The Perfectionist's Guide to Mothering with Andrea Fortenberry

Welcome to Episode 74 of The Perfectionist’s Guide to Mothering! In this episode, I talk about hitting the milestone of 10k downloads. Thank you so much! I also chat about becoming, discouragement, waiting, and what to do when we feel disappointed. Here are some of my questions for you: What did you enjoy doing as a child? What made you happy? How has God used those things in your journey to becom...

Welcome to Episode 73 of The Perfectionist’s Guide to Mothering! Today I’m talking with my friend, Rebecca George. Rebecca is the founder of Radical Radiance® - a podcast community where listeners are equipped to blend what they love with the Jesus who makes them shine. She is a podcaster, speaker, and author whose greatest joy in life is discipling others to pursue their passions in a way that bu...

Welcome to Episode 72 of The Perfectionist’s Guide to Mothering! Today I’m talking with my amazing friend, Jackie Kelley. Jackie is a stay-at-home mom to two wild boys based in Arizona. She is a self-proclaimed “maker” who loves to dream big. She has served with her local MOPS chapter for five years and has a passion for young moms and young families.   Along with her husband of eight years, she i...

Welcome to Episode 71 of The Perfectionist’s Guide to Mothering! Today I’m talking with the very funny and insightful, Amberly Neese. Amberly is a popular speaker/teacher, comedian, author, and all-around encourager dedicated to helping you become the joyful person you were created to be. Amberly is a featured speaker for the Aspire Women’s Events and the main host and female comedian for Marriage...

Welcome to Episode 70 of The Perfectionist’s Guide to Mothering! Today I’m talking with the amazing Crystal Paine. Crystal is the founder of MoneySavingMom.com, host of The Crystal Paine Show podcast, and a New York Times bestselling author. Her desire is to help women across the globe live with more joy, purpose, and intention in their everyday lives. She lives with her husband and six kids in th...

Welcome to Episode 69 of The Perfectionist’s Guide to Mothering! Today I’m talking with my friend and MOPS coworker, Kelli Jordan. Kelli Jordan is a mom, grandma, mentor and MOPS International staffer living in the Kansas City area. She loves a good story, especially the stories of real people doing good things in the world every single day. She is committed to helping others find and share the ho...

Welcome to Episode 68 of The Perfectionist’s Guide to Mothering! Today I’m talking with my friend, Lain Ehmann. Lain is a radio show host, journalist, best-selling author, and consultant. Her superpower is creating clarity from confusion and helping her clients get their voices heard in a noisy world. A sought-after public speaker and coach, Lain loves leading retreats, facilitating masterminds, a...

Welcome to Episode 67 of The Perfectionist’s Guide to Mothering!  In this episode, I share how and why we can start this year out slowly. In a world that’s focused on hustle and going harder, starting slowly is very counter-cultural, but I think it’s the pace our souls were designed for. Here are some of the resources I mention in this episode: Matthew 11:28-30 MSG Episode 20 of The Perfectio...

Now that December is almost over and Christmas has passed, you might find yourself feeling burned out and a little weary.  This message my dear friend Ginger Ciminello gave at Restore: Soul Care for Moms, is the perfect thing for us to hear as we recover from the activities of the holiday season. Ginger is a dear friend, she’s a speaker, author and a previous guest of the podcast. You can fin...

Welcome to Episode 65 of The Perfectionist’s Guide to Mothering! In our last episode I shared the replay of my message from Restore: Soul Care for Moms 2022 with you. Today I’m going to share the replay of my friend Noelle’s message. Although it was recorded in June, I think her message is so poignant for us as moms in the Christmas season. If case you don’t know her, Noelle Rhodes is a comedian,...

Welcome to Episode 64 of The Perfectionist’s Guide to Mothering! I’m excited to share today’s episode with you, it is a recording of the message that I gave this summer at an event I host annually, Restore: Soul Care for Moms. If your church is interested in bringing Restore: Soul Care for Moms to your church in 2023, let me know! I can produce the event at virtually cost to your organization.&nbs...

Welcome to Episode 63 of The Perfectionist’s Guide to Mothering! Today I’m talking with Lisa Appelo. Lisa Appelo is a speaker inspiring women to cultivate faith in life’s storms and author of Life Can Be Good Again: Putting Your World Back Together After It All Falls Apart . When life shatters and you're navigating a life you didn't sign up for, Lisa provides compassionate, Biblical insight to hel...

