046 - Finishing Well with Olivia Suriano | Work and Play with Nancy Ray Podcast

042 - Book | Switch On Your Brain: Switch On Your Brain by Dr. Caroline Leaf is one of the most interesting and impactful books I've read. Of all the books I read last year, this one is probably my favorite simply because it's full of scientific knowledge about the brain and how it... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

20 min listen

053 - Our Evening Routine: A lot of us have some extra free time that we don't know what to do with right now and we're losing help because we can't plan our summer. We're canceling everything that's been on our calendars and it's just a weird, weird time. So, I’m inviting... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

19 min listen

052 - Prioritizing Play: The title of this podcast is Work and Play with Nancy Ray, which you already know. Today, I'm excited to jump into the topic of play, because during this strange season of our lives when many of us are quarantined or under some kind of order to... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

22 min listen

041 - My Plan to Work One Day a Week: For the last 12 years I've worked my tail off. I've built a business, Nancy Ray Photography, and . I went from working six or seven days a week, no joke in the early years, especially with weddings and double wedding weekends, it's just crazy, to... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

19 min listen

043 - Book | You Are The Girl For The Job with Jess Connolly: I think you're really going to enjoy this conversation I had with my friend Jess Connolly, who is the author of You Are the Girl for the Job, which is the first book in the Nancy Ray Book Club of 2020. I'm really excited. We talked about a lot of... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

62 min listen

044 - How to Track Your Time: The first time I tracked my time was back in 2014 I think. I just finished reading 168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam (In case you didn't know, that's how many hours there are in a week.). At the time, I was juggling a growing photography business, and I... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

22 min listen

040 - Living Intentionally in a Distracted World with Lara Casey Isaacson: The word "intentional" has become kind of a buzzword these last few years. I've seen it everywhere on social media and with good reason. Being intentional is the opposite of living haphazardly or living distracted, which is all too easy to do today.... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

50 min listen

063 - Joy-filled Birthdays: I can not even believe it, but today is my daughter's fifth birthday. How in the world do I have a five-year-old? I don't know. Five whole years of sweet little Milly being in our lives. Five whole years of me being a mama. I can not believe it. These... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

26 min listen

048 - Update to our Dave Ramsey Journey: One of the biggest factors in our lives is not talked about enough, and that's money. Isn't it weird how money is kind of secretive like that? I don't know. Money affects so many aspects of our lives: it affects our work, the need for money often... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

31 min listen

045 - How to Journal: Journaling has been a big part of my life since I was around age 11. Yeah, I've been journaling for over 20 years, which is kind of crazy, but it's provided a lot of clarity for me. It's been an outlet for my emotions. It's deepened my walk with the... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

22 min listen

055 - Book | Beginner's Pluck: It's Nancy Ray Book Club week, which means I'm going to be talking about the book Beginner's Pluck by Liz Forkin Bohannon. Let me just say, this book was so good. Rarely do I read words on a page that make me laugh out loud, but this happened almost... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

21 min listen

054 - 3 Simple Ways to Take More Beautiful Photos: Before I dive into this topic I'm really passionate about, I want to let you know that my brand new course, The Legacy Photo System, is now available at . ---------------- Today, let's chat about three of my favorite ways to really make your images... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

11 min listen

046 - Finishing Well with Olivia Suriano: Our guest today is Olivia Suriano: Believer, wife, owner of , and mama to Marlin - the black lab! She is passionate about fine art film photography, any and every ocean, and iced coffee, always iced! Today, you get to hear a candid conversation with... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

55 min listen

047 - Book | Seasons of God with Dr. Richard Blackaby: Our guest today is Dr. Richard Blackaby: Richard is the president of and lives in Jonesboro, Georgia. Richard travels internationally speaking on spiritual leadership in the home, church, and marketplace as well as on spiritual awakening,... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

76 min listen

049 - The Benefits of Boredom: We are living in a totally anti-boredom culture. I live in anti-boredom life, if I can just be real. Why? Because boredom is boring. Nobody wants to be bored. Milly, my four-year-old, she already has learned the word bored and boredom and she's... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

