Catholic Mom Calm

Is God setting the agenda for your family? So often we go to the Lord with our agenda and we ask Him to bless it but that way is backwards. Sterling shares three questions to ask in prayer for better discernment. Let's put God back into the driver's seat with our work, our kids, and our time.

In this Episode, Lorissa highlights the difference between legitimate pain that we experience in this life versus the unnecessary suffering we often inflict upon ourselves when we aren't managing our minds well. Once we understand how our thoughts impact our emotions, we can be much more intentional about the thoughts we choose to think even during painful situations.

When we've been in physical or emotional pain for years or decades, it's easy to lose hope. The longer you try to make things better, the worse you can feel. You're probably wearing, "This isn't working" glasses. Sterling describes why your brain does this and ways that you can feel better about the current situation. She talks about acceptance, seeing your progress, and walking more closely with the Lord.

In this episode, Lorissa invites us to not give the devil so much credit when unexpected challenges arise, but instead to keep our focus on our Lord and the miracles He might be orchestrating in the midst of the struggles and pain.

May is FILLED with events and milestones. There's confirmation, graduation, first communion, sports, wrapping up school and more! It can feel overwhelming. But you get to decide how you want to experience the month. You get to decide if you want to be frantic or present. We'll teach you two tools for not losing your mind.

Who doesn't love a good inspirational conference? Sterling, Lorissa, and Emily all went to the Life Coach School confrerence in Austin and learned so much. In this episode, Sterling and Lorissa share their top takeaways and how you can apply them to your motherhood journey.

You're aware of mindset work but you still don't know what to do when you're really upset. Sterling breaks down what to do in those moments and after you freak out and show up in a way that you aren't proud of.

In this episode, Lorissa dives into the topic of R.E.S.P.E.C.T. What it is, how we can earn it from our children and others and how we can cultivate it within ourselves.

We find pain in marriage and it confuses us. Discover how this pain can be sweetened with Christ. We've been taught to offer up our pain but not all of us have been taught to sit in our pain... to invite Christ into our pain. What if Christ's deep longing is for us to sit with him in agony? It sounds scary but the opposite is true, it feels like peace. In this episode, Sterling talks about two ways to view marriage pain in relation to Christ's passion and Christ's love for us. It's an incredibly powerful turnaround for your current struggles.

In this episode, Lorissa challenges us to be aware of a few common thoughts and phrases we often tell ourselves that only hold us back. Because our brain believes almost everything we tell it, we have to be even more aware and intentional with the thoughts and words we give power to. These little thoughts may seem harmless, but they often have a BIG impact on keeping us from moving forward and becoming the women we want to be.