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Jennifer Dukes Lee has been on my bucket list to interview since I started the podcast. I've followed her blog for years and have always been drawn to her authenticity and vulnerability and her writing has ministered to me, especially in my season of parenting. On this episode Jennifer and I discuss a little about her book, Growing Slow: Lessons on Unhurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl, and the section she most wanted to delete from it titled Winter. But y'all! It was the best part of all! She also talks about her new book, Stuff I'd Only Tell God: A Guided Journal of Courageous Honesty, Obsessive Truth-Telling and Beautifully Ruthless Self-Discovery.  When I saw that Jennifer's latest book was a journal, I wasn't sure what to expect, but she's convinced me this is something we all need. She shares the benefits of journaling and how the practice can help us heal and give us confidence to face our future. She asks questions in this book that truly help us find the answers to why we struggle with certain things, kind of like a counseling session, and helps us find hope to overcome our strongholds. Jennnifer shares one of her favorite questions in the journal (I loved this one!) as well as one of the hardest questions for her to address. This episode will enlighten you in so many ways and I know you'll love Jennifer and want to get this journal for yourself!

Spring is coming! Spring is here! Today we talk all things spring growth - wether it's growing plants in your home, a garden outside, or your own soul. What are you growing this spring? We have all the books to help you do it! Books mentioned in this episode: How to plant a room: and grow a happy home by Morgan Doane The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies by MB Cicely Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol Into the Wild by John Krakaur Growing Slow: Lessons on Unhurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl by Jennifer Dukes Lee Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney The Literary Garden: Recreating Literature's Most Beautiful Gardens in Your Own Backyard by Duncan Brine The Secret Garden by FH Burnett

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. We loved chatting with Jennifer and getting to know her better. You can learn more about Jennifer and her books at www.jenniferdukeslee.com. Or follow along on her adventures on Instagram and Facebook: @jenniferdukeslee. Show notes and more available on our website, www.pageofourlives.com. ----- Today's episode is sponsored by Zencastr! We use Zencastr to record the Page of Our Lives because it is an easy-to-use, all-in-one podcast production suite that gives you studio quality audio and video without needing all the technical know-how. Zencastr makes it easy for us to record from two separate locations and have special guests be part of our show. We just set up the link to record in the Zencastr online suite, send out the link and poof! We're recording! Zencastr is offering our listeners a 30% off when you sign up for the Zencastr professional platform. Simply visit https://zen.ai/pageofourlivespod to sign up today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pageofourlivespodcast/support

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. We loved chatting with Jennifer and getting to know her better. You can learn more about Jennifer and her books at www.jenniferdukeslee.com. Or follow along on her adventures on Instagram and Facebook: @jenniferdukeslee. Show notes and more available on our website, www.pageofourlives.com. ----- Today's episode is sponsored by Zencastr! We use Zencastr to record the Page of Our Lives because it is an easy-to-use, all-in-one podcast production suite that gives you studio quality audio and video without needing all the technical know-how. Zencastr makes it easy for us to record from two separate locations and have special guests be part of our show. We just set up the link to record in the Zencastr online suite, send out the link and poof! We're recording! Zencastr is offering our listeners a 30% off when you sign up for the Zencastr professional platform. Simply visit https://zen.ai/pageofourlivespod to sign up today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pageofourlivespodcast/support

On this episode of STEP INTO THE STORY, we talk with author Jennifer Dukes Lee about her new book, Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-hurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl. Jennifer shares about how she left behind her life as a political reporter to raise her children on a fifth-generation family farm—and the lessons God taught her about patience, stillness, and contentment along the way.

