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Fierce and Lovely
by Beth Bruno: Author, Speaker, Activist
Beth Bruno and her teen daughters chat about becoming young women in today's culture. Aimed at Christian moms and their girls, they cover heavy topics and light hearted Gen Z trends. Both educational and encouraging, being fierce and lovely requires a community of sisters willing to live life out loud.
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How to love those who are hard to love
Anna Lillie is a 16-year old family friend whose lived experiences felt invaluable to this topic. Check out the Fierce & Lovely Mini-Courses HERE. Learn more about the ReStory™ Universe HERE.
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How to Improve the mother/daughter relationship
Kari Kampakis is an author, speaker, blogger, and newspaper columnist from Birmingham, Alabama. Her two books for teen girls, 10 Ultimate Truths Girls Should Know and Liked: Whose Approval Are You Living For, have been used widely across the country by teen youth groups and small groups to…
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How to use strengths finder with your kids
Using different terminology than "glory", Rebekah Cornelius shows us how our kids are born with talents that when developed, become strengths. Many of us have heard of Strengths Finder. In this interview, you'll learn how it can be useful to 1) spot in our younger kids, 2) explore with kids…
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How to navigate toxic friendships
Ella Bruno has lived a long story of broken friendships. In this interview, she and I talk about that journey: lessons learned, perspective that comes from age, and reflections of a teen on her generation. I hope it is encouraging even as it's heart breaking. This would probably be a good one to...
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How to find Identity and Purpose in a Cluttered World
Becky Young is a LPCC and Spiritual Director with Restoration Counseling. With 14 years prior experience building a wedding photography business, Becky has journeyed through finding identity and purpose in a cluttered world. Check out the Fierce & Lovely Mini-Courses HERE. Learn more about the...
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How to develop a better relationship between dads and daughters
In this interview, I am joined by my husband, Chris Bruno, truly an expert in the fathering space. As co-founder and CEO of Restoration Project, author of Man Maker Project and Brotherhood Primer, and owner of Restoration Counseling Center, Chris has made it his life's work to help men become...
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How to Cultivate her Faith
We're talking about cultivating faith in our daughters, especially if they don't like or have a church, youth group, or para church group. Beth talks with Bethany Beal, co-founder of Girl Defined Ministries a popular YouTube channel, conference, podcast and book series for young Christian women.…
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How to have a loving conversation around LGBTQ
Bill Henson started Posture Shift in 2006 as a missionary to the LGBTQ community. His heart is big and his perspective so so helpful. I think no matter where you land theologically, you can't argue with our call to love radically. Learn more about Posture Shift. Learn more about Guiding Families....
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How the Enneagram can help raise kids
Clare is a church planter, pastor and social activist. She is a formally trained Spiritual Director, author of three Enneagram Books and President of the International Enneagram Association (IEA) Great Lakes Chapter. As a credentialed Professional and Teacher with the IEA she has developed a...
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How to navigate smart phones and social media with teens
David Eaton is the President of Axis which he co-founded in 2007. Every year Axis speaks to 10,000+ students face-to-fce and every month Axis digital products equip 120,000+ parents, grandparents, pastors, and teachers. In 2018 Axis helped caring adults start 1,700,000 conversations, that they...
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How to help her navigate peer pressure
Rebecca is the author of Why I Didn't Rebel: A Twenty-Two-Year-Old Explains Why She Stayed on the Straight and Narrow-- and How Your Kids Can Too. While there are PLENTY of things our girls face with peers, perhaps one of the best ways to help her combat the pressure is to be the kind of mom and...
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How to help her cultivate friendships
Alexandra is a city girl living in Denver with her husband Derek and their four daughters. Derek leads Providence Network, a transitional housing ministry to those coming out of homelessness. Whether on the soccer sidelines, at an event where she's speaking, or walking to the neighborhood market,...
