#34: Taking Care of Yourself as a Parent

Famous at Home

Josh + Christi Straub

Parenting, Relationships, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.9 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Nobody can really prepare us for the chaos, unpredictability, and self-imposed guilt that accompany becoming a parent. Well-intentioned people may try to prepare you for the sleepless nights, colic, and grocery store tantrums, but let’s be honest, you can’t really be prepared until you encounter them.

Instead, it was something subtler, yet much deeper, that nearly took me (Christi) out as a momma. Something nobody else warned me about—I lost my identity.

In this episode, we talk about what taking care of ourselves as parents looks like from our own picture frame. Rather than remaining stuck in the ongoing cycle of guilt, shame and feelings of depression, together, we are finding a way out. The reason this is so important to us is because research consistently shows that it's not necessarily what we know about parenting that matters most for how our kids turn out, but who we are becoming as adults.

If you too have lost yourself in parenting, this is a conversation we think you’ll find quite refreshing. We not only share our own journey, but we offer realistic and practical ways we can all come alive and rediscover ourselves, even in the midst of parenthood. Because the reality is: the healthier we are, the healthier our kids will be.

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For Christi's blogpost, 11 Ways to Reclaim Yourself in the Midst of Parenthood, click here.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Josh.
0:10.3	And I'm Christy.
0:11.2	You know, we all have family picture frames, frames that reflect the people who bring us the most joy, but also the people who can bring us the most frustration.
0:19.8	Yet, no matter what, the people in
0:22.4	those frames have your back, and you have theirs. Regardless of who's in your frame, you're in it
0:28.4	together. They are your legacy. Welcome to the In This Together podcast, where we go behind the scenes
0:35.9	to share stories from our own crooked picture frame and interview
0:40.0	guests to discover how their stories can give us insight on becoming families who live,
0:46.1	love, and lead well. Because you're not alone. We're all in this together.
0:55.9	Today's podcast is brought to you by 226 Parenting, an online community designed to help
1:02.0	you disciple your kids to live, love, and lead well. Check it out at 226ing.com.
1:21.4	Welcome back to the In This Together podcast, where we are families who journey together through our crooked picture frames.
1:25.4	And today we're going to talk a little bit about our own story,
1:28.6	uh, because it's important to take care of ourselves as parents. And I think we're realizing
1:33.7	that more and more as parents ourselves. And the research shows over and over and over again.
1:39.7	So if you are a regular listener of the podcast, you that I love research in other words I'm a nerd
1:46.8	and I love to find what research is showing and to be true about how we raise great kids how
1:55.8	how how we can do this thing called family really really well because at the at the end of life, that's really, really what
2:02.3	we care most about is how well did we love one another. And I would say I care a little bit less
2:09.3	about the research and I just want to know how it practically applies to me. And if it makes sense
2:13.8	in my life, then fabulous. Well, let me practically share something with you as we get started that I think we'll
2:20.8	encourage you today.
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