The Greta Eskridge Podcast

Episode 115 
Guys! I love this episode! We are talking about how to talk to your kids about sex in a joyful and relaxed way, not one laced with shame or fear or even discomfort. Laurie and Matt Krieg are the authors of the book, Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World: a Gospel Centered Approach, and we get to talk to Laurie about this book today! This book could feel heavy, challenging and even scary to pick up, but let me tell you, Laurie is so warm and approachable. She and Matt are passionate about helping families create a healthy sexual culture in their home and that comes through in this conversation and in the book. It is not the scary things that lace our conversation, it is the good things of the gospel that lace this conversation and the book. Yes, the gospel is absolutely a part of the sexuality conversation. And when we miss out on that, we are doing our kids a disservice. 
That is why I am so excited about having Laurie on the podcast today and to talk about her book. Because now more than ever, Christian parents need to present gospel truths about sexuality to our kids. Laurie and Matt show us how in their book. I know you’ll love this episode, and it will give you so much to think about. Please, please share it with your friends so you can talk about it with them too! 
Get Laurie’s book. Get my book. And begin the conversation in your family, with your friends, and with anyone who will listen. Because these conversations matter so very much. 
 
And a quick heads up, spaces are filling up in both my women’s walking retreat in the Cotswolds and our family trip to Italy.  
There are only 3 spots left for the women’s walking retreat and registration closes on May 15th.  
And we only have room for a few more families for the family trip to Italy! 
If you are considering going, please use the links below for more info. Or feel free to email or DM me to set up a discovery call and let me answer all your questions. 
I’d sure love to have you join our trip! 
 
Find the resources from today’s episode here: 
Find Laurie’s website here 
Find Laurie on Instagram here 
Find Laurie’s new book here 
Find Laurie and Matt’s podcast here 
Find Greta’s newest book, It’s Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn here 
Find info about Greta’s Walking Retreat in the Cotswolds here 
Find info about bringing your family to Italy with Greta’s family here 
Moms, Dads, and Grads Gift Guide

The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

Episode 114 
Friends, if you are currently homeschooling a teenager, or will be one day, this episode is for you! But also, if you feel worried or underqualified to homeschool your teenager one day, this episode is for you! Best of all, if you want to get excited about homeschooling in the teen years, this episode is for you! 
My friend Rachel Kovac wrote a book, Their Future is Shining Bright: a Guide to Homeschooling in High School and quipping Your Child for Success and Fulfillment in Highschool, and it is phenomenal. 
Rachel reminds us that the things we love about homeschooling in elementary school still hold true when we homeschool our teens. And that homeschooling in high school can be joyful, exciting, fulfilling and deeply relational. Besides the encouragement in the book, Rachel is also exceedingly practical. She covers things like:  
*College alternatives, trade schools, internships and more 
*College transcripts 
*College debt 
*How to make high school meaningful emotionally 
*How to make homeschool academic and also non-academic 
*Cultivating relationship as a family and amongst siblings 
This book is your new handbook for homeschooling your kids in high school! I know you’ll love this episode with Rachel.  
And a quick heads up, spaces are filling up in both my women’s walking retreat in the Cotswolds and our family trip to Italy. There are only 3 spots left for the women’s walking retreat and registration closes on May 15th. We have room for just a few more families on the Italy trip that Rachel and I talked about in this episode. If you are considering going, please use the links below for more info. Or feel free to email or DM me to set up a discovery call and let me answer all your questions!  
I’d sure love to have you join our trip! 
 
Find the resources from today’s episode here: 
Find Rachel’s website here 
Find Rachel on Instagram here 
Find Rachel’s new book here 
Find Greta’s newest book, It’s Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn here 
Find info about Greta’s Walking Retreat in the Cotswolds here 
Find info about bringing your family to Italy with Greta’s family here 
Moms, Dads, and Grads Gift Guide

The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

Episode 113 
It is so good to have my friend Dave Boden back on the podcast! Dave is a real-life friend, who inspires me greatly. I love his fun and joyful spirit. We laugh together a lot. He is the husband to one of my dearest friends, Leah, and dad to 4 amazing kids. He is also a fantastic writer and author of 4 books. Today we talked about his newest book, releasing in the world today, Raising Gen Alpha: Helping Kids Navigate Everything from Anxiety to AI.  
 
One of my favorite things about Dave is his passion for teens and especially to see them develop relationship with Christ. So many adults write teens off, maybe now more than ever, but Dave is out on the front lines, reminding us that the next generation is worthy of our hope, our care, and our love. This newest book of his does just that! It reminds us of all Gen Alpha has been through, is going through and how much they need us and even more, how much they need Jesus. This book of Dave’s gives us all the tools we need to understand Gen Alpha and all the encouragement and passion for reaching their hearts. It is not a doom and gloom book. It is deeply practical and deeply hopeful. I came away from my conversation with Dave feeling so excited about serving this generation of kids. I know you will to! Enjoy this convo and then share this episode with a friend! 
And don’t forget you can get more info about my upcoming Women’s Walking Retreat in the Cotswold’s right here. I got to meet Dave in person last time I was in the Cotswolds! We had the most delicious meal in a pub in the charming town of Stowe on the Wold. It’s such a good memory for me! This retreat is perfect for any women who is looking for an opportunity to rest, celebrate, reflect, heal, or simply spend a week chasing beauty, adventure, and friendship. Spots are filling up so make sure you get info and reach out soon if you are interested. 
 
