The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

What if erasing a child's painful memories would actually take away something important? In this conversation, Ginny Yurich welcomes Isaac Rudansky, father of four, entrepreneur, and author of Georgie Summers and the Scribes of Scatterplot, a new middle-grade fantasy novel that explores loneliness, friendship, courage, and the experiences that shape who we become.

Isaac shares why children don't always need adults to fix their problems, why screens can create the illusion of connection while deepening loneliness, and why he believes children are naturally curious rather than lazy. He also recounts his remarkable decade-long journey from an abandoned manuscript and repeated rejection to a three-book publishing deal. Along the way, Ginny and Isaac explore the power of developing real skills, the importance of childhood independence, and why a great adventure story can give young readers something screens cannot: an entire world to carry inside them.

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It's a Wonderful Life has touched generations of families, but few know the extraordinary story of suffering and healing behind Jimmy Stewart's unforgettable performance.

Filmmaker Aaron Burns and screenwriter Justin Strahan join Ginny Yurich to share the remarkable true story behind their new film, Jimmy,which follows Stewart from Hollywood stardom through his harrowing service in World War II and his eventual return to filmmaking. They reveal how Stewart's own struggles shaped the emotional depth of George Bailey, and why making It's a Wonderful Life became part of his healing. The conversation explores the complicated relationship between Stewart and his father, the surprising ways sacrifice and service give life meaning, and why achievement alone cannot satisfy our deepest longings. Along the way, Burns and Strahan share how childhood adventures, imaginative play, and a love of timeless stories inspired their own creative journeys.

Jimmy opens exclusively in theaters November 6.

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Healing doesn't always mean the pain goes away. Sometimes it means growing strong enough to carry it—and helping someone else carry theirs.

Author and speaker Toni Collier returns to the 1000 Hours Outside Podcast for a deeply moving conversation about resilience, identity, and the unexpected gifts found in life's hardest seasons. Drawing from her own experience rebuilding after divorce and her work on the documentary series Unshakeable Moxie, Toni shares extraordinary stories of women who have endured unimaginable loss without allowing suffering to define them.

From a powerful encounter with Joni Eareckson Tada to a tender moment between Dr. Bernice King and her closest friend, these stories reveal why healing rarely happens in isolation. Toni and Ginny also explore the pressure women face to prove their worth through accomplishments, relationships, and even motherhood—and the freedom that comes from rooting identity in something that cannot be taken away. It's a conversation about faith, friendship, and finding strength without pretending life isn't hard.

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Children learn generosity not just from what their parents tell them, but from what they watch their parents do.

Tori Hope Petersen, author of Safe House and a former foster youth who is now a foster parent herself, returns to the 1000 Hours Outside Podcast for a moving conversation with Ginny Yurich about radical hospitality and the families we build through it.

Tori shares how growing up in twelve different homes shaped her understanding of safety, belonging, and love—and why welcoming others requires both open hearts and thoughtful boundaries. She recounts the moment her young son gave his favorite pillow to a foster child, revealing how deeply children absorb the values their families live out.

From building community before motherhood to finding purpose through a shared family mission, this conversation offers a beautiful reminder that hospitality doesn't require a perfect home or abundant resources. Sometimes the smallest acts of welcome leave the deepest impressions.

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The way we educate children today isn't the way we've always done it. In fact, many of the practices parents take for granted are surprisingly recent developments in American history.

Historian and homeschooling mother Dixie Dillon Lane, author of Skipping School, joins Ginny Yurich to uncover how homeschooling went from an underground movement, where families sometimes hid their children to avoid legal trouble, to a mainstream educational choice embraced by millions.

Along the way, they explore why early homeschooling pioneers challenged the push toward younger academic instruction, how standardization transformed classrooms, and why parents may not realize how dramatically schooling has changed since their own childhoods.

But this conversation goes beyond homeschooling. It's about reclaiming the freedom to think differently about education, recognizing that children develop on different timelines, and discovering how our choices about learning can create more room for childhood, family connection, and a life less governed by the clock.