Welcome to Episode 62 of The Perfectionist's Guide to Mothering! I'm continuing the conversation all about the holidays with my friend and MOPS coworker, Jennifer Iverson. Jennifer Iverson is a speaker, wife, mom and efficiency expert. With over 20 years of experience, Jennifer loves helping women develop as leaders and accomplish their goals. She believes that communication is the key that unlock...

Welcome to Episode 61 of The Perfectionist's Guide to Mothering! Today I’m chatting with my friend and MOPS coworker, Jennifer Iverson. Jennifer Iverson is a speaker, wife, mom and efficiency expert. With over 20 years of experience, Jennifer loves helping women develop as leaders and accomplish their goals. She believes that communication is the key that unlocks healthy relationships and that any...

Welcome to Episode 60 of The Perfectionist’s Guide to Mothering! Today I’m talking with Scott and Vanessa Martindale. The Martindales founded Blended Kingdom Families (BKF) in 2020 with a passionate desire to equip and encourage blended families and married couples as well as to help the local church cultivate community among blended families. Through faith and radical obedience, Scott and Vanessa...

Welcome to Episode 59 of The Perfectionist’s Guide to Mothering! Today I’m talking with Brittany Ann, who is a repeat guest of the podcast. If you want to hear our previous episode, it’s Episode 18. Brittany Ann is an ECPA bestselling author of Fall in Love with God’s Word* and Follow God’s Will * and the founder of EquippingGodlyWomen.com , a popular Christian-living website dedicated to helping...

Welcome to Episode 58, aka Part 8 of The Perfectionist’s Guide to Friendship. Today we’re wrapping up our summer series. It has been so fun to focus on friendship these past few months! We’ve been soliciting your input and questions on social media and today we share your thoughts about this series, a story, and answer your questions. Thank you to everyone who connected with us and helped us with...

Welcome to Episode 57, aka Part 7 of The Perfectionist's Guide to Friendship! In this episode, we chat about how to help our kids navigate friendships and how to set them up for success. We talk about how to discern when to jump in a friendship struggle and when to step back. We talk about the importance of sharing our friendship stories and how a lot of what they learn about friendship is caught,...

Welcome to Episode 56, aka Part 6 of The Perfectionist's Guide to Friendship! In this episode, we chat about friendship lifecycles and seasons. We talk about how to revive a friendship and how it's important to grieve when a friendship dies.  We mention The Four Seasons of Marriage book by Dr. Gary Chapman.  We'd love to continue the conversation with you! Send us a DM on Instagram with...

Welcome to Episode 55 of The Perfectionist's Guide to Mothering, aka Part 5 of our Summer Series, The Perfectionist's Guide to Friendship. Today we're chatting about when friendship hurts. As much as we'd like to ignore this topic, the truth is that we're all sinful, broken people and sometimes we will hurt our friends or they will hurt us. We talk about: some healthy things we can do when we face...

Welcome to Episode 54 of The Perfectionist's Guide to Mothering, aka Part 4 of our Summer Friendship Series! Today we're chatting about vulnerability in friendships. We discuss what vulnerability is and how vulnerability helps our friendships grow. As usual, we also tell some personal stories to help us think about vulnerability and friendship in a new way. Some homework from this episode is to th...

Welcome to Episode 53 of The Perfectionist's Guide to Mothering, aka Part 3 of The Perfectionist's Guide to Friendship! Today we're talking about how to make friends as an adult woman. This is one of those things that isn't as simple as it seems.  We chat about why it's so hard, how many close friends someone should have, and our best suggestions for how to go out and make friends. We'd love...

Welcome to Episode 52 of The Perfectionist's Guide to Mothering, aka part 2 of our summer series! Today we talk about five friendship myths women struggle with:  That friends should be easy to find That friendships should last forever That they will naturally get deeper with just time That good friends will never cause you pain That friendship is easy to maintain We'd love to continue the con...

Welcome to Episode 51 of The Perfectionist's Guide to Mothering! Today we're starting something new! We're kicking off a summer series all about friendship and my friend, Stacey Morgan, is joining me! In this episode, we chat about: Why a mothering podcast is spending the summer talking about friendship Why we need friends Some of our not-so-great friendship origin stories We'd love to continue th...

Welcome to Episode 50 of The Perfectionist’s Guide to Mothering! Before we dive into today’s conversation, I want to let you know about two things: 1. May 20th is the second birthday of the podcast! As a quick birthday gift, could you hop over to Apple Podcasts and rate and review the podcast? It means so much and will help more moms be able to find it. 2. Just a reminder that Restore: Soul Care f...