In this episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell interviews Lauren Whitman about her mini-book, Mom Guilt: Escaping Its Strong Hold. Some of the questions addressed in this interview are:

• What are some ways that mom-guilt might manifest in the everyday life of a mother?

• How does mom guilt differ from true guilt?

• How can a mother's view of her personal limitations influence her feelings of mom guilt, and how does God's Word reorient our perspective in this area?

• How does the gospel ease the pressure mom's might feel to be “supermom?"

• What role does the "comparison trap" play when it comes to the experience of mom guilt?

• Why is it true that fear may sometimes be at the root of mom guilt?

• What role does Christian community, particularly in the local church, play in the life of a woman who is wrestling

with feelings of mom guilt?

• What are some immediate practical steps a mother could take to begin to address the mom guilt she’s feeling?

View the full show notes & links for this episode: https://ibcd.org/mom-guilt-lauren-whitman

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