Nationally sought after author and speaker and all around authority on making your marriage all it can be, Arlene Pellicane is back on the Isle, to celebrate National Marriage Week, skillfully play our Stupid Game: Valentine's Edition, and talk about the deadly serious topic of having actual FUN in your relationship. It's a great episode, whether you're married, engaged, in love or dream of any of the above...  

She is also the spokesperson for National Marriage Week, which kicks of TODAY (February 7th) and goes right through Valentine's Day. Check out this website for ALL KINDS of helpful resources to strengthen your relationship, including date night ideas, couples connection downloads and of course the link to get her new book "Making Marriage Easier") 
https://www.marriageweek.org/

Find out more about Arlene at https://arlenepellicane.com/

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Arlene Pellicane:  Dancing, Laughing, Liking each other and Making Marriage Easier

What do you get when you put Superman, Kryptonite, Creativity and Allen Arnold together on the same podcast??? That's what we're here to find out!
Allen joins us with some great encouragement on how to recognize the things that shut us down (#triggered!) , and what to do about it. Because, btw... the things that shut us down ultimately shut our creativity down.  And we can't have that. So, there you go, we've got ourselves a Two'fer One!

And as if that weren't enough, find out what SuperPower he would choose if he could, and what he would name his Pirate Ship in this episode's Stupid Game: Think Fast Edition. 

This show's got it all!

PLUS... you can sign up for some great daily encouragement (and who couldn't use that?) at withallen.com/sign-up

But WAIT... there's more!  Get his latest book "Risk the Real" (it's reeeeealy good. For real. See what I did there?) here: https://www.withallen.com/books/#block-63a0bad1cf76efb876a20363

You can even listen to not one, but TWO great Wild at Heart podcasts all about it, here! https://www.withallen.com/videos/#block-yui_3_17_2_1_1708533695083_10199

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Allen Arnold and Conquering Creativity Kryptonite

I so wanted to title this episode "JOHN ELDREDGE TAKES US ON A MAGICAL MYSTICAL MISFIT TOUR..."
But it was a little long. Not to mention way too alliterative. 
And I also didn't want to scare you off. 

Because the truth is, being a Mystic is not about being "magical".
And it's also not about "wild woowoo, ecstatic visions or something" (that's a direct quote by JE, btw). 

So what IS it about then?

Well, let's start with his (and by his I mean NY Times best-selling author and president of Wild at Heart Ministry's) newly released MUST READ book "Experience Jesus. Really." Cause the title kind of says everything.  

It's about the reality that experiencing the healing, joyful, playful, life-giving, restorative. wonder-filled presence of the living God (aka Jesus, just to keep us all on the same page) is available to ANYONE who wants it. Not just the few and the proud.  But you.  Me.  Anyone really, who's willing to seek it, and make space for it, in our ordinary, every day lives.  

Cause who wouldn't want that?  

And then we talk about the how.  How does one actually make space for these types of encounters in one's ordinary, every day life?  

That, my Misfit Friends, is what this podcast is about!

Plus, we play a fantastic round of NAME THAT MYSTIC... Because what other Stupid Game would do for such a time as this?

Find out more about the book... PLUS a whole FREE video series around it HERE: https://wildatheart.org/experience-jesus-really

Explore the PLETHORA of helpful resources you're going to LOVE HERE:  https://wildatheart.org/

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John Eldredge and Experiencing Jesus for Real.

We are nothing if not about making Misfit History. 
And today's momentous Misfit moment is brought to you by Abby Jartos, who reserves the historical honor of being our VERY FIRST ILLUSTRATOR here on the Isle!

There's a lot happening in this podcast.
Connecting to your creative side, for one. Cause guess what?  You've got one. Yes. You!  Even if you don't have a single flowy boho piece in your wardrobe.  Creativity takes on many forms.  In fact, in this episode's Stupid Game, you can play along with Abby at home and actually find out What Type of Creative You Really Are, thanks to our friends at Buzzfeed.
(take the quiz here:  https://www.buzzfeed.com/natashajokic1/creative-type-quiz)

That alone is something right there. 

But wait, there's more!

We also talk about themes around the beautiful book she illustrated,  "The Good for Nothing Puddle" (written by Jana Jackson)... Things like finding joy in grief, redemption in loss, beauty for ashes... what do you do when God seems silent... oh yes, we get into it. Cause that's what we do:  Play Stupid Games and then Go Deep. 

You'll want to get the book, cause it's not only beautiful, it's really helpful (ah, form AND function) especially for anyone you know,  whether a child or not, going through a season of sadness.  It's available wherever you like to get your books (Amazon, Goodreads, all the places)... and HERE's a thought:  why not request it at your public library??
Cause that's what the public needs:  More beautiful, HELPFUL books! 

Find out more about Abby (and her Experiential Design Studios... cause I KNOW you want to know more about THAT) here: 
https://abbyjartos.com/

And follow her on Insta... maybe even sliiide into her DM's here:
@abbyjartos

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Connecting to Your Creative Side... and Seeking Beauty in Hard Places with Illustrator Abby Jartos

Coming at you with a few thoughts about weirdness... spoiler alert. It's in the eye of the beholder.

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Misfit Moment about Weirdness

Calling all square pegs to leverage their inner weirdo and make the world a better place.

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