151: Giving Thanks and Letting Go ft. Danielle Bean

The Catholic Feminist

Claire Swinarski

Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Politics, Jesus, Catholic, Religion, Socialjustice, Christianity, Feminist, Women

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🗓️ 3 June 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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My name is Claire + I’m a control-aholic.

It’s true! I love control like the Julia Child loved butter. And although parenting is basically one long exercise in letting go of control, the truth is, I do have some control over my little ones. I decide we’re going to Mass on Sundays, and we go. I decide we’re having broccoli for dinner, and we do (although whether or not they eat is a whole ‘nother issue.) I decide we don’t watch movies that don’t align with our values, and we don’t. But there will come a day when I lose even that small, semblance of control.

On today’s show, writer Danielle Bean is talking about parenting older kids, and the grief that comes with letting older kids make their own decisions. We talk about the importance of realizing that our kids are their own people, and not letting your motherhood role become your entire identity. I love what Danielle has to say about the importance of letting yourself feel your feelings, as well her wisdom on raising teenagers. I hope this episode reminds all of the mamas out there that one day, our kids will grow up—and if they already have, that we are still mothers, even as we let that last inch of control slip from our fingers.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Catholic feminist episode 151.
0:05.0	Today we're talking all about giving thanks and letting go.
0:09.0	Today's episode is brought to you by select international tours. If you are looking to go on a great
0:14.8	pilgrimage in 2021 and beyond, head to select International Tours.com slash feminist.
0:21.1	Today's episode is also brought to you by the CLT exam. The classic learning
0:26.4	test is a classical alternative to the ACT and SAT. Learn more at CLT exam.com.
0:35.0	Welcome to the Catholic feminist, a podcast for strong women who want to be informed,
0:40.0	inspired and intentional.
0:42.0	I'm your host, Claire, and I'm so glad you're here. Hello and happy Wednesday I'm really excited about today's conversation with Danielle Bean
1:02.4	but real quick first I wanted to do a little bit of housekeeping.
1:06.2	First of all, you might have seen online that the Catholic feminist pilgrimage is officially postponed. That was an extremely hard
1:14.7	decision to make. I'm devastated about it but we are still going in October
1:19.2	2021. So if you're still interested in learning more about the pilgrimage spots have opened up since the
1:26.7	postponement so you can head to the Catholic feminist podcast.com slash pilgrimage.
1:31.5	I'd love for you to learn more and I'd love for you to join us.
1:35.0	Secondly, I wanted to acknowledge the hurt that a lot of people are feeling right now
1:41.0	due to the racial justice issues in our country and I'm
1:44.7	sure a few people are wondering why that is not the topic of the day but some of
1:49.7	you also probably know that putting together a podcast episode like an interview
1:54.0	the research that goes into it etc takes a lot of time. This current issue that
2:00.7	we're facing of George Floyd's murder happened a little bit ago,
2:05.0	but I mean I prep episodes like a month in advance
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