The Type C Mom: Finding Peace Between Perfection and Chaos :: Ashleigh Surratt [Ep 549]
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Don't Mom Alone Podcast
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Today, Ashleigh Surratt joins me to talk about what it means to be a Type C mom — a blend of Type A and Type B — and how this mix shapes the way we experience motherhood. She is a mom and faith-filled encourager who speaks honestly about motherhood, identity, and finding God’s grace in the messiest seasons of life. Her perspective helps moms release perfectionism and embrace the freedom found in authenticity. We talk about:
- How to stop comparing yourself and embrace what truly matters to you
- How “ideal mom” expectations can become an idol
- Why authenticity and vulnerability invite connection rather than shame
- Create simple “catch-all” systems to manage chaos in your home
- When you feel drained, pause and invite God into the overwhelm
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, y'all, welcome back to the Don't Mom Alone podcast. |
| 0:10.6 | I'm your host, Heather McFaddean, and this is the place where I get to walk alongside you |
| 0:14.5 | and connect you with people and resources so you know that you don't mom alone. |
| 0:19.5 | And in this episode number 549, I'm welcoming to the show, |
| 0:23.9 | Ashley Surratt. I can't speak to how much vision you have over this girl that you're always trying |
| 0:29.4 | to like reinvent yourself to be. The fact of the matter is, she is pretend and she does not |
| 0:36.0 | experience God. You do, like the version of you right now. |
| 0:40.6 | And so so many times when I feel like that voice in my head. |
| 0:43.9 | Tomorrow we're getting in a better routine |
| 0:45.9 | and we're wearing matching jammies at night |
| 0:48.1 | and we're not sleeping in our mascara. |
| 0:49.6 | That pep talk I have given myself, |
| 0:52.3 | I have to be like, okay, but she is not real. |
| 0:58.9 | I right now, the second day old mascara, that is real. |
| 1:00.8 | I experience God right here right now. |
| 1:02.5 | I get to see my kids laugh. |
| 1:04.1 | I get to like make them their meals. |
| 1:07.8 | Like the richness of life is for this version of me. |
| 1:14.7 | And I would completely miss out if I'm like spending so much time dreaming of this ideal version of myself. |
| 1:16.5 | Ashley studied music education was a director of worship at a local church and is now |
| 1:21.0 | the mom of three young kids and become popular on Instagram and TikTok for using the term type C mom. What is a type |
| 1:32.8 | C mom? Well, we're going to get all into that in this episode. But my hope is that it encourages |
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