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Crystal Paine Show

226 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 466 ratings

The Crystal Paine Show is dedicated to helping you embrace life right where you are and take practical steps to get where you want to go. Crystal says, "My hope is that this podcast will serve as an inspiration to your week, a pause in your day to slow down and reflect a little, a looked-forward-to part of your weekly routine, a place where we can connect on a deeper level… and ultimately, my desire is that you come away from listening to each episode feeling motivated to bloom where you are planted and take intentional steps to move in the direction you are longing to go." Crystal is a wife, mom of 6, foster/adoptive mom, speaker, New York Times bestselling author, and online entrepreneur, best known for founding MoneySavingMom.com.

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224. The Secret Art of Confident Motherhood (with Alli Worthington)

August 22, 2023 13:00 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MB

Get ready for an episode of the show that I have been looking forward to for so long! I am joined today by the incredible Alli Worthington, author of the recently released book Remaining You While Raising Them: The Secret Art of Confident Motherhood. Believe me, if you're seeking empowerment and practical guidance in navigating the challenging waters of parenting, this episode is an absolute must-listen! In our conversation, Alli opens up about her journey as a mother to five boys and a ste...

223. Love is Worth the Risk

August 15, 2023 10:00 - 27 minutes - 24.7 MB

Welcome to another episode of The Crystal Paine Show! Join me in this episode as Jesse and I dive deep into the topic of love, its risks, and its worthiness. We share how recent experiences have challenged us to embrace the vulnerability of loving wholeheartedly. Whether it's fostering a child and facing the heart-wrenching goodbyes, navigating friendships with the potential for hurt, or parenting in a way that opens our hearts to the unknowns of the future, we've discovered that to truly lo...

222. When Your Worries and Whys Need More Than Temporary Relief (with Lisa Whittle)

August 08, 2023 10:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MB

Welcome to another episode of The Crystal Paine Show as I am beyond thrilled to have a special guest back in the studio! Lisa Whittle is here to talk about her new book God Knows: When Your Worries and Whys Need More Than Temporary Relief! This book is all about finding rest and comfort in God, and I just really love how Lisa's heart points people to Jesus through her work. Lisa and I dive deep into her trilogy of books, Jesus Over Everything, The Hard Good, and now God Knows, which, togeth...

221. The Worry-Free Parent (with Sissy Goff)

August 01, 2023 10:00 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MB

I'm so honored to have Sissy Goff back in the studio to discuss her new book, The Worry-Free Parent: Living in Confidence So Your Kids Can Too. When Sissy was here a couple years ago for her book Raising Worry Free Girls, the response was overwhelming, and to this day, I still hear from so many parents who were deeply impacted by that book! A counselor for over 30 years who helps families through her counseling practice, Sissy joins me today to discuss her new book, pointing out that so man...

220. 3 Unexpected Lifestyle Changes I Made This Summer

July 25, 2023 12:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MB

In this podcast episode, Jesse and I discuss three unexpected life changes that I have made over this summer -- inspired by a blood test I took earlier this year. I share why I made them, how I'm tracking them (and an app that has worked so well!) and the unexpected impact they have made on my life. We also talk about how these have turned into some daily choices that are now habits that I do without thinking.  While I don't expect you to make these same changes, I hope this episode can ser...

219. How to find and build better friendships (with Laura Tremaine)

July 18, 2023 12:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MB

I have really been looking forward to this topic and to having this guest on the show for weeks because a question that I frequently get asked on social media is regarding friendship and how I go about making friends. What do you do if you’re dealing with feeling like no one ever invites you to do anything and you are lonely? My guest today, Laura Tremaine is the perfect person to help me tackle this topic because she has written a whole book about it titled The Life Council: 10 Friends Eve...

218. 21 Days of No Sugar and the surprising lessons I'm learning

July 11, 2023 11:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MB

Is there something that you are relying on to give you joy, fulfillment, or that you just feel like you “have to have” or “can’t live without”? I was recently convicted about how much I was relying upon sugar… and it inspired me to try doing a three-week-long no sugar challenge. In this episode, we share why and how I went twenty-one days without sugar as well and what changes I experienced along the way. Don’t worry! The purpose of this episode is not to shame you for your sugar intake or ...

