Christian Parenting.

Welcome to Joy Field, a podcast that invites women to experience the fullness of joy in

everyday life as we walk with Christ together. I'm your host, Jenna, and today we are having

a good old-fashioned couch chat where I update you on all the things.

Every so often I like to do what I've dubbed couch chats, which is exactly what it sounds like.

It's if we were sitting on my couch having coffee and you asked me what's going on in your life how is your life going

this is what I would tell you and this is what I would tell you know my best friend sitting on the couch with me

and so this is what I'm going to tell you so you know to just paint the picture we're on my couch we're in my living room

the kids are off, maybe playing

outside or playing in their room. In my kids' room, you're over here. We came over for coffee

this morning and, you know, I've got a blanket because I always have a blanket when I'm sitting

on a couch, so I've got a blanket draped over me.

We've both got coffee in our hands, and you're asking me, how are you doing? How are you

really doing? How's life going? And here's the answer. And the reason I like to do these episodes

is because my goal from the very beginning when I started

Joy Field was first and foremost for you to be encouraged, but also so that you would be

reminded that you're not alone. I always want you to leave knowing that I'm in it with you.

You've got other people that are in it with you. You've got other people that are in it with you.

You've got women across the globe that are in it with you. Nothing that you're experiencing,

there's nothing that you could experience that you walk through alone. And so sometimes these couch chats are like lighthearted and fun and other times they're like,

hey, this is what I'm walking through and it's really hard. But I'll go first in telling my story

in hopes that you are reminded that you're not alone and in hopes that you can see hope and

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