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The After Dinner Mint is a podcast of Stories I'd Tell You at Dinner. We bring Christian women in Western Australia together through honest stories. One fortnight you get an interview with a local Christian woman about how she became a Christian, who encourages her, and what she has learned about God through suffering that she would not have learned otherwise. On the other fortnight, hosts Bec, Britt, Rach, and Maddy discuss what they're learning about faith, hope, and the right pair of jeans. Sign up to our newsletter, Stories I'd Tell You at Dinner to get honest stories from local Christian women in your inbox on Wednesdays.

  1. When You Are The Only Christian at Work

    MAR 31 ·  VIDEO

    When You Are The Only Christian at Work

    Today’s topic was requested in our end of year survey. It’s not an apologetics deep dive, but more, how do I be a Christian at work without being Ned Flanders? Join us as we explore the temptations like fear of our colleagues hating us and getting left out, what it means to see all people as made in the image of God, and balancing being kind and being faithful to what the Bible says. We don’t have the answers but we’re sharing what has helped us nut it out along the way. In today’s episode, we explore: 🎧 The places we’ve worked as well as the mistakes and temptations we’ve faced in the only Christian in secular workplaces 🎧 What has helped us to grow in faithfulness and love for our colleagues and clients. 🎧 The idea that everyone is made in God’s image and how this touches every part of our work. Check out the show notes for everything mentioned in the show. If you enjoyed this episode, sign up for honest stories in your inbox on Wednesdays (March through November) from local Christian women. One week you get essays and poetry, the next you get a podcast episode. If you want to send us compliments or constructive suggestions, get in touch at rebecca@storiesidtellyouatdinner.com.au. If you love the podcast, writing a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify helps other women find us. Thank you! Music: Come Back by Ketsa. Licensed under a Creative Commons License Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives 4.0 International License.

    56 min
  2. When You're Angry You're the One to Fix Everything: An Interview with Jill

    MAR 17 ·  VIDEO

    When You're Angry You're the One to Fix Everything: An Interview with Jill

    Welcome to Season 2 of Stories I’d Tell You at Dinner!  We are chatting with the delightful Jill, who is a GP and cross-cultural worker in the Middle East. She is also one of our writers here at Stories. We explore the cross-section of burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary traumatic stress, but basically: what happens when you feel like you’re being dumped by a wave, angry that you’re the one to fix it all, as well as how Jill found a richer and deeper faith on the other side of it. Jill grew up in Albany, studied in Perth & Sydney but now lives with three beautiful girl friends in a big ugly city in the Middle East. She helps lead a team doing community health programs and works as a GP with Syrian refugees. Learning Arabic was the hardest thing she’s undertaken. In her work she’s passionate about seeing the unseen people and helping Arab woman and teenagers learn emotional literacy and their God given identity. She enjoys textures, colours, photography and laughing at ridiculous ideas. This is a big year of transitions as she’s getting married in May, to an American! In today's episode, we explore: The joys of living cross-culturally, chaotic home visits, and learning to crack jokes in a new culture and language. Growing up in a Christian family, becoming a Christian as a child, and always being the “good” one. Moving to the Middle East as a cross-cultural worker, GP and community health worker. Walking through a season of burnout and compassion fatigue and how she found a deeper and richer faith on the other side of it.You can check out the show notes for everything mentioned in the episode. If you enjoyed this episode, sign up for free encouragement in your inbox on Wednesdays (from March-November) from local Christian women. One week you get essays and poetry, the next week you get a podcast episode. If you want to send us compliments or constructive suggestions, flick me an email rebecca@storiesidtellyouatdinner.com.au Music: Come Back by Ketsa. Licensed under a Creative Commons License Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives 4.0 International License.

