Parenting in the Digital Age Part 1 with Chris Mckenna

I am so glad to introduce my friend Lori Beth Auldridge to you on the podcast today! Lori Beth is such an interesting person and I knew a lot of the interesting parts of her story already. But on the podcast today, I learned even more. We talked about everything from how Lori Beth collects heritage breed animals, heritage seeds from the incredible childrens artist Tasha Tudor, was a home schooler for 11 years before she ever home schooled her own kids, her gift for hospitality, and about her business that focuses on supporting mothers and elevating motherhood.  

You will walk away from this episode feeling excited and inspired about how important it is that we nurture our kids and their learning, that we nurture ourselves as mothers and also that we nurture each other in our motherhood journey. I know youre going to love it! 

And since you do love this podcast, would you consider leaving a review on iTunes? Just a sentence or two about how The Greta Eskridge Podcast is meaningful to you will help other people find it and learn from it. You can also give it a quick 5 star rating and that helps too. Than you friends! 

Where to find Lori Beth: 

Find Lori Beths website here 

Find Lori Beths podcast here 

Find Lori Beth on Instagram here 

The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

Friends, there is so much great information in this episode! I am thrilled to share it with you. Today I get to talk with Parker Hymas of Fight the New Drug. I didnt think I could be a bigger fan of this organization but after this episode, I am!! 

They are not fighting porn in a timid and embarrassed way. 

They are bold and brave in their message. But also speak with compassion and true care for anyone caught in the web of porn consumption. What they really want is to inspire change by educating people about the harm porn does. This episode is extra helpful if you have older teens or young adutls. 

In this episode we talk about how porn harms everyone and no one is immune to it, that many teens and young adults turn to porn for their sex education and that no one has ever told them that porn is not real but also that it is harmful. Fight the New Drug is all about education so they remind us that the best thing we parents can do is talk to our kids about porn. 

And I know a book that will give you all the help you need for that! I wrote Its Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn and you can purchase it right here. You dont have to have those conversations alone. 

Where to find Fight the New Drug: 

Find their website here 

Find their info for parents here 

Get Fast Facts to share with your teens/young adults here 

Find out about the live events here 

Listen to their podcast here 

Watch their videos on You Tube here 

Find them on Instagram here 

The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

If you havent left a review of The Greta Eskridge Podcast or of Gretas new book, Its Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn, would you consider doing it today? Reviews are incredibly helpful for getting the word out about both podcasts and books. Your words are the best way for people to be introduced to these resources. 

Todays episode is very important and so powerful. I get to have a really honest conversation with Barb Winters about how to respond when a child sees, or even seeks out, pornography. 

Barb Winters is the founder of Hopeful Moms, where she supports parents in an online world. She has created a safe space for parents to discuss difficult topics. And Barb is such an incredibly helpful voice in a very lonely place. She bravely shares her own story of walking through her sons confession of porn use, porn addiction and then his recovery.  So many parents dont feel safe sharing their own story like this so Barb gives them the place to do this. 

In this episode Barb and I discuss all kinds of important and helpful information, such as: how to respond to a childs confession of pornography use or exposure, dealing with our own grief in this situation, understanding the predatory nature of the pornography industry, how pornography impacts the user physically, emotionally and spiritually, teaching our kids the goodness of sex, that recovery and restoration are possible, how to remain hopeful in a dark and lonely time and so much more. 

Wherever you are at in your parenting journey, I know this episode will bless you. And if you are walking through this situation right now, know you are not alone! Barb and I are giving you a virtual hug.  

Where to find resources mentioned in this episode: 

Find Gretas book, Its Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn, here 

C. S. Lewis quote: "To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you". 

Where to find Barb: 

Find Barbs ministry, Hopeful Moms here 

Find Barbs book Sexpectations here 

Find Barb on Instagram here 

The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

I am so excited to share this episode with you all! And I have some big news to share with you! But first, I want to thank you for the way you have showed up during my book release. The pre-orders, the shares on social media and all the supportive messages and love have meant more to you than youll ever know. Now lets keep going and get this book into the hands of as many people as we can. It is already changing lives! If you havent ordered your book yet, you can get it here.  

Now onto the show! My guest today is Jaime Fenwick, the founder of Bringing Inspiration Home, lover of slow and intentional travel, photographer and home schooling mom of 3.  Jaime loves the idea of bringing the inspiration of any kind of travel, and especially slow travel, home to her family and day to day life. 

One of the ways she does this is with her womens walking retreats in the Cotswolds of England. 

AND THE BIG NEWS IS: I get to team up with Jaime on this trip and you can come! 

Each aspect of these retreats are designed by Jaime. She is a gifted planner and detail oriented and has created these retreats to be so fulfilling in every way. 

First, it is a gift to have all the details planned for you. No decision fatigue! Jaime has all the details taken care ofwhere well sleep each night (quaint and cozy inns!) where well eat (local restaurants and pubs!) and the beautiful section of the trail that well walk through the Cotswolds. Luggage is ferried from place to place for us and we only carry a day pack and hiking poles. 

How incredible it will be to unplug, slow down from our frantic pace of life and enjoy in nature and together. For you it might be a time to find space to celebrate, heal, connect with your soul, with God, or with a friend. It might be a time to adventure, have fun, or seek creative inspiration. No matter what, I know it will be good for us, mind, body and spirit. 

Want to come?? 

You can get more details about the trip right here! 

Where to find Jaime: 

Find Jaimes website here 

Find Jaime on Instagram here 

Find trip details here 

The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

Podcast friends! It is a big day around here! Today is the one-year anniversary of the Greta Eskridge Podcast! One year of hanging with you every single week. Thank you for being here and being a part of this journey. 

Also, my new book, Its Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn, comes out today! This book has been over 15 years in the making. Its been 15 years of prayers, sometimes tears, of learning, and of hope. And today, you can hold it in your hands.  In honor of the book coming out today, my dear friend Megan Marshman is my guest host, and she is interviewing me! 

Megan and I talk about how I became an unlikely porn fighter, how God grew compassion in my heart for my husband and so many other victims of pornography, and how God gave me a vision of hope and generational change for my own family and yours. We also model what it looks like to talk to your kids about porn whether theyre younger, older, have already seen porn or not. We show you that this conversation doesnt have to be as scary or difficult as you think it will be.  

Megan and I are thrilled to share this hopeful conversation with you. And if you havent ordered my new book yet, today is the day! You can find it right here. 

Where to find Megan: 

Find Megan on Instagram here 

Find Megans website here 

Resources mentioned in this podcast: 

Quote from Tim Keller: To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God." 

Bible verse: Psalm 34:18 "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit" 

The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org