That Sounds Fun With Annie F. Downs

What a joy to have Jess Connolly back on the podcast, talking through the concepts around her new book Breaking Free From Body Shame. Jess is such a voice in the desert when it comes to this topic and I'm so thankful to be talking with her about it! This book matters so so much. Grab your copy, and a few to pass out to friends, today! . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! Cru: When you sign up to provide 3 Bibles with a monthly gift of $21, as a thank you, Cru will provide meals to five hungry families through their humanitarian aid ministry AND you’ll receive a promo code for 10% off at shopanniefdowns.com. Simply text FUN to 71326 to help today or visit give.cru.org/Fun. Message and data rates may apply. Cru’s Terms of Use – https://www.cru.org/us/en/about/terms-of-use.html Cru’s Privacy Policy – https://www.cru.org/us/en/about/privacy.html KiwiCo: Get your FIRST MONTH FREE on select crates at kiwico.com

Corey and Blair, our #EnneaSummer2021 fours, really showed up for us today. So many thoughts, so many feelings, such generosity and kindness. Fours go towards (1) in security and towards (2) in stress, so hearing them process that and respond to Suzanne Stabile's thoughts will really help you if you know or love any enneagram fours! . . . . Listen to : EnneaSummer2019: Fours and EnneaSummer2020: Fours Our hashtags : #EnneaSummer2021 #thatsoundsfunpodcast ... join in the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome. :) Thank you to our partners! Modern Fertility: Right now, Modern Fertility is offering our friends $20 off the test when you go to ModernFertility.com/thatsoundsfun. Prose: Take your FREE in-depth hair quiz and get 15% off your first order today! Go to Prose.com/thatsoundsfun.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emma and Justin are about to tell you all the reasons that we need and love Threes in our everyday life! Wow I love these friends and the way they are learning and growing and serving in their number. Threes go towards (6) in security and towards (9) in stress, so hearing them process that and respond to Suzanne Stabile's thoughts will really help you if you know or love any enneagram threes! Listen to : EnneaSummer2019: Threes and EnneaSummer2020: Threes Our hashtags : #EnneaSummer2021 #thatsoundsfunpodcast ... join in the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome. :) Thank you to our partners!  Satisfied by Alyssa Bethke: You can learn more and pre-order the book right now to get some free goodies from Alyssa at SatisfiedBook.com. Grove Collaborative: Go to Grove.com/SOUNDSFUN to choose a FREE gift with your first order of $30 or more. Nutrafol: Get $15 OFF at Nutrafol.com and enter the promo code TSF at checkout. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad ch

