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Crystal Paine Show — 344 episodes
344: Raising Capable & Confident Kids with David Thomas and Sissy Goff
343: The Surprising Lessons I’m Learning from Training for a 10k
342: Discovering Your Communication Type with Jason VanRuler
341: Five Exciting Updates at Our House
340: How to Love Your Morning Even If You’re Not a Morning Person with Jennifer Dukes Lee
339: Jesse Chaperoned a Trip to Denver
338: Do This First Thing Every Morning with Addison Bevere
337: My First Colonoscopy
336: The Life-Changing Art of Self Brain Surgery with Dr. Lee Warren
335: My Grandma Hobbies Era
334: Don’t Burn Your House Down with Lindsey Maestas
333: Why I Started Wearing a Continuous Glucose Monitor
332: One Man’s Journey from Abuse & Addiction to Forgiveness and Redemption with Stephen McWhirter
331: My Fun List for 2026
330: How Understanding the Compassion of Christ Changes Us with Sherri Hughes-Gragg
329: Why I Am Not Setting Goals in 2026
328: 25 Things I’m So Glad I Said Yes to in 2025
327: How to Avoid Unintentional Harm Through the Words We Speak (with Amy Hughes)
326: Why I Started Getting Up at 4:15am (it might surprise you!)
325: It’s Never the Wrong Time to Do the Right Thing with Nicole C. Mullen
324: My 3-Week Experience with a Parasite
323: Raising Daughters That Are Ready for Adulthood with Kari Kampakis
322: Helping Our Kids Understand Their Worth and Identity in Christ with Elisabeth Hasselbeck
321: My 13-Day Trip to India
320: The Power of Prayer with Willa Kane
319: Loneliness, Friendship Breakups, and How to Build Strong Community with Kristen Strong
318: My Parents’ 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration
317: I Wish I Had a Bigger Kitchen with Kate Strickler
316: Why I Started Shutting Down at 7
315: Helping Our Kids Overcome Anxiety (with David Thomas and Sissy Goff)
314: Swimming with Dolphins and Stingrays
313: You Have an Addiction and What to Do About It (with Ian Cron)
312: A true story of brokenness, redemption, and the power of a biker’s prayer with Angie Howell
311: Changing My Mindset with Food
310: Making Wise Decisions in Uncertain Times (with Katie Reid)
309: Your Waiting Isn’t Wasted with DawnChere Wilkerson
308: My Very First Time Going to a Gym Class
307: How to Fight Less and Thrive More in Marriage (with Gabe and Rebekah Lyons)
306: Our 20-Hour Overnight Getaway
305: The Devil’s Subtle Strategies: What We Miss When We’re Distracted (with Tilly Dillehay)