217. How to Identify & Occupy Your God-Given Space (with Heather MacFadyen)

July 04, 2023 12:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MB

Heather MacFadyen and I have both been blogging for a long time, but our paths took very different directions online. And that's exactly what this conversation is about! Heather is a well-known podcaster and author of the book, Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space. In this podcast episode, Heather shares about her journey and how she set out to write a book years ago and ended up getting rejections that led her to podcast instead -- something that ha...

216. Jesse's Perspective on IBLP

June 27, 2023 15:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MB

You may recall from a couple of episodes ago our conversation in which we shared our thoughts on the Shiny Happy People docu-series. That episode was very unplanned and off-the-cuff, so we thought that we would do a follow-up episode because we got a lot of feedback wishing that they had heard more from Jesse. I am therefore doing my best to let Jesse lead this conversation so that you can hear more of his perspective surrounding the docu-series. Jesse shares how even though he wasn’t direc...

215. Hope and Healing from Church Hurt & Disappointment (with Natalie Runion)

June 20, 2023 13:18 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

I am so excited to have Natalie Runion on the podcast this week, and this couldn’t have possibly happened at a better time! In the last episode, Jesse and I shared our thoughts about the docu-series Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets, and a lot of you reached out to me to say that you have struggled to know how to feel about church because of difficult experiences you have had. Natalie is here to discuss what to do and how to process through church hurt and disappointment, something s...

214. Shiny Happy People: Our Honest Thoughts

June 13, 2023 13:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MB

This may be one of the most controversial episodes I’ve ever recorded – and also the most personal! Amazon recently released a 4-part docu-series called Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets. While this series focuses on the Duggar family primarily, it dives into the world and beliefs of those who were part of the IBLP/ATI program – which was the program and culture I grew up in. We got so many requests from people to share our thoughts on the docu-series, so we sat down and recorded a ...

213. Every Woman a Theologian (with Phylicia Masonheimer)

June 06, 2023 16:05 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MB

Today’s podcast guest has deeply impacted my life this year as I've been reading her work and following her on Instagram and I really looked forward to recording this episode with her. It didn't disappoint! Phylicia Masonheimer is the author of Every Woman a Theologian and founder of the organization with the same name, a ministry that teaches both Christian women and men how to identify what they believe and communicate it in a loving way. In this podcast episode, she shares why theology m...

212. How to Help Your Kids Have an Intentional Summer

May 30, 2023 03:29 - 27 minutes - 24.7 MB

Want to help your kids be more intentional with their summer? In this podcast episode, Jesse and I share 10 questions to ask your kids to help them come up with some great ideas to be more intentional with their time this summer. Use these questions as a springboard to set goals or just to get yours kids' creative juices flowing! As we talk about in this episode, we sat down with our kids and went over these questions together and we had such a fun time hearing our kids' answers, learning m...

211. Trading Boring, Empty Prayer for Real Connection (with Addison Bevere)

May 23, 2023 15:19 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MB

Okay, full disclosure: I'd never heard of Addison Bevere until his publisher reached out and asked if he could be on my podcast. I did some research and was so impressed with what I found, that I said yes. And I'm so grateful I did because I was absolutely blessed by the time I got to spend with him. Not only did he share so much wisdom on our podcast episode, but I loved getting to know him more in our conversations before and after we recorded. He was so humble and I would have never know...

210. Kathrynne shares surprising lessons she learned in high school

May 16, 2023 10:00 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB

Listen in to this week's podcast episode as I welcome our daughter, Kathrynne, back to the show! She joins me today to discuss her high school experience -- a topic inspired by a recent night where she spoke at youth group. She had such wisdom to share there and I wanted her to get to share some of that on the podcast. In this episode, Kathrynne talks about how she was really dreading going into her senior year. She decided to focus on loving the younger kids and looking for ways to serve t...

209. Hope For When Motherhood is Really Hard (with Katie Faris)

May 09, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MB

Mother’s Day isn’t always flowers and chocolate and handmade cards. For many women, it’s a hard reminder of something that isn’t, something that once was, or something that might never be. Maybe you’ve lost a child. Maybe you’re estranged from your mom. Maybe your child has a life-threatening disease. Maybe you’ve lost your mother. Maybe you’re single and longing for marriage and motherhood. Maybe that adoption you thought was going to go through didn’t. Maybe you never really had a m...

