The Better Part - Intentional Living for Christian Moms with a Bible-Loving Catholic Mama

Join me for a daily look at God’s truth in scripture during this Holy Week. May this bless your time with the Lord this week & encourage you to spend time meditating on His word. ***To reduce distractions this week, join us for a free challenge: the Holy Week 2020 No Social Media Challenge. You can sign up by clicking here - https://mailchi.mp/2f9d3721d2d8/holyweek2020 - you will receive a daily d...

Join me for a daily look at God’s truth in scripture during this Holy Week. May this bless your time with the Lord this week & encourage you to spend time meditating on His word. ***To reduce distractions this week, join us for a free challenge: the Holy Week 2020 No Social Media Challenge. You can sign up by clicking here - https://mailchi.mp/2f9d3721d2d8/holyweek2020 - you will receive a daily d...

Join me for a daily look at God’s truth in scripture during this Holy Week. May this bless your time with the Lord this week & encourage you to spend time meditating on His word. ***To reduce distractions this week, join us for a free challenge: the Holy Week 2020 No Social Media Challenge. You can sign up by clicking here - https://mailchi.mp/2f9d3721d2d8/holyweek2020 - you will receive a daily d...

Join me for a daily look at God’s truth in scripture during this Holy Week. May this bless your time with the Lord this week & encourage you to spend time meditating on His word. ***To reduce distractions this week, join us for a free challenge: the Holy Week 2020 No Social Media Challenge. You can sign up by clicking here - https://mailchi.mp/2f9d3721d2d8/holyweek2020 - you will receive a daily d...

Join me for some gospel-inspired good news! I’m joined by Emily, Caitlin (“Cait”), & Beth Ann, the ladies behind the Glorytellers podcast! They are here to share an incredible message of hope and some practical tips on how they share the gospel truth in their family. I can’t wait for you to hear from them and be inspired by the scripture they share with us today! If you haven’t listened to Part 1...

Join me for some gospel-inspired good news! I’m joined by Emily, Caitlin (“Cait”), & Beth Ann, the ladies behind the Glorytellers podcast! They are here to share an incredible message of hope and some practical tips on how they share the gospel truth in their family. I can’t wait for you to hear from them and be inspired by the scripture they share with us today! In Part 1, they share some good ne...

***Please keep my mom in your prayers today if you are listening in real time. She’s undergoing surgery at 7:30AM PST to remove her cancer. If you could say a rosary, an Our Father or a spontaneous prayer from your heart, my family and I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you!*** Ok, so about today’s episode. We need God’s word more than ever right now. Join me as I review the Sunday mass readings...

Who else needs some help processing their feelings? I know I do! I was so blessed by this conversation with mindset life coach, Erin Ingold from Metanoia Catholic, & I know you will be blessed too! In this 3 part episode (yes, 3 parts because our conversation was just on a roll!), you will hear about the power of emotions and how we can use our "feminine genius" to channel these emotions (aka feel...

Who else needs some help processing their feelings? I know I do! I was so blessed by this conversation with mindset life coach, Erin Ingold from Metanoia Catholic, & I know you will be blessed too! In this 3 part episode (yes, 3 parts because our conversation was just on a roll!), you will hear about the power of emotions and how we can use our "feminine genius" to channel these emotions (aka feel...

Who else needs some help processing their feelings? I know I do! I was so blessed by this conversation with mindset life coach, Erin Ingold from Metanoia Catholic , & I know you will be blessed too! In this 3 part episode (yes, 3 parts because our conversation was just on a roll!), you will hear about the power of emotions and how we can use our "feminine genius" to channel these emotions (aka...

Hi, friends. I’ve made an off script episode for you that I hope will encourage you and remind you that you are not alone. However you are suffering right now, God wants to be with you in it. If I can support you or pray for you in any way, reach out to me via email at 500secondstojoy@gmail.com or send me a message on Instagram at www. Instagram.com/500secondstojoy - I’m here for you and more than...

Today I am joined by speaker and podcaster, John Edwards from Just a Guy in the Pew to talk about encouraging our husbands to be spiritual leaders. John also extends an invite to the free online Virtual Catholic Conference that is happening from April 3-5, 2020. Head to www.virtualcatholicconference.com to join the men’s conference and/or women’s conference. The line-up of speakers is incredible!...

