Ask a Mentor Mom with Ruth Chou Simons

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

🗓️ 2 October 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

We’re kicking off Season 10 by asking a mentor mom we adore and admire—Ruth Chou Simons—all the things about motherhood. A mom of six boys, Ruth shares her best strategy for navigating sibling arguments, how to cultivate life-long friendships with your kids, and openly answers the mother lode question: what’s your biggest regret in parenting? From small practical tips to big picture hope, this conversation ends with an encouraging line we’re still thinking about.

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Ruth shared about all seasons of motherhood. But if you’re interested in hearing about how autumn is going for us, listen to this bonus episode: The Great Fall Reset.

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. We believe it takes a village to raise our kids and that motherhood is better when we stick together.
0:12.0	Most of all, we believe motherhood Motherhood is better when we stick together.
0:12.9	Most of all, we believe motherhood is holy work.
0:17.0	At the core of our show, we want you to feel safe, known, encouraged,
0:21.3	and loved.
0:22.4	This is the Coffee and Crumbs Podcast.
0:29.0	Hello friends and welcome to the Coffee and Crumbs podcast. I'm here again with Ashley today.
0:35.6	Hello friend. Hello friend. And we are so happy to be back in your earbuds for a new
0:42.1	season.
0:43.0	Yes, before we jump into our amazing hope-filled conversation,
0:48.1	I want to do some quick housekeeping
0:51.0	and apologies to our sub-stacks subscribers who are definitely going to hear this exact same note twice.
0:56.0	But you may recall me mentioning not that long ago that we were going to come back to the
1:00.9	podcast in the fall with Making a mother, which is that
1:04.3	narrative podcast we have been working on for a very, very, very, very, very long
1:08.4	time. As these things happen, shortly after I announced that on the podcast, it became abundantly
1:14.9	clear that we needed more time. Not just to actually finish producing this
1:20.7	series with excellence, but also to book advertisers for the show which has been a
1:26.0	slower process than we expected. I'm hoping with a little more time we will be able
1:30.8	to launch Making a Mother in January and I will also be so bold to say if you
1:36.9	happen to work for a brand who would be interested in advertising on our podcast
1:41.5	feel free to slide into my dims.
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