In this powerful and encouraging episode, I sit down with Carrie Fuentes, a boldness coach, wife, and mom, to have an honest conversation about identity, burnout, and what it really means to walk boldly as a Christian mom.

So many moms reach a point where they feel lost—like the woman they once were has been buried under roles, responsibilities, and expectations. Carrie shares where to begin when you feel disconnected from yourself and how anchoring your identity in Christ is the first step toward rebuilding from burnout.

We also tackle a struggle many Christian moms quietly carry: boundary guilt. Carrie breaks down why setting boundaries isn’t selfish or “un-Christian,” but instead a reflection of God’s design for healthy, bold living. This conversation will challenge the belief that being a “good” Christian mom means overgiving, overextending, and ignoring your own needs.

If you’re feeling worn down, unsure of who you are anymore, or stuck in guilt for wanting more peace in your motherhood, this episode will meet you right where you are.

Follow Carrie on Instagram: @coachcarriefuentes

In This Episode, We Cover:

• Where to start when you feel like you’ve lost your identity in motherhood

• What it means to truly know who you are and whose you are

• Why burnout often stems from misaligned identity and lack of boundaries

• How setting boundaries can actually honor God, not disobey Him

• Walking boldly as a mom without guilt or fear

In today’s episode of the Reclaiming Motherhood Podcast, I’m joined by Rachel DeSonier, fitness and nutrition coach for moms and the founder of Effective Fitness for Women.

We dive into an often-overlooked truth in motherhood: taking care of your body is not selfish—it’s stewardship. Rachel shares how fueling your body well and incorporating strength training can actually help you show up as a more patient, energized, and present mom for the people God has entrusted to you.

We also talk about the powerful role moms play in modeling healthy behaviors for our children—shaping how they view food, movement, and their own bodies for years to come.

If you’re a mom who feels tired, overwhelmed, or stuck in the cycle of neglecting yourself “until things slow down,” this conversation will encourage you to see your health through a new, grace-filled lens.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why caring for your physical health helps you better serve your family and calling

• How proper fueling and exercise impact energy, mood, and motherhood

• The importance of modeling healthy habits for your children

• What a “healthy mom” really looks like (and what it doesn’t)

• Simple, realistic steps busy moms can take to start caring for their bodies again

Connect with Rachel:

Website: https://www.effectivefitnessforwomen.com/

Free Resources from Rachel:

Rachel’s Podcast:
Effective Weight Loss for Moms: Strength Training & Fat Loss
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/effective-weight-loss-for-moms-strength-training-lose/id1723754440

Nutrition for Fat Loss 101:
https://www.effectivefitnessforwomen.com/nutrition-freebies

Beginner Strength Training Template:
https://www.effectivefitnessforwomen.com/exercise-freebies

In today’s episode of the Reclaiming Motherhood Podcast, I’m joined by Kristen Phillips, teen life coach, podcast host, and mentor for teen girls, to have a much-needed conversation about navigating motherhood in the teen years with wisdom, grace, and faith.

If conversations with your teenage daughter feel tense, shut down, or filled with misunderstanding—or if you’re concerned about anxiety, emotional outbursts, or confidence struggles—this episode is for you.

Kristen brings practical, faith-based tools to help moms strengthen communication, create emotional safety at home, and guide their daughters toward confidence rooted in Christ rather than culture.

In this episode, we discuss:

Building Bridges: Improving Communication & Promoting Peace at Home
Kristen helps moms understand what their daughters are really communicating—even when it shows up as silence, eye-rolling, or attitude. We talk through practical ways to listen without judgment, ask better questions, and create an environment where teen girls feel safe opening up.

Guiding with Grace: Helping Teen Girls Manage Anxiety & Big Emotions
Learn how to recognize signs of anxiety in your daughter, support emotional regulation, and model healthy coping strategies. Kristen shares faith-based approaches that allow moms to be a calm, steady presence while gently pointing their daughters back to biblical truth.

Strengthening Foundations: Confidence, Boundaries & Identity in Christ
We explore how moms can help their daughters build confidence rooted in God’s Word instead of social media or peer approval. Kristen offers insight on teaching healthy boundaries, addressing negative self-talk, and helping teen girls embrace their God-given identity.

This conversation is both deeply encouraging and incredibly practical—perfect for moms who want to parent their teen daughters with clarity, connection, and Christ at the center.

Follow Kristen on Instagram:
@kristenphillipscoaching

Listen to Kristen’s Podcast:
Coaching for Teen Girls
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coaching-for-teen-girls-confidence-manage-anxiety-build/id1823465124

Free Resource for Moms:
9 Conversation Starters to Get Your Teen to Talk
https://tinyurl.com/teenconvostarters

Birth doesn’t always go the way we hoped, planned, or prayed for — and when trauma is left unacknowledged, it can quietly shape how we experience motherhood, relationships, and even our walk with God.

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Brigid Tebaldi, who brings both professional insight and deep compassion to the topic of birth trauma. Together, we explore how to recognize trauma, why it impacts mothers long after delivery, and how God meets us in the places of grief, anger, shame, and unanswered questions.

This conversation is especially for the mom who has ever thought:
“It wasn’t supposed to be like this.”

In This Episode, We Discuss:

• How to know if you’ve experienced a traumatic birth — even if you were told “everything turned out fine”

• Common signs and emotional responses that may indicate unresolved birth trauma

• Why birth trauma can deeply affect motherhood, marriage, and other relationships

• How trauma influences attachment, identity, trust, and emotional regulation

• How to bring your birth story to God and begin the process of reconciliation and healing

• Releasing grief, shame, anger, disappointment, and unmet expectations with the Lord

What would happen if this year you shifted your focus from goals, resolutions, and self-improvement plans… and instead centered your heart on deepening your relationship with God?

In today’s episode, I invite you into a different kind of conversation — one that challenges the cultural pressure to “fix everything” in January and instead asks a more powerful question:

What if intimacy with Christ became the priority, and everything else flowed from that place?

We explore how focusing on Jesus rather than performance-based resolutions can bring lasting transformation — not just spiritually, but emotionally, mentally, and even practically in your everyday life as a mom.

In This Episode, You’ll Hear:

• What could change if your primary focus this year was growing closer to God

• How building intimacy with Christ naturally overflows into areas like motherhood, marriage, health, mindset, and daily rhythms

• Real-life examples of how I am personally cultivating my relationship with God in this season

• The role of the Holy Spirit in guiding your next step — not all the steps, just the next one

• A gentle but powerful challenge for moms to seek Christ first instead of striving for perfection

Reflection & Challenge:

Rather than asking, “What do I need to fix about myself this year?”
What if you asked, “Holy Spirit, what is the next step You are inviting me into so I can grow closer to Jesus?”

This episode is an encouragement to release the pressure, quiet the noise, and choose a year rooted in Christ — trusting that as you abide in Him, fruit will come in every other area of your life.

Next Steps:

• Pause and Pray: Spend time with God this week and ask the Holy Spirit, “What is the next step You are inviting me into so I can grow in intimacy with Christ?” Not all the steps — just the next one.

• Download the Burnout Recovery Kit: If you’re feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, or stuck in cycles of frustration in motherhood, I invite you to download my Burnout Recovery Kit. This resource will help you:

  • Uncover the heart issues contributing to burnout

  • Identify spiritual, emotional, and practical roots of exhaustion

  • Receive biblical wisdom and practical tools to begin healing and restoring joy in motherhood

• Return to Christ Daily: Let this year be less about striving and more about abiding. As you focus on Jesus and build intimacy with Him, trust that He will bring transformation and fruit in every other area of your life.

In today’s episode, I sit down with Krystina from Breathe Life Coaching for a powerful and eye-opening conversation about the hidden ways fear, identity, and spiritual warfare show up in motherhood. We talk about how self-sabotaging fear influences our decisions and reactions as moms, how the enemy uses that fear to distort family relationships, and how easily we can slip into idolizing our children without realizing it. Krystina brings such clarity, compassion, and biblical truth as we unpack what it looks like to root our identity in Christ instead of motherhood — and the Kingdom impact that shift creates.

What We Talk About in This Episode:

• The subtle ways self-sabotaging fear shapes parenting decisions and daily reactions

• How fear can partner with the enemy’s agenda to cause division, distortion, and disconnection in families

• Why so many Christian moms unknowingly begin to idolize their children

• The difference between motherhood as a calling and motherhood as an identity

• How building identity on your children impacts your emotional health, boundaries, and spiritual leadership

• The Kingdom impact of a mother who parents from Christ-centered identity rather than fear

• Practical ways to break fear-based patterns and return to truth, peace, and spiritual authority

  
  

Connect With Krystina:

All links here: ⁠https://linktr.ee/breathelifecoachingllc⁠

In today’s powerful and faith-filled episode, I sit down with our special guest, Giselle, to have an honest and hope-filled conversation about navigating the terrifying and sacred journey of having a seriously ill child — and what it looks like to cling to God through every uncertain moment.

Giselle vulnerably shares the moment she received her son’s diagnosis and the emotional weight that followed. Together, we explore what it truly means to set boundaries, stand firm on God’s Word, and resist allowing fear, medical reports, or circumstances to override the promises of God.

