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Healthy By Heather Brown

How To Slow Down When Life Speeds Up With Ruth Chou Simons EP 137

Healthy By Heather Brown

Heather Brown

Education, Christianity, How To, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Mental Health

5.0 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Healthy by Heather Brown podcast, Heather welcomes back Ruth Chou Simon, a best-selling author and watercolor artist, to discuss her new devotional, 'The Way of the Wildflower.' The conversation explores themes of finding peace in the chaos of motherhood, the importance of dependency on God for freedom, and practical ways to manage anxiety and stress. Ruth shares her insights on navigating the changing seasons of life, the significance of surrendering control, and the necessity of rest in our busy lives. The episode concludes with practical tips for creating family rhythms and connecting with nature to foster a sense of calm and grounding.

00:00 Introduction to Wildflower Wisdom
02:46 Seasons of Change in Motherhood
05:44 Dependency and Freedom: The Secret Sauce
08:30 Surrendering Control to God
11:35 The Power of Grace in Daily Life
14:15 Finding Rest in a Busy World
17:02 Navigating Busy Seasons with Family
20:10 The Way of the Wildflower: Book Insights
22:56 Practical Tips for Resetting Anxiety
25:35 Conclusion and Encouragement


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0:00.0

Hey y'all and welcome to the Healthy by Heather Brown podcast, where I encourage you in healthy, mind, body, and spirit through my Sunday reset.

0:08.8

Let's get into it.

0:14.4

Okay, y'all, here's the tea. The world says hustle harder, do more, be more. Jesus says, consider the flowers. I don't know about you,

0:23.2

but I've never seen a tulip stress out about its to-do list. Today, we've got Ruth Cho-Simon's

0:28.4

best-selling author, watercolor artist, mom of six boys, yes, six, and a returning friend of the show.

0:35.8

You can see her prior shows link down in the show notes if you want to listen to those.

0:39.6

Her brand new devotional, The Way of the Wildflower, is a gospel might drop on how to

0:44.0

unburden your anxious soul and actually live free in Christ.

0:48.1

And if you loved her past episodes here, you already know she's about to bring the fire.

0:51.9

Here to remind us that maybe just maybe our anxious

0:54.8

shoals could use a little wildflower wisdom buckle up this one's going to step on some toes but in the best

1:00.8

gospel way okay you guys i'm so pumped today because like i just said we're having ruth back on the show

1:07.1

so pumped she's such a treasure trove of info. So, Ruth, let's start out with

1:12.5

just a, you know, quick one. You live in Colorado with six boys. God bless you. With

1:18.0

a stress scrolling Instagram, you're staring at wildflowers. So talk to me. What do flowers

1:23.9

know about peace that we so clearly dealt? Oh, thanks. Heather. It's good to be back. Well, you know, to be fair, I don't always live with the six boys anymore. My oldest has officially moved out. He's 23. He's got his first, like, post-grad school job. So I'm not responsible for that one anymore. And we've got a few college kids who are back for a season.

1:44.9

But it's a changing season for me.

1:47.2

It's a changing season of life as a mama.

1:50.4

But, you know, this idea of finding peace among the wildflowers, it's interesting that I just

1:56.1

use the word seasons because left up to myself, I would love for wildflower season

2:00.8

to be all the time. You know, I love blooms for wildflower season to be all the time.

2:02.2

You know, I love blooms. I love everything being beautiful all the time. I want to walk

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