Episode Summary:  Jennifer Dukes Lee and I talk about the advantages of slowing down to live life and how the most important things in life take the longest to grow. If you're ready to make a break from fast-paced living and learn how to adopt a growing slow lifestyle, you won't want to miss this episode. Quotables from the episode: We are an output-driven society and we forget about the importance of what we take in. In order to live the fullest life by slowing down, pay attention to the things that really matter. Take time to appreciate what God is doing in each season. Most of us don't appreciate winter, but winter offers the opportunity to rest, to celebrate what we've been through, and to heal. Time is our friend, not our enemy, and is to be cherished. God views time differently than we do. We tend to always be in a hurry, but God makes everything beautiful in its right time. Consider adopting habits of the unhurried: like lighting candles at dinner, walking around your gardens, lingering in conversation at the end of a church service. Scripture References: Ecclesiastes 3:11 NIV "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart." Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens." 1 Corinthians 3:9 "You are God's field." Recommended Resources: Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-hurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl by Jennifer Dukes Growing Slow Bible Study: A 6-week Guided Journey to Un-Hurrying Your Heart by Jennifer Dukes Lee It's All Under Control: A Journey of Letting Go, Hanging On, and Finding a Peace You Almost Forgot Was Possible by Jennifer Dukes Lee It's All Under Control Bible Study: A 6-Week Guided Journey by Jennifer Dukes Lee Love Idol: Letting Go of Your Need for Approval and Seeing Yourself through God's Eyes by Jennifer Dukes Lee and Lisa-Jo Baker The Happiness Dare: Pursuing Your Heart's Deepest, Holiest, and Most Vulnerable Desire by Jennifer Dukes Lee Revive & Thrive Women's Conference Free Download: How To Fight Fearful/Anxious Thoughts and Win Breaking Anxiety's Grip: How to Reclaim the Peace God Promises by Dr. Michelle Bengtson Breaking Anxiety's Grip Free Study Guide  Free 7-Day YouVersion Bible Reading Plan for Breaking Anxiety's Grip Hope Prevails: Insights from a Doctor's Personal Journey Through Depression by Dr. Michelle Bengtson, winner of the Christian Literary Award Reader's Choice Award Hope Prevails Bible Study by Dr. Michelle Bengtson, winner of the Christian Literary Award Reader's Choice Award Social Media Links for Guest and Host Connect with Jennifer Dukes Lee: Website / Facebook / Instagram For more hope, stay connected with Dr. Bengtson at: Order Book Today is Going to be a Good Day / Order Book Breaking Anxiety's Grip / Order Book Hope Prevails  /  Website  /  Blog  /  Facebook / Twitter (@DrMBengtson)  /  LinkedIn  /  Instagram / Pinterest / YouTube Guest: Jennifer Dukes Lee lives on the fifth-generation Lee family farm in Iowa, where she and her husband are raising crops, pigs, and two beautiful humans. She writes books, loves queso, and enjoys singing too loudly to songs with great harmony. Once upon a time, she didn't believe in Jesus; now he's her CEO. Find Jennifer at www.JenniferDukesLee.com and on Instagram at @JenniferDukesLee. Hosted By: Dr. Michelle Bengtson Audio Technical Support: Bryce Bengtson  

Introducing one of the warmest and encouraging conversations on the show with Jennifer Dukes Lee: farm girl, wife, mama, literary agent, and author. Jennifer is the author of "Growing Slow: Lessons on Unhurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl", and today, we're talking about just that.   If you've ever felt like you were "behind" in life... if you've ever felt like you're growing too slow compared to everyone around you... if you've ever found yourself exhausted by the pressure to hustle and strive... this conversation is for you. Jennifer and Tara dive into what God says about abiding in Him, how it's okay to grow slow, and some practical tips on resting and relating to God in a more intentional way. Buy "Growing Slow" on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Growing-Slow-Lessons-Hurrying-Accidental/dp/0310360439/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3PIKSEYL9X6OU&keywords=growing+slow&qid=1642281022&sprefix=growing+sl%2Caps%2C160&sr=8-1 Follow Jennifer on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferdukeslee/ Follow Tara on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misstarasun/ Join the monthly newsletter for encouragement, devotionals, and first to know news (more on that soon YAY): https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5f5293472c60490027bc8d16 Visit Tara's blog / website: https://www.tarasunministries.com/

This episode! Yowza. It is definitely one to put on your "listen-again-when-I-have-to-remember-what's-important" list, friends. For years, Jennifer Dukes Lee has been living out the heartbeat of her call to grow slow, right where we are. She is doing this countercultural thing, and we can too. I learned so much from her in this conversation and in her book, Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-Hurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl, and I can't wait for you to listen in from the fields where you are planting today. Jennifer Dukes Lee lives on the fifth-generation Lee family farm in Iowa, where she and her husband are raising crops, pigs, and two beautiful humans. She writes books, loves queso, and enjoys singing too loudly to songs with great harmony. Once upon a time, she didn't believe in Jesus; now he's her CEO. Find Jennifer at JenniferDukesLee.com and on Instagram at @JenniferDukesLee. Visit KimberlyStuart.com/podcast for more from this episode.

