Understanding Mom Guilt & Overcoming It
COURAGEOUS PARENTING
Isaac & Angie Tolpin - CourageousParenting.com
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🗓️ 25 November 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Where does mom guilt come from, what could it be a sign of, and how do you have victory over it? These are all questions Angie answers who’s been a mom for twenty-five years with nine children. They discuss the difference between guilt/shame and conviction from the Holy Spirit, it’s important to understand the difference. Listen in on a spontaneous marriage conversation as Isaac coaches Angie to have a different perspective on an area she was feeling mom guilt.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Courageous Parenting Podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | Hey guys, today we're talking about an intimate, interpersonal topic, which is guilt, shame, condemnation, and then other symptoms that kind of go with that, feelings of defeat, things like that as far as parenthood goes. |
| 0:15.3 | Specifically, mom guilt, right? |
| 0:17.4 | But we do talk about some dad guilt. |
| 0:18.9 | That's right as well. You know, today in that episode we also dive into like, what is the temptation to potentially |
| 0:25.2 | sacrifice the thing that matters most to you? |
| 0:27.3 | What are the reasons why someone would be drawn outside of their home, drawn away from |
| 0:31.8 | the things that God has called you to, and that really there's a deception that happens |
| 0:36.7 | in our minds and we need to take those thoughts captive and be looking for peace where we will find it, which is in the Word of God. We also get right and real about a personal example of Angie, feeling a little bit of guilt, even shooting this episode today. And I don't know if I corrected her, maybe I counseled her. No, you were a good coach. |
| 0:54.3 | All right. |
| 0:54.9 | I coached you. I coached you to kind of have some perspective on that. But you can use that as an example. I've had to process things in your mind and what you might need to say no to in your life. All show notes are at courageous parenting.com for the show. You can listen anywhere. Subscribe so you get notified. And also the parenting mentor program is there at courageous parenting.com. |
| 1:13.5 | You got to check that. You can listen anywhere. Subscribe so you get notified. And also the parenting mentor program is there at |
| 1:12.3 | Courageousparenting.com. You got to check that out. That is so good for your marriage and parenting. |
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| 1:22.5 | and everything helps us be able to do what we do to impact 10 million legacies around the world, which |
| 1:29.6 | is the vision. |
| 1:30.5 | And we're so excited to do that with biblical resources that don't just hit the surface, |
| 1:35.6 | but cut deep to create real change biblically founded. |
| 1:39.0 | Well, Gil's a big conversation, isn't it, Anj? |
| 1:41.7 | I think that it's probably, well, it's a big conversation, but a lot of times, hey, thanks. |
| 1:47.0 | You're welcome. |
| 1:48.0 | If you're watching on our YouTube channel, you saw Isaac just flick a bug off my shoulder, |
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