Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week, Bethany is joined by Gabe and Andrea Olson, the authors of The Big God Books series. As parents, we often turn to books as learning tools for life moments, helping our children gain a deeper understanding of the world. Books can teach kids about complex concepts without them having to experience everything firsthand.

Bethany sits down with Gabe and Andrea to explore their series and discuss how these beautiful books bring God's work to life through tangible stories. Bethany shares her own experiences using this series as a powerful tool for conversation and as a way to validate her children's feelings.

In this episode, you'll hear the real-life moments that inspired Gabe and Andrea's books and discuss the importance of using these stories as reminders of God's goodness. In a world often filled with hopelessness, these stories provide children of all ages with opportunities to talk about and understand God's miracles.

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Gabe and Andrea Olson are small business owners, founders of Overflow Worship, authors of The Big God Books and mom and dad to three girls. They are from small town Minnesota and their mission as children’s book authors is to share about the unique miracles (some big, some small) happening in everyday life.

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Welcome back to the kitchen table. Bethany sits down with Natalie Hixson, who shares her powerful testimony about her struggles and triumphs with anger in motherhood. Natalie's story is incredibly relatable, reflecting a silent battle many mothers face.

Together, Natalie and Bethany offer hope and guidance, encouraging mothers to turn to God during these unbearably messy moments. Natalie shares valuable methods for understanding and managing emotions, emphasizing the importance of seeking God first. By turning these messy moments over to the Lord, we can sit with him and use these experiences as opportunities for growth.

Natalie helps us recognize what destructive anger looks like and provides effective tools to create awareness around triggers, helping you gain more control over outbursts. She introduces the "sit and pray" technique to navigate challenging moments: Separate yourself, inhale deeply, tune into your feelings, and invite God into the situation.

Remember, God is walking with you and is committed to you, even during the difficult moments of motherhood.

About Natalie:

Natalie is a wife, mother, and certified professional life coach who helps discouraged Christian moms from overcoming destructive anger and burnout. After learning to thrive in motherhood and process anger in a healthy way, Natalie became convicted to help other moms avoid those dark years of motherhood by helping them to appreciate and process their anger, learn to identify their triggers, and ultimately control their reaction to those triggering situations. She enjoys her own motherhood journey by hanging with her husband Mike and their three daughters in beautiful Bozeman, Montana. She recharges with Jesus, coffee, and adventures with her family like skiing in the winter, hiking in the summer.

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Welcome back to the kitchen table. Bethany sits down with her good friend and mentor, Sandra Stanley, to begin a heartfelt conversation about understanding the myth of balance and accepting that, as mothers, we don’t have to do it all.

Sandra shares her journey of living with purposeful presence during her seasons with her children and how she has learned to say no confidently. She emphasizes the importance of understanding the boundaries of your current season of life and offers wisdom, encouragement, and the assurance that God has a perfect plan for each one of us.

Sandra’s insights provide a refreshing perspective on motherhood, encouraging women to redefine success not by how much they can do, but by how present and intentional they are in their everyday lives.

Through their heartfelt discussion, Bethany and Sandra offer listeners a blend of practical advice and spiritual wisdom, reminding them that God has a perfect plan for each one of us, and it’s okay to trust in that plan rather than trying to control every aspect of life.

Learn about Sandra:

Sandra and Andy Stanley founded North Point Ministries in 1995. Married for 33 years, they have three children, ages 28, 27, and 25. Sandra is the author of two women’s devotional books with companion videos—Comparison Trap and Breathing Room. Her ministry passion is promoting foster care in the local church. She received her undergraduate degree from Georgia Tech and a Masters of Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary. Much of her time these days is spent working on various writing projects and continuing her involvement with Fostering Together—the foster care initiative at North Point Ministries.

For more about Sandra, visit sandrastanley.com.

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As featured in today’s episode, here are the journal pages to help you identify the lies you’re hearing and change your thinking: Journal Pages.