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Earlier this year, I got to talk with MTC Surf founder Elle Miller. My favorite part of Elle’s story is that she found healing on her surfboard and has now committed her life to sharing this gift of healing with those in foster care. I loved hearing about how the surf community and the foster care community are colliding through this very special organization, and I hope that you are inspired as you listen in.  As always, I value your feedback and your insight into what community looks like for you. So feel free to DM me, email me, take our community survey, send up a flare, do whatever you gotta do, but please reach out! Also, do me a favor and subscribe to the Life with People podcast. It helps others find the show like you! To Connect More with Elle: elle@mtcsurf.org  To Connect with MTC Surf https://www.mtcsurf.org/ IG: @MTCSurf Quick Video Consider giving to MTC Surf by becoming a Surfer for Freedom: https://morethanconquerors.app.neoncrm.com/forms/monthly-giving- Ways you can support the Life with People Podcast: - Subscribe to the show on your preferred podcast platform - Share the show with a friend! - Buy me a coffee Episode Recording Date: Jan 29, 2026

In this quick solo episode, I reflect on the conversation with my Grandma from Episode 10.  Here are a few quick takeaways: - Be on the lookout for opportunities to make friends in unexpected places - When you have to forge your own path, you learn new things. - Keep in touch in every season (good and hard) - Keep in touch through conflict - Keep in touch for the long haul - Honor your elders, they are freaking tenacious I hope you enjoyed this quick recap episode. If you didn't catch the full conversation with my Grandma Mickie, be sure to check out Episode 10 here! To Connect with Theresa IG: @theresa_babbitt IG:@life_with_people_pod Ways you can support the Life with People Podcast - Subscribe to the show and share it with a friend! - "Buy Me a Coffee"

This episode was recorded on a random Thursday afternoon when I stopped by my friend Prudence Dancy's home. As we were hanging out, our conversation turned to the topic of clear communication. As we continued to talk, it hit me how valuable this topic is in doing life with people. I was like, "Wait, Prudence, we really need to record this conversation for the podcast." Thankfully, she agreed. Prudence Dancy is a dear friend and mentor of mine, and she has her own podcast, Pause with Prudence. We reference the Enneagram a lot in this episode, so if that is a new concept for you, please check out the resources below. Enneagram Resources: Road Back to You by Ian Morgan and Suzanne Stabile Enneagram Institute: https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/ Welcome to the Enneagram: A Tool for Transformation To Connect with Prudence: Pause with Prudence: https://www.pausewithprudence.com/ IG: @pausewithprudence To Connect with Theresa IG: @theresa_babbitt IG:@life_with_people_pod Ways you can support the Life with People Podcast - Subscribe to the show and share it with a friend! - "Buy Me a Coffee"

In this episode, I sit down with my 92-year-old grandmother, Mickie Marrone. My grandma has always been good at making and keeping friends. Everywhere she goes, everywhere she lives, she surrounds herself with vibrant friendships. This woman has a social life at 92 that would put most of the people I know to shame. Because of that, I wanted to sit down and talk to her. How does she make friends? How does she keep them? What things can I learn from her? We had this conversation toward the end of January 2026. Honestly, it took me a while to convince her to do this with me, and I'm glad that she did. I hope you enjoy this episode with the matriarch of my family, Mickie Marrone. As always, I value your feedback. So feel free to DM me, email me, take our community survey, send up a flare, do whatever you gotta do, but please reach out! Also, do me a favor and subscribe to the Life with People podcast. It helps others find the show like you! To Connect with Theresa IG: @theresa_babbitt IG:@life_with_people_pod Ways you can support the Life with People Podcast - Subscribe to the show and share it with a friend! - "Buy Me a Coffee"

In this episode, I catch up with my friend, Matthew Bacchus. Matthew is a licensed professional counselor based out of CO and TX. I wanted to have Matthew on the podcast because he has a gift for connecting with people and cultivating friendships.  The episode is full of life and fun and laughter, but we also hit some very deep topics, so I wanted to give you a heads up that there are a couple of points in this episode where we talk about sensitive things like suicide and self-harm. That being said, I wanna take a quick moment to say thank you to Matthew for sharing his life with us and for being willing to share some pretty vulnerable parts of his story. As always, I value your feedback. So feel free to DM me, email me, take our community survey, send up a flare, do whatever you gotta do, but please reach out! Also, do me a favor and subscribe to the Life with People podcast. It helps others find the show like you! To Connect with Matthew: On IG: @mathewxbacchus If you're a Denver local who wants to sprint: IG @crackodawnsprintcrew For Counseling: https://www.bacchuscounseling.com/ https://christiancounselingco.com/who-we-are/matthew-bacchus/ Helpful Resources: Modern Man In Search of Soul by Carl Jung Love's Executioner by Irvin Yalom Healing Path by Dan Allender In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Mate Matthew also referenced this episode of the Modern Wisdom Podcast early on in our conversation about social media: Is Having a Boyfriend Cringe Now? - Rob Henderson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbtPRgMOTCU To Connect with Theresa IG: @theresa_babbitt IG:@life_with_people_pod Ways you can support the Life with People Podcast - Subscribe to the show and share it with a friend! - "Buy Me a Coffee"