But if a family trip is what you’re looking for right now, then consider joining me and my family in Italy this Christmas! We’ll be hosting a trip to Rome and surrounding areas the week after Christmas with Select Tours International. The trip will be all planned out for you so you can absolutely rest and focus on time with your family! But we have also built in plenty of time to explore and adventure on your own. It’s the best of both worlds and we can’t wait to spend a week with you learning history, appreciating art, eating the most delicious food and creating lasting connection through adventure! Find out all the details here! 
 
Find the resources from today’s episode here: 
Find Dave’s website here 
Find Dave on Instagram here 
Find Dave on Substack here 
Find Dave’s newest book, Raising Gen Alpha, here 
Find Dave’s other books here 
Listen to my first interview with Dave here 
Find Greta’s newest book, It’s Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn here 
Find info about Greta’s Walking Retreat in the Cotswolds here 
Find info about joining Greta’s family in Italy here 

The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

Episode 112 
Friends! I am so glad to have Ebie Hepworth with me on the podcast for the first time. We became friends after I was on her podcast and then we just had to keep our friendship going. After you listen to her story today, you will want to be friends with Ebie too! 
 
We started talking about one of Ebie’s red flags—when people keep their butter in the fridge. Yeah, I know, we always go deep here on the Greta Eskridge podcast. But hey, guess what? We did go deeper than the problem of refrigerated butter. Ebie shared her testimony of growing up in the church, walking through hard things in her teen years and pulling away from the Lord and then meeting Him again as a college student. Then we talked about her work fighting sex trafficking, how God led her to her husband, how they served the Lord together overseas, adopted 2 kids from Africa as a young married couple, are raising a child with life changing medical diagnosis and special needs, have walked through infertility and surprise pregnancy with twins and more. Guys, it’s a lot and it’s all so good. 
And my favorite part was when we talked about real joy-- its source, and how God uses our joy to bring people to Him, because joy is contagious. Because the thing about Ebie is that she is incredibly joyful person but has walked and is walking through hard, hard things. She reminds us that when the source of our joy is not our circumstances, we can hold onto it through hard times.  
 
The good news is that there is lots more of Ebie to come when her first book releases this September! You are going to want to pre-order the book, Midnight Halleluiah: Why Hope is Still Worth the Risk and get to know Ebie now, so you’ll be primed and ready to read it this fall. It will be incredible. 
 
And don’t forget you can get more info about my upcoming Women’s Walking Retreat in the Cotswold’s right here. This retreat is perfect for any women who is looking for an opportunity to rest, celebrate, reflect, heal, or simply spend a week chasing beauty, adventure, and friendship. Spots are filling up so make sure you get info and reach out soon if you are interested. 
 
But if a family trip is what you’re looking for right now, then consider joining me and my family in Italy this Christmas! We’ll be hosting a trip to Rome and surrounding areas the week after Christmas with Select Tours International. The trip will be all planned out for you so you can absolutely rest and focus on time with your family! But we have also built in plenty of time to explore and adventure on your own. It’s the best of both worlds and we can’t wait to spend a week with you learning history, appreciating art, eating the most delicious food and creating lasting connection through adventure! Find out all the details here! 
 
Find the resources from today’s episode here: 
Find Ebie’s website here 
Find Ebie on Instagram here 
Find Ebie’s podcast here 
Find Ebie’s new book here 
Listen to Greta’s episode on Ebie’s podcast right here (we talked about my newest book and my story!) 
Pick up your copy of Greta’s newest book, It’s Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn right here 
Find info about Greta’s Walking Retreat in the Cotswolds here 
Find info about joining Greta’s family in Italy here 
The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

Episode 111 
Today I am talking with the comedian JJ Barrows. And yes, this episode made me laugh, but I also cried, because we went DEEP! I found JJ when one of her videos was recommended to me and since it was about growing up southern Baptist and not being allowed to shave my legs past her knees, I had to watch. Growing up southern Baptist myself, I resonated with her story quite a bit. But after that one video I had to check out more and fell in love with JJ. She is wonderful. She’s hilarious, creative, interesting, passionate, a new mom, and author, and as I said before, not afraid to go deep. I really resonated with her ideas about using comedy to talk about hard things and how healing laughter can be. So that was something we spent quite a bit of time on in this episode.  
Plus you get to hear the leg shaving story! 
You are going to love this episode and you are really going to love JJ. 
Listen and share this episode with a friend. 
And don’t forget you can get more info about my upcoming Women’s Walking Retreat in the Cotswold’s right here. This retreat is perfect for any women who is looking for an opportunity to rest, celebrate, reflect, heal, or simply spend a week chasing beauty, adventure, and friendship. Spots are filling up so make sure you get info and reach out soon if you are interested. 
 
But if a family trip is what you’re looking for right now, then consider joining me and my family in Italy this Christmas! We’ll be hosting a trip to Rome and surrounding areas the week after Christmas with Select Tours International. The trip will be all planned out for you so you can absolutely rest and focus on time with your family! But we have also built in plenty of time to explore and adventure on your own. It’s the best of both worlds and we can’t wait to spend a week with you learning history, appreciating art, eating the most delicious food and creating lasting connection through adventure! Find out all the details here! 
 
Find the resources from today’s episode here: 
Find JJ’s website here 
Find JJ on Instagram here 
Find JJ’s book here 
Find info about Greta’s Walking Retreat in the Cotswolds here 
Find info about joining Greta’s family in Italy here 
And pick up your copy of Greta’s newest book, It’s Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn right here 

The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org