Have you ever been folding laundry or sitting in the carpool line when, out of nowhere, you feel that little gut-punch moment of clarity— "Wait… when did I start measuring my worth by everything except what God says about me?" 🫠

You're not the only one. This week on Nourished to Bloom, we're diving into the powerful parable of the prodigal son—and reframing it as our story as women in middle motherhood.

So many of us "wander" in quiet, subtle ways… not by rejecting God, but by forgetting who we are in Him. We hand our worth, our dignity, and our identity over to the world—chasing body perfection, chasing hustle, chasing standards God never asked us to meet. And yet, just like the father in the parable, God is already running toward us with open arms, ready to restore what we've lost.

This episode was born out of a beautiful Holy Spirit moment with a client who leads an apostolate for praying for prodigals. Our conversation opened our eyes to the truth: Middle motherhood might be our prodigal moment—the moment we "come to our senses" and begin our homecoming back to God and to ourselves.

✨ Key Takeaways from Episode 94

• ✨ How the story of the prodigal son speaks directly into the exhaustion, restlessness, and identity fog of middle motherhood
• ✨ The real ways we "squander our inheritance" by giving our worth to the world—diet culture, body pressure, comparison, productivity
• ✨ The Holy Spirit insight that connected this parable to our relationship with food, our bodies, and our sense of self
• ✨ Why this season of life is often our invitation to return—without shame—into the Father's embrace
• ✨ Encouragement to rebuild our identity in God's truth instead of the world's expectations
• ✨ A reminder that our story isn't over… and God is already running to meet us

If you've been feeling a little lost, a little stretched thin, or like you've wandered away from who you truly are, this episode is a gentle, hope-filled homecoming.

📣 Want to go deeper? Watch the Mini Retreat Replay

We invite you to watch the replay of the Writing Your Next Chapter Mini Retreat. If today's episode stirred something in your heart, the retreat will help you:

• reconnect with your identity in Christ,
• clarify what God is inviting you into next, and
• begin rebuilding a foundation rooted in His truth, not the world's standards.

👉 Catch the replay using this link. This is your moment to pause, breathe, and come home to the woman God designed you to be.

Your identity isn't lost. Your mission isn't gone. You're simply being invited back—into the Father's arms, into clarity, into peace, and into the next chapter of your sacred story.

Let's journey home together. 💛✨