Hey, y'all, welcome back to the Don't Mom Alone podcast.

I'm your host, Heather McFaddean, and this is the place where I get to walk alongside you

and connect you with people and resources so you know that you don't mom alone.

In this episode number 545, I'm welcoming to the show,

Kathleen Watkins. It's more of a Christian perspective on how we should monitor our reactions

to the story than it is like telling you how you should react to the story. We want to

provide people with just enough information to be

informed and then remind them of the gospel and the fruits of the spirit. Our vision is to see

people who can be informed on the news and still propagate the fruits of the spirit.

Kathleen is a mom of three young kids.

She's also the managing editor over at the Porover, which is a news outlet known for

delivering the world's biggest headlines with clarity and Christian perspective.

She and I are going to unpack all of the emotional weight of being exposed to 24-7 news cycles,

especially when social media kind of pulls us in with emotions and the algorithms are always like, why are you not talking about this? And how as

moms, we want to stay informed, but we also care deeply about our own peace and we can feel

overwhelmed and fearful. And so how do we balance all of that?

She's going to share with us some ideas on discernment and monitoring our time, consuming

the news.

And I really do think this resource, the pourover, is a great way to stay informed and still

be grounded in what's true and showing those fruit of the spirit. There's also a great option

for kids called Decaf, which you'll hear about in this episode. Let's get right to it. Here we go.

Kathleen, welcome to the Don't Mom Alone podcast. Thank you. I'm so happy to be here.

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