Hello friends, this is a surprise mini episode as part of a fun new series I'm doing once a month,

where I introduce you to other wonderful podcasts that might bless and benefit your life.

These shows are produced by or part of my podcast network, Cloud10 Media,

and it has been so rewarding for me to collaborate with other podcasters who are working hard to

get their important messages out into the world. The show I'm featuring today is a podcast that I

love called Simple Families, which I've been listening to for several years. I actually reached out

to the host in a bar of Hona via email about a year ago and basically said, do you want to be friends?

And guess what? Now we are. We actually text on a regular basis and have become true colleagues

in the podcasting space, which is so, so fun. By way of background, Dene is a mother of two who also

has a PhD in child psychology. So as she says in her podcast intro, on the Simple Families podcast,

you're going to hear conversations that are based in research, but more importantly real life.

Simple Families is a podcast for parents who are seeking a simpler, more intentional life,

covering topics such as minimalism with kids, positive parenting, family wellness, and decreasing

the mental load. I was actually a guest on Dene's podcast several months ago talking about

idealizations in motherhood, and she was a guest on 3 and 30 talking about minimizing power struggles.

So I will link both of those episodes in the show notes. And for today's mini episode,

I handpicked an excerpt from Dene's show to air for you so you could get a taste of her work.

And it comes from a recent episode she aired titled Raising Critical Thinkers with guest Julie

Bogart. There was a segment in that conversation that struck me to the core all about how important it

is to allow people in our families, including our own children, to have different beliefs from us,

and to know that they are still deeply loved, valued, and home when they are with us.

You're going to want to listen to every word of the sexer from the Simple Families podcast,

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