The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Melanie Shankle is one of those writers who can make you laugh on one page and hit something tender that makes you cry on the next, and this conversation with Ginny Yurich on The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast goes right there. They talk about motherhood, daughters, mean girls, family pain, what it means to be deeply loved, and how the phrases that get handed down in a family can shape a whole life. It’s funny, sharp, moving, and full of the kind of honesty that makes you feel less alone as a woman and a mom.

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David Thomas and Sissy Goff are back, and this conversation is incredibly relatable. Kids are more hesitant, more overwhelmed, and less willing to step into the very things that help them grow. Ginny talks with them about their new book Capable and what they are seeing after decades of counseling families: shrinking comfort zones, rising anxiety, and a culture that has made it harder for kids to practice real-life courage. This is a practical conversation that is full of direction. From letting kids experience disappointment to building flexibility, risk, and resilience in everyday moments, this episode will leave you thinking differently about what actually helps kids thrive.

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Rachel Kovac returns for her third appearance on The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast with host Ginny Yurich for a conversation that gets right to the heart of what so many families are thinking but do not always say out loud: the high school years matter deeply, adolescence is not a stage to hand over casually, and homeschooling through graduation can be thoughtful, rigorous, connected, and full of real hope. This episode is about more than transcripts and college plans. It is about protecting wonder, resisting conformity, building strong family relationships, and helping teens step into adulthood with substance, clarity, and confidence. Rachel brings wisdom, research, and lived experience to a conversation that feels steadying in the best way, especially for parents who have loved homeschooling in the early years but feel unsure about what comes next.

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Douglas McKelvey writes like someone who has paid attention to both beauty and disappointment, and this conversation on The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast with host Ginny Yurich is for anyone who has ever wondered whether the slow, hidden years still matter. Ginny and Douglas talk about Every Moment Holy, the new Rites of Passage collection, the sacred weight of ordinary life, the ache of delayed dreams, and the way wonder, nature, prayer, and imagination can pull us back to what is real when life feels rushed, flat, or uncertain. It is a thoughtful, deeply comforting episode about art, faith, parenting, growing up, letting go, and trusting that even the parts of life that seem small or off-course are not wasted.

Explore Every Moment Holy here, including Rites of Passage, at everymomentholy.com and the Rites of Passage page, and find the live experience at everymomentholy.com/live.
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Dr. Glynetta Fletcher joins The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast with host Ginny Yurich for a conversation that gets underneath what’s actually happening in schools. With decades of experience as a teacher, principal, and now an advocate for boys, she talks plainly about patterns that are hard to ignore—early discipline, missed instructional time, and how quickly some kids start to feel like school isn’t for them. The discussion covers movement, relationships, trauma, and why behavior is often a signal, not the problem. At the center is a simple but important idea: the purpose of education isn’t compliance or test scores, it’s helping kids become who they’re capable of becoming.

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