Happy Hour #31 is with my friend Erin MacPheson. Erin is a stay-at-home mom by day and a writer and amateur chef by night. She is the author of more than nine books, including The Christian Mama's Guide series and the Hot Mama series. She lives in Austin with her three kids (ages 9, 7 and 3), her husband and her trusty Golden Retiever, Jack.
Links from the show:
- Erin and her friend Kathi Lipp have a book coming out in the Fall, but before then they are releasing three ebooks to lead up to the release of their book. The first one released this month and it's called 10 Ideas To Inspire Red Hot Sex and it's $1.99 on Amazon right now.
- Blog post that Erin wrote: A letter to all parents regarding 50 shades of grey
- Sexual Sin series from The Austin Stone Community Church
- What Erin's reading: Rooms by James Rubart
- What I'm reading: Women Are Scary by Melanie Dale
- 21 books coming out in movies this year that you should read
- Jen Hatmaker's post on writing that I referenced: On Becoming A Writer
Connect with Erin:
Facebook // Twitter // Blog // Amazon
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I squealed with excitement for a new podcast episode this morning. I am so grateful for strong women taking a stand for marriage and fighting for marriage. Thank you for that!
Thank you so much.
One of the best ever! I so appreciate the honesty and the insight and the heart of you both. Wishing that when I was your age, and at your stage, that I’d had you two to spend happy hour with. Also sorry that when I was spending so much time in Austin I didn’t run into you at a ‘happy hour’ somewhere. 🙂 Please don’t stop. Monday has become one of my favorite days.
I really enjoyed this conversation, Jamie and Erin! While I’m not yet a mama, I really enjoy learning about how to have good, healthy habits in my marriage. My biggest question at the start of the podcast was “Is this book still for me if I am a wife but not yet a mother?” It’s my husband’s and my hope that we can learn to establish healthy habits in our marriage before we have children.
The other thing that really stuck out to me on this podcast was your comments about Gone Girl. I read the book over Thanksgiving after hearing rave reviews from friends and your podcast. I was a little disturbed and wasn’t sure about going to see the movie. I was thankful to hear that you also had reservations about going to see the movie. I find it hard with a book like that – it receives praise from Hollywood and the media, but doesn’t do much to lift up my soul. On the other hand, I do think it could pose some interesting conversation starters about marriage with Christians and non-Christians.
Thanks for a great podcast, Jamie! I’m thankful the Lord has given you this gift!
I bought the ebook right after I heard you guys talking about it! To be honest, I haven’t seen sex as an important aspect in my marriage lately with being 10 months postpartum and not having a full night of sleep for ages (all I want to do is sleep during my free time…). But it’s SO important and I needed that encouragement and conviction this morning. My husband was very happy to heart that I bought the book. 😉 This was such a good podcast and a needed discussion to be had. Thanks Jamie
I’m also someone who enjoys sex with my husband, and I often tell my friends to have more sex with their husband even when they don’t “feel” like it because it leads to wanting more sex and more intimacy. At one point, my husband and I were having sex at least every 3 days and we had never been happier in our relationship! However…life, and kids, and life get in the way and our sex life falls to more like once every week or every two weeks (for pete’s sake) and I realize that it’s truly a habit that I need to cultivate rather than let fall away. I also know that when I’m not feeling emotionally connected to my husband, it’s hard to want to be physically connected to him and so I won’t initiate it. However – so unfair that it works like this and not as easily the other way around but that’s life and life isn’t fair – *if* I have more sex with my husband, he connects more with me emotionally. So I get it. I get that I need to do this more. So, all that to say – I am buying this Hot Mama series of books!!! =)