25 min listen

076 - How to Write a Clear Purpose Statement: How to write a purpose statement. It seems a little daunting, doesn't it? All right, I have to enter this episode with the worst purpose / mission statement of all time. It's actually like the best-worst mission statement of all time. And then we'll... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

29 min listen

059 - Growing Faith in Your Littles: When we think about motherhood, one of the greatest honors and privileges that we have as mothers is to speak life and hope and eternity into the hearts of our children, to grow their faith and point them straight to Jesus. Now the weight of this is... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

22 min listen

069 - 12 Years of Marriage, Part 2: We are back again in Part 2 of the marriage question-and-answer with my favorite human ever, Will Ray, my husband. And so, if you missed Part 1, be sure to go back to last week's and re-listen to that, as this is just a continuation of Will and I... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

37 min listen

056 - Meal Planning Made Fun with Kate from Naptime Kitchen: **UPDATE**When this was recorded, Kate wasn’t planning to release her new until this fall, but given the current situation, she has released it early! You can purchase this AMAZING resource ($12 people, honestly a no-brainer!!) This is the first... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

59 min listen

060 - Caring For Yourself When You Have Small Kids with Robin Long: Today we are continuing with our series, May is for Mamas where I release two podcasts episodes a week throughout the month of May to help us in our journey of motherhood. Today I spoke with my friend Robin Long and she is the founder and CEO of ,... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

60 min listen

051 - Book | When Less Becomes More: I think in a nutshell, Emily's book, When Less Becomes More, perfectly summarizes what happens in our work and in our play when things go wrong. When things start to feel really out of balance, really stressful, you start to get anxious, and the... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

20 min listen

050 - Just for Today: Oftentimes I find myself looking back, thinking about things, mulling over things, that have happened, relationships in my life that are a little bit off and what went wrong. How could I have done something differently, something better? Most of the... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

16 min listen

074 - Book | The Nightingale: The Nightingale has been on my list to read for probably three years as it's one of my dearest friend's all time favorite books, and she's an avid reader, so I knew it was going to be good. It absolutely did not disappoint. Listen, I am not a huge fan... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

22 min listen

057 - 40+ Mama Hacks for Kids Under 5: Today, I am going to share some practical mama hacks, particularly for mamas who have kids under five. I was originally just going to do 5 or 10, and then I put it to Instagram, and man, y'all came through. You taught me so much more than I ever could... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

26 min listen

062 - Taking It One Day At a Time with Shunta Grant: Today I’m having a conversation with my friend, Shunta Grant, and oh is it good! We talk about how important it is to just take it a day at a time—just to slow down, as mamas. It’s so important to look at our day and make a plan, and we talk... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

55 min listen

061 - Mama Guilt and Self Care: Mom guilt. Just saying those words might conjure up a whole lot of feelings in you. Today, I just want to say: I'm with you, I have felt it, it's real; but I also want to say, that is no way to live out our days as mamas. We have got to do something... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

21 min listen

078 - Book | The Pumpkin Plan: About a year ago, my friend, Sammy Jo, who works with me on my content creation and producing this podcast, she recommended this business book to me called The Pumpkin Plan. She recommended it at the time that I was launching this new brand that I... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

28 min listen

071 - 5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Summer: It is the middle of summer. I know you know this, but sometimes it's good to hear a reminder of where you are, so you can reset your thinking and really make sure you're on the right track. Now, summer of 2020 is a weird time for all of us. There... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

15 min listen

068 - 12 Years of Marriage, Part 1: Today, I have my favorite human as my guest, my husband Will Ray. We are doing a question-and-answer series all about marriage and we cover a huge range of topics. We talked about how we knew we were the right ones for each other and when we met and... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

55 min listen

058 - Raising 6 Kids (Including Triplets!) with Mary Lindsey Blanton: Today is a conversation with my big sister, Mary Lindsey Blanton and I can't wait for you to listen to it. It was so good, so genuine, so heartfelt. Listen, if there is any person on this planet that should speak into the life and hearts of mamas, it... by Work and Play with Nancy Ray

78 min listen

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046 - Finishing Well with Olivia Suriano

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