Truth for your Twenties

Anyone-Can-Cook Guide

Today's guest, Bri McKoy is an "accidental home cook", the author of Come & Eat, and a lover of gathering people around her everyday table. But she wasn’t always a fantastic cook, in fact in her 20s she was most decidedly not a cook. But one night, over take out Thai, she realized that she and her husband couldn’t go into debt ordering dinner in every night. She is the creator of The Everyday Kitchen Masterclass, a five-week online course that teaches people how to become more confident home cooks.
We chat about:
Confidence versus perfection in the kitchen
Where to start in the kitchen when you don't know where to start
What tools you need to change your cooking life
How anyone can have a dinner party (it doesn't have to be complicated)
Find stories and recipes on her food blog at OurSavoryLife.com or watch her videos with recipe tips and tricks and read her reflections on Instagram @brimckoy
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Break up with what Broke you

We all long for healing from the thing that broke us—a damaging relationship, a sinful choice, a harmful habit. But sometimes we try to heal brokenness with easy fixes, even though we know that “quick fixes don’t truly fix much.
Christian Bevere has experienced firsthand how God’s plan is far better than our own and is on a mission to help people avoid settling for less when God offers more than we can ask, think, or imagine.
 
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Our Daughters interview me

Our daughters interview me! Today my two favorite young ladies wrote down a list of random questions and asked me on the spot! Sorry not sorry for how much our youngest daughter mentions Taylor Swift lol.
 
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Debunking Marriage Myths

My real-life marriage hero is on the podcast today! Julie Baumgardner is the senior director of winshape marriage, a ministry that has truly impacted Bryan and me for the better. Winshape was founded by Truett Cathy (founder of Chick-fil-A) and their marriage ministry is a place for couples to grow, relax, and even provide resources for couples in crisis.
Julie has helped hundreds of couples and it is my honor to hear her debunk marriage myths today on the podcast! 
 
Sign up for a retreat with winshape marriageBryan and I are host couples so who knows, maybe we will meet you there! 
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What does ”knowing your worth” actually mean?

Brittany Maher and Cassandra Speer, leaders of Her True Worth, an online community with over 5 million followers! To know them is to love them and there are so many truth bombs in this episode get ready to write down some quotes. Here is one:
"Sister, You’re not who the world, the Enemy, or anybody says you are. You are who God says you are. Live secure in this soul-anchoring truth: your worth isn’t up for grabs – your Creator already secured it.”
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Living with roomates

We are back from summer break with new episodes and this topic is so timely as many of you are moving in with new roommates. As I was talking I learned many of these topics apply to co-workers and marriage as well. Ultimately we are all going to have to live with someone who (at least occasionally) gets on our nerves. Then we get to ask, "What story do I want to tell?" 
 
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It’s the podcast’s birthday! Highlights from 4 years of podcasting.

Wowie Wow 4 years, over 400K downloads, 159 episodes and here are your top 5 most downloaded on the Truth for your Twenties Podcast:
P0rn, Let's talk bout it. 20-year-old Cassidy Brown Struggled silently with a porn addiction since the age of TEN. Now that she has become free from the addiction she speaks openly on social media and helps others break free too! Thanks to an Instagram video with nearly 7 million views promoting this conversation, this episode has nearly 17K listens! 10,000 more than our runner-up episode. Cassidy's MinistryLink to her full episode 
Love After you have been hurt. Author of "love has a name" Adam Weber and I are chatting about what it looks like to love after you have been hurt, love when you are scared, and the freedom that comes if we can do this thing well.Link to the full episode
$$ in all stages of your twenties. My husband, the former director of financial wellness at the university level is the wisest person I know when it comes to handling money. He was not taught this growing up but he has learned a lot on the way. Link to the full episode and the tiktok video that blew this episode up.
The relationship with your parents now that you are a "grown up". My interview with someone I have looked up to for years, Sandra Stanley and her new book. "Parenting Getting it right. Link to the full episode
The Sunshine Mind
Raquelle Stevens appears alongside Selena Gomez, as part of her inner circle, in My Mind & Me as well as Selena+Chef on HBO. Tanya Rad is co-host of On Air with Ryan Seacrest.  Both Tanya and Raquelle have popular podcasts: Scrubbing In and Giving Back Generation.
In their debut book, the are sharing a message of hope and tips on how to build a “sunshine mindset,” Link to the full episode. 
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10,000 Christian College students traveling to Israel?

Rachael Powell, the Chief Communications Officer at Passages, an organization that has brought over 10,000 Christian college students to Israel.
Passages cares deeply about Gen Z and millennials, and want to help give you an experience that will last a lifetime!
Website: https://passagesisrael.org
Instagram: @passagesisrael
 
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The great sex rescue

Every time I talk about sex on the interwebs I get comments that say "YES, and you would love the great sex rescue" And they are RIGHT! You can imagine my excitement when I got the opportunity to interview the author of this best-selling (life-changing) book! 
In this episode we bust lies many people have believed about what sex is and what it isn't. How it's a gift but not an obligation. It is sacred but it also needs to be talked about with your spouse. Also how Christians are supposed to go from "don't think about it" to "enjoy it" as soon as they walk down the aisle???
All of this and more is what we unpack on this episode!
"The Great Sex Rescue" on Amazon"She Deserves Better" on Amazon
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When your way isn’t working

Bestselling author behind Not A Fan, which has sold over 1.3 million copies to date. Now we are chatting about...
When Your Way Isn’t Working a guide through the chaos. Kyle shares personal and biblical examples that helped him through his own struggle with doubt, feeling unworthy, and realizing his way wasn’t working. We have all been there and he offers real practical conversations around what to do when you are not sure what to do. 
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