Girls Talking Life

Here we are at the beginning of the Advent season. The hustle and bustle of December has started. It’s layered with excitement, anticipation, and stress. Every year I ask myself how can I make sure t…

What negative beliefs have you internalized about sex? Do you think of intimacy as a good gift from God?

For much of human history, intimacy has been a place of pain and brokenness, an area where we …

Marriages are not perfect. We’re two imperfect people. We’re bound to hurt each other. But we don’t have to respond the way the world tells us to with spite, unforgiveness, or cancelation.

We are con…

Next up in our marriage series, we are focusing on communication. How we interact with our husbands will either build our marriages up or tear them down. But honest, humble communication isn’t easy.

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We are starting a series today that focuses on strengthening our marriages. Where better to start than at the foundation? What we build our lives and our marriages on matters.

Alli Patterson, author …

How do you lend your voice in constructive ways? How do you disagree without destroying a relationship? Is kindness only a nicety? Just a moral virtue?

Ashlee Eiland, author of Human(Kind): How Recla…

Does back-to-school have your head spinning? Do you feel overwhelmed with the demands of parenting in this season? Are you struggling to find time with God?

Today I’m talking with my new friend Caris…

We are wrapping it all up today! This is week ten, the final episode of the Summer of Friendship series and we're talking about three things: creating a new friendship rhythm for a new season, making…

Welcome to week nine of the Summer of Friendship series. Friend, we are almost done! 

Today we’re tackling a tough topic, at least for me. We’re chatting about when a friendship ends.

Friendships can…

Last week we talked about four factors that can lead us into deeper friendships. One of those was asking good questions, but could all our questions be keeping us from sharing our own hearts?

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How do you move from being acquaintances or casual friends into a closer, deeper relationship? Find out today! We're taking a look at who we have in our lives and talking through four ways to go deep…

We are in week six of the Summer of Friendship series here on Girls Talking Life and we’re chatting about our capacity for friendships, what it might look like to have or to be an introverted friend,…

Welcome to week five of the Summer of Friendship series!

Special guest host Jill E. McCormick is back sharing a bit of her story and what to do when you feel too fragile for friendship.

If you're in …

Welcome to week four of the Summer of Friendship series! Today we’re talking even more about personality, your uniqueness, and how YOU ARE NEEDED as a friend.

To go along with this series, I’m hostin…

Guest host, Jill E. McCormick, joins us to talk about the Enneagram and how your type impacts your friendship style. Learn how God specifically wired you and how he designed the personalities of frie…

Did you know that in May the US Surgeon General declared LONELINESS a public health epidemic?

SG Murthy said half of US adults experience loneliness, and that it can be as dangerous as smoking up to …

We are in our very first week of the Summer of Friendship series and I’m tackling the question, does God value friendship?

I chose to start here because if you’re a follower of Jesus, you look to Him…

During June, July and August, I’ll be releasing mini episodes all about friendship. My hope is that these bite-sized shows will be just what you need for the laidback rhythm of summer and will encou…

How do you feel about the body you’re living in?

Summer is about to begin and as the weather warms, we wear less and show more of our bodies, but for many of us that ramps up negative feelings becaus…

Summer is a few short weeks away! Planning ahead and being intentional about your time together will set you up for a successful summer with your family. My guest today is Arlene Pellicane. Arlene is…