Podcast 22: Finding Joy in Motherhood with Valerie Woerner

Purpose Driven Mom Podcast

Episode 22

Finding Joy in Motherhood with Valerie Woerner

Today’s episode is a conversation with Valerie Woener about how to find joy in the hard seasons of Motherhood. Valerie Woerner is the owner of Val Marie Paper and author of Grumpy Mom Takes a Holiday and Fresh Start for Moms. Her mission is to create practical tools, including her original 6-month prompted prayer journal, and content that equips women to cut through the noise of everyday life and find fullness in the presence of the Lord. She lives in South Louisiana with her husband Tyler and two girls, Vivi and Vana.

Episode Show Notes

2:30 Review of the Week

5:30 Meet Valerie Woerner

9:16 Creating a Prayer Routine in Your Life

17:00 How to make time with God more than something to check off on the to-do list

24:30 Ditching comparision in the social media world

26:00 Diving into Grumpy Mom Takes a Holiday

29:10 Addressing the ‘hot mess mom’ culture

34:50 Being proactive about positive parenting

38:00 Embracing the hard seasons of motherhood

41:00 Encouragement when you’re feeling disconnected in marriage

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Links and Resources Mentioned in Today’s Episode

Connect More with Valerie:

Grumpy Mom Takes a Holiday

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Monthly Peptalks

Redeeming the Afternoons Slump: A 9-day email series to help moms conquer the hardest part of the day

Lauren Richmond Interview

This week I was so excited to talk all things healthy food, good habits and parenting with the amazing Lauren Richmond of www.livinglifeinthefitlane.com

She is an inredible mom of 2 teenager girls (God bless her!) and currently married to her husand of 15 years! We actually did the interview on her anniversary!

Lauren dropped some major bombs on our interview including tips on

-Transitioning your family to a healthier lifestyle

-How to start to change habits without feeling the need for perfection

-Why educating yourself about what you eat is SO important

-And More!

Make sure you check her out on social media and head to her page so you can be the first to grab her brand new FREE e-cook book!

Check out our Facebook LIVE video here and make sure you head over to my page each week where I dig deeper into topics to help YOU be a more a purpose driven mom!

Work more with Lauren!

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Facebook

Blog

Danielle Roush Interview

This week’s interview was with momprenuer and blogger Danielle Roush from Coffee, Grace, and Tomato Paste.

Danielle dropped some major bombs on our interview including tips on

-Using a no spend month to get back on track with your finances

– Her year of living intentionally and how it’s making her a more present mom

– The power of learning to say ‘no’ to others

-And More!

PS We had some tech issues so the last 5 minutes of the interview got cut off!

Check out our Facebook LIVE video here and make sure you head over to my page each week where I dig deeper into topics to help YOU be a more a purpose driven mom!

Work more with Danielle!

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Facebook

Blog

Elisa Giorgio Interview

This week I was thrilled to get to kick off my momprenuer interview series with the incredible Elisa Giorgio of Meal Planning Blueprints.

Elisa and I met in July of 2017 and have been blogging buddies ever since!

She is an inredible mom of 2 kiddos.. one 20 and one 4 years old! She runs her business full time and talks all about best practices when it come to meal planning.

Elisa dropped some major bombs on our interview including tips on

-Keeping it fresh in the kitchen to prevent boredom

-How to use the capsule pantry system to simplify your meal planning

-Why theme nights keep kids engaged in dinner

-And More!

Check out our Facebook LIVE video here and make sure you head over to my page each week where I dig deeper into topics to help YOU be a more a purpose driven mom!