Catholic Mom Calm

Sometimes, we all need a little bit of tough love to help us get out of our own way. On this episode, Lorissa shares an experience receiving some tough love from her mother that helped her re-write the story she was creating about her life.   

It can be really painful when your husband is looking at his phone and not paying attention to you. But the way that you respond, you have 100% control over that. When you learn that you can act charitably even when your husband is playing games on his phone, you are going to feel so powerful as a Catholic mom. This is what the sainthood journey looks like.  Unintentional Model C: Husband looking...

We are made for happiness, joy, love and fulfillment, but most of the time in order to experience these things, we have to be willing to step out of our comfort zone. In this episode, Lorissa share three ways in which we can step out of our comfort zone in order to step more fully into the lives of greatness God is inviting us to.  

We all want to be better moms but it's a vague concept so we rarely make a plan for how to do it.  In this episode, Sterling lays out a four step plan for being a better Catholic mom. You can use this to improve your relationship with yourself and with your kids in 2023!

In this week's podcast episode, Lorissa and Sterling talk about this concept of a Sacred Self-Image and how we'll be teaching Catholic moms not only how to cultivate a sacred self-image but how to teach their kids to do the same!

On this podcast, Lorissa talks about the power of deciding ahead of time about how you want to feel heading into Christmas.   The practice of "deciding ahead of time" can be applied to any time of year or any event in which we want to be intentional about how we show up. 

If you're already beating yourself up over how this year went, stop. Sterling is going to teach you how to review your year like a saint so you can have peace and purpose heading into 2023. 

So many children and teens struggle today with their self-worth and self-esteem. On this episode, Lorissa shares some simple ways that we as mothers can help build up our children's sense of self-worth. 

All change begins with hope so it's appropriate that we really meditate on hope for the first week of Advent, which is the first week of our Catholic year.  Sterling breaks down why hope is the first step to change and how to have hope even if you're stuck in the darkness. 

On this special episode, Sterling and Lorissa highlight some of their favorite moments in Masters during this last year along with some BIG announcements about what's coming up!

Are you someone that is constantly apologizing for.....everything?! Maybe it's time to STOP! In this episode, Lorissa reminds you of your God given right to exist, to take up space and to have a voice. You matter and your thoughts and input are important in this world - you don't need to apologize for that. 

The holidays are coming up and with them often come waves of anxiety about the relationships we have with the people we see in November and December.  In this episode, Sterling talks about the danger of losing our peace and wallowing in worry or anxiety and what we can do instead.

What would it feel like to experience freedom from food even during the holiday season? Who and what could you focus on, if you weren't always thinking about food? What if you could start off the new year tens(10) pounds down and feeling healthy and energized? On this podcast episode, Lorissa interviews Nichole Haugen who recently participated in the Food Freedom Intensive and she shares her power...

It's a hard truth to swallow but no one puts anything on your calendar. You've chosen all of it. And even if you're choosing it because you don't want to step into the conflict that would come up if you said no to an event, it's still your choice to do it.  In this episode, Sterling explains why your brain says yes to all the things and how to determine if things should stay on your calendar or no...

When you ask powerful questions, you get powerful answers. In this episode, Lorissa dives into the question, "What are you tolerating?" The answer(s) to this question will lead you to the things in your life that are holding you back and keeping you stuck in unnecessary discomfort. From here you get to see the opportunities that lie in front of you when you decide to stop settling and start creati...

God calls us Catholic mamas to incredible things. But sometimes, we pursue those really good things... in a twisted way. If you are a Catholic mama who is feeling stressed, it might be because you're doing something God wants you to do... in a way He doesn't want you to do it. In this episode, Sterling breaks down how you can tell if you're doing something in a twisted way and what to do about it...

In this episode, Lorissa interviews new Masters Coach Christina Brown. Christina shares her journey of joining Masters and the ways in which Life Coaching has impacted her life and her family personally. Feeling called to use these tools to help others, Christina has now become a Certified Coach herself and is excited to serve Catholic Moms in the Made for Greatness and Masters Community.

Cue the confetti! On this special podcast episode, Sterling and Lorissa celebrate the 100th episode of Made For Greatness! They highlight some of their favorite episodes and share how they've grown since the podcast first launched. Tune in to celebrate with them and hear about their upcoming plans for the last quarter of the year! You won't want to miss it!    Past episodes highlighted on this pod...

In order to live lives of greatness we have to be willing to step out of our comfort zone and face our fears head on. In this episode, Lorissa highlights ways in which we can manage the emotion of fear when it surfacesIn doing so, we are able to truly experience the joy and fulfillment that comes when we pursue the dreams that God places on our hearts.    

If you are someone you know is really struggling... I mean crisis after crisis and it seems like nothing is working... this episode breaks down the five things you can do when everything is falling apart.   Please bookmark this episode and send it to any Catholic mom who is drowning in problems and doesn't know where to begin. Let's make them feel loved and supported!  

In this episode, Lorissa dives in to the emotion of fear and how it can easily consume our lives if we allow our thoughts to go unmanaged.   Lorissa shares her personal experience of living for many years in heightened states of fear, worry and anxiety and what tools she used to find greater peace, freedom and joy when she learned how to take control of her thoughts.    

Stop wasting energy throughout your day by the garbage way that you speak to yourself. Sterling shares how she used to think about common daily events and how she now thinks about them.  

Who summered hard and wants to slim down before the holidays? Lorissa interviews Denise Jelinek our new health and weight loss coach for Masters. Listen in as Denise shares her journey to food freedom and how God is calling her to help other women experience the same sense of peace and control in their lives.  

Mama, you're a better problem-solver than you think. All moms are good problem solvers. But you often get in your own away where you have blind spots. Sterling describes how you can be a better problem solver and how you can bring more peace to your homes by explaining upcoming transitions to the kids throughout the day!

In this podcast episode, Lorissa talks about what it looks like to take full responsibility for taking care of our needs and some of the thoughts that get in the way of doing this well. This is a "must listen to" episode for any mother that is wanting to repair her relationship with herself, while fulfilling her needs in order to thrive in her life, vocation and motherhood.