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A child who struggles to sit still may actually need more movement, not more discipline. And a child who struggles to read may be facing developmental challenges that have little to do with intelligence.

Sally Goddard Blythe, author of The Well-Balanced Child, joins Ginny Yurich to explore the remarkable connections between physical development, learning, behavior, and emotional well-being. Drawing from decades of working with children, Sally explains why balance matters for concentration, how early academic pressure can undermine confidence, and why something as simple as singing may help prepare a child's brain for reading.

She also shares the unforgettable story of a boy who had no idea his visual experience was different from everyone else's.

From crawling and climbing to music and imaginative outdoor play, this conversation offers a compelling reminder that children don't need more expensive enrichment. They need time, movement, and the freedom to develop at their own pace.

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The child who struggles most with behavior may be the very child who needs more recess, more play, and more connection—not another consequence.

Robyn Gobbel, author of Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors, joins Ginny Yurich for a deeply compassionate conversation about what is really happening beneath children's most confusing behaviors. She explains how the nervous system shifts between connection and protection, why children can lose access to their best thinking in moments of distress, and how everyday experiences like playing outside, moving their bodies, or even taking a bath can help restore a sense of safety.

But this conversation goes beyond understanding children. Gobbel offers a powerful perspective for parents who feel exhausted, discouraged, or ashamed of their own reactions. From the surprising importance of play to the transformative role of self-compassion, this episode offers a different way to see difficult behavior—and the people behind it.

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The way you spend your money can shape your life and Crystal Paine wants us to make sure it’s shaping a life we actually want. Crystal is back for the third time to talk about her new book, The 7 Habits of Financially Healthy Women. Her new book is about so much more than making a budget. Crystal shares what she learned from surveying nearly 4,000 women about their fears around money. She encourages the listener and reader to “start with what you have” and explains how tiny everyday choices compound over decades. You'll learn about why paying with cash changes the way we spend and if you hate budgets... your can call it a spending plan instead and us it as an opportunity to determine what your family values most. Listen in as they talk grocery bills, raising financially capable kids, inexpensive family adventures, and Crystal’s hilariously impressive couponing years. Find Crystal at CrystalPaine.com and MoneySavingMom.com, and check out two resources mentioned in the conversation, The Koerner Office and Plandy Mandy.

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During one of the darkest seasons of her life, Wendy Speake walked 150 miles in a single month. She felt so emotionally paralyzed that taking physical steps became a way to begin moving forward again.

In this deeply personal conversation, Ginny Yurich welcomes Wendy back to discuss her new book, The Sacrifice of Praise and Thanksgiving, and the surprising ways gratitude can reshape our lives even when circumstances remain painfully difficult.

Wendy shares why parents often lose control precisely when they're fighting hardest to maintain it, how negative thought patterns can quietly deepen over time, and why noticing the smallest gifts in everyday life can help interrupt despair. She also explores the difference between denying difficult emotions and bringing them honestly before God.

From long walks and ordinary miracles to the discipline of praising God when life doesn't feel good, this conversation offers a thoughtful perspective on finding hope without pretending everything is fine.

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Five years can change everything. In 2021, M.P. Woodward was an Amazon executive who had never published a novel. Today, he's writing Tom Clancy thrillers like The Handler and collaborating with bestselling author Jack Carr on The Fourth Option.His remarkable reinvention is a reminder that it's never too late to pursue something you've always wanted to do.

In this conversation with Ginny Yurich, the former naval intelligence officer shares more than his unexpected path to becoming a novelist. He explains why his characters gravitate toward painting, philosophy, and analog living in an increasingly digital world, and how these pursuits teach us to notice what others overlook. He also explores the extraordinary ways ordinary people's decisions have shaped history, sometimes preventing unimaginable disasters.

From the surprising connections between ancient water systems and modern artificial intelligence to the importance of honor over ambition, this conversation is about paying attention, choosing courage, and recognizing how much can change.

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Children know something about enjoying life that adults have largely forgotten. A stick, a cardboard box, or even a marshmallow can become an entire world of discovery, while grown-ups increasingly measure experiences by their productivity or future payoff.

