• Episode 11 | Junk Drawer Mamas | What Special Needs Moms REALLY Need in a Friendship & How We Can Be a Good Friend
    Mar 12 2025
    ๐ŸŽ™ Episode 11: What Special Needs Moms REALLY Need in a Friendship & How We Can Be a Good FriendFriendships can be complicated. Friendship as a special needs mom? Well, that's a whole other level. ๐Ÿซ  This week, Deena & Christna are unpacking one of the heaviest, messiest, most-overlooked junk drawer items: FRIENDSHIPSโ€”what it means to be a good friend, what special needs moms actually need in a friend, and how we can all do better at showing up for each other (without getting caught in the drama and offense trap ๐Ÿ™ƒ). They get real about the challenges of maintaining friendships when juggling therapy appointments, medical issues, and total exhaustionโ€”and we share what we've learned the hard way about extending grace, speaking the truth in love, and actually asking for help. ๐Ÿ—๏ธ Key Takeaways:๐Ÿฉท The importance of inviting a special needs momโ€”even if she canโ€™t always come๐Ÿ’œ Why โ€œjust let me know if you need anythingโ€ is NOT the best way to support a friend๐Ÿฉท The #1 friendship killer: Unspoken expectations๐Ÿ’œ Why "I'll pray for you" is great, but "What do you need?" is even better๐Ÿฉท How to break free from the spirit of offense and build God-breathed friendships ๐Ÿ‘ฏ ๐Ÿ‘‚ Listen now for a dose of encouragement, honesty, and a whole lot of โ€œbeen there, done thatโ€ wisdom.Resilience: Woman Rising to Their Greatest Moments๐Ÿ“–https://a.co/d/7HgJVHm Resilience: Love, Family, And Friendships That Endure๐Ÿ“–https://a.co/d/cXSCmSS Mobi Book with Plush Mobi Bear๐Ÿ“–Mobi Bear and Book | FaithThroughFosterCare.com๐Ÿ“ฒ ๐——๐—ข๐—กโ€™๐—ง ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—š๐—˜๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—™๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ช, ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ž๐—˜, ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—”๐—š a mama who needs this reminder today! ๐Ÿ’— ๐ŸŽง๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜†, ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€, ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ, ๐—ถ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฒ! https://open.spotify.com/show/6SZGUt4rEu5x1FZoQSWdLR ๐Ÿ’Œ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ: ๐Ÿ“˜๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ: https://www.facebook.com/JunkDrawerMamasPodcast ๐Ÿ“ธ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ: https://www.instagram.com/junkdrawermamas ๐Ÿ“ฑ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ธ: https://www.tiktok.com/@junkdrawermamas ๐ŸŒ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ: https://www.speciallyempoweredmoms.com/junkdrawermamas ๐Ÿ“จ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น: junkdrawermamas@gmail.com โœ”๏ธ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ โ ๐ŸŒWebsite: www.speciallyempoweredmoms.comโ  โ ๐Ÿ“˜Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpeciallyEmpoweredMomsโ  ๐Ÿ“ธInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/speciallyempoweredmoms/?hl=en ๐Ÿ“ฑTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@speciallyempoweredmoms โœ”๏ธ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐ŸŒWebsite: โ www.fatihthorughfostercare.comโ  ๐Ÿ“ธInstagram: โ www.instagram.com/faiththroughfostercareโ  ๐Ÿ“จ ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€@๐—ด๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ We would love to hear from you. #JunkDrawerMamas#MomLifeUnfiltered #SpecialNeedsMoms #ExtremeParenting #identity#ParentingPodcast #StressAndIdentity #MomEncouragement #Hopeandhealing#RealMomTalk #FaithOverStress #SelfImageStruggles #MomLifeSupport #Stress#identity #MomLife #WearyMoms #ChristianMoms #MomEncouragement #FillYourCup#ChronicStress
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  • Episode 10 | Junk Drawer Mamas | Navigating Isolation & Loneliness as a Special Need Mom
    Mar 5 2025

    ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ, letโ€™s talk about itโ€”๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ when youโ€™re raising kids in extreme parenting situations. Whether youโ€™re a ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ, ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐˜€, we see ๐Ÿ‘€ you. ๐Ÿ’œ


    If youโ€™ve ever skipped a birthday party to avoid the exhaustion of managing your childโ€™s needs in a social setting or felt like โ€œnobody gets itโ€โ€”this episode is for you. Deena and Christina get real about the emotional rollercoaster of finding (and keeping) friendships while navigating caregiving, chronic stress, and the unique challenges of raising kids who donโ€™t always โ€œfit in.โ€

    Hereโ€™s the truth: Isolation is a tool of the enemy to make you feel like youโ€™re alone. But guess what? Youโ€™re NOT. Thereโ€™s a whole tribe of moms out here who get it, who see you, and who want to do life with you. So, letโ€™s tackle this junk drawer together and ditch the loneliness for good. ๐Ÿ™Œ

    ๐ŸŽง Hit play now for raw, faith-filled encouragement and practical strategies to build the connections you need (without the mom guilt).

    ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ:

    ๐Ÿ’ก ๐—œ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€โ€”but community is out there.๐Ÿ’ก ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ โ€œ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜โ€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต.

    ๐Ÿ’ก ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ-๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.๐Ÿ’ก ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€โ€ฆ ๐˜‚๐˜€. ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿ’ก ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€.๐Ÿ’ก ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

    ๐Ÿ’ก ๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ! ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™€๏ธ

    ๐Ÿ“ฒ DONโ€™T FORGET TO FOLLOW, LIKE, & SHARE! Tag a mama who needs this reminder today. ๐Ÿ’—

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  • ๐ŸŽ™ ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿต |๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ธ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ | ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—บ
    Feb 26 2025
    ๐ŸŽ™ ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿต |๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ธ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ | ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—บMama, does your to-do list have a to-do list? ๐Ÿ˜… Are you trying to balance therapies, meltdowns, grocery lists, school paperwork, and maybeโ€”just maybeโ€”a shower this week? We see you. And girl, we are you.In this episode, weโ€™re talking about the never-ending seasons of busyness in motherhood, especially when raising kids with special needs. Christina (mom of 10, yes TEN, at home!) and Deena (whoโ€™s navigating her own extreme season) get real about how we juggle it allโ€”appointments, birthdays, deadlines, and, oh yeah, trying not to lose our ever-loving minds. ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซBut hereโ€™s the thing: busyness is a season, but burnout doesnโ€™t have to be the outcome. Weโ€™re learning to partner with God, lean on His strength, and shift our mindset when the stress is piling up. And if youโ€™ve ever found yourself whispering, J๐™š๐™จ๐™ช๐™จ, ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™š๐™กโ€ฆ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ ๐™ž๐™™๐™จโ€ฆ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค๐™ก๐™š ๐™™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™š!โ€”๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช. ๐Ÿš—๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ”‘ Key Takeaways:โœ… ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒโ€”just different seasons of busy. ๐ŸŒ€โœ… ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต. ๐Ÿ˜ซโœ… ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ c๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€. ๐Ÿ™โœ… ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑโ€”๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ. ๐ŸŒฑโœ… T๐™–๐™œ, ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ชโ€™๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฉ, ๐™…๐™š๐™จ๐™ช๐™จ!โ€”๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜, ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฝ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป. โœ‹๐Ÿฝ๐ŸŽง ๐—ง๐—จ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ'๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ. ๐Ÿ“ฒ ๐——๐—ข๐—กโ€™๐—ง ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—š๐—˜๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—™๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ช, ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ž๐—˜, ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—”๐—š a mama who needs this reminder today! ๐Ÿ’—๐ŸŽง ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜†, ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€, ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ถ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฒ! https://open.spotify.com/show/6SZGUt4rEu5x1FZoQSWdLR ๐Ÿ’Œ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ: ๐Ÿ“˜๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ: https://www.facebook.com/JunkDrawerMamasPodcast ๐Ÿ“ธ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ: https://www.instagram.com/junkdrawermamas ๐Ÿ“ฑ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ธ: https://www.tiktok.com/@junkdrawermamas ๐ŸŒ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ: https://www.speciallyempoweredmoms.com/junkdrawermamas ๐Ÿ“จ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น: junkdrawermamas@gmail.com โœ”๏ธ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ โ ๐ŸŒWebsite: www.speciallyempoweredmoms.comโ  โ ๐Ÿ“˜Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpeciallyEmpoweredMomsโ  ๐Ÿ“ธInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/speciallyempoweredmoms/?hl=en ๐Ÿ“ฑTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@speciallyempoweredmoms โœ”๏ธ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐ŸŒWebsite: โ www.fatihthorughfostercare.comโ  ๐Ÿ“ธInstagram: โ www.instagram.com/faiththroughfostercareโ  ...
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  • ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿด | ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ธ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ | ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ
    Feb 19 2025
    "๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ." "๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ." "๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„." Sound familiar? ๐Ÿค”In this episode, weโ€™re digging through the junk drawer and pulling out ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€โ€”you know, the ones that keep us stuck in survival mode. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ, ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ, ๐˜„๐—ฒโ€™๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚t:๐Ÿ’” ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€.๐Ÿฅด ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.๐Ÿ™ ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ-๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป.If you've ever found yourself overwhelmed, exhausted, or scrolling through TikTok just to see another mom crying in her car saying, "๐™„ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ'๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š,"โ€”girl, you are NOT alone. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚!๐Ÿ›‘ Itโ€™s time to stop believing the lies and start walking in truth. God didnโ€™t just throw this life at youโ€”He called and equipped you for it.So grab your coffee (or the cold one youโ€™ve reheated 5 times โ˜•) and tune in for ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ, ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ.๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€:โœ… The lies ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐Ÿšจโœ… ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿ˜ˆโœ… ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐Ÿ™Œโœ… ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ’กโœ… ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ท๐—ผy ๐Ÿ•Š๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐ŸŽง๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป:โœ๏ธ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต-๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ-๐—ผ๐—ป.๐Ÿ˜‚๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต (๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต, ๐˜„๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿ˜ญ) ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ-๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€.๐Ÿค—๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†.โค๏ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ:๐Ÿ‘ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ, ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ...
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  • ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿณ | ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ธ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ | T๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—”๐˜๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ & ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†!
    Feb 12 2025

    ๐ŸŽ™ ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿณ | ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ธ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ | T๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—”๐˜๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ & ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†!

    ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ, ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜€, ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€”๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ? ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

    Letโ€™s talk about it.

    ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜๐˜†, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„. ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ โ€œY๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ.โ€

    But listenโ€”๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ. When we donโ€™t care for ourselves and stay pressed into Jesus, we will burn out. And when weโ€™re weary, we react out of depletion instead of peace.

    ๐Ÿ’ก ๐—œ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ, ๐˜„๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด:
    ๐Ÿ”น Why exhaustion makes us more vulnerable to the enemyโ€™s lies
    ๐Ÿ”น How running on fumes leads to mom guilt & burnout
    ๐Ÿ”น What it REALLY means to โ€œfill your cupโ€ (hint: itโ€™s more than self-care) โ˜•
    ๐Ÿ”น How to stay rooted in Jesus so you donโ€™t crash by the end of the day
    ๐Ÿ”น Practical ways to refill your heart, mind, and spirit so you can parent from peace, not depletion

    ๐ŸŽง ๐—ง๐—จ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

    ๐Ÿ“ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—™๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ช, ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ž๐—˜, ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎy! ๐Ÿ’—

    ๐Ÿ’• ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ.

    #JunkDrawerMamas #ChronicStress #MomLifeUnfiltered #SpecialNeedsMoms #ExtremeParenting #identity #ParentingPodcast #StressAndIdentity #MomEncouragement #Hopeandhealing #RealMomTalk #FaithOverStress #SelfImageStruggles #MomLifeSupport #Stress #identity #MomLife #WearyMoms #BurnoutIsReal #FaithInTheChaos #ChristianMoms #MomEncouragement #FillYourCup

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  • Episode 6 | Junk Drawer Mama | Stress, Identity, and the Pressure to Be “Better”
    Feb 5 2025

    ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ "[๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ]โ€™๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—บ" ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ? Or felt like your only purpose is to keep tiny humans alive while running on fumes and stale Goldfish crackers? (Just us? Cool.)

    This week on ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ธ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€, ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ, and ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป unpack the ways stress messes with our identity as moms. When we get tangled up in labelsโ€”"special needs mom," "wife," "caregiver"โ€”we forget who we really are in Christ. And thatโ€™s when the enemy sneaks in, fueling stress, self-doubt, and the feeling that weโ€™re never enough.

    ๐—œ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ, ๐˜„๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด:
    โšก The weight of parental labels and how they shape our self-worth
    โšก How stress fuels insecurity, self-doubt, and passive aggression (yep, weโ€™re going there)
    โšก Why self-care isnโ€™t a luxuryโ€”itโ€™s a biblical necessity
    โšก The power of renewing your mind daily and shutting down the lies of the enemy
    โšก How to rest in your true identity instead of striving to be โ€œbetterโ€

    ๐—ฆ๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, "๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต," ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ.

    ๐ŸŽง New episodes every Wednesday on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music iHeart Radio, and YouTube!

    https://www.youtube.com/@JunkDrawerMamas

    #JunkDrawerMamas #ChronicStress #MomLifeUnfiltered #SpecialNeedsMoms #ExtremeParenting #identity #ParentingPodcast #StressAndIdentity #MomEncouragement #Hopeandhealing #RealMomTalk #OverwhelmedNotAlone #FaithOverStress #SelfImageStruggles #MomLifeSupport #StressHormonesHealth


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  • Episode 5 | Junk Drawer Mamas |When Stress Tips the Scale: The Hidden Weight of Extreme Parenting
    Jan 29 2025

    โœจ Episode 5: When Stress Tips the Scale: The Hidden Weight of Extreme Parenting โœจ

    Special needs moms and moms navigating extreme parenting often carry a weight much heavier than meets the eyeโ€”both physically and emotionally. Chronic stress wreaks havoc on hormone levels, leading to health challenges like weight gain, fatigue, and even shame about self-image. This cycle can feel relentless, and the judgment from others doesnโ€™t help. People assume itโ€™s about overeating or inactivity, but letโ€™s be realโ€”when youโ€™re juggling therapy appointments, meltdowns, and midnight laundry loads, who has time for self-care?

    Tune in as Deena and Christina get raw and real about their personal struggles with weight, self-image, and the deep emotional pain chronic stress can cause. Youโ€™ll hear how extreme parenting impacts their health and what theyโ€™ve learned about breaking free from the shame and stereotypes.

    ๐ŸŽง Whether youโ€™re crying into your cold coffee or chasing your kid through the grocery store, this episode is for you. We hope our stories remind you that youโ€™re not alone and that your worth isnโ€™t tied to your dress size.

    ๐Ÿ’ก Stress Fact: Chronic stress increases cortisol levels, which can lead to increased fat storage, especially in the abdominal area. Add poor sleep and no time for nourishing meals, and itโ€™s no wonder your body struggles to keep up.

    ๐Ÿ’ก Another Fact: Studies show that stress can shrink the prefrontal cortex, the part of your brain responsible for making decisionsโ€”like, "Should I grab a salad or this bag of chocolate-covered pretzels?โ€

    ๐Ÿ’ฌ We want to hear from you! Take a moment to listen, follow, and share this episode with a mama who could use some encouragement.

    ๐Ÿ‘‰Leave us a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listenโ€”your feedback helps us support more moms just like you.

    ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Find us everywhere you stream: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, and YouTube.

    ๐Ÿ’Œ Connect with us on social:

    Facebook

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    #JunkDrawerMamas #ChronicStress #MomLifeUnfiltered #SpecialNeedsMoms #ExtremeParenting ParentingPodcast
    #StressAndWeight #MomEncouragement #HealingThroughFaith #RealMomTalk #OverwhelmedNotAlone #FaithOverStress #SelfImageStruggles #MomLifeSupport
    #StressHormonesHealth


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  • Episode 4| Junk Drawer Mamas | When Stress Hits Hard - The Reality of Extreme Parenting
    Jan 22 2025

    Stressโ€”itโ€™s like that extra sock in the laundry. It sneaks in where it doesnโ€™t belong, and before you know it, youโ€™re buried in it. For moms navigating extreme parenting, whether itโ€™s a rough season or a lifetime of challenges, stress isnโ€™t just part of the equationโ€”itโ€™s the headline.

    In this episode of Junk Drawer Mamas, Deena and Christina get real about the types of stress moms face, the ways it impacts our hearts, minds, and bodies, and how we can rise above it. From personal stories of juggling chaos to practical tips that actually work, weโ€™re spilling all the tea on managing stress without losing your mindโ€”or your faith.

    Hereโ€™s the truth, Mama: Youโ€™re not meant to do this alone. Godโ€™s got you, and so do we. Tune in as we share how leaning into His strength can turn even the messiest, most stressful days into moments of peace and purpose.

    Why You Should Listen:

    • Get practical, faith-filled strategies to tackle stress head-on.
    • Laugh (because if we didnโ€™t laugh, weโ€™d cry) at our honest and relatable mom-life stories.
    • Walk away with encouragement and a reminder that youโ€™re never alone in this journey.


    โœจ Share the love:

    • ๐ŸŽง Listen now for relatable wisdom and encouragement.
    • ๐Ÿ’ฌ Tag a mom who needs this message todayโ€”weโ€™re all in this together.
    • โค๏ธ Donโ€™t forget to like, follow, and share with someone who needs a little extra hope.


    #JunkDrawerMamas #MomLife #StressReliefForMoms #ExtremeParenting #FaithInTheChaos #ChristianMoms #ParentingSupport #MomLifeRealTalk #EncouragedMoms

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    34 mins