304: Marriage License Mayhem: Our Wild Ride Trying to Get a Real ID License
303. True Intimacy in Marriage (with Joanna and Matthew Raabsmith)
302. An Invitation to Behold Christ in Motherhood (with Whitney Newby)
301. The Hard Truths We've Learned From a Month of Using the Opal App
300. When You Feel Underestimated (with Mary Marantz)
299. The 5 Money Beliefs That Shape a Teen’s Financial Future
298. When You Feel Like You're Too Late For Your Life (with Rebecca George)
297. My Honest Experience With Function Health
296. A Rest-Filled Life (with Dr. Saundra Dalton Smith)
295. Surprising Lessons I Learned on My Trip to Disney
294. Celebrating Black History All Year Long (with Trillia Newbell)
293. How to Plan Your Week So You Can Actually Take a Day Off (with Kathi Lipp)
292. Habits of the Household + some newsy updates!
291. Breaking the Patterns That Break You (with Tori Hope Peterson)
290. Helping Kids Navigate Grief and Loss (with Annie F. Downs)
289. Lessons Learned from 22 Years of Marriage and 20 Years of Parenting
288. Show Your Phone Who is Boss (with Karen Ehman)
287. Kathrynne's Sickness & Hospital Stay
286. Goals for 2025 + 12 Things I Plan to Learn
285. Consistently Inconsistent
284. Listening Well and Practicing Simple Hospitality
283. Building a Deeper Connection to God (with Jeannie Cunnion)
282. Something I just learned about Jesse, cows, disappointment, and voting
281. How We Went to NYC on a Budget
280. Habits for a Sacred Home (with Jennifer Pepito)
279. An embarrassing story, emergency preparedness, my 43rd birthday and goals for my next year
278. When You Feel Like You're the Only One Who's Behind (with Meghan Ryan Asbury)
277. Our freezer disaster, upping my iron, and Jesse's 44th birthday
276. Our honest experience with Inside Tracker Blood Tests and what we've learned and changed from it
275. Our big trip to Kalamazoo, MI & my trip to NYC!
274. When Doing It All Is Undoing You (with Alyssa Bethke)
273. 4 Strategies to Start Your Back-to-School Year Well
272. Quietly Rebelling Against the Narrative of Fear
271. Healthy Churches, Healthy Leaders: Restoring God's Original Blueprint for Local Churches (with Natalie Runion)
270. Conspiracy Theories and a crazy travel story!
269. My honest experience with wearing an Oura ring
268. Finding Hope and Forgiveness After Horrific Pain (with Davey Blackburn)
267. Newsy Summer Updates + 3 Shows We've Enjoyed Recently
266. Why We Encourage Our Kids to Wait to Date
265. Routines and schedules: do they serve you or enslave you?
264. Our Top 20+ Favorite Audiobooks
263. Our Goals for a Slowed Down Summer
262. What Autism Taught Me About Limits & the Goodness of God (with Jessica Hurlbut)
261. Things We Wish We Knew Before Having an Adult Child
260. Simple Rules to Decorate Your Home No Matter Your Style or Budget (with Myquillyn Smith)
259. Going to College Debt-Free: Our Best Tips & Strategies
258. How We're Processing Having Back-to-Back Seniors
257. Simple Systems That Keep Us Sane
256. Micah's Unexpected Hospital Stay
255. Answering your burning questions on marriage
254. Kaitlynn's trip to Singapore and Indonesia
253. How to Build Belonging in a World of Loneliness (with Chris and Julie Bennett)
252. Silas and Jesse share about their trip to DC
251. Removing Toxins from Your Life Without Adding Them to Your Personality (with Emily Morrow)
250. What it was like living in the 1900's :)
249. The Gift of Limitations (with Sara Hagerty)
248. Losing and Rebuilding Trust With Your Teens
247. An Update on Our 2024 Goals (+ an app we're both loving!)
246. The Best Way to Encourage Your Single Friends (with Annie F. Downs)
245. Life is Messy, But God is Still Good (with Cynthia Yanof)
244. A Crazy Airport Story + some fun life updates!
243. Trusting God When Your Life Feels Like It's Falling Apart (with Heidi Lee Anderson)
242. My Word for 2024 (and some of the “weird” things I’m trying!)
241. 5 Significant Changes We're Making in 2024
240. Kathrynne shares about her first semester at college
239. Trusting God When Life is Challenging (with Shane Stanford)
238. Raising Spiritually Strong and Emotionally Healthy Children (with Lauren Gaines)
237. REAL TALK: When It's Hard to Prioritize Your Marriage
236. 1000 Hours Outside (with Ginny Yurich)
