The Greta Eskridge Podcast

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We’re living in a time filled with distraction and disconnection from the things that matter most. Things like faith, family, friendship, and childhood innocence feel harder and harder to hold onto. But I believe a joyful, connected life is possible with Jesus’s help because he offers us life to the full! It’s time to open our eyes to the wonder God has put all around us, so join me each week on The Greta Eskridge Podcast as some of my favorite friends and I explore ways to create connection in our families and chase joy through both the peaks and valleys of parenting and life. The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information, visit www.ChristianParenting.org

  1. 2D AGO

    Praying for Our Kids with Intention with Brook Mosser

    Episode 104  I love episodes where I get to talk with my friends. And this episode is one of those. Brook Mosser co-leads Intentional ministries with his wife Elizabeth, is an author, speaker and podcast host.  Brook Mosser is also one of my dear friends--honestly like a brother to me. We make each other laugh—though he’s a thousand times funnier than I am. But what I love and appreciate most about Brook is how honest he is, how kind and generous, and how he points people to Jesus over and over again. And this episode is all about that.  We talk about all kinds of things: hormones, yes he talked hormones with me, adult ADD, his upcoming retreat with Intentional Fatherhood, and especially the book he just wrote, Sowing a Hidden Seed: Daily Prayers for Your Child’s Spiritual Growth.  You are going to love this episode and get a lot of good stuff out of it. I am so glad to share my buddy Brook with you again.  Be sure to check out the links below to get connected to all the good things we talk about.    Resources mentioned in this episode:  Find Brook’s book here  Find Brook on Instagram here  Find The Intentional Fatherhood podcast here  Find tickets to The Intentional Fatherhood retreat here  Find The Intentional Parents podcast here  Find Greta’s book, It’s Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn here  Find info about Greta’s upcoming Women’s Walking Retreat in the Cotswolds here    The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

    1h 2m

  2. FEB 10

    Learning to Let our Kids Go with Grace and Joy with empty nest coach Pamela Henkelman

    Episode 103  Oh this episode could not feel more relevant to me right in this very moment! I have a house full of teens and young adults, my first child to be getting married and I’m nearly done with my many years of being a home school mom. There is a lot of joy in this time of my life, but also so much change and we all know change is hard. And the empty nest years sure are filled with change.  That’s why I am so excited about this conversation with empty nest coach, Pamela Henkleman. Pamela is a wise, gracious and joy filled guide to any mom on this journey. You might think this conversation doesn’t apply to you because your kids are little, or in elementary school, but Pamela and I also talked about how to prepare our hearts for the empty nest days, no matter what stage of parenting we’re in. Not with mourning and sadness, but with the knowledge that it’s our job to send our kids out in the best way possible.  I also asked Pamela to share what we have to look forward to in the empty nest years because it can’t all be doom and gloom, right? The good news, it’s not! You’ll love hearing the moment I realized there were some things I am really looking forward to in my empty nest years. I know you’ll get a lot out of this episode and love getting to know Pamela.  Be sure to give her a follow and to share this episode with a friend. And leave a review of the podcast too, if you haven’t done that yet!    Resources mentioned in this episode:  Find Pamela’s website here  Find Pamela on Instagram here  Find Pamela’s podcast here  Find Pamela’s coaching here  Find info on Greta’s Women’s Walking Retreat in the Cotswold’s here  Get your copy of Greta’s latest book, It’s Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn here  The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

    47 min

  3. FEB 3

    What the Body Teaches the Soul about Breath, Exercise, Sex and God ’ s Design for Healthy Habits. with Justin Earley

