Self-Care in the Busyness of Motherhood | Ep. 86
Risen Motherhood
Emily Jensen & Laura Wifler
4.9 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2018
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
We were created to work and to rest, but sometimes it feels like our to-do list never ends. But we were not created to carry the burdens of "doing it all" or to indulge in copious amounts of "me time." So, when and how are we supposed to rest amidst the busyness of motherhood? In this episode, Laura and Emily get to the heart of self-care for mommas. While we do need practical things like sleep, food, and a shower, what our hearts most desperately need is the refreshing truth of the gospel. We weren't made to be limitless, so our limitations are actually a gift that draws us into the rest offered by Christ in every situation.
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- "Five Truths on Rest – Lessons from a Newborn" - Lauren Weir, Words Worth Noting
- "Self-Care and Self-Denial" - Amie Patrick, The Gospel Coalition
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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. |
| 0:35.0 | Well, hello and welcome to another episode of Risen Motherhood. I'm Laura with my sister |
| 0:39.6 | and law Emily here. Hey, and let's say today we just want to invite all of you guys to check out |
| 0:45.8 | our resources page. We talked about this a little bit on the last show, but essentially the resources |
| 0:50.5 | page there that we have is a bunch of books, music, Bible study tools. I can't think of anything |
| 0:59.2 | else, but there's a lot of really cool stuff over there that Emily and I and the rest of the |
| 1:03.5 | Risen Motherhood team has curated all to help equip you in gospel centered motherhood, |
| 1:08.1 | something that Emily and I say on the show a lot is that we do not know everything that we have |
| 1:12.5 | learned a lot from wise people, authors, wise women in our lives, people who've developed amazing |
| 1:19.0 | products. We've learned a lot from them. And so we want to share those resources with you to help |
| 1:23.4 | equip you. And because today's show is all about self-care, maybe a piece of that puzzle for you will |
| 1:29.3 | be reading a new book or finding a way to set up some new tools in your quiet time. So we thought |
| 1:37.2 | that might be a nice piece to point you towards RisenMotherhood.com, backslash resources, or you can |
| 1:42.2 | find that link all over our social media pages and very easily from the home base of Risen Motherhood.com. |
| 1:48.5 | So which one encourage you to go over there and check that out? Yes. And as Laura said, we are |
| 1:54.0 | talking about self-care, which this is actually kind of a 2.0 episode for us because if you |
| 2:00.8 | dig way, way deep into our archives, this was I think the second show we ever released was about |
| 2:06.9 | self-care. I literally don't even know what we said. I'm not encouraging you to listen to it. |
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