235. One simple tweak that has made a big impact in our lives
234. Grieving the Loss of What Your Life Used to Be (with Chuck and Ashley Elliott)
233. When an Unexpected Phone Call Turns Your Life Upside Down (with Jillian Benfield)
232. Why We Require Our Teens to Get a Job at 15
231. A Healthy Perspective on Body Image (with Rachael Gilbert)
230. Why I'm Saying No
229. Secrets of Sex and Marriage (with Shaunti Feldhahn)
228. Building Community Through Cooking (with Bri McCoy)
227. Paying Attention in a Distracted World (with Paul Angone)
226. 4 Big Transitions in Our Lives Right Now
225. Preparing Our Kids for Marriage (with Tricia Goyer)
224. The Secret Art of Confident Motherhood (with Alli Worthington)
223. Love is Worth the Risk
222. When Your Worries and Whys Need More Than Temporary Relief (with Lisa Whittle)
221. The Worry-Free Parent (with Sissy Goff)
220. 3 Unexpected Lifestyle Changes I Made This Summer
219. How to find and build better friendships (with Laura Tremaine)
218. 21 Days of No Sugar and the surprising lessons I'm learning
217. How to Identify & Occupy Your God-Given Space (with Heather MacFadyen)
216. Jesse's Perspective on IBLP
215. Hope and Healing from Church Hurt & Disappointment (with Natalie Runion)
214. Shiny Happy People: Our Honest Thoughts
213. Every Woman a Theologian (with Phylicia Masonheimer)
212. How to Help Your Kids Have an Intentional Summer
211. Trading Boring, Empty Prayer for Real Connection (with Addison Bevere)
210. Kathrynne shares surprising lessons she learned in high school
209. Hope For When Motherhood is Really Hard (with Katie Faris)
208. Slacker Parenting (AKA How to spend less time micromanaging and more time enjoying your kids)
207. How God Brings Beauty & Purpose to Your Story (with Anne Neilson)
206. How Do I Get My Spouse to Change Their Mind?
205. Trading Fear & Anxiety for Unshakeable Peace (with Katie Davis Majors)
204. Kathrynne's College Decision (+ a funny story!)
203. Kathrynne and Kaitlynn share about their trip to London & Amsterdam
202. Disability and Discovering God’s Image in Every Person (with Laura Wifler)
201. It's Launch Day! Why I wrote The Time-Saving Mom
200. Why We Stopped Fostering
199. Raising Amazing Kids (with Monica Swanson)
198. How to Identify What's Keeping Us Stuck (with Megan Hyatt Miller)
197. 4 Things We've Learned After 18 Years of Parenting
196. Discovering Hope & Healing After Brokenness (with Toni Collier)
195. A Faith That Will Not Fail (with Michele Cushatt)
194. 6 Lessons We've Learned from 20 Years of Marriage
193. The Long-Awaited Adoption Day (all the details)!
192. Our Goals for 2023
191. Highlights from 2022 + Some BIG News!
190. Helping Kids Thrive in Mind, Body, and Spirit (with Jodi Mockabee)
189. It's Okay to Be a Beginner
188. Good Boundaries and Goodbyes (with Lysa TerKeurst)
187. Loving Someone Well Even When We Disagree (with Michele Cushatt)
186. A Crazy Travel Story
185. Every Moment Holy (with Douglas McKelvey)
184. A Life Update + Prepping Our Hearts for Advent (with Ruth Chou Simons)
183. A Love-Stretched Life (with Jillana Goble)
182. Start with Hello: Simple Ways to Build Community (with Shannan Martin)
181. What is Kathrynne doing after high school?
180. Why You Should Read Aloud with Your Kids (with Jennifer Pepito)
179. An Interview with Jesse
178. From Street Kid to Foster Dad (with Peter Mutabazi)
177. Setting Healthy Boundaries for Your Family (with Rachel Norman)
176. An adoption update + how to follow through with your goals
175. Raising Emotionally Strong Boys (with David Thomas)
174. Teaching Your Kids to Set Goals
173. Our Fitness, Family, & Personal Goals for the Fall
172. Micah's Birth Story
171. My Unexpected Hospital Stay
170. Making Sabbath Rest a Priority (with Bob & Linda Lotich)
169. Helping our teens deepen their relationship with Jesus (with Angela Perritt)
168. Helping your kids fight less & get along better
167. How I Found Time to Write a Book
166. Raising Teens: Answering your burning questions
165. Wisdom from a mom of 14 (with Nicole Homan)
164. How to Stop Fearing the Future & Live in Hope Today (with Nicole Zasowski)
163. What We Wish We Have Known Before Having Kids
162. Making Time for Romance When You Have Kids
161. Unexpected Lessons from Down Syndrome
160. 5 Things I Do Every Morning (Part 2)