We are finishing up #mindsetmarch with a fabulous 2 part episode with the inspiring Allie Casazza! In these times, our mindset is more important than ever! In Part 1, we chatted about money mindset. In Part 2, Allie will finish up our conversation about money mindset and then we will do a deep dive into mom life mindset. Allie Casazza is a pioneer in the area of motherhood mindset so I know you’ll...

We are finishing up #mindsetmarch with a fabulous 2 part episode with the inspiring Allie Casazza! In these times, our mindset is more important than ever! Listen in to Part 1 as we chat about money mindset. In Part 2, Allie will dive into mom life mindset - head to Episode 31.5 to listen to that. I’m super honored that Allie is joining me again - you will be super inspired by her passion & the pr...

Welcome, friends! We need God’s word more than ever right now. Join me as I review the Sunday mass readings. Today is the fourth installment of Women of the Word. In this Friday series, we review the readings for the upcoming Sunday mass and we take some time to prepare our hearts and minds for the sabbath. Join me for a quick episode that I pray leads you closer to the Lord. God bless you! To kno...

Who needs some self care this week? *All the people said Amen!* And who needs SIMPLE ways to take care of themselves? *Yes, yes, yes!* You’re in for a treat today! Amy Eilers from House of Eilers is joining me for an encouraging chat about how we can take care of ourselves in simple ways at home this week. I have been super blessed by Amy’s practical and simple self-care tips and I know you will b...

***The free conference is over but you can purchase lifetime access to the conference by clicking here - www.virtualcatholicconference.com - it is super reasonably priced and the talks are so incredible! More than 65,000 people joined the conference for the weekend! Yay God!*** What do we need more than ever these days? Goodness! Truth! Joy! Well you’re about to be blessed by a gift! Join us for a...

Join me for a very timely discussion with the lovely Ashley Spriggs. If you’re listening when this goes live, we are all dealing with the Coronavirus quarantine and it’s easy to compare yourself and judge other moms for letting their kids watch too much tv or do too strict of a schedule, blah blah blah. Let’s stop the mom shaming and embrace community, lovely friends! Community brings so much more...

Join me for a very timely discussion with the lovely Ashley Spriggs. If you’re listening when this goes live, we are all dealing with the Coronavirus quarantine and it’s easy to compare yourself and judge other moms for letting their kids watch too much tv or do too strict of a schedule, blah blah blah. Let’s stop the mom shaming and embrace community, lovely friends! Community brings so much more...

Today is the third installment of Women of the Word and we need this more than ever right now! With masses getting canceled this weekend, we need to cling to God’s word ever more. In this Friday series, we review the readings for the upcoming Sunday mass and we take some time to prepare our hearts and minds for the sabbath. Join me for a quick episode that I pray leads you closer to the Lord. God...

This is Part 2 of Amy Meyerott’s incredible adoption story and her positive spin on things. Listen to Part 1 first and then come back for this powerful Part 2 of our conversation. You’re going to love hearing from this sweet mama and I know what she shares in this episode is going to inspire you in your daily mom life, especially during these times in our world. To connect with Amy, visit her on I...

Need an uplifting story to listen to today? Tune in for a beautiful story about Amy Meyerott’s adoption and how she’s found joy and God’s peace through it all. In Part 1, this lovely wedding photographer shares her incredible story with us about her adoption and the amazing twists in her story. You’re going to love hearing from this sweet mama. To connect with Amy, visit her on Instagram - www. In...

I am so excited to bring you this much anticipated episode! I’ve been planning this for you for a while now and I am so glad I can finally share it with you all! Whether you are a mom or not, I know you will benefit from taking a listen to today’s episode all about phone boundaries and how you can use your phone more intentionally. To get your phone boundaries guide click here - https://mailchi.mp...

Join me for a new series called Women of the Word! We review the readings for the upcoming Sunday mass and we take some time to prepare our hearts and minds for the sabbath. Join me for a quick episode that I pray leads you closer to the Lord. God bless you! To know when I publish new episodes, Subscribe to the podcast & become a newsletter subscriber by clicking here - https://mailchi.mp/a7a4f893...

Join me for a fabulous parenting conversation with Avital from The Parenting Junkie! Avital is a mindful parenting coach who has her own successful podcast, YouTube videos, digital courses and more! You are going to be incredibly inspired and challenged by what Avital shares. Not only is she wise, she is practical! In Part 2 of our conversation we talk about the third “P”- play! Avital also shares...