Girlfriends, episode number 290, chicken soup for the soul with Leanne Teeman.

Hello and welcome to Girlfriends. I'm Danielle Bean. I'm a wife and a mom and I'm on a mission

to help you know you're worth as a woman so you can find peace, balance, and joy in family living.

This week, my special guest joining us on the podcast

is Leanne Teeman, who is a nationally bestselling author of some of the Chicken Soup for the

Soul series. She's really a great storyteller, and I can't wait for her to share some of her own

story with you here today. Let's get started.

Hello, welcome. I am so glad you are here. If you're a first time listener,

if you're a sometimes listener, if you're a long time, many times listener, I'm just thrilled

to be able to connect with you here on the podcast. I hope you're going to enjoy what we're

going to share here today. I've got're going to enjoy what we're going to share

here today. I've got a special guest and author, bestselling author of Chicken Soup for the Soul

series. Leanne Teeman is going to be joining me in just a moment here. I've got a great conversation

to share with you. But first, I just wanted to thank those of you who've been reaching out,

who have been reading my new book, Whisper, Finding God in the Every Day, available from ascension at ascensionpress.com,

who have been reaching out and letting me know that you've enjoyed the book,

letting me know some of your personal experiences with the book.

That is so meaningful to me.

And if you're not an author, maybe you don't know this, but when you're putting a book

out into the world, that is really almost all of the fun of it, is being able to share some of our own stories with people who are going to read the book and then getting that feedback from you, hearing how the book has affected you, the ways in which it's helped you, the ways in which it's become a part of your prayer life,

which is really my hope for this book, that you can go through just prayerfully, chapter by chapter,

and really reflect on the ways that God is, in fact, present to you every minute of every day,

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