Shalom Season | Episode 118: Peace for Moms With Deb Hopper
The Jess Connolly Podcast
Jess Connolly
4.9 • 872 Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
What does peace look like in motherhood when life doesn’t go as planned?
In this special Mother’s Day episode, Jess sits down with her mom, Deb Hopper, to talk about finding true, biblical peace in the middle of real life. All things: single parenting, unexpected challenges, and letting go as kids grow.
This conversation is full of wisdom, honesty, and practical encouragement for any season of motherhood (or honestly, any season at all).
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| 0:00.0 | We say we want peace. We pray for it. We look for it. We try to build lives that might finally give it to us. |
| 0:09.1 | But if we're honest, many of us don't actually feel peaceful. Our minds race with thoughts we can't seem to quiet. |
| 0:16.4 | Our bodies carry more tension than we know what to do with. Our homes and relationships hold stress, |
| 0:22.4 | conflict, and questions we wish we could resolve. And underneath it all sits a deeper fear |
| 0:28.2 | that maybe peace is something other people get to have, but not us. This season on the Just |
| 0:34.5 | Connolly podcast, we are in Shalom Season. |
| 0:38.3 | We're asking honest questions about what it means to live with that kind of peace. |
| 0:42.9 | We'll explore peace in our minds, in our bodies, in our homes, in our marriages, and even in the complicated spaces of motherhood and community. |
| 0:50.9 | I'm so glad you're here. |
| 0:52.6 | This is Shalom season. Let's go. |
| 0:58.0 | Friends, it is Shalom Season. This season on the Jess Connolly podcast, we are talking about |
| 1:03.5 | biblical peace and what it looks like to walk in biblical peace in different parts of your life. |
| 1:08.4 | And today, we have a special episode with my mom, |
| 1:12.5 | Deb Hopper, for Mother's Day Week. So my mom is not only an incredible mom, not only an |
| 1:18.5 | incredible nani. She's about to be a g-nani, a great-grandmother. And also, she is the non-profit |
| 1:24.4 | founder of Seen Moms, which is an incredible organization that serves single |
| 1:29.0 | moms right where they're at. |
| 1:30.4 | You're going to love this episode. |
| 1:31.5 | And here is my disclaimer. |
| 1:32.8 | If you're not a mom or if you're not a mom yet, you're still going to love this episode. |
| 1:36.2 | It's about victory. |
| 1:37.2 | It's about peace and chaos. |
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