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405. Stop Trying to be the Perfect Mom. Do This Instead: 6 Small Things That Make a Huge Impact on Your Kids.

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the pressure of motherhood?

Maybe you feel like you should be doing more with your kids—more activities, more quality time, more intentional parenting moments.

Or maybe you’re carrying mom guilt because you lost your patience again, raised your voice, or feel like you’re constantly falling short.

In today’s episode, we’re starting a new series all about the small things—the simple, everyday moments that often make the biggest impact in our lives.

Because the truth is, shaping your child’s heart and identity doesn’t usually happen through the big, Pinterest-worthy moments. It happens through the tiny, ordinary interactions that repeat day after day.

In this episode, we talk about simple ways to build connection with your kids that take just a few minutes, but can have a lasting impact on their sense of identity, security, and relationship with you.

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed by the idea that you need to be the perfect mom or create constant “core memories,” this conversation will help you breathe again.

Because sometimes the most powerful parenting happens in the smallest moments.

love,

Brittany

 

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404. The Mindset That Strengthens (or Destroys) Your Friendships.

Do real friendships sometimes feel confusing, overwhelming, or even impossible?

In this final episode of the friendship series, we continue exploring the mindsets and practices that help create life-giving relationships—the kind of friendships many of us deeply want but aren’t always sure how to build.

One of the biggest shifts we can make is learning to move beyond surface-level relationships into friendships where honesty, feedback, and growth are welcomed.

Healthy friendships aren’t built on constant agreement or people-pleasing. They grow when we are willing to listen, speak truth in love, and sharpen each other in grace.

In this episode, we talk about what it looks like to be open to feedback, how to lovingly challenge friends when needed, and why avoiding hard conversations can keep relationships stuck.

We also discuss the role of emotional regulation in relationships and how unresolved pain or hopelessness can quietly sabotage connection.

If you’ve ever longed for deeper friendships but aren’t sure how to get there, this episode will help you take the next step.

love,

Brittany

 

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Ready to go deeper? Here's where to start:

The Unstuck Workshop — $37 and self-paced. If you want to finally understand why you keep feeling stuck and walk away with a tool to actually change it, this is your first step. 

Made Whole Academy — The full 10-week journey. Real tools, real community, and lasting change. Applications are open. 

Free Quiz: What's Actually Keeping You Stuck? — Not sure where to start? Take the quiz and find out. 

Find everything else at madewholepath.com and come say hi on Instagram at @madewholepath.

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403. How to Build Real Friendships (Instead of Surface-Level Ones).

Friendship is something many of us deeply desire—but still struggle to experience in a meaningful way.

In this episode, we continue the conversation on building healthy, life-giving friendships by exploring some of the mindsets that quietly sabotage connection.

One of the biggest obstacles? Perfectionism.

When we feel like we need to have the perfect home, the perfect life, or the perfect kids before letting people get close to us, we unintentionally block the very vulnerability that real friendship requires.

In this episode, we talk about how letting people see the real you—the messy, imperfect parts—actually creates deeper connection.

We also dive into the danger of comparison, why it suffocates friendships, and how shifting your mindset can transform the way you relate to others.

Finally, we explore how to move conversations beyond small talk so friendships can grow into something deeper and more meaningful.

If you’ve been longing for more authentic connection in your life, this episode will encourage you with practical ways to begin building it.

love,

Brittany

 

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Ready to go deeper? Here's where to start:

The Unstuck Workshop — $37 and self-paced. If you want to finally understand why you keep feeling stuck and walk away with a tool to actually change it, this is your first step. 

Made Whole Academy — The full 10-week journey. Real tools, real community, and lasting change. Applications are open. 

Free Quiz: What's Actually Keeping You Stuck? — Not sure where to start? Take the quiz and find out. 

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402. The Comfort Trap That Keeps Us Lonely. How Comfort Is Ruining Our Friendships.

Do friendships feel harder than they should?

Do you want deeper connection… but always feel too tired, too busy, or too overwhelmed to try?

Do you find yourself automatically saying no—even when part of you is longing for community?

In today’s episode, we continue the conversation about friendship by talking about one of the biggest barriers to real connection: our resistance to saying yes.

Not because we don’t care.
Not because we don’t want friends.
But because comfort, fear, and routine quietly start making our decisions for us.

