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The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
This podcast provides practical tools and real life application to improve your relationship with yourself and cultivate confidence. As Christian women we are born to lead and not follow the ways of the world. By listening to this podcast in addition to loving yourself you will also learn how to trust yourself and know of your worthiness. We cover a myriad of topics such as relationships, health, emotions, mindset and money and anything else that is part of being a Christian mom. Because the…
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- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
How to Feel More Like Yourself Again. Three Practices for Self-trust and Personal Growth
What if the next version of you doesn’t need to be more disciplined, more productive, more healed, or more put together? What if what you need is to feel more…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
Why Old Patterns Come Back Even After You’ve Done the Work
Have you ever caught yourself people pleasing, over-explaining, shutting down, getting defensive, or falling into an old behavior you thought you had already…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
Why You Feel Like You Have to Prove You Belong
Do you ever walk into a room and immediately start wondering how to fit in, what to say, or whether people like you? In this episode, I’m talking about why…
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Why You Overexplain Yourself: The Fear of Being Misunderstood
Have you ever walked away from a conversation and immediately felt the urge to explain yourself one more time? Maybe you send the long text. Add more context…
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Why Capable Women Carry Too Much: The Hidden Cost of Being the Responsible One
Are you the capable one—the responsible woman everyone knows they can count on? You handle things. You remember things. You figure things out. You take care of…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
Why Do I Keep Reacting This Way? Understanding Emotional Triggers & Changing Your Reactions
Why do you keep reacting the same way—even when you know better? Maybe you know you shouldn’t take their tone personally. You know you don’t need to explain…
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Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should: Capacity, Priorities, and the Pressure to Do It All
Just because you can do more doesn’t always mean you should. As capable women, it can be easy to confuse capability with capacity. You know how to push…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
Before Your Feet Hit the Floor: How to Stop Morning Anxiety From Running Your Day
Do you wake up and immediately feel anxious, overwhelmed, or mentally behind before your feet even hit the floor? Your brain starts making the list. Remember…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
How to Come Back to Yourself: Stop Fixing Yourself and Start Becoming
Fall often comes with an invitation to reset everything: new routines, new goals, better habits, get organized, finish the year strong. But what if you don’t…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
When Your Adult Child Pulls Away: How to Love Them Without Losing Yourself
When your adult child begins to feel distant, the hurt can reach a very tender place in a mother’s heart. Maybe they don’t come visit very often. A text goes…
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When You Don't Feel Like Yourself: Honoring the Seasons When Your Voice Goes Quiet
In this raw, unedited episode, Marci is talking honestly about what happened when my voice went quiet. For two weeks, she didn’t release a podcast episode. Not…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
Who Are You, Really? How to Stop Letting Roles, Labels, and Circumstances Define You
Who are you beneath the roles you perform, the circumstances you have experienced, and the labels other people have given you? As women, it is easy to describe…
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Why You Feel Guilty Resting: The Part That Will Not Let You Slow Down
Do you ever finally have time to rest, but instead of relaxing, you feel guilty, restless, or like you should be doing something productive? In this episode…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
Nothing Is Blooming Yet: Trusting Your Growth When You Feel Stuck
Have you ever looked at your life and wondered if anything is actually changing? You have been doing the inner work. You have been praying, trying, learning…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
Your Life Is Happening Right Now: How to Stop Waiting and Be Present
July 3 Have you been telling yourself that you will enjoy your life more when things calm down? When the house is cleaner, the kids need less, your schedule…
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How to Stop Carrying Everyone’s Emotions: Over-Responsibility, Overgiving, and Motherhood Burnout
Do you feel like everyone in your family hands you their invisible basket—and somehow you end up carrying the schedules, the moods, the forgotten details, the…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
When “I’m Fine” Is Not the Truth: Understanding Fawn Mode
Have you ever said, “I’m fine,” when you were not fine at all? Maybe you said it to keep the peace, avoid conflict, prevent someone from being disappointed, or…
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Their Effort Is Not Your Grade: Letting Go of Motherhood Guilt
