Ep. 71 - Kate & JJ Tomlin: Finding your Reason to Thrive

Luke Hasings, also recognized as the Narrowwayman, joins us for an episode to talk about Masculinity, why it is not toxic, and why it is important. We talk about why masulinity plays an important role for men in singleness and why God created men to be masculine. 

Mylee Bankston, author of Is Being Single a Gift, talks about a lot of the bad advice she was given in her singleness and we discuss the truths that counter them. Mylee works in the heart of the music industry in Nashville, TN, and ironically soon after publishing her book, she ended up meeting her spouse and they were married soon after. She still has a heart for singles as we discuss many of the challenges she faced in the midst of her singleness, including how she navigated the bad advice!

Jackson Southern joins us for another episode to talk about what it looks like to trust in God's timing, and the challenges surrounding it. 

Shannon, also recognized as The Steady Single on Instagram, joins us for an episode to talk about multiple things, including how becomming obsessed with gratude has helped her in singleness as well as discussion around surrendering, controlling our perspctive, dating, and the importance of masculinity and femeninity. 

Stacey Szczepanski, author of Unlocking Love joins us for an episode to share about how being catfished lead to her finding calling in her singleness, and how she learned to lean into the Lord more in the difficult times. Stacey and Josh find common ground discussing singleness and the Church while Tom chimes in with his perspective on it as the married voice. Join us for a fun conversation!

Brianna Rossi joins us to discuss the inspiration for her new book, Single and standing. She has such incredible insight about the happy ending she has found which wasn't a relationship, but the joy she found in her singleness prior to finding a relationship. Brianna has been on the podcast a few times before, but now that she released her book, we knew there was much more for her to share. Joint the conversation as it's always a great time with Brianna!

Priscilla K, who runs the instagram page MoneyWithPriscilla, joins us for an episode to discuss money, and singleness, and additionally, we talk about the parallels behind the compounding effect of money and investing and the actions we take in our everyday lives. 

The Thriving in Singleness team have a fruitful discussion of "The 5 Core Principles of Thriving in Singleness". We disuss why each is important to doing singleness well, and why they lead to doing life well! And did I say team? Yes, we're a team now. We're onboarding two new permanent hosts for the podcast! Taylor Cyr and Rachael Kabagabu, who were each recently on the podcast, are joining Josh and I as hosts for the podcast, brining more dynamic to the conversation as we will interchangeably be hosting the episodes and keeping the conversation uplifting, encouraging, and now the lead of some female perspective. So what are the 5 core principles of Thriving in Singleness? These principles are Identity, Purpose, Community, Purity, and Surrender. Why did we choose these in particular and what is their significance? I guess it's time to stop reading and listen in!

Rachael K joins us for another episdoe to discuss the challenges and fears of turning 30 years old. As it turns into a time of reflection, forcing trust and surrender in the Lord in what He is doing in your life, it definitely stretches you, and Rachael talks about it very well. Also, stay tuned: Great news coming in episode 75!

Taylor joins us for another episode to discuss what it looks like to be married to Christ. We discuss the comparisons between a marriage in the world and being married to Christ. Additionally we talk briefly about anxiety and how Taylor has been able to overcome it.