The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Danielle Kartes returns for her third visit to The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast, and this conversation is about so much more than food. Ginny Yurich and Danielle talk about cooking with kids, making do with what you have, learning through failure, feeding people as an act of love, and the surprising ways ordinary kitchen work builds confidence, resilience, creativity, and connection. They also dive into Danielle’s joyful new children’s cookbook, My Very First Baking Book, her work on Next Level Chef, and the deeper story underneath it all: that a beautiful life is often built with imperfect ingredients, open hands, and the courage to keep creating anyway. Find Danielle at Rustic Joyful Food, explore My Very First Baking Book and My Very First Cookbook. A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ⁠www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS⁠  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ⁠www.quince.com/outside⁠ and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to⁠ woom.com⁠ and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ⁠www.kiwico.com ⁠ and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ⁠www.ixl.com/1000hours⁠ to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ⁠www.wayfair.com⁠ and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ⁠www.curehydration.com/outside⁠ to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wendy Speake joins Ginny Yurich for a rich, honest conversation about the quiet ways modern distractions shape our homes, our attention, and our souls. Drawing from The 40-Day Social Media Fast, The 40-Day Sugar Fast, and Triggers, Wendy shares why a wanting life never leads to a satisfied life, how putting down our phones helps us lift our eyes to God and the people right in front of us, and why small acts of self-control can change the whole atmosphere of a family. This episode is thoughtful, practical, and deeply encouraging for any parent who wants more peace, more presence, and a more grounded way to live. Learn more about Wendy and all she has to offer here A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ⁠www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS⁠  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ⁠www.quince.com/outside⁠ and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to⁠ woom.com⁠ and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ⁠www.kiwico.com ⁠ and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ⁠www.ixl.com/1000hours⁠ to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ⁠www.wayfair.com⁠ and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ⁠www.curehydration.com/outside⁠ to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brittany Price Brooker never imagined becoming a widow at 25 with three boys under the age of three, but what followed is a story of grief, resilience, community, and unexpected redemption. In this deeply moving conversation, Brittany shares how sudden loss reshaped her life, how faithful friends and family stepped in during the darkest days, and how hope slowly grew again in places that once felt impossible to heal. From remarriage and a blended family of six kids to homeschooling, ministry, and helping widowers find support through Refuge Widowers (https://www.refugewidowers.com), Brittany’s story is a powerful reminder that even when life takes a turn you never wanted, the road ahead can still hold beauty, purpose, and joy. Learn more about Brittany at https://www.brittanypricebrooker.com . A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit www.quince.com/outside and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to woom.com and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at www.kiwico.com  and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to www.ixl.com/1000hours to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to www.wayfair.com and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to www.curehydration.com/outside to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this honest and deeply comforting conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with author Abbey Wedgeworth to talk about the hidden shame so many mothers carry and the hope that real change is still possible. Drawing from her new book Help! I’m Ruining My Kids, Abbey offers a tender, practical, gospel-centered word for moms who feel frazzled, regretful, overwhelmed, and stuck in patterns they wish they could break. This episode is full of relief: you are not alone, you are not beyond repair, and even the most ordinary parts of motherhood can become holy ground when guilt gives way to grace. Learn more about Abbey and her work here and find Help! I’m Ruining My Kids here . A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ⁠www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS⁠  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ⁠www.quince.com/outside⁠ and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to⁠ woom.com⁠ and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ⁠www.kiwico.com ⁠ and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ⁠www.ixl.com/1000hours⁠ to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ⁠www.wayfair.com⁠ and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ⁠www.curehydration.com/outside⁠ to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this thoughtful and surprisingly hopeful conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with sociologist Dr. Tracy Brower to talk about why so many people feel disconnected right now—and why friendship, belonging, and real-life community matter more than ever. Drawing from her new book Critical Connections, along with The Secrets to Happiness at Work and Bring Work to Life by Bringing Life to Work, Tracy shares practical, memorable insight on loneliness, work, friendship, empathy, optimism, and the small but meaningful ways we can build stronger relationships in every season of life. It’s an encouraging episode about what makes life richer, healthier, and more human—and why the people around us are never just extra. Tracy is a sociologist, author, and longtime contributor whose work appears through her own site and in places like Forbes. A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ⁠www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS⁠  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ⁠www.quince.com/outside⁠ and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to⁠ woom.com⁠ and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ⁠www.kiwico.com ⁠ and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ⁠www.ixl.com/1000hours⁠ to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ⁠www.wayfair.com⁠ and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ⁠www.curehydration.com/outside⁠ to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Heath, bestselling author and speaker on change and memorable moments, joins to explore how to make family life and schooling more vivid. He discusses crafting deliberate surprises, designing peak experiences, hands-on projects that stick, and rethinking transitions and praise. Short, surprising rituals can stretch time and create memories kids never forget.

