.Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show! Check out his music on Spotify.

Thanks for tuning in to episode 26!Links mentioned throughout the show: Documentary: Won't You Be My Neighbor? Book: Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth Article: More on Sister Joan Chittister Quotes mentioned during the episode: "The contemplative life is not spiritual escapism." — Sister Joan Chittister, O.S.B. "And so must we do whatever justice must be done in our own time if we're going to claim to be serious about really sinking into the heart of God." — Sister Joan Chittister, O.S.B. "If you knew how great is a mother's love, you would have no fear." — J.M. Barrie in his book, Peter Pan Support the show? The best way you can support the show is by sharing this link to someone you know or on your favorite social media channel. Another great way to show your support is by leaving a review on iTunes (and hopefully a ★★★★★ rating?), which will help others like you find and enjoy the show, as well. Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show! Check out his music on Spotify.

A huge thank you to Josh Green and Liz Carver of JustMyEnneatype for being on the show!Check out their massively creative and popular Instagram account @justmyenneatype.Links mentioned throughout the show: Enneagram Institute (where you can take the test) Description of the Enneagram on Wikipedia The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective by Fr. Richard Rohr Fr. Richard Rohr's newsletter The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery by Suzanne Stabile & Ian Morgan Cron And again, the Instagram account @JustMyEnneatype If you enjoyed this episode, hop on over to iTunes to give me a ★★★★★ review, which will help others like you find and enjoy the show, as well.Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show! Check out his music on Spotify.

Things mentioned throughout this episode: The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by James Martin, S.J. "Instructions for living a life.Pay attention.Be astonished.Tell about it.”― Mary Oliver If you enjoyed this episode, hop on over to iTunes to give me a ★★★★★ review, which will help others like you find and enjoy the show, as well.Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show and to his wife Tate for the intro! Check out Mario's music on Spotify.

A huge thank you to Shannon Evans for being on the show!Want to hear more from Shannon? You can find her at the following links: @shannonkevans on Instagram Embracing Weakness book on Amazon Website Blog Links mentioned throughout the show: My Life with the Saints by James Martin, S.J. One Beautiful Dream by Jennifer Fulwiler Shannon's book Embracing Weakness on Amazon Enneagram Institute If you enjoyed this episode, hop on over to iTunes to give me a ★★★★★ review, which will help others like you find and enjoy the show, as well.Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show! Check out his music on Spotify.

Quotes mentioned throughout this episode: "The closer to God one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes." — St. Therese of Avila "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." — Shakespeare My article from 2013: What breaks your heart? The Sure-Fire Way to Find Your PassionIf you enjoyed this episode, hop on over to iTunes to give me a ★★★★★ review, which will help others like you find and enjoy the show, as well.Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show and to his wife Tate for the intro! Check out Mario's music on Spotify.

Quotes mentioned throughout this episode:"Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow." — Kahlil Gibran in The Prophet If you enjoyed this episode, hop on over to iTunes to give me a ★★★★★ review, which will help others like you find and enjoy the show, as well.Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show and to his wife Tate for the intro! Check out Mario's music on Spotify.

Sign up for Mindfulness for Moms →Quotes mentioned throughout this episode: "I've had thousands of problems in my life, most of which never actually happened." — Mark Twain "The thinking mind is like a perpetually-running chainsaw that thinks everything is a tree. It will use any excuse to rev up and start shredding something. Its purpose is to solve problems, so it wants everything to be a problem." — David of Raptitude Also, I created a free email series you can sign up for: Mindfulness for Moms. You'll receive a few emails over the next few days that will go into more detail on mindfulness and exercises you can do to become more present in your everyday life. Because who wants to feel stressed all the time?!Sign up for Mindfulness for Moms →If you enjoyed this episode, hop on over to iTunes to give me a ★★★★★ review, which will help others like you find and enjoy the show, as well.Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show and to his wife Tate for the intro! Check out Mario's music on Spotify.

Stuffs mentioned throughout this episode: "Everyone fails at who they're supposed to be, Thor. A measure of a person, of a hero, is how well they succeed at being who they are." — Thor's Mom My article The Entrepreneur's Identity on Medium If you enjoyed this episode, hop on over to iTunes to give me a ★★★★★ review, which will help others like you find and enjoy the show, as well.Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show and to his wife Tate for the intro! Check out Mario's music on Spotify.

Quotes mentioned throughout the show: "The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel." – Steve Furtick "Think of eternity—and live backward from that." — Ann Voskamp Mistakes I've made in my life: Tying my self-worth to achievement Choosing the wrong co-founder for a business Making the Devise web app the way I did The carseat fiasco If you enjoyed this episode, hop on over to iTunes to give me a ★★★★★ review, which will help others like you find and enjoy the show, as well.Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show and to his wife Tate for the intro! Check out Mario's music on Spotify.

