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Hey mamas! Welcome to Week 7 of our Summer Rewind Series! As I continue my podcasting sabbatical to practice a pause and prepare for an amazing new season this fall, we are pulling out the most impactful, deeply needed episodes from the Live Loved Mom vault to carry you through the rest of the summer. Today's Summer Rewind: We are in mid-July. The novelty of summer break has officially worn off; t...

Hey mamas! Welcome to Week 6 of our Summer Rewind Series! As I continue my podcasting sabbatical to practice a pause and batch-record an incredible new season of interviews for you this fall, we are reaching back into the Live Loved Mom vault to pull out the absolute best, most impactful episodes for your summer survival. Today's Summer Rewind: It is early July. The kids have been home for weeks,...

Hey mamas! Welcome to Week 5 of our Summer Rewind Series! As I continue my podcasting sabbatical to practice a pause and batch-record an incredible new season of interviews for you this fall, we are reaching back into the Live Loved Mom vault to pull out the absolute best, most impactful episodes for your summer survival. Today's Summer Rewind: It is late June, and if you started this summer with...

Hey mamas! Welcome to Week 4 of our Summer Rewind Series! As I continue my podcasting sabbatical to practice a pause and batch-record an incredible new season of guest interviews for you this fall, we are reaching back into the Live Loved Mom vault to pull out the absolute best, most impactful episodes for your summer survival. Today's Summer Rewind: It is officially mid-June, and if you are anyth...

Hey mamas! As we head into the summer season, I am intentionally stepping back to practice a pause, like I always talk about here on the show. For the next few weeks, I am taking a podcasting sabbatical to rest, prepare some amazing guest interviews for you, and batch-record our upcoming season! While I am doing that, I am pulling some of the absolute best, most foundational episodes out of the Li...

 #1 most downloaded episode of all time: Episode 48 on embracing "Mom-Fails" with grace. Today's Summer Rewind: Are you heading into the summer months, wondering if you have messed up as a mom? In this top fan-favorite replay of Episode 48, we are talking about mom fails.    Resources for the Overwhelmed Mama: Take the Present Mama Check-In: Are you heading into summer already stuck in survival mo...

Hey mamas! As we head into the summer season, I am intentionally stepping back to practice something I always talk about here on the show, taking a pause. For the next few weeks, I am taking a podcasting sabbatical to rest, prepare some amazing guest interviews for you, and batch-record our upcoming season! While I am doing that, I am pulling some of the absolute best, most foundational episodes o...

Are you dreading the transition into summer break? Everywhere we look, social media tells us we need to curate a "magical" summer filled with elaborate crafts, perfectly scheduled beach days, and endless entertainment. But for the mom in the trenches, the sudden loss of the school routine often triggers sensory overload, mom guilt, and a frantic desire to become the ultimate "Cruise Director" of t...

Are you exhausted from trying to protect your kids from a culture that seems entirely against your faith? If you have ever scrolled the news after the kids go to bed and felt a cold grip of panic about the world they are growing up in, you are not alone. It is so tempting to let our "Striving Hearts" take the wheel, micromanage our children's environments, and parent out of sheer terror. But Mama,...

Are you waiting until you have it all together to step into the calling God has for you? Two years and 104 episodes ago, I started this podcast with a shaky voice, a messy house, and a whole lot of mom-guilt. I thought I needed to be the "perfect" Christian mom before I could encourage anyone else. But if the last two years have taught me anything, it’s that God doesn't call the equipped—He equips...

Are you standing in the middle of a messy living room wondering, "Is this it? When does my real purpose begin?" If you have ever felt the sting of insignificance, believing the cultural lie that your worth is tied to a stage or a paycheck, this episode is your lifeline. We so often look at our endless piles of laundry and sinks full of dishes and feel like we are just doing mundane chores while wa...

Picture this: It's 4:30 PM. The baby is crying, the house is a wreck, the noise is too loud, and you find yourself hiding in the pantry just trying to catch your breath. Right on cue, the mom guilt creeps in. You wonder if God is disappointed in you because you can't handle the very children you prayed for. You think a "good Christian mom" wouldn't feel this way. If you have ever Googled, "What do...

Do you ever scroll through social media, see another woman leading a formal ministry or doing something "big," and feel a heavy blanket of inadequacy fall over you? When we look at someone else's public highlight reel and compare it to our messy, everyday motherhood, our "Striving Heart" gets activated. Our nervous system perceives that feeling of inadequacy as a threat, and we start hustling for...