208. Slacker Parenting (AKA How to spend less time micromanaging and more time enjoying your kids)

May 03, 2023 16:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MB

Jesse and I are talking about "slacker parenting" this week on the podcast. This term might seem a bit odd or like the opposite of the kind of parent you'd want to be, but hear us out... because it's not exactly what it sounds like! I recently read a pre-release copy of Alli Worthington’s upcoming book Remaining You While Raising Them and that's where I got the phrase from. Alli talks about how kids are often much more capable than we think they are. What would it look like for us to give t...

207. How God Brings Beauty & Purpose to Your Story (with Anne Neilson)

April 25, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MB

I am so honored to have Anne Neilson on today’s show! Anne has a brand new book out titled The Brushstrokes of Life: Discovering How God Brings Beauty and Purpose to Your Story, and she joins me today to discuss her life such as her general background, her family, how her childhood was a bit difficult and rocky, how she became interested in art, and more. Anne is very candid about how she spent a good portion of her life feeling unworthy of pursuing her dreams and touches upon how she has w...

206. How Do I Get My Spouse to Change Their Mind?

April 18, 2023 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33 MB

I have been getting a lot of questions lately asking for advice on how to get your spouse on board with your budget plan and/or how to get them to stop spending too much money, so we decided to address that on the podcast today.  I share some of the questions and comments that listeners have sent in and offer some advice, such as implementing what I call the three C-O-Ms - (1) compassion, (2) communication, and (3) compromise. When it comes to getting your spouse on board with an idea of y...

205. Trading Fear & Anxiety for Unshakeable Peace (with Katie Davis Majors)

April 11, 2023 10:00 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MB

Today’s guest has deeply impacted my life, so it is such an honor having her on the show. Katie Davis Majors’ book Kisses from Katie had a profound impact on me when I read it years ago, and she now has a brand new book out, Safe All Along. Katie's story of moving to Africa right out of high school, starting a nonprofit (Amazima Ministries), and eventually adopting 13 girls while living in Uganda is incredible and you can't help but be moved in hearing it. And you would think she must have ...

204. Kathrynne's College Decision (+ a funny story!)

March 28, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MB

Today’s episode is a fun and informal one! And it actually took a turn down a path I hadn't planned and we just rolled with it. I honestly think I've never laughed this much while recording a podcast ever! I hope it maybe makes you laugh... or you can just laugh at us laughing so hard (I literally had tears streaming down my face I was laughing so hard!) In this episode, we not only share about Kathrynne's college decision and what led to that decision (and why she's going about things in a...

203. Kathrynne and Kaitlynn share about their trip to London & Amsterdam

March 21, 2023 09:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MB

Our two oldest girls, Kathrynne and Kaitlynn, returned to the podcast today to talk all about a recent trip to Europe, specifically London and Amsterdam! They share why they went on this trip, who they went with, what the highlights were, and some of the lessons they learned. We talk about them seeing Big Ben, stage productions of Newsies and Mouse Trap, a soccer game, how beautiful Amsterdam was, the food, visiting the Anne Frank house, and their canal tour. This was such a great, characte...

202. Disability and Discovering God’s Image in Every Person (with Laura Wifler)

March 14, 2023 09:00 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MB

Have you ever wondered how to talk to your kids about disabilities? Do you want your kids to not feel awkward around those who have special needs or disabilities, but you aren't sure how to interact or what to say and don't want to say or do the wrong thing? In this week's episode of The Crystal Paine Show, I have a really fantastic conversation about with Laura Wifler about this very topic. We not only share practical ideas of how we've appreciated others approaching and interacting with u...

201. It's Launch Day! Why I wrote The Time-Saving Mom

March 07, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MB

Today is the big day - the release of my new book, The Time-Saving Mom: How to Juggle a Lot, Enjoy Your Life, and Accomplish What Matters Most! We're switching things up a little as Jesse interviews me! I touch upon what makes this book unique, what tools and resources are in the book, how it changed and developed over time, and so much more. I also, as promised last week, I also read more of the introduction from the book. It is my hope that this book helps others live with more intention...