    Episode 102 It was so good to have my friend Justin Earley back on the show today! If you missed the last episode with Justin and Brook Mosser, hosts of the Intentional Fatherhood podcast, you can listen to it here. It is a fun one and you don’t want to miss it. In episode 102, Justin and I dive into his newest book, The Body Teaches the Soul: Ten Essential Habits to Form a Healthy and Holy Life. I loved reading Justin’s book. As you can imagine, that made it hard to narrow down what parts of the book to focus on. But ultimately, I asked Justin if we could focus on the chapters of his book that covered 3 specific topics: breath, exercise and sex. It was such a good conversation! I walked away learning so much and I know you will too. As always, please share this episode and if you’ve never left a review of the podcast, do that today too! I’d be so grateful. And if you haven’t yet picked up your copy of It’s Time To Talk to Your Kids About Porn, consider this your weekly reminder to do so. You can find your copy here. 2026 is your year to have these conversations with your kids! Thanks for listening friends. I can’t wait to see you next week! Resources mentioned in this podcast: Find Justin’s website here Find Justin on Instagram here Find Justin’s book here Find the Intentional Fatherhood podcast here Find tickets to the Intentional Fatherhood retreat here Find info about Greta’s Women’s Walking Retreat in the Cotswolds here The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

    1h 3m

  4. JAN 27

    Ask Me Anything! with Greta Eskridge

    Episode 101  It’s been a while since I did an “Ask Me Anything” episode, so here we are!  This episode is all over the place, which only makes sense because you listeners gave me the topics to talk about. And you are all different and want to know different things. I love that!  So in this episode I shared about hormones and perimenopause, favorite books, raising young adults, my women’s walking retreat in the Cotswolds, and more. I hope you enjoy another little peek into my life.  Putting links to the walking retreat below, as well as a link to the book you need to read in 2026, It’s Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, make this the year you have one of the most important conversations in modern day parenting with your kids. Don’t worry, I wrote a guide to help you.    Resources mentioned in this episode:  Get info on my Women’s Walking Retreat in the Cotswolds here  Get my book here  The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

    21 min

  5. JAN 20

    Greta’s 100 Favorite Things for the 100th Episode

    Episode 100  10 Favorite (current) Worship Songs  1. My Testimony by Elevation Worship  2. Yet Not I but Through Christ in Me by City Alight  3. Scars by I Am They  4. I Thank God by Maverick City Music  5. Goodness of God by CeCe Winans  6. Sing Wherever I Go by We the Kingdom  7. Thank You Jesus for the Blood by Charity Gayle  8. What an Awesome God by Phil Wickham  9. Bless God by Brooke Ligertwood  10. Jesus Lifted Me by Cain    10 Favorite Bible Verses  1. “Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10  2. “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” II Corinthians 1:3-4  3. “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.” Genesis 5:20  4. “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:19  5. “I will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart. I will tell of all your wonders. I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.” Psalm 9: 1-2  6. “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” Act 4:12  7. “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:12  8. “So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten,” Joel 2:25  9. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4: 6-7  10. “Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel.” Ephesians 6:19  10 Favorite Treats  1. Milka chocolate bars  2. Iced lattes  3. Manzanilla green olives from Trader Joe’s (yes, specifically these)  4. Homemade popcorn  5. Coffee ice cream  6. Roasted and salted macadamia nuts   7. Kettle cooked potato chips  8. Kouign-amann pastries  9. Chips and salsa  10. Italian Confetti Almonds from Trader Joe’s (yes, specifically these)  10 Favorite Books  1. How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn  2. Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri  3. The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings  4. The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom  5. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder  6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee  7. Persuasion Jane Austen  8. The Chronicles of Narnia (the whole series) C. S. Lewis  9. Rainbow Valley by Lucy Maud Montgomery  10. God’s Smuggler by Brother Andrew  10 Favorite Movies  1. It’s a Wonderful Life  2. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty  3. Napoleon Dynamite + Nacho Libre (cannot pick one and they are a pair to me)  4. My Fair Lady  5. Sleepless In Seattle  6. Little Women (1994 version)  7. Sense and Sensibility  8. That Thing You Do  9. To Kill a Mockingbird  10. Up    10 Favorite Places I’ve Visited  1. Cinque Terre, Italy  2. The Cotswolds, England  3. Big Sur, CA  4. Murren, Switzerland  5. Meteora, Greece  6. Olympic National Park, WA  7. Annecy, France  8. Hyderabad and Secunderabad, India  9. Reykjavik, Iceland  10. Glacier National Park, MT    10 Favorite Coffee Shops   1. Scout Coffee, San Luis Obispo, CA  2. Honest Coffee, Franklin, Tenn  3. Orange Inn, Laguna Beach, CA  4. Certified Kitchen and Bakery, Boise, ID  5. Merchant, Long Beach, CA  6. Giovanni Cova & C, Milan, Italy  7. Jo’s Coffee, Austin, TX  8. Barista Parlor, Nashville, TN  9. Hooray Coffee, Redlands, CA  10. Sant’ Eustachio Il Caffee’, Rome, Italy    10 Favorite Things That Were Also Really Hard  1. Natural childbirth  2. Writing books  3. Being a public high school teacher  4. Becoming a speaker  5. Sharing the most vulnerable parts of our marriage story publicly  6. Running a half marathon  7. Fighting porn  8. Parenting teens and young adults  9. Home schooling  10. Becoming a podcaster    10 Favorite Things from Nature  1. Giant Sequoia trees  2. Cardinals  3. Sea otters  4. California Poppies  5. Coast Live Oak trees  6. Moss  7. Tidepools  8. Red Tailed Hawks  9. Wild Mustard  10. Dolphins    10 Favorite Adventures  1. My Christian walk  2. Being married to Aaron  3. Becoming a mom  4. Spending 2 summers in my teens in India with my dad  5. Summering in Scotland with 25 teens + Aaron when we were newlyweds  6. Becoming an author  7. Family road trip from California to Minnesota  8. Home schooling our kids  9. Backpacking through Europe as a young married couple  10. Family trip to Italy    10 Misc Favorite Things:  1. The color yellow  2. My Blundstone boots  3. My Nugget ice maker  4. Wearing brand new socks  5. Watching travel shows with Aaron (especially Stanley Tucci, Rick Steves and Travel Man)  6. Colorful bags from Orla Keily  7. My collection of Yearly bangles that Aaron started for me  8. Red shoes  9. Stickers – especially travel and encouraging words  10. My collection of Ronnie Kappos jewelry that Aaron started for me The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