Today I sat down with Jennifer Dukes Lee, author of “Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-Hurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl”. Her story is so beautiful. She shares how she transitioned from a life of bustle and hustle to a life where she can grow slowly at her own pace.  Jennifer Dukes Lee lives on the fifth-generation Lee family farm in Iowa, where she and her husband are raising crops, pigs, and two beautiful humans. She writes books, loves queso, and enjoys singing too loudly to songs with great harmony. In today's episode, Jennifer gives us the courage to stop chasing the greener grass. Everything does not have to be great all of the time! Change comes, change goes, and life keeps going. I could sit and talk with her for hours. Her words truly are like honey to me. In this episode you'll hear:  How to grow slow Healing the “hurry sickness” It is okay to change Links to all the things mentioned:  Instagram | @mkoehler Instagram | @theblushpages Personal Website | melissakoehler.net The Blush Pages Website | melissakoehler.net/membership

Today's Out of the Ordinary Book: Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-Hurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl, written and read by Jennifer Dukes Lee Visiting Author, Jennifer Dukes Lee shares a reading from her latest book!Feel free to visit Growing Slow for more on the book! Jennifer also has lots of freebies and exclusive content here.  Key Conversation Points: Have you gotten mixed up and turned around and need a reset to a bruised heart from the hurry and hustle? Take a deep breath in and exhale slowly as we learn from a gracious and kind accidental farm girl about how to take our foot off the gas to our crazy life and grow slow. Lisa-Jo explains that Jennifer "charts a path for us out of the pressures of bigger, harder, faster, and into a more rooted way of living where the growth of good things is deep and lasting." The first chapter is entitled: "Permission to be Unspectacular." Full stop. Jennifer gives us hope to live a simpler life by harnessing what's not working anymore with spiritual insight. She gives possible, manageable, bite-sized morsels of truths to chew slowly in order to learn a new path that gives more life, more peace and more deep soul rest. Podcast links: Click here to join the conversations we have with listeners every week around the podcast. _______ Sponsor appreciation: We're so grateful to partner with show sponsors that keep making our work possible. Click here for 30% off your order with Betabrand, for a limited time. Find out why women are ditching typical work pants for Betabrand's Dress Pant Yoga Pants. Click here for 25% off when you keep everything in your Stitch Fix order.  Click here to join over 1 million people taking charge of their mental health through the online counseling offered by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month by visiting www.betterhelp.com/ordinary Click here to go to GreenChef.com/ordinary100 and use code ordinary100 to get $100 off including free shipping! Click here to sign up for your own digital Paper&String care package curated by Christie, Lisa-Jo and friends.

