Building Yourself with Grace |  Grace-Filled Mindset & Faith for Christian Moms

Building Yourself with Grace | Grace-Filled Mindset & Faith for Christian Moms

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Building Yourself with Grace | Grace-Filled Mindset & Faith for Christian Moms episodes

  • 27.A | Guided Meditation & Affirmations: A Simple Mindset Shift from Obligation to Contribution

    In this short guided meditation, you’ll be invited to shift your mindset from obligation to contribution.

    Inspired by Episode 27, this practice helps you become aware of how often your day feels like “I have to”, and gently guides you into a more grounded, purposeful way of thinking.

    If your to-do lists, responsibilities, and daily tasks have been feeling heavy, this is your space to pause, breathe, and reset.

    Through simple affirmations like “I get to,” “I am contributing,” and “I am blessing,” you’ll begin to experience your day with more intention, gratitude, and peace.

    ✨ You are not just getting through your day.

    ✨ You are contributing more than you realize.

    🔗 Start Building Yourself with Grace Today!

    🌿 Apply for The Grace-Minded Mom Coaching Program

    ➤ https://drive.google.com/file/d/181SEjz1FKJ-X7txovGEMptOpt8fIRknM/view?usp=sharing

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    💌 Subscribe to The Grace Letter (weekly faith + mindset encouragement)

    ➤ https://buildingyourselfwithgrace.kit.com/resources

    12 min
  • 27 | From Obligation to Contribution: A Simple Mindset Shift for Overwhelmed Moms

    In honor of Mother’s Day 🤍

    This short episode is a gentle reminder of just how much you truly contribute as a mom.

    So often, our days feel full of “I have to”—cooking, cleaning, working, helping—and it can quickly lead to overwhelm, stress, resentment, and disconnection. But what if we shifted that into “I get to”?

    In this episode, we explore a simple but powerful mindset shift from obligation to contribution, helping you see the purpose and impact behind the everyday things you do.

    From emotional support to caregiving, connection, and even your own personal growth—you are contributing more than you realize.

    If your days have been feeling heavy, this is your reminder:

    You are not just getting through your day… you are making a difference.

    💛 Ways to Grow & Connect

    🌿 Apply for The Grace-Minded Mom Coaching Program

    ➤ https://drive.google.com/file/d/181SEjz1FKJ-X7txovGEMptOpt8fIRknM/view?usp=sharing

    📬 Email me directly:

    ➤ https://buildingyourselfwithgrace.kit.com/resources

     

    16 min
  • 26.A | Guided Meditation & Affirmations: Trusting Your Intuition as a Mom of Children with Autism & Special Needs

    In this short guided meditation, you’ll be invited to slow down, breathe, and reconnect with your intuition as a mother.

    Inspired by Episode 26 and a heartfelt conversation with my mom—who raised children with autism—this space is for moms navigating autism, ADHD, or other special needs while feeling overwhelmed by constant advice, pressure, and the ongoing demands of caring for their child.

    Take a moment to release doubt, come back to trust, and remember:

    ✨ You are doing better than you think you are.

    ✨ You are exactly the mom your child needs.

    🔗 Start Building Yourself with Grace Today!

    🌿 Apply for The Grace-Minded Mom Coaching Program

    ➤ https://drive.google.com/file/d/181SEjz1FKJ-X7txovGEMptOpt8fIRknM/view?usp=sharing

    📬 Email me directly:

    💌 Subscribe to The Grace Letter (weekly faith + mindset encouragement)

    ➤ https://buildingyourselfwithgrace.kit.com/resources

    11 min
  • 26 | Parenting Children with Autism: Trusting Your Motherly Intuition and Never Giving Up with Kristin LeBaron

    In honor of Autism Awareness Month 🧩💙

    In this special episode of Building Yourself with Grace, I’m joined by a very special guest—my mom, Kristin LeBaron—as she shares her powerful journey raising children on the autism spectrum.

    At a time when there was very little information and support available, Kristin had to navigate uncertainty, difficult medical advice, and overwhelming challenges—all while learning to trust her motherly intuition and never give up on her children.

