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Leslie Leyland Fields

Leslie Leyland Fields is an international speaker, teacher and award-winning author of 12 books, including “Parenting is Your Highest Calling: And 8 Other Myths That Trap Us in Worry and Guilt, Your Story Matters: Finding, Writing and Living the Truth of Your Life, and Surprise Child: Finding Hope in Unexpected Pregnancy. She and her husband Duncan have been married for over 40 years and are parents to six grown children. The family runs a commercial salmon fishing crew in Alaska. Learn more about Leslie by visiting her website, leslieleylandfields.com.

Finding Hope in an Unexpected Pregnancy

Leslie Leyland Fields offers encouragement to those who are struggling because of an unplanned pregnancy. She describes her own experiences of becoming unexpectedly pregnant twice during her forties, and how she learned to trust in God’s plans for her and her family.

February 18, 2025

Never Perfect: Finding More Joy, and Less Guilt, As a Mom

Leslie and her husband Duncan have raised six kids on two remote islands in Alaska. She shares her journey from perfect mother, to fishing-crew mother, to embattled mother, to happy “good-enough” mother who discovers the power of true love.

March 7, 2024

Following Jesus Through the Seas (Part 2 of 2)

Leslie Leyland Fields offers unique and encouraging spiritual insights from her family’s involvement in commercial salmon fishing in a discussion based on her recent book, Crossing the Waters: Following Jesus Through the Storms, the Fish, the Doubt and the Seas. (Part 2 of 2)

September 6, 2017

Following Jesus Through the Seas (Part 1 of 2)

September 5, 2017

At Home in the Storm: Raising confident and courageous kids

It’s easy to forget what our ultimate job is — to work toward preparing and releasing our kids into the world, to help them trust God and to go on to serve Him.

July 17, 2017

Forgiving Your Parents (Part 2 of 2)

Author Leslie Leyland Fields offers hope and encouragement to those struggling with the pain of a broken relationship with their parents in a discussion based on her book Forgiving Our Fathers and Mothers: Finding Freedom From Hurt and Hate. (Part 2 of 2)

November 19, 2015