Healthy Boundaries for Moms| Christian Life Coach

In this episode Lori Grimes outlines seven warning signs that an area of your life may need a boundary, including repeated resentment, recurring dread, people-pleasing, and disappearing priorities. She explains why single uncomfortable feelings aren’t always the issue and why patterns matter.

Listeners receive a simple five-question boundary check and practical tips—small changes like saying no this week, limiting time, or shifting responsibilities—to protect your peace and steward your time, energy, and relationships.

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Podcast: Healthy Boundaries for Moms with Lori Grimes

Host Lori Grimes explores how parents can balance independence and safety for tweens and teenagers by setting intentional guardrails.

She gives practical examples (especially around technology), questions to decide when to step in, and strategies to connect freedom with responsibility so kids can gradually take ownership of their choices.

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Podcast: Healthy Boundaries for Moms with Lori Grimes

In this episode Lori Grimes helps moms clear mental clutter by distinguishing reflection from rumination and showing when thoughts deserve attention and when they don’t.

She offers practical tools — a three-question check, the “dread test,” and the steps: decide, define, accept, do, and remember — plus tips for scheduling decisions and leaving other people’s problems where they belong.

The episode includes faith-based reminders about taking thoughts captive and trusting God with what you can’t control, so you can protect your peace and act with clarity.

We would love to hear any questions or comments that you have on the podcast! Click on the link below 👇

🎙️Send Lori and audio message  to record your voice message. It might be shared on a future podcast. If you want to be anonymous please state so in your message.

If you would rather share your questions and comments via email, please reach us at the email below 👇

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Podcast: Healthy Boundaries for Moms with Lori Grimes

In this episode Lori explores why boundaries are hard to KEEP — decision fatigue, having to repeat yourself, guilt, and self-abandonment — and why compassion is the antidote. She recommends turning recurring boundaries into simple policies (for example: no email after 6, keep Fridays free, one major activity per season) to remove renegotiation and protect your energy.

Listen for practical examples, a reminder that healthy boundaries come with compassion not perfection, and an invitation to share your boundary struggles via voice note or email.

We would love to hear any questions or comments that you have on the podcast! Click on the link below 👇

🎙️Send Lori and audio message  to record your voice message. It might be shared on a future podcast. If you want to be anonymous please state so in your message.

If you would rather share your questions and comments via email, please reach us at the email below 👇

[email protected]

Podcast: Healthy Boundaries for Moms with Lori Grimes

In this episode Lori explains why she has stepped back from a podcast growth program and is simplifying Healthy Boundaries for Moms—moving from two episodes a week to one, closing the Facebook group and newsletter, and making room for family, volunteering, ministry, and exploring a possible book.

She invites listeners to reevaluate plans in their own lives, gives permission to change course without guilt, and asks the audience to send voice messages or emails so future episodes can address real listener questions.

We would love to hear any questions or comments that you have on the podcast! Click on the link below 👇

🎙️Send Lori and audio message  to record your voice message. It might be shared on a future podcast. If you want to be anonymous please state so in your message.

If you would rather share your questions and comments via email, please reach us at the email below 👇

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Podcast: Healthy Boundaries for Moms with Lori Grimes

Consistency will take you further than perfection ever will.

In this episode of Healthy Boundaries for Moms, Lori talks about letting go of black-and-white thinking and creating realistic expectations that you can actually follow through on. Whether it's holding boundaries with your kids, taking care of your body, investing in your relationships, or staying connected to God, the goal isn't to do everything perfectly. It's to keep returning to what matters.

Sometimes the problem isn't that we need more discipline. The expectations we've created simply aren't sustainable for the season we're in. Instead of asking, "What would the perfect version of this look like?" we can ask, "What can I faithfully repeat?"

Galatians 6:9 reminds us not to grow weary in doing good because we will reap a harvest if we don't give up. Faithfulness isn't about never getting off course. It's about learning how to come back.

EP 19: Boundaries Change Everything-Especially The Relationships That Need Them

EP 29: Healthy Boundaries 101: What They Are and What They Are Not

EP 35: When Loving Others Means Losing Yourself

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We often assume that the closer we are to our spouse, the fewer boundaries we should need. But healthy intimacy isn't the same thing as enmeshment.

In this episode, we're breaking down some common misconceptions about boundaries in marriage. We'll talk about why becoming “one” doesn't mean losing your individuality, how hobbies and separate interests can actually support a healthy relationship, and why even good things can create friction when they consistently take time and energy away from your marriage.

Healthy boundaries aren't about controlling your spouse or putting walls between you. They're about creating the honesty, responsibility, freedom, and intentional connection that help a marriage grow stronger.

EP 19: Boundaries Change Everything-Especially The Relationships That Need Them

EP 29: Healthy Boundaries 101: What They Are and What They Are Not

EP 35: When Loving Others Means Losing Yourself

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What if wanting to give up doesn't mean you need to quit—what if you just need a break?

In this episode, Lori shares about an emotional day as her daughter starts middle school and her son starts high school, and how she chose to dial things back instead of demanding 100% from herself.

We talk about the difference between quitting and recuperating, the danger of black-and-white perfectionist thinking, and why a minimum day still counts. You'll also hear how self-compassion can actually support motivation after a setback, why shame can give one difficult day unnecessary momentum, and how God's grace meets us when we don't have our maximum to give.

Sometimes perseverance isn't pushing harder. Sometimes it's resting, counting your wins, and taking the next right step tomorrow.

EP 38: The Midweek Reset: Want Less Stress This Week?

EP 39: The 4-Burner Theory: Protect Your Peace by Turning Down The Heat

EP 40:  The Midweek Reset: Count Your Votes

EP 43: The Boundary You Need Most

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We talk a lot about setting boundaries with other people—but what happens when the person crossing your boundaries is you?

In this episode of Healthy Boundaries for Moms, Lori turns the boundary conversation inward and explores what it means to develop mature self-boundaries. From our time and money to our habits, words, reactions, and commitments, healthy boundaries require us to recognize what actually belongs to us and take ownership of it.

You'll learn five questions to help uncover where you may be getting out of bounds with yourself, how to look beneath the behavior to identify the real need, and why failure doesn't mean your boundary isn't working.

We'll also talk about receiving honest feedback from safe people and allowing consequences to become teachers instead of continually rescuing ourselves from them.

Self-boundaries aren't about becoming harder on yourself. They're about taking responsibility for yourself—with grace, truth, and the help of the Holy Spirit.

EP 38: The Midweek Reset: Want Less Stress This Week?

EP 39: The 4-Burner Theory: Protect Your Peace by Turning Down The Heat

EP 43: The Boundary You Need Most

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Podcast: Healthy Boundaries for Moms with Lori Grimes

Have you ever found yourself feeling stressed because life isn't matching your expectations? In this Midweek Reset, Lori explores how accepting the reality of your current season can actually help you create healthier, more practical boundaries. Acceptance isn't giving up or lowering your standards—it's seeing your circumstances clearly so you can respond with wisdom instead of frustration. Discover how embracing where you are today can lead to greater peace, less stress, and boundaries that truly support the life God has called you to live.

EP 38: The Midweek Reset: Want Less Stress This Week?

EP 39: The 4-Burner Theory: Protect Your Peace by Turning Down The Heat

EP 43: The Boundary You Need Most

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Podcast: Healthy Boundaries for Moms with Lori Grimes