Have you ever watched your child struggle, pull away, make choices you would not choose, or seem to stop trying — and immediately made it mean something about…
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How Silent Expectations Create Resentment in Motherhood and Marriage
Have you ever felt hurt, resentful, or disappointed because someone you love didn’t do something that felt obvious to you? Maybe your adult child didn’t call…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
Why You React So Strongly in Conflict — and How to Stop Shaming Yourself
Have you ever walked away from a hard conversation and thought, What is wrong with me? Why did I react like that? Why can’t I stay calm? In this episode of The…
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Stop Measuring Your Life by the Wrong Things
After attending two funerals one day apart, Marci walked away with unexpected treasures about life, love, faith, family, service, and what really matters in…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
When Mother’s Feel Forgotten, Disappointed, or Unappreciated
Mother’s Day can bring up more than we expect. For some moms, it feels sweet and meaningful. For others, it can feel tender, disappointing, complicated, or…
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Why I No Longer Call Myself a Self Love Coach
What if nothing is wrong with you? What if the part of you that overreacts, shuts down, spirals, people-pleases, or tries to control everything is not broken —…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
If a Part Is Driving, Your Body Knows First
Before the shutdown, your body knew. Before the overexplaining, your body knew. Before the snapping, spiraling, or people pleasing, your body knew. In this…
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When your brain shuts down under stress
Do you ever shut down, overexplain yourself, spiral in your thoughts, snap, people-please, or suddenly feel the need to control everything? What if those…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
Why Your Mind Goes Blank Under Stress
Have you ever had a moment where someone asked you a question, all eyes were on you, and your mind completely went blank? Maybe it happened in a hard…
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What if Your Inner Critic Thinks It’s Helping?
What if your inner critic is not trying to tear you down… but trying to protect you? In this episode, Marci shares a powerful reframe for the inner critic and…
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Why Am I So Sensitive? Understanding Your Wounded Child
Do you ever feel too sensitive, too emotional, or like you overreact to things that should not feel like such a big deal? In this episode of The Courageous and…
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He Knows Your Name: Mary Magdalene, Easter, and the Love of Jesus Christ
What would it feel like to know that Jesus Christ sees you personally, knows your name, and loves you more than you can imagine? In this special Easter…
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Why do I replay conversations in my head? The hidden pattern behind rumination
Do you ever replay a conversation for hours and wonder, Did I say something wrong? Are they upset with me? In this episode, Marci unpacks the hidden pattern…
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Motherhood, Guilt, and Grace: A New Way to Measure Success
What if the way you’ve been measuring success as a mother isn’t actually the measure that brings peace? So many of us carry quiet expectations about what a…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
Because I Can: A Powerful Reminder to Live with Gratitude and Joy
Today’s episode is being released on a Wednesday instead of my usual Friday—because today matters. March 4th marks 16 years since my younger sister Heather…
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Redefining Success as a Mother
Somewhere along the way, many mothers absorbed a quiet, heavy belief: If my child struggles… if they question their faith… if our relationship feels strained……
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
How to Build Self Love: Heal Your Past, Strengthen Your Present, Protect Your Future
What if self-love isn’t something you feel once in a while—but a relationship you actively build? In this special Valentine’s reshare episode, Marci invites…
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The Three Types of Business: How to Stop Overstepping, Overthinking, and Losing Your Peace
This episode is a perspective-shifting reshare from my first year of podcasting in 2023—a message that continues to matter deeply. After being sick for much of…
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Living by Design, Not Default: Choosing Your Word for the Year
What if this year wasn’t about pushing harder, proving more, or chasing another list of resolutions? In this episode, Marci Owen invites you into a gentler…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
Two Clarifying Questions to Carry Yourself Into the New Year
In the quiet space between Christmas and New Year’s, there’s often a subtle pressure to reinvent yourself, set new goals, or start over. But what if that’s not…
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Finding the light again, A joyful Christmas reset for your heart
As Christmas draws near, do you feel a swirl of emotions—joy, pressure, exhaustion, tenderness, gratitude, maybe even a sense that something’s missing? In this…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
Holiday Emotions 101: How to Navigate Overwhelm, Grief, Joy & Family Triggers
The holidays have a way of bringing everything to the surface — the beauty and the ache, the joy and the overwhelm, the connection and the loneliness…