WE MADE IT TO EPISODE 100! 🎉 To celebrate, I am giving you my absolute best RN and Christian Life Coach truths in one ultimate "Start Here" masterclass. If you are listening to this with a tight chest, a clenched jaw, and an exhausted spirit, this episode is your sanctuary today. As Christian moms, it is so easy to fall into the trap of the "Striving Heart"—hustling to perfectly curate our homes,...

Take a deep breath, Mama. You don't have to be the Savior of your Easter weekend. If you are currently running a million miles a minute—mentally calculating how many plastic eggs you still need to stuff, trying to figure out if those dress shoes still fit, and making your third grocery list of the week—this episode is your sanctuary today. As Christian moms, we are incredibly good at preparing the...

Have you ever noticed that on the days you feel the most exhausted and overwhelmed, your kids seem to be the most dysregulated? If your home feels chaotic right now, take a deep, slow breath. What you are experiencing isn't a failure in your motherhood—there is actually a profound biological and spiritual reason for it. In this episode of The Live Loved Mom podcast, Sindy puts on both her RN and C...

Is your mind incredibly cluttered today?  Are you exhausted, your plans frustrated, and you feel a deep anxiety right in the center of your chest? When we feel this overwhelmed, our natural default is to pick up our phones, vent to a friend, or just try to power through on our own strength. But as a Christian mom, we have to ask ourselves a deeply convicting question: In the middle of our exhausti...

You are hiding in the bathroom with the shower running to get three minutes of quiet. You are overstimulated, touched-out, and completely exhausted.   When you hit this exact moment of burnout, the world is quick to offer a coping mechanism: "Just take a bubble bath, Mama!" But as a Christian woman, you know the truth: You step out of that bath, and the chaos is still there. A bubble bath cannot s...

Are you pushing your body to the absolute breaking point? When we hit a wall of pure exhaustion, the world tells us we just need a bubble bath or a spa day. But as a Christian mama, you know a bubble bath can't fix a heavy, depleted soul. In this episode of The Live Loved Mom Podcast, Sindy sits down with you to get really honest about why we are running on empty. We validate the biological realit...

You just lost your temper. The house is a mess, you finally snapped, and now the house is quiet. Immediately, a heavy voice in your head whispers: “You are a terrible mom. You are ruining your kids. God must be so disappointed in you.” Tell me, Mama... do you think that voice is God telling you to do better? Or is it just toxic "mom guilt"? In this episode, Sindy (Christian Life Coach) breaks down...

Have you ever looked around your living room, taken a deep breath, and thought: “If I stop moving, this entire family falls apart”? As Christian moms, we manage the schedules, the meals, and the physical messes. But behind closed doors, we carry an even heavier load: the crushing spiritual weight of our children's salvation. We constantly wonder, “Am I ruining them when I lose my patience? If I me...

If you’ve ever felt like a "monster" in your own kitchen at 5:00 PM, this episode is for you. We’ve all had those out-of-body experiences where the noise, the clutter, and the pressure reach a boiling point, and suddenly, the "yelling mom" takes over. But here is the truth you need to hear today: You are not a bad mom. You are in survival mode. In today’s episode, I’m putting on both my Nurse hat...

Do you feel like you are walking on eggshells inside your own skin? You know that feeling—you are technically "handling it," but deep down, you know you are one spilled milk, one loud noise, or one "Mommy, look at me!" away from snapping. And when you do finally lose your cool, the guilt washes over you. You think: “I should be stronger than this. I prayed for patience, so why am I still yelling?”...

I used to believe that if I just did more, I would finally feel worthy. I thought that "dying to self" meant ignoring my own needs, and that my anxiety was simply a lack of faith. But then came the crash. In this vulnerable episode, Sindy takes off the "Coach" hat and sits down as a sister in Christ to share her personal journey from Striving (trying to earn peace) to Surrender (resting in God's d...

Do you wake up praying for patience, only to find yourself losing your cool by dinner time? 🤯 You aren't alone, and more importantly—you aren't "crazy." In this episode, Sindy dives deep into the gap between our morning intentions and our evening frustrations. We often think our stress reactions are a spiritual failure, but often, they are a biological signal. Sindy bridges the gap between scienc...