In this deeply moving conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with author, mother, and midwife Amanda Lancaster to talk about what it looks like to build a life around the things that matter most: birth, family, faith, food, home, and the kind of community that carries people through both joy and hardship. Drawing from her memoir A Time to Be Born, Amanda shares a beautiful vision of sustainable relationships, generational wisdom, home-centered life, and the bonds that happen when people are truly available to one another. It’s a tender, thoughtful episode about motherhood, courage, belonging, and the longing so many of us feel for a more rooted way to live. Learn more about Amanda at her website and Instagram, and find her book A Time to Be Born here. A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ⁠www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS⁠  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ⁠www.quince.com/outside⁠ and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to⁠ woom.com⁠ and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ⁠www.kiwico.com ⁠ and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ⁠www.ixl.com/1000hours⁠ to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ⁠www.wayfair.com⁠ and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ⁠www.curehydration.com/outside⁠ to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Deresiewicz, author and former Yale professor known for Excellent Sheep, critiques how prestige and admissions shape childhood. He discusses how performance replaces play, the resume arms race, fear-driven parenting, the value of downtime and risk, and why books and gap years help kids become themselves.

In this deeply personal and illuminating conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with Dr. Russell Kennedy—author of the bestselling book Anxiety Rx and the founder of The Anxiety MD —to explore why anxiety has become one of the defining struggles of our time. Drawing from decades as both a physician and someone who personally battled crippling anxiety, Dr. Kennedy explains why so many traditional approaches fall short and why lasting healing requires addressing not just the mind, but the body and the old wounds stored within it. Together they discuss the rising anxiety rates in children, the powerful role of connection and touch, the hidden addictive nature of worry, and practical ways to calm the body’s alarm system and reconnect with the present moment. This thoughtful conversation offers hope and clarity for anyone who has ever felt trapped in their own mind. A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ⁠www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS⁠  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ⁠www.quince.com/outside⁠ and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to⁠ woom.com⁠ and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ⁠www.kiwico.com ⁠ and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ⁠www.ixl.com/1000hours⁠ to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ⁠www.wayfair.com⁠ and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ⁠www.curehydration.com/outside⁠ to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Books entertain us but they also build us into the people we are. This conversation with Geoff and Janet Benge is about the kind of books that can change a family for good. In this warm and deeply encouraging episode, Ginny talks with the husband-and-wife team behind the bestselling Christian Heroes Then and Now and Heroes of History series about how true stories form courage, imagination, resilience, and faith, often in ways we don’t even notice until years later. Their own story is remarkable too: two unlikely writers from New Zealand—one dyslexic, one once in remedial reading—who went on to write dozens of biographies that have shaped readers around the world. This episode is a beautiful reminder that shared reading is never just educational; it becomes part of the fabric of a home. Explore their books at Benge Books and YWAM Publishing, and check out their teaching work through Epic Learning. A huge thank you to our sponsors! Check them ALL out below:  BetterHelp: Visit  ⁠www.BetterHelp.com/1000HOURS⁠  today to get 10% off your first month. Quince - Visit ⁠www.quince.com/outside⁠ and get free shipping and 365 day returns Woom Bikes - Go to⁠ woom.com⁠ and use code OUTSIDE10 at checkout for 10% off your bike purchase KiwiCo- Get up to 50% off your first monthly crate at ⁠www.kiwico.com ⁠ and use code 1000hours. Pocket Hose - text OUTSIDE to 64000 to.get a FREE, 360 degree rotating pocket pivot, AND a FREE thumb drive nozzle with purchase. IXL Learning - Head to ⁠www.ixl.com/1000hours⁠ to get an exclusive 20% savings on your membership Wayfair - Go to ⁠www.wayfair.com⁠ and shop all things home Cure Hydration- head to ⁠www.curehydration.com/outside⁠ to find a retailer near you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices