Your self-worth is a function of how much we value ourselves. So many moms are unaware of their self-worth and have never stopped considering if they believe they deserve what they desire to create or accomplish in their lives. Our self-worth can be rooted in our own perceptions of ourselves, often attributed to present or past traumas, anxiety, or other perceptions we create. However, they should be rooted in our God-given identity, knowing and embracing who He says we are.

In today's episode, my special guest Hillary Ramos and I discuss discovering your worth despite anxiety, realizing our true identity, and of course, we had to talk about TikTok!

Hillary talks to us about the pandemic and how it was honestly the turning point in her whole story. She shares for her because pre-COVID, She is a wife and mom extremely burnt out to the max. Her husband was constantly traveling, she was working five days a week, and their son was in daycare more than he was at home. So when everything came to this abrupt halt due to the pandemic, and all three of us were home, we suddenly realized how much simplification we needed to do.

Hillary Ramos is a wife, a mom (a new stay-at-home mom, actually), a former pediatric physical therapist, and a brand new writer and creator. She has been married to my husband, Josh, for 5 years, and they have one 3-year-old little boy named Liam.

Fun fact: she and her husband went to high school together (we graduated a year apart), but they did not meet until college! They met at a summer job entirely randomly, and the rest is history.

To learn more about Hilary, watch her TIkToks, or get a copy of her book= 

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• Main Website: https://joyfulandrising.com/
• Instagram Link: https://www.instagram.com/joyfulandrising/
• TikTok Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@joyfulandrising?lang=en
• Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/joyfulandrising

RESOURCES

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Are you a loved one or perhaps know of a friend currently walking through anxiety, depression, or both? So many times, Christians struggle to face mental illness, as we may feel it's somehow at odds with our faith. Faith, it seems, doesn't shield us from the everyday struggles of walking through a difficult season concerning our mental health.

But whatever kind of anxiety or depression someone is facing, one thing's for sure: they're not the only ones. This couldn't be further from the truth.

Today, I'm joined by my sister in Christ, Andrea Nyberg, as we share our own struggles with anxiety, depression, and accepting help through therapy and/or taking medication.

Andrea M Nyberg is a wife and mom passionate about helping you reframe your faith, motherhood, and mental health with a both/and mindset. As a Christian who's struggled through the shame and confusion around "having the power of the Holy Spirit" yet feeling powerless against the disorders of anxiety and depression, Andrea offers solidarity that you are not alone if you're struggling. It's ok to seek medical help as you also look to God for hope and healing.

RESOURCES :

• Connect with Andrea on Instagram and Facebook
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Helping women learn about the causes and symptoms of chronic pelvic pain is one of the main goals of Pelvic Pain Awareness Month in May. The International Pelvic Pain Society, or IPPS, established this awareness month in 2017 to bring attention to a severe problem that many women suffer from but are hesitant to discuss. 

That's why I brought my new friend Dawn Joseph on the show for today's episode.   

Dawn is a Kinesiologist and Core Specialist. (Kinesiologists specialize in the analysis of human body movement.) Dawn loves to kiteboard, enjoys paddle-boarding, mountain biking, and will never pass up a chai latte. She absolutely loves connecting with new people and strives to empower those around her (secretly dreaming of being a superhero). She has 2 rockstar daughters and lives in wine and lake country, Kelowna, British Columbia. 

Dawn's primary focus is stability. She believes that if you gain control of your deep core muscles, you will be more stable (and often aligned) above and below the pelvis. A lot of the work she does gets rid of back, hip, and neck pain, etc. She does a lot of re-patterning, which teaches people which muscles should be firing and which muscles should not be firing. (sometimes, it really is about RELAXING more than strengthening). 

Dawn's mission is to help you properly strengthen your core to achieve your performance, pain relief, and health goals through proper core strengthening that creates stability and mobility. 

We are moms - we don't need more pain! And LESS is often the answer anyway.  

As women, we often put everyone else first and accept dysfunction in our own bodies...and as  I believe, we were made to thrive. 

RESOURCES: 

www.pelvicpain.org 

www.simplycorefit.com

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Hey there Mama!  

Today's episode is one all by myself, and I'm so excited about this episode. I've wanted to do one on this topic for some time.  Did you know your child had a love language? Different kids crave different kinds of attention and affection. We'll help you figure out which means the most to your child so they can feel genuinely adored based on the framework developed by Dr. Gary Chapman.  

After learning about the five different love languages, I realized that the verbal reassurances I'd been giving Rylan didn't mean nearly as much to him as hugs, cuddles, and other hands-on displays of affection. Now when he acts like he's running on an empty love tank, I scoop him up in my arms or shove his 65-pound, 4-foot frame into my arms, and his mood flips as if I've hit a switch. However, I still haven't stopped saying, "I love you."  I have learned that those cuddles don't work for Preston. His love language is words of affirmation, which means his discipline can be a conversation rather than my older son, who loves gifts and quality of time. All different personalities represent all other needs and all different types  of discipline.  

We have to truly understand our little nuggets to be able to strive with them. I mean, come on, mamas, I know for me when I feel loved that I am certainly on my best behavior, happy and ready to serve who I can. Our children have those exact needs, if not more!

 Resources  

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Books Mentioned 

•  The Great Spanking Debate 
• The Line Between Loving and Spoiling 14 Little Ways to Encourage Kindness
•  Thrive in 2025: How to Raise an Independent Kid 
• Take the Assessment available on  The 5 love languages website. .

