Do Something Beautiful
People are good. You might not think that if you listen to traditional news, but that's a lie. Everyday heroes and saints live among us and my goal is to introduce them to you.We are inspired by the words of Mother Teresa, "Do something beautiful for God. Do it with your life. Do it every day. Do it in your own way. But do it!” Leah Darrow, former model and contestant on America's Next Top Model, draws on her experience in the beauty industry to expose the lies we are told about our worth being tied to our appearance and instead invites us to look again at the real meaning of beauty in service to mankind.
Episodes
133 episodes
123: Worst Case Scenario - DON'T DO THIS!
This Motivation Monday, we talk about Worst Case Scenarios.Don't.Don't spend more time thinking about the worst case scenario than you do about the Plan A! What if it all works out? What if you operated out of that belief?
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122: You're Saying I Can Filter Tik-Tok??
This week's episode is a must. Leah's guest is Sean Clifford, CEO of Canopy, father of four, and man of many degrees. Sean founded Canopy in 2019 to help build a world of healthy tech users, starting by protecting children from pornography....
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121: Embracing Who You Are
Listen. This is not just a cliche.The Lord is always changing who we are. We can embrace not just who we are now, but who we're being called to become! The Lord is a Lord of transformation, and he is ready to springboard us off of those...
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120: What Happened to Me
It's a heavy one, but I feel that it's important to share this, even though it's hard.I'm sharing my story of losing my seventh baby. Motivation has to go hand in hand with suffering. We need the support, prayers, and encou...
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119: Dreams Are Not Selfish
Can't help it. We have to talk about Dreams, where they come from, and what we are called do with them!Everything amazing that happens in the world comes out of a dream. Keep dreaming and giving your dreams to God!HEY YOU...
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118: Responding to Setbacks and Failures
Setbacks and failures are, for sure, disappointing and tough to cope with. Leah shares a personal story of a setback and how she learned to respond to it and move through the place of disappointment.Important questions you can ask:1...
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117: Do You React or Respond?
You may not be able to control your circumstances, but you can definitely control how you respond to them.Reacting is responding without thinking. Hopefully in responding, we take a holy pause before acting, and cons...
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116: You Do Not Have to Explain Your Boundaries
Boundaries. Ooh boy.You don't have to explain your boundaries to anyone. Go ahead and set those however you need to live a full life for Christ.HEY YOU! Yep. You. Are you Pam Beesly, Kelly Kapoor, or Jim Halpert? Could yo...
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115: Change Your Daily Routine, Change Your Life
"You'll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine." - John MaxwellWe couldn't NOT come talk to you about this one! This Motivation Monday is h...
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114: Repost from The Real Deal of Parenting
Hosts Abby Johnson and Regan Long talk all things pertaining to motherhood, with authenticity, insight and a healthy dose of humor. They present topics from a Christian perspective ranging from the everyday challenges of raising kids of all age...
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113: Advent with the Holy Family: The Christ Child (with Fr. Michael O'Loughlin)
This is the third of a 3-part Advent series spent pondering the Holy Family.Fr. Michael O'Loughlin talks with Leah about the Christ Child, and the mystery of Christ choosing to enter the world through Mary's womb. This is a beautiful, i...
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112: Advent with the Holy Family: St. Joseph's Role (with Fr. Don Calloway)
This is the second of a 3-part Advent series spent pondering the Holy Family.Fr. Don Calloway talks with Leah about the role of St. Joseph in the Holy Family - a crucial role that provides an exceptional blueprint for men, husband...
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111: Advent with the Holy Family: The Tenderness of Mary (with Sr. Miriam James Heidland)
This is the first of a 3 part Advent series spent pondering the Holy Family. Sister Miriam brings her tremendous love of Our Lady to this conversation about the role Our Lady played in the Holy Family and shows just how much we need her...
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110: Coaching and the Catholic Life (Repost from Metanoia Catholic)
This week we're bringing you an episode from our friends at The Catholic Coaching Podcast. Matt and Erin Ingold, founders of Metanoia Catholic Coaching, invited Leah to join them to discuss Coaching and the Catholic Life. Metanoia Catho...
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109: The Mass of the Ages, with director Cameron O'Hearn
Welcome to my chat with film director Cameron O'Hearn! We discuss the project I worked with him on, which he calls "the case for the Traditional Latin Mass."Watch Cameron's film, Mas...
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108: The Wound of Babies, with Alexandria DeRose
Welcome to the third of a 3-part series on the unique and yet also universal wounds that we experience as women.Today, we're talking about Babies. There are a lot of serious conversations to have around motherhood, fertility, and the th...
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107: The Wound of Dreams, with Alexandria DeRose
Welcome to the second of a 3-part series on the unique and yet also universal wounds that we experience as women.Today, we're talking about Dreams. We define what dreams are, and we look at scripture to help us understand how our dreams...
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106: The Universal Wound of Women, with Alexandria DeRose
Welcome to the first of a 3-part series on the unique and yet also universal wounds that we experience as women. We talk about where these wounds come from, going all the way back to the very first woman, Eve. We talk about our ab...
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105: The Poor Need You, and You Need the Poor (with Blake Brouillette)
Welcome back to the podcast, Blake Brouillette! If you missed our previous conversation, check that out here!
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104: You are Worthy of Wearing (with Nicole Caruso)
Today's guest is the amazing and inspiring Nicole Caruso! Nicole began a movement by encouraging women, including herself, to see ourselves as #worthyofwearing something beautiful, despite the things we sometimes tell ourselves. Y...
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103: What Happens to You When You Listen to Chant? (with Br. Stefan, OP and Br. Alexandre, OP)
In this episode, Leah is joined by Br. Stefan Ansinger OP and Br. Alexandre Frezzato, OP: Dominican brothers from the Netherlands and Switzerland, who have begun the OP Chant Project, to provide and promote Gregorian chant according to...
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102: For St. Joseph's OTHER Feast Day... Fr. Donald Calloway!
In this episode, Leah is joined by Fr. Donald Calloway, author of Consecration to St. Joseph.After seeing each other across conferences and on posters for years, Leah and Fr. Donald finally get to meet "for real" and their conversation ...
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101: Be Bold in the Broken (with Mary Lenaburg)
In this episode, Leah talks with gifted storyteller Mary Lenaburg about her new forthcoming book, Be Bold in the Broken. In this her second book, Mary —the author of Be Brave in the Scared—explores her journey to self-acceptan...
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100: Lent: Growing in Love of Jesus Crucified
What is this whole season for?Connecting our heart and life closer to Jesus Crucified.I know, I know, we all feel like we've been in Lent for a year already. So how reframe our thoughts on Lent to actually renew us spiritually?<...
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99: How Do You Live Out Babies and Dreams? (with Lisa Canning)
This week, Leah chats with Lisa Canning - a mom truly living Babies and Dreams, and helping other moms to do the same! Lisa is an author, speaker, coach and mom of eight, and she helps overwhelmed moms be GREAT moms, while pursuing their dreams...
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