Moms are Human, Too: Why Self-Care is a Good Thing
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
As a younger mom, Kari Kampakis didn’t believe in rest — she was full-throttle doing everything she could for her kids. But over time, she recognized the need for healthy rhythms to bring her life back into balance and observed how the older we get, the more our body dictates what we can and cannot do. Kari shares the importance of mom’s fighting for what’s right — especially in spiritual battles.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friends, on Monday check out the latest episode of my podcast, Refocus with Jim Daily. |
| 0:05.2 | Author Tim Gedline will help us to honor America's spiritual heritage and influence the culture |
| 0:10.6 | with faith and optimism. Visit refocus with JimDaily.com. |
| 0:17.2 | And then, after leading her neighborhood Bible study and feeding all the needy children in the inner |
| 0:23.8 | city, perfect mommy flew all around her sparkling clean home to plant flowers and wonderful |
| 0:31.4 | love notes for her family. But she didn't stop there. Perfect mommy walked the dog, sang |
| 0:38.8 | lellibis to the baby, and then gathered up daddy's slippers and newspaper, waiting patiently |
| 0:45.8 | for him to appear at the front door. Well, that sounds kind of like a fairy tale from way back |
| 0:53.9 | years ago. It's really not possible to do everything perfectly as a mom or a daddy. Is it? Probably not. |
| 1:00.3 | Today on Focus on the Family, we'll be sharing some insights and healthier perspectives on |
| 1:05.0 | motherhood in particular, with practical ways that you can find the right balance of expectations |
| 1:10.8 | and priorities and self-care. Thanks for joining us. I'm John Fuller and your host is Focus on |
| 1:16.2 | the Family President and author Jim Daily. John, I don't know if we say it enough. Moms are |
| 1:20.4 | incredible. They are. The bottom line. Moms are steady. They are incredible. My mom was incredible. |
| 1:26.7 | I mean, she was a single mom after my dad and her divorce when I was five. She had five children |
| 1:32.4 | under 18 and she worked two jobs just to keep it all together. Somehow, I remember Sunday nights |
| 1:38.0 | folding laundry with her as a six, seven, eight year old. It was amazing. She just, she could do it. |
| 1:43.9 | And now that I'm an adult with my own children, I'm going, wow, how did she do that? And there's |
| 1:48.9 | so many moms in marriage doing well and single moms that are carrying a heavy load and doing it |
| 1:55.5 | as best as they can. And my heart goes out to you. I love moms. I mean, they just, that's it. My mom |
| 2:02.5 | was that kind of mom. And I think the Lord created women for that nurturing and care. It's like they |
| 2:07.7 | can give to the very end of their well. And they'll give you the last cup out of that well for you if |
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