Little Faith Podcast: Recent Episodes
Havilah Siegmann
Welcome to Little Faith - a podcast for parents who doubt.
Parenting is hella hard. And it's even harder when you can't answer any of their five bazillion questions about God, or why Jesus died, or where Grandma is now.
It's hard because we often don't know the answers ourselves, or because the deconstruction you have gone through has lead you to a much more expansive, beautiful, nuanced place.
Wherever you find yourself, you are welcomed here. Join us as we have interesting and important conversations around things that matter - to you, to your community, and to your kids.
This is a previously released episode.
Find David's work at
Sparkle Stories
davidsewellmccann.com
This is a previously released episode.
Find David's work at
Sparkle Stories
davidsewellmccann.com
This week Havilah finishes her conversation with Beatrice Chestnut.
Don't miss out on Enneagram for Everyone! The 12 week Enneagram and personal transformation course is now available for purchase HERE!
This week Havilah continues her conversation with Beatrice Chestnut.
Don't miss out on Enneagram for Everyone! The 12 week Enneagram and personal transformation course is now available for purchase HERE!
Enneagram for Everyone is now open! Check out the course details at courses.littlefaithpodcast.com.
In this final episode of Season 3, Havilah talks about how we each need to do our own work to be fully healthy, whole parents and humans.
Everyday Enneagram Growth Guide
Patreon
In this three part wrap-up of season 3, Havilah talks about how we can help our kids develop resiliency and learn to do hard things without rescuing them.
Patreon
Enneagram for Everyone
At the end of this season 3, Havilah shares some of the lessons she's learned over the last year. This week she shares a moment at the park, and how it changed everything.
Patreon
Know when the course is live!
We're taking off a few weeks from new content for spring break. This episode originally aired November 13, 2018
We're taking a few weeks off of new content for spring break - this episode originally aired November 6, 2018
Today on the podcast Havilah finishes her conversation with Sarah and Beth of Pantsuit Politics. Sarah and Beth are leaders in how to have conversations about difficult and tricky topics without loosing your sanity or humanity in the process. This is part 2 of 2.
Raising Human Beings Book
Robcast Episode "Is this your first accident?"
Pantsuit Politics
Enneagram Growth Guide
Today on the podcast Havilah talks with Sarah and Beth of Pantsuit Politics. Sarah and Beth are leaders in how to have conversations about difficult and tricky topics without loosing your sanity or humanity in the process. This is part 1 of 2.
Pantsuit Politics
Enneagram Growth Guide
This week Havilah continues her conversations around race and racial justice with Fable of The Diatribe. Fable works with youth to find connection and understanding for each other through the medium of poetry and spoken word.
Marcel "Fable" Price is a Bi-racial North American writer, teaching artist, community advocate, motivational speaker, and executive director of non profit organization The Diatribe.
Fable is the 2016 recipient of a Community Advocate Award, a 2017 40 Under 40 Honoree, and is the currently holding the title of Poet Laureate.
He is the author of "Adrift in a Sea of M&M's" (2016) and is currently working to finish his second collection of poems titled Metamorphosis; an extroverted caterpillars guide to becoming an introverted butterfly (2019).
Fable is the first person under the age of 40, and the first person of color to have earned the title of poet laureate of Grand Rapids Michigan; a three-year tenure with already measurable successes achieved within the first year. Fable is highly noted for his work with the youth through his non profit The Diatribe; using his own stories to consume the audience and is making a huge effort in lifting up youth across the country encouraging them to unpack their own struggles.
He is known across the nation for crowd-interactive features that leave those attending enlightened and empowered.
Buckle up, prepare to make a new friend, and enjoy the ride.
The Diatribe
Fable's Website
Fable on Facebook
Fable on Instagram
Listen to Fable
Little Faith on Patreon
This week Havilah continues her conversations around race and racial justice with Fable of The Diatribe. Fable works with youth to find connection and understanding for each other through the medium of poetry and spoken word.
The Diatribe
Little Faith on Patreon
This week Havilah continues her conversations around race and racial justice with Fable of The Diatribe. Fable works with youth to find connection and understanding for each other through the medium of poetry and spoken word.
Marcel "Fable" Price is a Bi-racial North American writer, teaching artist, community advocate, motivational speaker, and executive director of non profit organization The Diatribe.
Fable is the 2016 recipient of a Community Advocate Award, a 2017 40 Under 40 Honoree, and is the currently holding the title of Poet Laureate.
