Overbooked & Overwhelmed: A Better Way Forward For Busy Moms | Tara Sun (Bonus Episode)
Minimalist Moms Podcast | Purposeful Life & Parenting Tips
Diane Boden
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
For those that are new around here, I release bonus episodes that serve a niche part of my audience, I have listeners of all faith backgrounds that listen to the podcast. This episode is coming from a christian perspective so if that’s something that doesn’t fit what you’re looking for, check out the other episode that dropped this week or join me back here next Tuesday for a conversation that you don’t want to miss!
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Diane sits down with author Tara Sun to discuss her new book, Overbooked and Overwhelmed. Tara shares her personal breaking point—and how she restructured her life to prioritize rest, spiritual growth, and meaningful connection over hustle and overcommitment. Diane also opens up about her own journey toward letting go, including her decision to end the Clear Intentions podcast. Together, they explore the difference between an abundant life and an overcommitted one, the role of spiritual formation, and how to create space for God in a distracted world.
Links Discussed in This Episode |
- Book: Surrender Your Story but Tara Sun
- Previous Episode: Reclaiming Childhood From the Grip of Technology (EP385)
- Connect with Tara:
- Website: https://www.tarasunministries.com/
- YouTube
- Book: Overbooked and Overwhelmed: How to Keep Up with God When You’re Just Trying to Keep Up with Life
About Tara|
Tara Sun is the uplifting host of the popular women's podcast Truth Talks with Tara and the author of Surrender Your Story. She is a dynamic speaker and creative, using each of these platforms to equip women with the tools to know, love, and live God's Word in their daily lives. Tara's favorite titles are wife to her husband, Michael, and mom to their children. You'll find them living and serving the Lord in Oregon.
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| 0:00.0 | For those of you that are new around here, I release bonus episodes that serve a niche part of my audience. |
| 0:05.1 | I have listeners of all faith backgrounds that listen to the podcast. This episode is coming from a |
| 0:09.9 | Christian perspective. So if that's something that doesn't fit what you're looking for, |
| 0:13.4 | check out the other episode that dropped this week with my guest, Anna Kornick, or join me back |
| 0:17.8 | here next week for a conversation that you don't want to miss. |
| 0:25.5 | How are you viewing God? What's your perception of him? Because I think that's really telling about every area of our life. Because if we believe that he is just this, you know, impersonal, |
| 0:31.4 | floating figure in the sky, then of course we're not going to want to put him first. Of course, |
| 0:35.5 | we're not going to like beg to know him in thirst and hunger to have more of his presence. And so how are you actually |
| 0:41.7 | seeing him right now? Are you seeing him as someone that's like an add on to your life? Or is he |
| 0:46.6 | actually like the source of your life that's able to sustain you? And I think that's also a good |
| 0:53.4 | revelation because when we feel so overwhelmed and |
| 0:55.6 | overbooked, it's often because we think we hold the world and we keep the world spinning, right? |
| 1:02.1 | We hold it on our shoulders. We keep it spinning. But like when we realize who God is and that he's the one who does that, |
| 1:06.6 | I think that can really set us off on a good foot on this whole journey. |
| 1:19.8 | Hello and welcome to the minimalist moms podcast. Are you burned out from constantly trying to do it all yet still feeling spiritually dry and disconnected? |
| 1:28.5 | In this powerful and grace-filled episode, I sit down with author and podcast host Tara's son to talk about her new book, overbooked and overwhelmed, making space for rest, renewal, and real connection with God. Drawing from her own |
| 1:33.6 | journey through burnout and spiritual exhaustion, Tara gently guides listeners towards rhythms of rest |
| 1:39.3 | that are sustainable, grace-based, and rooted in God's word. You'll also hear about why doing less isn't the |
| 1:45.6 | goal, but doing what matters is, how to find connection with God beyond your scheduled quiet time, |
| 1:51.3 | how spiritual revival can happen even when you're feeling exhausted, how we can make scripture |
| 1:55.7 | reading more of a priority in the morning, and an organic conversation about the certainty |
| 1:59.8 | we can have in our salvation, |
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