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Read More, Read Well
by WellReadMom
The Read More Read Well Podcast is meant to help and encourage women to develop and maintain a reading habit.It can be a challenge to make time to read in a world that never stops. Developing and maintaining the ability for deep reading isn’t something we can take for granted. Millions of Americans won’t read a single book this year. Don’t let yourself be one of them.Get in touch: [email protected] On Instagram: @Well_Read_MomOn Facebook: www.Facebook.com/wellreadmomOn Twitter: wellreadmom
Episodes
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Reading Across the Globe
Did you know Well-Read Mom groups are reading together all across the globe? This week Janel is talking with Maria and Ana, who share their experience of starting a Well-Read Mom group in Portuguese. They discuss the transformative journey they embarked on after attending a Well-Read Mom…
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A Closer Look Episode: The Importance of Leisure for Women
In today's A Closer Look Episode, Margaret Cronin discusses the importance of leisure for women, especially during times of uncertainty and unrest. Leisure is different from rest and entertainment, and it allows us to give our full attention to the beloved, whether it be a friend or God. Margaret...
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Radical Reading: Episode 2
When we read and discuss great books, they change us, and we in turn bring that change out into the world. Janel and Courtney are back in "Radical Reading: Episode 2" to talk about how radical reading touches you and stays with you throughout your life...even to the point of influencing your...
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Radical Reading: Episode 1
Can reading be radical? It can be if you engage with literature, and let it change you. In today's episode, Janel is joined by Courtney LoCoco, and they discuss how reading and discussing worthy books can be a radical endeavor in a world that is so loud and distracting.
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A Closer Look Episode: Literature and the Moral Imagination
In this Closer Look Episode, we feature an interview between Marcie and author and publisher Joshua Hren about how literature can help form our moral imagination, and why that is so important. Find out more about Joshua Hren and his work on his website and through his publishing house Wiseblood...
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Fostering a Thoughtful Home: Episode 3
Does reading a novel feel like a selfish use of your time? It's not! In today's episode, Janel and Dia talk about how reading is not just good for you, it's also good for the people around you.
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Fostering a Thoughtful Home: Episode 2
In this second episode of "Fostering a Thoughtful Home" Janel and Dia Boyle talk about practical ways to incorporate reading into a thoughtful home, and how attentive reading can help us be attentive to the people in our lives. For more from Dia Boyle about the Thoughtful Home, head over to the...
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Fostering a Thoughtful Home: Episode 1
In today's culture, family life and the home are more important than ever before. Janel and Dia discuss how to foster a thoughtful home, where focus and attention are developed - attention to the book in front of you, the work in front of you, or the person in front of you. This series will help...
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A Closer Look Episode: The Art of Reading
In this Closer Look Episode, Well-Read Mom founder Marcie Stokman shares about the art of reading by looking at two problems and a solution. The problem of motherhood and loneliness, the problem of reading, and the solution of reading together. To learn more about Well-Read Mom go to:...
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Exercising Your Reading Muscles
Do you find it hard to focus when reading a good book? Maybe you need to exercise your reading muscles! Janel and Jill talk about how your reading brain is a muscle that needs to be consistently utilized to get the most out of your reading. Using the principles of exercising your body, you can...
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Closer Look Episode: How Ordinary People Can Live Holy Lives
On today's closer look episode, we're taking a moment to enter into the Advent season with two great saints, St. Francis de Sales, and St. Jane de Chantel. Marcie, Colleen, and Fr. John discuss how these individuals lived with a love for something greater than themselves, and how we are all…
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How to Ease Your Stress Through Reading: Episode 2
We all have stressful situations in our personal lives, and the world is filled with stressful situations outside of our personal lives - how can reading literature help us with that? Janel and Linda talk more in this episode about easing your stress through reading literature. One key to…
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How to Ease Your Stress Through Reading
Stressed out? Pick up a book! In this series, "How to Ease Your Stress Through Reading" Janel talks with her good friend Linda, a Registered Nurse and licensed Psychologist, about stress and how we can manage the stress response through reading. At the top of the list of ways to manage stress is...
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A Closer Look Episode: Deep Reading in a Digital World
In this Closer Look episode, we go back to an interview from 2018 between Marcie and Dr. Maryanne Wolf discussing how reading has changed since digital content has become so prevalent in our day to day lives, and what that has done to our reading brain. Is it possible to be bi-literate; reading...
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How to Start a Reading Journal: Episode 3
"...Every moment, the good or the bad, has the capacity for great, transformative beauty" In the final episode of the series, "How to Start a Reading Journal" Janel and Colleen talk about the transformational power of literature, and how writing in a reading journal can help us be more aware of…
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How to Start a Reading Journal: Episode 2
In Episode 2 of the series "How to Start a Reading Journal" Janel and Colleen troubleshoot some issues we might face when trying to build a practice of reading literature and journaling to help build our memory. In becoming "savorers" of literature instead of "consumers" we begin to think in a…
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How to Start a Reading Journal: Episode 1
Do you remember what you had for dinner last night? Without making an intentional effort to remember something, we so often just forget it. Don't let the wisdom you gain from reading great literature be lost from your memory! Janel and Colleen talk about how you can preserve your thoughts and...
