Your Best Friend's Mom

About Your Best Friend's Mom

Welcome to the Look For Good podcast with Kathy Rogers—formerly known as Your Best Friend's Mom! We're back with a fresh name and an renewed focus on finding the light, humor, and connection in everyday life. Head over to www.thekathyrogers.com (https://www.google.com/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thekathyrogers.com) to grab exclusive bonus content, check out recent show notes, and join our growing community today!

Publisher

The Kathy Rogers Podcast

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Apr 2025

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

40 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   Time Under Tension (TUT)

   S2 E14 Time Under Tension (TUT) Welcome to the Look For Good podcast with Kathy Rogers—formerly known as Your Best Friend's Mom! We're back with a fresh name and a renewed focus on finding the light, humor, and connection in everyday life. Head over to www.thekathyrogers.com (https://www.google.com/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thekathyrogers.com) to grab exclusive bonus content, check out recent show notes, and join our growing community today! Speaker Booking: www.thekathyrogers.com (http://www.thekathyrogers.com) Look For Good on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Look-Good-Discovering-Grief-Celebration/dp/B0G5VS69K5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1TVAEPO6S7IYX&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tsqA-tkPPJFtVd5dkqltzw.CKN8OpbJp_Sks8Z_Xj53ZorKuhT1M9d_8_qPfHevd88&dib_tag=se&keywords=kathy+rogers+look+for+good&qid=1765573849&sprefix=kathy+rogers+look+for+good%2Caps%2C87&sr=8-1 (https://www.amazon.com/Look-Good-Discovering-Grief-Celebration/dp/B0G5VS69K5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1TVAEPO6S7IYX&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tsqA-tkPPJFtVd5dkqltzw.CKN8OpbJp_Sks8Z_Xj53ZorKuhT1M9d_8_qPfHevd88&dib_tag=se&keywords=kathy+rogers+look+for+good&qid=1765573849&sprefix=kathy+rogers+look+for+good%2Caps%2C87&sr=8-1) Summary Kathy Rogers explores how adversity and failure are essential for growth, resilience, and faith. She shares personal insights, biblical perspectives, and practical analogies to help listeners embrace challenges as opportunities for development. Keywords adversity, growth, resilience, faith, failure, biblical perspective, problem solving, perseverance, hope, spiritual growth Key Topics Adversity as a growth tool Biblical insights on suffering and perseverance Analogies between physical workouts and emotional resilience The importance of learning from failure George Washington's leadership and failure The role of community and faith in overcoming challenges Takeaways Adversity and failure are essential for deep growth and strength. The Bible teaches that trials produce perseverance, character, and hope. Failure, like Thomas Edison's 3,999 attempts, can lead to success and resilience. Responding with gratitude and faith transforms challenges into growth opportunities. Community, faith, and a willingness to learn are key to overcoming hard times. Sound Bites "Providence is at work in Washington's life." "God can teach us through our troubles." "You are not alone in your struggles." Chapters 00:00 Introduction: Why adversity is necessary for growth 02:08 Analogies between physical workouts and emotional resilience 03:43 Different types of struggles and their origins 07:33 Failure as a crucial part of achievement and leadership 10:39 George Washington's failures and lessons in providence 15:29 Biblical perspective on trouble and perseverance 19:52 Hope, maturity, and the spiritual purpose of trials 21:11 Learning from failures and sharing hope 23:21 Practical steps: gratitude, prayer, and community support

2. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Grand Theft Comparison

   Welcome to the Look For Good podcast with Kathy Rogers—formerly known as Your Best Friend's Mom! We're back with a fresh name and an renewed focus on finding the light, humor, and connection in everyday life. Head over to www.thekathyrogers.com (https://www.google.com/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thekathyrogers.com) to grab exclusive bonus content, check out recent show notes, and join our growing community today! Speaker Booking: www.thekathyrogers.com (http://www.thekathyrogers.com) Look For Good on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Look-Good-Discovering-Grief-Celebration/dp/B0G5VS69K5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1TVAEPO6S7IYX&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tsqA-tkPPJFtVd5dkqltzw.CKN8OpbJp_Sks8Z_Xj53ZorKuhT1M9d_8_qPfHevd88&dib_tag=se&keywords=kathy+rogers+look+for+good&qid=1765573849&sprefix=kathy+rogers+look+for+good%2Caps%2C87&sr=8-1 (https://www.amazon.com/Look-Good-Discovering-Grief-Celebration/dp/B0G5VS69K5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1TVAEPO6S7IYX&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tsqA-tkPPJFtVd5dkqltzw.CKN8OpbJp_Sks8Z_Xj53ZorKuhT1M9d_8_qPfHevd88&dib_tag=se&keywords=kathy+rogers+look+for+good&qid=1765573849&sprefix=kathy+rogers+look+for+good%2Caps%2C87&sr=8-1) Comparison Steals Joy, Connection Restores It Kathy Rogers shares why community and connection matter in both life and work—and how comparison can quietly turn into competition, insecurity, and isolation. Through personal stories, Scripture, and recent experiences with women’s groups, she explores how authentic relationships and small acts of care can help us stop measuring ourselves against others and start building each other up. Key topics Why we’re made for community in our families, workplaces, neighborhoods, and faith circles How comparison can become competition—and create a false sense that one person’s win means another’s loss How insecurity can lead to facades, surface-level relationships, and fear of being fully known Finding encouragement and belonging in an authentic community How a simple gift of homemade bread made a lasting difference during Kathy’s chemotherapy The care and comfort friends offered Kathy and her family after Elena’s death Seeing each person as uniquely created, with gifts and perspectives to share Choosing connection, gratitude, and small acts of kindness over comparison Timestamps 00:00 — Why community and connection matter 01:14 — Comparison as a barrier to stronger community 02:12 — Why life isn’t a zero-sum game 03:10 — How comparison can become a compulsion 04:38 — When survival instincts become misaligned 06:24 — Authenticity and genuine encouragement 07:26 — Recognizing each person’s unique gifts and perspective 08:24 — Seeing coworkers as whole people 09:21 — Insecurity, facades, and the fear of being known 11:16 — An authentic women’s retreat and the power of encouragement 13:45 — Kathy’s realization that she had believed she was “too much” 15:14 — Finding support through life’s ups and downs 16:11 — The loaf of bread that became a meaningful act of kindness 17:38 — Why it matters to acknowledge the care others show us 20:03 — Questions that help people connect 21:58 — A church gathering inspired by the Psalms 23:54 — Isolation, anxiety, and the lies that can keep us disconnected 25:27 — Relationship as part of God’s nature and our design 27:12 — Reaching out and helping people feel seen 28:47 — Simple ways to connect this week 29:01 — A prayer to interrupt comparison 30:34 — How helping others thrive can bring a deeper sense of peace 31:33 — Everyday ways to show care and gratitude 32:19 — Choosing connection over comparison Takeaways When you notice yourself comparing, pause and pray: “God, who do You say that I am?” Reach out to someone with a text, a call, a smile, or a sincere thank-you. Make an effort to know people beyond their roles—at work, in your community, and in your faith circles. Offer a small act of kindness, and receive others’ kindness with gratitude. Choose to encourage others without making their response your responsibility.

3. 

   15 Sept 2026

   Is Love Earned?

   Is Love Earned? Welcome to the Look For Good podcast with Kathy Rogers—formerly known as Your Best Friend's Mom! We're back with a fresh name and an renewed focus on finding the light, humor, and connection in everyday life. Head over to ⁠www.thekathyrogers.com⁠ (https://www.google.com/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thekathyrogers.com) to grab exclusive bonus content, check out recent show notes, and join our growing community today! Speaker Booking: ⁠www.thekathyrogers.com⁠ (http://www.thekathyrogers.com) Look For Good on Amazon ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Look-Good-Discovering-Grief-Celebration/dp/B0G5VS69K5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1TVAEPO6S7IYX&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tsqA-tkPPJFtVd5dkqltzw.CKN8OpbJp_Sks8Z_Xj53ZorKuhT1M9d_8_qPfHevd88&dib_tag=se&keywords=kathy+rogers+look+for+good&qid=1765573849&sprefix=kathy+rogers+look+for+good%2Caps%2C87&sr=8-1⁠ (https://www.amazon.com/Look-Good-Discovering-Grief-Celebration/dp/B0G5VS69K5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1TVAEPO6S7IYX&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tsqA-tkPPJFtVd5dkqltzw.CKN8OpbJp_Sks8Z_Xj53ZorKuhT1M9d_8_qPfHevd88&dib_tag=se&keywords=kathy+rogers+look+for+good&qid=1765573849&sprefix=kathy+rogers+look+for+good%2Caps%2C87&sr=8-1) Summary Kathy Rogers explores the concept of love that is not earned, emphasizing God's unconditional love and how it influences our relationships, parenting, and self-acceptance. She shares personal insights and biblical principles to inspire a love rooted in grace and faith. Keywords Unconditional love, faith, grace, biblical love, parenting, self-acceptance, God's love, Holy Spirit, 1 Corinthians 13, Jesus Christ Key topics The nature of unconditional love and God's example How love is often conditional in human relationships The role of grace and the Holy Spirit in loving others Biblical principles of love from 1 Corinthians 13 The importance of self-love and acceptance in loving others The connection between love, obedience, and faith in Jesus Practical ways to show unconditional love in daily life The impact of love on relationships and personal growth Takeaways God's love is unconditional and cannot be earned. Love is a gift from God, empowered by the Holy Spirit. Parents can teach love through character and grace. Self-love is essential to loving others effectively. Obedience to God's commands flows from love, not performance. Grace and mercy are vital in human interactions. Love described in 1 Corinthians 13 is the divine standard. Accepting God's love frees us from the performance trap. Sound bites "Is love earned or a gift from God?" "Love is patient, love is kind, it never fails." "God's love is not earned, it is a gift." Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Unconditional Love and Its Significance 02:09 Love as a Reflection of God's Unconditional Love 03:55 Teaching Children About Love and Grace 05:45 The Role of Holy Spirit in Heart Transformation 07:48 The Challenge of Loving When Unlovable 09:50 Biblical Definition of Love in 1 Corinthians 13 12:04 Living Out Love in Daily Relationships 14:01 The Connection Between Love, Obedience, and Faith 15:52 Practical Ways to Show Unconditional Love 16:51 Closing Thoughts and Encouragement to Overflow with Love

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5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

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