He is the author of "Adrift in a Sea of M&M's" (2016) and is currently working to finish his second collection of poems titled Metamorphosis; an extroverted caterpillars guide to becoming an introverted butterfly (2019).
Fable is the first person under the age of 40, and the first person of color to have earned the title of poet laureate of Grand Rapids Michigan; a three-year tenure with already measurable successes achieved within the first year. Fable is highly noted for his work with the youth through his non profit The Diatribe; using his own stories to consume the audience and is making a huge effort in lifting up youth across the country encouraging them to unpack their own struggles.
He is known across the nation for crowd-interactive features that leave those attending enlightened and empowered.
Buckle up, prepare to make a new friend, and enjoy the ride.
The Diatribe
Fable's Website
Fable on Facebook
Fable on Instagram
Listen to Fable
Little Faith on Patreon
It's been a week over here in Little Faith land. So instead of pushing through and 'crushing it', we're taking a beat. This week's guest is someone you know, but haven't heard interviewed.....your very own Havilah!
We'll continue our conversations around race next week, but for now, we hope you enjoy listening to this conversation from Sacred Psychology from last year, where Tamara Powell interviewed Havilah about the Enneagram.
Sacred Psychology
In this episode, Havilah finishes her conversation about race and racial justice with Cindy Wang Brandt.
Patreon
Cindy's website
Parenting Forward
Racial Justice Resources:
Black and White: Racism in America
Raising White Kids
In this episode, Havilah talks to Cindy Wang Brandt about the complexities of racial justice, how we can learn from others, and how not to be 'that' white person. Basically, it boils down to this: listen well. This is the first part of the conversation - tune in next week for the second half of the conversation.
Patreon
Cindy's website
Parenting Forward
Racial Justice Resources:
Black and White: Racism in America
Raising White Kids
YA Book Recs
In this final episode of Enneagram month, Havilah finishes her talk with Meg Tietz about the Enneagram, parenting, and how living life fully awake is what matters.
Sorta Awesome
Sorta Awesome Hangout
Meg on Instagram
The Transformation Collaborative
Everyday Enneagram Growth Guide
Enneagram for Everyone
Little Faith on Patreon
This week is the first part of Havilah's conversation with Meg Tietz to talk more about the Enneagram and how it has changed both their lives.
Meg on Sorta Awesome
Sorta Awesome Hangout Group
Enneagram for Everyone
The Transformation Collaborative
This week Havilah finishes her conversation with Beatrice Chestnut. They talk about the Enneagram and parenting and how we can use it as a tool to be better parents and better people.
In this continuation of Havilah and Beatrice's conversation, Beatrice shares about types 2-7.
This month we are focusing on the Enneagram! In this first part of Havilah's conversation with Beatrice Chestnut they discuss how she found the Enneagram, what it is, and types 9, 8, and 1.
Also, Havilah announces her new online course, Enneagram for Everyone. More info: courses.littlefaithpodcast.com
Join 9 year-old Julia as she leads you and your littles through a mindful body scan practice.
Join 9 year-old Julia as she leads you and your littles through a mindful eating practice.
Join 9 year-old Julia as she leads you and your littles through a mindful listening practice.
You all are in for a treat - This week we start a series we're calling Mindful Advent. Whether you practice Advent or not, we're all in a time of waiting during December. Waiting for Christmas, waiting for the new year, waiting (a long time) for spring. This week, my daughter, 9 year-old Julia is joining me to talk about mindfulness and how it has helped her and how it be a gift during times of waiting.
Following this episode, there will be four mindfulness practices Julia will be leading us though - they are designed for your children to use them, or to use them as a family.
To stay in the know about Little Faith over the break, head to Patreon
In this final instalment of the Intentional Holidays Series, Havilah talks to Alex Kuykendall about how to love your ACTUAL Christmas. You know, the one you are actually living, not an idealized one. Alex is practical and wise and warm.
Little Faith Holiday Guide
Alex's Website
In this second episode in the Intentional Holidays Series, Havilah talks with Mary Baird-Wilcock of The Simplifiers about simplifying our lives so we can actually live the kind of lives (and holidays!) that we want.
Little Faith Holiday Guide
The Simplifiers
This week we start a new series - how to be intentional with our Holiday season. In this episode, Havilah talks to Jessica Turner about how to do all the things, without going crazy. (hint: it's not by actually doing all the things)
Little Faith Holiday Guide
Jessica's site
Jessica on Instagram
This week is part 2 of Havilah's chat with David Sewell-McCann of Sparkle Stories about the power of story, how we learn from others and how stories just might save our politics.
