156 | Patience as a Parent Isn't Natural, It's Practiced: How I'm Learning to Step Back
Living Easy with Lindsey
Lindsey Maestas
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Do you ever find yourself losing your temper over small things, like shoes left out, bedtime battles, or your child's refusal to shower, and wondering why patience feels so out of reach? Are you constantly torn between wanting to give your kids more freedom and feeling the need to control every little detail? In this episode of the The Living Easy Podcast, Lindsey Maestas shares her own journey of learning how to create autonomy in her children while practicing real, grace-filled patience with them and with herself.
Lindsey shares her own struggle with control, the urge to create rules where they may not be necessary, and how a desire for peace in her home led her to pursue emotional regulation, realistic expectations, and a rhythm over-reaction. She unpacks the idea that patience isn't something we simply "have", it's something we build, moment by moment, with intentional choices and Christ-centered perspective.
If you've ever felt guilty for being a reactive parent or overwhelmed by your own high expectations, this episode will meet you with honesty and hope.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friends, we were never promised that life would be easy. Sometimes it is hard and super crazy, |
| 0:11.7 | but when we do life together, we find that it becomes a lot easier and much more fun. |
| 0:17.2 | I believe in joyful life, in happy parenting, healthy marriages, long-lasting friendships, |
| 0:23.8 | and making perfect memories and imperfect homes. I love to dig deep and talk about the really |
| 0:30.2 | raw things that people are not always comfortable discussing. And I'm also passionate about |
| 0:34.9 | sharing practical tips that have helped me to help you |
| 0:38.3 | navigate through life less stressfully and more purposefully. |
| 0:42.1 | We will laugh together and struggle together. |
| 0:44.6 | You will hear honest insights on strengthening your faith and your marriage, parenthood, |
| 0:49.6 | how-toes, and so much more so that you can live life and live it with joy. |
| 0:55.2 | I am Lindsay Maestis. Welcome to the Living Easy Podcast. Hello everyone and welcome back to the Living |
| 1:04.7 | Easy podcast. Today's conversation is near and dear to my heart as are most of them, I guess. I have been talking |
| 1:15.3 | with my counselor quite a bit about control and patience as a mom. Also, you may hear my laundry |
| 1:23.3 | going. I'm sorry, if you can hear that. It's real life. We have laundry going, kids are in bed, |
| 1:30.0 | Biscuit is walking all over the house with his bone, and we're doing the best that we can do |
| 1:35.9 | right now. But I have been talking to my counselor about this because I realized I was coming to a point |
| 1:43.6 | where I was having a hard time |
| 1:46.1 | allowing autonomy with my boys and kind of maybe giving rules where rules weren't even |
| 1:53.0 | necessary or controlling certain aspects of the things that they were doing. |
| 1:58.0 | And the heart behind it was to do things well and to raise them well and with |
| 2:03.0 | respect and self-control and discipline. But sometimes I would step back and realize I didn't |
| 2:08.2 | even have reasoning for the decisions that I was making. And I think that this is common with parents |
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