Shaunti Fledhahn

By Shaunti Feldhahn on 3/29/2008 8:00 AM

This trip was both absolutely wonderful in many ways, yet incredibly frustrating in others. This was one of those wonderful invitations. I love speaking in a few specific parts of the Northern Hemisphere, especially the New England area and also in Canada because the culture is so different from the usual, sort of, churchy culture of many other parts of the country in this area. I was thrilled to get an invitation to speak at a Women Unlimited Conference in Ontario.

This is a group of people, just a darling group of ladies led by a woman named Betty, who are putting together conferences all across Ontario that reach out to women of all different denominations, really into the secular world, and just give a woman a great day out with some other women from all over who they may not have known before and they all come together and sing and listen to a speaker and it’s just a great model. I’m so glad they’re ... Read More »

By Shaunti Feldhahn on 3/28/2008 8:00 AM

I made sure today when I headed to the airport that I did not make the same foolish mistake that I have made before, much to my embarrassment. Last year, Jeff and I had a television program in Vancouver in Canada that we had to go to and so we packed all of our things and headed down to the airport a bit late as usual, pull up to the counter an tried to check in and the lady says, “And your passports please?” and we kind of looked at her blankly and went, “Oh my goodness, we are going to Vancouver, Vancouver is in Canada, Canada is another country, oh my! ... Read More »

By Shaunti Feldhahn on 3/7/2008 8:00 AM

The traveling circus of the Feldhahn family left for its latest trip - this time to Michigan for an event, and then 2 days of R&R with friends.

The event was for Orchard Grove Community Church, at a beautiful retreat center called the Inn at St. John’s, in Plymouth, MI. It used to be a monastery and was converted to a hotel and conference center. Absolutely spectacular. The event was fun - the first church retreat event they had apparently ever had. And they turned it into a multi-purpose conference to ‘Equi ... Read More »

By Shaunti Feldhahn on 2/29/2008 8:00 AM

I really enjoy any excuse to get to Colorado Springs, and a chance to come to Colorado a day early to record some experimental content in the Focus on the Family studio is a better excuse than most! I’m so grateful for my relationship with Focus. They have been so unbelievably encouraging over the years, and I’m amazed when I look back on the trajectory of my publishing career, and see how often Focus fits into it, and how special it is to have their support. Especially the support of Dr. Dobson. I remember after we recorded the first ‘For Women Only’ broadcast - and he ended up being so interested they kept recording, and it ended being a 3 day broadcast. And after the microphones were off and we were just talking, he said something like, “I’ve been doing this for 30 years, and so often, it’s the same information over and over. Good information, but it is not usually new. This resea ... Read More »

By Shaunti Feldhahn on 2/9/2008 8:00 AM

Early on Saturday morning after having gotten back from Kansas City late the night before, I went again to the airport and flew out for Virginia to be one of several speakers at the Love4Life Conference put on by the Association of Christian Counselors. I am so glad that there is an organization like this one that focuses not just on counseling for those who really need it, but on bringing a Christian perspective that can help people narrowly address their emotional and mental and behavioral issues, but also the spiritual roots of those issues as well, it’s such a valuable perspective. And this conference is one that they hoped to make an annual conference and I was honored to be invited and it was fascinating for me to be at this conference with people who I have watched and respected so highly ... Read More »

By Shaunti Feldhahn on 2/8/2008 8:00 AM

We found out a few days ago that my beloved Grandpa Bob passed away. He was 88-years-old and a World War II veteran, so there were a lot of people who came from around the country to his funeral. I flew in first thing Friday morning and had literally to run out after the funeral was over in order to catch the last flight out Friday night. But in between it was so wonderful to see extended family, some who I haven’t seen in years, and wonderful to be able to hug each other and cry and remember Grandpa Bob. It was very, very touching to me especially and very poignant to see my grandmother.

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By Shaunti Feldhahn on 1/28/2008 8:00 AM

This two-day trip was to go speak to an annual convention of the Baptist General Assembly for the State of Oklahoma and it was a real honor to be invited.

On Monday night, I was able to speak before the whole group, men and women, and share my story of how I came to faith and Jesus as a 21-year-old getting ready to graduate from college and the path, a very unexpected path that God led me on, to where I am today as an author and a speaker. And then in the morning, this Tuesday morning, 29th, I spoke to the women and this is all a group that was gathered together to be encouraged, and inspired, and equipped to be able to go out and love people in the name of Jesus, not just talk but really live our faith though our lives and pray for people and to help people and help them understand that the whole reason we love people is because of Jesus.

And so it’s very interesting that as I am driving back home from the ... Read More »

By Shaunti Feldhahn on 1/26/2008 8:00 AM

I am calling this blog entry in as I drive back from the airport on Saturday night, January 26th, at almost midnight. What an interesting trip for all sorts of reasons!

This is my first speaking trip of the New Year, and I added it up and I have 15 speaking engagements in the next 12 weeks, which should be kind of interesting. Then the speaking slows down a little bit, but the next three months are going to be very busy. But a lot of great places, and Omaha was a really neat place to go as the first of the speaking trips of the year.

One of things that was great about it, it wasn’t just speaking to the Women’s Conference that I was at, but also because the folks at the Women’s Conference had arranged two businessman interviews for me.

These interviews have proven to be extremely valuable as I have traveled to different parts of the country. I have asked whoever is doin ... Read More »

By Shaunti Feldhahn on 1/21/2008 8:00 AM

I’m not traveling today. In fact I’m sitting at my computer working on the scripts for my next round of radio spots instead of curling up with a good book before bedtime - which is what I’d prefer to be doing! And I just made the mistake of procrastinating on the radio spots by checking the Amazon page for my book “For Women Only.” All authors have a secret obsession with their Amazon pages for two reasons: “what is the ranking??” (627, a few minutes ago, in case anyone is wondering.) And “Has anyone posted a comment lately?”

Most of my Amazon comments are terrific, and I’m like a gleeful kid when I read them. I love hearing how something has changed a life or a marriage! But every now and then I get a posting that makes me sooo upset. Largely because it says that I say something in the book that I NEVER say and WOULD NEVER say. I don&a ... Read More »

By Shaunti Feldhahn on 1/7/2008 8:00 AM

Well, the New Year certainly started off with a bang. A few days ago we got an unexpected phone call from producers in New York for “The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet”, which is the Fox 9:00 a.m. morning show, syndicated nationwide, asking me and Lisa if we would popup to New York at the last minute and appear on a segment about understanding teenagers on Tuesday, February 8th.

So, we put everything off on hold, scrambled a bit, flew off to New York on Monday afternoon and prepped for the show and went live on this major broadcast on Tuesday morning with several teenagers also on the panel with us to talk about our books for counseling and to talk about the things that parents need to understand about teenagers (ph) that they tend not to get. The experience was a really fun one and the producers were fantastic. It is such a pleasure to be prepped by producers who take the need for preparation seriously. So many ... Read More »