Little Faith on Patreon
Sparkle Stories
Sparkle Stories on IG
This week Havilah talks with David Sewell-McCann of Sparkle Stories about the power of story, what your golden thread is, and how we learn about the world through telling stories.
Little Faith on Patreon
Sparkle Stories
Sparkle Stories on IG
In this final instalment of the Our Bodies Series, Havilah talks to Tangia Renee, and health and wellness coach about body image and how we can live in our bodies integrated and whole.
Little Faith on Patreon (for the full conversation)
Tangia's Website (stay tuned for her upcoming podcast!)
Tangia on FB
Tangia on IG
We have SUCH a treat for you today! Next week our guest is David Sewell-McCann of Sparkle Stories. Our conversation was wonderful - and you'll get to listen in next week, but for today, we are thrilled to be partnering with Sparkle Stories and offering you one of their stories to listen to with your littles. It's a Halloween story that you'll be sure to want to enjoy this week while you're carving pumpkins, or drinking something hot together.
Head over to Sparkle Stories for your free trial and hundreds of stories.
In this episode of the Our Bodies Series, Havilah talks with Emily Garnett - mother, wife, lawyer, writer, and someone who lives with cancer. Emily brings joy and humor to a difficult topic, and offers words of wisdom for us all.
Little Faith on Patreon
Emily's podcast
Emily's blog
Emily on FB
Emily on IG
Emily on Twitter
The Cancer Couch Foundation
The METAvivor Foundation
In this episode, Havilah continues the conversation around Purity Culture, consent, and how we talk to our kids about sex. Author Carly Gelsinger joins her as they dive into these topics. Note - this is part two of the conversation with Carly - listen to part one in episode 019.
Little Faith on Patreon
Carly's Site
Carly's new book!
Carly on Instagram
Carly on Facebook
Carly on Twitter
Carly's HuffPost article
In this episode, Havilah continues the conversation around Purity Culture, consent, and how we talk to our kids about sex. Author Carly Gelsinger joins her for the next two episodes as they dive into these topics.
Carly's Site
Carly's new book! Radical Faith
Carly on Instagram
Carly on Facebook
Carly on Twitter
Carly's HuffPost article
In this, the second in the Our Bodies series, Havilah talks to Gwen Fisher. Gwen is the creator of the upcoming podcast, Saving Myself: how purity culture wounds us, and how we can heal. They talk about female sexuality, how purity culture taught her never to say no to her husband, and the value of teaching our children about consent.
FULL Episode here!
Saving Myself Pod on FB
Saving Myself Pod on Twitter
Liturgists Episode "The Ethics of F***ing"
In this episode, Havilah starts a new five week series on Our Bodies where the podcast will be exploring sexuality, purity culture, health and wellness and body image. This week she talks to Susan Cottrell about what it is like to be in the church and parenting an LGBTQ child.
Freed Hearts
Little Faith on Patreon (Breathe Examen Guide!)
In this Episode, Havilah talks with Thad Cummings of Changing Company. They talk about failure, faith, parenting, and how when we deeply know our value, nothing else matters.
Changing Company
Little Faith on Patreon
Transformation Collaborative (Enneagram!)
In this episode, Havilah talks to Adriel Booker about learning from our grief. Adriel talks about the loss of her three miscarriages, how grief has changed her, what she has learned from it, and how to parent in the midst of uncertainty.
Adriel's site
Adriel's book
Breathe: an Examen Practice for Families
Little Faith on Patreon
In this episode, Havilah talks to Aaron Niequist about loosing faith, finding it again, the Enneagram in parenting, and about the difference between a beliefs-based faith, and a practice-based faith.
Breathe: An Examen Practice for Families
Aaron's Lord's Prayer with gestures for families
Calm (Meditation)
Headspace (Meditation)
The Eternal Current
Aaron's website
Little Faith on IG
Little Faith's website
In this episode, Havilah talks with Carol Howard Merritt about spiritual and religious trauma.
In this episode, Havilah talks about the power of gratitude and how to engage in practical gratitude practices.
In this episode, Havilah talks with Tsh Oxenreider about changing faith, living as an expat, and growing up evangelical in the south.
In this re-released episode, Havilah talks with Steve and Meredith Dancause about Positive Discipline.
In this August Edition, we go back to the beginning of the show and are introduced to the host, Havilah.