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How to choose a good edition of a book
In our Season 2 launch, Janel is joined by Nicole Bugnacki, Executive Director of Well-Read Mom, and Joseph Pearce, author and professor of literature. They ask the question, "With so many editions of classic books out there, how do you choose a good one?" Pearce shares his wealth of knowledge…
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A Closer Look Episode: Love Letters to a Child
In the final episode of our very first season, Marcie interviews author Tracey Finck about her book, "Love Letters to a Child". Do you long to connect deeply with your children, but don't know how? Tracey shares that journaling for her children turned out to be one of the most effective things…
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Connecting with Your Family Through Literature: Episode 3
"I love this book...somebody's got to read it!" Have you ever felt this way? We love to share things that are important to us, and they help us connect with those we love. In this final episode in the series Connecting with Your Family Through Literature, Janel, Eric, and Elisabeth discuss how...
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Connecting with Your Family Through Literature: Episode 2
Would you love something that connects you with your spouse in a way that's deeper than just watching a TV show together? Try adding some literature to your lives. Janel, Eric, and Elisabeth talk about how reading can bring you closer to your spouse, even if you're not reading the same book!
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Connecting with Your Family Through Literature: Episode 1
One great reason to add literature to your life is the way it can help us connect with our family. Janel is joined in this series by Eric and Elisabeth Cyr, who are avid readers and parents of young children. They use literature as a way to connect, teach, and grow as a family.
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Lifelong Learning: Episode 2
In this second episode of the series Lifelong Learning, Janel and Karen talk about sharing the wisdom you gain through the years with those around you, and how important reading is to gain that wisdom.
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Lifelong Learning: Episode 1
It is never too late to learn, and never too early either! Janel and Karen talk in this series on lifelong learning - from reading childhood books to picking up a book as a grandma, our lives can always be enriched by learning.
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A Closer Look Episode: The Gift of Forgiveness
This week, author and speaker Elizabeth Kely Shares a beautiful Lenten reflection on the gift of forgiveness. Elizabeth's new book, A Place Called Golgotha: Meditations on the Last Words of Christ is available from The Word Among Us at The Word Among Us Press: A Place Called Golgotha: Meditations...
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Why Read? Episode 4
We've been looking at some unexpected answers to the question "Why Read?" and Episode 4 dives into one of the most important answers of all - creating a cultural dialogue that could help bring more love, empathy, and listening to our culture.
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Why Read? Episode 3
This week Nicole and Janel talk about Why Read? Reason #3: Developing a practice of self-reflection and spiritual growth. We can all use some help understanding ourselves a little better, and characters in literature can help us hold that mirror up to our own souls.
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Why Read? Episode 2
Join Janel and Nicole as they explore reason #2: Literature as a connection to the Body of Christ. How does reading help us connect with one another? Listen to learn more!
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Why Read? Episode 1
We all know there are benefits to reading, but in this series "Why Read?" Janel and Nicole explore 4 reasons to read literature, and they are ones you may not expect!
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A Closer Look Episode: How to Choose and Read a Worthy Book
In this encore presentation, members of the Well-Read Mom team share some criteria for how to choose a worthy book, and how we can approach reading these great books so they make the most change in our lives.
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How to Start Deep Reading: Episode 4
"In deep reading, we see a world we didn't see before." - Marcie Stokman In today's podcast, Janel and Marcie take one last look at deep reading. It's more difficult than just skimming a book, but the payoff is worth it!
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How to Start Deep Reading: Episode 3
Does taking time to deep read feel like a waste of time? Choosing to spend your time reading can seem countercultural in a world that exists so much on devices, but as Janel and Marcie talk about in this episode, it is worth it for so many reasons!
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How to Start Deep Reading: Episode 2
Marcie and Janel continue to talk about creating a deep reading habit, from slowing down and taking baby steps, to understanding why deep reading is so important to our minds and souls.
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How to Start Deep Reading: Episode 1
The way we read in our culture has been drastically changing. We're moving more and more into digital reading, but we might be missing out on the important and fulfilling skill of deep reading. In the first episode of the Series, "How to Start Deep Reading" Marcie Stokman and Janel talk about how...
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A Closer Look Episode: Marcie Stokman and Dean Kimberly Shankman on Giving
We're in the middle of the "giving season", and Marcie and Dean Shankman take a closer look at how we can accept the gifts of the Great Giver - no matter if they seem good at the time or not. We've all been given great gifts in our lives, if we can recognize them!
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How to Start a Book Club with Hospitality: Episode 3
Are you a reluctant host or hostess? Janel and Ana talk in this final episode of the series "How to Start a Book Club with Hospitality" about overcoming the hurdle of inviting people in. Things don't have to be perfect, you just have to believe in what you're doing!
