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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

It's the week of Mother's Day, so let's talk about being grounded, making time for yourself, and being close to God- whether this Mother's Day is your best yet or a heartbreaking thought. Gretchen Saffles, author of The Well-Watered Woman, is here to talk to us through this season and the importance of being in the Word of God on a daily basis. . . . . . 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. Curology: Go to Curology.com/thatsoundsfun for a free 30-day trial, just pay for shipping and handling. Indeed: Get started with a FREE $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post at indeed.com/SOUNDSFUN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dear friends, today we have a conversation about suicide. I want you to know that up front, so that you can listen without miniBFFs and know going into it what the topic is. One of your (and my!) favorite guests, Dr. Matthew Sleeth, is back today talking all about his new book Hope Always (it releases May 4, but go ahead and order today so it shows up for you next week!) and about how to be a force for life in a culture of suicide. This is an important conversation and one I think it very hope-filled. Listen and share it widely- let's be a part of saving lives! . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners of the show!  Thistle Farms: Go to thistlefarms.org and use the code "thatsoundsfun" for 15% off!  Brooklinen: Go to brooklinen.com and use promo code "thatsoundsfun" to get $20 off any purchase of $100 or more. Modern Fertility: Modern Fertility is offering our friends $20 off the test when you go to Modernfe

You've seen the instagram account, but it's time to meet Ben Kirby, the guy behind PreachersNSneakers! He's funny and wise and one of YOUR questions gets us both teary! His new book releases tomorrow, his new baby was just born, and this is a really fun conversation! Can't wait to hear your thoughts! . . . . . 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.  ThirdLove: Go to thirdlove.com/soundsfun to get 20% off your first purchase!  Rothy's: Check out all the amazing shoes, bags and masks available right now at Rothys.com/SOUNDSFUN. Green Chef: Go to https://GreenChef.com/90thatsoundsfun and use code 90thatsoundsfun to get $90 off including free shipping! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many of us have found Every Moment Holy to be a profoundly helpful resource in our own lives. Volume 2 has just released with a focus on grief and today the author, Douglas McKelvey, joins us for an honest conversation about the power of written down prayers, the need for prayer in grief, and how to create something that will outlast you. This is a beautiful conversation that I think you will love. . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! Enneapath: To become a member of Enneapath, just go to www.yourenneapath.com/join. It’s only $14.99 per month at to join or $9.99/month for founding members who join the week of April 19th! KiwiCo: Get 30% off your first month plus FREE shipping on ANY crate line with code THATSOUNDSFUN at kiwico.com. Thrive Market: Join Thrive Market today to get 25% off your first order AND an exclusive FREE gift! Go to Thrivemarket.com/THATSOUNDSFUN. Learn more about your ad choices.

When word got around that Harry Connick Jr had a faith-inspired album releasing, my ears and my interviewing heart both perked up. What an absolute HONOR to have him on the podcast, to talk about his new about Alone In My Faith, and to learn so much about his faith and family and now I for sure want to get his dad on the podcast! (You'll hear why and totally agree with me!) Can't wait to hear your thoughts! . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners!  Enneapath: To become a member of Enneapath for just $14.99 a month, just go to yourenneapath.com/join. OR its $9.99/month for founding members who join the week of April 19th! Liquid IV: Get 25% off when you go to liquid-iv.com and use code THATSOUNDSFUN at checkout. 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

What a legit joy to release a book twin with Laura Tremaine! We have been DYING to get on the pod together so it's finally the day! I learn a lot from her, and her book Share Your Stuff. I'll Go First, about friendship and hope and how to do life really well. I can't wait for y'all to join in this conversation with us!  . . . . . 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. Raycon: Go to buyraycon.com/thatsoundsfun for 15% off your order!  StitchFix: Get started today at StitchFix.com/thatsoundsfun and you’ll get 25% off when you keep everything in your Fix! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is a spiritual experience and I think you'll be as grateful for it as I am! Pastor Francis Chan is an absolute hero and a legend in our faith. Our conversation changed how I think about love and how I think about the church and my neighbors. His new book Until Unity is so timely and important- I hope you'll grab a copy today. . . . . . Sign up to receive the AFD Week In Review email and ask questions to future guests! #thatsoundsfunpodcast Thank you to our partners! Feetures: Get $10 Off Your First Pair of Feetures when you go to feetures.com/SOUNDSFUN. Flamingo: Get the shave set today for $16 plus FREE shipping! Get yours today at shopflamingo.com/ANNIE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices