You don't have to play with your kids very often to be a good mom. One of the best ways to enjoy your

children is to like them. One of the best ways to like your children is to set the kind of boundaries

and model the kind of behavior and teach the kind of principles that help them to understand

what it means to be an an enjoyable person be around.

When the world tells us we would be better off prioritizing almost anything else,

is it worth it?

The answer you bet your stretch marks. Motherhood stretches women in ways no one talks about, beyond the physical, deep into our souls and faith.

In this episode, we unpack those soul-stretching moments with Abby Halberstadt, mom of 10,

and author of You Bet Your Stretch Marks.

You may remember Abby from my extremely viral episode I did on why gentle parenting isn't biblical, back when the show was called The Spillover.

It was such a good episode. You should listen to that one after this if you haven't yet.

Today, though, Abby is here to dive into the hard realities of parenting large families.

She's a mom of 10 again. I gotta just stress that because, wow, that's incredible.

The tension between surrender

and control and how to find hope when the day to day feels overwhelming. If you want an honest,

faith-filled look at motherhood that is both raw and encouraging, you will not want to miss

this conversation. And if you're like me and you're not a mom, this is still a beautiful episode

to listen and learn from. Big thanks to Wyrify for letting us film in their studio while my

grandma is using mine to teach her hip hop class. Watch this episode on the real Alex Clark

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