200. Why We Stopped Fostering

February 28, 2023 12:00 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MB

In this week’s episode of The Crystal Paine Show, Jesse and I share why we made the decision recently to close our home (at least for the next year or two) to fostering. It was a really difficult decision to make — and it wasn’t the decision we were expecting to make right now. But we spent a lot of time praying and had a lot of conversations and are grateful for the clear direction God gave us and the peace we have. While the need for foster families is so great right now, we also know tha...

199. Raising Amazing Kids (with Monica Swanson)

February 21, 2023 12:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MB

I loved getting to have this conversation with Monica Swanson, an experienced mom of four boys who has so much wisdom to share! Her new book is called Raising Amazing: Bringing Up Kids Who Love God, Like Their Family, and Do the Dishes Without Being Asked -- I mean, I'd buy the book just to have someone share how to get your kids to do the dishes without being asked! :) In this episode, I asked her to share more about this book, we talk about her book Boy Mom, too, and how she has fostered ...

198. How to Identify What's Keeping Us Stuck (with Megan Hyatt Miller)

February 14, 2023 12:00 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MB

I have a lot in common with this week's podcast guest -- and we have many mutual connections! Author of Mind Your Mindset: The Science That Shows Success Starts with Your Thinking (which she co-authored with her father Michael Hyatt) as well as C.E.O. of Full Focus, Megan Hyatt Miller joins me this week to share about how our mindset impacts all areas of our life. She talks about how she got into her business, what it’s like working with her dad, and the story behind this book and how perso...

197. 4 Things We've Learned After 18 Years of Parenting

February 07, 2023 12:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MB

We had a big milestone happen recently: our oldest child, Kathrynne, turned 18 and is officially an adult!! Today, we reflect on the last 18 years of parenting and four important lessons we've learned. If I could go back, I would work less and chase numbers and business growth a whole lot less, I'd be more present and take time to really notice and celebrate the small things, I'd stop trying to fix my kids and just walk with them, and I'd worry a lot less about what other people think. I h...

196. Discovering Hope & Healing After Brokenness (with Toni Collier)

January 31, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes - 27 MB

Today’s guest Toni Collier is the founder of Broken Crayons and is also the author of the new book Brave Enough to Be Broken: How to Embrace Your Pain and Discover Hope and Healing. Toni shares her journey, discussing how her life took a turn for the worse when she was a child. She defines what brokenness means to her and how that led to her getting counseling and seeking change. Toni discusses her belief in the importance of hope, arguing that it’s not pain that causes the most damage to u...

195. A Faith That Will Not Fail (with Michele Cushatt)

January 24, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MB

Michele Cushatt returns to the podcast today to talk about something that we didn’t get to dive into last time - her personal story and journey! Michele has a brand new book coming out in March called A Faith That Will Not Fail: 10 Practices to Build Up Your Faith When Your World Is Falling Apart, and if anyone knows what it’s like for your world to fall apart, it’s definitely Michele. Michele dives into her journey and talks about all of the devastating loss that she has endured throughout...

194. 6 Lessons We've Learned from 20 Years of Marriage

January 17, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MB

Jesse and I celebrated a milestone anniversary recently – twenty years of marriage! In some ways, it feels like it hasn’t been that long, and in other ways, it feels like we have been married even longer than that, and we thought that we spend today discussing the biggest lessons that we have learned over the past two decades. The last few years have stretched us more than ever. Walking through foster care licensing, fostering 6 precious kids of differing ages, saying goodbye to the beautif...

193. The Long-Awaited Adoption Day (all the details)!

January 10, 2023 11:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MB

As promised in last week’s episode, we are giving more detail today about the newest addition to our family whom, after fostering for 21 months, we have officially adopted! We have been referring to him as Baby D on social media and on the podcast, but we are now finally able to reveal that his name is David, and we touch upon the Biblical significance of his name and how it coincidentally (given that his mom named him) follows our pattern of boys’ names. In this episode, we share a lot of...

192. Our Goals for 2023

January 03, 2023 12:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MB

Welcome to the very first episode of 2023! As a way of ushering in the new year, we thought that it would be appropriate to share our goals for 2023! My new book The Time-Saving Mom is coming out in March, and I also have six children, all of which is already a lot, so I have gone about setting realistic and specific goals for 2023 in a way that is challenging me but not overwhelming me. I also want to be sure that my goals all correlate with my values and what I want to be able to accompli...

