That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs

Y'all's dreams are ALL coming true because we've got Lauren Akins on the podcast today! She is precisely as wonderful and kind and amazing as you think she is. Wife to country music super star Thomas Rhett, Lauren is the mother of three ADORABLE gals and the author of the new book Live in Love: Growing Together Through Life's Changes- and I'm telling y'all, you will LOVE it.Lauren and I also hop over to continue our chat on YouTube, so check that out and subscribe there so you don't miss any of these special additional conversations!YouTube.com/anniefdownstsf. . . . .Thank you to our partners! Ritual: Ritual is offering my listeners 10% off your first three months! Try it out satisfaction guaranteed—go to ritual.com/THATSOUNDSFUN to start your Ritual today. Third Love: Go to thirdlove.com/soundsfun to find your perfect-fitting bra... and get 15% off your first purchase! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of our all-time favorite friends around here, Shauna Niequist, is back to chat! With her first three books being recovered and re-released, it is the perfect chance to catch up and hear how she and her family are doing in 2020 and learn the why behind these works coming back again! We LOVE AND ADORE Shauna around here, and I know you do too! Enjoy the conversation!We also hop over to continue our chat on YouTube, so check that out and subscribe there so you don't miss any of these special additional conversations!YouTube.com/anniefdownstsf. . . . .#thatsoundsfunpodcastThank you to our partners! International Justice Mission: Visit IJM.org/ChangeLives to be a part of this movement for good. Freshly: Freshly is offering you $40 OFF your first two orders at freshly.com/soundsfun GiveWell: Any of our listeners who become NEW GiveWell donors will have their first donation matched up to $100, when you select [PODCAST] and [That Sounds Fun] at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm sure you remember Stacey Morgan being on the podcast with me a few months ago. Well now that her husband, Dr. Drew Morgan, has returned to earth from the International Space Station, I wanted to talk with them together! This conversation is a new favorite- I adore this family and I think you will too!Learn more about Stacey!Listen to Stacey's other episode of That Sounds Fun!Learn more about Dr. Drew!. . . . .#thatsoundsfunpodcast ... join in the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome. :)Thank you to our partners!  Rothy's: Check out all the amazing shoes and bags available right now at Rothys.com/soundsfun Ancestry: Find out what your DNA says about genetic risk with AncestryHealth®. Head to Ancestry.com/TSF to get your Ancestry Health kit today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's start here: what's a podcast network? Well, the That Sounds Fun Network is an amusement park of podcasts created to entertain, impact, help and bless you and the people you love. So if you love TSF the show, we think and hope you'll love all the shows on the TSF Network.Today we get to welcome our seventh show to the network- The Matthew West Podcast. Y'all already know and love Matthew- he and his wife Emily have been on the show before in February 2020- and he is back today to talk to us about creating this podcast, what he loves to do for fun, and we even get to hear a smidge of the new show! . . . . .Make sure you've subscribed to The Matthew West Podcast- three episodes are already there waiting for you and he will release new episodes every Wednesday! It's a very very good podcast and the jingle is more catchy than you want it to be. (LOL it's going to be stuck in your head forever.). . . . .#thatsoundsfunpodcastThank you to our partner, Indeed.com! Get a FREE SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLAR CREDIT at Indeed.com/SOUNDSFUN. Terms and conditions apply. Offer valid through September 30. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your favorite Broadway stars are BACK! Ginna Claire Mason Moffett and Mary Kate Morrissey flew into Nashville by bubble and by broomstick and landed right here in the podcast studio! Two of our all-time favorites, you are just going to love the updates on their lives. We also talk through lots of courageous things as today we kick off #100DaysToBrave2020!Important links: Go subscribe to Stories From 100 Days To Brave!Order 100 Day To Brave!Sign up to get the 100 Days To Brave emails!Check out the Double Name Witches! . . . . .#thatsoundsfunpodcast ... join in the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome. :)Thank you to our partners! IJM: Visit IJM.org/ChangeLives to be a part of this movement for good. Liquid IV: Get 25% off your order when you go to liquid-iv.com and use code THATSOUNDSFUN at checkout!  KiwiCo: Get 30% off your first month plus FREE shipping on any crate line at kiwico.com/THATSOUNDSFUN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Saving the best for last! (JUST KIDDING, I know, not fair, I'm a 7.) :) Each show this year has been incredibly insightful and helpful and I today's stays that same course. It's the first time THREE of the same number have sat around the microphones this year, but Erin, Setnick, and I dove deep into the minds of sevens, what makes their day and what breaks their hearts. Three very different perspectives to end our EnneaSummer. Can't wait to hear your thoughts!. . . .Take two minutes and give us your thoughts on EnneaSummer2020!http://www.anniefdowns.com/enneasummersurvey/Listen to : EnneaSummer2019: SevensMusic from Ryan O'Neal : http://www.sleepingatlast.comExpert words from Seth Abram : http://instagram.com/integratedenneagramOur hashtags :#EnneaSummer2020#thatsoundsfunpodcast ... join in the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome. :). . . . .Join us reading 100 Days To Brave starting on August 3!. . . . .Thank you to our show's partners! Your Enneagram Coach: Take their Enneagram Assessment at yourenneagramcoach.com/thatsoundsfun Thrive Market: Go to ThriveMarket.com/ThatSoundsFun. Join today and you’ll get a FREE gift of your choosing, up to $22 in value! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I love sitting down with two enneagram 6s and hearing and seeing the world through their eyes for a couple of minutes. Curtis and Laura are smart and healthy and kind and vulnerable- giving us real insight into the life of a person who identifies as a six. I feel more prepared to face my day and more cognizant and aware and so grateful for these friends! The way they experience God and the world... fascinating, y'all!. . . .Take two minutes and give us your thoughts on EnneaSummer2020!http://www.anniefdowns.com/enneasummersurvey/Listen to : EnneaSummer2019: SixesMusic from Ryan O'Neal : http://www.sleepingatlast.comExpert words from Seth Abram : http://instagram.com/integratedenneagramOur hashtags :#EnneaSummer2020#thatsoundsfunpodcast ... join in the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome. :). . . . .Join us reading 100 Days To Brave starting on August 3! . . . . .Thank you to our partners! IJM: Head to IJM.org/ChangeLives and help make more rescue possible today. Freshly: Freshly is offering you $40 off for your first 4 orders at freshly.com/soundsfun. Your Enneagram Coach: Take their Enneagram Assessment at yourenneagramcoach.com/thatsoundsfun. . . . . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I know the sacrifice our #EnneaSummer2020 Enneagram 5 friends are making, stepping up to the microphone and lending their stories to us today. Winston and Haley do such a great job of letting us into the heart and mind of being a 5, and I learned so so much. Deeply grateful for these friends and their honesty and openness.. . . .Listen to : EnneaSummer2019: FivesMusic from Ryan O'Neal : http://www.sleepingatlast.comExpert words from Seth Abram : http://instagram.com/integratedenneagramOur hashtags :#EnneaSummer2020#thatsoundsfunpodcast ... join in the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome. :). . . . .We also have koozies for each number over at shopanniefdowns.com. Get one, two, or all nine! And you get 10% EVERYTHING in the store when you buy any of the new EnneaSummer koozies!(Along with #EnneaSummer2020, we'll also have a few other episodes throughout the month sprinkled in with some of your favorite authors, pastors, and pod-friends! So make sure you've subscribed!). . . . .Thank you to our partners! Third Love: Go to thirdlove.com/soundsfun to get 15% off your first purchase! Rothy's: Check out all the amazing shoes and bags available right now at rothys.com/soundsfun!  Your Enneagram Coach: Take their Enneagram Assessment at yourenneagramcoach.com/thatsoundsfun!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As promised, Jon Tyson is back on the show to pick up where we left off this spring. I absolutely love learning from him- whether through podcasts like this or messages he preaches online- but his new book Beautiful Resistance seems like a handbook for these days we are living. I teared up twice in this conversation. I feel really grateful- what an absolute gift it is for us to be led and encouraged by Jon.We also hop over to continue our chat on YouTube, a LOT of words about New York City!, so check that out and subscribe there so you don't miss any of these special additional conversations!YouTube.com/anniefdownstsf. . . . .#thatsoundsfunpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the only episode we recorded long distance, and that's just how #EnneaSummer2020 Enneagram 4s like it, right? Annie and Stew join us from two different cities to tell us about the creative, thoughtful, deep life of a 4. I absolutely loved listening to them get to know each other and connect and become friends- maybe the highlight of the whole conversation. What a gift these 4s (and all 4s!) are to the rest of us!. . . .Listen to : EnneaSummer2019: FoursMusic from Ryan O'Neal : http://www.sleepingatlast.comExpert words from Seth Abram : http://instagram.com/integratedenneagramOur hashtags :#EnneaSummer2020#thatsoundsfunpodcast ... join in the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome. :). . . . .We also have koozies for each number over at shopanniefdowns.com. Get one, two, or all nine! And you get 10% EVERYTHING in the store when you buy any of the new EnneaSummer koozies!(Along with #EnneaSummer2020, we'll also have a few other episodes throughout the month sprinkled in with some of your favorite authors, pastors, and pod-friends! So make sure you've subscribed!). . . . .Thank you to our partners! Flamingo: Shaving feels better when it’s not overpriced, so visit shopflamingo.com/annie to get your Flamingo Shave Set. It's just $16 with FREE shipping!  Ritual: Get 10% off your first 3 months! Try it out satisfaction guaranteed—go to ritual.com/THATSOUNDSFUN to start your Ritual today. Your Enneagram Coach: Take the Enneagram Assessment at yourenneagramcoach.com/thatsoundsfun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices