It’ll Always Be Fun with Brooke and Miranda

This week, we’re talking about what it looks like to raise and teach kids who know how to repair relationships, take accountability, and offer a real apology — and why so much of that starts with us modeling it first. Courtney shares how she works to create patterns of repair and reconciliation in her classroom and how those lessons can spill over into life at home.

We also talk about giving ourselves the same grace we so freely give everyone else, why we should probably get a little more comfortable telling our friends that we love them, and the importance of letting kids see that grown-ups don’t always get it right either.

And then… things get considerably less serious. 😂

We get into the legend of the OG Mrs. Beaver, Courtney’s mother-in-law, who has taught at the same school for 40 years-is that intimidating? 😬

We talk about Courtney's questionable decision to ask Miranda for advice... 😬

Exhibit A: THE HAMSTER INCIDENT. 🐹

An innocent phone call. One questionable idea. Miranda saying, essentially, “This is the greatest idea we’ve ever had — let’s do it NOW!” And somehow Brooke ended up tearing her walls apart. 😂 We’re also convinced that it is a scientific fact that nobody has ever owned a hamster without eventually acquiring a traumatic hamster story.

Plus, we reminisce about some ridiculous things our boys did in third grade, and Courtney closes the episode with some beautiful advice for teachers, parents, and kids.

It’s heartfelt, hilarious, thoughtful, and a little bit unhinged — which feels about right. 💛

Come hang out with us, because when we’re together, it’ll always be fun! 🎙️✨

Some people feel like a breath of fresh air! And this week, we’re sitting down with someone who is just exactly that! Meet our lovely friend, Courtney Beaver! 🥰 Courtney is a teacher, photographer, mom of three, avid reader, Disney lover…and a self-proclaimed extroverted introvert. 😂

In Part One, we talk about her decision to move from third grade to fifth grade, what it’s like teaching her own daughter for the second year, and the creative ways she finds to help her students truly learn. We also hear how Courtney found her love for photography, why capturing families through different seasons of life means so much to her, and what she thought she was going to be when she grew up. 📚📸✨

But the conversation also goes deeper. Courtney opens up about anxiety, and how her own experiences help her better understand the kids in her classroom, and her struggle with postpartum anxiety and OCD — something she spent too long dealing with alone. ❤️

We talk about creating spaces where people feel included and loved, learning that feeling someone else’s emotions doesn’t mean we have to become their emotional regulator, and remembering that even little kids are incredibly intuitive and often want to help solve the problems around them.

There’s laughter, honesty, and so much heart in this one.

🎧 Join us Friday for Part One with Courtney Beaver — and come back next week for Part Two! Because when we’re together, It’ll Always Be Fun! 💜
 
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If you’re pregnant, postpartum, or adjusting to life with a new baby and struggling with anxiety, depression, OCD, or simply feeling overwhelmed, you don’t have to suffer alone. The National Maternal Mental Health Hotline is free, confidential, and available 24/7. Call or text 1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262) to connect with a trained counselor. 💛

This week we're back with part two with Jalyn Short, and we’re talking about where she’s headed next — in music, in life, and everywhere in between. 💜

Jalyn shares how she balances music, school, relationships, and real life, why mentorship matters, and what she’s learned about stepping outside your comfort zone to find your people — even when it feels scary. She also opens up about staying optimistic in the face of criticism, the artist who has influenced her most, and why storytelling is such a huge part of her songwriting. 🎤✍️

And of course, we get into her debut album, Where I’m Going! 🎧✨

Then things get a little less serious… Jalyn introduces Brooke and Miranda to some music that makes us realize just how old we actually are 😂, reveals a guilty-pleasure song we absolutely did not see coming, and helps us determine which words we are — and are definitely not — allowed to say anymore. 🤣

We wrap it all up by asking Jalyn one of our favorite questions: What would you tell 10-year-old Jalyn if you could talk to her today? 💜

Come laugh with us, get inspired, and hear what’s next for Jalyn Short — because she knows exactly where she’s going. 🎶

So grab your bestie, pull up a chair, and join us! Because when we’re together, it’ll always be fun! ❤️

This week, we’re sitting down with Jalyn Short, a 21-year-old singer-songwriter from Gallipolis, Ohio, to find out where her love for music began—and where that love has already taken her. 💜

Jalyn shares how music has always felt like home, why she’s somehow more comfortable on a stage than almost anywhere else, and why performing for a room full of strangers can actually be easier than singing for people she knows. 😅

We talk musical theater, finding confidence, her process for writing a song, and—of course—the very first song she ever wrote: the undeniably iconic “Peace Is Awesome.”🎵

Plus, we get into her love for acoustic guitars, whether an electric guitar might be in her future 👀🎸, and the possibility that her dad has been hiding some serious guitar-playing talent all along!

For Jalyn, music isn’t just something she loves to do—it’s something she believes she’s called to do. And this week, we’re going back to where it all began. ✨

Grab a friend and join us, because when we're together, it'll always be fun!

What if God never asked you to do it all? 💜

In Part Two with Cassie Walker, we’re talking about the difference between our doing and our being—and learning that our worth was never meant to come from how much we accomplish, how many people need us, or how available we can make ourselves.

Cassie joins Brooke 💜 and Miranda to talk about loving people without losing ourselves, discerning what actually deserves our “yes,” and realizing that not every ask is from God. We talk about being more present, leaving room to be interrupted, and remembering that the small things matter just as much as the “next big thing.” ✨

Maybe God didn’t make everyone to be the next Beth Moore—and that’s okay. Who He is crafting you to be is who is needed right now.

We also talk about how the Jesus Cassie knew at 20 is different from the Jesus she knows today, finding freedom from expectations, making room for dreams of our own… and whether Cassie, Brooke 💜 and Miranda are headed to the next Winter Olympics. 😂🏅

Most of all, Cassie reminds women everywhere:

💜 You are seen.
💜 You are valued.
💜 Your doing does not define your being.
💜 You do not have to earn your worth.

Sometimes the invitation isn’t to do more.

Sometimes it’s simply to be.

Grab a friend and join us for part 2 with our friend, Cassie! And remember, when we’re together it’ll always be fun! 💛