    46 min

  6. JAN 13

    Helping Women Find Freedom from the Addiction and Shame of Masturbation with Molly Bertles

    Episode 99  If you had told me 15 years ago, or even 5 years ago that I’d be doing a podcast episode on masturbation, I’d never, ever believe you. But here we are, 99 episodes into my podcast having a conversation that I couldn’t imagine having. But over the years as I have talked with parents about creating a healthy sexual culture in their homes, one of the most common questions I get is: how do I talk about masturbation with my kids?” So it is something we absolutely need to talk about. But I’ll be the first to admit, it is a challenging topic.    That’s why I appreciate people like Molly Bertles and her boldness and vulnerability in writing an entire book on the topic of masturbation. And more specifically on women and masturbation, which is even less talked about. In fact, the topic of women and masturbation often has so much shame and loneliness attached to it. And that is part of the reason it is hardly ever talked about. Molly bravely and compassionately steps into this topic in her book and in this podcast episode with me.     Our goal is to help women find freedom from the shame and the addiction of masturbation and instead experience the goodness God is offering. This episode might be one you need to listen to for yourself, or to offer understanding and hope to a friend, or to equip you to talk about this with your own daughters and sons. I hope you’ll listen to this episode and hear in our voices and conversation that you don’t have to be embarrassed or uncomfortable talking about this topic. God cares about every part of our lives, our struggles our heartaches, our questions and our confusion. So yes, He cares about this. And we do too. So join us for episode 99, the one where we talk about masturbation.     Important things we talk about in this episode:   *That kids using masturbation is most often not a sexual act, but simply a kind of self-soothing.  *When masturbation does changes into a sexual activity.  *How so many of us never had parents or anyone talk about it with us as kids or teens.  *The way we act like masturbation is a male problem only and how that impacts women.  *Why people use masturbation and how it is often used to numb negative feelings.  *How masturbation is unhealthy and even harmful.  *How culture tries to make us think masturbation is perfectly fine and healthy.  *How masturbation hurts others.  *The danger of fantasy and masturbation.  *Why the gospel isn’t about performance or working for God’s love, but accepting the free gift God gave us.  *How some people choose masturbation after they’ve been hurt sexually and how God loves you so much in that place and why there is hope in this place!    Resources and other important things mentioned in this episode:   *Find Greta’s book, It’s Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn here  *Quote from Molly’s professor: “Sex in marriage is as holy as prayer.”  *The 2 lies Satan wants people to believe when they are stuck in sexual sin: “you are uniquely ruined by this and no one can ever find out.” Sam Alberry  *“The gospel applies to every part of our life, even our sex life.” Greta Eskridge    *We can, through Christ, renew our minds. That is spiritual and scriptural and scientific! Romans 12:2 is a good place to start with this understanding from a scriptural standpoint.  *Find more on the topic of women using masturbation and porn in this episode right here that I recorded with Joy Skarka and in Joy’s book here.    Where to find Molly  Find Molly’s book here  Find Molly on Instagram here  The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

