Catholic Mom Calm
af Sterling Jaquith
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Not Lazy, Just Frozen: The Stress State We Don't Talk About
Not Lazy, Just Frozen: The Stress State We Don't Talk About
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Calling all Catholic moms! Did you know it's possible to do this Catholic motherhood thing without losing your mind? Parenting these days is so hard because most of us are doing it without the tools we need. I'm Sterling Jaquith, a homeschool mom to six young kids, a business owner and I teach busy Catholic moms how to have more peace in their lives and homes.
Each week on the Catholic Calm Mom podcast, I'll give you practical tools for calming yourself down, discerning what God wants you to do, and making rock-solid plans so life doesn't feel so overwhelming. If you're a Catholic mom, you're in the right place. Life is about to get so much better!
And if you love the content of this podcast, check out all tools we offer at www.catholicmomcalm.com.
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- Not Lazy, Just Frozen: The Stress State We Don't Talk About · 14 min.The morning I recorded this, I sat at my desk for more than an hour doing basically nothing. I didn't pray or plan, I dinked around in my email, I ate something for breakfast I…
- Walking on the Water and Trusting God · 24 min.This one is a little heavier than usual. Our business is on track to finish the year at about half of last year's sales, and this fall that's meant saying no to braces for one of…
- Explaining Therapy, Life Coaching, EMDR, and CBT · 31 min.Someone left me a one-star review saying I shouldn't be teaching cognitive behavioral therapy because I'm not a licensed therapist. She's right that I'm not a therapist, and I'm…
- You're Not a Bad Mom, You're Just Not a Perfect Mom with Emma Hilger · 28 min.Emma Hilger is a Catholic mom of three little ones, and she wrote a board book of rhyming affirmations for moms after a hard day when she realized her six-month-old didn't care…
- When Grandparents Don't Help · 21 min.Maybe your mom doesn't seem to want time with your kids, or your in-laws would help but live too far away, or every visit comes with a comment about your family size or how you…
- Why Self-Care Isn't Filling You Up · 14 min.You took the bath, went for the walk, said the prayer... and you still feel depleted. Sterling Jaquith explains why: when you trash-talk yourself all day, every bit of self-care…
- Mother Teresa's Shoes: Why Self-Care Isn't Selfish for Catholic Moms · 37 min.Mother Teresa wore whatever shoes were left until her feet were deformed, and Catholic moms often share that story like it's a calling for all of us. Sterling Jaquith, Rita…
- When God Doesn't Give You An Answer · 23 min.I just got back from two weeks away (the Fulton Sheen conference in St. Louis and then France with my 15-year-old daughter) and I brought two big things with me to pray about in…
- Being On Time - I Just Start the Circus Earlier · 18 min.Getting kids out the door is a banana circus. That's what I told my daughter in the driveway the other morning, after somebody forgot a lunch and we had to turn around and come…
- The Art of Saying No · 23 min.Here's something I find fascinating. A lot of us are living a balanced life with a brain that's a hot mess in there, and so a life we're actually executing really well ends up…
- Blanket of Peace · 21 min.I said it kind of offhandedly on a coaching call. "I want to be a blanket of peace in my home." And the moms would not let it go, so I have been sitting with it ever since. Here…
- How to Reach For Peace Faster · 26 min.Anxiety never comes from the Lord. So the second I feel that tightness show up in my chest, I already know something true about myself. I am thinking about my life in a way that…
- Planning From Woundedness · 24 min.I am team planning. I am team house systems. We teach it in the membership and it is the very first thing we tackle in the Catholic Mom Reset, because looking at your next 90…
- Transitioning from Summer to Fall · 26 min."People love change. They just hate transition." I heard Matthew Kelly teach that years ago and I think about it every single August. Because right now I'm getting a hundred…
- Managing Your Thoughts About School So You Don't Lose Your Mind · 32 min.Almost everything you believe about your kids' schooling is an opinion, not a fact — and most of those opinions are quietly manufacturing stress in your body. In this episode, I…
- How I Use AI (And How My Company Does) · 41 min.The internet is very loud about AI right now, so I want to tell you exactly where I stand in July of 2026, both personally and as a company, so you can start forming your own…
- '90s Seattle, Grunge, and the New Elle Woods Show · 12 min.It's Friday night, I'm home alone, and I'm recording a completely ridiculous episode. No coaching, no reframe, just me wanting to talk to someone about episode one of the new…
- Enjoying Your Daily Life (No Matter What Season You're In) · 31 min.I just got back from driving six kids and two dogs (including an eight-week-old puppy) from northern Idaho to northern Wisconsin, and the trip left me with a takeaway I didn't…
