{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Among Women 259: The Care and Feeding of Your Prayer Life","description":"A mid-summer podcast about one of the most important subjects for a Christian\u2014our prayer life! This topic is dear to my heart and you'll find many related podcasts (listed below) that I hope you'll investigate if you have time. The care and feeding of your soul comes from a life of prayer that is coupled with sanctifying grace found in the sacraments, chief among them\u2014the Eucharist. Today's focus on prayer comes from my conversation with author and blogger, and longtime friend, Barb Szyszkiewicz, who brings us a new book,&amp;nbsp;The Handy Little Guide: PRAYER.&amp;nbsp; I recommend Barb's book not only for yourself, but as a gift for others. It's short and an economical purchase, too. It's the latest in&amp;nbsp;The Handy Little Guide Series from  Our Sunday Visitor. In our saint segment, we power up with inspiration, wisdom and advice and drawn from several saints on the how-and-why's about prayer. So much good stuff, below. Be sure to check out the book and the related podcasts! &amp;nbsp; Links for this episode: About Barb Szyszkiewicz: The Handy Little Guide: Prayer&amp;nbsp;By Barb Szyszkiewicz Barb's blog at Franciscan Mom Barb's work and writing at  CatholicMom.com AW 48: Barb and Pat's convo on the podcast (Oh! So many years ago!) about Barb being a Secular Franciscan  AW 157: Barb's guest slot on the &quot;Midlife Madres&quot; series &amp;nbsp; Other shows of related interest:  AW 175: Appointment with God  AW 93:&amp;nbsp;Adoraton of the Blessed Sacrament  AW Espresso Shot 13: My adoration story:  AW 213: Prayer is a personal encounter with Jesus  AW 77 Special edition on Prayer  AW Espresso Shot 8: Praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet with Pat About Prayer Journaling:  AW 236  AW 239  AW 252 &amp;nbsp;  Reminders: Send your comments to Pat Gohn via this website's contact page, or on the&amp;nbsp;Among Women podcast facebook page. Or follow Pat on Twitter at @PatGohn or @among_women. If you like what we do here at Among Women, please promote this podcast in your social media circles, in your church bulletin, or leave a positive review and rating over on&amp;nbsp;our iTunes page. Listen to Among Women on iHeart Radio and the iHeart Radio app.  &amp;nbsp; Book Photo courtesy of Our Sunday Visitor.&amp;nbsp; Banner Photo by  Ben White on  Unsplash ","author_name":"Among Women Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/amongwomenpodcast.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/19912706\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/0f4c81\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/19912706"}