Ep 199 // Working Mom Guilt? What Your Kids Learn When You Lose Your Patience

About this episode

This episode discusses how working Christian moms can cope with mom guilt and the lessons their children learn from their imperfections.

Have you ever had one of those motherhood moments where you immediately wished you could hit rewind? Maybe you lost your patience. Responded harshly. Snapped after a long day of work, responsibilities, and carrying the mental load of motherhood. If you’re a working Christian mom struggling with mom guilt, this episode is for you. In today’s encouraging conversation, we’re talking about something many moms quietly carry but rarely talk about — what happens when our kids see us fail. Because while none of us want to lose our patience or fall short in motherhood, there’s a powerful truth we can hold onto: Your children do not need a perfect mom. They need a mom who knows what to do with her imperfections. In this episode, you’ll hear biblical encouragement about: How to handle mom guilt after losing your patience Why your children can learn powerful lessons through your humility and repair The importance of apologizing, modeling repentance, and extending grace in motherhood How God’s grace meets us in imperfect parenting moments A reminder that following Jesus isn’t about pretending we have it all together If you've been feeling discouraged after a hard parenting moment, overwhelmed…

People in this episode

Host: Lindsay Walker

Topics covered

• mom guilt
• imperfect parenting
• humility
• grace
• repentance
• Christian motherhood

Keywords

• working mom
• patience
• Christian parenting
• apologizing
• mental load
• God's grace
• motherhood

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Romans 8:1

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