Trending with Timmerie - Catholic Principles applied to today's experiences.

Grace Emily Stark, Editor and Chief at Natural Womanhood joins Trending with Timmerie.

Episode Guide
Contraceptive mindset and fertility awareness (0:47)
Postpartum fertility awareness – Marquette, Clearblue, and the Mira Monitor (while nursing) (16:26)
Post-Tubal Ligation Syndrome: When getting your “tubes tied” isn’t as tidy as it sounds (32:03)
Leaving pride behind – June returns to a month of summer fun and family (42:37)

Resources mentioned:

Episode on ethical and medical complications of sterilization
https://relevantradio.com/2023/10/medical-complications-to-sterilization/

Natural Womanhood Website
https://naturalwomanhood.org/

Link to schedule a call with a fertility awareness advisor:
https://naturalwomanhood.org/schedule-a-call-with-a-fertility-awareness-advisor-now

Cycles, Exercise, & Fertility
https://relevantradio.com/2024/10/cycles-exercise-fertility/

Tempdrop 2.0 - Advanced Fertility Monitor
https://www.tempdrop.com/products/tempdrop-gen2?srsltid=AfmBOoq08zJDwLkr_ZpXHzsm8FpY4YX367TAVqX2lW4cJseHt25OQ402

Couple to Couple Postpartum Program
https://ccli.org/postpartum/?srsltid=AfmBOoqduQ_7O-lctM_J43nB_MD6iz9IAT5NgHUvrfZObaoT_iVCUwKP

Guest: Tim Carney, author of Family Unfriendly: A Critical Examination of Overparenting and Its Consequences, joins Trending with Timmerie.

Episode Guide
Why Americans aren’t having babies — A look at the real reasons behind declining birth rates—and a simple, practical solution. (1:42)
How to make parenting easier — Five ways to simplify family life and push back against overparenting. (22:54)
Young U.S. men and religion — New data shows young men now surpass young women in saying religion is “very important.” (39:31)

Resources Mentioned
Book: Family Unfriendly: A Critical Examination of Overparenting and Its Consequences
https://www.amazon.com/dp/006323646X
Article: Young U.S. men overtake women in saying religion is ‘very important’
https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/young-u-s-men-overtake-women-in-saying-religion-is-very-important
Related Coverage:
Young men grow more religious, widening gender gap (Gallup/AP)
https://apnews.com/article/religion-church-evangelical-men-women-poll-f2b07f8d5e0e29b7b75334a8b2bbd3a6

Surgeon, Soldier, Sister: Sr. Dede Byrne joins Trending with Timmerie to share her story from scrubs, to Army uniform, to habit.

Episode Guide
Mission or career? US Army Colonel & surgeon (0:47)
Caring for St. Mother Teresa (22:04)
Career discernment & disruption – changing course facing adversity (25:46)
How your past forms your future (30:35)
Serving in the Sinai Peninsula (33:48)
Trinity Sunday – Mass prep (41:02)

Resources mentioned:

St. Catherine’s Monastery
https://bit.ly/49pgag4

D.C. Medical Clinic Little Workers of the Sacred Heart
https://www.lwshptclinic.com/home

Little Workers of the Sacred Heart
https://littleworkersofthesacredhearts.com/

Harvard educated economist and mother of 8, Dr. Catherine Pakaluk joins Trending with Timmerie:

Episode Guide
Birth dearth — Why did women stop having babies and how do economic policies perpetuate the decreased birth rate? (2:55)
What is different about the 5% of women who are choosing to have more children? (22:06)
Having it all? Seasons of life (32:49)
The Blood of Christ (40:44)
The Holy Spirit & Pope Leo’s AI encyclical (41:54)

Resources mentioned:

Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth
https://www.amazon.com/Hannahs-Children-Quietly-Defying-Dearth/dp/1684514576

https://pakaluk.com/


Catechism: The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit
https://www.vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_one/section_two/chapter_three/article_8/ii_the_name,_titles,_and_symbols_of_the_holy_spirit.html

Dr. Julia Sadusky – psychologist and specialist on gender and youth joins Trending with Timmerie:
Episode Guide
How do we actually equip teens with skills to disrupt porn exposure? (5:02)
Get the phones out of the hands of children (19:24)
Shifting the gender conversation from politics to candid conversations when the next generation are still facing gender ideology exposure (24:23)
How much do you have to abuse a mammal for it to not reproduce? & Gen z given gas money to date (37:00)
Tomorrow on Trending (51:17)
Resources mentioned:

JULIA SADUSKY
https://www.juliasadusky.com/

Start Talking to Your Kids About Sex: A Practical Guide for Catholics
https://www.avemariapress.com/products/start-talking-to-your-kids-about-sex?srsltid=AfmBOorWpxaXbb26hdGs2ZktdnRT8QAJHX1_9rg7axz0EwfPrOhGlXdB

Talking with Your Teen About Sex: A Practical Guide for Catholics
https://www.avemariapress.com/products/talking-with-your-teen-about-sex?srsltid=AfmBOorN5gHQ7ukFPyXTkg2lPjeqjZzfckS4NbIWE38t3qvYliWqkHq9

How to talk to your teens about sexuality:
https://talkingtoyourteencourse.com/

To help empower families to prevent and reverse childhood addictions to smartphones:
https://screenstrong.org/

Good Pictures Bad Pictures: Porn-Proofing Today's Young Kids
https://a.co/d/0hMs5wqh

Good Pictures Bad Pictures Jr.: A Simple Plan to Protect Young Minds:
https://www.amazon.com/Good-Pictures-Bad-Jr-Protect/dp/0997318791/

To help with screen time:
https://getbrick.com/

Distraction-free smartphone:
https://wisephone.com/