Ian Bogost, author of The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Lifeand a writer at The Atlantic, joins Ginny Yurich to explore how our pursuit of convenience, efficiency, and achievement has quietly stripped everyday life of some of its richest pleasures. From the surprising limitations of the famous marshmallow test to the disappearing rituals of paper tickets and ordinary human interactions, Bogost reveals how much we're overlooking.

Their conversation offers a refreshing perspective on childhood, screen time, and the pressure to optimize every moment. It also reveals a remarkably simple way to experience more joy without changing your circumstances, accomplishing more, or waiting for something better to happen.

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Even if you spend every possible moment with your children, you'll still grieve how quickly they grow up. That sadness isn't proof you missed something. It's part of loving someone who is constantly changing.

Dr. Ann Welsh, psychologist, coach, and author of Ambitious Mother, joins Ginny Yurich for a hopeful conversation about the surprising ways motherhood changes us. Welsh explains how becoming a mother can strengthen our ability to lead, prioritize, connect, and even think creatively—and why playing with our children may develop skills we carry into the rest of our lives.

They also explore the enormous amount of invisible work mothers perform, why the village we need rarely looks like the one we've imagined, and how our ambitions can change without disappearing. From stepping away from a dream job at Harvard to redefining what a successful life looks like, Welsh offers a refreshing perspective on motherhood, identity, and the freedom to grow through every season.

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We live in a world that rewards performance, comparison, and constant approval. But what is that doing to our children—and to the people we're becoming?

In this deeply thoughtful conversation, Ginny sits down with therapist, pastor, and author Chuck DeGroat to explore the hidden roots of narcissism, the surprising ways childhood wounds shape adult behavior, and why genuine character development requires far more than simply trying harder.

Chuck challenges parents to rethink what it means to protect their children. Our job isn't to eliminate suffering, but to become the safe place they can return to when life gets hard. He also explains how technology narrows our attention, why so many adults remain trapped in patterns they don't recognize, and how something as simple as watching birds can begin to restore our capacity for wonder and connection.

Drawing from his new book,Who You're Becoming, Chuck offers a hopeful reminder that lasting transformation happens slowly, through relationships, honest reflection, and learning to be fully present.

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Childhood was never meant to be a race. Bestselling author and Slow Movement pioneer Carl Honoré returns to The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast for a conversation about what happens when we stop rushing our kids and ourselves through life. Carl and Ginny talk about why boredom matters, how overscheduling can turn childhood into a race for perfection, why some of the best conversations with our kids happen when nobody is watching the clock, and the power of the small things like family meals, puzzles, books, nature, sleep, and simply having nowhere else to be. They also explore slow schooling, homeschooling, our complicated relationship with screens, and Carl’s beautiful book Slow Adventures, which invites children to experience the world at a more human pace. Find Carl, his books, courses, and videos at CarlHonoré.com, explore In Praise of Slowness, watch his TED Talk In Praise of Slowness, and watch his free How to Slow Down TED course.

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Church hurt can leave you grieving far more than a bad experience because you can lose your community in the process. In this deeply personal conversation, Ginny Yurich sits down with counseling pastor and author Tim St. John to talk about his book After Church Hurt and what actually happens when the place meant to care for you becomes the source of the wound. Ginny shares her own family’s experience of raising serious concerns inside their church, being pushed out, and still dealing with the effects years later. Tim explains the three waves of church hurt, why naming what happened matters, how shame and hypervigilance can linger, and what to look for when you're ready to trust a church community again. They also talk about something surprisingly hopeful: churches intentionally building cultures of care where people know exactly where to turn when life falls apart. Tim shares free counseling training and resources through Lighthouse Community Church, along with more resources, sermons, articles, and information about his work at TimothyStJohn.com.