    In this conversation, we talk about what it really looks like to walk through autism as a family, how to recognize when something isn’t right, and the importance of advocating for your child even when others may not understand.

    Kristin shares practical wisdom for parents navigating an autism diagnosis, including seeking second opinions, finding the right support, and thinking creatively to meet your child’s unique needs. We also talk about the emotional side of motherhood—how to care for yourself in the process, trust your instincts, and continue showing up even when it feels hard.

    If you are parenting a child with autism, navigating a difficult season, or simply feeling overwhelmed as a mom, this episode is a reminder that you are not alone—and that you are exactly the mom your children need.

    With faith, persistence, and support, beautiful things can come from even the hardest situations.

    🧩💙 Mentioned Resources

    Your Health Freedom

    Your Health Freedom is a Utah-based organization, dedicated to the promotion of informed consent. 

    https://www.yourhealthfreedom.org/ 

    ✨ Quote by Lynn G. Robbins

    “A sweet and obedient child will enroll a father or mother only in Parenting 101. If you are blessed with a child who tests your patience to the nth degree, you will be enrolled in Parenting 505… Could it be possible that you need this child as much as this child needs you?”

    📖 Lynn G. Robbins — “What Manner of Men and Women Ought Ye to Be?” (April 2011)

    ✨ Excerpt from The Best Kind of Mom

    “The best kind of mom… doesn’t exist. She truly doesn't. There is no singular, perfect, absolute best way to be. There are hundreds of styles of good mothering, every one of which can turn out terrific kids. Some kids blossom best around a soft-spoken, gentle mother. Others like high-energy exuberance. Some kids need a tough, no-nonsense mom, while a sensitive, lenient one is right for another.
    The message? Stop comparing yourself. Just be yourself and let that be enough.”

    📖 Joni Hilton — The Best Kind of Mom

    💛 Ways to Grow & Connect

    🌿 Apply for The Grace-Minded Mom Coaching Program

    ➤ https://drive.google.com/file/d/181SEjz1FKJ-X7txovGEMptOpt8fIRknM/view?usp=sharing

    📬 Email me directly:

    ➤ https://buildingyourselfwithgrace.kit.com/resources

    37 min
  • 25.A | Guided Meditation to Reset Your Thoughts, Beliefs, and Identity

    In this guided meditation, we gently walk through the Inside-Out Model from Episode 25. Helping you slow down, become aware of your thoughts, and understand how they shape your emotions, beliefs, identity, and actions.

    This is not about fixing yourself.

    This is not about shame, pressure, or perfection.

    This is about awareness… with grace.

    If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, stuck in negative thought patterns, or unsure why certain emotions and behaviors keep showing up—this meditation will help you pause, reflect, and reset from the inside out.

    Together, we explore:

    ✨ The thought that has been leading your day
    ✨ How your emotions are revealing what’s underneath
    ✨ The beliefs your brain may be reinforcing (and how it looks for evidence to prove them true)
    ✨ The identity you’ve been living from
    ✨ And how to gently shift into who you want to become

    You’ll be guided to:

    – Notice without judgment
    – Understand your internal patterns
    – Choose a new, grounding thought
    – Step into a more aligned identity
    – Take one small, intentional action forward

    This is your space to breathe, reset, and reconnect with yourself—without guilt, without pressure, and without needing to have it all figured out.

    ✨ You are allowed to become… on purpose.

    ✨ You are allowed to grow… with grace.

    🔗 Start Building Yourself with Grace Today!

    🌿 Apply for The Grace-Minded Mom Coaching Program

    ➤ https://drive.google.com/file/d/181SEjz1FKJ-X7txovGEMptOpt8fIRknM/view?usp=sharing

    💛 Join our free Christian Mom Facebook Community

    ➤ https://www.facebook.com/share/g/14HjgsAK1cz/

    📬 Email me directly:

    💌 Subscribe to The Grace Letter (weekly faith + mindset encouragement)

    ➤ https://buildingyourselfwithgrace.kit.com/resources

    18 min
  • 25 | The Inside-Out Model: How Your Thoughts Shape Your Identity and Actions

    Happy Autism Awareness Month!🧩🩵

    In this episode, I’m sharing something I learned while working as a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) that completely changed how I understand behavior—not just in kids, but in myself.

    We often think our actions just happen, but there’s actually a process happening underneath: our thoughts shape our emotions, our emotions influence our beliefs, our beliefs form our identity, and our identity drives our actions.

    When you begin to understand this “inside-out” model, it can completely shift how you see yourself, your patterns, and your ability to grow.

    In this episode, we’ll walk through:

    • How your thoughts shape your emotions
    • How emotions reveal your beliefs
    • How beliefs form your identity
    • How your identity drives your actions
    • And how to begin shifting this from the inside out
    • This is a simple but powerful framework that can help you move from feeling stuck to becoming more aware, intentional, and grounded in who you truly are.

      And most importantly, we’ll talk about how your true identity isn’t defined by your thoughts or your past—but by who God says you are.

      💛 Ways to Grow & Connect

      🌿 Apply for The Grace-Minded Mom Coaching Program

      ➤ https://drive.google.com/file/d/181SEjz1FKJ-X7txovGEMptOpt8fIRknM/view?usp=sharing

      💛 Find Me on Instagram

      ➤ @buildingyourselfwithgrace

      📬 Email me directly:

      ➤ https://buildingyourselfwithgrace.kit.com/resources

      22 min
    • 24.A | Guided Meditation for Financial Healing: A Gentle Reset to Rebuild Your Life After Divorce or Hard Seasons

      If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or uncertain about your finances—especially after divorce or a life-changing season—this guided meditation is for you.

      In this gentle reset, you’ll be guided through calming breathwork, awareness of your thoughts and emotions, and a powerful visualization to help you move from fear and scarcity into peace, clarity, and possibility. This is a space to pause the pressure, quiet the noise, and reconnect with a steady, grounded version of yourself.

      Together, we’ll release financial stress, shift the story you may be telling yourself about money, and begin to envision what rebuilding can truly look like—one small, intentional step at a time.

      You’ll also be reminded that you are not alone in this process. God is with you, guiding you, providing for you, and walking with you as you rebuild your life with strength, wisdom, and grace.

      Whether you’re starting over, feeling behind, or simply needing a moment to breathe, this meditation will help you come back to a place of calm, trust, and forward movement.

      ✨ You are safe.

      ✨ You are supported.
      ✨ You are capable of rebuilding.

       

      🔗Start Building Yourself with Grace Today!

      🌿 Apply for The Grace-Minded Mom Coaching Program

      ➤ https://drive.google.com/file/d/181SEjz1FKJ-X7txovGEMptOpt8fIRknM/view?usp=sharing

      💛 Join our free Christian Mom Facebook Community

      ➤ https://www.facebook.com/share/g/14HjgsAK1cz/

      📬 Email me directly:

      ➤ https://buildingyourselfwithgrace.kit.com/resources

      13 min
    • 24 | Rebuilding After Divorce or Loss of a Spouse: Maguen Wilhelm on Money, Work, and Starting Over

      What do you do when everything feels like it’s fallen apart… especially financially?

      In this episode, I continue my conversation with Maguen Wilhelm as we talk about what it really looks like to rebuild after divorce or the loss of a spouse — not just emotionally, but financially.

      Maguen shares her honest journey of starting from nothing… not even being able to open a bank account… to taking her first job in housekeeping, asking questions, finding mentors, and slowly building a new life step by step.

      This conversation is for the mom who feels overwhelmed, unsure, or afraid of how she’s going to provide.

      Inside this episode, we talk about:

      🌿 Starting from the bottom and why that’s okay
      🌿 Letting go of shame and shifting your mindset around money
      🌿 Practical steps to begin rebuilding (even when you feel stuck)
      🌿 The power of mentorship and asking for help
      🌿 Creating a new “money story” rooted in peace instead of fear
      🌿 Trusting that God is with you — even in the unknown

      If you’re walking through a difficult season, I hope this episode reminds you:

      You are not behind.

      You are not alone.
      And you can rebuild a life you love — one step at a time.

