a growing home podcast by Sarah

Lisa Canning is a mom of 9 and author of the book "The Possibility Mom." For over 10 years, Lisa ran an interior design company and was also the designer on a HGTV show called "Marriage Under Construction." Now, she is helping moms discover God’s plan for their motherhood and their business through group coaching.

Rachel Wong (黃曉曦) is a podcaster, writer and speaker living in Vancouver, Canada. She is a first generation Chinese-Canadian. Though she was raised as a Catholic, she experienced a radical encounter with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament when she was 20 years old. Ever since then, she was set ablaze in her conviction to share the love of God and speak to her own testimony of how God saved her life. She now speaks and writes on the feminine genius, the intersection of faith and mental health, race and representation in the Church and beyond, and her personal faith journey.

Karianna Fray is a Catholic wife, mother to four, and Classical Educator based out of Minnesota. Growing up Baptist, she developed a deep love for the Lord, which grew as she learned more about the Sacraments and the Catholic Church.  She enjoys sharing the story of her conversion to Catholicism, about her life as a Black Catholic woman, how our values help define who we are, and how each and every person is created in the image and likeness of God with a specific role in His Church. She is the author of four books and one e-book and y...

Shuli de la Fuente-Lau is the creator of the Instagram @AsianLitforKids, and the Content Lead at LittleFeminist.com – a monthly book club subscription and publishing house. By day, she is an assistant principal at an elementary school. Shuli is also proudly a third culture kid who holds her Chinese Malaysian American identity with gratitude. She lives in Oakland, California with her husband and two strong, spirited, and vibrant daughters.

Theresa Yang is a former elementary classroom teacher and school librarian. After co-founding Graphic Campus with her sister, Theresa has become a full-time literacy advocate. Inspired by her graphic novelist husband and her four creative children, she is passionate about supporting teachers and students in the art of storytelling.

California native and USC graduate, Dionna Scales has always been passionate about giving people the tools to get from where they are to where they want to be in their careers.  Her experience in recruiting, learning & development, early career program management and diversity & inclusion have made her a valuable asset to companies like NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company.  Now Dionna serves as Director of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging and Learning and Development at BuzzFeed. She’s passionate about helping organizations better reflect the communities they serve and educate their employees on issues surrounding diversity, so that they can create incl...

Tracey Gee is a leadership coach and consultant who is passionate about working with vision-driven leaders especially women of color. She has over 20 years of experience in ministry designing training experiences and resources. She is certified in three frameworks - Gallup StrengthsFinder, Cultural Intelligence, and the Enneagram as tools to help leaders grow in self-awareness, development, and healthy teams. She is also a published author of a book by and for Asian American women called “More Than Serving Tea.” She studied Socio-cultural Anthropology and Business at UCLA and has her Masters in Leadership from Fuller. Originally from the Bay Area...

One of my favorite roles with our church has been as a lector, which means "one who reads" in Latin, and it involves getting to read one of the Sunday mass readings. I thought it would be fun to bring this to the podcast in a series called "Lectio," or "reading." 

Michael Stalcup is a bi-racial Thai-American missionary and poet. Born and raised in Southern California, he now lives in Bangkok, Thailand with his wife and three children. His poetry has been published in several magazines, including Commonweal Magazine, First Things, and Sojourners. He also co-leads (with Chanté Griffin) a workshop called Spirit & Scribe about the intersection of spiritual formation and writing craft.

One of my favorite roles with our church has been as a lector, which means "one who reads" in Latin, and it involves getting to read one of the Sunday mass readings. I thought it would be fun to bring this to the podcast in a series called "Lectio," or "reading." 

This is the second episode of a two part series with Larissa Marks. Larissa is a spiritual director and formation coach, and loves being a companion with people in their faith journey. She lives on the island of Oahu in Hawaii with her husband, Steve, and their four kids. 

Get ready for a two part series. This episode and the next will be with Larissa Marks. Larissa is a spiritual director and formation coach, and loves being a companion with people in their faith journey. She lives on the island of Oahu in Hawaii with her husband, Steve, and their four kids.

One of my favorite roles with our church has been as a lector, which means "one who reads" in Latin, and it involves getting to read one of the Sunday mass readings. I thought it would be fun to bring this to the podcast in a series called "Lectio," or "reading." 

Theresa Yang and Rosa Lee are co-founders of Graphic Campus. Graphic Campus connects authors and illustrators to students and educators. It also provides strategies to enrich the writing experience, guidance along the writing workshop journey as well as online resources, ready to use in the classroom.  

In the Intro to Season 2 episode, I'll be sharing personal highlights from season 1 as well as share what to expect in the upcoming season. 

I’m really excited to have Teresa Ku-Borden back on the podcast today. If you haven’t already listened, Teresa was on an earlier episode called Art as Outlet and Connection.  Teresa is a doctor and mother living in East Los Angeles and serving the community there. She also happens to be my sister-in-law. Today, she is sharing with us what’s on her Good List: 4 things, big or small, that are bringing joy to small parts of her life. I got this idea from Tsh Oxenrider and her podcast formerly called The Good List. What I love about the Goo...

This episode's Lectio is from the first Sunday of Lent, the first reading. Lectio means "reading" in Latin. I decided to release this episode earlier in the week to line up with Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent 2021.

This week's episode is all about food! I'm chatting with Bonnie Hui-Callahan, working mom of 4. We cover all the bases: breakfast, lunch, dinner, and of course, snacks too. 

My husband Pat and I talk about raising bilingual kids. 

One of my favorite roles with our church has been as a lector, which means "one who reads" in Latin, and it involves getting to read one of the Sunday mass readings. I thought it would be fun to bring this to the podcast in a series called "Lectio," or "reading." 

"First, internal or spiritual transformation had to happen for me to become a creative and to own that identity."

In this week's podcast episode, I'm sharing about getting rid of things well. I talk about the two things that rocked my world so much that I can't just dump the unwanted stuff like I used to, and I share the practical steps that I now take when decluttering.

Dr. Teresa Ku-Borden's voice is one that I am really honored to share on A Growing Home Podcast. She's a doctor and mother serving in East Los Angeles. In this week's episode, Teresa shares about how doing art has helped her process emotions and connect with her community during the pandemic.

In this inaugural episode, I'm sharing about the journey that led me to starting this podcast. I hope this is a space where either you can find a voice that sounds familiar to you because it's like your own or, that you get to hear a voice that's not like yours and your world can get a little more color in it, hearing from a different experience.