    59 min
  3. Everything to Binge This Summer

    11/25/2025 ·  VIDEO

    Everything to Binge This Summer

    Think of Everything to Binge This Summer as your unhinged WhatsApp group chat with your friends and all their best recommendations: books, TV, and podcast episodes. We’re here to save you from the endless scroll cycle where you can’t think of a single thing you would like to watch, or indeed anything you have ever watched. Or the aimless stroll around the library questioning if you are indeed a person who reads? We’re preparing you for reading poolside, living your best beach life, and binge-watching TV with your favourite cousin. We got you! Of course, if we were actually chatting in person, there might be things that we wouldn’t recommend, but you know, given it’s a podcast we can’t tailor recs for everyone. So please use discernment and debrief with a friend if something we recommended is not good for you. Remember this chat? I mean, even in today’s episode we recommend stuff that the other podcast co-hosts would never read (see: 80s style vampire slayer horror novels). Check out the show notes for everything mentioned in the show. This is our last episode of 2025. Season 2 kicks off in March 2026. Please help us serve you better in 2026. Give us feedback either in our super short survey and let us know what you want us to chat about in 2026 or flick me an email at rebecca@storiesidtellyouatdinner.com.au If you enjoyed this episode, sign up for free encouragement in your inbox on Wednesdays from local Christian women. One week you get essays and poetry, the next week you get a podcast episode. Music: Come Back by Ketsa. Licensed under a Creative Commons License Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives 4.0 International License.

    54 min
  4. What I Learned Through Church Conflict: An Interview with Rhianon Rae

    11/11/2025 ·  VIDEO

    What I Learned Through Church Conflict: An Interview with Rhianon Rae

    We are interviewing all of our regular contributors in Season 1 for you to get to know them better. Today’s guest is Rhianon Rae, who shares beautifully about her difficulty with vulnerability throughout her life and what God has taught her about his faithfulness and peace through seasons of doubt and church conflict as a pastor's wife. Rhianon is married to Sam and spends much of her time loving and looking after their three (soon to be four) children. In God’s kindness, she first heard the gospel from her parents, and has since trained in Christian ministry with UWA Christian Union and Trinity Theological College. In this season, she enjoys leading a Bible study, coffee dates with friends, watching cricket, and dreaming of the day she can play netball again. In today’s episode, we explore: The joys of cricket, netball, and reading the Bible one to one with other women. Growing up in a Christian family on a farm in the country and becoming a Christian as a child. Struggling with doubts as a teenager and young adult, and the role Christian Union had in her life as they were not afraid of the big questions. Walking through a season of church conflict as a pastor’s wife and her fears of the damage to her reputation and relationships, her desire to avoid conflict, and what God taught her about forgiveness, his faithfulness and peace, and the value of having trusted people outside of your own ministry context to walk alongside you.You can check out the show notes for everything mentioned in the episode. If you enjoyed this episode, sign up for free encouragement in your inbox on Wednesdays from local Christian women. One week you get essays and poetry, the next week you get a podcast episode. If you want to send us compliments or constructive suggestions, flick me an email rebecca@storiesidtellyouatdinner.com.au  Music: Come Back by Ketsa. Licensed under a Creative Commons License Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives 4.0 International License.

    38 min
  5. Loving On Your Brothers and Sisters

    10/29/2025 ·  VIDEO

    Loving On Your Brothers and Sisters

    Loving On Your Brothers and Sisters was born from Britt texting this essay to our group chat and us collectively weeping at how beautiful and honest and encouraging it was. Join us as we debrief and process the practicalities of loving our as brothers and sisters in the church. 🎧 What it means to be brothers and sisters in Christ 🎧 Where we’ve seen this done well in our own lives 🎧 What we are working on to embrace the idea of church being family 🎧 The barriers we’ve grappled with as we try to love others (see: messy homes, fears of being a bad homemaker, busyness, not wanting to burden others, and not knowing where to start). Check out the show notes for everything mentioned in the show. If you enjoyed this episode, sign up for free encouragement in your inbox on Wednesdays from local Christian women. One week you get essays and poetry, the next week you get a podcast episode. If you want to say hello, give us a compliment or suggestion, drop a line to to rebecca@storiesidtellyouatdinner.com.au  Music: Come Back by Ketsa. Licensed under a Creative Commons License Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives 4.0 International License.

