How to Expand Your Capacity

How to Expand Your Capacity

From Happy, Holy Mama by Emily Brown

March 30, 2026 · 26 min · Season 1 · Episode 211

About this episode

Emily Brown discusses how expanding your capacity for love can help mothers handle daily moments of suffering and overwhelm.

As a mother, you are incredibly capable of handling "BIG suffering," from growing and birthing a human, to major tragedy or life-threatening illnesses. But if you're constantly feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, and that you've hit your limit with all the 'little' moments of suffering each day, then I've got a special podcast episode for you. Because it's not the big events, but the daily, hidden crosses that truly steal your peace. Whether you are enduring: A season of endless sleepless nights with a colicky infant, A screaming toddler getting teeth, A disengaged teenager pushing-back, The gnawing fear that you'll "ruin your children" …there is likely one thought rolling through your mind that makes all this feel impossible… "I can't handle this." The solution is not more discipline, more motivation, or even more planning. The solution is more love. Love of God, love of self, love of your children…and expanding what you can handle, with love. In today's podcast, I'm talking about why, and how, expanding your capacity for LOVE is the answer to expanding your capacity for all these moments of daily suffering that steal your joy. Grab your earbuds and join me for a Holy Week deep dive…

People in this episode

Host: Emily Brown

Topics covered

  • capacity for love
  • daily suffering
  • parenting challenges
  • self-improvement
  • overcoming overwhelm

Keywords

  • motherhood
  • suffering
  • love
  • parenting
  • self-care
  • emotional capacity

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