#151: Redirected Dreams with Teresa Swanstrom Anderson
Struggle Well School
Emily Thomas
5.0 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2018
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Teresa Swanstrom Anderson is living the life she thought she never wanted. With an art history degree and dreams of living in Europe as a curator, Teresa had big plans for herself. After a decision to lay her exciting plans at the feet of Christ, God began changing her heart little by little and began dating the man who eventually became her husband. Teresa’s life is a series of redirected dreams, stumbling, falling, getting up, and wondering if she is investing her time where it matters most. Through it all, she aims to see beauty everywhere and grasp joy tightly. And some days she actually manages to pull it off. What we chat about: Teresa's complicated and miraculous adoption story making your home a sanctuary finding your hygge not letting your passion define your purpose creating community learning to wait well Links mentioned: Beautifully Interrupted Connect with Teresa: website | instagram | facebook | pinterest Connect with Emily: website I instagram I facebook I patreon Episode Sponsors: Canvas People: get an 11x14 canvas free + shipping with code MSW Prep Dish: get a free 2 week trial at prepdish.com/swp Brooklinen: get $20 off + free shipping with code SWP Better Life Bags: get 10% off with code SWP support the show: Patreon | Amazon Share the Struggle! If you've been encouraged, share this episode with a friend. The struggle is real. We might as well do this together! Do you love the Struggle Well Project? Please leave a review here!
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| 0:00.0 | And I'm sorry, but I'm going to start with Billy, the guy that you hate. |
| 0:02.8 | Great. |
| 0:03.3 | Felt Billy made a taco truck. |
| 0:05.3 | It was cool, whatever. |
| 0:07.5 | He made tacos out of felt and you could build a taco. |
| 0:11.5 | What kid does not want a counter to build a taco on. It's cool. |
| 0:16.0 | Every kid. His handwriting is atrocious. It's so, so bad. It's a cool idea. It looks like a cat turt. He loves felt and felt is lame. You have to put it down. That's enough. You're a grown man. Listen, the tacos opened and shut. Stop it. They were amazing. He did menus in English and Spanish. Someone I should have written them. |
| 0:43.8 | This is Emily Thomas and you're listening to the Struggle Well Project. |
| 0:47.6 | Podcasts. |
| 0:48.5 | Do I say podcast after that? |
| 0:50.2 | This is all so weird. Hey, welcome back friends. You are listening to the Struggle Well Project |
| 1:06.7 | podcast, the show dedicated to helping you not run away from home. Each week I |
| 1:11.2 | do my best to make sure you learn something new, laugh a whole lot, and remember |
| 1:14.3 | that you're already enough. So this week has been so fun, largely because I found a new coffee |
| 1:19.7 | shop to work at right by my house. And I walk up to the front and who is there but |
| 1:25.0 | someone who listens to the podcast she's the owner oh my gosh so so good and |
| 1:30.4 | then on top of everything they had a pumpkin spice snickerdoodle. |
| 1:34.2 | I can't even handle it. |
| 1:35.4 | So if you live near me in North Dallas, go to Mudleaf coffee. |
| 1:39.5 | You will not be sorry. |
| 1:40.5 | So a second ago you heard a clip from the Struggling Sister Show. That is a Patreon exclusive for supporters of the show. My sister and I record some extra things. Right now we are recapping the show making it and it cracks me up how anti-Billy Katie is I don't even know she's so |
| 1:56.9 | against him I like to root for him just because she's so against him this week |
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