Here's part three of our series, "Holding Space for Grief." In this episode I talk with my friend and Grief Recovery Method Specialist, Jocelyn Jackson Williams about telling the truth about ourselves and helping others to do the same as they move through the process of grief recovery. We hit some deep topics in this one and wrestle through our human tendencies when it comes to responding to loss and those around us. Jocelyn Jackson Williams is an advocate for healing, recovery, and happiness.  Over the past decade, she has been training professionals to help their clients heal from devastating loss and heartbreak as a Certification Trainer for the Grief Recovery Institute.  Jocelyn has a background in consulting for couples and churches utilizing the tools of the DISC personality profile and Fierce Conversations program.  As a life coach, Jocelyn is thrilled to support people to move past self-imposed roadblocks to achieve the life they truly desire. A published author, you can find her musings on her blogspot and in her monthly column with the Sacramento Observer.   To Connect with Jocelyn: TikTok, IG, & Threads @jocelyn_takes_onjocelynjacksonwilliams.com Helpful Resources: The Grief Recovery Handbook by John James and Russell FriedmanThe Deeply Formed Life by Rich Villodas Ways you can support the Life with People Podcast - Subscribe to the show and share it with a friend! - "Buy Me a Coffee"

This is part 2 of our series, "Holding Space for Grief." In this episode, I sit down with creative entrepreneur and Marriage and Family Therapist Associate Ceci Frost to talk about her own journey with grief. Ceci's story uniquely positions her to talk about how different (but similar) losses can affect us is vastly different ways in varying seasons of our lives. How to embrace people who are showing up for you, even if those people are not the people you expected. And, how to accept that there is no right or wrong way to grieve. I really enjoyed my conversation with Ceci. I hope her passion for this topic gives you courage and added insight into how to walk with people who are grieving as you continue to do life with people right where you are. Connect with Ceci: https://hopecollectivetherapy.com/ Books Ceci recommends on grief: https://hopecollectivetherapy.com/blog/books-that-help-you-understand-grief Ways you can support the Life with People Podcast - Subscribe to the show and share it with a friend! - "Buy Me a Coffee"

This episode kicks off a series of conversations around the topic of grief and how we can hold space for it in our relationships. It's a topic that while I feel is gaining more awareness, is more often ignored when we think about building community and doing life with people. Truthfully, I think one of the main reasons is because it feels hard, heavy and it often requires something from us. It requires courage to wade into the uncomfortable waters of grief, to sit with them in their losses and to walk alongside them in dark seasons. And because grief looks and feels different for everyone I think one of the most powerful ways we can learn about it is by hearing people's stories. In this episode I talk with my good friend Noelle Roberts about her story of loss, facing a side of God she didn't recognize, sifting through ashes and learning how to dream again. You're going to want to lean in for this one...  To connect more with Noelle: IG: @noellerobertsstudio Website: Noelle Roberts Studio Find Noelle on the Playbook App Books mentioned in the episode that were helpful to Noelle during the early stages of grief. A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis It's Okay That You're Not Okay by Megan Devine More on the U-Shaped Diagram and Healing Episode 91 from Adam Young's Podcast The Place We Find Ourselves To Follow the Podcast on IG: @life_with_people_pod I value your feedback and your insights into what community looks like for you. So feel free to DM me, email me, take our community survey, send up a flare, do whatever you gotta do but please reach out! Also do me a favor and subscribe to the Life with People podcast it helps others find the show like you!  Ways you can support the Life with People Podcast - Subscribe to the show and share it with a friend! - "Buy Me a Coffee"

In this episode, I talk with Rolling Cerros Run Club (RCRC) founder Austin Alfaro. I wanted to talk to Austin because I love what he's doing to build community with the run club, and it's clear that he's having a blast doing it. As always, I value your feedback and your insights into what community looks like for you. So, feel free to DM me, email me, take our community survey, send up a flare, do whatever you gotta do, but please reach out. If you want to connect more with Austin: IG: @austinalfaroStrava: https://strava.app.link/1FJ8C6PQ5Xb If you want to connect more with Rolling Cerros Run Club IG: @rollingcerrosrunclub Strava: https://strava.app.link/CjbAVIUQ5Xb  Ways you can support the Life with People Podcast - Subscribe to the show and share it with a friend! - "Buy Me a Coffee"