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Prepare Your Heart, Not Just Your Home (Holiday Series – Episode 2)
What if the most meaningful thing you prepare for this holiday season isn’t your home… but your heart? If you regularly feel overwhelmed at this time of year…
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How to Regulate Before You Relate: Staying Calm, Grounded, and Loving During the Holidays
Holiday gatherings can bring out the very worst version of us — the anxious one, the shrinking one, the people-pleasing one — but what if that isn’t the real…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
When You Want to Grow, But You Don't Have the Energy
Have you ever genuinely wanted to grow… but the moment you try, everything inside of you shuts down? The overwhelm, the spinning thoughts, the urge to hide…
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Navigating Family Boundaries, Loving From a Distance Without Losing Yourself
When new babies arrive, it’s supposed to be joyful… right? So why did becoming a grandma again unexpectedly stir up old wounds? In this deeply personal…
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Finding Joy in the Mundane: Letting Go of Comparison and Creating Great Moments Every Day
Do you ever look at the never-ending laundry, the dishes stacked again, or your overflowing to-do list and wonder… Does any of this even matter? If so, you’re…
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Temperance: The Secret to Emotional Balance and Nervous System Peace
Do you ever notice yourself swinging from one extreme to another? One day you’re overdoing, overthinking, or overgiving—and the next you’re completely shut…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
Lessons from Survivor About Healing Old Wounds
Have you ever found yourself reacting to something small with big emotions—feeling left out, unseen, or not good enough—and wondered, “Why does this hit me so…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
Adjusting Your Inner Thermostat: Reclaim Peace When Life Feels on Fire
When the world feels like it’s burning — politically, spiritually, and emotionally — -(not to mention the challenges you are also facing in your personal life)…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
Feeling Anxious? 8 Ways to Regulate Your Nervous System and Reclaim Calm
Feeling Anxious? 8 Ways to Regulate Your Nervous System and Reclaim Calm Are you caught in a spiral of worry, fear, or overwhelm? Whether it's world events…
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Marriage Help Series: The Three Conversations Every Couple Needs to Have (Part 3)
Did you know that 65% of divorces cite communication problems as a major factor? But it’s not always the explosive arguments that break a marriage—it’s often…
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Marriage Help Series: Why Your Expectations Are Cracking Your Marriage (Part 2)
In this powerful second installment of a three-part series on marriage, Marci Owen tackles one of the most common — and often invisible — sources of tension in…
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Marriage Help Series: Are You Still in the Boat? Healing Cracks in Marriage (Part 1)
Have you ever felt like you and your spouse are no longer rowing in the same boat—like you’re drifting through life side by side but not truly together? In…
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What Every Mom Needs to Know
Do you ever replay old memories in your mind and think, “I should have handled that better… I messed up… I wasn’t a good mom”? If you’ve carried the weight of…
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Permission to Pause: How to Know When It's Time to Rest (or If You're Just Avoiding)
Have you ever hit that point where your brain feels fried—even doing things you love feels hard or heavy? You're not alone. In todays episode, Marci is sharing…
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Quote Therapy! Ten Quotes to Guide Your Growth
What if your hardest moments are actually shaping you into who you're meant to be? In this episode, I’m sharing 10 powerful quotes that have challenged me…
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Finding Peace in Life's Turbulence
Have you ever felt like life just keeps hitting you with wave after wave? In this episode, Marci shares a powerful and personal story from the edge of the…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
How to Feel a Negative Emotion Without Falling Apart
Have you ever poured your heart into something, counted down the days, and then watched it all unravel at the very last minute? In this episode, I share a…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
Inner Peace, Worth, and Who You Really Are
What if the peace you’re searching for isn’t found in fixing yourself… but in remembering who you truly are? In this episode, Marci shares a beautiful…
- The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom
Pushing Harder Isn’t Always the Answer: Wisdom from the Backyard Birds
Have you ever felt like you’ve done everything right—prayed, journaled, worked on your mindset, had the hard conversations—yet the problem still lingers?…
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What if the biggest messes in our lives are actually sacred invitations to go deeper? In this episode of the Courageous and Confident Christian Mom podcast…
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How to Protect Your Peace Around Negative People
Have you ever felt like someone else's negativity was pulling you under? In this powerful episode of The Courageous and Confident Christian Mom, Marci shares…