Today's guest wrote a lovely, inspiring book called Growing Slow: Lessons on Unhurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl. I devoured this book. I experienced the blessed timing of reading this book right after the book from last week's episode with Ginger Stache, Chasing Wonder: Small Steps Toward a Life of Big Adventure…and mamas, if I could recommend reading any two books back to back, it would be these two! In Growing Slow, Jennifer addresses all kinds of issues mamas struggle with and provides so much encouragement for our insecure mama moments when we feel like we're falling behind, or our kids are falling behind, when we're struggling to find time for ourselves…and even big moments when we're looking at our life and realizing this is NOT what we expected or planned. In this conversation, Jennifer reminds us that all the little things are the mattering things. And that it's okay to change. Along with lots of other lovely reminders that will fill your mama heart. Thanks for being here for this joyful conversation. Jennifer's Bio: Jennifer Dukes Lee lives on the fifth-generation Lee family farm in Iowa, where she and her husband are raising crops, pigs, and two beautiful humans. She writes books, loves queso, and enjoys singing too loudly to songs with great harmony. Once upon a time, she didn't believe in Jesus; now he's her CEO. FULL SHOW NOTES AVAILABLE AT: WWW.ELEVATINGMOTHERHOOD.COM Elevating Motherhood Links: Website: www.elevatingmotherhood.com Instagram: @loribethauldridge @elevatingmotherhood Patreon: www.patreon.com/elevatingmotherhood Join Lori Beth on Patreon! Elevating Motherhood is coming to life over on Patreon! I'm super stoked to let you know I'll be over there in our online moms group in Patreon connecting with you and other incredible mamas. It's such a great space where we can have deep dive discussions about today's topic and every other topic discussed here on the show. I'll also be hosting virtual classes once a month for moms. There are already multiple classes that are up and evergreen & available for you to watch anytime! Join me for August's class that goes LIVE on Friday, August 20th. Maui mama and creator of the Let's Feed Them Plants Patreon channel is going to be sharing her top secret recipes with us for her award winning vegan nacho cheese and vegan sour cream. They are so delicious! Sign up this month and be entered in the drawing! There are currently four other classes you can take at any time, too: cooking, numerology, creative writing, and fascia exercises with new classes being shared every month. Go check out the details at www.patreon.com/elevatingmotherhood I'm super stoked to be an ad-free, off social media, no distraction space to connect with you and other moms! It's already been so refreshing and life giving to be able to connect deeper with you all. I'm excited for you to join us!

Accidental Farm Girl Jennifer Duke Lee shares from her latest book, Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-Hurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl, about how her hurried lifestyle was effecting her health and the value she found in slowing the pace of life.

Jennifer was once at breaking point herself and tells her story of a rude awakening to the ways her chosen lifestyle of running hard, scaling fast, and the neverending 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. With eloquent truths and vivid storytelling, Jennifer reflects on the lessons she learned from living on her fifth-generation family farm and the insights she gathered from the purposeful yet never rushed life of Christ. Growing Slow charts a path out of the pressures of bigger, harder, faster, and into a more rooted way of living where the growth of good things is deep and lasting. Resources mentioned in this episode: Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-Hurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl Connect with Jennifer Dukes Lee: JenniferDukesLee.com The Shaun Tabatt Show is part of the Destiny Image Podcast Network.

Accidental Farm Girl Jennifer Duke Lee shares from her latest book, Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-Hurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl, about how her hurried lifestyle was effecting her health and the value she found in slowing the pace of life.

Today I'm here with my brand new friend, Jennifer Dukes Lee (https://jenniferdukeslee.com/), who just released her newest book called “Growing Slow: Lessons on Unhurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl.” She was previously a crime and politics reporter chasing headlines, but found that even when she left her career behind and moved to a scenic farm, her heart was still hurried. We talk about hurry sickness, taking a “Hustle Detox,” and what the natural rhythms of seasons can teach us about our own growth. Her book was a gift for me to read and I'm excited to share it with you! Growing Slow: Lessons on Unhurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl (https://jenniferdukeslee.com/growingslow/) Jennifer's Other Books (https://jenniferdukeslee.com/books/) Patient Trust Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. And yet it is the law of all progress that it is made by passing through some stages of instability – and that it may take a very long time. And so, I think it is with you; your ideas mature gradually – let them grow, let them shape themselves, without undue haste. Don't try to force them on, as though you could be today what time (that is to say, grace and circumstances acting on your own good will) will make of you tomorrow. Only God could say what this new spirit gradually forming within you will be. Give Our Lord the benefit of believing that his hand is leading you, and accept the anxiety of feeling yourself in suspense and incomplete. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!   Here's a special episode from me to you on my birthday.   Here I talk about: Deciding to slow down instead of continuing to grind and strive. Choosing to rest and celebrate. Releasing the pressure off myself.   Let me know what you think!  Do you need to choose rest and to slow down some?   Connect with me: www.organizewithgrace.com   On Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/organizewithgrace/    On Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/organizewithgracefb    The books I mentioned:   Growing Slow:  Lessons on Un-Hurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl by Jennifer Dukes Lee   Grace Over Grind:  How Grace Will Take Your Business Where Grinding Can't by Shae Bynes   Want to work together and get you going on your home organizing project?  Email me and I would love to talk to you at hello@organizewithgrace.com    Talk to you soon! Hugs, Grace    

