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Work and Play with Nancy Ray — 217 episodes

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333 - A Year of the Contentment Challenge

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332 - Dwelling in Christ with Jon Bailey

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331 - Psalm 37, Integrity, & My Summer Health Stack

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330 - School Prep + Play (Replay)

5

329 - Summer Play (Replay)

6

328 - 250 Years of America!

7

327 - Summer Projects (Replay)

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326 - Sabbath in the Summer

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325 - The Summer Plan (Replay)

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324 - 5 Fun Books for Summer

11

323 - Your Enneagram Summer Plan with Amy Wicks

12

322 - Prayers for Mamas of Littles

13

321 - Sleep Training, Co-Sleeping, Breastfeeding : Q&A with Nancy

14

320 - Believe it For Your Motherhood with Abbey Wedgeworth

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319 - A Conversation with My Sister : Mama of 7

16

318 - This is How We Live with Hope + A Blessing for Parenting

17

317 - Gospel Centered Motherhood with Abbey Wedgeworth

18

316 - A Blessing for the Month of May with Kimberly Knowle-Zeller

19

315 - Family Catechisms with Raeanne Johnson

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314 - 10 Things I Do to Play

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313 - 10 Things Helping Me in My Work

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312 - 10 Things I'm Loving in My Home

23

311 - 10 Things That Are Growing My Faith

24

310 -The 13th Week

25

309 - Abundance, Stewardship, and Batching

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308 - You're In Good Company with Ashlee Gadd

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307 - Decluttering with Authority and Abundance

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306 - 1,000 Hours Outside : The Hard Parts No One Talks About

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305 - Winter Rhythms

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304 - My 2026 Reading List + The Nancy Ray Book Club is Back!

31

303 - Unfrumping Myself

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302 - My Goals for 2026

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301 - State of the Podcast 2026

34

300 - Episode 300!

35

299 - 3 Prayers for Christmas

36

298 - My Favorite Books from 2025

37

297 - 4 Reasons You Should Consider Doing the Contentment Challenge

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296 - My 12 Week Year Planning Process

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295 - The Great Kids Clutter Clean Out

40

294 - Gratitude : An Episode for the Whole Family

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293 - 7 Weekend Rhythms We Live By

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292 - 40 for 40 with Will Ray

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291 - 10 Ways I'm Using AI to Simplify My Life

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290 - Share the Arrows

45

No Podcast This Week

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289 - Fall Favorites

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288 - 3 Weekly Rhythms Worth Fighting For

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287 - 5 Ways to Move Forward with Boldness

49

286 - 3 Lessons from Charlie Kirk

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285 - Proactive vs. Reactive

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284 - Prepare Your Mind for Action

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283 - I Just Wish I Had a Bigger Kitchen with Kate Strickler

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282 - Love Your Life with Rachel Awtrey

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281 - Traveling with Kids : 3 Lists and All My Tips

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280 - Two Roosters with Jared Plummer

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279 - Fun Summer Announcement!

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278 - The Summer of Less

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277 - Simple Ways to Feel Closer to God

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276 - 5 Tips for a Smooth Summer

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275 - Milestone Birthdays

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274 - How to Have a Nesting Party

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273 - What's Saving My Life Right Now - Mom Edition : Part 2

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272 - What's Saving My Life Right Now - Mom Edition : Part 1

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271 - Winnie's Birth story

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270 - 20 Things for Postpartum

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269 - Underestimated with Mary Marantz

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268 - 11 Wins from the Contentment Challenge

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267 - Day-Tight Compartments

69

266 - 2025 Book List

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265 - Best Books from 2024

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264 - A Fresh Take on Work & Play

72

263 - State of the Podcast

73

262 - Why We Kept Our Pregnancy Quiet with Emily Thomas

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261 - Emergency Pod!! We Had Another Baby!

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260 - Finish Strong

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259 - End of Year Rhythms for Reflection

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258 - Christmas Favorites

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257 - Our Favorite Thanksgiving Tradition

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No Podcast This Week

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256 - You Can Always Come Home with Laura Jean Bell

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255 - My Extreme Christmas Goals

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254 - Cleerely Stated with Cleere Cherry

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253 - 5 Qs Before the Holidays

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252 - Relaxed with Megan Fate Marshman

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251 - Declaring Truth Over Your Work

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250 - 20 Things for Fall

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249 - Unplugged with Hannah Brencher

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248 - Get Quiet, Then Go

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247 - Rebel with Graham Cochrane : Part 2

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246 - Rebel with Graham Cochrane : Part 1

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245 - Refresh Your Walls with Me

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244 - Authority Over Guilt

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243 - School Prep + Play

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242 - Best Books of 2024 (So Far)

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241 - Summer Purpose

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240 - Summer Prep

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239 - Summer Play

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238 - Summer Projects

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237 - Abe Lincoln

100

236 - Being a Healthy Family with Ilana Muhlstein

101

235 - Dear Grandma Nancy

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234 - If I Don't Laugh, I'll Cry with Molly Stillman

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233 - A Year of Sabbaths with Will Ray : Part 2

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232 - A Year of Sabbaths with Will Ray : Part 1

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231 - Tired of Being Tired with Jess Connolly : Part 2

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230 - Tired of Being Tired with Jess Connolly : Part 1

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229 - Rest

108

228 - Less Clutter More Life with Barbara Hemphill : Part 2

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227 - Less Clutter More Life with Barbara Hemphill : Part 1

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226 - 5 Tools for a Financial Reset

111

225 - Website Talk with Paige Brunton

112

224 - The Unexpected Free Time Game Plan

113

223 - I Read the Bible in a Month!

