Shameless Leadership 422: Jessie Artigue and Gerard Brown: Foster Parents And Child Free By Choice
Mar 11, 2020
48:51
Gerard + Jessie Pepper have been partners in crime since 2005. Their relationship started over a clean pile of laundry, and now they dish about life, love and how to keep from losing your mind on a podcast called Marriage Is Funny. Gerard loves his day job as a financial actuary, and Jessie continues to build her career as a lifestyle expert and online brand at StyleAndPepper.com. They enjoy preaching and speaking whenever possible, are always happiest while hosting friends and family in their home, and love being enthusiastic pet-parents to a rescue pup named Sadie Mae.
Listen in to hear:
- Why they started a marriage podcast at the worst time in their marriage
- What is like to record a podcast with your partner when you’re annoyed with them
- Why they decided to be child free and why they opted to become foster parents instead
- The beautiful gifts and intense challenges of hosting short term foster placement
- The impact of foster parenting on their marriage
- If fostering has shifted their perspective on having children of their own.
Links Mentioned:
- Marriage is funny Podcast
- Free Marriage Myths video series: Meet The Peppers
- Meet The Peppers / Grounded Marriage
- Jessie's personal IG: @styleandpepper
- Marriage is Funny IG: @meetthepeppers
- Connect with Jessie at jessieartigue.com
- Learn more about safe-families.org
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