Join Lizzy, Tara, Valerie and Pilar for an extremely silly chatty episode where we talk blue laws, retina scans, boba/bubble tea, white lady mexican food, Pilar made popcorn and Adam aka Mr. Pilar makes a cameo (and tells a story), halloween candy (we have a 3:1 split in candy corn) and romance novels.

Good Catholic Women: After Dark (9 Months Later)

GCW Podcast Episode 15: I Kept Imagining Mountains

Tara and AnnMarie close out the month talking about their backgrounds of having family members who struggled with addiction, family dynamics, processing, forgiveness and having big sister syndrome.  If you or someone you know is dealing with addiction, please know there is both help and hope. September is National Recovery Month. For more information, support and resources, please visit: https://recoverymonth.gov/ Also checkout The Place We Find Ourselves by Adam Young: https://adamyoungcounseling.com/podcast/ And Al-Anon: https://al-anon.org/

Episode 14: Older Sister Syndrome

Samantha and Leslie are joined by special guest Quyen to talk about their journeys to becoming catechists for the wonderful Montessori-based Catechesis of the Good Shepherd program.  Interested in finding an Atrium near you?  Check out the official website: https://www.cgsusa.org/

Episode 13: Mommy, what is piety?

And we're BACK for SEASON 2!  Join Lizzy, Pilar and Tara for a chatty season opener where we talk about toddler destruction, balsamic vinegar, personality types, technology accidents, and what we did over the summer. 

Episode 12: One Time Pilar was Driving Down the Road

Pilar, Valerie and Lizzy chat about why our first season dropped off suddenly without explanation, summer plans, baseball, TLC reality shows, Valerie’s Irish twins, Pilar’s new hobby, favorite cocktails and Pilar gets a quick rundown about blue laws in the South. (Excuse Lizzy’s voice and some coughing. pneumonia recovery sucks.) Talk to you all in September when Season 2 Launches.  Milk Maid cocktail recipe: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/tequila-cocktail

Episode 11: You Wanna Get a Really High Head

Hey hey, an episode a day early! Valerie and Samantha talk about mental health, their diagnoses and the struggles that come with it, impacts to their lives and some self-care that they do to help.  St. Dymphna, pray for us!  Sponsor Valerie for the Out of the Darkness Overnight Walk in June: https://www.theovernight.org/participant/ValerieFesh  The Sneaky Hate Spiral: https://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/05/sneaky-hate-spiral.html?commentPage=2  Please see our FB page for a list of resources if you or someone you know is struggling with a mental health crisis.

Episode 10: Jig on His Couch (CW: Mental Health discussion)

Lizzy and Jacque talk about weddings, liturgical living the lazy way, Mother’s Day and their littlest’s favorite movies.

Episode 9: Itty Bitty Parking Spaces

Lizzy, Jacque and Tara chat about how they started veiling, hats, baby bonnets, Catholic feminists, cheese and Wisconsin royalty.  FemCatholic article mentioned: https://www.femcatholic.com/feminism-led-me-to-start-veiling/ Veil shops we love: https://www.veilsbylily.com/ http://veilsandmantillas.com/ https://www.etsy.com/shop/EvintageVeils Why Cheese Curds Squeak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD9RSnopfg0

Episode 8: Make like a Brontë Sister

Valerie and Alice talk about UFOs, the Easter Vigils they came into the Church, and the best and worst Easter Candies. Book Alice mentioned in this episode:  https://www.amazon.com/Pilgrim-Novel-Timothy-Findley/dp/0060929375 

Episode 7: Marshmallow Meet Chernobyl

Pilar and Lizzy play dating coaches/yentas to AnnMarie and talk all things dating, navigating dating websites, breakups and the non-Texans find out that Texas Rangers are actually a REAL LIFE THING. 

GCW Podcast Episode 6: Bring Back Calling Cards

Jacque, Valerie and Tara talk about wrangling toddlers and small children in Mass, cry rooms, little old church ladies, being Weirdo Catholics in their respective parts of the US and SNACKS!!!

Episode 5: Slap Em with a Dead Fish!

  A day late, and maybe a dollar short, here’s episode 4! Leslie and Lizzy catch up on life tonight along with some extreme nerdity – they talk about paper planners, stickers, washi tape, etsy shops, etc. (Excuse Lizzy’s sound – her good headphones are MIA, and her kiddos were chasing her around during recording. Consider the toddler sounds to be your Easter Egg for this episode. Also our audio did something REALLY weird.) Hey twitter and RSS followers, check our Facebook page for ALL the links!

GCW Podcast Episode 4: Don't Yuck on Someone Else's Yum

Meet Samantha, Lauren and Siobhan in this week's episode!  They chat about their backgrounds and one of the biggest elephants in the room when you're Catholic and married: natural family planning.  This is likely going to the just the first of many episodes about NFP to come. Enjoy! ALSO please excuse the bumps.  We're still trying to parse together WHY our recording software likes to drop android users. 

Episode 3: Life Finds a Way

Leslie, Pilar and Tara chat about their Ron Swanson moments, how they met their husbands,  and the role their Catholic faith plays in their marriages.

Episode 2: Your Mom Says You Have to Eat This

Lent has begun, and we’re all trying to find out groove, so no recording this week. Instead enjoy a couple outtakes from our first episode!

Bonus 1: iOS vs Droid

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