Episodes
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Heart Home Faith with Claire McGarry Author of Grace in Tension: Discover Peace with Martha and Mary
Olivia is joined by Claire McGarry for a lively conversation about peace, Martha and Mary, and family life! Claire McGarry is the author of Grace in Tension: Discover Peace with Martha and Mary, and the Lenten family devotionals Abundant Mercy and With OurSavior. The founder of MOSAIC of Faith…
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Her Daily Fiat with Heart Home Faith
Christie Anne from the blog Her Daily Fiat (herdailyfiat.com) joins Olivia as we chat all about Catholic blogging, motherhood, being a therapist, abusive relationships and living out a bold and virtuous YES to God.
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A Generous Life
Olivia joins with Leah from @a.generous.life to chat about her family mission to give away 10% of their dollars and days. This super fun conversation is full of ideas for you to make generosity part of your family legacy, anecdotes about how Leah and her family began this mission ("You can't out...
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Heart Home Faith with Every Sacred Sunday
After working through some difficult grief, Olivia is back with Kassie Manning of Every Sacred Sunday! Kassie shares the story, the journey and the mission of Every Sacred Sunday, how she uses her Mass journal, how motherhood has impacted her and her creativity, and also the creative process…
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Catholic Life Coaching with Sterling Jay
Olivia is back with baby Blaise in tow! For this first episode back after her maternity break, Olivia interviews Sterling Jay- a CATHOLIC life coach. Personal development wrapped up IN our Catholic Faith- it sounds too good to be true- but it ISN'T. Sterling's use of the Model to help women get...
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Podcasting for the Kingdom with Stephanie Clarisse
In this episode Olivia is joined by host and podcast coach Stephanie Clarisse of the podcast 500 Seconds to Joy. Stephanie chats about how podcasting is helping her build the Kingdom of God, about being Catholic but still working for eccumenicism (crossing denominational boundaries in her...
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Behind the Scenes of Catholic Small Businesses and Parish Work with Rahki McCormick
In this episode Olivia is joined by the creative force behind Rakhstar Designs, Rakhi McCormick. Rakhi and Olivia chat about what it's like to be a small business owner and Catholic creative, and to work in a parish. Full of insight and encouragement, you can follow Rakhi on instagram...
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The Vocation of Motherhood with Laughs and Littles
In this light hearted and fun episode Olivia is joined by the hosts of the wildly popular mom podcast, Laughs and Littles. Sarah and Annie offer wisdom, humor, and truth to the reality of Catholic motherhood.
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God's Goodness with Rachel Smith
In this episode Olivia is joined by Rachel Smith of the podcast To Grow Good. Rachel's podcast is a collection of conversion stories that shows God's goodness at work in the world. Rachel has shared her own conversion story on her podcast, so in this episode Olivia and Rachel chat about God's...
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A Catholic Sex Talk for Women with Emily Frase Part 2
{This episode is marked as explicit due to the mature nature of the discussion. Headphones are advised!} This continuation of Olivia and Emily's conversation about Catholic sexual teachings is a wealth of knowledge, resources, and humor, as well as real talk about sexual pleasure and real talk...
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A Catholic Sex Talk for Women with Emily Frase Part 1
{This episode is marked as explicit due to the mature nature of the content we are discussing. Listening with headphones is advised} In this episode Olivia is joined by Emily Frase of Total Whine to discuss Catholic sex, the stigmas surrounding sex that women especially face, the NFP beauty and...
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Poverty in America Part 2 with Leticia Ochoa Adams
{This episode is marked as explicit due to the mature nature of the content talked about. You may wish to listen with headphones, especially if you have small children with you.} In this episode Olivia and Leticia continue their conversation about poverty in America today. They touch on racial...
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Poverty in America Part 1 with Leticia Ochoa Adams
{This episode is marked as explicit due to the mature nature of some of the themes discussed. You may want to listen with your headphones if you have small children around. } In this episode Olivia is joined by Leticia Ochoa Adams to discuss Leticia's first hand experience with poverty in…
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Hope and Healing from Eating Disorders
Olivia is joined by registered dietician and eating disorder recovery specialist Nina Gasow of Annunciation Wellness to talk about eating disorders and healing from them. Nina is a wealth of knowledge about eating disorders and any type of disordered eating, as well as an advocate for recovery…
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Strengthening Marriage with Cana Feast
In this episode Olivia is joined by Dr. Sarah Bartel of Cana Feast as we discuss strengthening and growing in sacramental marriage! This episode is full of joy, wisdom, and family life as both Olivia and Sarah are joined (interrupted) by their children during the episode. Sarah gives some highly...
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A Reflection on The Visitation
In this episode Olivia shares her life long struggle with a certain vice, and insight into how the Visitation has helped her to overcome that vice.
