Feeling Stuck as a Parent, Changing our Minds as Parents, and the Permission we Need to Give Ourselves

The Intentional Parents Podcast

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Biblical, Help, Fatherhood, Kids & Family, Child, Christian, Children, Parents, Parenting, Kids, Leadership, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Mothers, Bible

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever felt stuck in your decisions, as if changing your mind would mean admitting defeat? This week, we’re talking about the beauty and bravery of pivoting, whether it’s within your marriage, the way you parent your children, or other areas of life. We unpack the reasons we may have trouble granting ourselves permission to change, whether that’s worry, fear, pride, ignorance, identity, or even dynamics within our family of origin.

Sometimes, the ideals we held before marriage or parenthood no longer fit the reality of our lives. Maybe your spouse or kids don’t match the expectations you once had — or maybe you have changed. And that’s okay! A willingness to adjust requires humility and a deep dependence on God, acknowledging that we are “poor in spirit” (Matthew 5:3) and are in need of His guidance to discern what needs to shift.

In this episode, we explore practical ways to zoom out, reflect, and ask God, “Is this actually working?” We discuss tools like scripture, prayer, and the wisdom of community to navigate these changes. Plus, we share our own stories of moments, both big and small, where we’ve had to change course — and how those shifts brought unexpected peace and growth.

If you’ve been waiting for permission to pivot, this is it. Join us for an encouraging, hope-filled conversation about embracing change with grace and courage.

Scripture Mentioned: Proverbs 16:9, Genesis 18:22-33, Acts 27 + 28, Matthew 5-7, John 8:29, Daniel 1:8-10 + Ephesians 5:21-33

Book Mentioned: “Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart” by Jacques Philippe

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Intentional Parents podcast, brought to you by Intentional. Intentional is all about spiritual formation in the family. We desire to bring biblical hope and practical hope. Enjoy this week's conversation. All right, welcome back to the Int podcast. We're here today, all four of us, Elizabeth,
0:26.1	Phil and Diane, and we are ready to tackle a topic to give permission, to change your mind about stuff.
0:34.4	So before we get going, I do want to say thank you for everyone who's rated and
0:38.6	subscribed. And if you haven't had a chance to do that again, we say it all the time. But if you can
0:42.6	rate the podcast, even leave a little comment that goes a long way. If you want to watch all this,
0:48.2	someone who's followed us for a long time just told me the other day, like, I didn't even know you had a YouTube. I was like, I don't know how you could not know that. It's concerning to me that you didn't know that.
0:57.4	But they found it and they're like, I love watching it. I was like, that's, I mean, that's kind of
1:01.3	the point. It's fun to just either show notes. You can check that out.
1:11.6	But thank you for everyone that's left to comment and subscribed.
1:15.0	And it's a huge gift.
1:16.9	That said, we're in a new year.
1:19.8	We're in a new season.
1:22.3	And some of us have been changing our minds recently
1:24.4	about lots of things.
1:27.1	Nothing really big specifically, but we want to talk
1:30.0	about this concept today about essentially it being okay to change your mind. And we today want
1:36.3	to give you the listener a lot of permission to potentially be open to changing your minds about
1:41.9	various things. But that's maybe just a soft launch for maybe a different launch and set up that I know
1:47.9	Elizabeth is going to give.
1:49.4	So honey,
1:49.7	why don't you give more color to what I'm saying?
1:52.0	Yeah.
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