    47 min
  6. What I Learned When I Felt Weak: An Interview with Pearl Roycroft

    10/14/2025 ·  VIDEO

    What I Learned When I Felt Weak: An Interview with Pearl Roycroft

    We are interviewing all of our regular contributors in Season 1 for you to get to know them better. Today’s guest is Pearl Roycroft, a singer-songwriter and guitarist from Perth. In today’s episode, we explore: The joys of being in nature, writing poetry and performing music. Growing up with parents who were immigrants and became Christians in their 20s, and her own slow journey to a deeper faith. Pearl’s struggles with feeling weak and trusting God with her needs, including periods of travel across the country in her van and working in remote Aboriginal communities, and coming to trust more deeply in his love and provision for her. How these periods of struggle and changes of seasons have influenced her new album, Closing Doors.Check out the show notes for everything mentioned in the show. If you enjoyed this episode, sign up for free encouragement in your inbox on Wednesdays from local Christian women. One week you get essays and poetry, the next week you get a podcast episode. Pearl released her new album, Closing Doors, this year. You can listen to her music on Spotify and Bandcamp. You can see Pearl perform live by following through her company, @redgumrhythm and @pearl.music on Instagram. Music: Come Back by Ketsa. Licensed under a Creative Commons License Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives 4.0 International License.

    28 min
  7. The Internet Said Everyone Else is Doing It

    09/30/2025 ·  VIDEO

    The Internet Said Everyone Else is Doing It

    The Internet Said Everyone Else is Doing It is a light hearted debrief (with some cackles) with Maddy, Rach, and Bec about learning to parent while drowning in a sea of parenting advice online. Even if you are not a mother, just a woman casting her anxieties upon the internet and hoping for a sign, this is worth a listen as it is ultimately about growing in discernment. In today’s episode, we discuss: 🎧 Parenting strategies the internet said would work but did not work as promised with our families. 🎧 What we are learning about parenting as a Christian in a sea of secular parenting advice. 🎧 What we are learning about parenting as a Christian in a sea of “Christian” parenting advice. 🎧 What has actually helped us process problems in parenting. You can listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or anywhere you get podcasts. Check out the show notes for everything mentioned in the show. If you enjoyed this episode, sign up for free encouragement in your inbox on Wednesdays from local Christian women. One week you get essays and poetry, the next week you get a podcast episode. Music: Come Back by Ketsa. Licensed under a Creative Commons License Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives 4.0 International License.

    47 min
  8. What I Learned When I Wanted Friendship to be Unchanging: An Interview with Bethany Smith

    09/16/2025 ·  VIDEO

    What I Learned When I Wanted Friendship to be Unchanging: An Interview with Bethany Smith

    The After Dinner Mint is a podcast of Stories I’d Tell You at Dinner. We bring Christian women in Western Australia together through honest stories. Bethany Smith is a regular contributor to Stories I’d Tell You at Dinner and she shares her desire to hold on tightly to friendships after the isolation of interstate and overseas moves. She explains how God’s unchanging nature has been a comfort to her and has changed her approach to friendship as one of gratitude and openness. In today’s episode, we explore: Bethany’s role caring for her children and partnering with her husband in their ministry to students at UWA. Growing up as a pastor's kid and not remembering a day when she did not believe in Jesus. Her experiences in friendship and isolation with multiple moves overseas and interstate, the desire to hold on tightly to friendships and wanting them to be unchanging. We discuss how she has come to rest in the fact that God is the only one who is unchanging. How the change in her theology of friendships has changed how she approaches friendship.You can listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or anywhere you get podcasts. Check out the show notes for everything mentioned in the show. About BethanyBethany grew up on the South Coast of NSW, moved to Sydney for university, and met her husband, Matt, while studying at Moore Theological College. They moved to Perth in 2020 to share the gospel with university students at UWA. They’ve since had three children who she spends her days with, caring for and discipling in the Lord Jesus. Bethany enjoys reading, exercising, baking and attempting to keep her plants alive. Want honest stories from Christian women in Western Australia in your inbox on Wednesdays? Sign up here. Music: Come Back by Ketsa. Licensed under a Creative Commons License Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives 4.0 International License.

    42 min
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The After Dinner Mint is a podcast of Stories I'd Tell You at Dinner. We bring Christian women in Western Australia together through honest stories. One fortnight you get an interview with a local Christian woman about how she became a Christian, who encourages her, and what she has learned about God through suffering that she would not have learned otherwise. On the other fortnight, hosts Bec, Britt, Rach, and Maddy discuss what they're learning about faith, hope, and the right pair of jeans. Sign up to our newsletter, Stories I'd Tell You at Dinner to get honest stories from local Christian women in your inbox on Wednesdays.

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  • Creator
    Stories I'd Tell You at Dinner
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    The After Dinner Mint

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