Dr.Peck speaks with the creator of Inspired Motherhood, Lauren Gaines
October 25, 2023
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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 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.
Welcome Ashley Morgan Jackson. She is an Author, Speaker, Social Media Specialist,
Wife, Mother, Lover of Jesus & Prayer of Big Prayers! She is the author of
Tired of Trying: How to Hold On to God When You’re Frustrated, Fed Up, and Feeling Forgotten.
You’ve tried it all―saying the right words and prayers, reading the right Bible
verses―but nothing seems to work. What do you do when your faith doesn’t seem to
be “working” anymore?
Much like the biblical character Jacob, Ashley wrestled with God, trying desperately to
keep trusting Him despite her pain. It was here she found that sometimes God requires
us to hold on to Him so we can let go of everything holding us back.
Rich with biblical encouragement, personal story, and practical application, Tired of
Trying is an invitation to wrestle―and face God in your greatest fears, pains, and
unanswered questions. You’ll learn to:
break out of the cycle of frustration by saying yes to wrestling;
identify the lies you are believing about God, yourself, and your circumstances
and replace them with truth;
shift your perspective so you can choose faith, persevere, and discover God’s
purpose for you
Conversation Keys:
If you had to describe yourself to someone else, what would you say?
If you had to describe me to someone else, what would you say?
Hope for Healthy Relationships:
Anything we refuse to admit or confess will become toxic.
This week Jessica has a heart-to-heart with parents about preparing our minds and
homes to begin a new school year, whether your kids go to home school, private school,
public school, or college.
Tips include:
Give yourself grace.
Be an intentional teacher.
Listen with your face.
Practice gratitude.
Pray often.
Jessica also reviews 4 important health threats parents need to be aware of heading
back into school:
Saturn (an app for high school students with privacy concerns)
Bed Rotting
Chroming
Vaping
Conversation Keys:
What are you most excited about in this school year?
What are you most anxious about?
How can I help support you to make this your best school year ever?
Hope for Healthy Relationships:
Embrace every season and stage. Don’t communicate to your child you love a younger
version of who they used to be more than who they are becoming
Dr. Nurse Mama Podcast Rewind...Go back and listen to Episode 3 in the first series, where Pastor Brian visits with Jessica about imagecrafting
Welcome Natalie Runion, author and creator of the Raised to Stay community. Leaders
and laypeople are leaving churches across America in droves. Following the heartbreak
of being hurt by her church, Natalie buried her dream of Christian ministry and wrestled
with her faith. But God never abandoned her. Today, she encourages people to stick
with the church during hard and hurtful seasons of ministry. She invites people to
acknowledge “the hurt and the hard” so they can move toward “the hope and the
healing.” Today Natalie and I talk about how we can raise “stayers.” Natalie is back
working in ministry as she and her husband Tony are raising two daughters.
Conversation Keys:
How do you feel about the church we are attending right now?
What role does church play in your life?
What are the things you love about church and what things frustrate you?
Hope for Healthy Relationships:
There is no junior Holy Spirit in our kids. Our kids have discernment and need to see us model
honesty and honor.
Find Natalie here.
Get Natalie’s book Raised to Stay here.
Find Natalie on Instagram.
Dr. Nurse Mama podcast rewind ...go back and listen to our very first episode where Jessica talks with Pastor Brian about tips for families trying to find a church home.
We want to welcome Lauren Gaines, who has a master’s degree in psychology and
founded Inspired Motherhood as a place to empower mothers to
know their worth and equip families with the right tools to raise spiritually and emotionally healthy kids. She
lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and 3 kids! She is the author of Unshakable Kids:
Three Keys to Raising Spiritually Strong and Emotionally Healthy Kids
Conversation Keys:
Who are the 5 people you need in your village?
Who is your... intercessor, counselor health care provider, friend, and someone who is
in the same boat?
Who do you think are my best friends? Who do you see in my inner circle?
Hope for Healthy Relationships:
We need to be honest with each other and know that everyone walks through difficult
seasons. We need to offer ourselves grace when we mess up and reframe setbacks as
learning opportunities
Find Lauren here and get your free back-to-school prayer guide
Connect with Lauren on Facebook and Instagram
Preorder Lauren's book here
Did you know?
Dr. Jessica Peck is a professor and pediatric nurse practitioner who has been working for
the last decade at the state, national, and international level as an educator and policy
advocate for people impacted by human trafficking?
In a previous episode, Jessica talked with Kerri Taylor, director of Unbound Now Houston
about their work on the ground in Houston to impact trafficking. This week, Jessica takes
a deep dive into the world of trafficking and teaches parents about the signs to watch for
and how to keep your kids safe.
Conversation Keys:
What do you know or have you heard about human trafficking?
What can I do to help make you feel safe and supported?
Hope for Healthy Relationships:
Three things your family can do to help fight human trafficking:
Volunteer with a local anti-trafficking organization.
Resources
Click here for the National Human Trafficking hotline information.
Click here for your state’s report card from Shared Hope International
Natasha is a grief advocate, author, speaker, podcaster, and content creative.
Through her own grief experiences, she has a heart for the hurting, for the grieving, for
those experiencing and facing hard times in life.
She is a North Carolina native, and blessed to share home life with her husband Clinton
and their four beautiful kiddos who she homeschools.
She is the author of Can You Just Sit With Me? Healthy Grieving for the Losses of Life
among many other blogs and devotionals.
Conversation Keys:
What experiences have you seen me go through that were really sad?
What life experiences have you had that have made you the most sad?
How do you feel about how I supported you in those experiences?
[Choose one of Natasha’s Grief Exercises to do together]
Hope for Healthy Relationships:
Bringing all we have to the feet of Jesus is where I find hope in the journey, sometimes
day-to-day and sometimes moment-by-moment.
Resources
Click here to order Natasha’s book.
