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.

Have you ever opened Instagram for just a second and then you end up spending way too long

on the app? And then when you finally decide to close the app you end up feeling even

worse than you did when you opened it suddenly her house feels cleaner than yours her mornings feel

calmer than yours her body looks better her kids are better behaved her routines are working

her life looks beautiful and yours just looks messy and before you know, comparison has talked you out of the joy that was

sitting right in front of you. We're going to talk all about it today because, friend, if that's,

if that's you, trust me, it's been me too. It's been all of us. So let's today talk about

comparison as moms. And if this is your first time tuning in or you took a break from listening

to Joyfield and you're back or, you know, first time listening in a while, I want to say,

hey, welcome. I'm Jenna. I'm the host here. And we are in, if you missed it, we're in a series called Blooming and Becoming.

And if you've been with me from day one, you know that Joy Field has been on a lot of different

journeys. We've done a lot of different things with the podcast. We've had seasons where

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