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Living Wholehearted Podcast With Jeff and Terra — 269 episodes
God Is On Your Side // Joshua Ryan Butler
Healing Doesn't Begin Until You Feel // Anjuli Paschall
Stop Performing for God // Hosanna Wong
The Church Isn’t Perfect, But Jesus Still Is // Natalie Runion
25 Years, Countless Lessons: Building a Grace-Filled Marriage
Why Emotions Matter // Jon and Tristen Collins
Busy Is Not Faithful
The Real Battle Is Between Your Ears // Max Lucado
Choosing Peace Over Pretense // Amy Duggar King
When Success Hides Anxiety // Sissy Goff
The Body Remembers, But Grace Restores // Erin Kerry
Stop Criticizing, Start Speaking Life // Dave and Ann Wilson
You Can’t Do Grief Alone (and You’re Not Meant To) // Clarissa Moll
Redefine the Good Things of God // Katherine Wolf
Faithful Presence in a Polarized World // Joshua Ryan Butler
Why Reluctant Leaders Make the Strongest Guides // Willa Kane and Sally Breedlove
Parenting Teens Through Anxiety // Dr. Kristin Valerius
Why Your Healing Starts With a Pause // Debra Fileta
Turning Down the Noise: Parenting in a World That Overstimulates // Sarah Boyd
Parenting Through Struggle, Not Perfection // Annie Horner
Choosing Truth When Trust Is Broken // Josh and Jaelyn Harrel
Bored Kids, Whole Hearts: What a Media Fast Taught Us // Jaelyn And Joshua Harrel
Why Hurry Is Hurting Your Soul // John Mark Comer
Beyond the Talk: Everyday Parenting for Sexual Wholeness // Jay Stringer
The Risk of Being Loved // Dr. Curt Thompson
Servant Leadership: Finding True Influence in Humility // Mike Donehey
Leading Through Suffering: Finding God in the Wilderness
More Than Inclusion: Why Belonging Matters in the Body of Christ // Cameron Horner
Who Can You Trust? Navigating Relationships with Discernment
Faith in the Face of Fear: What Anxiety Can Teach Us // Dr. Curtis Chang
From Empty to Overflowing: How to Stay Filled // Debra Fileta
Why You're Still Tired: The 7 Types of Rest You Need
Mastering Conflict Resolution with the Core Values Index (CVI) Part 2
Healthy Principles for a Healthy Marriage
Growth, Grace, and Leading Together
Rebuilding the Ruins: A Journey to Restoring the Church
Episode 241: Mastering Conflict Resolution with the Core Values Index (CVI)
Episode 240: The Good, The Bad and the Funny
Episode 239: When You Want to Want God Again
Episode 238: Taboo Topics With Family
Episode 237: Growing Our Listening Skills
Episode 236: The Power of Meals with Family
Episode 235: What to Do With Big Emotions
Episode 234: Growing with Emotions
Episode 233: The Best Test for Your Growth - CVI
Episode 232: Tired of Being Tired? How to Rest.
Episode 231: Maintaining Integrity as a Leader
Episode 230: How Can I Be Free From Porn?
Episode 229: How to Stay Healthy When Counseling Others
Episode 228: Parenting On Phones and Social Media
Episode 227: Letting Go of Expectations
Episode 226: How to Do Healthy Conflict
Episode 225: Compassion and Conviction with Gender and Sexual Identity
Episode 224: Identity, Sexuality and Anxiety
Episode 223: Parenting - Shaping Good Theology with our Kids and Women in Ministry
Episode 222: Parenting | How the Brain and Mind are Key to Best Parenting Practices
Episode 221: Parenting: Life is Messy - Perspective to Enjoy the Ride
Episode 220: Leadership, Gen Z, and the Mental Health Crisis
Episode 219: Friendship Part 2 - Healthy Vs. Unhealthy, Myths and More with Connie Armerding
Episode 218: Friendship Part 1 - Healthy Vs. Unhealthy, Myths and More with Connie Armerding
Episode 217: Marriage - The Power of our Story with Chris Bruno
Episode 216: Leaders Accept Their Limits with Sara Hagerty
Episode 215: Digital Fasts: Bringing More Peace and Connection with Josh and Jaelyn Harrel
Episode 214: Pacing Ourselves - Finishing Well with the Mattsons
Episode 213: How to Ditch Your Control with Tara Sun
Episode 212: Forgiveness - What It Is and What It's Not with the Mattsons
Episode 211: Creating Homes & Spaces for Peace, Comfort and Deeper Connection with Anh Lin
Episode 210: Problems Leaders Face & The Wholehearted Leadership Cohort with the Mattsons and Connie Armerding
Episode 209: Disobedient God - When God Goes Off-Script with Albert Tate
Episode 208: Overcoming the Impact of Divorce on your Leadership with Brandi Wilson