114

222 - A Year of Prayer with Val Marie

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221 - State of the Podcast

116

220 - 5 Ways I'm Wintering this Year

117

219 - Reflect & Finish Strong

118

218 - 2023 Books and What I'm Reading in 2024

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217 - Holiday Giving : Part 5

120

216 - Holiday Food : Part 4

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215 - Holiday Budget and Gifts : Part 3

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214 - Holiday Schedule : Part 2

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213 - Holiday Traditions : Part 1

124

No Podcast This Week

125

212 - Narnia, Harry Potter, and the Wingfeather Saga

126

211 - Wisdom in Work

127

210 - 10 Things Saving my Life: Fall Edition

128

209 - How we do chores

129

208 - 5 Time Management Tools

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207 - A Strategy for Life

131

206 - Multitasking

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205 - Be where your feet are

133

204 - Ideal Week

134

203 - Small Play

135

202 - School and Faith Rhythms

136

201 - Fresh Creativity with Jess Ray

137

200 – 200th Episode

138

199 – 15 Years Married : Part 2

139

198 – 15 Years Married : Part 1

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197 – The Summer Plan

141

196 – The Blessing [Book] with Kari Trent Stageberg

142

195 - The Birds and the Bees with Megan Michelson

143

194 - Being a Loving Mother-in-Law with Grammy

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193 - Mama Scriptures

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192 - Book | Create Anyway with Ashlee Gadd

146

191 - My Top 8 Work Hacks

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190 - The Work and Play of Family Trips

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189 - What The Lord Is Teaching Me

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188 - Making the Most of Limited Work Hours

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187 - Book | Better Than Before

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186 - Making Godly Work Decisions

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185 - The Minkies

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184 - Helpful Habits for Meal Planning

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183 - Book | Four Thousand Weeks

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182 - University Model School & Why We Chose It

156

181 - A Day in the Life

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180 - You Can Do Fun Things

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179 - The State of the Podcast 2023

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178 - My Top 10 Books of 2022

160

177 - 10 Years of the Contentment Challenge

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176 - End of Year Planning + Finish Strong

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175 - Integrated Living

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174 - Cultivating Contentment During the Holidays

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173 - How We Sabbath

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172 - My Christmas Gameplan

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171 - Let Your Yes Be Yes

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170 - Created to Create

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169 - Book | Take Back Your Joy with Nicole Jacobsmeyer

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168 - Theme Days

170

167 - Book | How To Get Paid For What You Know with Graham Cochrane

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166 - The Numbers of Business with Shanna, Kayse & Kait

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165 - The Weekly Plan

173

164 - 10 Things That Are Saving My Life Right Now

174

163 - The Summer Photo Challenge

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162 - The Summer Episode

176

161 - Book | The 4 Disciplines of Execution

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160 - Book | A Confident Mom with Renee Swope

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159 - Raising Daughters with Shay Cochrane, Part II

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158 - Raising Daughters with Shay Cochrane, Part I

180

157 - Using a Timer in Motherhood

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156 - Speak Scripture Over Your Children

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155 - State of the Podcast

183

154 - My Two Favorite Work Routines

184

153 - Getting Past Tension

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152 - The Family Meeting

186

151 - Book | The Psychology of Money

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150 - Two Parts to Being Truly Productive

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149 - 5 Ways to Make the Most of Being Sick

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148 - A Time for Bold Faith

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147 - Book | The Self-Driven Child

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146 - Life and Work Without Social Media with Shanna Skidmore

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145 - My 6 Month Break From Social Media

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144 - 10 Questions For Your Next Date Night

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143 - Book | The 12 Week Year

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142 - 5 Money Mindsets

196

141 - Contentment Habits

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140 - Best of 2021

198

139 - Work and Play in 2022

199

138 - 3 Habits to Put Social Media in its Place (Ep. 12 Replay)

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137 - Finish Strong

201

136 - The Contentment Challenge (Ep. 3 Replay)

202

135 - An Update on My Social Media Break

203

134 - 5 Ways to Work Through Overwhelm (Ep. 10 Replay)

204

133 - Seasons of Business (Ep. 4 Replay)

205

132 - Balancing Life as a Working Mom with Emily Ley (Replay Ep. 30)

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131 - Calling vs. Assignment (Ep. 5 Replay)

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130 - Book | Fighting Forward with Hannah Brencher

208

129 - My Morning Routine (Ep. 13 Replay)

209

128 - You Were Made For Hard Things (Ep. 7 Replay)

210

127 - Work & Play (Ep. 1 Replay)

211

126 - My Home Birth Story

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125 - Speak Life

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125 - Speak Life

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124 - We're Debt Free AGAIN!

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123 - Why I'm Taking 6 Months Off of Social Media

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122 - Book | Parenting

217

121 - Foundations in Work