In this episode I reflect on my conversation with Mika and Moriah from Episode 3. I focus primarily on the the following: 1. Vulnerability is an entryway (or a doorway) for deeper connection 2. How we can lean into vulnerability ourselves and invite others into deeper levels of vulnerability 3. Naming a few fears that sometimes pop up when we choose to be vulnerable. I would love to hear some ways you are being intentional with your relationships! What's working for you? What fears are you facing?  Ways you can support the Life with People Podcast - Subscribe to the show and share it with a friend! - "Buy Me a Coffee"

I hope you enjoy with episode with my friends Moriah McLeod and Mika Harris. Our original intention was to discuss a book we were all reading but we ended up simply having a conversation about what community looks like for each of us in this season. I confess, we laughed a lot and I found the limits of my cheap microphone, so apologies for that. But if you can get through our silly banter and laughing spells I believe you’ll get some gems from today’s episode. Together we talk about the impact of community on vulnerable groups of people, how community looks different for everyone, how vulnerability unlocks community and so much more. If you make it to the end drop a comment letting us know what color you are today!   As always, I value your feedback and your own personal insights into what community looks like for you. So feel free to DM me, email me, take our community survey, send up a flare, do whatever you gotta do but please reach out! Also do me a favor and subscribe to the Life with People podcast it helps others find the show like you! If you want to connect more with today's guests, find them on IG! Moriah: @moriahm_ Mika: @mikajharris Ways you can support the Life with People Podcast - Subscribe to the show and share it with a friend! - "Buy Me a Coffee"

On this episode, I reflect on the conversation that we had with Daniel and Marissa Zheng last episode. In particular I focus on Daniel's encouragement to not take rejection personally when you are building relationships with people. In my reflecting, I share some personal stories of failure and how those failures actually helped me to establish friends in my new city (eventually).  At the very least, I hope that some of these stories make you laugh. Let me know if you can relate!  What out of the box things have you tried to make a friend?  Did it work? As always, I value your feedback and your own personal insights into what community looks like for you. So feel free to DM me, email me, take our community survey, send up a flare, do whatever you gotta do but please reach out! Also do me a favor and subscribe to the Life with People podcast it helps others find the show like you! Ways you can support the Life with People Podcast - Subscribe to the show and share it with a friend! - "Buy Me a Coffee"

Hey guys! I’m Theresa and I love doing life with people. I believe community helps to bring meaning, belonging and purpose to our daily lives, but sadly, more and more we are disconnected from the authentic forms of community we deeply long for. My goal with this podcast is to give hope that finding, building, rebuilding or re imagining community is not only possible, it’s within your reach, to release vision on how you can move toward it and to provide resources and tools to help make it happen. I’m here learning right along with you. I literally started this podcast out of my own place of longing to build community in this odd post pandemic, divided world we all find ourselves in.  We recorded this episode with Daniel and Marissa Zheng at the beginning of the year about a week before they made a big move with their family of 4. We talk about what it’s like making friends in a new city and how powerful consistency is when it comes to building community. We also talk about how following the practice of the sabbath with others can form us in ways that we didn’t expect. I hope you enjoy this conversation with my dear friends.  As always, I value your feedback and your own personal insights into what community looks like for you. So feel free to DM me, email me, take our community survey, send up a flare, do whatever you gotta do but please reach out! Also do me a favor and subscribe to the Life with People podcast it helps others find the show like you! Resources Mentioned: Every Moment Holy  Ways you can support the Life with People Podcast - Subscribe to the show and share it with a friend! - "Buy Me a Coffee"

Be on the lookout for my new podcast, Life with People!  Hey guys! I’m Theresa and I want to invite you to check out my new podcast, “Life with People.” Why? Because I love people. And because I believe community helps to bring meaning, belonging and purpose to our daily lives, but sadly, more and more we are disconnected from the authentic forms of community we deeply long for. My goal with this podcast is to give hope that finding, building, rebuilding or re-imagining community is not only possible, it’s within your reach, to release vision on how you can move toward it, and to provide resources and tools to help make it happen.  I’m here learning right along with you. I actually started dreaming up this podcast out of my own place of longing to build community in this odd increasingly isolated and divided world we all find ourselves in. With that being said, be on the look out for upcoming episodes which will feature a mix of the following:  Interviews with friends and expertsThe “community 101” which will encourage you to reflect and to take some action toward fostering community in your own life“Memo Mondays,” where I invite you to take a listen into the range of topics that pop up from living life with people.  As we launch I want you to know that I value your feedback and your own personal insights into what community looks like for you. So feel free to DM me, email me, take our community survey, send up a flare, do whatever you gotta do but please reach out!  Oh, and don’t forget to subscribe so you can get the first episode right away when it drops! Ways you can support the Life with People Podcast - Subscribe to the show and share it with a friend! - "Buy Me a Coffee"