We talk about:
• Why adult friendships require intentional effort
• How comfort culture and “protect your peace” thinking can keep us isolated
• Why your default might be “no” without you realizing it
• The difference between healthy boundaries and self-protection
• Why deep friendships always cost something
• How convenience is often the enemy of connection
• What it really looks like to build community over time

This episode will help you:
• Recognize where you’ve been closing yourself off without meaning to
• Understand why discomfort is part of building real relationships
• Learn how to say yes without burning out
• Stop waiting to be chosen and start participating
• Take small, realistic steps toward deeper friendships

If you’ve been praying for community but avoiding opportunities for it…
this episode will gently challenge you.

You don’t need a perfect schedule.
You don’t need a perfect house.
You don’t need to feel “ready.”

Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do
is say yes.

love,

Brittany

 

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The Unstuck Workshop — $37 and self-paced. If you want to finally understand why you keep feeling stuck and walk away with a tool to actually change it, this is your first step. 

Made Whole Academy — The full 10-week journey. Real tools, real community, and lasting change. Applications are open. 

Free Quiz: What's Actually Keeping You Stuck? — Not sure where to start? Take the quiz and find out. 

Find everything else at madewholepath.com and come say hi on Instagram at @madewholepath.

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401. Why Don’t I Have Close Friends? Building Deep Connections Even in a Busy Season.

Do you want deeper friendships… but don’t know how to get there?

Do you long for real connection, but keep feeling disappointed?

Do you feel like everyone else already has their people—and you somehow missed the window?

Maybe you’ve been hurt before.
Maybe you’re tired of trying.
Maybe you don’t even know what healthy friendship is supposed to look like anymore.

In today’s episode, we continue the conversation about building a village by talking specifically about friendship—why it’s so hard in adulthood, what gets in the way, and how God actually designed us to walk with one another.

This episode is for the woman who:
• Feels lonely even though she’s surrounded by people
• Wants meaningful friendships but keeps settling for surface-level connection
• Has been burned by past relationships and feels guarded
• Doesn’t know how to move from acquaintance to true friend
• Is craving community but feels stuck

We talk about:
• Why adult friendships feel harder than they used to
• The difference between convenience-based friendships and covenant-style friendships
• How fear of rejection keeps us from reaching out
• Why waiting to be chosen leaves us isolated
• The role vulnerability plays in building trust
• How to pursue friendship without desperation or comparison
• What healthy, God-centered friendship actually looks like

This episode will help you:
• Stop believing you’re the only one who feels this way
• Understand why friendship takes time and intention
• Learn how to take the first step toward connection
• Release the pressure for instant intimacy
• Begin building relationships that are rooted in truth, not performance

If you’ve been praying for deeper friendships but don’t know where to begin, this episode will give you clarity, courage, and a new way forward.

You were never meant to walk alone.
But friendship doesn’t happen by accident.
It’s built—with humility, courage, and faith.

love,

Brittany

 

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Ready to go deeper? Here's where to start:

The Unstuck Workshop — $37 and self-paced. If you want to finally understand why you keep feeling stuck and walk away with a tool to actually change it, this is your first step. 

Made Whole Academy — The full 10-week journey. Real tools, real community, and lasting change. Applications are open. 

Free Quiz: What's Actually Keeping You Stuck? — Not sure where to start? Take the quiz and find out. 

Find everything else at madewholepath.com and come say hi on Instagram at @madewholepath.

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400. How to Find a Church Where You Actually Feel Like You Belong.

Do you feel lonely even when you’re surrounded by people?

Do you crave deep connection but don’t know where to find it?

Do you want a “village”… but you’re exhausted from trying to build one?

Maybe you’ve been hurt by church.
Maybe you’ve tried small groups and still feel unseen.
Maybe you’re longing for community but don’t even know where to begin.

In today’s episode, we continue the conversation about creating a village by talking honestly about the role of the local church—why it matters, why it’s hard, and how God designed it to be part of your healing and flourishing.

