450: Pros and Cons // New Season Of Life With Heidi Swartzentruber

Now That We're A Family

Elisha and Katie Voetberg

Kids & Family, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Heidi Swartzentruber lives in South Carolina with her bearded husband, and four boys plus a surprise little caboose of a baby girl. She grew up the oldest of a family of 8, so she's always had a baby in her life, whether it’s been a sibling or her own child. She's always dreamt of being a mama and a homemaker, and to get to do so is a dream come true. Some of her other loves are cooking new recipes, hosting friend dates, thrifting, photography, puzzling, graphic design, and vanilla breves.

Books Heidi mentioned:
- “Anxious Generation” by Jonathan Haidt - https://amzn.to/4psqiu8
- “The Savage My Kinsman” by Elizabeth Elliot - https://amzn.to/48i1kYD
- “Celebrities for Jesus” by Katelyn Beaty - https://amzn.to/4pNE5eS

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/a_heidimarie/

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0:00.0	Well, Heidi, this is really fun to have you on the podcast.
0:02.4	We were just talking before.
0:03.9	It's been maybe three or four years since we have connected, but I feel like we had a really strong Instagram connection friendship before the last chunk of time.
0:14.1	So it feels like catching up with an old friend.
0:15.5	I'm excited to hear from you.
0:16.9	But for those who are not familiar with you, can you let our listeners know a little bit about
0:21.8	what your life looks like now and what you're up to? I live in South Carolina with my
0:28.7	bearded husband and who has no hair currently. He's now shaved. He's in that stage of life,
0:36.4	which honestly is so attractive. I really love it um i have four
0:40.7	boys too which are twins and they were all born really close together so for a really long time
0:47.0	it had just so many little ones and like slightly drowning but also like it was such a sweet season um i love the baby stage so
0:56.9	got lots of babies um then i have a little girl at the tail end and who uh we just love her to bit
1:03.7	she's very spoiled but um anyway i am a Mennonite.
1:15.5	And I don't know, do you want, like, things I enjoy.
1:16.7	Yeah.
1:18.5	Yeah, totally.
1:21.0	Yeah, you're like, how far do I go on this?
1:22.5	I don't know, whatever you want to share.
1:24.7	But that's great. I don't know.
1:25.6	I really enjoy.
1:27.1	I feel like lately I've really been able to get back into hobbies
1:30.1	that I had to put off for quite a few years just because of the little stage. It was so intense.
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