Dr. Nurse Mama is hosted by Dr. Jessica Peck. Dr. Peck is a pediatric nurse practitioner as well as a professor, author, and mother of four. Today’s teens face many realities we never faced as parents, creating conflict that can lead to shame, stigma, broken relationships, and even a crisis of faith. Each week, Dr. Peck will approach these issues from a biblical and holistic health perspective with the aim of bringing hope and healing to families in America and around the world.
Dr. Peck PNP speaks with Pastor Brian Haynes about the war in Israel and Gaza.
How do you approach Halloween? Dr. Peck PNP discusses how your family can talk about Halloween, including trick or treating, scary movies, and social media. She also talks about why “Swifties” will be out in full force tonight.
Dr. Peck PNP speaks with Jason Palmer, Dean of Spiritual Life and University Chaplain at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Dr. Peck answers listener emails
Dr.Peck speaks with the creator of Inspired Motherhood, Lauren Gaines
https://inspired-motherhood.com/about-me/
Dr. Peck speaks with Hillary Morgan Ferrer of Mama Bear Apologetics
https://mamabearapologetics.com/about/meet-the-mama-bears/
Alex McFarland , co-host of Exploring The Word, joins Dr. Peck to talk about his new book, 100 Bible Questions and Answers for Families
Dr. Peck speaks with the author of Nervous Breakthrough, Christy Boulware
https://www.christyboulware.com/book
Dr. Peck talks with the show’s producer, Stephanie Moses
Dr. Peck shares her journey from timid nursing student to the Dr. Nurse Mama we know today
Teaser for The Dr. Nurse Mama Show
Lisa Whittle is the author of nine books and several Bible studies, including Jesus
Over Everything and The Hard Good. She is a sought-out Bible teacher for her wit
and bold, bottom-line approach. She is the founder of two online communities:
Ministry Strong for ministry leaders and Called Creatives for writers and speakers,
and host of the popular Jesus Over Everything podcast. She's a wife, mom, lover of
laughter, good food, and the Bible, and a self-professed feisty work in progress.
Conversation Keys:
What do you dream your life will look when you graduate from high school?
What do you dream my life will look like when you graduate from high school?
What dreams in your life do you feel like are my dreams more than your dreams?
Hope for Healthy Relationships:
God is doing his job well: the justice, the plan, the working together for our good
even when we can't see or understand. The problem is not God. Learn to release
what has been burdening you and watch His plan for your life unfold.
Resources
Click here to order Lisa’s book God Knows: When Your Worries and Whys Need
More Than Temporary Relief.
Click here for Lisa’s website.
Heather Thompson Day is an Associate Professor of Communication at Andrews
University. She is passionate about supporting women, and runs an online
community called I’m That Wife which has over 200k followers. Heather’s writing has
been featured on outlets like Today, and the National Communication Association.
She has been interviewed by BBC Radio Live and has been featured in Forbes.
She believes her calling is to stand in the gaps of our churches for young people.
She is the author of seven books including It’s Not Your Turn, and Confessions of a
Christian Wife.
Seth Day has been a Pastor and Campus Chaplain. His background in Human
Service Counseling and ministry brings an important spiritual component to this
book. Seth has real-life experiences of deep trauma and hurt that give the book a
deeper level of depth and emotion.
Seth and Heather reside in St. Joseph, Michigan, with their three children, London,
Hudson, and Sawyer
Conversation Keys:
How do you see cancel culture in your world? Who or what have you seen cancelled
and how do you feel about it?
What helps you make decisions about canceling a service or a friendship in your life?
Hope for Healthy Relationships:
Make space for the idea to be true that other people have a different backstory.
Christians should be at the forefront of the conversation surrounding cancel culture.
Resources
Click here to order Heather's book.
Click here for Heather’s website
Casey Hilty is a Christian speaker, artist, worship leader, and author of Her Children
Arise: Passing a Legacy of Faith to the Next Generation releasing on September 17,
2023. Using both storytelling and visual art, she is passionate about taking mothers on a
journey from apathy to awe to fall in love—or back in love—with God and His Word.
Casey recently jumped back into the world of teaching after being a stay-at-home mom
for 14 years. She and her husband, Bo, have three school-aged kids, a gaggle of pets,
and call South Louisiana home. You can find her on Instagram @caseyhilty and
Facebook @caseyhilty1.
Conversation Keys:
What are the major points of tension or stress in our relationship right now?
How can I meet you where you are?
Hope for Healthy Relationships:
Even in the throes of sleepless nights, toddler tantrums, and the challenging teen years,
we can find our joy and purpose through guiding our children to see the heart of God.
The secret is that it’s less about family devotions and more about our devotion to Jesus.
Resources
Click here to order Casey’s book.
Click here for Casey's website
Jen Jones is the founder and CEO of Jen Jones Direct LLC, and creative architect of the
Significant Conference. Through her books, courses,conferences and Significant Life
groups, she equips and empowers women to create the life they love on the foundation
of faith. Jen and her husband Marcus are living this great adventure with their four
children in San Diego, California.
Jen knows what it’s like to experience the unexpected when nineteen years ago she
welcomed her first daughter with a birth diagnosis of Down Syndrome. She embraced
the unknown and has become an advocate for all people to belong. She helps families
identify their core values and champions women to know and own their God-given
worth to live a life of significance. She is a certified health coach, and guides people on a
path to help them take control of their health—mentally, physically and spiritually.
Jen has appeared as a speaker and coach in numerous conferences, retreats and
podcasts, including ABC Family and the Live Out Loud Show. She is also the author of
Thrive: Growing Through Life’s Greatest Challenges, Tribe: Building Your Family on What
Matters Most, The Five-Minute Marriage Mentor and her most recent release, Divinely
Different: Creating a Significant Life When the Way is Unexpected, Unwanted and
Unknown.
Conversation Keys:
How are you feeling about what is facing our family?
How can I help support you and make
things feel more bearable?
Hope for Healthy Relationships:
Create an unconditionally loving space connected to vulnerability and safety,
empowering kids to live their own lives.
Resources
Click here to order Jen's book
Click here for Jen's website.
Robin Jones Gunn is the bestselling, award-winning author of over a hundred books with
sales topping six million copies sold worldwide. Her timeless Christy Miller and Sierra Jensen series are trusted by moms looking for wholesome YA novels for their teens and pre-teens. Robin’s popular nonfiction works include her memoir, Victim of Grace and two books for young women co-authored with Tricia Goyer: Praying for Your Future Husband, and Before You Meet Your Future Husband. Her passion for speaking and teaching has taken her around the world where she’s keynoted in Africa, Brazil, Europe,England and Australia as well as Canada and throughout the US. She co-hosts the Women Worth Knowing podcast with Cheryl Brodersen. Robin and her husband have two grown children and live in southern California. The verse that spoke to Robin’s heart when she first started writing continues to inspire her ongoing projects: “Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.” Psalm 102:18 NIV
Conversation Keys:
How do you decide what you will or will not read?
What are your standards for evaluating your reading material?
What do you do if you are reading something and you feel like you shouldn’t?
What do you need from me to feel comfortable in disclosing your concerns?
Hope for Healthy Relationships:
Be a safe haven for your daughter, a truth teller who encourages by saying, “Shame off you; grace on you."
Resources
Click here to order Robin’s book.
Click here for Robin’s website.