Welcome to Joyfilled. I'm your host, Jenna, and this is the Couches Chat coffee cup and hand

podcast for Christian moms who want to thrive in the hard and holy work of motherhood.

Here, we push back against the lie that being just a mom is small and instead celebrate the

high calling of shaping hearts and homes for Jesus. We chat about faith, motherhood, and the

everyday joys and struggles of raising

kids. I'm in it with you and so are countless other moms and most importantly, Jesus himself.

So together we'll laugh, learn, and lean into grace as we navigate all the sleepless nights,

sticky floors, and soul-stretching moments that motherhood has to offer, all while looking

for the joy along the way,

because there is so much joy to be found. So let's experience it together.

I am four months postpartum with my fourth baby, which is so crazy that it's already been

four months. Actually, it's almost been five months, which is so crazy that it's already been four months. Actually, it's almost

been five months, which is just wild. And I hear from a lot of you all the time that you love

the postpartum series. I did way back when Joyfield first began. Like, it's, there's some of the

first episodes that I did was a postpartum series.

And so I thought it would be fun to bring back a little postpartum chat since, number one, I am

postpartum.

So I, you know, thought it would be fun to kind of revisit some postpartum advice, things that I've learned because while most of what I said in

those in that series early on still rings true, I obviously have had a few more kids since I

recorded that series and so I thought it would be fun to kind of just share

what I have learned and share some of my rules for myself now that really help me just protect

my mental health, protect my sanity, and help me really get the most out of a postpartum season because

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