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The Vulnerability Episode
Welcome to Season 3 of Heart Home Faith! In this season opener, Olivia is joined by amazing Catholic speaker Liv Harrison. They talk about all things vulnerability- from processing 2020 to Liv's major journey with her weight, to anxiety and 'emotional, vulnerability hangovers'. Liv exudes…
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Catholic Sprouts and the Domestic Church Project
In this episode, Olivia chats with Nancy of Catholic Sprouts about the Domestic Church Project, how the Catholic Sprouts podcast got started, how Nancy got started way back when with Dosmallthingswithgreatlove.com, and what the mission of every Catholic family is, and how the Domestic Church...
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A Moment for Moms: The Annunciation and Our Own Fiat
In this mini episode, Olivia reflects on truths gleaned from the Sunday Mass readings. Meant to provide encouragement, inspiration, and a tiny bit of wisdom Olivia shares what she has overlooked in the account of the Annunciation, and how it applies to the love of the word FIAT as held by…
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Preparing for Natural Birth with Judith Manza
Olivia chats with her good friend and doula, Judith, about natural birth- and how she can prepare for it. There's a lot of laughter, some children in the background, and absolute shock when Olivia realizes that natural birth means something previously withheld from her can be given to her during...
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A Moment for Moms: 3rd Sunday of Advent
Olivia continues preparing for Mass by looking through the readings for Sunday in the framework of lectio divina. This week Olivia's key word or phrase is a question that we all need to ask of Jesus: "Who are you?" This is an episode you do not want to miss- because what we are all called to do…
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A Shower of Roses on Heart Home Faith
Olivia chats with Jenna from A Shower of Roses podcast about scripture in the role of a Catholic's life, how Jenna's love of scripture inspired her unique podcast, and the way that scripture impacts Jenna's own life (including her rite of marriage!) This fun episode has a lot of great nuggets of...
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A Moment for Moms: 2nd Sunday of Advent
Be PATIENT. These are words that Olivia is NOT good at hearing, or abiding by. In this short episode, Olivia looks into the Sunday Mass readings and shares what stands out to her. Complete with relatable examples of her own experiences, Olivia drops some Christmas wisdom we can all use this time…
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The Spirituality of Feeding a Family
Olivia is joined tby Celeste Behe, Catholic mom of 9 who has years of expertise in serving up dishes for her family and quite the journey from different trends to purposeful sustenance! Celeste has a wonderful sense of humor, a great wit, and this episode will certainly have you laughing by the...
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A Moment for Moms: The First Sunday of Advent
In this Advent series, Olivia takes a look at the readings from Sunday Mass and using the framework of Lectio Divina, dives into what word or phrase from the readings strikes her in a particularly potent way, and why, and how it relates to her life (and maybe yours too!) This short episode is…
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A Moment for Moms: The Spiritual Pregnancy of Advent
In this episode, Olivia draws comparison between her own pregnancy experiences and the spiritual pregnancy that the entire Church has each year during Advent! She finishes up the conversation with a brief word of caution about not falling into the physical trappings of looking like you are 'doing...
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A Moment for Moms: The Time My Dishwasher Taught Me Spirituality
In this episode Olivia dives into the highly relatable love she has for her dishwasher. She also shares about when her dishwasher broke right after moving into her first house and how she had to BE the dishwasher for several weeks as she waited for new one, and in a bizarre twist, the diswasher…
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The Feminine Genius with Rachel Wong
Olivia is joined by the host of The Feminine Genius Podcast, Rachel Wong as we discuss all things feminine genius! From Rachel's most inspirational saints and books about the feminine genius, to Olivia's connection to the term in her 'reversion', we cover a lot of wonderful topics all relating to...
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A Moment for Moms: 5 Questions to Orient Ourselves to the End of 2020
Olivia shares 5 questions she will be reflecting on over the coming weeks to orient herself to the end of this year. 1. How did I do on my goals? 2. When was the last time I did something for myself? 3. Do I feel organized in my life? 4. What new skills have I learned this year? 5. How is my...
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Too much to do, not enough time with Solutions for Simplicity
In this episode, Olivia chats with Amber from Solutions for Simplicity. Amber shares her very real experience and expertise in balancing a demanding job and having three small children- the reality is that for all women, whether in the workplace or as a homemaker, it often feels as if there is...
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A Moment for Moms: Hope in Politically Charged Times
Olivia is joined by a very scary bug in her basement studio as she shares a message of hope about Jesus in the Incarnation that directly relates to these times in the USA, and how many are feeling right now.
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The Role of Lay Women in a Parish
Olivia draws on her own personal experience of years working in ministry at her parish to offer a challenge to women everywhere- what is God asking you to do at your parish? Olivia offers wisdom and encouragement, and the reminder that we are called to serve our communities as well as our…
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A Moment for Moms: Weird Home Purchases that Brought Us "Joy"
Olivia reports back the results of the Instagram poll- 'what's the strangest thing you've ever been excited about purchasing for your homes?' Some of the answers make PERFECT SENSE! And, Olivia also drops a little bit of wisdom about where joy comes from and what she really means when she says...