In this episode Havilah talks with Cindy Wang Brandt, of Raising Children Un-Fundamentalist and Parenting Forward. They talk changing faith, parenting, engaging people who disagree with you, and equipping our kids to make their own decisions.
Little Faith on Patreon
Cindy Wang Brandt's website
RCU
Parenting Forward
Nurture Shock
In this episode, Havilah talks with Perla Trevizo, a journalist who has been covering immigration issues all over the world for the past decade. As promised, the episode explores our southern boarder and the crisis that has been and continues to brew there. Havilah and Perla discuss what the actual facts are, what it means to seek asylum, why people are choosing to come into the US through ways other than established crossing points, and how immigration is a world-wide issue.
Perla's blog
Arizona Daily Star
The Migration Policy Institute
Organizations who are helping Immigrants:
RAICES
Boarder Angels
Together Rising
Texas Civil Rights Project
The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights
In this episode Havilah talks with second-generation, Indian-American, hindu-raised Lutheran pastor, Tuhina Rasche. They talk about all those hyphens and how the "yes, and" is so much more helpful than the "either, or" Sometimes, Tuhina says, there's an irreverence in the reverence.
Tuhina's Site
Little Faith on Patreon
In this mini episode, Havilah reminds us how it is ok to not be right all the time and that it isn't our job to convince anyone of anything. Even Uncle Marty.
Little Faith on Patreon!
In this episode, Havilah talks with Becky L. McCoy about grief and what happens when we find ourselves in impossible situations. Becky brings humor, truth telling, and wisdom to the conversation, as they talk about how to navigate grief with kids and help them, and ourselves learn to cope and even thrive.
Little Faith on Patreon
Becky's site
The Cove
Everything Happens Podcast
In this episode, Havilah talks about dropping our perfect summer ideal for a summer that is actually lifegiving for you and your family. Also, there's a big announcement - Little Faith is now on Patreon! Head over to www.patreon.com/littlefaith to support the show and get your Little Faith Summer Guide. It will help you walk through what YOUR intentional summer looks like, and help you put it into practice.
Summer Guide!
Little Faith on Patreon
Tsh's article on child-parent separation
In this episode Havilah talks to photographer Lindsay Ritchie. They talk about growing up evangelical, going through deconstruction, going to Rob Bell's church, how we talk to our kids about their bodies, and the messages they received from the church and culture about what it means to be a woman.
Lindsay's Instagram
Lindsay's site
Dan Allendar Sabbath
Year of Living like Jesus
7
Animal Vegetable Miracle
Sparkle Stories
Dr Sanders
The Book
In this episode, Havilah talks with Carol Howard Merritt about healing from our spiritual wounds. The conversation is timely, funny, at times political, and always geared toward seeking health and wholeness.
Carol Howard Merritt
Carol on Twitter
Carol on Instagram
The Christian Century
Little Faith Instagram
Little Faith Facebook
Havilah on Twitter
Today is a short episode due to a holiday here in the US. In it Havilah answers one of her own questions: what is helping you be a better parent and human?
Wow in the World
Sparkle Stories
Story Pirates
Bedtime FM
Chompers
Popsicle Mold!
Gretchen Rubin
Photo by Lindsay Ritchie
In this episode, Havilah talks with Steve and Meredith Dancause about Positive Discipline and how we can raise our littles to be amazing humans, not just compliant children. Steve and Meredith have been educating parents about Positive Discipline for years through speaking and workshops and they are parents themselves.
Positive Discipline
The Meeting House
Gracious Parenting
Steve Dancause's Work
Gracious Parenting Podcast
Little Faith Instagram
Little Faith online
Havilah on Twitter
Havilah chats about the power of gratitude to expand our outlook and bring joy to our lives. Here are a few things mentioned in the show:
Brene Brown
Little Faith Instagram
Search
Today Havilah talks to Susan Cottrell of Freed Hearts. She shares her story of finding God early on her own, to being part of the Evangelical church, to walking with her daughters as they came out. They chat lgbtq issues in the church, how to talk to your kids, and, mostly, how everything comes back to love.
Freed Hearts
Tsh Oxenreider is a former ex-pat, now living back in the states. In this episode, she chats with Havilah about how living overseas changed her view of faith, opened her up to doubt and uncertainty and how that impacts her parenting.
Join Havilah for an introductory chat about the podcast, her story, and some laughs about the craziness of growing up Evangelical.