       

      Connect with Maguen Wilhem

      Instagram @maguenwilhem

       

      🔗Start Building Yourself with Grace Today!

      🌿 Apply for The Grace-Minded Mom Coaching Program

      ➤ https://drive.google.com/file/d/181SEjz1FKJ-X7txovGEMptOpt8fIRknM/view?usp=sharing

      💛 Join our free Christian Mom Facebook Community

      ➤ https://www.facebook.com/share/g/14HjgsAK1cz/

      📬 Email me directly:

      ➤ https://buildingyourselfwithgrace.kit.com/resources

      20 min
    • 23.A | Guided Meditation for Healing: A Gentle Reset to Rebuild Your Life After Loss or Divorce

      In this gentle guided meditation, we pause together and create space to breathe, reset, and reconnect with yourself in the middle of a difficult season.

      Whether you are walking through divorce, grieving a loss, or simply feeling overwhelmed by life, this practice is here to help you slow down and take the next step forward — one day at a time.

      Through simple breathing, visualization, and grounding affirmations, you’ll be guided to release what you’re carrying, reconnect with your strength, and begin envisioning the life you are slowly rebuilding.

      This is a moment to remind yourself:

      you are safe, you are loved, and you are allowed to begin again.

      Come back to this anytime you need a reset, a reminder, or a moment of peace.

       

      Connect with Maguen Wilhem

      Instagram @maguenwilhem

       

      🔗Start Building Yourself with Grace Today!

      🌿 Apply for The Grace-Minded Mom Coaching Program

      ➤ https://drive.google.com/file/d/181SEjz1FKJ-X7txovGEMptOpt8fIRknM/view?usp=sharing

      💛 Join our free Christian Mom Facebook Community

      ➤ https://www.facebook.com/share/g/14HjgsAK1cz/

      📬 Email me directly:

      ➤ https://buildingyourselfwithgrace.kit.com/resources

      13 min
    • 23 | When Life Falls Apart: Maguen Wilhelm on Divorce, Grief, and Getting Through the Hard Days

      In today’s episode, I sit down with Maguen Wilhelm as she shares her deeply personal story of navigating grief, divorce, and one of the most difficult seasons of her life.

      Maguen opens up about what it felt like when life completely fell apart and how she found the strength to take the smallest steps forward, even on the days when getting out of bed felt impossible.

      In this honest and compassionate conversation, we talk about how to keep showing up for your children while you are still healing yourself, how grief and burnout can overlap, and the small daily actions that can help you begin moving forward again.

      If you are walking through a hard season, feeling overwhelmed, or wondering how to keep going when life feels heavy, this conversation will remind you that you are not alone.

      This is a powerful story about resilience, healing, and finding hope again in the middle of life’s hardest moments.

      ✨ This conversation continues in Episode 24, where Maguen shares practical ways to begin rebuilding after divorce — emotionally, financially, and as a mom.

       

      Connect with Maguen

      Instagram: @maguenwilhem

       

       
      💛 Ways to Grow & Connect

      🌿 Book Your Free 30-Minute Grace Reset Call

      ➤ https://calendly.com/buildingyourselfwithgrace/graceresetcall 

      🌿Understanding Mom Guilt from the Inside Out Workshop Survey

      ➤ https://forms.gle/pB8pZjJJpJKpTi1A8

      🌿 Apply for The Grace-Minded Mom Coaching Program

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      💌 Subscribe to The Grace Letter

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      👩‍👧‍👦 Join our Free Christian Mom Facebook Community — Grace in the Mess

      ➤ https://www.facebook.com/share/g/14HjgsAK1cz/

      📬 Email me directly

      39 min

    About Building Yourself with Grace | Grace-Filled Mindset & Faith for Christian Moms

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    Are you a Christian mom craving real talk, spiritual growth, and a mindset that can handle the chaos? Welcome to Building Yourself with Grace — the podcast for faith-filled moms who want more than just surface-level advice. Each week, Jenna Azera brings authentic and raw conversations, faith-based mindset tools, and encouragement to help you rise above overwhelm and grow with purpose.