Simply Joyful Podcast #099:

Creating a Welcoming Home for Each Season with Myquillyn Smith (aka "The Nester")

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Jennie’s book: Fight to Flourish

Fight to Flourish is an incredible book about how to flourish and thrive even through the hardest times. It's SO good! You will be seriously blessed by her wisdom!

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Today we have none other than Kristen Jenson coming on the podcast. Kristen is best known for her book series Good Pictures Bad Pictures and she knows a lot about keeping kids safe online. You will not want to miss this, and part two, of this conversation because it is so important. You are going to get concrete, practical tools on how to protect your kids from the things that are online that are not safe.

Kristen is the founder of...

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