Coffee + Crumbs Podcast

Food is a love language, and if it's your love language, this episode is for you. Ruth Gyllenhammer, writer and content director for Coffee + Crumbs, joins Ashlee and Katie to talk about getting out of your comfort zone, the gift of being fully present, and what it looks like to feed our families. Whether you're away from home, or looking to start new rhythms around your family table, we hope this episode encourages you to practice hospitality right where you are.
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Ruth talks about her travels to Shanghai; listen to this bonus episode to hear how we do Traveling with Friends.
For more encouragement in your motherhood journey, check out the stories at Coffee + Crumbs.


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The Artist Date of the Era by Ruth Gyllenhammer 

Ashlee's Instagram post about the Taylor Swift concert in Germany

The Supper of the Lamb by Robert Farrar Capon

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Today, in our ongoing You're in Good Company series, Molly Flinkman tells us about the time she invited nine strangers into her home for Thanksgiving. She fully owns what an insane situation it was while also making a compelling case for why it mattered so much. In this episode, you'll hear how Molly came to value this kind of hospitality—why she keeps her eyes open for strangers in need—and she'll also give some smaller scale suggestions about how this can play out in our real lives. In all the stories she tells, Molly invites us to consider the question she continually asks herself: What kind of stranger will you be?
This show is brought to you ad-free by our generous Substack community. If you'd like to support the work we do for as little as $3/month, head to coffeeandcrumbs.substack.com to join us (and get bonus episodes!). For show notes, go to coffeeandcrumbs.net/podcast.
We love hearing Molly tell stories; listen to this bonus episode to hear more stories from the C+C team, Story Slam.
For more encouragement in your motherhood journey, check out the stories at Coffee + Crumbs. 

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Today, writer Becky Morquecho joins us to chat about the challenges of food restrictions and what they've taught her about hospitality. She shares the hardships of her daughter's medically necessary strict diet but also encourages us with big and little ways friends make them feel included in the midst of barbecues and birthday parties. Whether you or your child is gluten-free, diabetic, has a dairy or nut allergy, or a rare metabolic disorder like Becky's daughter, we hope this episode says "We see you!" and maybe even inspires you to keep an extra jar of pickles in the fridge for someone you love.
This show is brought to you ad-free by our generous Substack community. If you'd like to support the work we do for as little as $3/month, head to coffeeandcrumbs.substack.com to join us (and get bonus episodes!). For show notes, go to coffeeandcrumbs.net/podcast.
Becky encourages us to come alongside friends who can't eat whatever they want; listen to this bonus episode to come alongside friends by Asking Better Questions.
For more encouragement in your motherhood journey, check out the stories at Coffee + Crumbs.

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Today we're joined by Adrienne Garrison, a writer, educator, and podcaster, whose life and work explore hospitality as both a creative practice and a form of survival. From a years-long holiday cookie swap that followed her across states, to designing meaningful learning experiences for her children, to podcasting as an act of deep listening, Adrienne invites us to consider what it means to host others with intention. We talk about loneliness, belonging, and the fierce hope that generosity might lead to connection, and how these experiences shape the stories we tell. Whether you love throwing dinner parties or crafting sentences, this conversation reframes hospitality as a brave and deeply creative act.

This show is brought to you ad-free by our generous Substack community. If you'd like to support the work we do for as little as $3/month, head to coffeeandcrumbs.substack.com to join us (and get bonus episodes!). For show notes, go to coffeeandcrumbs.net/podcast.
While Adrienne is organizing podcasts and cookie swaps, we're over here trying to get our act together; listen to this bonus episode to see what's working and what's not: Organize My Life, Please.
For more encouragement in your motherhood journey, check out the stories at Coffee + Crumbs.



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Worlds Within podcast series

I Will Wait by Adrienne Garrison

Exhale Creativity podcast

Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition by Margot Lee Shetterly

Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

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From lessons learned while living overseas to her small town library storytime, today author Kim Knowle-Zeller shares how blessings can bind us together. You'll hear how she started offering and receiving blessings and how it may be easier than you think to create a welcoming culture with your own hospitable words. Kim reminds us that building community takes time but encourages us to keep initiating. We hope this episode inspires you to see the power in gathering and offering words that bless others along the way. 
This show is brought to you ad-free by our generous Substack community. If you'd like to support the work we do for as little as $3/month, head to coffeeandcrumbs.substack.com to join us (and get bonus episodes!). For show notes, go to coffeeandcrumbs.net/podcast.
Kim encourages us to invite a friend for coffee while the kids play or start an in-person book club; listen to this bonus episode to see how else we're Taking Friendships Out of the Group Chat.
For more encouragement in your motherhood journey, check out the stories at Coffee + Crumbs.


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The Beauty of Motherhood by Kim Knowle-Zeller and Erin Strybis

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Kayla Craig

Kate Bowler

Every Moment Holy by Douglas Kaine McKelvey

The last episode of the Risen Motherhood podcast

Exhale Creativity

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