Y'all. I know. This may be as wild to y'all as it is to me, but today we get to talk with Michael W. Smith, an absolute legend in the music world (and in my own personal faith life and story). His new book The Way Of The Father will be a great gift to pass around this Father's Day! Hope you enjoy this conversation! . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! BetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/thatsoundsfun.  Raycon: Go to buyraycon.com/THATSOUNDSFUN to get 15% off your entire Raycon order!  Indeed: Get a free $75 sponsored credit at Indeed.com/soundsfun!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wow these Twos. I learned so much, was so moved by their honesty and their hearts. Ashley and Danny are so generous with their words and with their actions, as you will hear today. Twos go towards (4) in security and towards (8) in stress, so hearing them process that and respond to Suzanne Stabile's thoughts will really help you if you know or love any enneagram twos! . . . . . Listen to : EnneaSummer2019: Twos and EnneaSummer2020: Twos Our hashtags : #EnneaSummer2021 #thatsoundsfunpodcast ... join in the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome. :) Thank you to our partners! Your Enneagram Coach: Learn more and sign up for your free Core Essentials for Enneagram Coaching minicourse at yourenneagramcoach.com/tsf. Feetures: Get $10 Off your first pair of Feetures when you go to feetures.com/SOUNDSFUN. Liquid IV: Get 25% off ANYTHING you order using promo code THATSOUNDSFUN at liquid-iv.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I have known these EnneaSummer2021 Ones, Brad and Fallon, for almost a decade. To hear them dig into their own hearts and own stories really moved me. Ones go towards (7) in security and towards (4) in stress, so hearing them process that and respond to Suzanne Stabile's thoughts will really help you if you know or love any enneagram ones! . . . . . Listen to : EnneaSummer2019: Ones and EnneaSummer2020: Ones Our hashtags : #EnneaSummer2021 #thatsoundsfunpodcast ... join in the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome. :) Thank you to our partners! Your Enneagram Coach: For a limited time, Beth is offering this mini course to our friends for FREE! Learn more and sign up for your free Core Essentials for Enneagram Coaching minicourse at yourenneagramcoach.com/tsf. Flamingo: Get Flamingo’s award-winning Shave Set for just $16 at shopflamingo.com/ANNIE.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last weekend, Hillsong Atlanta held their first Sunday service and the pastor of the new church, Sam Collier, joins us today. What it's like to plant a church in such a challenging time, how this became the right yes for Sam and his family, and what it is like to lead an intentionally diverse community of believers. I hope you'll join me in sowing into this new faith community by giving to the work here--> http://hillsong.com/atlanta . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! BetterHelp: As one of my friends, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/thatsoundsfun. Rothy's: Head to Rothys.com/SOUNDSFUN to find your new favorites today. Brooklinen: Go to Brooklinen.com and use promo code "soundsfun" to get $20 off, with a minimum purchase of $100. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our EnneaSummer2021 series continues with Adam and Camille, two really healthy and lovely nines. I feel like I understand nines so much better than I did before! I loved hearing from Suzanne Stabile about what it is like when nines go to their security number (3) and towards their stress number (6) and hearing Adam and Camille talk through that gave me such compassion and understanding! . . . . . Listen to : EnneaSummer2019: Nines and EnneaSummer2020: Nines Our hashtags : #EnneaSummer2021 #thatsoundsfunpodcast ... join in the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome. :) Thank you to our partners!  Third Love: Go to thirdlove.com/SOUNDSFUN now to get 20% off your first purchase! Your Enneagram Coach: For a limited time, Beth is offering this mini course to our friends for FREE! Learn more and sign up for your free Core Essentials for Enneagram Coaching minicourse at yourenneagramcoach.com/tsf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We start this year's EnneaSummer2021 episodes with our mighty eights. What a gift to hear Matt and Ali process together about their eight-ness, respond to Suzanne Stabile's thoughts on not only who they are as eights, but what it is like when they go towards their stress number (5) and their security number (2). This one gets SO interesting! . . . . . Listen to : EnneaSummer2019: Eights and EnneaSummer2020: Eights Our hashtags : #EnneaSummer2021 #thatsoundsfunpodcast ... join in the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome. :) . . . . . Thank you to our partner! Native: Stay fresh, stay clean with Native by going to http://nativedeo.com/thatsoundsfun, or use promo code thatsoundsfun at checkout, and get twenty percent off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MOVIE STAR ALERT! Y'all, Rose Reid is such a special person... this whole conversation is one of my new favorites! I so loved her new movie Finding You that as soon as I saw it, I wanted to have her on the show! Make sure you go see that movie in the theater- it's soooo sweet and fun and a great escape kind of movie! . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our show's partner! BetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/thatsoundsfun!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's start here: what's a podcast network? Well, the That Sounds Fun Network is an amusement park of podcasts created to entertain, impact, help and bless you and the people you love. So if you love TSF the show, we think and hope you'll love all the shows on the TSF Network. Today we get to welcome another AMAZING show to the network- Hope Still Wins with Ben Higgins! Ben is a good friend of the show- you've heard him before, but you know him best as the author of Alone in Plain Sight and a former Bachelor! His new show, Hope Still Wins, takes his wildly popular instagram live show to deeper and newer levels of conversations and information. Y'all are going to love it!  Go subscribe today! The show launches TODAY and the first one (with LaTasha Morrison!) is ready for you RIGHT NOW and new shows will release every Tuesday! . . . . . #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partner! Literati: Redeem your FREE trial at Literati.com/SOUNDSFUN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to kickoff a really fun month here on the pod! ENNEASUMMER2021! We will spend the next few Mondays and Fridays talking about the enneagram with friends of each type and especially focusing on where each number goes in security and stress. But today, we start the series with an expert point of view, thanks to our friend and Enneagram Coach Haley Watkins. We'll go over each type, and what it means to go towards stress and security, and get you ready for a month of learning and growing. Also- here is some research about the origins of the enneagram from Your Enneagram Coach: ORIGINS We'll be using #EnneaSummer2021 for our hashtag this month, so as you discover your number and dig in deeper, include the hashtag in your posts so we can learn along with you! . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! Ritual: Ritual is offering my friends 10% off during your first 3 months. Visit ritual.com/THATSOUNDSFUN to