Episode 207: Adopting and Fostering Through a Trauma-Lens with Dr. Sharen Ford
Episode 206: The Power of "No" as You Prepare for the Holidays with Jeff and Terra Mattson
Episode 205: Do the Thing With Grace and Grit, with Rebecca George
Episode 204: Parenting Series - Teens and Anxiety with Dr Kristin Valerius
Episode 203: Parenting Series - Raising Daughters in Today's World, with Sissy Goff
Episode 202: Parenting Series - Raising Wholehearted Kids, with Dr. Danny Huerta
Episode 200: Healing From Church Wounds - From Deconstruction to Reconstructing Our Faith, with Natalie Runion (@raisedtostay)
Episode 199: Healing From Church Wounds - Grace, Grace, Grace with Max Lucado
Episode 198: Healing From Church Wounds - Battling the lie, “Your needs don't matter,” with Jeff and Terra Mattson
Episode 197: Breathe - How to find rest in the midst of stress with Bonnie Gray
Episode 196: Reset - Getting Beneath the Surface to See Real Change with Debra Fileta
Episode 195: Healing Triggers & Trauma with Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield
Episode 194: God Is Not Done With You - Moving From "Why?" to "What Now, God?" with John Meador
Episode 193: Rekindling Your Marriage When You Feel Like Roommates with Dr. Smalley
Episode 192: Motherhood - Remaining You While Raising Them with Alli Worthington
Episode 191: What You NEED to Know About Internet Safety for Your Kids with BJ Park
Episode 190: Blindspots: Learning to be a non-anxious presence, listen well and handle interruptions with Jeff & Terra Mattson
Episode 189: Raising Prayerful Kids with Steph Thurling
Episode 188: Busy to Joy - How to Live for What Matters Most with Crystal Paine
Episode 187: Shrinking the Gap: Concentric Circles and How To Actually Live From our Priorities with Jeff and Terra Mattson
Episode 186: Dads, Daughters & Anger with Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield
Episode 185: Blended Families - the rebirth after death of a spouse or divorce with Bo Stern and Cliff Brady
Episode 184: What women need to know about finances and divorce with Amy Oliver
Episode 183: How to Have a Healthy Body Image with Rachael Gilbert
Episode 182: Mental Health for Our Teens with Laura Smith
Episode 181: Mental Health for Mamas - Finding Time for You in the Margins of Motherhood with Ashlee Gadd
Episode 180: Sexual Wholeness - Sex Ed Reclaimed: Rethinking Sex Education with Kristen Miele
Episode 179: Sexual Wholeness - Raising Healthy Kids: Sex, Porn, and Shame with Jay Stringer
Episode 178: Sexual Wholeness - Healing from Sexual Betrayal with Stephanie Broersma
Episode 177: Sexual Wholeness - Healing from Sex Addiction with Dr. Ryan Hosley
Episode 176: Sexual Wholeness - Secrets to Sex & Marriage (Part 2) with Dr. Michael Sytsma
Episode 175: Sexual Wholeness - Secrets to Sex & Marriage (Part 1) with Shaunti Feldhahn
Episode 174: Every Moment Holy with Leslie Thompson
Episode 173: A Guide for Parents Questioning Their Faith with Bekah McNeel
Episode 172: Theology of Suffering & Spiritual Formation with Bo Stern-Brady
Episode 171 Grace at Work: The Secret to Getting More from Your Job than a Paycheck with Dr. Tim Kimmel and Michael Tooker
Episode 170: A Conversation around Theology and the Roles of Women with Erin Lane
Episode 169: Tips and Tricks for Raising Daughters with the Founders of Courageous Girls, Jeff & Terra Mattson
What Makes a Healthy Marriage and Tips for Couples Who Work Together with Jeff & Terra Mattson
Episode 167: Raising Amazing Kids Who Like Their Family and Do The Dishes Without Being Asked, with Dave and Monica Swanson (aka: Boy Mom)
Episode 166: Wisdom for Parents of Gamers with Drew Dixon
Episode 165: The Unique Challenges of Female Leadership with Connie Armerding
Episode 164: The How and Why of Sabbaticals: Rhythms of Rest for Leaders with Rhonda Began
Episode 163: Boundaries & Leadership with Dr. Sasha Shillcutt
Episode 162: Detoxing from Insecurity and Standing in Confidence with Amanda Pittman
Episode 161: Detoxing from the Complicated and moving back to Loving God and Loving Others with Brittany Ann
Episode 160: Detoxing from a Digital World: For parents and kids alike with Arlene Pellicane
Episode 158: The Power of One Man with Dr. Ron Archer (the Mattson’s favorite from the LW podcast library)
Episode 157: Trauma-Informed Theology (part 2) with Kimi & Joel Harris (most popular episode from the LW archives)