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How to Start a Book Club with Hospitality: Episode 2
What is hospitality? Is it a lost art in our fast-paced, individualized culture? Janel and Ana talk about what hospitality really means, and how we can receive people into our homes, and even radiate light and love to all who enter.
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How to Start a Book Club with Hospitality: Episode 1
Janel is joined by Ana Braga-Henebry to start the series, "How to Start a Book Club with Hospitality." In Episode 1, we hear about the spark of courage and leap of faith it takes to put yourself out there and invite others to a new book club. We're confident you can find it in you!
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Reading with Kids in the House: Episode 3
In the final episode of the series, "Reading with Kids in the House" Janel and Dana talk over the ways a support system among friends and family can help you build a reading practice. Your kids can even be your biggest cheerleaders in getting that huge book finished!
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Reading with Kids in the House: Episode 2
This week Janel and Dana talk about another strategy to fit reading into your family life - utilizing audiobooks. How and when are the best ways to make use of these resources, and how can you get your family involved too? Find out more! This is Episode 2 of the series "How to read with Kids in…
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Reading with Kids in the House: Episode 1
Do you struggle to fit reading into your daily life? Especially with small children in the house! Join Janel and Dana as they explore ways to fit reading pockets into your day, and swap out some activities for more reading time. This episode is the first in the series: "Reading with Kids in the...
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Well-Read Mom Podcast Guest Starring Margaret Cronin on the Importance of Leisure
Highlights include: We need true leisure now more than ever How rest is different than entertainment Training our gaze to be able to give full attention - even amid extreme tiredness Being fully present to another is a holy moment Our sisterhood with other women can help us restore ourselves...
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Why Literature Matters and "How to Read (and Write) like a Catholic" - an interview with Joshua Hren
Highlights include: When is a book ok to read? Discerning the line If I'm scrupulous, should I even read literature? What is the possibility of restoring the Catholic literary tradition? Are you concerned with classics or worthy books being canceled in our current culture? Why do we need...
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St. Francis DeSales and St. Jane de Chantal: How They Help Ordinary People Live Holy Lives with Fr. John Burns, Marcie Stokman, and Colleen Hutt
Highlights: 11:00 How do you know if you are making progress in the spiritual life? Am I good enough? Am I secure in the love of God? 13:46 What if I don't have time to pray? 15:20 Can changing a diaper be a prayer? 18:18 Be both Martha and Mary 20:10 Living with intense suffering. 23:18 Getting…
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How to use your Between the Lines Reading Journal
It's so important to capture the insights that we gain from literature! Listen in to this podcast about how to use the Between the Lines Reading Journal. Find out more and purchase one here: https://wellreadmom.com/between-the-lines-journal/ The podcast includes: Capturing the beauty of the life...
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It's okay to make room for reading literature! Literature and Spiritual Growth with Gregory Wolfe
Highlights of this podcast include: How to become an active reader? Why is reading meant to be a communal act? Experiencing renewal through deep attention How is loneliness healed? What is the danger of living in a utilitarian way? Why are we so stressed out? What is the remedy? What uplifts me…
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My Years With Corrie Ten Boom: A Well-Read Mom Interview With Ellen Stamps
Ellen Stamps tells her story of working with Corrie ten Boom, author of Well-Read Mom book pick The Hiding Place, in an interview with Well-Read Mom founder, Marcie Stokman. Learn more about Corrie and her sister and how they were able to survive and forgive. What an amazing and inspiring story…
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Purposeful Parenting and Finding Time to Read with Tonja Milligan
The number one reason that women give for not reading is "not enough time." Join Marcie Stokman, founder of Well-Read Mom, as she talks with Tonya Milligan, author of No Perfect Parent, Just a Perfect Purpose: Keys to Unlocking Every Child's Greatness. They'll discuss purposeful parenting...
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Great Books for Kids During COVID-19: Well-Read Mom's Family Supplement
We thought some of our women might want some ideas for meaningful books to hand to their kids during this unexpected time at home. This is the first year Well-Read Mom has included a Family Supplement with membership. Our hope is to encourage great books for kids that follow along with our theme…
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On Being at Home (with joy!) in These Uncertain Days
Marcie Stokman, president and founder of Well-Read Mom interviews Ana Braga-Henebry on how we can be at home in beautiful way with our children during these days. "Yes, you can do this - even joyfully!" Our discussion includes: Lingering around the table Bringing order into our days Ideas for...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Read More Read Well Podcast is meant to help and encourage women to develop and maintain a reading habit.It can be a challenge to make time to read in a world that never stops. Developing and maintaining the ability for deep reading isn’t something we can take for granted. Millions of Americans won’t read a single book this year. Don’t let yourself be one of them.Get in touch: [email protected] On Instagram: @Well_Read_MomOn Facebook: www.Facebook.com/wellreadmomOn Twitter: wellreadmom
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The Read More Read Well Podcast is meant to help and encourage women to develop and maintain a reading habit.It can be a challenge to make time to read in a world that never stops. Developing and maintaining the ability for deep reading isn’t something we can take for granted. Millions of Americans...
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