191. Highlights from 2022 + Some BIG News!

December 20, 2022 12:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MB

Welcome to the very last episode of the podcast before we move into 2023! It has been a really eventful 2022, so we are spending this episode taking a look back at 2022, reflecting on the big events of the year, including finishing my next book and giving birth to Micah. We talk about how we have two teenagers who are preparing for college, how this year has provided a lot of opportunities for me to talk about foster care, what challenges we have faced this year, and so, so much more! You ...

190. Helping Kids Thrive in Mind, Body, and Spirit (with Jodi Mockabee)

December 13, 2022 12:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MB

Today’s guest is Jodi Mockabee, author of the book The Whole and Healthy Family: Helping Your Kids Thrive in Mind, Body, and Spirit! I appreciate how Jodi addresses things holistically and has a lot of wisdom and experience to bring to the table. Jodi is the mother of five children ranging from the age of ten to sixteen, and she bases the book on all of that experience that she had, capturing parenting methods that have worked for her as well as ones that haven’t worked so well. She discus...

189. It's Okay to Be a Beginner

December 06, 2022 12:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MB

As we are approaching the end of the year and preparing to move into a new one, let's talk about being a beginner. This topic was inspired by a pep talk Jesse gave to me a few weeks ago as I was starting a new workout program and was sort of bemoaning how much of a beginner I felt. His words of encouragement were so motivational to me and I wanted him to share more in this episode of the podcast. If you are in the process of starting something new, starting over, or thinking of starting som...

188. Good Boundaries and Goodbyes (with Lysa TerKeurst)

November 29, 2022 13:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MB

Today’s guest on The Crystal Paine Show is someone who has been on the show before and you all loved that episode. So when the opportunity came up to have her back on the show one more time, I jumped on it, especially when I saw the title of her new book, Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are! In this episode, Lysa TerKeurst discusses where she gets her ideas for her books, primarily her struggles and what they show her she needs to improve and w...

187. Loving Someone Well Even When We Disagree (with Michele Cushatt)

November 22, 2022 14:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MB

Disagreements and differences in opinion often result in tension and division in relationships. But does it have to be this way? In this week's episode of The Crystal Paine Show, I sit down with Michele Cushatt, one of the authors of the brand-new and much-needed book Come Sit with Me, a book all about how to love well, in spite of differences and/or disagreements. We recorded this episode the week of the midterm elections and I felt it couldn't be more appropriate. Michele talks about how...

186. A Crazy Travel Story

November 15, 2022 13:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MB

We took a super quick 28-hour trip to Wilkes-Barre, PA for my friend Jamie’s mom’s funeral a few weeks ago. If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve heard parts of our crazy travel experience, but since it sparked so many conversations and messages online, I thought we should share the whole thing together in this week's podcast episode! (See more pictures from our trip here.) A few takeaways from our trip: ::We never got the opportunity to meet Jamie’s mom, but it was so special to hear fami...

185. Every Moment Holy (with Douglas McKelvey)

November 08, 2022 11:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MB

This week's podcast is a conversation with Douglas McKelvey -- a screenwriter, songwriter, and author of several books including Every Moment Holy -- a book of prayers for every day life. In this episode I share how Every Moment Holy and the prayers in it have impacted me and I get to ask him the questions I've always wondered. Doug shares the story behind why he wrote this book of prayers, how he decided which topics to tackle, and where he found the inspiration. I love how he challenges u...

184. A Life Update + Prepping Our Hearts for Advent (with Ruth Chou Simons)

November 01, 2022 13:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MB

Today’s podcast episode is a bit different than usual! Ruth Chou Simons came in studio a number of weeks ago to record an episode, but we had a bunch of issues getting it recorded (listen to the episode for the funny story!) and ended up doing an Instagram live and Facebook live and then pulled some of the audio from that for this episode. Jesse and I also give some life updates at the beginning of the show and talk about books we’re reading + what’s saving my life. In my conversation with ...

