Our Island in the City Podcast
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Our Island in the City Podcast
Can you feel it? This shift to slower living? If you felt a freedom to pause during the Pandemic but don't want to go back to the hustle & realize that hurried pace wasn't even working for you in the first place - this is your permission to slow down with an invitation to stay there. Our Islan...
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Round Table Talk: Mental Health, Anxiety & Community
How do we slow down to acknowledge one another?Join our discussion as guests Christy Bouleware, Chris Morris, and Brittany Tinsley answer questions on...

Rebecca George, author of Do The Thing: Gospel-Centered Goals, Gumption, and Grace for the Go-Getter Girl
Rebecca George, author of Do The Thing: Gospel-Centered Goals, Gumption, and Grace for the Go-Getter Girl is our guest today. Part guide, part manifes...

Jillian Benfield, author of The Gift of the Unexpected: Discovering Who You Were Meant To Be When Life Goes Off Plan
Find Jillian here and order her book on Amazon here.

Lyndsey Medford, author of My Body and Other Crumbling Empires: Lessons For Healing in a World That is Sick
Lyndsey Medford, author of My Body and Other Crumbling Empires: Lessons For Healing in a World That is Sick is our guest today. We discuss living with...

A Year of Slowing Down with Alan Fadling
Alan is president and founder of Unhurried Living, Inc. in Mission Viejo, California.
Alan and his wife Gem wanted to become the kind of people...

Enneagram Life: Personal, Relational, and Biblical Insights for All Seasons by author and coach, Elisabeth Bennett
Enneagram Life: Personal, Relational, and Biblical Insights for All Seasons by author and coach, Elisabeth Bennett helps you discover how your persona...

Community building & Urban farming with Tami Purdue
Today's guest is my neighbor, Tami Purdue, owner of Sweet Peas Urban Gardens. She was the first local micro greens grower in Raleigh. We discuss the l...

Managing Anxiety with Breath Prayers: Jennifer Tucker, author of Breath As Prayer.
Join guest Jenn Tucker and me as we talk all about breath prayers - a lifeline and a powerful tool to manage anxiety. While trying to sleep on a littl...

Your Slow-Living Invitation with Jodi H. Grubbs
Today I am doing my first solo episode in two years! I answer listener questions like: Who is Jodi? Where do I podcast from? Where do I live? Also, ne...

The Spiritual Practice of Celebration with Nicole Zasowski, author of What If It's Wonderful
Today's guest is Nicole Zasowski, author of the new book What If It's Wonderful: An Invitation to Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage...

Project Solomon: a story of resilience, sacrifice and love with Jodi Stuber & Jennifer Bleakley
Project Solomon by Jodi Stuber & Jennifer Marshall Bleakley is also a story about belonging, hope, mercy, and community. I talk with Jodi and Jen abou...

The Path to Peace with Ann Swindell
Ann Swindell's new book The Path To Peace: Experiencing God's Comfort When You're Overwhelmed offers guided reflections on experiencing God's steadfas...

Be Kind To Yourself with author Cindy Bunch
Cindy Bunch, author of "Be Kind To Yourself" is our guest. We discuss spiritual formation in our everyday lives, practices from her book, releasing fr...

Connection, Intentionality & Hygge: A Slow Living Conversation with Lillie Duncan
Connection, Intentionality & Hygge: A Slow Living Conversation with Lillie Duncan. We discuss: coziness, family, a shift to slow living, intentionally...

Gem Fadling: life coach, trained spiritual director, author and podcaster
We discuss letting go, fear & control ~ all themes from her book, What Does Your Soul Love? Moving at the pace of grace and growing at the pace of tra...

Alison Bradley, Certified Enneagram Coach & Writer joins us to discuss: Enneagram Nines, the Peacemaker Devotional
Alison Bradley, Certified Enneagram Coach & Writer joins us to discuss: Enneagram Nines, the Peacemaker Devotional she co-wrote, personal conflict, de...

Best selling author of Dirt, Mary Marantz on honoring our stories
Best selling author of Dirt, Mary Marantz ~ on remembering our roots, honoring our stories as well as our gifts, and her personal journey. From the gi...

The Simple Difference, a book about kindness by Becky Keife.
Becky is a mom, author, speaker and community manager at incourage.me. We discuss stopping our busyness and discovering opportunities to impact someo...

Kayla Craig, "To Light Their Way: A Collection of Prayers & Liturgies for Parents"
Kayla Craig, liturgist, podcaster & new author of "To Light Their Way: A Collection of Prayers & Liturgies for Parents" joins us. Kayla's thoughtful,...

