Come to the Table

Coffee + Crumbs Podcast

Ashlee Gadd

Storytelling, Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality, Toddlers, Friendship, Pregnancy, Grace, Coffee, Adoption, Miscarriage, Parenting, Motherhood, Newborn, Christianity, Crumbs

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Does getting your entire family around the table feel impossible at times? Between long commutes and conflicting sports schedules, nursing babies and pure exhaustion, there are plenty of reasons why we struggle to get around the table—even though we know it matters. According to Katie’s stellar research and our own at-home attempts, eating together can foster connection, protect mental health, reduce stress, and make room for intentional conversations. This episode is certainly not a how-to on proper meals and table manners (if you only knew!), but rather a new-ish practice in our homes we hope you can pull up a seat for. Remember, it doesn’t matter what shade of beige you’re feeding your family—quesadillas and Dino Nuggets count—as long as you’re serving it with a side of grace.

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Need recipe ideas for family dinner? We’ve got you covered.

Need better talking points around the table? Check out our bonus episode, How To Ask Better Questions.

For more encouragement in your motherhood journey, check out the stories at Coffee + Crumbs.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey friends, welcome to the coffee and crumbs podcast. If you missed our episode yesterday,
0:05.1	be sure to go back and listen to that one. It's called, That Doesn't Bother Me anymore,
0:09.4	and we have a quick state of the podcast message at the beginning of that episode, explaining where we've been and where we're going.
0:16.3	I know we've been off the podcast grid for a while and I will say it again.
0:21.4	Thank you for hanging on with us. Katie and I are really excited to be back at it today.
0:26.8	Yes, we are and we are calling this episode come to the table and it's not just about food. It's about eating together with our
0:35.4	families, gathering at our tables, creating an environment where our people can
0:40.7	feel the safest and the most themselves.
0:43.2	I want to start with this.
0:48.9	The reason I wanted to talk about this topic so much
0:52.0	is because truth be told I'm terrible at this.
0:58.0	So if you're looking for like a how- to podcast episode of like getting dinner on the table or
1:06.3	any meal breakfast or lunch or sitting around the table with your kiddos I'm not
1:09.8	sure that we can call this a how to definitely not no but we can't call it an
1:15.0	honest conversation between two people who are who are trying and who have been
1:19.9	trying and Ashley and I have different families and different experiences with this which we'll get into.
1:24.8	But yeah, this has not been something I've excelled at in parenting.
1:28.8	Even before I was single parenting, we were still juggling six kids you know one with
1:34.8	autism and special needs parents know that you know when you have a child with a
1:39.9	disability that does bring a wild card to all of your mealtime prep and plans and in all of that I just
1:47.2	Time at the table just really easily got lost in the shuffle. I don't know how else to say it but I told Ashley late last year that eating dinner
1:55.1	on the table together at least a few nights a week is my number one
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