I’m a Christian, wife, mom of three, writer and coach—and I’m increasingly convinced that motherhood has become far more complicated than it needs to be.

We have access to more parenting information than any generation of mothers before us. Books, podcasts, Instagram accounts, parenting experts, Google, AI. There is an answer—or at least an opinion—for nearly every question we could possibly have.

And yet, so many of us are more overwhelmed than ever.

We're overstimulated, exhausted, constantly second-guessing ourselves, scrolling for answers, comparing ourselves to other mothers, worrying about our children's outcomes, and trying very hard to get motherhood right.

I know because I do it, too.

I can so easily believe that if I just understand enough, plan enough, research enough, or work hard enough, I can finally become the mother I want to be.

But the Holy Spirit keeps bringing me back to something much simpler:

I was never meant to do motherhood primarily in my own strength.

I think many of us need less, not more.

Less parenting content.

Less time on our phones.

Less pressure to optimize our children's childhoods.

Less comparison.

Less overscheduling.

Less responsibility for keeping our children constantly happy and emotionally comfortable.

Less fear that one wrong parenting decision is going to mess them up.

And less dependence on ourselves to somehow produce the right outcome.

Our children are precious gifts from God. But they aren't meant to become the center around which the entire family revolves.

I believe the family as a whole belongs under God—and that mothers can deeply love, listen to, enjoy, and treat our children with dignity while still exercising loving parental authority, establishing boundaries, correcting them, and training them.

But simply doing less isn't the answer.

We need something—or rather, Someone—more than another motherhood system.

We need the Holy Spirit.

I'm learning to create more room in my life to actually listen to Him.

To put down my phone and pray about my children before searching for someone else's answer.

To read smaller portions of Scripture and actually ponder them.

To ask what God's Word says before asking what the parenting experts say.

To repent when I'm impatient or selfish.

To ask for wisdom when Scripture doesn't give me a specific answer.

And to surrender my children and their outcomes back to the God to whom they belonged in the first place.

We need both spiritual dependence and practical wisdom.

Sometimes we need to go to bed earlier.

Sometimes our children need a consequence.

Sometimes we need to apologize to them.

Sometimes we need to cancel an activity.

Sometimes we need to stop researching the problem.

Sometimes our kids need to learn to play without us.

Sometimes we need to put our phones in another room.

Sometimes we need a nap.

Sometimes we need some alone time with God.

I don't think every motherhood problem can be solved with a better routine. But I also don't think every practical problem should be spiritualized.

Part of wisdom is learning the difference.

That's what you'll find here.

I write for the Christian mom who loves her family but is tired of drinking through the fire hose of modern motherhood content.

My Substack is about moving away from child-centered, information-saturated, self-reliant motherhood and toward a motherhood that is simpler and increasingly dependent on the Holy Spirit.

Not because I've mastered it.

I'm learning alongside you.

My hope is that what I write doesn't become one more voice you feel obligated to keep up with. I hope it encourages you to close the tab, put down your phone, open your Bible, pray about your actual children, and become increasingly confident that the Holy Spirit can give you the wisdom and strength you need for the life God has actually given you.

My hope for you

I don't want to help you become a perfect mother.

I want to help you become a mother who increasingly knows where to turn when she doesn't know what to do.

A mother who can experience internal peace even when her house isn't peaceful.

A mother who can love her children deeply without making their happiness or outcomes her ultimate responsibility.

A mother who can put down the phone, quiet the noise, and trust that she does not have to figure everything out.

These are His children. We get to partner with Him in raising His kids His way. And we don't have to do it in our own strength.

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I also offer 1:1 Christian coaching for moms who want help applying these ideas to their own lives.