Episode 156: Trauma-Informed Theology (part 1) with Kimi & Joel Harris (most popular episode from the LW archives)
Episode155: Fostering Being Still and Knowing God With Our Kids: Liturgies for Parents with Kayla Craig
Episode 154: Boundaries: Loving Others Without Losing Who You Are with Lysa TerKeurst
Episode 152: Broken and Leading: When, how and who to be vulnerable with along the way with Toni Collier
Episode 151: When Life Is More Than You Can Handle with Nicole Jacobsmeyer
Episode 150: Shepherd of leaders: the Heart of the Father with Steve Witmer
Episode 149: Beyond Awkward Side-Hugs: Healthy Gender Relationships in a Sex-Crazed World with Bronwyn Lea
Episode 148: Building a Business Without Losing Your Integrity (or your sense of humor) Molly Stillman
Episode 147: Principles that shape a leader of integrity (and what runs interference) with Aubrey Sampson
Episode 146: How Our Stories Fuel Our Leadership with Scott Hatley (Part 2 of 2)
Episode 145: When Our Stories Fuel Our Leadership with Scott Hatley (Part 1 of 2)
Episode 144: Leadership at the University & Beyond with Joseph Clair
Episode 143: How to become a more connected leader with Karen Hardwick
Episode 142: It’s Not Just Black and White: A Conversation About Race with Reggie Dabbs & John Driver
Episode 141: A roadmap for LESS conflict using the Core Values Index (part 2 of 2-part series)
Episode 140: Living by our design through the lens of the Core Values Index (part 1 of 2-part series)
Episode 139: Why Leaders Need Rest & Play AND How We Actually Do It
Episode 138: Raising Girls in Today’s World: A Conversation with the Host’s Daughter
Episode 136: How Fathers Can Shrink Their Integrity Gaps
Episode 135: What Christians Actually Think About the Value of Life with Natasha Smith
Episode 134: Faithfully Different: Living From a Biblical Worldview in a Secular World with Natasha Crain
Episode 133: Hope
Episode 132: Beautifully Broken - finding beauty and healing through suffering with Randy Hartley
Episode 131: Church Hurt, Trauma and Grace with Amber Jones
Episode 130: Say All the Things: A letter to his daughter with John Sowers
Episode 129: Tips & Tricks to Healthier Conflict with Jay Payleitner
Episode 128: Healthy Leaders Cultivate Empathy with Michael Andrews
Episode 127: It is Well With My Soul: Cancer, Suffering, and Hope with Rev Percy McCray
Episode 126: Getting Lost in Celebrity and Found By Grace with Michael O'Brien
Episode 125: The Pitfalls That Take Down Pastors with Dr. Michael MacKenzie
Episode 124: Finding Courage to Celebrate with Nicole Zasowski, M.A. LMFT
Episode 123: Women Making A Difference in the Fight Against Sex Trafficking with Lisa DaSilva
Episode 122: Abortion, Adoption, and Leading a non-profit with Diane Ferraro, CEO of Save the Storks
Episode 121: Lies Women Tell Themselves with Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith
Episode 120: The Ins and Outs of being a Women in Leadership with Connie Armerding & Audra Mahoney
Episode 119: Leading Out of His Strength: Ceasing to Strive with Ruth Chou Simons
Episode 118: The Summits and Valleys of Marriage with Bryan and Kristen Jones
Episode 117: Dating, Love, Abuse, and Healthy Boundaries with Ainsley Britain
Episode 116: Choose Love with Papa Joe Bradford
Episode 115: A conversation about Leadership, Jesus and the LGBTQ+ community with Richard Dahlstrom
Episode 114: Ingredients for Healthy Succession Planning with Robby Angle and Bruce McNicol
Episode 113: The Power of Time Budgeting & Our Core Value Index (Part 2)
Episode 112: The Power of Time Budgeting
Episode 111: The Way of Excellence: what the world needs from leaders today with Mike Kai
Episode 110: Singing in the Dark: A Story of Trust When We Cannot See with Ginny Owens
Episode 109: How Legacies Start: A Mexican-American Story with MŌRIAH
Episode 108: Creating Healthy Rhythms around Food and Family with Dina Deleasa-Gonsar
Episode 107: Unexpected Beauty: What We Can Learn From Parents Raising Special Needs Children with Amanda Cunningham
Episode 106: Sweet Like Jasmine: Healing from Childhood Trauma
Episode 105: Sexpectations, The Bible, and Reclaiming Your Married Sex Life with Debra Fileta & Gary Thomas
Episode 104: Sex is Complicated: Let’s Talk About It with Mike Novotny
