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I’m back recording some new episodes after a bit of a break during Lent and my season doing Magnify90– you can hear more about what Magnify90 is just a few episodes back where I interviewed the creator, Kaylene Brown.  In this episode I share about my experience with Lent and Magnify90 during a Michigan winter, […]

Episode 71: Habits for Holiness with Fr. Mark-Mary Ames

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In today’s episode, I’m chatting with Sean McCool about tech-straction and psychological pacifiers.  Sean is an award-winning marketing consultant, a coach for entrepreneurs over 40, and a fellow podcaster. I enjoyed being on his show, Persuasion by The Pint, a few months ago! In this interview, Sean shares his historical perspective and lessons on technology, […]

Episode 69: Tech-straction and Psychological Pacifiers With Sean McCool

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In this episode of The AMPLIFY Show, I interview Kaylene Brown, creator of Magnify 90, a 90-day spiritual journey for women. This episode comes just in time as we head into Lent. If you’re looking to grow deeper in faith and to journey into the desert of spirituality and asceticism, then you’ll love this episode […]

Episode 68: Magnify 90 & Pursuing Virtue As A Feminine Genius With Kaylene Brown

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We’re just a couple weeks away from Lent, and I have a few interviews coming up that will help prepare our minds and hearts for the season of fasting, including today’s interview with Wendy Speake.  Wendy is the author of many books including The 40-Day Sugar Fast, The 40-Day Social Media Fast, and the book […]

Episode 67 of The AMPLIFY Show features author Wendy Speake.

Today’s episode of The AMPLIFY Show is one of my favorite topics: how to take back your time. That’s the topic of Christy Wright’s latest book, Take Back Your Time: The Guilt-Free Guide to Life Balance. In this interview, Christy talks about her definition of balance, five tactical steps to achieve life balance and how to […]

Episode 65: Take Back Your Time With Christy Wright

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Christy Wright joins The AMPLIFY Show to talk about balance and taking back your time.

When I quit consuming as much social media and digital entertainment, I found I had more time to read. Here are the 52 books I read this past year.   If you want to listen to the podcast I recently did on this topic, head on over here to listen.  If you had told me […]

52 Books to Read in the New Year 

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Happy new year friends! In today’s episode of The AMPLIFY Show, I’m going to chat a bit about planning for the new year. I’ll tell you what I’m doing differently this year and how I’m going into 2022 with a different perspective. That includes an update on two months of being without social media and […]

Last night my kids and I watched one of our favorite Christmas movies, The Polar Express.  We love reading the book throughout the season and find it especially cool that it takes place in our town of Grand Rapids.  The kids always forget this detail and then squeal with surprise when they hear the elf […]

Belief, Grief & The Polar Express

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