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How to help when she's harming herself
Melissa Deekan brings years of experience working with hurting tweens/teens as a social worker. In this interview, we learn more about the meaning of self-harm, signs to look for, and a healthy approach to take. Resources Mentioned: To Write Love on Her Arms...
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How to address disordered eating in teens
Hannah Brass asks, "What was the dinner table like when you were growing up? Was your mom there? Did she eat the same thing? Were there bad foods in your home?" Do you find yourself thinking about food as moral? Good or bad? What do you model for your daughter? What do you think she thinks about...
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How to Help Girls with Big Emotions
Elizabeth Laing Thompson is the author of When God Says, "Wait" and When God Says, "Go." She writes at LizzyLife.com about clinging to Christ through the chaos of daily life. As a speaker and novelist, she loves finding humor in holiness and hope in heartache. Elizabeth lives in North Carolina…
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Self-Esteem: Why the Bible is not always the answer
Learn more about Yes Theory on YouTube. Learn more about Seek Discomfort merchandise. Learn more about becoming a fierce and lovely mom, take the Story Journey Assessment, or subscribe to Beth's monthly email here. Learn more about the Moms Membership Community. Grab the Loving Teen Girls in 2020...
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Find What Makes You Come Alive
Learn more about becoming a fierce and lovely mom, take the Story Journey Assessment, or subscribe to Beth's monthly email here. Learn more about the Moms Membership Community. Grab the Loving Teen Girls in 2020 Course. Read A VOICE BECOMING by Beth Bruno.
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The Trouble with Friends with Alexandra Kuykendall
Learn more about Alexandra Kuykendall. Learn more about becoming a fierce and lovely mom, take the Story Journey Assessment, or subscribe to Beth's monthly email here. Learn more about the Moms Membership Community. Grab the Loving Teen Girls in 2020 Course. Read A VOICE BECOMING by Beth Bruno.
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Building Trust, not Fences with Smart Phones
Learn more about Axis. Learn more about becoming a fierce and lovely mom, take the Story Journey Assessment, or subscribe to Beth's monthly email here. Learn more about the Moms Membership Community. Grab the Loving Teen Girls in 2020 Course. Read A VOICE BECOMING by Beth Bruno.
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How does the Enneagram help Moms and Daughters?
Learn more about becoming a fierce and lovely mom, take the Story Journey Assessment, or subscribe to Beth's monthly email here. Learn more about the Moms Membership Community. Grab the Loving Teen Girls in 2020 Course. Read A VOICE BECOMING by Beth Bruno.
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What do teens really think about this election?
Learn more about becoming a fierce and lovely mom, take the Story Journey Assessment, or subscribe to Beth's monthly email here. Learn more about the Moms Membership Community. Grab the Loving Teen Girls in 2020 Course. Read A VOICE BECOMING by Beth Bruno.
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Learning to Offer Comfort
Learn more about becoming a fierce and lovely mom, take the Story Journey Assessment, or subscribe to Beth's monthly email here. Learn more about the Moms Membership Community. Grab the Loving Teen Girls in 2020 Course. Read A VOICE BECOMING by Beth Bruno.
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Relationship with Mom: When to go deep and when to lighten up
Learn more about becoming a fierce and lovely mom, take the Story Journey Assessment, or subscribe to Beth's monthly email here. Learn more about the Moms Membership Community. Grab the Loving Teen Girls in 2020 Course. Read A VOICE BECOMING by Beth Bruno.
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Modesty: Not What You Think
Learn more about becoming a fierce and lovely mom, take the Story Journey Assessment, or subscribe to Beth's monthly email here. Learn more about the Moms Membership Community. Grab the Loving Teen Girls in 2020 Course. Read A VOICE BECOMING by Beth Bruno.
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Body Image
Heather Creekmore is an author, podcast host, and coach specializing in body image and female comparison. Learn more about Heather here. Her latest book, The Burden of Better, can be found here. Learn more about becoming a fierce and lovely mom, take the Story Journey Assessment, or subscribe to...