Episode 103: Awareness is Curative for Your Marriage with Dr. Les Parrott
Episode 102: Understanding the needs of boys & men with John Eldredge (author of Wild at Heart)
Episode 101: Building Intimacy in your Marriage with Dr. Michelle Engblom-Deglmann
Episode 100: How to be a Healthy Helper - Avoiding Burnout
Episode 99: God Made You to Be You: Fighting the Lies of Comparison
Episode 98: The intersection of Biblical Truth and Neuroscience to Heal Toxic Experiences
Episode 97: Finding Our Purpose
Episode 96: Cultivating Happiness in our Homes with Tristen Collins
Episode 95: Getting through the Hard Good of Life with Lisa Whittle
Episode 94: God is My Defender - Trauma to Triumph with Rosie Rivera
Episode 93: The Exodus Road with David Zach
Episode 92: Teaching Our Children to navigate a Pornographic World with Josh Glaser
Episode 91: Shame No More with Dr. Richard Shaw
Episode 90: Becoming a Woman Today with Bethany Beal of GirlDefined
Episode 89: Ethics of Podcasting: Tips, Tricks, and Truth Telling with Esther Littlefield
Episode 88: The Makings of the Living Wholehearted Lodge & Retreat
Episode 87: Every Moment Matters in Marriage with Todd & Brooke Tilghman
Episode 86: Different - A Great Thing To Be! with Heather Avis
Episode 85: Leading for Change
Episode 84: The Freedom Fight and the Pornography Conversation
Episode 83: A Father’s Day Special: Featuring a dynamic dad-daughter duo
Episode 82: Her Story, Bulimia & Body Image Issues with Terra Mattson, MA LMFT, LPC
Episode 81: Recovery from Food Addiction, Part 2 with Dr. Rhona Epstein
Episode 80: Recovery from Food Addiction, Part 1 with Dr. Rhona Epstein
Episode 79: Are You Really Okay? with Debra Fileta, LPC
Episode 78: Leading with Humility with Craig Denison
Episode 77: Finding Spirit-Help in a Culture of Self-Help with Jeannie Cunnion
Episode 76: How to lead groups toward real and meaningful relationships
Episode 75: Trauma-Informed Theology: Integration of mind, body, heart and soul
Episode 74: Tackling Big Topics: The future of Church, LGBTQ+ and Faith with pastor Bill Towne
Episode 73: Love-Centered Parenting: Help for the Controlling Parent with Crystal Paine
Episode 72: Signs of Hope: How Small Acts of Love can Change Your World with Amy Wolff
Episode 71: Living Unbroken: Reclaiming Your Life and Your Heart After Divorce with Tracie Miles
Episode 70: Integrity for the Musician/Worship Leader with Olivia Pothoff
Episode 69: Leadership, InCourage 2020, Trauma, and More with Musician Olivia Pothoff
Episode 68: Fall in Love with God’s Word with Brittany Ann
Episode 67: My Wynter Season with Jonathan Pitts
Episode 66: Our Love Story, Part 2
Episode 65: Our Love Story, Part 1
Episode 64: The Power of One Man with Dr. Ron Archer
Episode 63: Trauma - Informed Theology Part 2 with Joel & Kimberly Harris
Episode 62: Trauma-informed Theology Part 1 with Joel & Kimberly Harris
Episode 61: Recovery from Abuse & Addiction: A Story of Grace with Austie Eckley
Episode 60: Hope in the Darkness: When God uses life and death with Jonathan Pitts
Episode 59: Hope in the Darkness: The Digital Dilemma with David Murrow
Episode 58: Hope in the Darkness: Trusting God through the Hard Part 2 with Ted & Ally Hotchkiss
Episode 57: Hope in the Darkness: Trusting God through the Hard Part 1 with Ted & Ally Hotchkiss
Episode 56: Hope in the Darkness: The hope of GRACE with Bill Thralls
Episode 55: Hope in the Darkness: Grieving through the Holidays with Stan & Lori Thomas
Episode 54: Kintsugi Principles: Beauty out of Brokenness Part 2 with Monte & Stephanie Schmidt
Episode 53: Kintsugi Principles: Beauty out of Brokeness Part 1 with Monte & Stephanie Schmidt
Episode 52: God’s Heartbeat for His Daughters with Susan McPherson
Episode 51: Racial Reconciliation, Love, Listening & More with Joi Hailey
Episode 50: Preparing Your Daughter for Womanhood with Robin Jones Gunn
Episode 49: Pardon the Mess with Cynthia Yanof
Episode 48: Encouragement for Youth Leaders & Parents with Jen Guldbrandson and Tyler Eaton
Episode 46: Shrinking the Integrity Gap, Leading Leaders with David & Meg Robbins
Episode 45: Shrinking Our Integrity Gaps in our Marriages, Part 2 with Dave & Ann Wilson
Episode 44: Shrinking Our Integrity Gaps in our Marriages, Part 1 with Dave & Ann Wilson
Episode 43: Who are Courageous Girls?
