Favorite Podcasts for Encouraging Mamas |

Fun Friday edition number 1!

As a stay at home mom, some days can be long and lonely. Even when you carefully plan and execute outings around your baby (or toddler or multiple kiddo’s nap times) you only have a small window of time when you can get out and do anything. Add in snack times, feeding times for the baby, loading the kiddos in the car and unloading them and it makes that window even smaller.

For about 10 years I have listened to podcasts. I used to listen to them daily when I would train for marathons and triathalons back in my young single days. Some of my favorites then were the Village Church Podcast, Breakaway, Redeemer NYC (Tim Keller), and JR Vassar (who was then at a church in NYC). Fast forward a decade and my alone time running and listening to podcasts has become pretty much non-existent.

However, for the last year or so while doing other tasks around the home (washing dishes, folding laundry, feeding the baby), going on walks (I did this when I just had Caleb and he was a baby but don’t do it as much anymore since I now spend most of the walk talking to the kids) I have reintroduced my podcast time, and I have been SO encouraged. In fact, a combination of what I’ve heard on a few of these podcasts encouraged me to blog more regularly again.

During this season, here are my favorite 5, the Fab-5, if you will:

God-Centered Mom. I just love being encouraged. Heather is so incredibly real and she interviews all sorts of people. Listen! Don’t think about it anymore. Just listen. You will find practical tips and spiritual encouragement and hear stories that make you say, “Oh, you too?!” The episode from this week was INCREDIBLE. Courtney shares her story of being freed from fear. It’s called the day fear died. This is something I definitely am praying about and working on (read more here) so I found her interview inspiring. She shares God’s miraculous healing of her infant-son and shares some practical advice for getting rid of a spirit of fear in your home.
Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey. Talk about fun! I love Jamie’s real-ness, as well. She is great at asking questions, and I have learned SO much from listening to other’s stories. She interviews all sorts of people as well- everyone from Sean Lowe’s wife Catherine Lowe (for you Bachelor fans out there) to Kathy Lee Gifford and tons in between! Jamie talks about serious things and funny things, big things and small things. I love that she ends every show by asking her guests what they are loving and what they are reading. Shout out to my sweet friend Bridget for recommending this one- you can find her here.
Risen Motherhood. This one is great because it’s only 18-20 minutes long. I often listen to it on the way to tutoring and on the way back home. I love the practical and gospel-centered advice Emily and Laura give. They have young kids (all 5 and under) so they are still very much in the trenches of motherhood, and I so can relate to them. I have learned so much and been so encouraged from listening to their show weekly. It is definitely a high light of my week!
Glorious in the Mundane. I just started listening to this one. I heard about Christy Nockels, over a decade ago. One of my best college friends LOVES her (and can sing like her as well!) She has the sweetest voice and I could listen to her all day. Love the truth she shares.
Revive Our Hearts with Nancy DeMoss WolgemuthI first heard of Nancy 14 years ago when I read her book Lies women believe and the truth that sets them free. That book was life changing to me as a college freshmen serving as a youth-intern. I loved her application of replacing lies with truth. I have listened to this podcast on and off for several years. Nancy has been faithful to serve for decades!