The Warrior Mama Podcast

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany is continuing her series on the lies of motherhood, and she is discussing the universal lie that all mama's face in some form or another, you are going to mess up your child. Bethany wants to come alongside you this week, look into your eyes and remind you that God did not make a mistake when you chose you as a mother to your children. 

Bethany shares how this lie is deeply driven by her need to be perfect, and she anchors herself in God's word and stands in his truth to combat this lie. Join her as she talks from a place of scripture and how you too can stand confidently in his gospel. He is not asking you to parent perfectly, nor is your worth measured by how you parent your children. He invites you to parent surrendered to him as he leads, guides, comfort, and teaches you throughout your parenting journey. 

Head to https://bethanykimsey.com to share anything you would like for her answer. You can also subscribe to Bethany's newsletter for encouragement, free resources, new content, and more.

You can also find Bethany on Facebook and Instagram @bethanykimsey to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood.

Don't forget to grab the journal pages to help you identify the lies you're hearing and change your thinking. https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60d0e421cfb7978901ae2e93. 

Welcome back to the kitchen table. Bethany sits down this week for an open and honest chat with Michelle Krol about what it looks like when we hear the lie that we are alone. As a mother, your life drastically changes and it becomes so easy to buy the lie of isolation. 

We long to feel connected, valued, and related to others. When we feel isolated and alone, the enemy whispers lies that distort our heart and mind. Hebrews 13: 5-6 remind us that “he will never leave you nor forsake you.” When we feel disconnected from our community, family, and our friends the enemy attempts to place power over us. 

Michelle shares her wisdom on battling this lie and how she roots herself in God’s word. She provides valuable lessons and scriptures on turning to his truth to defeat the enemy and his lies. 

Michelle Krol guides moms in grace to embrace the ministry within the walls of their own homes and across their kitchen tables. As a writer, speaker, and founder of A Rooted Home, she is devoted to helping families grow together in Christ. Michelle has been married for twenty years to her good guy, is mom to a crew of five boys and calls a sweet suburb of Chicago home. Thanks to her boys, she has learned to chase the joy in unexpected adventures and to always bring plenty of snacks and band-aids along. 

A Rooted Home Shop is launching now! Find words to cover your home and your family at  www.arootedhome.com/shop.

Join Michelle’s online community, a sisterhood of moms growing together, at www.facebook.com/groups/arootedhome.

Connect on Instagram @michellekrolwrites. 

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Head to https://bethanykimsey.com to find Bethany. You can also subscribe to Bethany’s newsletter for encouragement, free resources, new content, and more.

You can also find Bethany on Facebook and Instagram @bethanykimsey to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood.

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany continues her series on the lies of motherhood, and this week she talks about the lie that impacts every mama. The lie of being alone, the enemy uses this lie so strongly against us, pulls us into isolation, and disconnects us from our friends, family, and community. 

Join Bethany as she shares her story of how this lie embedded in her soul and festered so profoundly, which led her to descend into self-pity. Bethany is raw, honest, and takes your hand as she shares how she anchored in the Lord’s word. She knows how this lie can so quickly change your heartbeat, and she wants all mothers to know that they are never alone. 

Bethany talks about how she spent a lot of time in this lie and how her feeling of being alone descended into resentment. She shares how Hebrews 13: 5-6 became her anchor and gave her peace in being content where she was, that God was by her side every step of the way. 

Bethany shares the scriptures that were her anchors, and they helped her learn to stand in his truth. Joshua 1:5-9 God reminds us to be strong and courageous as he is standing by our sides. Psalm 118: 5-7,  Through God’s words he promises that he loves you even on your messiest days of motherhood. God is your helper, and he will never disappoint you. 

Head to https://bethanykimsey.com to send her anything you would like for her to share and answer. You can also subscribe to Bethany’s newsletter for encouragement, free resources, new content, and more.

You can also find Bethany on Facebook and Instagram @bethanykimsey to share some of your favorite moments or maybe some of your most difficult moments of motherhood.

Grab the journal pages to help you identify the lies you’re hearing and change your thinking. https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60d0e421cfb7978901ae2e93. 

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany’s friend Brittany joins her as they talk about the need to control all that is going on. Another lie that mothers are often faced with, whether it is rooted in fear or the drive to be perfect, most mothers are often struggling with the desire to control it all. 

