How to Balance Faith, Work, and Motherhood (with Emily Stimpson Chapman)

Girlfriends (A Podcast for Catholic Women)

Danielle Bean

Religion & Spirituality, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 810 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Danielle Bean interviews Emily Stimson Chapman about her work as a writer and her collaboration with Scott Hahn in creating Catholic children's books. Her newest book is The Supper of the Lamb. They discuss the importance of engaging children in theology and finding balance in motherhood. Emily shares her experience of saying no to opportunities and the challenges of managing writing while raising her family. They also discuss the importance of female friendship and raising children in the faith. The episode concludes with listener feedback about feeling lonely in a new home and seeking community.

Resources:
Emily Stimpson Chapman's website
Follow Emily on Instagram
Subscribe to Emily's Substack

Takeaways:

Engaging children in theology through children's books can be a powerful way to teach them about the faith.
Finding balance in motherhood often requires saying no to certain opportunities and focusing on what truly matters.
Female friendship is important for mothers and can provide support and companionship.
Raising children in the faith involves having conversations about God and the Church in a natural and ordinary way.
Finding community in a new place may require stepping out of one's comfort zone and being proactive in seeking connections.

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0:00.0	Girlfriends, episode number 410, How to Balance Faith, Work, and Motherhood with Emily Stimson Chapman.
0:07.2	Hello and welcome to Girlfriends. I'm Danielle Bean. I'm a wife and a mom, and I'm on a mission to help you know your worth as a woman so you can find peace, balance, and joy, and family living.
0:16.9	This week, my special guest joining me is Emily Stimson Chapman. I'm sure you know about her, and she is here to share some real wisdom about work and motherhood
0:26.0	and how to find balance in the midst of it all.
0:28.7	Can't wait to share this conversation with you.
0:30.3	Let's get started.
0:54.2	Hey, girlfriend, how are you? So glad you are here. How's your Lent going? We are like almost a full week into it now. So I hope you are off to a roaring start. If you're wondering what on earth you're going to do for Lent still and you don't have a plan and you're feeling worried about that. Know that it's not too late. It is absolutely not too late. We have begun our
0:59.8	Lenton sessions through subscriptions over at Daniellebeen.com. So if you get a full subscription to my
1:06.2	substack over at Daniellebeen.com, you will get access to these Lenton sessions that are sent
1:10.6	right to your inbox every week of Lent. You can get caughtcom. You will get access to these Lenton sessions that are sent right to your
1:11.1	inbox every week of Lent. You can get caught up. You can do this. There's no right or wrong to it.
1:17.4	If you've been busy, if you've been distracted, totally fine. We still want to be able to share this
1:22.2	content with you. We want to be going through the gospel stories of women in the New Testament, real women
1:29.0	who interacted with Jesus, and we want to be looking together at what we can learn about
1:33.4	God's unique love for women from these stories.
1:37.2	And that's really our plan for Lent.
1:39.3	So we would love for you to join us, and it's not too late for you to join us.
1:42.8	Head on over to Danielle Bean.com and get yourself subscribed.
1:47.3	But also, did you listen to last week's episode?
1:49.7	I kind of broke down in very simple ways, three small things that you can do for Lent.
1:56.9	And I encourage you to just bring that to the Holy Spirit because lent is just getting started.
2:01.2	And sometimes it's tempting to feel like, oh, I've already failed at it.
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