Hey everyone, Danielle Bean here, and I just wanted to jump in real quick to let you know that I will be recording a special episode of girlfriends next week, and you can be a part of it.

I will be recording live on Facebook on Monday, June 10th at 7 o'clock p.m. Eastern Time.

You can go to the Ascension Facebook page to join the live conversation, And there you can add your own questions and ideas

in the comments live while I'm sharing in the Girlfriend's podcast. The topic for the live show is going to be

discussing the Catholic faith with family who don't share your faith. That's a hot topic for so many of us.

I know I hear from you guys all the time about how to handle those tricky conversations sometimes

with family and even friends who don't share our faith. It's a hot topic. So I'll be sharing

some thoughts on that topic and I want to hear from you. So please join me live next Monday,

June 10th at 7 o'clock Eastern time on the Ascension Facebook page. The link to the event is in the show notes for this

episode at ascensionpress.com. See you there. Girlfriends, episode number 175, living abundantly

with author Katie Curtis. 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 your worth as a woman so you can find peace, balance, and joy in family living. This

week we're talking with my friend and fellow writer in New Hampshire here. Katie Curtis, can't wait to share our conversation. Let's get

started.

Hey, girlfriends, how are you? I hope you're enjoying the start to a wonderful and abundant summer.

Abundance is something that I'm going to be talking about here today because I am going to be sharing a conversation I recently had with my friend who have not met in real life, but by the time this podcast airs, I will have met her in real life because she's a fellow New Hampshireite here living in the great state of New Hampshire.

She's also a fellow mom of a large family, six kids, the last two of which are rambunctious twin boys who I love following on social media. But she's also a writer. And that's what I want to talk with you about here today in my conversation with Katie. Some of her work as an author. She's written a novel. She's working on a second one. She writes freelance for magazine. She also has a food blog. She's just such a wonderful

conglomeration of life, I find. As such a beautiful example of living and abundant life and truly

enjoying her role as a wife and as a mom and

the creative process of writing from her home in New Hampshire. So can't wait to share that

with you. But first, I want to do a check-in with you. You know, every once in a while we like to do

a fitness, a health and fitness check-in. What are your health and fitness goals for this time of

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