Hey Mama, I'm Jenna, and you're listening to the Joy-Filled podcast. I'm here to help stay-at-home moms thrive by equipping you with tools to help you acknowledge and embrace your season and encourage you to

bring joy back into your motherhood. You'll walk away with everything you need to truly experience

the fullness of joy in this beautiful season of raising babies at home. So reheat or refill

wherever you're at in your day, your coffee,

and let's live joy-filled together.

It is currently the middle of January, and for me, January is usually the hardest time of the year.

I've always said that it's my least favorite month of the year because it's just gloomy and cold.

I feel very blessed to live in a place that gets all four seasons, but January is, you know, often

there's snow on the ground, but Christmas is over. There's no holidays in January. There's

nothing to look forward to. We, you know, I don't have any kid birthdays to be planning or anything.

And so for me in my own life,

January has always just been a really hard month for me. And as you probably know, if you've been

listening to this podcast for a while, I struggled with postpartum depression. And so I know that I am

prone to depression. And I've definitely

experienced some seasonal blues and winter blues and things like that. And so for me,

you know, January is just cold and gloomy. And like I said, there's still snow on the ground, but I think it's very

magical in December when there's snow. In January, I think snow is just really annoying.

There's not very much sun, and I've lost count of the number of days that I have been inside

with these kids inside these four walls,

and it's just, it's a lot, and it's hard.

And so I want you to know if you are currently struggling or feeling overwhelmed or maybe feeling a little more anxious than you normally do,

you are not alone.

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