About this episode

The episode discusses the unspoken challenges of motherhood, including identity loss and mom guilt, particularly within the Christian community.

Nobody told you that motherhood would make you grieve yourself. Nobody warned you that you could love your children with everything in you and still sit in the bathroom floor just to breathe. Nobody prepared you for raising babies alone during deployment, starting over in a new city with a toddler on your hip, or smiling through the mom comparison game at church while quietly falling apart inside. In episode three of our mini series — Things Christian Women Don't Say Out Loud — Tay and the Women Soaring team get honest about the parts of motherhood nobody puts on the highlight reel. The identity loss. The exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix. The guilt that follows Christian moms everywhere they go. This episode is for the mom who is doing all the right things and still feels like she is running on empty. You are not failing. You are not alone. And you are more than enough for your children — even on the days it doesn't feel like it. Pull up a seat. This one is for you. Topics we cover: Losing your identity in motherhood and how to find yourself again Mom guilt in the Christian community — where it comes from and what it costs us The unique weight of raising children in a military…

People in this episode

Host: Tay

Topics covered

• motherhood
• identity loss
• mom guilt
• military families
• Christian community
• mental health
• self-care

Keywords

• mom burnout
• Christian women
• motherhood struggles
• identity
• military parenting
• Proverbs 31
• mental exhaustion
• self-worth
• support for moms

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Women Soaring

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