Podcasts Education Self-Improvement Crystal Paine Show 4. How I Got Over My Fear of Hospitality (with Jen Schmidt)

4. How I Got Over My Fear of Hospitality (with Jen Schmidt)

Published: Oct. 9, 2018, 7 a.m.

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Okay, so it\'s hard for me to pick favorite episodes of my podcast... because that kind of feels like picking a favorite child. BUT, I have to say that this week\'s episode is probably going to be one of my very favorites. Because the message of this episode is one that has personally transformed my life in such a big way.

You see, I used to be so scared to invite people into my home. Hospitality felt like something I just wasn\\u2019t good at.

In fact, I told myself for a long time that I\\u2019m an introverted person who is a homebody and who doesn\\u2019t host things or initiate. And by telling myself this, I had convinced myself that hosting and initiating weren\\u2019t my gifts or my personality.

It was safer to wait to let other people do the inviting. It was safer to convince myself I wasn\\u2019t the type to step out, step up, initiate, or lead.

But all that changed when I read\\xa0Just Open the Door\\xa0by Jen Schmidt. It\\u2019s a book written specifically for people like me who feel so awkward about the whole hospitality thing.

Jen sent me a pre-release copy of her book in December of 2017. I remember getting that copy and planning to just quickly read it while we were driving to Kansas to visit family for Christmas.

She had asked me to endorse it and I had said yes just because Jen is a longtime friend and I wanted to support her.

But as I read the book, I felt like I was being called to do much more than just write an endorsement for the book \\u2014 I felt stirred to step way outside my comfort zone and commit to opening up our home every single week in 2018.

I had no idea how that was going to transform my life! Listen to today\'s podcast to hear the whole story...

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In This Episode:

[02:04] - Why we let our daughter get a phone when she was 12... and why we might not let our other kids get one until they are older.

[04:53] - I share about my very favorite mascara!

[08:18] - I talk about my book pick for this week, and share my experience with it and why it was so powerful for me (as well as a few critiques of it -- because you know I can\'t help but be honest!).

[09:42] - Hospitality used to feel like something that I just wasn\\u2019t good at. That changed when I read Just Open the Door by today\\u2019s guest, Jen Schmidt!

[12:11] - What motivated Jen to write a book on the topic of opening one\\u2019s door?

[16:14] - Jen gives some ideas and suggestions for people who feel like they can\\u2019t afford to host, their house isn\\u2019t big enough or clean enough, or they don\\u2019t cook well enough.

[21:01] - Jen shares her words of wisdom for a woman who wants to open her door but doesn\\u2019t even know where to start.

[24:47] - This time, I\\u2019m going to change things up a bit and close the show by telling you about the commitment I made for 2018 to open our door every single week and give you a challenge, if you\'re brave enough to accept it (and I hope you are!)

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