Jenny and Lisa interview Sarah in this weeks episode.  In part one of this two part series,  Sarah shares her life as a professional dancer and all the hard work, dedication and sacrifice that goes into a dance career. She also gently discusses her journey through becoming a mom and also experiencing miscarriages. She talks about how extremely lonely and challenging having a miscarriage can be and how we need to reach each other in those spaces. Listen in to this special interview!

Jenny and Lisa interview Natasha in this weeks episode. In this conversation, we learn about Natasha's life growing up in Panama and what it is like for her to visit there now. She shares the joys of living with her grandma, mom, aunts and cousins in Panama. We chat about her experience as a young adult coming to the United States to learn English.  She shares how dreaming in the new language and understanding the radio is when she realized she really knows the language. We explore wonderful...

Jenny and Lisa interview Sonya Benson in this weeks episode. In this interview, we learn about Sonya's love and commitment to the outdoors. She shares how her and her husband built their own home with the help of friends and community.  She speaks about camping on her property for two and a half years as they build their beautiful home. She shares her love of the outdoors and her intentionality with mothering her kids in a rural environment and her journey into and through motherhood.

In this episode, Jenny and Lisa answer questions from Dear Moms Listeners. They discuss the intersection of faith, womanhood and motherhood where Jenny and Lisa both share their experiences and thoughts about faith in God and what it means and doesn't mean to them as women and moms. They also get personal with their symptoms of perimenopause including sleep issues, depression, heavy and irregular periods and mental fog. The last question Dear Moms answer in this episode is regarding mom guilt...

Jenny and Lisa interview Charlene in this weeks episode. Charlene is a mom, a grandma, and was the very first female school principal in her small town in Washington State. She shares stories of motherhood and what it means to her to be a "guide on the side." She also speaks to the challenges and comedy of working as the only woman in a board room of men. Listen to this delightful interview! Be sure to also listen to the post show where Jenny and Lisa get real about their own challenges as...

In part two of Mindy's interview, she shares her adoption story of a beautiful baby girl with Down's Syndrome. It is fascinating how her and her husband's adoption story of this baby girl intricately connects with the beginnings of her story she shared in part one! She shares the joys and challenges of being an "older mom", inducing lactation, and straddle parenting, and teaching skills to her kiddo with special needs.  She shares the challenges of finding community for her child with special...

This week, Dear Moms introduces part one of two interviews with Mindy Brouse. In this part 1 interview, Jenny and Lisa talk with Mindy about her career/calling as deaf educator, and how this led to her and her husband fostering a deaf child for 6 years. Mindy speaks to the complexities of fostering an older child and the impact on her, the child and her family. She also shares insight into her life as a camp director, camp mom and a camp wife while raising her growing family. In our pre-show,...

Jenny and Lisa interview Amanda in this honest and vulnerable conversation. Amanda shares her experience in the military where she did static line jumping, as well as her unique journey with creating a blended family with her wife, Anya. She is the cool mom that jumps out of planes and can also speak to some very real and raw topics. You don't want to miss this episode! Be sure to listen to the post show, where Jenny and Lisa talk some personal facts in their own lives. The topics include...

Jenny and Lisa interview Bethany about her experience as a surrogate and opens up to us about her story as a young mom to twins. Her story is powerful and an important one. There is discussion about addiction, losing a parent, and post partum depression. Also make sure to listen to the post show at the last 10 minutes where Jenny and Lisa discuss the differences between their respective health classes in high school and if Jenny would be a yacht stewardess and why in the world Lisa sprayed...

Jenny and Lisa interview Melissa Wood and discuss the fun of parenting adult children, Melissa's foster care journey and the challenges of eating gluten free and celiac disease. Listen in!

Jenny and Lisa have a great conversation with Shayna! We discuss being an EMT, her views on motherhood and her struggles with infertility. We discuss how she became a mom and how she was told at an early age that she would not be able to have children.

This episode introduces Jenny and Lisa to our podcast community.