Episode 42: Tools for Helping Our Anxiety
Episode 41: Parenting in the Way They Should Go, Part 2
Episode 40: Parenting in the Way They Should Go, Part 1
Episode 39 (Part 2/2): With Guest KathyGrace Duncan: Her Story of Grace
Episode 38 (Part 1 of 2) with KathyGrace Duncan: Her Story of Grace
Episode 37: A Season for Everything
Episode 36: Courage, Mentorship & Diversity with Ebony Clark & Julia Adebawo
Episode 35: The Impact of Fathers with Guests Drs. Ken Canfield and Michelle Watson-Canfield
Episode 34 (Part 4): Sexual Wholeness Series: Healing From Sexual Brokenness with Dr. Sheri Keffer
Episode 33 (Part 3): Sexual Wholeness Series with researcher, therapist, minister, and author, Jay Stringer.
Episode 30 (Part 2): The theology of suffering, single parenting & leadership with Author & Pastor Bo Stern
Episode 29 (Part 1): The theology of suffering, single parenting & leadership with Author and Pastor Bo Stern
Episode 28: Behind the Scenes of Writing Courageous: Being Daughters Rooted In Grace
Episode 27 (Part 2): Singleness, Racial Reconciliation and Trust with Guest Pastor and Communicator Ashley Bell
Episode 26 (Part 1): Singleness, Racial Reconciliation and Trust with Guest Pastor and Communicator Ashley Bell
Episode 25: Candid Covid-19 Conversations with Jeff & Terra (Part 2)
Episode 24: Candid Covid-19 Conversations with Jeff & Terra (Part 1)
Episode 23 (Part 2): The Don't Give Up Movement & Loving Well with Guest Amy Wolff
Episode 22 (Part 1): The Don't Give Up Movement & Loving Well with Guest Amy Wolff
Episode 21 (Part 2): Integrity, Marriage, & Expectations with Shawn & Marina Mitchell
Episode 20 (Part 1): Integrity, Marriage & Expectations with Shawn & Marina Mitchell
Episode 19 (Part 1): Conflict - Leaning In with Guests Courageous Girls Leadership Coaches Beth Kershner & Stephanie West
You Can’t Lead Well If You Neglect Your Marriage // Bill & Kathy Towne
Leaders Don’t Need Perfection—They Need Integrity // Bill & Kathy Towne
Ignoring Your Feelings Isn’t Holiness—It’s Harm // Jon & Tristen Collins
Women Don’t Need More Pressure // Summer Shore and Melissa Campbell
Your Child Isn’t “Acting Out”—They’re Asking for Connection // Sarah Dangaran and Roshana Grile
Why Spiritual Practices Aren’t the Healer // Rhonda Began
You Can’t Lead Well If You’re Burned Out // Rhonda Began
Be Nice. Date Often. Stay Married. // Marina Mitchell
Health Without Shame // Marina Mitchell
Sex Was God’s Idea // Melinda Arnold
Comparison to Confidence // Connie Armerding
Women & Leadership // Connie Armerding
Core Values Index & Conflict Resolution
Connections on the Core Values Index
The Core Values Index (CVI): Builders, Merchants, Innovators, and Bankers
The Core Values Index (CVI): Understanding Your Wiring
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