159. I got caught in the comparison trap!
158. When you feel hurt and offended...
157. Why Your Prayers Might Not Be Answered
156. A Different Perspective on Foster Care (with Jamie Finn)
155. 3 Questions to Ask When Your Child is Frustrated
154. 5 Things I Do Every Morning
153. 8 Ways I Simplify My Life
152. What I Learned From a Year of Intentional Proximity
151. Surprise! I'm 15 weeks pregnant!
150. What We Learned in 2021
149. Our December Bucket List
148. Only Jesus Gets to Tell You Who You Are
147. How We {mostly} Stopped Arguing
146. A Surrendered Yes (with Rebekah Lyons)
145. Our Unexpected Adoption News
144. You Were Made for This Moment (with Max Lucado)
143. A Love Languages Quiz
142. Worship Suffocates Worry (with Katie Reid)
141. Living a Grace-Filled Life in a Stress-Filled World (with Ruth Chou Simons)
140. When Your Prayers Aren't Answered Like You Hoped
139. Do This One Thing Every Morning (with Alison Lumbatis)
138. How to Keep Going When Life is Hard (with Lisa Whittle)
137. Dating vs. Courtship: Our honest thoughts
136. Don't Miss Out on This Superpower! (with Jeannie Cunnion)
135. Answering your burning questions
134. Our Experience with Covid
133. Our Best Strategies for Raising "Twins"
132. Family Breakfasts: What We're Doing Instead of Family Dinners
131. A crazy travel story
130. You Get What You Expect (+ some thoughts on raising teens)
129. My System for Keeping on Top of Emails
128. Finding Peace in the Midst of Chaos
127. Living Out Your Calling (instead of being limited by lies) with Paul Angone
126. Addressing the assumptions
125. Stop Saying "I Can't"
124. Unexpected Lessons from a Year of Foster Care
123. How I Became More Extroverted
122. Love-Centered Parenting
121. Bad Attitude? Feeling Frustrated? Try this!
120. How to Nix Your Negative Narrative (with Jon Acuff)
119. Phones, Social Media, and Being Present With Our Kids
118. 4 Strategies to Feel Less Stressed
A Trip to Disney + a New Baby! (what a week!)
116. The Big Day is Here!
115. Un-hurrying Your Heart with Jennifer Dukes Lee
114. An Honest Conversation About Faith with Angie Smith
113. An interview with Kathrynne
112. How We're Preparing for the College Years
111. Answering Your Burning Questions
110. How I Got Over My Fear of Negative Reviews
109. 18 Years of Marriage: 10 Lessons We've Learned
108. How to Love Someone You Disagree With
107. Better Habits: 5 Steps to Start & Stick With Them
106. 10 Things We Learned in 2020
105. Holding Both Grief and Gratitude
104. Sharing Some Good News!
103. Forgiving What You Can't Forget (with Lysa TerKeurst)
102. Soul Care During Stressful Seasons
101. Honest Confessions of a Control Freak
100. Raising Worry-Free Girls (with Sissy Goff)
99. Answering Your Burning Questions
98. Staying Calm in the Midst of a Volatile Election Season
97. How We Chose Our Kids' Names
96. Standing Strong (with Alli Worthington)
95. Our Rules for Kids & Phones
94. How to Stop Living in Fear
93. A Woman's Highest Calling (with Jamie Ivey)
92. How to Change Your Life in 15 Minutes a Day
91. How to Have a Great Morning Routine
90. Our Best Advice for Brand-New Homeschool Parents
89. An Update on Our Foster Care Journey
88. Answering More Burning Questions
87. How to Parent a Passive Child
86. How to Talk to Your Spouse About Money (with Shaunti Feldhahn)
85. Jesse's Advice for Raising Financially Responsible Kids
84. Our Family's Favorite Games
83. How to Parent a Strong-Willed Child
82. Our Favorite TV Shows
81. Kierstyn's Birth Story
80. Parenting in the Middle of a Pandemic
79. Our Craziest Travel Stories
78. Creative Ideas for Family Fun at Home
77. Answering your burning questions as a family (Quarantine Edition)
76. BIG updates from our house (with a guest appearance by Kathrynne)
75. Parenting with Confidence (with Becky Keife)
74. Fear, Unknowns, & Courage (tornadoes, COVID-19)
73. Overcome Burnout and Get Your Joy Back (with John Eldredge)
72. How to Fall in Love With Your Life
71. "How do you stay so positive?"