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Back to School COVID Style
Learn more about becoming a fierce and lovely mom, take the Story Journey Assessment, or subscribe to Beth's monthly email here. Learn more about the Moms Membership Community. Grab the Loving Teen Girls in 2020 Course.
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Welcome to the Relaunch with my Girls!
Learn more about becoming a fierce and lovely mom, take the Story Journey Assessment, or subscribe to Beth's monthly email here. Learn more about the Moms Membership Community. Grab the Loving Teen Girls in 2020 Course.
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Girls and Their Friends
Beth Bruno and Lisa Russell talk about teen girls and their friendships with girls. Why are they so hard? And what's really going on beneath the struggle? Learn more from Lisa in the "Loving Teen Girls in 2020" course now available at: https://www.fierceandlovely.org/course 7 Pressing Topics | 7...
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Creating Connection With Her Parents
Beth and her husband Chris Bruno talk about disconnection between teen girls and parents. What's really going on beneath the surface and is there a solution? Learn more in the "Loving Teen Girls in 2020" course available now at: https://www.fierceandlovely.org/course 7 Pressing Topics | 7 Experts…
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The Wounds We Cannot See: Mental Health and Teen Girls
Beth Bruno and CJ Rithner dive into the reality of mental health and teen girls, why they face it uniquely and one way to change our approach. Learn more from CJ in the "Loving Teen Girls in 2020" course now available at: https://www.fierceandlovely.org/course 7 Pressing Topics | 7 Experts | 7 Days
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Loving LGBTQ
Beth Bruno and Tracy Johnson, Spiritual Counselor and Story Expert, talk about shifting the conversation around lgbtq with teen girls. Learn more from Tracy in the "Loving Teen Girls in 2020" course now available at: https://www.fierceandlovely.org/course 7 Pressing Topics | 7 Experts | 7 Days
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Girls, Body Image, and Sexuality
Beth Bruno and Christy Bauman, therapist and author of "Theology of the Womb," talk about where poor body image comes from in girls and why mom's sexual story is so important. Learn more from Christy in the "Loving Teen Girls in 2020" course now available at…
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When She's Done With Church
Beth Bruno and Jodi Green, Young Life Area Director, talk about teen girls in 2020 and why they don't connect to church, the Bible, and faith. Learn more from Jodi in the "Loving Teen Girls in 2020" course now available at: https://www.fierceandlovely.org/course 7 Pressing Topics | 7 Experts | 7...
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COVID-19 Announcement
Beth Bruno shares where she's at in the midst of the pandemic and podcast production. Mentioned on the show: Virtual Support Groups and Counseling Walking With Podcast Beth on Instagram
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Separated by the Border with Gena Thomas
With experience fostering a migrant child, living in Mexico and Honduras, fluent Spanish, and a masters in International Development, Gena Thomas could have a lot to say about immigration. Instead, she humbly defers to latino experts and shares only of her own touch points. Bigger themes include...
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Turning the Crummy of Life into Beauty
Beth Bruno and Susie Robb talk about the redemption that comes from turning "crummy" life circumstances into beauty. Susie is an interior designer with an eye for story. With the launch of the 626 Foundation, she is transforming sad spaces and stories into ones of hope. Reflection questions in…
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How to Navigate Transitions in Life
Beth Bruno and Gina Butz talk about freezing iguanas, dog-induced counseling, and making peace with change. Transition is a natural part of life and Gina has had her share of them! Her wisdom is encouraging and applicable. Reflection Questions How many houses have you lived in as an adult? In…
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#MeToo: Why it Still Matters
Beth and Ruth Everhart talk about the history of the #metoo movement, ways to engage the conversation with church leaders and girlfriends, and why it's a movement that isn't going anywhere. No matter where you are with this topic, you'll gain insight into one of the most pressing issues of our…
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Taking Ethical Volunteer/Mission Trips (Kenya)
Planning a mission or volunteer trip in the future? Beth shares some thoughts around things to think about if you're hosted by expats or locals and how to travel with a storied lens. As she preps for a ministry trip to Nairobi, she shares about Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize winner and…
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Loving and Learning Through Heroin Addiction
God is present always, everywhere. And Jesus loves us always, everywhere. No matter what our choices are. And sometimes, we are making poor choices and still loving Jesus. We need to embrace that tension. In this episode Beth and Kate James talk about living in that tension with her son, a heroin...