What an honor to have the former governor of Tennessee, Bill Haslam, joining us today for a conversation about faith in the public square. Spending a lot of his adult life as a public servant, Governor Haslam has some really important thoughts on where government meets faith and the importance of who you are informing what you do. His new book Faithful Presence is a fascinating read about life in politics and where we all fit in a growing and flourishing community.  . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! Thrive Market: Join Thrive Market today to get $20 off your first order AND an exclusive FREE gift! The ONLY way to get this offer is by going to ThriveMarket.com/THATSOUNDSFUN. BetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/thatsoundsfun.  Modern Fertility: Modern Fertility is offering my friends $20 off the test when you go to ModernFertility.com/thatsoundsfun.  Learn more about

I've always loved Michelle Williams, since her Destiny's Child days, but I love her even more after today's hilarious, honest, and moving conversation. Her new book, Checking In: How Getting Real about Depression Saved My Life---and Can Save Yours, releases TOMORROW! Go ahead and order your copy today! . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! KiwiCo: Get 30% off your first month plus FREE shipping on ANY crate line with code THATSOUNDSFUN at kiwico.com. Rothy's: Upgrade your closet with washable, sustainable, stylish shoes and bags from Rothy’s. Head to Rothys.com/SOUNDSFUN to find your new favorites today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christine Caine is BACK and as FIRECRACKER as ever for us! Man today's convo is IMPORTANT. Yes- it's a notetaking one for sure. Her new book How Did I Get Here? is really powerful and important. It releases June 8th, but go ahead and pre-order today!  ALSO! Join us on June 10th for an exclusive online event to celebrate the book launch! Head to https://www.howdidigetherebook.com/. . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! BetterHelp: As one of my friends, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/thatsoundsfun. Brooklinen: Go to Brooklinen.com and use promo code "thatsoundsfun" to get $20 off, with a minimum purchase of $100.  Liquid-IV: Get 25% off when you go to liquid-iv.com and use code THATSOUNDSFUN at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oh I cannot wait for y'all to hear this amazing story from my friend and one of my favorite singer/songwriters, Thad Cockrell. You may have seen him recently on The Tonight Show or on The Today Show, both of which we talk about today. What a beautiful and encouraging conversation you are about to hear. I'll never forget it. . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! Prose: Take your FREE in-depth hair quiz and get 15% off your first order today! Go to Prose.com/thatsoundsfun. ThirdLove: Go to thirdlove.com/SOUNDSFUN now to get 20% off your first purchase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Y'all aren't READY for how funny and profound Tim Timmons is... this dude is just one of my absolute favorites. His new album HERE is so special, as is this convo. It's my favorite type of combo- deep and wide. What a great musician and man. . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! BetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/thatsoundsfun. Raycon: Go to buyraycon.com/THATSOUNDSFUN to get 15% off your entire Raycon order. Rothy's: Check out all the amazing shoes, bags and masks available right now at Rothys.com/SOUNDSFUN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's start here: what's a podcast network? Well, the That Sounds Fun Network is an amusement park of podcasts created to entertain, impact, help and bless you and the people you love. So if you love TSF the show, we think and hope you'll love all the shows on the TSF Network. Today we get to welcome our TENTH!! show to the network- Live in Love Podcast with Lauren Akins! Lauren is the New York Times bestselling author of Live in Love, mom of three, loves her family and friends, married to a country music star, and she deeply loves God and loves talking about Him. We get to meet so many of her dearest people in these episodes, it's so special. I really think this is a podcast that y'all are absolutely going to love. Go subscribe today! This season is eight episodes and the first one is ready for you RIGHT NOW and new shows will release every Tuesday!  . . . . . #thatsoundsfunpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yep. THIS Matthew McConaughey. It was such a joy and such an honor to get to chat with Matthew. His book Greenlights released a few months ago and talking to him about God and open doors and green lights and how to know the path that is for you- it was really moving to me. I can't wait to hear your thoughts on this conversation! (There’s a little grownup language in this show, so miniBFF ears proceed with caution.) . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! Satisfied by Alyssa Bethke  Feetures: Get $10 Off Your First Pair of Feetures when you go to feetures.com/SOUNDSFUN. Flamingo: Get your Flamingo shave set today for just $16 + shipping at shopflamingo.com/ANNIE.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This show is for every woman. For all the ways you mother, whether you are raising children or not. And please PLEASE stick around until the VERY end for a special moment, just for you. Our guests today- Jada Edwards Kiley Dean I hope you all feel seen and loved and full of purpose this Mother's Day! . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners!  Ritual: Get 10% off during your first 3 months. Visit ritual.com/THATSOUNDSFUN to start your Ritual today!  Indeed: Get a FREE $75 CREDIT at Indeed.com/SOUNDSFUN. Offer valid through June 30th. Terms and conditions apply. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices