Parenting Smarts

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix

  • 50 minutes 32 seconds
    111: Spiritual Detachment

    Nell O'Leary and MaryRuth share a casual, vulnerable conversation exploring attachment parenting and spiritual detachment.

    5 February 2025, 8:59 pm
  • 42 minutes 15 seconds
    110: Temperance

    MaryRuth welcomes Lindy Wynne to explore the virtue of temperance and how to cultivate it on ourselves and within our families. 

    23 January 2025, 7:02 pm
  • 37 minutes 9 seconds
    109: Fortitude

    Megan Hjelmstad joins MaryRuth to explore the virtue of fortitude. Help your kids be able to endure difficulty and to do hard things.

    8 January 2025, 6:04 pm
  • 6 minutes 7 seconds
    108: Merry Christmas!

    MaryRuth shares some thoughts and wishes everyone a Merry Christmas!

    25 December 2024, 8:00 pm
  • 50 minutes 6 seconds
    107: Hope

    Joyce Coronel joins MaryRuth to talk about different seasons of life and how to foster hope in all circumstances.

    11 December 2024, 10:12 pm
  • 38 minutes 41 seconds
    102: Creating a Virtue Culture

    How do we grow in virtue as parents and foster a culture in our home focused on virtues? Emily Jaminet explores ways to transform our hearts, make priorities, examine interactions, and be disposed to the grace that helps cultivate family life striving for virtue.

    16 October 2024, 5:19 pm
  • 31 minutes 17 seconds
    103: The Virtue of Sleep

    As we launch into a season exploring virtues related to family life, MaryRuth explores the importance of sleep and how it contributes to well being. Physical rest helps us pray better, relate better and parent better. 

    2 October 2024, 6:17 pm
  • 51 minutes 43 seconds
    106: Piety

    Katie Burke joins MaryRuth to talk about what piety is, what it can look like in family life and how to cultivate it in your home.

    2 October 2024, 6:03 pm
  • 35 minutes 25 seconds
    104: Humility

    Jenna Guizar joins MaryRuth to discuss growing in the virtue of humility as parents and encouraging it in our children. They reflect on depending on God, knowing who He is and who we are. Join them in praying the Litany of Humility.

    11 September 2024, 8:41 pm
  • 30 minutes 12 seconds
    105: Prudence

    MaryRuth explores the virtue of prudence. She shares definitions, how it relates to other virtues, what it can look like in family life and how to cultivate it in our homes.

    4 September 2024, 5:56 pm
  • 29 minutes 29 seconds
    101: Fatherhood Revisited

    Fr. MarkMary Ames joins MaryRuth for another conversation about fatherhood. They explore the ways parents, especially fathers, can provide what kids need to flourish. 

    15 May 2024, 7:00 am
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