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The Discerning Mother — 68 episodes

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#67 | Why Your Nervous System Has Been Running Your Business and How to Heal It This Summer

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#66 | Rethinking Wealth: A Catholic Perspective on Resources and Contentment

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#65 | Why your nervous system regulation isn't working

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#64 | Why You Can't Sleep at Night Even When You're Exhausted

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#63 | The "3-Hour Max Mom" & Here's What Your Child's Nervous System Has to Say About It

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#62 | Your Strategy Is Not the Problem. Your Capacity Is.

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#61 | Why Surrender Feels Like Dying & What Holy Week Teaches Your Nervous System

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#60 | Nervous System Repair vs Nervous System Regulation

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#59 | Where Are We Going From Here: Nervous System Repair and Business Success

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#58 | Why Women Say They Want Support, But Struggle to Receive It

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#57 | How Healing Reshaped My Work, Decisions, and Life: Emanuela's Client Story

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#56 | How to Get Your Baby to Sleep Without Cry-It-Out or Constant Anxiety

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#55 | Scrupulosity, the Nervous System, and Why Fear Is Not the Voice of God

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#54 | The Reason God Waits Before Giving You More

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#53 | From Saints to Cycles: Rediscovering the Female Body in God’s Story

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#52 | Stop Asking “Is This God’s Will?” and Ask This Instead

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#51 | How to Support Your Hormones Naturally: A Conversation About Women’s Health with Vanda Aubrey

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#50 | Why God Allows Hard Seasons: How Pain, Faith, and the Nervous System Shape Who You Become

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#49 | When Your Life Feels Urgent: Learning to Live From Identity Instead of Urgency

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#48 | Becoming Her in 2026: Nervous System Healing, Identity, and Living as the Woman God Had in Mind

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#47 Stillness Is Not Sinful: Why Rest, Quiet, and Waiting Matter at Christmas and as We Enter 2026

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#46 | Why the Holidays Feel Harder After Motherhood (And What Your Nervous System Is Trying to Tell You)

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#45 Loreto, Trauma, and the Woman Being Rebuilt: A Unique Approach to Healing Physiology and Identity

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#44 | When Doing It All Breaks You: The Hidden Stress Response Running Modern Motherhood

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#43 | The Neuroscience of Gratitude: How Thankfulness Heals Your Hormones, Your Nervous System, and Your Home

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#42 | Why You Feel the Way You Feel: The Hidden Patterns Running Your Life

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#41 | When Fear Keeps You From Healing - Your Body Holds The Story

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#40 | How to Know If You’ve Been Affected by Birth Trauma

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#39 | The Secret Connection Between Birth Trauma and Disordered Eating

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#38 | Healing Smiles: Embracing Biological Dental Health with Dr. Sharon Dickerson

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#37 | Pregnant for the First Time? Here’s What to Do (and What Not to Do)

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#36 | Home Birth Isn’t the Risk. Blind Trust Is - with Dr. Stuart Fischbein

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#35 | Why Your Period Isn’t Returning: The Science of Anovulatory Cycles

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#34 | Should You Avoid Tylenol in Pregnancy? Here’s What the Latest Research Really Says

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#33 | Charlie Kirk on Women & Birth: What No One Is Talking About

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#32 | Birth Is Holy: How Marriage Reveals the Deeper Meaning of Labor

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#31 | You're Wanting More Kids, But Feeling Afraid?

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#30 | The Modern Catholic Woman's Guide to Healing: Life Lessons with Therapist Marnee

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#29 | Birth After the Last One Wrecked You: A New Hope for Traumatic Birth Recovery

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#28 | What No One Tells You About Grief and How God Meets You There

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#27 | The Power of Surrender - Even though it's SO hard

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#26 | Why Vacation Feels Easy and What Changes When You Come Home

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#25 | When Wine Isn’t Working Anymore

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#24 | The Lie of the Strong Woman

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#23 | Your Symptoms Aren’t the Problem

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#22 | Rest Isn’t Lazy: What True Restoration Looks Like in a World That Glorifies Burnout

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#21 | Herbs & Healing: A Catholic Approach with Herbalist Colleen

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#20 | Billie Harrigan on the Holiness of Birth and the Heart of Womanhood

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#19 | Reclaiming the Wisdom of Your Feminine Cycle

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#18 | Embracing the Transition to Motherhood with Jane of Newtown Wellness

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#17 | Why Moms Are Quietly Falling Apart and What We Can Do About It

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#16 | From Overwhelm to Trust: How God’s Design for Birth Changes Everything

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#15 | From Ministry to Motherhood to Manuscripts: Carrie Walker on Trusting God’s Timing & Writing Stories that Heal

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#14 | Birth Is a Doorway: What Did You Let In?

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#13 | The Original Crunchy Mom: Instinctual Mothering with Elyse Williams

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#12 | Trusting Your Instincts in Birth and Motherhood: A Conversation with Jennifer Lauck

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#11 | Trusting Your Desires: Discerning God's Will with Laura Jean

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#10 | Nourish to Flourish: Healing After Birth with the Right Nutrition

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#9 | Spiritual Warfare Is Real: My Wake-Up Call & God’s Faithfulness

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#8 | Inside Your Husband’s Head: Understanding Masculinity & Asking for the Support You Need

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#7 | Healing Through Birth: My Personal Journey of Fear, Trauma, and Transformation

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#6 | She’s Having Her 10th Baby - So Why Is She Still Scared to Give Birth?

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#5 | Why Can’t I Just Get Over It? Understanding the Layers of Healing After Birth Trauma

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#4 | Hormones & Holiness: How Your Body’s Design Reflects God’s Plan

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#3 | Embracing Grace: Finding Peace and Purpose

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#2 | How to Trust Your Instincts Again So Motherhood Can Stop Feeling So Chaotic

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#1 | Tuning into the Holy Spirit: How to Trust Your Intuition in Motherhood

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Introduction for the Discerning Mother