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Aug 2022
58m 50s

Fierce Love with Sonya Curry

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About this episode

Sonya Curry is an entrepreneur, educator, founder of the Christian Montessori School of Lake Norman, as well as the co-host of the Raising Fame Podcast. She is the mother of Stephen, Sydel, and Seth Curry and often speaks of her experiences as a mother, educator, and Christian, sharing testimony about her faith in parenting and education. 

In this episode, Eric and Sonya discuss her book, Fierce Love: A Memoir of Family, Faith, and Purpose.

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Sonya Curry and I Discuss Fierce Love and…

  • Her book, Fierce Love: A Memoir of Family, Faith, and Purpose
  • The phase of her life when she was sure she didn’t want to get baptized in the Christian church
  • How she had “everything” as the wife of an NBA player, and still wasn’t fulfilled
  • What brought her to a relationship with God
  • Looking at her life as a series of chapters
  • The Montessori pillars she carries with her today that informs how she lives
  • The subtle ways unhealthy comparison starts in us very early in life
  • How she handles the rivalry that comes up between her sons from time to time
  • She shares her story of having an abortion and why she did that largely for her daughter
  • Her experience as an empty-nester
  • The experience she had at a vegan meditation and yoga center
  • That God delivers us through things, rather than out of them

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