The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom

Have you ever looked at your life and wondered if anything is actually changing? You have been doing the inner work. You have been praying, trying, learning, healing, showing up, and working on yourself. But maybe your relationship is still hard, anxiety still shows up, your circumstances have not changed, or the thing you are hoping for has not happened yet. It can be easy to decide that nothing...

July 3 Have you been telling yourself that you will enjoy your life more when things calm down? When the house is cleaner, the kids need less, your schedule opens up, your body feels better, your relationships improve, or you finally feel caught up? In this episode, Marci Owen shares a heartfelt reminder for women who are tired of living in management mode, waiting for the “perfect season,” or pre...

Do you feel like everyone in your family hands you their invisible basket—and somehow you end up carrying the schedules, the moods, the forgotten details, the conflict, the dinner plans, and everyone else’s disappointment? In this episode, Marci Owen talks about the protective pattern of over-responsibility: the part of you that feels like it is your job to keep everyone happy, prevent conflict, r...

Have you ever said, “I’m fine,” when you were not fine at all? Maybe you said it to keep the peace, avoid conflict, prevent someone from being disappointed, or protect the relationship. On the outside, you looked calm, agreeable, helpful, and easygoing. But inside, you felt hurt, overwhelmed, resentful, lonely, unseen, or afraid to tell the truth. In this episode of The Courageous and Confident Ch...

Have you ever watched your child struggle, pull away, make choices you would not choose, or seem to stop trying — and immediately made it mean something about you as a mother? Maybe they do not call or text as often as you wish. Maybe they are struggling with school, relationships, motivation, faith, emotional health, work, or life choices. Maybe they are not showing the effort you hoped they woul...

Have you ever felt hurt, resentful, or disappointed because someone you love didn’t do something that felt obvious to you? Maybe your adult child didn’t call. Maybe your husband didn’t notice you needed help. Maybe someone didn’t answer your text, remember what mattered to you, or show up the way you hoped. In this episode of The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom Podcast , Marci Owen teaches...

Have you ever walked away from a hard conversation and thought, What is wrong with me? Why did I react like that? Why can’t I stay calm? In this episode of The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom Podcast , Marci Owen introduces the Reactor Part in Conflict and explains why your intense reaction is not your identity. Whether you snap, shut down, get defensive, cry, over-explain, or say something...

After attending two funerals one day apart, Marci walked away with unexpected treasures about life, love, faith, family, service, and what really matters in the end. One funeral was for a dear friend who died at 60 after battling brain cancer. The other was for her husband’s 98-year-old aunt, a woman remembered for her love, humor, faith, and the way she made every person feel special. In this ref...

Mother’s Day can bring up more than we expect. For some moms, it feels sweet and meaningful. For others, it can feel tender, disappointing, complicated, or painful long after the day is over. In this compassionate and empowering episode, Marci Owen speaks directly to the mother who felt forgotten, unseen, unappreciated, or let down after Mother’s Day — and gently helps her come back to herself wit...

What if nothing is wrong with you? What if the part of you that overreacts, shuts down, spirals, people-pleases, or tries to control everything is not broken — but actually trying to protect something tender inside of you? In this meaningful and illuminating episode, Marci Owen unveils her Inner Relationship Method™ and shares why she is no longer calling herself a Self-Love Coach, but an Inner Re...

Before the shutdown, your body knew. Before the overexplaining, your body knew. Before the snapping, spiraling, or people pleasing, your body knew. In this episode, Marci Owen takes the conversation one step deeper into nervous system regulation , protective parts , and the body’s early warning signs. If you have ever wondered why you overreact, go blank, get defensive, shut down, people please, o...

Do you ever shut down, overexplain yourself, spiral in your thoughts, snap, people-please, or suddenly feel the need to control everything? What if those reactions are not just “your personality” or proof that something is wrong with you? In this episode, Marci Owen explains how your body often knows a protective part has taken over long before your mind does. Through the lens of nervous system re...

