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Beautifully Broken Journey with Amy Reinecke
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - July 31, 2018 11:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsThis episode gets real. If you have my book Eat Cake. Be Brave. Then you know that weight has been an issue all of my life. One of my earliest memories was getting out of bed and finding my mom eating frosting and watching Johnny Carson. I’ve tried different diets, and I know it is about the jou...
Road Trippin'
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - July 24, 2018 11:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsWe are on the book tour. Today, we are broadcasting from the road as we hit San Antonio and try to find a nice lunch spot. So far, we have been to Houston, Dallas, and New York. For this episode, we have decided to record each time we are in the car. So, we are taking you on the road with us. If...
Book Birthday
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - July 17, 2018 11:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsThis show is going to be a bit different. It is my book birthday. It is launch day of my book Eat Cake. Be Brave. Imagine that you have been keeping a diary since 7th grade, and it was made public. That is kind of how I’m feeling. I’m sharing today, and all of my launch day feelings and emotions...
Chicken Fried Women
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - July 10, 2018 11:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsThere is a chapter in my book called Chicken Fried Women. This chapter is about the women in my family who I am very close to. I call us chicken fried, because we may be battered on the outside with our scars and our stories, but we are soft and tender on the inside. With, of course, a little sp...
Choose Your Own Tattoo
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - July 03, 2018 11:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsIn honor of the Fourth of July, I want to talk about freedom. I’m talking about the kind of freedom that happens to us, by us, and in spite of us. I’m going to talk about the kind of imprisonment that I brought on myself, but first an excerpt from my upcoming book. Eat Cake. Be Brave. I’ve bee...
Ugly Lamps and Broken Things
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - June 26, 2018 11:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsMy good friend Whitney Lindsey will be here to share her story, but first I’ll be reading an excerpt from my new book Eat Cake. Be Brave. This is excerpt is titled The Old Tinkerbell Mermaid Rose Lamp, and I feel that it is especially relevant to the conversation I have with Whitney. I met W...
When Hope Is Your Name
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - June 19, 2018 11:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsAs most of you know, I have a daughter named Remi. This episode is about another Remi, and her amazing family. Crystal Sepulvado is a wife, mother, and nurse practitioner who had her faith shaken to the core when her now nine month old daughter Remi was born eight weeks early with multiple healt...
Live Known
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - June 12, 2018 11:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsI am broadcasting live from the Social Event of the Season. Even though I had been planning and talking about the event, I got nervous right before and even considered not going. The event turned out to be even more beautiful, precious, and fun than I thought it would be. It was everything I wan...
How to Talk to Your Kids About Sex Without Crying
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - June 05, 2018 12:03 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsToday’s episode isn’t child friendly. Listen to it when the kids aren’t around or when you have your headphones on. I kick off this show with a story about how I tried to have a talk about sex with my daughter Remi. I thought it was going well except for the part where she was curled up on the f...
Big Mouth, Little City
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - May 29, 2018 11:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsI lived in Nashville Tennessee for 16 years. It was beautiful. There were rolling hills. We had four perfect seasons. The shopping and the culture were to die for. A friend visited me and said it was like being in a Hidden Valley Ranch commercial. It was beautiful and wonderful. In spite of th...
The Big 1-2
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - May 22, 2018 11:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsThere's a chapter in my upcoming book about something that happened to me when I was 13. Don't get sad or nervous, it wasn't a traumatic thing. Maybe it was a little traumatic, but you'll enjoy reading about it. It reminded me of how hard it is to be 13. It's hard being 11 to 18. Today, I am ...
Summer Hair, Don't Care
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - May 15, 2018 11:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsOur hair is one of the first things people notice about us. It frames our face, maybe even our identity. A good hair day versus a bad hair day can affect our self-esteem and our mood. Maybe this is something I always innately knew, because even as a child I was obsessed with hair, hair styles, a...
All The Beautiful Girls
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - May 08, 2018 11:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsSometimes you meet someone who you just know is going to be a good friend. Michelle Briley is one of those people for me. She is a great woman, and someone who I have known and enjoyed while we both have embarked on our spiritual journey. Michelle Briley is the President of The Junior League of ...
An Ode to Teachers
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - May 01, 2018 11:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsAre you a teacher? Do you love a teacher, know a teacher, had a teacher, or have been a teacher before? If so, this podcast is specifically for you. I was a voice teacher for three weeks and found it scary and terrifying and ended up quitting. Teachers are underpaid and under appreciated. Today,...
I'm So Easy To Work For
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - April 24, 2018 11:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsAbout two years ago, I was on staff at a church as a worship pastor. My career took a bit of the turn, and I found myself traveling and speaking and writing a book. Eventually, I had to step down from the position at the church, and it killed me. My new career was exciting, but I realized that I...
Tight Roll This
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - April 17, 2018 11:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsSpring is here, and it is time to talk about fashion. I have two lovely guests who are moms and amazing women. They have also opened a boutique clothing store in my hometown of Lufkin, Texas. Nicole Carter and Sarah Levine are the co-owners of Spruce a boutique fashion store. On this episode,...
MoMster-in-Law
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - April 10, 2018 11:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsYou are all invited to the social event of the season. It is literally called The Social Event. Join me and a bunch of ladies just like us on May 4th and May 5th in Lufkin, Texas. The theme is Live Known. This is not your mom’s Sunday School retreat. My best friend in the whole world is on the...
This Sucks...But God is Good
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - April 03, 2018 11:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsEvents in our lives are what shape us and make us who we are. In this episode, I share a heartfelt true story that shook my faith to its core. I begin with an excerpt from my book that is really the story that made me who I am today. I also talk about how this story is the basis for my course Th...
Over My Bread Body
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - March 27, 2018 17:42 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsMeridith Baxter is here today. She is my cousin, but she is more like my sister. We have a super fun podcast planned for you entitled Over My Bread Body. Spring is here, and summer is around the corner. All of the stores are moving out the sweatshirts and bringing in the swimsuits. Today, we tal...
The "F" Word Part Two
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - March 20, 2018 11:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsLast week we began discussing the horrible “F” word of forgiveness. My friend and Pastor Jeremy Yancey was on the show. The show became really good, but it was also really long, so we just divided it into two parts. This is the follow-up to last week's show. We dive into the stages of forgivenes...
The "F" Word Part One
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - March 13, 2018 11:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsLead Pastor Jeremy Yancey from the Timber Creek Church is here today to talk about the “F” word. No, not that “F” word. We’re talking about forgiveness. Jeremy is married to one of my best friends, and he is a firm believer that when you go out to dinner it should begin with an appetizer and end...
What to Do When He's No Fun and Divorce is Expensive
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - March 06, 2018 13:44 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsDavid Radke, the Attorney General himself, is my guest today. He is the man behind all of the overdraft fees from our first year of marriage. He is my husband Mr. David Radke. I want you to meet the man who makes sure that I wear pants when recording this podcast. We have been married 23 years a...
What the Crap Am I Doing Here?
Ordinary People. Ordinary Things. with Melissa Radke - February 26, 2018 04:48 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsMelissa explains why she chose the title Ordinary People. Ordinary Things on her very first podcast episode. And why "ordinary" might be one of the most perfect words of all. Melissa explains why she chose the title Ordinary People. Ordinary Things on her very first podcast episode. And why "o...
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