70. How I Read 15 Books in January
69. Answering all your pregnancy questions
68. Secrets to a Happier Marriage (with Matt and Lisa Jacobson)
67. Romance and Intimacy: 10 Ways to Keep the Sparks Flying
66. How to Break Up With Your Phone
65. Our Journey to Becoming Foster Parents
64. My Word for 2020 (+ my goals for this week!)
63. What Worked and What Didn't Work in 2019
62. How to Talk to Your Kids About Money
61. Christmas Traditions & What We're Doing Differently This Year (a conversation with our kids)
60. What to do When You Fail
59. The Enneagram and Marriage
58. Building Father-Daughter Relationships
57. Why & How I Stopped Drinking Coffee
56. South Africa Trip Recap (with Jesse and Kathrynne)
55. Breaking Free from Anxiety, Stress, & Survival Mode (with Aundi Kolber)
54. Jesse Answers Your Burning Questions
53. 4 Strategies to Survive Stretching Seasons
52. My Unplugged Sundays Experiment
51. Our HUGE announcement!
50. 4 Rhythms You Need in Your Life (with Rebekah Lyons)
49. Finding Good Friends
48. Helping Our Kids Overcome Shame (with Kristin Maher)
47. The Power of a Morning Routine
46. Modesty, Legalism, and Grace
45. The Apps & Tools We Use to Plan Our Day
44. Our #1 Tip for a Stronger Marriage
43. The Lies We Believed
42. Haters Gonna Hate
41. Building a Relationship of Trust With Your Kids
40. Our Favorite Things
39. My Struggle with Anxiety (with Jesse Paine)
38. Marriage and Business: An Honest Conversation (with Jesse Paine)
37. Why We Stopped Homeschooling (an interview with our kids)
36. How to Find Couple Friends (with our local friends)
35. How Foster Parenting Has Changed Our Lives (with Fran Maynard)
34. Emotions & Wholehearted Living (with our pastor, Eric Hoffman)
33. How to Be Married to a Strong Woman (with Jesse Paine)
32. What it's like to be a Highly Sensitive Person (with Anne Bogel)
31. Eat Well & Spend Less Time in the Kitchen (with Lisa Burns)
30. Why We Moved to Nashville (with Jesse Paine)
29. What is the Enneagram? (with Leigh Kramer)
28. The Secret to a Happier Marriage (with Audrey & Jeremy Roloff)
27. Digital Minimalism (with Cal Newport)
26. How Myers-Briggs Saved My Marriage (with Meg Tietz)
25. The Year My Body Broke Down (with Jesse Paine)
24. Parenting a Difficult Child (with Jami Amerine)
23. Answering Your Burning Questions (with Jesse Paine)
22. How to Be Brave (with Melissa Radke)
21. The Year That Changed the Trajectory of Our Lives (with Jesse Paine)
20. Stop Procrastinating and Do the Next Right Thing (with Emily P. Freeman)
19. Making Family Dinner a Priority (with Tiffany King)
18. Infertility, Open Adoption, and How to Love When It’s So Hard (with Rachel Nielson)
17. The Hardest Year of Our Marriage (with Jesse Paine)
16. The Outfit Formulas That Changed My Life (with Alison Lumbatis)
15. How Practicing Gratitude Will Change Your Year (with Erin Port)
14. Why You Should Choose a Word for 2019 (with Monica Wilkinson)
13. How I Broke Free from Legalism (with Jesse Paine)
12. How to Create a Home That Serves Your Family (with Myquillyn Smith)
11. The Real Reason You're So Tired (with Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith)
10. How to Find Your Blue Flame (with Jennifer Fulwiler)
9. Law School Struggles, Free Groceries, and a Pregnancy Test (with Jesse Paine)
8. How to Find More Time to Read (with Anne Bogel)
7. 10 Minutes a Day to Less Stress and Better Health (with Bonnie Gray)
6. Shame, the power of story, and a real look at the writing life (with Katie Ganshert)
5. Courtship Rules and Our First Kiss (with Jesse Paine)
4. How I Got Over My Fear of Hospitality (with Jen Schmidt)
3. The Secret to Being a Happier Mom (with Jeannie Cunnion)
2. How to Stop Feeling So Overwhelmed (with Jennifer Dukes Lee)
1. Why "The Crystal Paine Show"?