Language of Encouragement, Speaking Life + Soul Friendships (Teaching from the 2024 Motherhood Retreat)
The Intentional Parents Podcast
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🗓️ 15 October 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In this special episode, we’re sharing a powerful recorded teaching from Diane and Elizabeth at our 2024 Motherhood Retreat. This session dives deep into our God-given desire for connection — the longing to be seen, soothed, safe, and secure — and how that shapes our relationships with one another.
Our female relationships can often feel complicated, yet Scripture reminds us that we were created for blessing and belonging. From Genesis to 2 Corinthians, we see that God blesses us so that we might bless others — calling out the good we see in our children, our husbands, our friends, and others we come in contact with.
Diane and Elizabeth walk us through what it looks like to cultivate a culture of encouragement: getting curious about what gets in the way (old hurts, insecurities, or fear), learning to speak life over people, and practicing the language of encouragement in everyday moments. Through passages like Proverbs 27:17 and John 1:35–51, we see the power of vulnerability and how Jesus models truly seeing others for who they are.
When we learn to see others as God sees them — and to speak that truth out loud — we participate in His work of building one another up. As Proverbs reminds us, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” Our words matter. They shape the culture of our homes, our friendships, and the next generation.
Scripture Mentioned: Genesis 1:27–28, Genesis 1:22, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 12:2–3, 2 Corinthians 1:3–4, Proverbs 27:17, John 1:35–51, Romans 12:10, Proverbs 18:21, Proverbs 16:24
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friends, mark your calendars. The Intentional Motherhood Retreat is coming up October 23rd through 25th in Portland, Oregon. |
| 0:10.7 | It's a meaningful few days to slow down, connect, and refocus on what matters most in your motherhood journey. |
| 0:18.1 | Also some exciting news. Intention intentional fatherhood has officially launched on all |
| 0:22.2 | podcast platforms, including YouTube, so go subscribe, check out the first few episodes, and share it |
| 0:27.6 | with all the fathers in your life. For more details and registration info for the motherhood |
| 0:31.8 | retreat, you can go to intentional parents.org, or you can go check out our new website for fathers intentional fatherhood.org. |
| 0:43.5 | You're listening to the intentional parents podcast brought to you by intentional. |
| 0:48.7 | Intentional is all about spiritual formation in the family. |
| 0:52.5 | We desire to bring biblical hope and practical help. Enjoy this |
| 0:56.5 | week's conversation. On this week's episode, you are in for a special treat. We're actually |
| 1:07.3 | going to release the 2024 intentional motherhood retreat session that Elizabeth and Diane did together. |
| 1:13.0 | It was an encouraging conversation for parents, but mothers specifically. |
| 1:16.7 | And really, if you're a human, it was so encouraging. |
| 1:19.2 | This is going to be a teaching, so it's different than normal. |
| 1:21.5 | It's not going to be a conversation as much as a teaching moment. |
| 1:23.9 | But I promise you, you will be blessed if you listen all the way through. And want to say also thank you to everyone who's already signed up for the 2025 Motherhood Retreat, which is happening in just a few weeks time. So if you haven't had a chance to get tickets, we have just a few left. You can head over to IntentionalParens.org and grab the last final tickets there. Join us in Portland, October 23rdrd through 25th. Can't wait to see you there. |
| 1:45.0 | And also want to say thank you to everyone who's rated, subscribed, and left a comment. |
| 1:48.8 | We love you for it. You know it helps. We just want to say thank you for doing that. And if you |
| 1:52.5 | haven't had a chance, would you please do that? But enjoy today's teaching from Diane and Elizabeth. |
| 1:58.1 | We're going to kick our first session off tonight with a quote from a film from |
| 2:03.4 | 23 that just deeply moved me. |
| 2:06.2 | And I think maybe it'll move you as well. |
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