Bethany shares her own experiences on how she has often wrestled and struggled with the mindset of wanting to control all the different aspects of motherhood. Control is an insidious lie, because it declares that we can and should handle things ourselves. But instead we can begin to walk in what God has planned for each and everyone one of us. 

We so easily compare ourselves to other moms and fear we aren’t measuring up to others. We fear that if we do not have it perfectly, we will fail. Ask yourself what is the Lord’s standard for me? Declaring your praise to God will help you begin to combat the fear and grow towards feeling confident in who you are as a mother and a person. God is with you, and he will help you, strengthen you, and give you a hand as you walk through the days of motherhood. 

Brittany shares her story of how God took her through a season of loss to find his perfect peace. Her testimony encourages listeners to believe truly how good God is. 

You can find Brittany on Instagram @brittanyscroogs to learn more about her and her journey through motherhood. 

You can also find Bethany on Facebook and Instagram @bethanykimsey to share what your favorite stage with your child is and some great moments you had with them then! 

Grab the journal pages to help you identify the lies that you’re hearing and change the way you are thinking. https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60d0e421cfb7978901ae2e93.

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany continues her talk about the lies that we face in motherhood, especially the lie that says “you have to control it all”. 

As a mama, you are faced with so many questions, what-ifs, and the feeling that if you do not control it all then you will fail. Are you struggling with the need to control and overprotect which spirals into layers of anxiety?  Join Bethany as she talks about the anchors in God’s word that will help you believe and trust in him as he walks by your side in even the toughest days of motherhood. 

God wants mamas to pray about all the things they question in motherhood, he is there to equip you with the wisdom you need. Most importantly, God chose you for your child. 

As featured in today’s episode, here are the journal pages to help you identify the lies that you’re hearing and change the way you are thinking. https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60d0e421cfb7978901ae2e93. 

Head to https://bethanykimsey.com to send her anything you would like for her to share and answer.  You can also subscribe to Bethany’s newsletter for encouragement, free resources, new content, and more.

You can also find Bethany on Facebook and Instagram @bethanykimsey to share what your favorite stage with your child is and some great moments you had with them then!

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany sits down with her good friend and mentor Sandra Stanley to begin the conversation about understanding the lie of balance and accepting that as mothers we don’t have to do all the things. 

Sandra shares how she has learned to live with purposeful presence in her seasons with her children and how she has learned to say no confidently. She shares the importance of learning more about the perimeters of your current season of life. Sandra provides wisdom, encouragement, and understanding that God has a perfect plan for each one of us. 

As featured in today’s episode here is a guide to help you identify the lies that you’re hearing and change the way you are thinking. https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60d0e421cfb7978901ae2e93

You can also find Bethany on Facebook and Instagram @bethanykimsey to share what your favorite stage with your child is and some great moments you had with them then! 

Meet Sandra Stanley

Sandra and Andy Stanley founded North Point Ministries in 1995. They’ve been married 33 years and have three children, ages 28, 27, and 25. Sandra is the author of two women’s devotional books with companion videos—Comparison Trap and Breathing Room. Her ministry passion is promoting foster care in the local church.  She received her undergraduate degree from Georgia Tech, and a Masters of Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary. Much of her time these days is spent working on various writing projects, and continuing her involvement with Fostering Together – the foster care initiative at North Point Ministries.  

You can find Sandra:sandrastanley.com App Store:Comparison Trap AppBreathing Room App 

Welcome back to the kitchen table. This week Bethany is starting a new series called Lies of Motherhood. She begins the conversation that will dive into fighting the battle of our minds and the lies we face in our culture. Throughout the upcoming weeks Bethany will dive into the truth that shatters those lies and help you create a foundation where you can be confident, assured, and you can speak the truth. 

In this series you will hear both painful and funny stories from other moms that will help us all understand we are not alone. Bethany will cover 7 lies in the upcoming weeks accompanied with a table talk with other mamas. 