Links mentioned throughout the show: Dr. Brene Brown's book Daring Greatly Henri Nouwen's book The Way of the Heart Pema Chodron's book When Things Fall Apart Quotes mentioned throughout the show:  "Life is like getting into a boat that's just about to sail out to sea and sink." "Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals." — Dr. Brene Brown "I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better."  ― Dr. Maya Angelou "It is folly for a man who has a dead person in his house to leave him there and go to weep over his neighbor's dead." If you enjoyed this episode, hop on over to iTunes to give me a ★★★★★ review, which will help others like you find and enjoy the show, as well.Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show and to his wife Tate for the intro! Check out Mario's music on Spotify.

Links mentioned throughout the show:Elizabeth Gilbert's book Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage If you enjoyed this episode, hop on over to iTunes to give me a ★★★★★ review, which will help others like you find and enjoy the show, as well.Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show and to his wife Tate for the intro! Check out Mario's music on Spotify.

A huge thank you to Adii Pienaar for being on the show!Want to hear more from Adii? You can find Adii on Instagram and at his website adii.me.Links mentioned throughout the show: WooThemes, Adii's first startup (and exit) Conversio, Adii's current startup My first conversation with Adii on the Process podcast Reality Is Broken by Jane McGonigal Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur If you enjoyed this episode, hop on over to iTunes to give me a ★★★★★ review, which will help others like you find and enjoy the show, as well.Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show! Check out his music on Spotify.

Links mentioned throughout the show: Book: Open Mind, Open Heart by Father Thomas Keating Video: The Method of Centering Prayer with Father Thomas Keating Article: How to stop your mind from talking all the time on Raptitude.com If you enjoyed this episode, hop on over to iTunes to give me a ★★★★★ review, which will help others like you find and enjoy the show, as well.Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show and hanging out with us today! Check out his music on Spotify.Thanks for tuning in to this episode of the Kin podcast. Stay tuned for an interview episode with Adii Pienaar of Conversio next week.

Links mentioned throughout the show Summary of the Enneagram on the Goal Digger Podcast Discerning the Will of God by Fr. Timothy Gallagher The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by Fr. James Martin Mom Set Free by Jeannie Cunnion If you enjoyed this episode, hop on over to iTunes to give me a ★★★★★ review, which will help others like you find and enjoy the show, as well.Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show and hanging out with us today! Check out his music on Spotify.Thanks for tuning in to this episode of the Kin podcast! Because I'm late posting this episode, the next episode will come in just a few days. :-)

Topics mentioned throughout the show: How she explains her work to her child How she lost the fear to be herself and picked up some Freddie Mercury-ness Blog post by Mayi: Juggling Life As Girl Boss and New Mommy (Plus My Top 20 Comeback Tips) How she bedazzled a difficult aspect of her daughter's life Our last episode with Mayi on the Kin podcast, episode 6 Want to hear more from Mayi?You can find Mayi on Instagram and at her website mayicarles.com!If you enjoyed this episode, hop on over to iTunes to give me a ★★★★★ review, which will help others like you find and enjoy the show, as well.Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show and hanging out with us today! Check out his music on Spotify.Thanks for tuning in to this episode of the Kin podcast! New episode coming next week.

Quotes mentioned in today's episode: “I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.” — Dr. Maya Angelou People say mean things not to make you feel bad, but to make themselves feel better. “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” — Shakespeare "Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us." — Pema Chodron in When Things Fall Apart “The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them.” — Thomas Merton What's YOUR favorite quote? I'd love to hear it. Hop on over to @kinthestudio on Instagram to share it with me.Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show and hanging out with us today! Check out his music on Spotify.

Links about post-weaning depression: The Guide to Strong Boundaries by Mark MansonQuotes mentioned during the episode: "Friendship has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” — C.S. LewisSpecial thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show and hanging out with us today! Check out his music on Spotify.

Links about post-weaning depression: The Hardest Two Months of My Life on Cup of Jo Sadness and depression during (and after) weaning on KellyMom Mayo Clinic's guide to postpartum depression Where to get help: Postpartum Support International is an option. Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show and hanging out with us today! Check out his music on Spotify.

Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show and hanging out with us today! Check out his music on Spotify.Books mentioned during the episode: Everything Happens for a Reason by Kate BowlerQuotes mentioned during the episode:“It felt like something had pushed the reset button and my life had only begun. I should have asked for a birth certificate for myself.” — Kate Bowler

Quotes mentioned during this episode: "Tell the story of the mountain you climbed. your words could become a page in someone else's survival guide." — Morgan Harper Nichols "The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields." (Luke 10:2) “There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passersby only see a wisp of smoke coming through the chimney, and go along their way. Look here, now what must be done? Must one tend the inner fire, have salt in oneself, wait patiently yet with how much impatience for the hour somebody will come down and sit down—maybe to stay? Let him who believes in God wait for the hour that will come sooner or later.” — Vincent Van Gogh "The gift of writing isn't being seen, but seeing." — Ashley Abramson “She was not fragile like a flower; She was fragile like a bomb.” Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show and hanging out with us today! Check out his music on Spotify.

Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show and hanging out with us today! Check out his music on Spotify.Topics mentioned throughout the show: The gratification of feeling needed by our children How children change our aspirations and appreciation of the present moment Blog post by Mayi: Juggling Life As Girl Boss and New Mommy (Plus My Top 20 Comeback Tips Why children become part of and change our work How kids change our sleep patterns forever—even when they're fast asleep The benefits of getting bored in her career life How she chooses what to share online and what to keep private "You want to work like you never had children and you want to be a mom like you don't have a business." — Mayi Carles Living the tension between super-mommy and girl-boss harmoniously The effects parenting has on the ego If you enjoyed this episode, hop on over to iTunes to give me a ★★★★★ review, which will help others like you find and enjoy the show, as well.Thanks for tuning in to this episode of the Kin podcast! New episode coming next week.

The affirmations mentioned during today's episode: What do you want to be when you grow up? Whatever I want to be! We don't make big problems out of small things. You have a beautiful heart. You can do hard things. I love you no matter what you do, no matter what you say.

Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show and hanging out with us today! Check out his music on Spotify.Links mentioned during the episode:Queen performance at LiveAid in 1985Quotes mentioned during the episode: “Yet creative expression is not only about expressing ourselves—not only about voicing our own thoughts and feelings, not only about exercising our own imaginations and vision. In a larger sense, creativity is about reflecting the image of God to the world. Whenever we create a beautiful photograph or a beautiful garden, we reflect some of God's beauty. A beautiful friendship reflects some of God's goodness and care. A beautiful meal expresses some of God's provision in nourishing our physical bodies and nurturing relationships around our table. Just as the created world points us to the Creator, so human creativity also points us to God—inviting wonder, inspiring us to look beyond ourselves, giving us a glimpse of glory.” — Christianity Today “When sports are at their best, the spirit of the fan merges with the spirit of the athlete, and in that convergence, in that transference, is the oneness that the mystics talk about.” — Phil Knight “All this hurrying from place to place won't bring you any relief, for you're travelling in the company of your own emotions, followed by your troubles all the way.” — Seneca "Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever." — Anthony Doerr in All the Light We Cannot See

Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show and hanging out with us today! Check out his music on Spotify.Books mentioned throughout the show: The Lamb's Supper by Scott Hahn Discerning the Will of God by Fr. Timothy Gallagher The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by Fr. James Martin If you enjoyed this episode, hop on over to iTunes to give me a ★★★★★ review, which will help others like you find and enjoy the show, as well.Thanks for tuning in to this episode of the Kin podcast! New episode coming next week.

Special thanks to Mario Callejas for providing the music for the Kin show! Check out his music on Spotify.Books mentioned throughout the show: Crush It by Gary Vaynerchuk The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by Fr. James Martin Becoming by Michelle Obama Quotes mentioned throughout the episode: “We become excessively attached to persons, places, material possessions, titles, occupations, honors, and the acclaim of others. These things are good in themselves when ordered and directed by the love of God. They become disordered attachments or disordered loves when they push God out of the center of our lives and become key to our identity."  — Fr. James Martin, SJ.  “The problem was that whenever I considered 'earning a living,' I thought mostly about the ‘earning' and nothing about the 'living.'” — Fr. James Martin, SJ.  "[God] shows much more of Himself to some people than to others—not because He has favourites, but because it is impossible for Him to show Himself to a man whose whole mind and character are in the wrong condition. Just as sunlight, though it has no favorites, cannot be reflected in a dusty mirror as clearly as in a clean one." — C.S. Lewis “I am not my successes. And I am not my failures." — Donald Miller, at WDS 2013 “Becoming isn't about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self.” — Michelle Obama Thanks for tuning in to this episode of the Kin podcast! If you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review this podcast over on iTunes to help others find and enjoy the show, as well. I'd be so grateful!

Quotes mentioned throughout the episode: "I save myself. I help other people live." — Maira Kalman, on the On Being podcast "Knowing God is more important than knowing about God." — Karl Rahner, S.J. "All human behavior as one of two things: either love, or a call for love." — Marianne Williamson "The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them." — Thomas Merton