Have you ever had a moment where someone asked you a question, all eyes were on you, and your mind completely went blank? Maybe it happened in a hard conversation with your spouse. Maybe someone put you on the spot in front of family. Maybe you were receiving attention, praise, or a compliment and suddenly couldn’t think of a thing to say. In this episode, Marci unpacks why that happens through th...

What if your inner critic is not trying to tear you down… but trying to protect you? In this episode, Marci shares a powerful reframe for the inner critic and why that harsh voice in your head may not be proof that something is wrong with you. It may be a protective part that learned long ago that criticism could keep you safe from rejection, failure, embarrassment, or feeling like too much.  Marc...

Do you ever feel too sensitive, too emotional, or like you overreact to things that should not feel like such a big deal? In this episode of The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom Podcast , Marci Owen shares how the part of you that feels deeply may not be weak at all. It may be your wounded child, a younger tender part of you carrying old emotional pain, unmet needs, and nervous system imprin...

What would it feel like to know that Jesus Christ sees you personally, knows your name, and loves you more than you can imagine? In this special Easter episode, Marci sits down with Alessa Mousques, who recently portrayed Mary Magdalene in an Easter video produced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But this conversation is about more than acting. It’s about faith, transformation,...

Do you ever replay a conversation for hours and wonder, Did I say something wrong? Are they upset with me? In this episode, Marci unpacks the hidden pattern behind rumination and why so many women automatically make other people’s behavior mean something about their worth. You’ll learn how nervous system dysregulation, old wounds, and protective parts can work together to keep you stuck in overthi...

What if the way you’ve been measuring success as a mother isn’t actually the measure that brings peace? So many of us carry quiet expectations about what a “good mom” looks like—how our kids should turn out, how close we should be, how involved we should be, and how much they should need us. And when real life doesn’t match that picture, it can leave us feeling like we somehow failed. In this epis...

Today’s episode is being released on a Wednesday instead of my usual Friday—because today matters. March 4th marks 16 years since my younger sister Heather passed away from colon cancer. Every year on this day I honor her with something I call “Because I Can” Day. It’s a simple practice that has become a powerful reminder to live with gratitude, awareness, and appreciation for the everyday things...

Somewhere along the way, many mothers absorbed a quiet, heavy belief: If my child struggles… if they question their faith… if our relationship feels strained… it means I failed. In this powerful and compassionate episode, Marci challenges that narrative and invites you to redefine what success as a mother truly means. Drawing from personal experience, coaching conversations, church culture, and ti...

What if self-love isn’t something you feel once in a while—but a relationship you actively build? In this special Valentine’s reshare episode, Marci invites you into one of the most powerful self-love conversations she teaches: learning how to love your past, present, and future self —together. True self-love isn’t performative or conditional. It’s solid. It’s steady. It’s the kind that says, “I’v...

This episode is a perspective-shifting reshare from my first year of podcasting in 2023—a message that continues to matter deeply. After being sick for much of January and navigating recovery, I found myself returning to a teaching that transformed how I relate to my work, my relationships, and my inner peace. When creativity feels foggy and my body still recovering, sometimes the wisest thing to...

What if this year wasn’t about pushing harder, proving more, or chasing another list of resolutions? In this episode, Marci Owen invites you into a gentler, more powerful way of moving through the year: living by design, not by default. Instead of goals that create pressure, she introduces the practice of choosing one meaningful word—a word that becomes your guide, your compass, and your way back...

In the quiet space between Christmas and New Year’s, there’s often a subtle pressure to reinvent yourself, set new goals, or start over. But what if that’s not what you actually need? In this episode, I offer two gentle yet powerful clarifying questions designed to help you carry yourself into the new year with intention, compassion, and clarity—without fixing, forcing, or pushing. This is not a g...

As Christmas draws near, do you feel a swirl of emotions—joy, pressure, exhaustion, tenderness, gratitude, maybe even a sense that something’s missing? In this episode, Marci offers you a simple pause—a warm exhale for your nervous system. This episode is part grounding, part fun, and part emotional reset, designed to help you reconnect with the light, wonder, and joy that are still available to y...