• Episode 6 | Junk Drawer Mama | Stress, Identity, and the Pressure to Be “Better”

  • Feb 5 2025
  • Length: 34 mins
  • Podcast

Episode 6 | Junk Drawer Mama | Stress, Identity, and the Pressure to Be “Better”

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  • ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ "[๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ]โ€™๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—บ" ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ? Or felt like your only purpose is to keep tiny humans alive while running on fumes and stale Goldfish crackers? (Just us? Cool.)

    This week on ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ธ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€, ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ, and ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป unpack the ways stress messes with our identity as moms. When we get tangled up in labelsโ€”"special needs mom," "wife," "caregiver"โ€”we forget who we really are in Christ. And thatโ€™s when the enemy sneaks in, fueling stress, self-doubt, and the feeling that weโ€™re never enough.

    ๐—œ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ, ๐˜„๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด:
    โšก The weight of parental labels and how they shape our self-worth
    โšก How stress fuels insecurity, self-doubt, and passive aggression (yep, weโ€™re going there)
    โšก Why self-care isnโ€™t a luxuryโ€”itโ€™s a biblical necessity
    โšก The power of renewing your mind daily and shutting down the lies of the enemy
    โšก How to rest in your true identity instead of striving to be โ€œbetterโ€

    ๐—ฆ๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, "๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต," ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ.

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