Love Your Neighbor

You’ve heard us talk about the way location and place can impact our ability to thrive. We are delighted to highlight an organization that is creating beautiful spaces for people who need a fresh start. Love Your Neighbor creates custom designed environments that have a positive impact on the health and well-being of individuals and families transitioning out of poverty, violence, and hard circumstances. We enjoyed learning more about Love Your Neighbor’s mission and purpose in a chat with founder and executive director, Nancy Shepherd, who also happens to be an interior designer, entrepreneur, people-connector, longtime friend, and all-around lovely person.—Connect with Love Your Neighbor (DuPage County, Illinois, USA): https://www.loveyourneighbor.love/More about LYN founder Nancy Shepherd:The most important thing in Nancy’s life is her love for the Lord and for her family and friends. She enjoys showing love to people, and having connection with and compassion for whoever God brings into her life. She is an entrepreneur at heart, and has founded a retail space and a non-profit. She loves deep conversations and finds her energy in solitude. She’s passionate about health, organic farming, reading, sustainability, and fitness. She enjoys the creative process, journaling, interior decorating, vintage markets, and nature.Volunteer opportunities include:Team leadSpace plannerWarehouse room stylistRoom leadInstallerMoverHandyworkerFurniture painterPrayer teamFundraising committeeVideo of family reactions to their new spaceSee more photos on the With U Podcast websitePartners:Habitat for Humanity DuPage https://give.gohabitat.org/Bridge Communities https://www.bridgecommunities.org/Naomi's House https://www.naomishouse.org/Reclaim 13 https://www.reclaim13.org/Hesed House https://www.hesedhouse.org/DuPage Pads https://dupagepads.org/Lifespring Ministries https://www.waysidecross.org/lifespringwomenshelter/Church Partners:The Compass Church https://www.thecompass.net/Chapelstreet Church https://chapelstreet.church/Corporate Sponsors:SET Environmental Inc. https://setenv.com/Executive Construction Inc. https://ecibuild.com/Darwill https://www.darwill.com/— produced by Zach Van Dyke

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Tara and David have been married for 30+ years and are the parents of four grown children. Tara is a certified birth doula and childbirth educator. David is an associate professor, director of a masters program in Marriage and Family Therapy, and a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. Together, they own With U Projects. They share a curiosity about the world and the people who live in it. By interviewing experts, sharing their perspectives and engaging in others’ stories, David and Tara explore human development, real relationships, and all the things in between…With U.