Do you long to take a break from the fast pace of life, but are afraid of what you'll miss if you do? Perhaps you find yourself going big and hustling hard only to be left feeling stressed and empty. If you can relate, today's episode is for you! Today, Mary is joined by beloved author, Jennifer Dukes Lee, as the two dive into Jennifer's latest book “Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-Hurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl”. Known for her wisdom, encouragement, and heart for women Jennifer's new book offers readers a path to what she calls “unhurried living”. With eloquent truths and vivid storytelling, Jennifer reflects on the lessons she learned from living on her fifth-generation family farm and the insights she gathered from the purposeful yet never rushed life of Christ. On today's episode, Mary and Jennifer talk about the power of finding balance in life rather than succumbing to the ‘hustle culture'; get really honest about what it looks like to break free from what society says matters; and, discuss the importance of God's timing and God's provision for your life. After listening, you will find the true relief that comes when you stop running and start resting in Jesus; be equipped with practices for unhurried your heart and mind every day; and feel ready to let go of the pressure and embrace the small, good things already bearing fruit in your life. If you are ready to find a more rooted way of living where the growth of good things is deep and lasting, you will not want to miss today's incredible episode. You can follow Jennifer here! https://www.instagram.com/jenniferdukeslee/ And snag her book here! https://jenniferdukeslee.com/growingslow/

If you find yourself constantly feeling rushed or seeking quick success, you’re going to love this conversation with Jennifer Dukes Lee about her new book Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-Hurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl. In this episode, she shares what it means to grow slow and how we can find God in every season of our lives. She also explains her 3 R method of growing slowly. Get the full show notes emailed to you with the outline and links mentioned in the show jessicahottle.com! Follow Jennifer: website | InstagramFollow Jessica: website | Instagram | freebies

My guest this week is Jennifer Dukes Lee. She lives on a 5th generation Lee family farm in Iowa, where she and her husband are raising crops, pigs and two beautiful humans. She writes books, she loves queso and enjoys singing loudly. Once upon a time she didn’t believe in Jesus, and now He is her CEO. She just released her latest book, Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-hurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl. 4:14 – Jennifer 101 She lives in northwest Iowa. Her husband’s great, great, great grandparents had the original farm. She is a farm wife, even though she never imagined being in that role. 7:40 – Growing fast and slowing down Jennifer is an over achiever, and her personality makes her want to grow things fast. She left her newspaper job to be on the farm with her family. Even though she was in the more peaceful setting of a farm, she kept working hard and was told by a doctor that she was stressed out and “had a hurried heart.” She has since adopted a new way of living. 14:57 – A growing slow year Jennifer began studying her farmland and how seeds grow to find out why some things grow faster and others slower and how seasons affect the farm. 26:50 – Soil of your heart Jennifer says you should take time every day to examine the soil of your heart. Come to God with your hands open and ask him to take some of your burdens or worries. Go through your seasons of life with open hands. 32:52 – Practices to slow down To slow yourself down, there are little things you can do, like not checking your phone at stoplights. Also, don’t multitask. Uni-tasking is better and you have more focus. 36:50 – Remember, reflect, return Jennifer asks me to remember, reflect and return. I also share my struggle with not being as far ahead as I planned. 4:30 – Get to know you Her hype song? Chumbawumba “I Get Knocked Down” Favorite TV show growing up? Three’s Company FEATURED QUOTES “I’m a farm wife, and I didn’t expect to be in this life.” – Jennifer “You can be busy and still go about it with a peacefulness in your heart.” – Jennifer “Take time every day to examine the soil of your heart.” – Jennifer CONNECT: https://jenniferdukeslee.com/ ABOUT JENNIFER: Jennifer Dukes Lee lives on the fifth-generation Lee family farm in Iowa, where she and her husband are raising crops, pigs, and two beautiful humans. She writes books, loves queso, and enjoys singing too loudly to songs with great harmony. Once upon a time, she didn't believe in Jesus; now he's her CEO. Find Jennifer at JenniferDukesLee.com and on Instagram at @JenniferDukesLee.