This episode is for the woman who:

• Feels isolated and disconnected in this season of life

• Wants meaningful relationships but keeps hitting walls

• Has been burned by church and doesn’t know how to try again

• Keeps hoping community will “just happen” but feels stuck

• Is tired of doing life alone

We talk about:

• Why our culture makes building real community harder than ever

• The difference between attending church and being planted

• How church-hopping and isolation keep us stuck in shallow connection

• Why healing from church hurt doesn’t mean abandoning God’s design

• What it actually looks like to create a village over time

• Practical next steps for finding and committing to a life-giving church

• Why serving and small groups matter more than Sunday mornings alone

This is not a “find perfect people” episode.
This is a stay, grow, and build something real episode.

If you’ve been praying for community but haven’t wanted to risk disappointment again, this conversation will gently challenge you—and give you a clearer path forward.

You don’t need a perfect church.
You don’t need instant friendships.
You need roots.

And this episode will help you start planting them.

love,

Brittany

 

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Ready to go deeper? Here's where to start:

The Unstuck Workshop — $37 and self-paced. If you want to finally understand why you keep feeling stuck and walk away with a tool to actually change it, this is your first step. 

Made Whole Academy — The full 10-week journey. Real tools, real community, and lasting change. Applications are open. 

Free Quiz: What's Actually Keeping You Stuck? — Not sure where to start? Take the quiz and find out. 

Find everything else at madewholepath.com and come say hi on Instagram at @madewholepath.

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399. Where’s the Village? How We Got So Lonely — and How to Fight Back.

Have you ever found yourself asking, “Where is my village?”

Where are the people who are supposed to help?
Where are the friends who show up?
Where is the support everyone talks about?

Maybe motherhood feels lonelier than you expected.
Maybe you thought community would just happen.
Maybe you’re tired of doing everything on your own and wondering what went wrong.

In today’s episode, we talk about the question so many women are quietly carrying:
Where is the village?

But instead of staying in frustration, we look at this from a different lens — one that brings back hope, agency, and direction.

We talk about:
• Why modern life makes real community harder than ever
• How technology and busyness create the illusion of connection
• Why loneliness isn’t a personal failure
• The lie that “the system is broken so there’s nothing I can do”
• What it actually takes to build lasting relationships

This episode will help you:
• Stop feeling powerless about your lack of support
• Understand why deep friendships take time
• See the difference between acquaintances and true community
• Learn why village doesn’t magically appear — it’s built
• Take the first step toward creating the support you long for

If you’ve been feeling isolated, disappointed, or like you missed out on something everyone else seems to have — this conversation will gently challenge you and encourage you at the same time.

You are not broken for wanting a village.
But the village won’t appear without intention.

And when you begin taking small, faithful steps toward people,
God can build something far more beautiful than you imagined.

love,

Brittany

 

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Ready to go deeper? Here's where to start:

The Unstuck Workshop — $37 and self-paced. If you want to finally understand why you keep feeling stuck and walk away with a tool to actually change it, this is your first step. 

Made Whole Academy — The full 10-week journey. Real tools, real community, and lasting change. Applications are open. 

Free Quiz: What's Actually Keeping You Stuck? — Not sure where to start? Take the quiz and find out. 

Find everything else at madewholepath.com and come say hi on Instagram at @madewholepath.

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398. Better Mental Health Isn’t Just About Self-Care: The Missing Piece We Don’t Talk About.

Do you ever feel like your whole life is about giving… and you’re the one left empty?

Giving to your kids.
Giving to your marriage.
Giving to your work.
Giving to everyone who needs something from you.

Maybe you tell yourself this is what love looks like.
Maybe you believe good moms don’t need much.
Maybe you feel guilty for wanting more than survival.

But somewhere along the way, sacrifice stopped feeling holy…
and started feeling heavy.

In today’s episode, we talk about sacrifice — not the kind God invites us into,
but the kind that quietly turns into resentment, burnout, and loss of self.

Not laying down your life in love.
But disappearing in the name of being needed.

We talk about how unhealthy sacrifice shows up when:
• You ignore your limits
• You believe your needs don’t matter
• You feel selfish for resting
• You equate love with suffering
• You stay depleted instead of restored

This episode will help you:
• Discern the difference between godly sacrifice and self-erasure
• Understand why constant depletion isn’t spiritual
• See how resentment is a signal, not a failure
• Learn how to honor your needs without guilt
• Begin practicing sacrifice that leads to life instead of loss

If you’ve been feeling tired, invisible, or quietly angry — this episode will help you name what’s really happening underneath it.

