Work and Play with Nancy Ray – Details, episodes & analysis

If you do absolutely nothing else with this episode, then listen to the intro. I want you to listen to my encouragement to take time to reflect at the end of your year.

Today, I am going to be sharing my three favorite rhythms (or traditions or appointments) I put in my calendar at the end of every single year to finish the year well. These are things that really make me pause and reflect on the things that I have learned, the mistakes that I have made, and how I want to change. That can make all the difference.

Resources from this episode:

Dwell Bible App Deals

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living book by Dale Carnegie

Free Guide - A Vision for this Season

The 12 Week Year Podcast

The 12 Week Year Book

The Contentment Challenge

Nancy Ray Website

Nancy Ray on Instagram

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I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Now it’s time to get into the Christmas spirit. Today, I’m going to be sharing my five favorite Christmas traditions, my five favorite gifts to give at Christmas time, and my five favorite Christmas albums to listen to.

Resouces from this episode:

Calm Amidst the Chaos Podcast Series

The Giving Manger

Instax Camera

Every Moment Holy Volume I

Every Moment Holy Volume II

Every Moment Holy Volume III

Chunky Knit Blanket

Mulling Spices

Made for People by Justin Whitmel Earley

Relaxed by Megan Fate Marshman

Charlie Brown Christmas Album

A Midnight Clear by John Nilsen

The Christmas Cocktails Album

The Holiday Soundtrack

Elf Soundtrack

Sufjan Stevens Christmas Collection

Be Merry Playlist

Nancy Ray Website

Nancy Ray on Instagram

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Today’s episode is fun, lighthearted, and it’s all about fall. I am going to share with you ten things that I have tried and loved this time of year and ten things that I plan to try this autumn.

Resources from this episode:

Calm Amidst the Chaos Podcast Series

Magnolia Hearth and Hand Candle

Autumn Playlist

Venison/Beef Chili

White Chicken Chili

Butternut Squash Soup

Dill Pickle Chicken Salad

Olive and June Nail Polish

Harvest Salad

Kizik Shoes

Artifact Uprising

Vitamin C Powder

Nancy Ray Website

Nancy Ray on Instagram

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Hello and happy June! Today is a full and exciting episode because I have some updates for you for the Summer and it's a book club episode, which are always my favorites. This book kind of has a funny story with it—which I'll get to.

We are out of school, we're getting used to new rhythms with all the kids home and I've got some fun Summer episodes coming up. Lots to talk about today, but today's book is called The 4 Disciplines of Execution and it was a doozy of a business book. There was a lot in there, but I'm really excited to simplify it and kind of translate it to how we can apply it to our work and our homes. It's going to be good.

For the full show notes, head to nancyray.com/podcast/161

The Four Disciplines of Execution, by Chris McChesney

Nancy Ray Book Club

The 12 Week Year, by Brian P. Moran

Welcome to May is for Mama's, when every episode in the month of May is dedicated to all you mamas listening with topics and conversations specifically designed for you!

Today, we have the privilege of hearing from my friend and mama mentor, Renee Swope, who is a wife and a mama of three and an author and speaker and she loves Jesus so much! We are going to be talking all about her latest book, A Confident Mom, which is the perfect fit for my book club and May is for Mamas. You can get all the details about the updated 2022 Book Club at nancyray.com/bookclub.

I am thrilled to talk about one of those books today with the author and Renee is just such a treasure of a friend to me. She's so wise and I love that she is ahead of me in the motherhood journey, she has so much to offer. You are going to love our conversation, I can't wait to share it with you today.

For the full show notes, head to nancyray.com/podcast/160.

Resources from this episode:

Work & Play Patreon

A Confident Mom, by Renee Swope

Nancy Ray Book Club

Waymaker, by Ann Voskamp

The Hard Good, by Lisa Whittle

Milk Frother

ReneeSwope.com

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Welcome to May is for Mamas, when every episode in the month of May on the Work and Play Podcast is dedicated to all you mamas listening.

Today, I am continuing my conversation with my dear friend, Shay Cochrane. She's a wife, a mom of two girls. We tackle all kinds of topics and I just couldn't leave anything out so I decided to split it up into two episodes.

I hope you enjoy the rest of our conversation!

For the full show notes, head to nancyray.com/podcast/159.

Work & Play Patreon

Social Squares

Dollar Street

Financial Peace for Kids

The Coaching Habit, by Michael Stanier

The Creator in You, by Jordan Raynor

Lies Girls Believe, by Dannah Gresh

LMNT

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Welcome to May is for Mamas, where every episode in the month of May is dedicated to all the mamas out there, with topics and conversations specifically for you.

Today, I'm chatting with my friend Shay Cochrane, who is a wife and an entrepreneur, and a mama of two daughters. She owns Social Squares, which supplies elevated stock images and digital marketing education for female owned online brands. Her vision as a creator is to enable more women to find greater success, sharing their ideas and businesses with the world, and she does all that in just 16 hours a week! I love how she models her life and her parenting and I have loved this conversation with her today.

We jumped into some hard stuff like, what it looks like to raise daughters in 2022—body image, style, confidence, work ethic, technology, teaching your kids about money. You are going to leave this conversation with some really practical parenting conversations and decisions, as well as some solid encouragement to keep up the good hard work we are doing as mamas.

For the full show notes, head to nancyray.com/podcast/158.

Resources from this episode:

Work and Play Patreon

Social Squares

This is the epitome of combining Work and Play for mamas there's work to be done. Plenty of it. Folding clothes, meal planning, unloading the dishwasher, picking up toys, tackling the junk drawer, cleaning out the pantry, cleaning up the kitchen and on and on and on. Well, why not turn those work items that are not optional in our lives into some play?

The magic missing link for you could be using a timer.

When you set a timer before tackling a task, you turn it into a game. And before you know it, you're trying to beat your personal best and the kids are actually helping and using the timer, too—and it's really kind of fun! Today's episode for May is for Mamas is all about using a timer in motherhood. This is going to be fun.

For the full show notes, head to nancyray.com/podcast/157.

Work & Play Patreon

Time Timer

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This is the first episode of May is for Mamas, which is one of my favorite things I do on the podcast every May! Each episode this month will be made for the mamas listening and I hope it will be a mix of uplifting, helpful, encouraging, and maybe even a little lighthearted cause we all need that right now. This first episode is all about speaking scripture over your children and how powerful that can be for your kids and for you.

Today is also the day I'm launching my Patreon page(!), which I'm so excited about. You can head to patreon.com/workandplay to get access to a community of like-minded friends who are Work and Play listeners like you and for as little as $1 a month, you can help keep the Work and Play podcast going. I'll occasionally have discussion threads or polls or exclusive episodes just for those of you who decide to become patrons.

But even if none of that exclusive content or community interests you and you just like the Work and Play podcast as it is, and you want to support it and help me bring it to you, Patreon is the way to do that. So head to patreon.com/workandplay and know I am so genuinely grateful for your support.

For the full show notes, head to nancyray.com/podcast/156

Resources from this Episode:

Work & Play Patreon!

The Power of a Praying Parent by Stormie Omartian

Parenting by Paul David Tripp

The Shaping of a Christian Family by Elizabeth Elliott

Today, I'm veering off the normal podcast course and I'm breaking a few rules and I just want to share some of where I am in my own work and play and how that affects this podcast moving forward. I'm really excited about where I'm headed and I want to be very honest with you and take you along in this journey with me. I value you, I'm grateful for you listening, especially those of you who listen every week. I'm so, so grateful and I'm excited just to share my heart with you today.

For the full show notes, head to nancyray.com/podcast/155