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We've all said it at one point or another, "I'm so busy!" right?  We fill our days with our kids' activities, tasks around the house, multiple other interests and can never seem to find time to spend in exclusively in God's word.  We need to get away from this  "I am so busy doing all the things" type culture that we don't truly get into God's word for ourselves.  

In this episode, my friend Amber Daniel and I take a deep dive into exactly that and how to carve out the time to spend in God's word.  Amber has been married to Andrew for 11 years, has four kids (ages eight and under), and lives on a farm in Greensboro, NC. Amber was a middle school teacher, but her husband's job moved them around quite a bit. 

Now, she can be found homeschooling and wrangling her kiddos, feeding the animals. Also, she works as a part-time social media manager for a non-profit and loves encouraging women in God's word in all of the spaces in between. Amber is passionate about empowering women to study the Bible for themselves. 

She has a ministry called Equipping Arrows as a way to do just that. She has created resources, teachings to equip women with practical tools to dig deep into God's Word. She loves a good "bible study" or scripture-based book just as much as the rest of them, but she firmly believes that there is so much encouragement, wisdom, and knowledge about God's love to be found in the pages of the Bible.  We also discuss:  

Amber gives us practical tools on how to study the Bible during the busy seasons of life.  Sometimes we put pressure on ourselves and others by glorifying the things that don't really matter.  Amber explains the difference between studying and reading the Bible.  

Resources 

Amber's Website: https://www.equippingarrows.com/

Follow Amber on IG:  https://www.instagram.com/equipping.arrows/ 

www.blueletterbible.org 

www.gotquestions.org 

http://timeline.biblehistory.com https://bibleproject.com/ 

The CSB She Reads Truth Bible  https://amzn.to/3i0fxO8  

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Hey Friends! 

Joining me on the show today is the fabulous and amazing Andrea Fortenberry, a writer, speaker, and Bible teacher. She is the host of The Perfectionist’s Guide to Mothering, a podcast that equips moms to find freedom from perfectionism and show up for the life God has for them. 

She also shares some practical strategies that we can implement right now to help us break free from the draining and sneaky cycles of guilt. Andrea shares her own personal journey of letting go of perfection and control within her family, and seeing a Christian-based counselor helped her in that journey. She also shares some practical strategies that we can implement right now to help us break free from perfectionism.  

We also talk about: how unpacking your past can lead to discovering the reasons for your walls and the way to break them down.  The idea of trying to control everything in our lives, but we know that God controls it all.  

To squash this idea of perfectionism in motherhood, we need to remember to rely on God. He wants us to depend on Him.  Resources  Visit her website at AndreaFortenberry.com  

Follow her on Instagram: @AndreaFortenberry 

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Today's episode is a short one but an essential one. No special guest today as I'm taking on a topic that is so important to me... Mom-Shaming. 

These days with social media and online platforms, people are more vocal than ever about their opinions, thoughts, and "cancel culture." So many mothers face mom-shaming online and in-person from strangers and well-meaning friends and family. Sometimes, we even do it to ourselves. Well, I say let's cancel mom-shaming. We've all been through it at one time or another. Life as a mom is hard enough as it is under normal circumstances. Let's not even talk about how difficult it is with online learning, COVID rules, quarantining and a global pandemic. 

If you've ever felt like a victim of mom-shaming, I want you to know that you are enough.  You are doing your very best during a difficult season, and I see that. We are struggling and doing our very best. 

Resources :

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/parenting/mom-shame-coronavirus.html 

https://www.verywellfamily.com/dos-and-donts-of-mom-shaming-4137757

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Today, I'm joined by my soul sister, the fantastic Lexi Norell, to chat about the truly important things! Lexi Norell is the author of True North ( a devotional for the real-life mom) and is the YES Podcast host. She lives in Tulsa, OK, and is a stay-at-home mom to three little girls. She is currently knee-deep in diapers and snacks but spends her free moments encouraging women to say YES to messy, holy faith and walking in simple but brave obedience in Jesus.

Lexi and I will dive into how we as women and moms can manage priorities in our home life and the responsibilities that come with that. We also discuss our callings and the passions that God gave us!

Other things that we discussed:

• Stay obedient to God with the calling He has for you.
• Don't try to be what others want or what the trends say you should do.
• Set up boundaries so you can prioritize your life and family first.

Resources :

True North ( a devotional for the real-life mom)

The YES Podcast 

Follow Lexi on Instagram 

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Jesus talks about children numerous times in the bible. 

Psalm 127:3-5 says; "Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate."

When life gets busy and overwhelming. When it takes everything we have to just finish dinner because we are worn out how do we still lead our children to Jesus? 

It sounds like such a daunting task doesn't it!? Figuring out how God could possibly use our children who still forget to brush their teeth every day. I get it!

But if I told you seeing Jesus in our children is seeing gifts in their everyday life. We are going to be talking to my friend Lauren about her powerful story of motherhood and how she lifts her kids to Jesus and how God is using her family to be a light! 

You can find Lauren at https://allthethingslauren.wixsite.com/allthethings 

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When does mom have time for herself? And why does it seem like so much work to even take 15 minutes for ourselves? Julie and I are diving into what it means to truly nourish your soul and it not take away for your family. We are going to talk about the importance of what it means to take time for yourself even if it means 5 minutes on the porch. Whatever season of motherhood you are you can find time for yourself and it doesn't feel like work. You can find Julie here at https://www.juliecurrier.com/--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ashley-henriott/supportSupport the show