183. A Love-Stretched Life (with Jillana Goble)

October 25, 2022 13:42 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MB

I was so excited about doing this podcast interview. Jillana and I have so many overlapping connections and passions: she lived in Guatemala (where our little boy is from!), she's a foster mom, she's adopted from foster care, she has teenagers, she has an ongoing relationship with a birth mom, and she has a child with special needs. We could have talked for hours, but I limited myself to just around 30 minutes for this episode -- and it's packed with goodness! We dive deep into what it look...

182. Start with Hello: Simple Ways to Build Community (with Shannan Martin)

October 18, 2022 13:16 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MB

Hospitality can be defined in so many different ways which makes it a very broad topic, but author Shannan Martin joins me today to talk about it and what it means to be a good neighbor. Her book Start with Hello covers how to create a sense of community with our neighbors, even if we are introverted. Shannan argues that we are all hungry for community even if we don't quite realize it, and she offers great advice on how to start creating that sense of community. Shannan offers ways to ca...

181. What is Kathrynne doing after high school?

October 11, 2022 13:19 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB

"What is Kathrynne doing after high school?" Jesse and I have been asked this over and over again -- and Kathrynne has been asked this even more! These questions sparked today's conversation -- about how easy it is to put pressure on others unknowingly and to spend so much of our lives thinking about, planning for, looking forward to, and worrying about the future that we miss the beauty of the here and now. We'd love to hear your feedback after you listen to this episode! In This Epis...

180. Why You Should Read Aloud with Your Kids (with Jennifer Pepito)

October 04, 2022 17:02 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MB

This week's podcast episode is on a topic that is very close to my heart... because it's something that so deeply impacted me! When I was growing up, my mom read aloud to us almost every single day and I have so many fond memories of the time we spent gathered together -- often working on some type of sewing handwork -- while she read us a few more chapters from the book we were currently reading aloud. To this day, I recall so many stories from those books and often am inspired in my ever...

179. An Interview with Jesse

September 27, 2022 14:11 - 31 minutes - 29 MB

I thought that it would be fun to sort of turn the tables around a little bit and interview Jesse, who just recently had his forty-second birthday! Jesse has a lot of wisdom to share. He's walked through a lot in his life -- including being born prematurely, his parents divorcing at an early age, losing his mom to cancer when he was young, and two major brain tumor surgeries. And that was all just before he turned 15! In this episode, he shares some of the biggest life lessons he has lear...

178. From Street Kid to Foster Dad (with Peter Mutabazi)

September 20, 2022 13:30 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MB

I loved this conversation with Peter Mutabazi -- a single foster dad who has such a heart for kids. In this episode, he shares a little about his heartbreaking but also inspiring story of being abused by his dad as a boy and finally making the decision to run away -- having no idea where idea where he would go. He ended up living on the streets near a bus station for a few years until one man walked into his life and changed everything.  You will want to not only listen to what he shares o...

177. Setting Healthy Boundaries for Your Family (with Rachel Norman)

September 14, 2022 01:58 - 38 minutes - 35 MB

Are you tired or feeling overwhelmed as a mom? In this episode, Rachel Norman shares what she has learned about setting healthy boundaries. Rachel is a mom of five and the author of If Mama Ain’t Happy: Why Minding Healthy Boundaries Is Good for Your Whole Family. As Rachel shared about what boundaries are to her, I had some aha moments in my own life as she has a very different perspective on the word “boundaries” than I’ve thought of before. I hope this conversation encourages you to ret...

176. An adoption update + how to follow through with your goals

August 30, 2022 19:53 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MB

After 17+ months of fostering D, lots of court dates, and much due diligence on the part of DCS to make sure there was no biological family who could take care of him (his mama loves him so much but cannot care for him due to all his ongoing medical needs), the judge granted TPR last week and his case will be officially moving to adoption once the 30-day appeal period is up. We have been busy getting extensive paperwork filled out from all his therapists and specialists and doctors (he’s c...

175. Raising Emotionally Strong Boys (with David Thomas)

August 23, 2022 13:28 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MB

Do you struggle with kids who get easily irritated or have angry outbursts? If so, you don't want to miss this episode of The Crystal Paine Show where I interview David Thomas, therapist, dad of three, and author of Raising Emotionally Strong Boys: Tools Your Son Can Build On for Life. In this episode, he shares some of the biggest struggles boys are dealing with right now and how we can best walk with them through these. He gives so much practical advice and strategies you can start usin...

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