Pursuing the Hearts of Mothers
When I started this journey seven months ago I was living a beautiful life with a husband and two kids, hustling through the day-to-day, and struggling to find joy and a sense of purpose. I spent more time with God in those first few months than I ever have in my life, praying for answers and guidance. The answers I got were the furthest thing from what I expected, but I quickly began to dig into them more.
“Pursue the heart of mothers.”
What does that mean? What do mother’s hearts need? And how am I supposed to provide it? Over the next few weeks I continued to ask more questions while laying out a roadmap of answers, a roadmap of the journey I was about to embark on. The deeper I dug, the more it all began to make sense. I’ve never experienced anything like it before. Joy began to be restored in my life. I found purpose and mission.
Mothers may be the most overlooked demographic of all time. They juggle so many roles, one of which being the most important role in history - raising the next generation of human beings. They are arguably the most critical part of human civilization, and yet the majority of them are struggling and society doesn’t seem to be doing much about it. I’ve seen so many mothers and experienced first hand the exhaustion of navigating all of the roles we take on: mother, wife, worker, homemaker, woman, and somehow trying to sneak in time to be our individual selves as well. It’s no wonder I’ve heard so many moms speak about losing themselves in motherhood. It’s no wonder that we all share the battle wounds of swollen, dark circles under our eyes - signs of complete exhaustion.
Mothers are struggling. Mothers need help but society is illequipt to give it to them. We’ve set mothers up to fail, or at the very least, we’ve set mothers up to feel like they’re failing. Mixed messages run deep, desiring a nurturing attentive mother and wife while simultaneously idolizing strong, independent women. We ask working mothers how they balance family life and ask stay at home mothers what they do all day. We guilt working mothers with time, then turn around and guilt stay at home mothers about money. Instead of focusing on everything we are, we highlight all of the ways in which we are not enough.
The heart of the mother is suffering, breaking. This fact alone should terrify the world. Why? Because broken mothers raise broken children which creates an even more broken world for our future. Here is the key that I realized early on in my journey: if we can heal the hearts of mothers, we can literally change the world.
My mission has become to be one person in an army of many that is pursuing the hearts of mothers, and helping them to thrive in all of their roles. If we can equip moms with the tools they need to be their best selves, we directly and positively impact the next generation of the world. Can you imagine what the world would be like if everyone had a healthy, confident, attentive, and loving mother? Goodness, the world would be a different place. But it all starts with moms.
I know that I do not have all of the answers, but as a mom myself I know what kinds of questions stir in our hearts. I know what things keep our souls unsettled and unrested. And while I may not have the answers myself, I can find all of the people that do. That is my goal of the podcast. My goal is to bring knowledge and resources to you to start answering some of the questions that tug at your heart. I’ll be hosting conversations with experts and peers, gathering information and patching up pieces of my own soul along the way.
We get to embark on this journey of pursuing how to be more than mom, as we all proudly stand side-by-side as the most significant soldiers of the world, fighting to raise good humans and create the best world for the future. I am so excited for you to hear these brilliant people on the podcast, but most importantly, I am so excited to embark on this journey with you. This isn’t the end of the journey. In fact, it is only the beginning.