    58 min

  7. JAN 6

    How Understanding Multiple Intelligences Helps You Understand Your Child with Dr. Kelly Cagle

    Episode 98  Happy New Year friends! I am delighted to be starting a new year with you on the podcast and I already have so many great things in store for us.  We’re starting today with my guest, Dr. Kelly Cagel. Dr. Kelly is all about helping families navigate life with kids who interact with the world differently through things like ADHD.  She came to the US from Brazil as a little girl, knowing no English and that experience made her want to help kids who are navigating school and growing up in the midst of challenges, just like she did.  If you are feeling frustrated or discouraged about your kid who always wants to move or be with his friends, let this episode be the one that encourages you to see those things as a benefit and not a detriment. We’ve all been in that place of discouragement, but we don’t have to stay there. Dr Kelly has tons of resources for you to help you with all this and more. Use the links below to find her!  Also, as we start this new year, can I ask a favor of you? Will you leave a review of this podcast? It’s one of the best ways for the podcast to grow. Leave one here.  Secondly, if you’ve read it, can you leave a review of my book, It’s Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn?  Thousands of you have read the book, but most of us don’t bother to leave reviews. But they are wildly important to the success of a book because they help put the book in front of more people. So please, will you take a moment and leave a couple of reviews for me?  Thanks friends! And happy new year!    Where to find Dr. Kelly:  Find Dr. Kelly’s website here  Find Dr. Kelly’s podcast here  Find Dr. Kelly on Instagram here  Find Dr. Kelly’s book here  Where to find Greta:  Find Greta’s most recent book here  Find info about Greta’s upcoming Women’s Walking Retreat in the Cotswolds here  The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

    45 min

  8. 12/30/2025

    Year End Reflections and New Year Hopes with Greta Eskridge

    Episode 97  Well this episode was far more emotional than I intended it to be. Get ready to hear me cry quite a bit as I process a little bit of 2025 with you. And then hear me cry even more as I talk about my hopes for the year ahead. I guess I had some things to process, and you get to come along for the ride. You’re welcome! But I am glad you’re here with me. Really truly glad you are a part of this little podcast community we have here. Thank you!  Links for all the things I talk about in this episode down below for you.   Happy, happy new year my friends! See you in 2026!    Resources mentioned in this episode:  *Get my new book, help protect your family and read Aaron and I’s story here  *Join me walking through the Cotswolds in 2026! Find info here  *See the “Footprints in the Sand” poem here  *Hebrews 13:5: “I will never leave you, nor forsake you.”  *Jesus Lifted Me by Brooke Ligertwood and CAIN (listen to it today!)  *Ephesians 6:19: “Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel.”   *Find Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri here (if somehow you have not read this book, read it first in 2026!  *Find Theo of Golden by Allen Levi here. (if somehow you have not read this book yet, read it next in 2026! And join my January book club where we’ll talk about it. Get updates on that in my newsletter here and on Substack here)    The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

    30 min
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We’re living in a time filled with distraction and disconnection from the things that matter most. Things like faith, family, friendship, and childhood innocence feel harder and harder to hold onto. But I believe a joyful, connected life is possible with Jesus’s help because he offers us life to the full! It’s time to open our eyes to the wonder God has put all around us, so join me each week on The Greta Eskridge Podcast as some of my favorite friends and I explore ways to create connection in our families and chase joy through both the peaks and valleys of parenting and life. The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information, visit www.ChristianParenting.org

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