You're a Morning Person (Yes, You): Reframing the Start of Your Day | Jennifer Dukes Lee (Bonus Episode)
Minimalist Moms Podcast | Purposeful Life & Parenting Tips
Diane Boden
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Diane sits down with bestselling author Jennifer Dukes Lee to talk about her new book, How to Love Your Morning, and why renewal doesn’t have to begin with a rigid 5 a.m. routine. Jennifer shares how grief after her father’s passing reshaped her relationship with mornings - turning dread into a gentle invitation to hope.Together, they explore why she prefers the word ritual over routine, how to identify your unique morning archetype, and how to create a personalized, faith-filled rhythm that engages your body, mind, and soul. This conversation is an invitation to begin your day not proving your discipline, but remembering God’s faithfulness - because His mercies truly are new every morning.
Links Discussed in This Episode |
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- Jennifer's Resource: Weighted Vest + Treadmill Desk
- Connect with Jennifer:
- Website
- Free Morning Resources
- Book: How to Love Your Morning: Faith-Filled Habits to Build a Life of Joy and Purpose One Day at a Time
About Jennifer |
Jennifer Dukes Lee is a bestselling author, speaker, and morning evangelist from Iowa. She is the author of several books, including Growing Slow, It’s All Under Control, and Stuff I’d Only Tell God. She wants to live her life in such a way thatyou can’t help but want more of Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | For those of you that are new around here, I release bonus episodes that serve a niche part of my audience. |
| 0:05.9 | This episode is coming from a Christian perspective. |
| 0:08.5 | So if that's not something you're interested in, check out one of the other episodes that dropped this week. |
| 0:12.9 | Or join me back to your next week for episodes that you don't want to miss. |
| 0:17.7 | So Jesus' morning ritual would have been daily expressing his intention to love God with his whole being. |
| 0:25.0 | And I think that's so beautiful because our morning intention can be that way. |
| 0:29.7 | We can love God with our whole being. |
| 0:32.2 | And maybe that's one thing that a mom that just feels really stressed out for time and feels really chaotic could even do is |
| 0:39.9 | just like print out those words and put them somewhere she's going to see them at the start of the day |
| 0:44.7 | and just say, this is what I'm going to do. I'm going to love God with all of my heart, soul, |
| 0:49.6 | mind, and strength. And think about the way that that looks. And it doesn't mean that it has to be, you know, |
| 0:55.5 | jumping through a hundred hoops. It doesn't have to be performative. It doesn't have to be pretty. |
| 1:00.0 | It can just be regular and ordinary right where you are. |
| 1:04.2 | This is Diane Bowden and you're listening to the minimalist moms podcast. |
| 1:07.8 | In today's episode, I sit down with best-selling author Jennifer Dukes-Lee to talk about |
| 1:12.7 | her new book, How to Love Your Morning, and why renewal doesn't have to begin with a rigid |
| 1:17.9 | 5 a.m. routine. Jennifer shares how grief after her father's passing reshaped her relationship |
| 1:23.4 | with mornings, turning dread into a gentle invitation to hope. |
| 1:28.0 | And after studying more than 200 references to mourning and scripture, she discovered a powerful |
| 1:32.9 | theme. |
| 1:33.8 | God has a soft spot for the start of the day. |
| 1:36.6 | Together we explore why she prefers the word ritual over routine, how to identify your unique |
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