MotherHeart

We are back! And we welcome you back!! We all have missed getting together to have meaningful and joyful conversations where we share our voices and our hearts as women and as mothers. Join the MotherHeart as Jenessa guides our discussion about the importance of motherhood and finding joy in it. Motherhood is tough and often undervalued by those we love and serve, and even by us, the mothers. We talk through these thoughts and feelings and discuss how important and needed we are as mothers and how to enjoy the ride.

We take a break from our very serious lives to talk about how letting go and just having fun can be healing and healthy!

Welcome back for our January Book Club Discussion! This month we chose to read the book I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai.

We talk about how she inspired us with how clear her life purpose was, her faith in God and her courage in the face of great danger. We discuss how to apply her example to our personal lives; how to find and live our own purpose with courage and faith.

What are your key takeaways? We’d love to learn your thoughts. Join us on our MotherHeart Circle Facebook group and engage in the conversation!

We believe in you. We love you. Thank you for being you!

Who am I? Who are you?

Welcome back for our December Book Club Discussion! This month we chose to read the book The 5 Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman.

Today, we will share the insights we gained from this useful parenting book. Also, we hope that as you head into the Christmas season, knowing your children’s love languages can help you show love at Christmas time in the way they need.

This book is written by a psychologist for children who understands the differing emotional needs of children based on their primary love language. The five love languages are: physical touch, words of affirmation, quality time, gifts and acts of service.

Not only does the book explain what these love languages look like but it also provides a plethora of ideas on how you can communicate love in each language.

What are your key takeaways? We’d love to learn your thoughts. Join us on our MotherHeart Circle Facebook group and engage in the discussion!

We believe in you. We love you. Thank you for being you!

Welcome back for our November Book Club Discussion! This month we chose to talk about Chapter 8 of Eckhart Tolle’s book The Power of Now, entitled Enlightened Relationships. Today, we will share part one of our conversation on being present in relationships.

This book is a meditation on how we can transcend the ego and overcome pain to coexist with pure love and joy in the present moment.

Our true essence is when we shed all the worldly things that tell us who we are or what we should be. By doing this, we come to the core and true essence of who we are, and our essence is LOVE.

Join us for an enlightening discussion on becoming our best selves in our relationships by transcending the pain already within ourselves that relationships can bring out.

What are your key takeaways? We’d love to learn your thoughts. Join us on our MotherHeart Circle Facebook group and engage in the discussion!

We believe in you. We love you. Thank you for being you!

Get out your journal and pen and join us for our MotherHeart Circle discussion.

What thoughts phrases or keywords come to your mind and heart as you ponder? For us, the words Hormones and Self-Compassion resonated strongly.

Listen in as we have a lighthearted chat about hormones, the ups and downs and the pros cons.
Some other thoughts about what’s on our hearts:
How to lead with love as opposed to leading with anger.
Tell a mother she is loved...because we believe as we heal the woman we heal the world.
Self-Compassion is so needed just as compassion for others is needed.

Weigh in on the conversation. Join our MotherHeart Facebook group and share with us what’s on your hearts.

We love you we believe in you and thank you for being you.

Welcome to the MotherHeart Podcast. For this episode we chose to read the book entitled “And They Were Not Ashamed,” by Laura M. Brotherson, CFLE. Listen in as Annamaria, Jenessa, Kiley, Rachael, Sherilee and Tanya weigh in on this book and share their own experiences regarding marital intimacy. We hope you find something useful in the podcast. Please let us know what you appreciated hearing. We’d love to hear your thoughts!

Welcome back for our September Book Club Discussion! In light of the new school year, we chose the book How to Get Everything Done: Homeschool AND Clean the House AND Stay Sane by Molly Christensen.

This book shares ideas on how to take a balanced approach to homeschooling so that you can also keep a tidy house and stay sane while doing both. All six of us are homeschooling this year so we found this book to be very helpful.

Join us for an enlightening discussion on homeschooling and discover how unique each of us are in our family homeschool dynamics. There’s no one size fits all approach to homeschooling. It’s a beautiful thing!

Are you homeschooling this year? Are you doing it for the first time? Are you online schooling at home? We hope that whatever your family’s dynamic may look like during these strange times of pandemic, we hope you can benefit from the book and our discussion.

What are your key takeaways? We’d love to learn your thoughts. Join us on our MotherHeart Circle Facebook group and engage in the discussion!

We believe in you. We love you. Thank you for being you!

“We can have that peace especially through Christ. He’s the one that gives us that peace.” “Sometimes it’s only through Christ we have opportunities for peace.”

Get out your journal and pen and join us for our MotherHeart Circle discussion.

What thoughts phrases or keywords come to your mind and heart as you ponder? For us, the phrase Peace in Christ resonated strongly. 

Get out your journal and pen and join us for our MotherHeart Circle discussion.  What thoughts phrases or keywords come to your mind and heart as you ponder? For us, the phrase "Power of Choice" resonated strongly. Below are some of our thoughts:

Are you relating to our experience of feeling trapped, blockaded or isolated?

Does the word "Choose" fill you with energy and freedom or paralyzing fear?

We realize every choice comes with consequences, and it’s important that we practice dealing with possible unwanted consequences and being present with all our emotions.

Even when times are hard, we have power and hope because we can choose. Choosing is the opposite of being a victim. It is empowering.

Worry never does serve us. Trusting God alleviates those worries. Fear can become paralyzing if we are not choosing to be present. Trust that our Savior will provide that next stone for us to step on as we move forward.

Choice is such a beautiful gift. No matter what choice we make our Savior is there. Whatever the consequences are, He’s there to make it whole and complete and He will turn everything for our benefit.

We grow into our highest and best self as we make our own choices and learn and gain wisdom through those experiences.

Satan may use our fear of choice against us. He wants us to be afraid of choice because he doesn’t have choice. Trust that God provides for our every need.

We are like butterflies as we trust God to grow and to fly as we make our choices!

Did something we said connect with what’s in your heart and mind? Let us know what you think!

Join our MotherHeart Circle discussion on our group page and tell us in what ways you are practicing your power of choice.

We love you, we hear you, and you matter!

Get out your journal and pen and join us for our MotherHeart Circle discussion.  What thoughts phrases or keywords come to your mind and heart as you ponder?  Did something we said connect with what’s in your heart and mind? We think you"ll find our discussion relatable and helpful.

Join our MotherHeart Circle discussion on our group page. We’d love to know what’s on your heart and mind.  What inspiration is coming to you at a time when we are experiencing more fear and uncertainty in our world? In what ways are you wanting to stay open, mindful and aware at this time?

We love you, we hear you and you matter!

We are so excited to have you join us for our June  MotherHeart Book Club. This time we are discussing the book The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown.  This book is her effort to answer the questions: What is the anatomy of human connection and how does it work?  Through this process of discovery, she also uncovers the thing that corrodes connection - shame.  Her Ten Guideposts for Wholehearted Living answer these questions of connection and point out the things that get in the way of meaningful connection.

What do you think?  Please share your thoughts on our website or join our Facebook MotherHeart Circle group for extra support.   Thanks for joining us!

Read along with us for July’s Book Club discussion! We will be talking about the book Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children by Angela J. Hanscom, a pediatric occupational therapist and a huge proponent of outdoor play for children.

Guiding Our Children During Uncertain Times

Get in touch with what’s on your heart and mind. Bring a pen and a notebook and get ready to write out your thoughts during our MotherHeart Circle Conversation.

On today’s podcast we share what’s on our hearts and minds concerning our children’s well-being during the Covid pandemic.  Learn some helpful techniques we share that you could try with your children.

Please share your thoughts on this podcast. We would love to see your feedback on our website at Motherheart.life  or find us on Facebook and Instagram and on podcast platforms.   If you would like support from a larger community of women getting in touch with their MotherHearts, we have a private MotherHeart community Facebook page you can join.

Thanks for listening!

What is helping you to stay afloat as we navigate life in the midst of a global Pandemic?

What is on your heart right now?

At the beginning of this podcast we pause and take a minute to reflect and write down the things on our hearts. Join us in doing this, so you can see what is on your heart as well. We would love to hear your voice as you share your heart with us in our MotherHeart Circle on Facebook. There will be a thread where you can share your thoughts. Look for that thread and share when you have a minute!

• We wonder what we can do to be better prepared physically and temporally. We discuss how important it is that we focus on healing our relationships.
• We dive into discussing the ability to feel peace and to exercise faith over fear. We discover that anxiety may not necessarily be a bad thing. We accept that we can have both faith and anxiety at the same time. Anxiety can help propel us forward to take action.
• We decide to embrace the opportunities of this moment. Right now is a good time to reflect and consider where we are at in our relationships. Connection with others is so important for our health and well-being, and right now it can be very difficult to connect with others due to physical distancing. During this time of pandemic it can be beneficial for all of us to take a look at our life and re-evaluate what is most important in our lives, and to then refocus where we choose to put our energy and love.
• We remind each other to recognize that we are doing our best, and that God will see us through this. God will meet us with whatever we can do with our abilities and take us the rest of the way. “Do your best, and I will take care of the rest”. God will provide as we are trying and turn to Him. All of our tears will be turned to joy and happiness.
• We know that when we are too busy, we can forget who we are. This is a time we can be still and remember who we are, our worth. To know our true selves is to know God.

As the conversation unfolds we share our hearts.

Your wisdom and your hearts are needed. We believe in you, we love you, and thank you for being You.

Are you lacking support in your life as a mother/woman? This is a normal experience in many women’s lives. We have all experienced feelings of isolation, anxiety, depression, discouragement, frustration…just feeling alone. And yet, it shouldn’t be this way! One remedy for these typical experiences for women is coming together to share our stories and our hearts while turning to Christ, with no judgement while creating a safe space. Check out the summary of our discussion below and listen in for a heartfelt connection. Who We Are We are a group of women creating support and connection for one another and for women around the world. We rely on Christ as our foundation and light to help us in forming meaningful and healthy connections with other women. 

Our Mission and Action Plan is to guide women and mothers in connecting across the world – face to face, voice to voice, and heart to heart. We are creating live Zoom meeting discussions and podcasts to show women how to connect with their hearts. We also aim to encourage all women to share your stories, knowledge and experiences. This is for women of all ages and backgrounds. The collective wisdom from women across the world will connect and empower us as we turn to His light.