This month on the show, we welcome our friend and special guest, Jennifer Dukes Lee. We hope you enjoy this conversation with Jennifer around the topic of her newest book, Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-Hurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl. Growing Slow is a message that was born after years of stress and fast-paced living. Listen in as we discuss how this way of living caught up with Jennifer in a dramatic way and how her life changed as a result. You'll be so glad you did!

This week on Real Talk with Rachael I'm talking with author Jennifer Dukes Lee about her new book Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-Hurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl. Jennifer lives on the fifth-generation Lee family farm in Iowa, where she and her husband are raising crops, pigs, and two beautiful humans. She writes books, loves queso, and enjoys singing too loudly to songs with great harmony. Once upon a time, she didn't believe in Jesus; now he's her CEO. Key Points from Our Conversation: Jennifer has lived a life of "go big or go home," but the problem was more than what was on her calendar, it was her hurried heart. A change in her physical condition required a mindset shift. Once she embraced the mindset, growing slow became her superpower. We don’t always cheer people who grow slow, but overnight success is a myth. Seeing life through the lens of a farmer changed Jennifer's understanding of what it means to grow slow. She paid attention to what God was doing in different seasons. We get distracted with upward growth, but what will anchor us through drought and storms are our deep roots. We'd like to stay in the three phases of planting, growth, and harvest, but we all experience winters of the soul. We weren’t designed to grow all the time. Winter is important to the land and it makes it better in the spring. We should allow winter to do its work in us, too. 2020 has been a season of prolonged winter. Before we jump back into a season of growth, we should consider what this winter has taught us. Growing slow forces buried issues to the surface much like the winter forces rocks to the surface of fields. What if we allowed winter to do the work in us, lifting the burdens that we carry and then allow God to "pick rock" from our lives? We treat time as an enemy, but God and time are friends. We’re not falling behind, we just don’t see it the way God does. We constantly run toward new milestones, but never enjoy what's already growing. Validate the small things that are growing where God has placed you. “Hurry hangs around your heart." There aren’t easy steps to growing slow - it’s a mindset shift that takes time to work its way to the roots. Sustainable agriculture makes the land beneficial for generations. We can be sustainable people by thinking longer-term about how we are impacting future generations. It's the little things we do as parents that help establish deep roots for our kids. It can seem impossible to grow slow, but you can slow down without losing your edge. Growing slow eliminates multitasking and helps you laser focus on your priorities. 3 Practical Steps to Enjoy the Season You're In: Set your alarm 10 minutes earlier and set the tone of your day. Stop checking the phone when you're away from work or in the middle of activities. Knowing about what you need to do when you are unable to do it creates a hurried mind. Embrace the concept of the slow food movement by eating mindfully, giving your brain time to tell your body you’re full and enjoy the process of eating. Resources mentioned: Growing Slow Bible Study Videos, Guided Journal and Growth Tracker, and Bible Study Guide Session 1 Let’s Get Real Practical: If possible, start by downloading Jennifer's printables mentioned in this episode. What did God bring up today that He wants to move out of your heart? Write it down. You can mail your "rock" to Jennifer at PO BOX 327 Inwood, Iowa, 51240, and/or take a screenshot and send it to me on Instagram so that we can pray over you. Episode Sponsor: Sign up for JOYmail – my monthly newsletter that’s full of resources that deliver a little joy and practical action steps for life into your inbox. Connect with Jennifer: website | Instagram Connect with Rachael: website | Instagram | Facebook

Jennifer and I first met over email when she rejected my first book proposal. And then we met over zoom where she rejected my second book proposal. Talk about growing slow! I gave her a hard time about that during our conversation. She is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. And, she has learned a lot about what is looks like to burnout despite great boundaries. She has learned firsthand what it looks like to slowly watch your dreams become reality. She is the author of multiple books, including her latest, Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-hurrying Your Heart From an Accidental Farm Girl. I don’t know about you but I always want to grow fast. I want instant everything. But sometimes the pursuit of the fast and furious lifestyle leaves us empty, and just, well, tired.