This conversation is a reminder that while the battle with sickness is deeply human and painfully real, we are never alone. Giselle speaks to the tension of faith and fear, the wrestle of being a mother in the trenches, and the beauty of allowing God to walk intimately with you and your child through the healing process.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The moment Giselle received her son’s life-altering diagnosis

• Navigating the emotional and spiritual shock of a serious illness

• How to stand on God’s Word when the medical reality feels overwhelming

• Setting boundaries around fear, opinions, and negative reports

• Understanding the human side of battling sickness as a mother

• Inviting God into the journey of healing, surrender, and trust

• Encouragement for Christian moms walking through medical hardship with their children

This episode offers comfort, strength, and biblical encouragement for any mom who feels overwhelmed, scared, or unsure of how to hold her faith steady in the middle of a storm.

You are not weak for feeling afraid — and you are not alone in the fight.

Connect with Giselle:

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/gisiquin

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/gisiquin

Website:
www.readywriterservicesllc.com

In today’s powerful and hope-filled episode, I’m joined by Dr. Shiloh, a passionate voice at the intersection of faith and psychology, as we unpack what it truly means for Christian moms to live with peace, clarity, and emotional resilience.

If you’ve ever struggled with people-pleasing, chronic overwhelm, or the guilt that creeps in when you try to set boundaries — this conversation will meet you right where you are.

Dr. Shiloh gently reframes boundaries through a biblical lens, reminding us that honoring our limits isn’t selfish — it’s stewardship. Together, we explore how combining God’s truth with practical mental health tools allows moms to break free from burnout cycles and step into a more grounded, “unbothered” life rooted in Christ.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why biblically aligned boundaries are essential for protecting your peace and strengthening your family.

• How integrating faith and psychology helps moms break free from people-pleasing and emotional exhaustion.

• Practical ways to become more “unbothered” by stress, triggers, and external pressures.

• How to rewire emotional responses and regulate your nervous system while staying anchored in God’s truth.

• What it looks like to model emotional health and resilience for your children.

This conversation is both deeply comforting and deeply empowering — a reminder that peace is not a luxury for Christian moms, but part of your God-given inheritance.

Connect with Dr. Shiloh:

Website: www.drshilohspeaks.com
Instagram: @dr_shiloh_speaks

If this episode blesses you, share it with another mama who needs permission to rest, reset, and reclaim her peace.

Welcome to Part Two of my powerful conversation with Alison Levine — and if you thought Part One was impactful, this is where it goes even deeper.

In this episode, Alison opens up about what daily surrender truly looks like for a mother who wants to walk in God’s peace rather than her own strength. We talk about the moments when motherhood feels overwhelming, the pressure to do everything “right,” and how God gently invites us back into His presence again and again.

Alison shares how breathwork became a sacred place of encountering the Lord — not as a trend or self-help tool, but as a way to let God reset her nervous system, calm the chaos within, and help her mother from a place of rest instead of reactivity.

She explains:
✨ How your breath can become prayer
✨ Why your nervous system responds to God’s peace
✨ What happens when you stop hustling and start surrendering
✨ How inviting God into your healing changes everything

And one of my favorite parts of this entire episode:
Alison guides us through a Holy Spirit–led breathing exercise so you can experience that same grounding, calming presence of God right where you are.

If you’re a burned-out Christian mom who feels stuck in survival mode, this episode will feel like a deep exhale for your soul. God sees you. God cares about your nervous system. And He desires to mother you as you mother your children.

Connect with Alison:

Join her email community & receive her free gift:
https://divinereset.alilevine.com/breathe-with-god-first-step

Socials:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alilevinedesign
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@alilevinedesign
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ali.nicolelevine
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/alilevinedesign

Grab her limited-time bundle:
https://divinereset.alilevine.com/breathe-with-god-bundle

In today’s episode, I sit down with the incredible Alison Levine to talk about her powerful story of identity, striving, and learning what it really means to surrender your life to God.

Alison built a name for herself as a celebrity stylist — working with major names, chasing big opportunities, and finding her worth in the next achievement. But when God suddenly removed the very career she had built her life around, her entire identity was shaken.

What looked like loss became the doorway to her first true encounter with God — one filled with peace, stillness, and a supernatural sense of surrender she had never experienced before.

This conversation is raw, honest, and such a reminder to every burned out mother listening:

God isn’t asking you to carry everything. He’s inviting you to let Him carry you.

If you’ve been hustling your way through motherhood, trying to prove yourself, or feeling like your identity is hanging by a thread, this episode will breathe fresh hope into your heart.

This is Part One.
In Part Two, we go even deeper into surrendering in motherhood, breathwork with God, healing your nervous system, and Alison’s powerful guided exercise — so make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss it.

Connect with Alison:

Join her email community & receive her free gift:
https://divinereset.alilevine.com/breathe-with-god-first-step

Socials:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alilevinedesign

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@alilevinedesign
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ali.nicolelevine
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/alilevinedesign

Grab her limited-time bundle:
https://divinereset.alilevine.com/breathe-with-god-bundle