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Relationships You Need To Be the Mom You Want to Be :: Heather MacFadyen [Ep 341]
Don't Mom Alone Podcast
10/12/21
•50m
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Join me as I step into the role of guest on my own show! My friend Courtney Cleveland interviews me and we do go in depth on my first book, Don’t Mom Alone. **Now available wherever books are sold!**
We talk about how being a good mom isn’t about doing everything right to create a set of perfect trophy children–though every mom has felt the pressure to do just that and to do it all on her own. And how asking for help feels like defeat, but when we try to do it all by our own strength, we end up depleted, lonely, and ineffective.
We are not meant to do this alone! I believe moms can be empowered by God, supported by others, and connected with their children. With encouragement and insight, you can foster the key relationships you need to be the mom you want to be so we DON’T MOM ALONE.
Links Mentioned:- BOOK: Don’t Mom Alone
- BOOK: Good and Angry: Exchanging Frustration for Character...in You and Your Kids!
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Previous Episode
For the Mom Tired of Striving:: Ruth Chou Simons [Ep 340]
October 4, 2021
•49m
In this episode, I’m excited to welcome back Ruth Chou Simons. In her newest book, When Strivings Cease, Ruth invites us to rethink our preoccupation with approval and the striving that comes because we feel like we’re forever missing the mark. It offers a deeper, abiding understanding of what God’s generous, unmerited favor really accomplishes in and through us when we receive the gift of grace.
As a mom of six boys, an author and an entrepreneur, Ruth shares from her experience of feeling like she needed to strive to move forward as a creator and how learning to trust God through the experience of mothering in the little years made all the difference.
“Sometimes I feel like a late bloomer, but there's no such thing in God's timing and God's economy of ideas and opportunities. And those 10 years of changing diapers and just keeping my children alive felt like things were happening so slowly. But God taught me more in the slow waiting, hidden moments of a season that didn't look the way I wanted it to. And those things are fruitful. They've created the fruit that you see now.”
We talk about how to reset when you feel striving taking over, how to stop ourselves from demanding perfection/striving from our kids and how to preach truth to ourselves when we need to be reminded that we can trust God instead of living in fear.
Connect with Ruth:- Website: ruthchousimons.com
- Facebook: facebook.com/gracelaced
- Instagram: @ruthchousimons
- BOOK: When Strivings Cease
- [EP 23] Beauty creator. Unity builder. Mom. –Ruth Simons
- [EP 255] Become What You Behold :: Ruth Chou Simons
- [Ep 278] Giving Kids a Firm Foundation :: Troy Simons
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Next Episode
Fed is Best || New Baby Series Pt 1 :: Demetria Martin and Dr. Odom [Ep 342]
October 18, 2021
•46m
Late nights, milk stained clothes and feeling like you’ll go crazy if your baby spits up that precious breastmilk.... I have been there. We’ve never done an episode specifically on breastfeeding, but I want to provide support to moms who may be in this very isolating time of life.
My guests are Certified Lactation Counselor Demetria Martin and Pediatrician Dr. Brittany Odom and they talk us through some of the common hot topics surrounding breastfeeding from supply issues to nighttime feedings and everything else in between.
“Sometimes you don't have a good sense of community around breastfeeding. There are some pediatrician's offices that aren't super breastfeeding friendly. There might be some family members or friends who are not supportive of your breastfeeding journey. You may feel pretty alone when you're kind of starting this out. But give yourself, you know, a pat on the back for how far you have come. Even if it's been a day and a half, that's still a day and a half more than you've done before. So taking those small steps, knowing it is going to be a journey.”
Ultimately, we agree that a fed baby is a happy baby, so I hope you understand my heart is not to idealize the breastfeeding journey. Just to provide resources and community so you don’t mom alone as you feed your infants!
(Later this week we will publish a bonus episode featuring another lactation consultant about how to choose the right formula for your family.)
Connect with Demetria:- Website: themilkbuds.com
- Facebook: facebook.com/themilkbuds
- Instagram: @themilkbuds
Connect with Dr. Brittany Odom:
- Instagram: @drbrittodom
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