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Families Growing and Motherhood
In this episode Olivia is joined by Catholic Mom author and wonderful Catholic speaker Danielle Bean. Danielle is the author of one of Olivia's favorite books (Momnipotent) and has so much to say to encourage and inspire women navigating any season of change in their life! Tune in to hear about…
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a Moment for Moms: My Not So Perfect Dream Home 2.0
Olivia shares some of the struggles of home ownership in her new home. From mold to furnaces, to what a dream home really is- Olivia's got some insight and some relatable moments for anyone.
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Catholic Love of Scripture with Meg Hunter-Kilmer
Olivia sits (zooms) with Meg Hunter Kilmer and talks about Meg's love of Scripture. We cover Meg's new book on the saints, her love of the Eucharist, how she's read the Bible cover to cover 19 times, and what some potential obstacles are that stop women from really delving into the Word of God.…
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a Moment for Moms: The Wounds of Christ are Eternal
Olivia shares her reflection on loss and grief and offers an alternative definition to 'healing' than what we may typically think.
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Catholic Homesteading with Rosie Hill
Rosie Hill, homesteading, homeschooling and amazing artesian bread making mama drops by to chat about Catholic homesteading with Olivia. Rosie brings a wealth of knowledge and information, and a healthy helping of encouragement for anyone intimidated, but interested in a homesteading type of...
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a Moment for Moms: Jesus I Trust In You
I'm constantly saying "just a moment please" to my children. How often I desire ten to fifteen minutes of peace and quiet as I work to finish something! The first of a series of mini episodes on Heart Home Faith is all about how the words Jesus I Trust in You apply to our lives as moms. These…
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Catholic Conservation and Ecological Responsibility with the St. Kateri Conservation Center
This episode tackles the topic of conservation and ecological responsibility through a Catholic lens. Full of practicality and inspiration, Kat from the St. Kateri Center joins in discussion with Olivia about implementing practices and awareness of our responsibility as stewards of the environment.
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Bonus Episode with Spoken Women!
Olivia chats with Samantha Stephenson all about the new ministry she has been called to start that is a place to support Catholic Creative women! Join in for our discussion about Spoken Women, the role of women in the Church, and how we can admire other women doing great work, but not fall into...
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Season 1 Finale!
Olivia talks about all the transitions coming up in the next month for her family- and lays the ground work for Season 2- there will be some GREAT guests coming up!!! There's also a fair amount of thanksgiving for all of you wonderful listeners!
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Catholic Creativity with Amanda Sloan
Olivia is joined by Amanda Sloan, the Catholic creative behind Worthy of Agape- the amazing hand crafted Catholic saint peg dolls and Mass sets. We talk about Catholic Creativity, being a missionary family, NFP frustrations, and more.
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Canon Law, Spiritual Direction & a Healthy Spiritual Life with Amanda Zurface
Olivia joins with Amanda Zurface, a canon lawyer to chat about canon law, spiritual direction, and the hallmarks of a healthy spiritual life. Amanda is full of such wisdom and joy and offers such beautiful advice for a healthy spiritual life for anyone.
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A Hodgepodge of Thoughts- On Letting Go of Expectations, Finding Identity, and Learning
Olivia shares something really awesome that happened when she gave up planning her life in great detail, how she loves learning and how learning helped her grow in the Faith, and also finally- after 30 years, she has a favorite color. (And discusses her upcoming move.)
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Mental Health Awareness and Breaking the Stigma with Regina Boyd
Olivia teams up with Regina Boyd of Boyd Counseling Services to talk about mental health and therapy from a Catholic perspective. From navigating the current global pandemic, to setting boundaries, to feeling isolated in a mental health struggle when you are in the Church, to the benefits of a...
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Converting to Catholicism- a millennial perspective with The Millennial Catholic Housewife
Olivia joins up with Ria, from the blog the Millennial Catholic Housewife to talk about all the things. From Ria's conversion story, to being a millennial, to Ria's advice to those of us who are around people considering converting, to veiling at Mass and nicknames- we cover a lot of great…
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Hope
Olivia delves into the topic of hope. Hope is her favorite of the virtues (although they are all pretty awesome), but hope has had a special place in her heart since the 8th grade. And, Olivia's daughter offers incredible insight into what hope is, and what hope means. Not only does Olivia take a...
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The Trials and Tribulations of Taking Young Children to Mass
Olivia shares her experiences of taking young children to Mass- several of the more mortifying moments, and the moments of great grace and joy! She also shares how she is *pretty convinced* that she is the subject of an article called 'Taking your children to Mass, isn't always easy, but it's…
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Faith and Science and Being a Working Catholic Mom
Olivia joins up with friend and forensic scientist Amanda to discuss faith and science and how being a working mom can be part of God's plan for holiness for a Catholic woman with a family. Insightful no matter what your vocation and path in life and motherhood is, this episode is one for all...
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Faithful friendship for Catholic women raising families
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