How Living Within the Goodness of Limits Creates a Spacious Life, with Ashley Hales
How Living Within the Goodness of Limits Creates a Spacious Life, a conversation with Ashley Hales, author and podcaster. We talk about rest, how limi...

Tending Our Soul by the Word, a fresh approach to bible study with Mariel Davenport ~ wife, mom and salsa grower. Are you longing to dig deeper into God's Word on your own?
Mariel is a wife, mom and salsa grower. Are you longing to dig deeper into God's Word on your own? Join us as we discuss Mariel's T.E.N.D. method of u...

Taking A Smoke Break with Sarah Bragg, author of A Mother's Guide To Raising Herself
Taking A Smoke Break with Sarah Bragg, author of A Mother's Guide To Raising Herself: What Parenting Taught Me About Life, Faith & Myself. Jodi and Sa...

"The Benefits of a Personal Quarterly Retreat" with clarity coach Carla H. Hayden
The Benefits of a Personal Quarterly Retreat with clarity coach Carla H. Hayden, COO of HopeWriters. Join Carla and I as we discuss relaxing vs restin...


Aundi Kolber, trauma informed therapist and author of Try Softer
Aundi Kolber, trauma informed therapist and author of Try Softer is our guest. We talk about our journey towards healing, neurobiology, the window of...

Dear Mom of the Graduate with guest Sue Fulmore
Need a tour guide for the second half of life? Sue Fulmore from Alberta, Canada is just that. Listen in as we discuss gently releasing our kids to God...

Growing Slow with Jennifer Dukes Lee. Are you afraid that you should be further along in life by now?
Join Jennifer & I as we discuss her new book Growing Slow: Lessons On Un-Hurrying Your Heart From An Accidental Farm Girl. We also talk about island v...

Q & A with Brandy and Jodi where we answer your questions!
Join co-host Brandy Wallner & I as we answer various questions about slowing down, community and writing, all from our listeners, AKA - friends of the...

Replay: My Bonaire island conversation with Mark Lowell
Replay: My Bonaire island conversation with Mark Lowell where we tell stories that come out of our 1970's & 80's years living in the Caribbean. Dutch...

Dorina Gilmore-Young - remarried widow mama, podcaster, speaker & foodie.
Remarried widow mama, runner, glory chaser, speaker & foodie.
Join Dorina & I as we discuss her book: Walk, Run, Soar as well as the benefits o...

Sarah E. Westfall on being present with God and others
Sarah E. Westfall on being present with God and others as well as how we pay attention and participate in our stories.
Join guest Sarah and I a...

Anna Kettle, author of Sand Between Your Toes: Discover a slower, simpler, more soulful life.
Join Anna & I as we talk about our own island in the city stories, biblical rest and her own slow living lifestyle tips. Anna lives in Liverpool, Engl...

Anna R. Bolch, Spiritual Formation Writer & Teacher
Join Anna & I as we discuss her free guide: "Spiritual Practices for the Everyday" and touch on simplicity, solitude and guidance. We also talk about...

Things We’re Letting Go Of in 2021 with Co-Host Brandy Wallner
10 Things Co-Host, Brandy Wallner and I discuss letting go of people pleasing and the fear of disappointing others, to overthinking things and clutter...

10 Relevant Podcast Episodes We Are Loving Right Now with co-host Brandy Wallner, founder of A Good Conversation Dinner
Join Brandy and I in another 10 Things episode! This time we are each sharing 5 of our current favorite podcasts and even some specific episodes. We d...

Morgan Tyree, Professional Organizer + author of Your Hospitality Personality: How to Confidently Create Connection and Community
Join Morgan and I as we talk all things hospitality! We discuss foodie and non-foodie camps, secret hospitality, inner circles, the origin of the pine...

Replay: K.J. Ramsey, author of This Too Shall Last: Finding Grace When Suffering Lingers
Join this deep conversation with K.J. Ramsey from late January of 2020, right before Covid19 and the release of her new book, This Too Shall Last. We...

Pushing Pause with guest Lindsay Stevenson. A conversation on soul care, spiritual formation and listening well.
Join my local writer friend Lindsay Stevenson and I as we discuss soul care, spiritual formation and listening well. Lindsay is the founder of Pushing...

10 Life-Giving Things We Are Loving Right Now with Co-Host Brandy Wallner
Join my '10 Things' Co-Host Brandy Wallner and I as we talk about our favorite life-giving things in this harder and quieter season. We are so excited...

Spiritual Director Summer Joy Gross & Immanuel Journaling
Join Summer Gross and I on episode 12 as we discuss Immanuel Journaling, resting in God, lamenting like in the Psalms, 10 minutes of practiced stillne...