Ask a Mentor Mom with Krista Gilbert

Coffee + Crumbs Podcast

Ashlee Gadd

Storytelling, Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality, Toddlers, Friendship, Pregnancy, Grace, Coffee, Adoption, Miscarriage, Parenting, Motherhood, Newborn, Christianity, Crumbs

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

One of our all-time favorite guests and unofficial Mentor Mom of the C+C team, Krista Gilbert, is back to answer alllllll our questions about motherhood. A mom to four grown kids, Krista shares her best advice for marital disagreements (humility is underrated), tailoring parenting to kids’ individual needs (one-on-one time is key), and navigating the conversations we’d rather avoid (like, changing bodies and sex). From sibling relationships to responding to our kids’ choices, Krista graciously reminds us that it always starts with us and our modeling, but it doesn’t end there: our identity is not tied to our kids’ outcomes, and that may be the greatest encouragement of all.

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Krista hasn’t been our only mentor, listen to this Ask a Mentor Mom with Ruth Chou Simons.

For more encouragement in your motherhood journey, check out the stories at Coffee + Crumbs.

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0:00.0	We believe motherhood is a gift, an art, not a science.
0:07.2	We believe it takes a village to raise our kids and that motherhood is better when we stick together.
0:12.8	Most of all, we believe motherhood is holy work.
0:16.9	At the core of our show, we want you to feel safe, known, encouraged, and loved.
0:22.4	This is the Coffee and Crumbs podcast.
0:28.8	Well, hello, friends.
0:30.2	Welcome back to the Coffee and Crumbs podcast.
0:33.5	Today is a good day, y'all, because we get to hear from the woman who is, I mean, she is like a repeat
0:41.3	customer on the coffee and crumbs podcast for a reason, but our sister, our friend, our favorite mentor mom,
0:48.5	the wonderful Krista Gilbert.
0:50.6	Krista, thank you for joining us today.
0:53.3	Oh, my gosh.
0:54.1	I feel so honored that you have had me on
0:57.1	many times that it's such an honor to be here because, well, one, I love the two of you, but I also
1:03.5	just have such a heart for moms in your stage of life. Yeah. Yeah. Well, we love, we love, love having Krista.
1:12.4	In fact, if you are not familiar with Krista, she is the mom to, she's an empty nester now,
1:18.6	so I can say four grown kids.
1:22.9	She's got different seasons of life, working kids, married kids, in college kids, but she's
1:29.1	also a life coach, a leadership coach, an author, a podcaster.
1:34.0	This woman wears so many hats.
1:36.5	But at the heart of hearts, Krista is somebody who cares deeply about others.
1:43.0	And that's why we love hearing from her because
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