Amy Johnson is a mother of six, family lawyer and managing partner. We talk about leaving an unsafe marriage, building a career from scratch, and how faith and community opened doors when plans were unclear. Her lived experience now fuels a distinct approach to family law, safety planning, and raising good humans across different paths. We discussed:

• early life, independence, and love of learning
• staying home, daycare math, and coercive control
• the exit without a map and finding immediate help
• faith, church logistics, and “don’t shoulder check”
• safety planning, shelters, and community referrals
• mature-student tactics for law school with six kids
• hospitality as belonging and antidote to isolation
• Windsor roots, articling, and firm-building
• overnight shift to managing partner and operations
• parenting philosophy and valuing each child’s path
• practical hope for mothers feeling trapped

Link to get in touch with Amy at Johnson Miller.

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Tracy Gillett, author and founder at Raised Good, wanted to inspire parents to raise their children with more connection and intention. What began as a blog during her son's nap times has grown into a platform reaching millions, offering resources and community for those seeking alternatives to conventional parenting approaches.

Tracy shares how an award-winning blog grew into a thriving natural parenting community, the Gather membership, and the annual Raised Good Summit. We talk safe bed-sharing and co-sleeping, secure attachment and the power of rupture-and-repair, homeschooling while working, and finding the courage to use your voice. Tracy opens up about her fertility journey, career pivots, and the relationship-first strategies that helped her collaborate with top experts

What you’ll learn

• What it means to follow natural parenting principles
• Science-backed safe bed-sharing & co-sleeping basics
• How secure attachment survives (and grows through) repair
• Designing work and learning around family values
• Building community off social media (inside Gather)
• Turning a blog into a purpose-driven business and summit

Register for the free 2025 Raised Good Summit running September 18-22 featuring over 25 masterclasses with world-renowned experts about raising kids who feel deeply loved, can handle big emotions, and come to you when it matters most.

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Mariela Pecoraro shares her journey of entrepreneurship, faith, and family life as she and her husband Brian have built and sold shower door businesses while raising three young daughters. Listen to learn more about...

• How their entrepreneurship journey was started after relocating to Florida to be close to family support
• Prioritized becoming debt-free
• How to prepare a business for sale
• How to establish boundaries between work and family life to maintain balance
• How to be guided in major life and business decisions through their family verse, Proverbs 3:5-6
• How they recently transitioned into homeschooling their oldest daughter to reclaim lost time and create more freedom
• Discovered that starting each day with prayer leads to greater productivity and peace

Connect with Timeless Shower Doors at TimelessShowerDoors.com or find Mariela on Instagram where she loves connecting with and praying for other moms.

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