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Today I am so excited to welcome homeschool grad and young author, the wonderful Millie Florence! This was my first time meeting Millie, but we share some friends and life experiences, so it felt like we were old friends right away. Millie has multiple middle grade novels out in the world, and her newest novel, Beyond Mulberry Glen comes out in January of 2025. I loved talking to Millie about this new book, about home schooling, about creativity, writing, publishing and more! I know you’ll love this conversation too. Enjoy!

Where to find Millie:

Her website here

Her newest book here

Her Instagram here

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Pre-order goodies here

Brave Writer (a home school writing program) here

Honey Butter (Millie’s first book) here

Ingram Spark (self-publishing book distributor) here

Waxwing Books (Millie’s publisher) here

Some favorite quotes from this episode:

“Home school is customizable.” Millie Florence

“My mom wanted our home school to be directed by the things we delighted in.” Millie Florence

“There was never a time in my life when I didn’t want to be a writer.” Millie Florence

“You’re never going to be ready. You just have to do it.” Sarah Mackensie

“Look at what you have and use that to the best of your ability.” Millie Florence

I am delighted to introduce you to today’s guest, my friend Alicia Hutchinson. Alicia and I have been online friends for a long time, and I have enjoyed learning from and have been inspired by her through those years. Alicia is a home schooling mom of 4, the founder of the Learning Well Community and the Learning Well Journal. She is not afraid to go deep and in fact, she’d much rather go deep than waste time with small talk. As a result, we dive deep right away in this podcast episode where we talk about a lot of things, but especially focus on home schooling in the high school years. I know you will enjoy this episode!

Where to find Alicia:

On her website here

In her home school journal here

On Instagram here and here

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Some favorite quotes from this episode:

“Hard things are not bad things, and sometimes they’re the best things!” Alicia Hutchinson

“The growth that happens from 14-18 is phenomenal and I would not miss that for the world.” Alicia Hutchinson

“High school is like the frosting on the cake!” Alicia Hutchinson

“There is a fear that comes with keeping kids home in high school but we don’t have to give into that.” Greta Eskridge

“I can’t teach my kids physics, but I bet I can find someone who can!” Greta Eskridge

“Everything you say yes to, you are saying no to something else.” Alicia Hutchinson

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Today’s episode is extra fun because it is my first episode with a guest from outside the Untied States. Meet Dave Boden, my friend from England! Dave is also the husband of one of my dear friends, Leah Boden, who is also known as Modern Miss Mason. Dave and I thought it was great fun that he was a guest on my show before Leah was. We sure had a great time together in this episode. I especially loved talking to Dave about his heart for reaching the next generation for Christ. Whether you have teens in your life or will one day, this episode will remind you that teenagers and young adults are craving meaning and purpose in their lives and we can help them find that through Jesus. I know you’ll love this conversation.

Where to find Dave:

On Substack here

His website here

On Instagram here

His book Like or Follow here

His book Parallel Faith here

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Get a discount on bulk orders of Dave’s book Like or Follow from 10 of Those here

Some favorite quotes from this episode:

“The heart of my family is all about the next generation. That is what we’re passionate about. We’re captivated by reaching the next generation.” Dave Boden

“If we’re open to teens and we don’t think the worst of them, we’ll see they’re such incredible people. At that time of life, they’re so excited about the world and they have ideas and questions and they want to learn.” Greta Eskridge

“Discover how Jesus can reframe your world with hope and purpose.” Dave Boden

“A part of our call as Christians is to leave our Christian bubble, bridge the gap and go where people are.” Dave Boden

“There are three questions every person has: who am I, what am I here for and where do I belong? Young people are asking these questions and searching for the answers.” Dave Boden

“Jesus is a real person who answers the real questions in our lives, but the places young people are searching won’t necessarily lead them to this answer.” Dave Boden

“Your kid might be pretty good at attending church. But the goal of Christianity is not to church people. The goal of Christianity is to help people become like Jesus.” Dave Boden

“So for me the end result is how Christ like are my children becoming? And how can our children become Christ like if they don’t know Christ?” Dave Boden

“Young people are looking for adventure. They’re looking for a sense of purpose. They are looking to right wrongs. And they’re longing for hope.” Dave Boden

“Teen don’t want to just be told about their faith. They want to go out and do it!” Dave Boden

“We’re meant to be inspired by Jesus and then go out and do inspiring things with Jesus! That message is incredible for teenagers! It helps them know they’re called to a great destiny.” Dave Boden

“Let’s rebel against low expectations! Jesus has incredible expectations for all His disciples.” Dave Boden

“Parents are so scared of the teen years. And I just tell them that it is an amazing time! Just like they were incredible humans when they were babies and toddlers and preschoolers, they’re incredible humans when they’re teenagers!” Greta Eskridge

“We should say to teens, “look at all you can do as a young person of faith!” Greta Eskridge

“As parents we need to support our kids as they make their faith their own. And a lot of times that looks like saying, “yes, you can have your friends over to sit around and talk about God. I’ll make snacks.” Greta Eskridge

The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org