Mom Bods & The Gospel | Ep. 71
Risen Motherhood
Emily Jensen & Laura Wifler
4.9 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2017
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Regardless of how long it's been since having a baby, we can easily tie too much self-worth to our external appearance. Our confidence can be sky high one morning when we see that "number we've been waiting for," and drop to the ground when it we see a friend who looks better-than-before-baby. But what does the gospel say about how we should view our MomBods? In this special "welcome back" episode, newly postpartum moms Emily and Laura discuss common cultural mindsets about body image, encouraging themselves and others to believe the truths presented in scripture. God isn't shaming our postpartum bodies, and we shouldn't either.
Articles & Resources:
- Humble Roots -Hannah Anderson
- The Kind of Weight that Matters-Gretchen Saffles (Well Watered Women)
- Exercise, Body Image, and God's Truth- Trillia Newbell, True Woman
- More From Risen Motherhood:
- Post Partum Body Image- RM Ep. 3
- Interview with Hannah Anderson-How Humility Nourishes a Weary Mom's Soul -RM Ep. 66
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Motherhood is hard. One second, we think we're doing a good enough job and the next we feel |
| 0:09.8 | like the worst mom on the planet, which is why we need the refreshing truth of the gospel |
| 0:14.9 | to be repeated over and over, giving us hope in the everyday moments. So mama, whether |
| 0:20.9 | you're sipping cold coffee or doing a sink full of dishes, we hope you'll find true, |
| 0:25.9 | encouragement and laughter here. This is the Risen Motherhood Podcast. Thanks for joining us. |
| 0:36.3 | Welcome back to another episode of Risen Motherhood. I am Emily Jensen here with my sister |
| 0:42.4 | in Lawlor Whiffler. Hello, hello. And we are so excited to be back recording after |
| 0:50.1 | and maternity leave for both of us. We both had babies this summer. Yeah, it's been incredibly |
| 0:55.6 | long time since we've recorded. We're both feeling pretty rusty, pretty sleep deprived. I'm literally |
| 1:00.4 | sitting in spittup laden yoga pants like I am the epitome of the tired mom that has a newborn. |
| 1:08.4 | That's for sure. Yeah. And I don't know where your little one is sleeping right now, but I have |
| 1:12.8 | mine not too far behind me. And then I have like a pump on the floor. I've got milk everywhere. |
| 1:17.6 | So it's definitely just like very raw here right now. This is real life. I feel like I was trying |
| 1:23.7 | to get all my kids down before I came downstairs to record. And it's certainly just like it is a lot |
| 1:29.5 | of work to add a little baby to the mix and get ready to get down here. But we are so excited to |
| 1:34.7 | be back you guys. It has been really fun to be gone. It's been a wonderful break to be gone. I |
| 1:38.9 | think for both of us just even to get like reinvigorated for risen motherhood right now. It's like |
| 1:44.1 | yeah, absence makes the heart grow fonder is very true. So yeah. So today our goals are just to |
| 1:52.6 | kind of share some exciting stuff with you guys about the fall. We haven't necessarily been |
| 1:57.6 | recording, but we have still been doing a lot of stuff behind the scenes for risen motherhood. |
| 2:02.0 | We want to share with you. And then also we are going to talk a little bit about mom buds, |
| 2:07.7 | mom bodies, just kind of body image after you've had children. Obviously, |
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