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Becoming Honest with Ourselves
Heather Caliri shares insight from personal experience and now in her mini-course about managing anxiety. "It starts with being honest with ourselves. This leads to discernment in knowing what our body is feeling and needing. We become less alienated from ourselves." Join Beth Bruno and Heather…
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Discovering and Embracing an Ethnic Identity
While Sandhya's story is unique, we all have an "origin" story. Where have you come from? Jump in to Beth's conversation with a new friend to gain ideas of how to share these sorts of stories with the women in your life. Questions below to help. Reflection Questions: 1. What about your story? Are...
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Cultivating Compassionate Attention for Ourselves
Beth Bruno and Aundi Kolber discuss how to cultivate compassionate attention for ourselves. Aundi weaves her work as a therapist with her personal journey in her new book, Try Softer. An accessible, "regular person" counseling book, Try Softer is a kind guide to help you better understand and…
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Embracing the Feminine of God
Beth Bruno and Katy Johnson start off talking about community development in Bangladesh and #4justgirls, a girl-led campaign to end gender based violence in their country. (To learn more, see links.) Then they dive into the feminine metaphors in scripture and reading the Bible through a feminine...
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Intersecting Culture, Race, and Trauma
Beth Bruno and Danielle Rueb Castillejo discuss the impact of culture on marriage roles and the delightful discovery of the meaning of the biblical word "ezer"; the difference between being a witness vs. observer; her work with the sex trade in Seattle and more! Connect with Danielle: Facebook...
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How to Find the Stories of Women in a New City
Join Beth Bruno as she walks you through how she explores a new city through the lens of women who have helped shape it. Mentioned on the Show: Slow Reads: Books Worth the Linger Theology of the Womb by Christy Bauman Episode 23 with Christy Bauman Fragile Album with Nichole Nordeman Episode 29 &...
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The Theology of Food with Melissa D'Arabian
Beth Bruno and Melissa D'Arabian talk about our relationship with food and what God has to say about it. In a well-developed theology of food, Melissa challenges, encourages, and blesses the sacred invitation to view it differently. Restoration Counseling Center: How Your Story May be at Work…
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Leading in Missional Imagination
Beth Bruno and Eliza Cortes Bast talk about reading scripture through a cultural lens and how reading the book of Ruth through an immigrant lens changes the way Eliza thinks about Boaz's mother, Rahab. A leader in a church denomination and pursuing a PhD, Eliza is mother, wife, practitioner,...
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Discovering Freedom From Comparison
Beth Bruno and Richella Parham talk about the very normal and yet crippling beast of comparison so many of us struggle with. In Richella's new book, Mythical Me, she writes of her own story of comparison due to a visible birthmark as well as her lifelong journey of comparing herself to a…
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On Deconstructing Whiteness
Beth Bruno and Kaitlin Rogers Perez talk as white women who care deeply about systemic racism, white supremacy, and our role in the fight. Kaitlin is the co-founder of Sweet Rest, a subscription based educational tool for white women which helps fund sabbaticals for black women. On this episode,...
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Beth Bruno and her teen daughters chat about becoming young women in today's culture. Aimed at Christian moms and their girls, they cover heavy topics and light hearted Gen Z trends. Both educational and encouraging, being fierce and lovely requires a community of sisters willing to live life out loud.
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Beth Bruno: Author, Speaker, Activist
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