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When life suddenly stops feeling safe, the people around us may be our greatest protection. Dr. Raj Panjabi is a physician, the former White House national security official, the co-founder of Last Mile Health, and one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People. He joins Ginny Yurich to share what he has learned about navigating uncertainty from an extraordinary life that began when he fled civil war in Liberia as a nine-year-old refugee. Drawing from his new book, Safer, Raj explains why waiting for certainty can be dangerous, how “normalcy bias” caused him to miss the frightening signs of his own young daughter’s heart failure, and why our instinct to pull inward during hard times may be exactly backward. This conversation moves from his father’s unforgettable mantra of “no condition is permanent” to the science of resilience, the power of asking for help, and the surprising truth Raj has seen everywhere from remote communities to the White House Situation Room: our greatest protection isn’t isolation, it’s connection.

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Raising a child with special needs changes nearly every aspect of family life, but it can also reveal extraordinary opportunities for love, growth, and connection.

Dr. Joe and Cindy Ferrini, authors of The Special Needs Parent: A Guide to the Life You Never Expected, join Ginny to share lessons from nearly 45 years of raising their son Joey, who has cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and developmental disabilities.

Through heartfelt stories and practical wisdom, they explore the realities of lifelong caregiving, protecting marriage, supporting siblings, building community, and navigating the isolation many special needs families experience. They also discuss the role of faith in suffering and how unexpected challenges can transform a family's understanding of purpose.

This conversation offers encouragement to parents walking a difficult road while challenging friends, neighbors, and churches to move beyond good intentions and offer meaningful, practical support. It's a powerful reminder that every family deserves to be seen, welcomed, and supported.

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The history of ticks in the United States is far stranger and more disturbing than many of us realize. Award-winning science writer Kris Newby, author of Bitten The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons and senior producer of the Oscar-shortlisted documentary Under Our Skin, joins Ginny Yurich to uncover the documented Cold War programs that experimented with weaponizing ticks, fleas, and mosquitoes. Kris shares her own family's devastating experience with Lyme disease, the years she spent investigating scientist Willy Burgdorfer, the open-air tick releases she uncovered, and why she believes we still don't know the whole story. But this conversation isn't meant to scare families indoors. It ends where parents need it to with information on how to take ticks seriously, what to do when you find one, and how to keep giving our kids the childhood outdoors they need. Learn more about Kris and her work at Kris Newby and watch Under Our Skin.

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Bestselling author Susan Cain joins Ginny Yurich for a fascinating conversation about the hidden strengths of introverts, the pressures of an extroverted culture, and the profound beauty of life's impermanence.

Drawing from her groundbreaking bestsellerQuiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, Susan explores why society prizes charisma and outgoing personalities while often overlooking the creativity, leadership, and deep thinking that flourish in solitude. She shares practical guidance for raising introverted and shy children, understanding their unique temperaments, and helping them navigate unfamiliar situations with confidence and compassion.

The conversation also explores Susan's acclaimed book Bittersweet and her new children's book, Lucky and Norman, revealing why acknowledging sorrow, embracing life's inevitable goodbyes, and recognizing the fleeting nature of our experiences can deepen our capacity for joy, wonder, and connection.

This thoughtful episode offers parents a refreshing perspective on honoring their children's individuality, embracing life's complexities, and discovering the extraordinary gifts found in quiet moments.

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Here is a message worth here hearing over and over again: you were already worthy before you accomplished a single thing. Artist, author, speech therapist, and homeschooling mom Tabitha Paige returns to the 1000 Hours Outside Podcast for a conversation that goes much deeper than her children's books. Tabitha shares how her son Declan, who was born with a rare genetic syndrome and significant disabilities, changed the way she understands love, worth, and what makes a life valuable. Those messages are woven into her deeply personal new book, I’ve Loved You From the Start. Tabitha also tells the remarkable story of illustrating the book after a traumatic brain injury left her struggling to see, forcing her to wrestle with the very question she was writing about: Would I still have worth if I could never create again? Ginny and Tabitha talk about raising children in an achievement-obsessed culture, homeschooling without fear, choosing a different path for your family, keeping creativity alive into adulthood, and Tabitha's beautiful new Winnie-the-Pooh projects. This one is a reminder for parents and children alike: love isn't something we earn, and there isn't just one right way to build a meaningful life.

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