Finding direction when you feel lost with Cari Trotter and Terri Flannagan
Pardon the Mess with Scarlet Hiltibidal - Christian Motherhood, Biblical Parenting, Raising Christian Kids
Scarlet Hiltibidal and Christian Parenting
4.9 • 850 Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2024
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever had a season where you question everything about yourself? Have you found yourself in an insecure spot and wonder if you’re too late or too old? Do you wonder if you have anything to offer the world?
I have been in this place more times than I can count. Being a mom and balancing career and purpose and raising kids can be very complicated and very discouraging. It’s so very hard to discern what to do when God feels quiet and sometimes the path feels uncertain or vulnerable.
My guests today, Cari Trotter and Terri Flannagan, share their own stories about why it’s so hard to discern around career and calling. I believe their honest feelings and practical advice will encourage you in your own journey.
Please don’t miss this entire episode. It’s a little long, so you may need to listen in two parts. My favorite part is at the end when we start tackling the practical stuff. What do we do with a complicated situation? How can we take a step? How can we discern what to do in the next season?
I pray this episode meets you in such a special way. That you feel like we opened your heart and soul and spoke to a place that needs encouragement. I am insanely thankful for authentic and honest friends that love me and love Jesus. It’s a true gift.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Handling a midlife crisis, work and reinventing ourselves
- Balancing careers and raising kids
- How to discern what God has for us
- How to fight the very loud lies that want us silent and frozen
00:00
Introduction and Entertaining Start
04:02
Talking About Fashion and Passion Projects
05:50
Midlife Crisis, Work, and Reinventing Ourselves
08:51
Introductions and Current Life Situations
11:54
Why Balancing Work and Personal Life is Hard
16:38
Discerning What's Next and Dealing with Lies
22:13
Navigating Transitions and Evaluating Priorities
25:20
Dealing with Comparison and Seeking Authenticity
27:13
Being True to Yourself and Finding Support
31:48
Conclusion and Final Thoughts
34:46
Staying Rooted and Grounded
37:13
Embracing Silence and Growth
44:34
The Journey of Faith
50:56
Redefining Success
57:45
Embracing Struggles and Failure
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Christian Parenting. |
| 0:08.0 | Welcome to Pardon the Miss. |
| 0:09.4 | I'm your host, Courtney DeFaio, and on this podcast, we talk about raising kids as Christian parents. |
| 0:14.2 | It's so very important for me to honor God with my family and the two kids that he's given me. |
| 0:18.6 | But honestly, it's not always neat or easy or |
| 0:21.5 | tidy, but it's always worth it. So join us every week to laugh and learn together on this |
| 0:25.9 | beautiful and messy journey of parenting. |
| 0:43.8 | Hey, friends, we've got a great episode today with my friends, Carrie Trotter and Terry Flanagan. |
| 0:46.2 | So we are in real life friends. |
| 0:53.7 | We talk on the phone, we text, and we have all three had this discussion often about what do we do with our lives? |
| 0:55.3 | Do we follow that career or do we follow that passion project or how much money should we make or how long should we be |
| 0:59.7 | home with the kids? All of those things. And I know we're not alone. There's so many of us out there |
| 1:04.0 | that are swirling between this tension of what to do in which season and it can feel like a |
| 1:08.5 | midlife crisis over and over again. And I want to tell you |
| 1:11.8 | that a few disclaimers. First of all, this episode is long, and I couldn't cut anything. Like, |
| 1:16.2 | there was so much value and listening, I think, to the three of us banter, why it's so hard. |
| 1:21.1 | And then at the end, we get into, okay, so what do we do? What do we do? How do we know what to do with our lives and discern what God wants us to do? |
| 1:28.4 | Secondly, I almost cut some of my most vulnerable moments. And so I get really honest about some of |
| 1:33.9 | the lies that I hear. And then when I feel insecure and I'm not hearing from people or my friends |
| 1:39.7 | aren't talking about the podcast or whatever, it's not true. Like I have amazing friends. And I know I'm in my |
| 1:44.9 | sweet spot, but I start crying about like what the enemy tells me that is like, you shouldn't do |
| 1:49.6 | that. That's embarrassing. And so I just left it in there because I thought maybe you'll relate to |
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