Learning to Rest through Personal Spiritual Retreats with Alyson Pryor

Episode 105 

Todays guest is Alyson Pryor, my real life friend and real life wise woman. Alyson is a wife and mom to 5 kids. She is also a spiritual director, a marriage and family therapist, a professor, speaker and now author of her first book! And she is more amazing in real life than she is on paper. 

I absolutely loved talking to Alyson about her new book, Come Away and Rest, a Guide to Personal Spiritual Retreats. Alyson shares how she started seeking rest through spiritual retreats as a tired mom of young children, being cared for by 2 kind nuns at a house in a suburban neighborhood. Its a funny and tender story and led Alyson on a journey of discovery that she needed these quiet retreats not just to get a break from being a mom, but to know God in a deeper way. 

I learned a lot in this episode and found myself inspired to take a quiet spiritual retreat of my own as it is something I have never done. I know youll love learning from Alyson too! 

If youre looking for a restful retreat combined with lots of beauty and some adventure, consider joining me, Greta, on my upcoming Womens Walking Retreat in the Cotswolds this September. It will be a time for deep thought, soul care, celebration, healing or just experiencing the joy of being in a new and beautiful place with like minded companions. Find out more info right here. 

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

Find Alysons book here 

Find Alysons website here 

Find Alyson on Instagram here 

Find info on Gretas walking retreat here 

The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

Episode 104 

I love episodes where I get to talk with my friends. And this episode is one of those. Brook Mosser co-leads Intentional ministries with his wife Elizabeth, is an author, speaker and podcast host.  Brook Mosser is also one of my dear friends--honestly like a brother to me. We make each other laughthough hes a thousand times funnier than I am. But what I love and appreciate most about Brook is how honest he is, how kind and generous, and how he points people to Jesus over and over again. And this episode is all about that. 

We talk about all kinds of things: hormones, yes he talked hormones with me, adult ADD, his upcoming retreat with Intentional Fatherhood, and especially the book he just wrote, Sowing a Hidden Seed: Daily Prayers for Your Childs Spiritual Growth.  You are going to love this episode and get a lot of good stuff out of it. I am so glad to share my buddy Brook with you again. 

Be sure to check out the links below to get connected to all the good things we talk about. 

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

Find Brooks book here 

Find Brook on Instagram here 

Find The Intentional Fatherhood podcast here 

Find tickets to The Intentional Fatherhood retreat here 

Find The Intentional Parents podcast here 

Find Gretas book, Its Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn here 

Find info about Gretas upcoming Womens Walking Retreat in the Cotswolds here 

The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

Episode 103 

Oh this episode could not feel more relevant to me right in this very moment! I have a house full of teens and young adults, my first child to be getting married and Im nearly done with my many years of being a home school mom. There is a lot of joy in this time of my life, but also so much change and we all know change is hard. And the empty nest years sure are filled with change. 

Thats why I am so excited about this conversation with empty nest coach, Pamela Henkleman. Pamela is a wise, gracious and joy filled guide to any mom on this journey. You might think this conversation doesnt apply to you because your kids are little, or in elementary school, but Pamela and I also talked about how to prepare our hearts for the empty nest days, no matter what stage of parenting were in. Not with mourning and sadness, but with the knowledge that its our job to send our kids out in the best way possible. 

I also asked Pamela to share what we have to look forward to in the empty nest years because it cant all be doom and gloom, right? The good news, its not! Youll love hearing the moment I realized there were some things I am really looking forward to in my empty nest years. I know youll get a lot out of this episode and love getting to know Pamela. 

Be sure to give her a follow and to share this episode with a friend. And leave a review of the podcast too, if you havent done that yet! 

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

Find Pamelas website here 

Find Pamela on Instagram here 

Find Pamelas podcast here 

Find Pamelas coaching here 

Find info on Gretas Womens Walking Retreat in the Cotswolds here 

Get your copy of Gretas latest book, Its Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn here 

The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

Episode 102 It was so good to have my friend Justin Earley back on the show today! If you missed the last episode with Justin and Brook Mosser, hosts of the Intentional Fatherhood podcast, you can listen to it here. It is a fun one and you dont want to miss it.

In episode 102, Justin and I dive into his newest book, The Body Teaches the Soul: Ten Essential Habits to Form a Healthy and Holy Life. I loved reading Justins book. As you can imagine, that made it hard to narrow down what parts of the book to focus on. But ultimately, I asked Justin if we could focus on the chapters of his book that covered 3 specific topics: breath, exercise and sex. It was such a good conversation! I walked away learning so much and I know you will too.

As always, please share this episode and if youve never left a review of the podcast, do that today too! Id be so grateful. And if you havent yet picked up your copy of Its Time To Talk to Your Kids About Porn, consider this your weekly reminder to do so. You can find your copy here. 2026 is your year to have these conversations with your kids! Thanks for listening friends. I cant wait to see you next week!

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

Find Justins website here

Find Justin on Instagram here

Find Justins book here

Find the Intentional Fatherhood podcast here

Find tickets to the Intentional Fatherhood retreat here

Find info about Gretas Womens Walking Retreat in the Cotswolds here

The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org

Episode 101 

Its been a while since I did an Ask Me Anything episode, so here we are! 

This episode is all over the place, which only makes sense because you listeners gave me the topics to talk about. And you are all different and want to know different things. I love that! 

So in this episode I shared about hormones and perimenopause, favorite books, raising young adults, my womens walking retreat in the Cotswolds, and more. I hope you enjoy another little peek into my life. 

Putting links to the walking retreat below, as well as a link to the book you need to read in 2026, Its Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn. Ive said it before and Ill say it again, make this the year you have one of the most important conversations in modern day parenting with your kids. Dont worry, I wrote a guide to help you. 

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

Get info on my Womens Walking Retreat in the Cotswolds here 

Get my book here 

The Greta Eskridge Podcast is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. For more information visit www.ChristianParenting.org