Episode 171: We Interview Cynthia Yanof... Your New Best Friend

Feeding The Mouth That Bites You: Parenting Teens Into Adulthood

Kenneth Wilgus, PhD, P.C.

Christian Parenting, Christianity, Teens, Education, Teenagers, Kids, Kids & Family, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality, Adolescents, How To, Parenting Teens, Parents

4.9 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Today we talk to Cynthia Yanof, host of the "MESSmerized" podcast, former host of the "Pardon the Mess" podcast and author of her new book, "Life is Messy, God is Good: Sanity for the Chaos of Everyday Life." Always relatable, Cynthia's book shares stories and lessons learned from the vantage point of a wife, mom, former lawyer, foster parent and Christian woman just trying to keep things together. Her honesty and genuine interest in everyone around her draws people to her like a magnet, including Jessica and Dr. Ken, Cynthia is the new best friend that you just met! You can order Cynthia's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Messy-God-Good-Everyday/dp/0830785337/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.FpO-LuS7Ai5oyZNB81l-7asYYzhZFnYyOGIopmyTzVALHajKoWGLDx1gXtl_5wCBSxDJIjJ6xZzU1tF6kjWfpsfc6cs1SFbC-JWwRAwxtVR4e-mJ32SSOHicPhIUHjcVkU4jANzkzVa3SH4JtNabgqqAoPA3PaGf0UY79_TDUcbpxAS0wGJbaXwCSunISCHy2b0axBG2pNqdD2C2pyx0Iw.AeupKj1yBCDiNddCRyXUx7xrb3xdXF96k4LwbSodga0&qid=1711833469&sr=8-1 Got questions or feedback? We want to hear from you! [email protected] Get the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Feeding-Mouth-That-Bites-You/dp/1514762374/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1667269257&sr=8-1 Music provided by the great John David Kent! - https://www.johndavidkent.com/

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Feeding the Mouth That Bites You, a weekly podcast guide on parenting teens and launching them into the world.
0:15.2	I'm Jessica Pfeiffer, and as always, I'm joined by psychologist and author, Dr. Ken Wilgus.
0:20.8	Hey, Dr. Ken.
0:22.0	Hey, Jessica.
0:23.4	I'm looking forward to this episode.
0:25.8	This is going to be a great one.
0:26.9	So we interviewed Cynthia Yanoff.
0:30.0	Yes, she is a friend.
0:31.5	Yes, she's your friend, but I just met her today.
0:35.5	And her book that she just released is called Life is Messy.
0:38.6	God is good.
0:39.9	It is a fantastic book.
0:42.0	It really is.
0:42.7	I read it, cover to cover.
0:44.5	I enjoyed every bit of it.
0:46.2	It was so helpful and so relatable.
0:49.1	I felt she was so authentic.
0:50.6	I felt like she was my friend by the end of the book.
0:53.0	Well, and I laughed out loud reading it,
0:54.9	which I rarely laugh out loud reading anything. But that's just so her. It's exactly right.
1:00.4	You feel like you're reading something written by your best friend that you've not met yet.
1:04.8	Yes. And then she relates a lot of the stories of her life to simple, what she calls, messy truths, which are so much fun and such a nugget of truth to take with you.
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