God does call us to lay down our lives.
But He never calls us to disappear.

And when sacrifice flows from love instead of fear,
it leads to freedom — not bitterness.

love,

Brittany

 

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Ready to go deeper? Here's where to start:

The Unstuck Workshop — $37 and self-paced. If you want to finally understand why you keep feeling stuck and walk away with a tool to actually change it, this is your first step. 

Made Whole Academy — The full 10-week journey. Real tools, real community, and lasting change. Applications are open. 

Free Quiz: What's Actually Keeping You Stuck? — Not sure where to start? Take the quiz and find out. 

Find everything else at madewholepath.com and come say hi on Instagram at @madewholepath.

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397. Is Motherhood Running Your Life? Raising Kids Without Losing Yourself.

Do you ever feel like your emotional state rises and falls with how your kids are doing?

When they’re happy, you feel okay.
When they struggle, you panic.
When they mess up, you feel like you failed.

Maybe you’re constantly worried about their future.
Maybe their behavior feels like a reflection of you.
Maybe your peace depends on whether or not they’re okay.

In today’s episode, we continue our series on the sneaky things that steal our joy by talking about one of the most tender and dangerous idols for moms: the idol of our kids.

Not loving them.
Not caring deeply.
Not wanting what’s best for them.

But placing our identity, security, and worth in how they turn out.

We talk about how this shows up when:
• You feel responsible for your child’s emotions
• You fear their mistakes more than you trust God
• You define your success by their behavior
• You try to control outcomes instead of steward hearts
• You lose yourself in motherhood

This episode will help you:
• Recognize where fear is driving your parenting
• Understand why control feels loving but isn’t
• See how making kids the center creates pressure instead of safety
• Learn how to release your child back to God
• Begin parenting from trust instead of anxiety

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed by your child’s choices, behavior, or future — this episode will help you see what’s really happening underneath it.

Your child was never meant to be your source of peace.
God is.

And when you let Him be, both you and your child can breathe again.

love,

Brittany

 

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Ready to go deeper? Here's where to start:

The Unstuck Workshop — $37 and self-paced. If you want to finally understand why you keep feeling stuck and walk away with a tool to actually change it, this is your first step. 

Made Whole Academy — The full 10-week journey. Real tools, real community, and lasting change. Applications are open. 

Free Quiz: What's Actually Keeping You Stuck? — Not sure where to start? Take the quiz and find out. 

Find everything else at madewholepath.com and come say hi on Instagram at @madewholepath.

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396. Do you Feel Guilty When You Rest? How to Let Go of the Idol of Work.

Do you ever feel like you can’t slow down… even when you want to?

Like there’s always more to do.
More to fix.
More to manage.
More to prove.

Maybe rest feels irresponsible.
Maybe stopping feels unsafe.
Maybe you don’t know who you are if you’re not being productive.

In today’s episode, we continue our series on the sneaky things that steal our joy by talking about another deeply praised idol in our culture: the idol of work.

Not diligence.
Not responsibility.
Not doing what God has called you to do.

But the kind of work that replaces trust, worth, and dependence on God.

We talk about how work becomes an idol when:
• Your value comes from how much you get done
• You feel guilty when you rest
• You carry constant pressure to do more
• You use busyness to avoid what you feel
• You believe everything depends on you

This episode will help you:
• Recognize where work has become your source of worth
• Understand why striving never brings peace
• See how busyness keeps you from God instead of drawing you to Him
• Learn the difference between faithfulness and self-reliance
• Begin practicing rest as trust, not laziness

If you’ve been feeling driven, exhausted, or afraid to slow down — this episode will help you see what’s really underneath it.

You were never meant to carry everything.
You were meant to walk with God.

And that’s where real peace is found.

love,

Brittany

 

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Ready to go deeper? Here's where to start:

The Unstuck Workshop — $37 and self-paced. If you want to finally understand why you keep feeling stuck and walk away with a tool to actually change it, this is your first step. 

Made Whole Academy — The full 10-week journey. Real tools, real community, and lasting change. Applications are open. 

Free Quiz: What's Actually Keeping You Stuck? — Not sure where to start? Take the quiz and find out. 

Find everything else at madewholepath.com and come say hi on Instagram at @madewholepath.

If this episode helped you, share it with a friend who needs it. That's how women like us find each other.