Bethany starts the conversation on why this is important and it's centered in Matthew 7. Join Bethany as she walks with you to become women who will find our concept of who you are, and become anchored in the word of God. Maybe you find yourself struggling with balance, or struggling with control, or feeling that you are going to royally mess your children up. Whatever lie you may feel bombarded with, remember you are not alone. God is walking by your side as you build a foundation to help you become anchored in his word. Bethany introduces the word picture of the truth to help you combat lies and will help you spend less time facing the lies but more time in the truth. 

In today’s episode Bethany shares a new feature on her website that allows you to record a share/question/ask to send to her. Head to https://bethanykimsey.com to send her anything you would like for her to share and answer.  You can also subscribe to Bethany’s newsletter for encouragement, free resources, new content and more.

You can also find Bethany on Facebook and Instagram @bethanykimsey to share what your favorite stage with your child is and some great moments you had with them then!

Welcome back to the kitchen table! This week Bethany is sharing some things God has taught her about how to parent highly emotional children and how to walk by their side as they begin to understand who God is and how he made them. 

Highly emotional children are often quick to get angry and quick to get sad, their emotions take big swings. Bethany shares the word picture that has helped her speak with grace to help her children see the long-term vision and connect them to God’s purpose of creating them. 

Bethany talks about our emotional cups and the impact it has on others while giving advice on how to have conversations with your children on a long-term vision as they begin to walk with Jesus and seek him out as they begin to understand their purpose. 

As featured in today’s episode here is a guide that will help you understand how to communicate with your highly emotional child https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60bfbfd20368af4c0bd39776

You can also find Bethany on Facebook and Instagram @bethanykimsey to share what your favorite stage with your child is and some great moments you had with them then!

Welcome back to the kitchen table! This week Bethany is sharing some things God has been teaching her lately about how to deal with fear in our kids. 

Our first instinct as a parent is to want to make that fear go away. We want to talk it out and rationalize it with our child. But, what if we approach this with a more Kingdom focused perspective. What if instead of rationalizing it away, we help our child understand why they have fear and how to lean on God through that. 

We can use something even like a child’s fear to equip them in their faith. Sometimes this takes a mindset shift. 

Bethany shares the 3 P’s of mindset shift that God has been showing her lately. 

• Presence

• Patience

1. Point to the truth. 

These three P’s work together to show us how to approach a child who is fearful and how to help them find Power in God to overcome it. 

Don’t forget to head over to  https://bethanykimsey.com to grab your copy of the free prayer guide along with other resources, such as conversation starters to begin introducing the gospel into your conversations. 

You  can also find Bethany on Facebook and Instagram @bethanykimsey to share what your favorite stage with your child is and some great moments you had with them then! 

As featured in today’s episode, here is a guide to help your children in overcoming fear! https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60b05b46a8938515bb296527

Do you ever feel totally alone as you walk through all the different ages and stages with your kids? Today, Bethany is sharing some questions she has gotten from other mamas to remind us all that other moms face the same things you do. And the good news is, none of us are alone in it! 

Jesus is walking along with you. You are on a journey with your kids and he is walking right alongside you. 

You do not have to be perfect! You don’t have to have the right answer for everything, you don’t have to know the perfect way to communicate with each child, that perfection is reserved for Christ alone. 

Don’t forget to head over to  https://bethanykimsey.com to grab your copy of the free prayer guide along with other resources, such as conversation starters to begin introducing the gospel into your conversations. Head to this link to grab your copy of the ages and stages guide to learn what we should be talking about in each stage with our children! 

https://view.flodesk.com/pages/607a40fa6b2fd805959a2464 

You  can also find Bethany on Facebook and Instagram @bethanykimsey to share what your favorite stage with your child is and some great moments you had with them then! 

As featured in the episode, here is Bethany's recommendations on best books and shows for your family! 

Family Devotional books:

Sally Lloyd Jones - Jesus Storybook Bible.

Starr Meade - Mighty Works of God, Wondrous Works of God

Play -n- pray Bible book

Picture Books:

Max Lucado - You are Special, You Are Mine, If Only I had a Green Nose

RC Sproul - The Lightlings, The Priest with Dirty Clothes, The Knight’s Map

Francis Chan - Halfway Herbert, Ronnie Wilson’s Gift

Trillin Newbell - God’s Very Good Idea

The Garden, the Curtain and The Cross - Carl laferton

TV series:

What’s in the Bible Series  by Phil Vischer