Rev. Molly Baskette and Ellen O’Donnell: ...celebrate the holidays with spirituality & gratitude

Nobody Told Me!

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.2 • 671 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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How can you raise open-minded and morally grounded kids these days, with an approach that’s rooted in science, psychology, and faith? And, how can you help your children experience a holiday season filled with spirituality and gratitude? To help parents answer those questions, we’re joined by our guests, Rev. Molly Baskette and child psychologist Ellen O’Donnell, co-authors of the book, "Bless this Mess: A Modern Guide to Faith and Parenting in a Chaotic World". Their website is: https://www.blessthismessparenting.com/

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0:43.5	Welcome. Welcome to Nobody Told Me.
0:46.3	I'm Laura Owens, and I'm Jan Black.
0:50.3	How can you raise open-minded and morally grounded kids these days with an approach that's rooted in science, psychology, and faith?
0:55.4	And how can you help your children experience a holiday season filled with spirituality and gratitude? To help parents answer
1:00.7	those questions, we're joined by our guests on this episode, Reverend Molly Baskett and child
1:06.2	psychologist Ellen O'Donnell, who've co-authored a new book called Bless This Mess, a modern guide to
1:13.0	faith and parenting in a chaotic world. Thank you so much for joining us. Thanks for having us.
1:18.6	We're going to be here. Tell us a little bit about your background and why you decided to write the book.
1:23.2	Molly, why don't you go first? Sure. So I am a progressive Christian pastor. I was ordained at 28 and became a mom at 30,
1:32.2	and it's basically been on-the-job training for both of those things since then.
1:36.9	And I met Ellen when she came to our church in Somerville, Massachusetts with her baby
1:42.4	Luke in a sling.
1:52.2	And we found just real mindmates and heartmates in each other, having lots of important conversations about the nexus of spirituality and faith and how they really collaborated,
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