by Barb Roose | Aug 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
**TRIGGER ALERT** Today’s podcast episode contains highly sensitive content that may cause distress or anxiety depending on your background or current situation. The recent suicide death of billionaire financier and alleged sexual predator, Jeffrey Epstein has...
by Barb Roose | Aug 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
August has dished out way more than my heart could handle. Between adult kids returning home, moving around, moving out again, emptying the nest. There’s been fighting for words while writing an emotional new project and then moving the last of my possessions out of...
by Barb Roose | Aug 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Are you feeling scared, frustrated, or insecure about the world that you live in? How in the world do we stay hopeful and positive with so much negativity around us? On today’s episode of the Better Together podcast, I’m talking with one of my longtime...
by Barb Roose | Aug 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Is the empty nest on the horizon? Are you trying to figure out how to let go or figure out who you are now that the kids are grown? If so, you’re in the right place! Welcome to a new season of the Better Together Podcast where we find the hope, the help, as well...
by Barb Roose | Jul 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
I finally got all my feelings back under control that I could share this story… Yesterday – for the first time ever, I taught at Cedar Creek Church Fusion Camp. My girls attended or led at camp every year for the last 15 years and they didn’t want mom...
by Barb Roose | Jun 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
What makes your home beautiful is YOU! -Tracy Steel Do you love design shows like “Fixer Upper” or anything else on HGTV? Most of us would love for Joanna Gaines or the Property Brothers to stop by and give our homes a fresh look! However, I’m...
by Barb Roose | Jun 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
When I first joined the staff team at my local church, I noticed a sizable drop in attendance at the beginning of summer. It was like the sun came out and captured one-third of our crowd over to the beach or some distance campground. Where’d everybody go? Over the...
by Barb Roose | May 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Katie is a national speaker, singer/songwriter, and author of Made Like Martha: Good News for the Woman Who Gets Things Done. She has been published on sites like: Focus on the Family, TODAY’s Parenting Team Blog, Crosswalk, Proverbs 31, and HuffPost. ...
by Barb Roose | May 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
Last Thursday, I stood with family members as my father-in-law, Brent Roose was interred at Arlington National Cemetery just outside of Washington, DC. If you’ve ever visited the final resting place of our nation’s bravest warriors, you know that words cannot...
by Barb Roose | May 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
It took a lot of years for me to finally realize that cookies and chip dip weren’t to blame for the extra weight around my middle. Food wasn’t the culprit, but my unmanaged feelings were. Whether I was anxious about my children’s safety, overwhelmed by my non-stop...
by Barb Roose | May 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Single women, we must refute ALL the lies that we’ve started to believe.” I had a sensational conversation with speaker, author, and single parent coach, Kaywanda Lamb. We met last fall while speaking at a conference in Louisiana. Within seconds of...
by Barb Roose | Apr 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Are you a mom who is constantly giving? Giving your time, energy, and emotions to your kids, spouse, your job, and your community? This episode of the Better Together podcast is for all the moms out there who feel like they are alone in the jungle of managing kids,...