- Why Your Window of Tolerance Shrinks in Summer · 17 min.It usually hits right about now. You started summer with high hopes, pushed through the chaotic first couple of weeks, and now you're yelling more, feeling stressed, and…
- Summer Jealousy · 21 min.Sterling Jaquith caught herself feeling a very particular brand of summer jealousy. Friends whose parents are stable enough, healthy enough, and trusted enough to take the…
- Our Love/Hate Relationship with Summer · 17 min.We're handed a script that summer is supposed to be fun and relaxing, beach days and popsicles and bucket lists. Then the fantasy meets the reality of little kids off their…
- Vacationing With Kids · 14 min.Every summer it happens. You pack up the little kids, drive to the beach or the grandparents, and somewhere around day three in an unfamiliar Airbnb with no blackout curtains and…
- How to Solve Any Problem · 26 min.It's a wild claim, and Sterling Jaquith makes it anyway. After asking her email list what they're struggling with right now, she read more than 200 responses, and reading every…
- Do You Actually Want Your Life To Get Better? · 32 min.We all say we want our lives to be better. But what if most of us don't actually want to do the one thing that would make it better? This episode is the mirror-moment question…
- Handling It... When Life is Anything But Simple · 37 min.Six kids home for summer, a pilgrimage to France, a schooling decision on a deadline, and a Goodwill trip that produced an accidental gel bead gun. Sterling Jaquith walks through…
- Good Mom Summer · 24 min.⛱️ Fun & Simple Summer: https://catholicmomcalm.com/fun-simple-summer 😎 Good Mom Summer: https://catholicmomcalm.com/good-mom-summer 🥰 Catholic Finishing School…
- Fun & Simple Summer · 11 min.A Fun and Simple Summer (How to Decide Right Now What Kind of Summer You're Going to Have) Grab FREE Fun & Simple Summer Here: https://catholicmomcalm.com/fun-simple-summer…
- Being Okay with an Uncertain Future · 12 min.What are you doing with your life? (The answer is simpler than you think.) Sterling's 15 and 12-year-old came to her in genuine distress. They didn't know if they were going to…
- Overwhelmed Mom · 23 min."The melancholy side of me just isn't having it." A mom wrote in with paragraphs of feelings — the wounds work, the hormones, the hard days, the confusion about why she still…
- Tight Budget, Then Surprise Gift · 16 min.He spent $1,500 on her for Mother's Day. She felt terrible. A mom wrote in with a situation that sounds simple on the surface — her husband surprised her with an expensive gift…
- Things Are Weird Right Now · 17 min.Something feels off right now — and you're not imagining it. In this unplanned episode, Sterling sits down to say out loud what so many moms are feeling but don't have language…
- A Mindful Mother's Day · 26 min.You get to decide how Mother's Day goes. All of it. In this episode, Sterling gets honest about why Mother's Day feels so loaded — and why no amount of flowers, brunch, or…
- Let Them Be Wrong About You (And Find Peace) · 11 min.Do you struggle when someone believes something about you that isn't true? Do you feel the need to correct them… defend yourself… convince them… make them understand? One of the…
- Should You Have Another Baby? · 12 min.Should you have another baby… or not? This is one of the most tender and weighty discernment questions a Catholic mom can face. If you're waking up thinking about another baby……
- Your Husband Doesn't Want You To Homeschool · 16 min.You want to homeschool your kids… but your husband isn't on board. Now what? This is one of the most emotionally charged decisions a Catholic mom can face — because underneath…
- 4 Ways We Block God's Voice · 7 min.Are you struggling to hear God's voice? If you're trying to discern a decision — about your family, your home, your work, or something deeper — and you're not getting clarity, it…
- Two Reasons You Snap at Your Kids · 6 min.Are you constantly snapping at your kids… and then immediately thinking, "I'm a bad mom"? There are two thoughts that quietly destroy a Catholic mom's interior peace: • "This…
- Calm Doesn't Mean Easy · 7 min.Calming Down Won't Make Your Life Easy (The Cross Still Remains) | Catholic Mom Learning how to calm your nervous system is powerful. Breathing slowly. Stepping outside. Drinking…
- The Mental Load of Catholic Moms · 9 min.The Mental Load of a Catholic Mom (And What You Can Let Go Of) The "mental load" of motherhood has been all over the internet lately — and often the conversation turns into women…
- Accepting The Day You're Given · 5 min.Accepting the Day You're Given | Interior Peace for the Catholic Mom Part of having real interior peace as a Catholic mom comes from accepting your day the way it actually is —…
- Will Your Kids Resent Religion? · 13 min.How to Let Go of Perfectionism at Mass (Especially with Little Kids) | Catholic Mom If you've ever brought small children to Mass and silently panicked about the noise, the…
- You're Not a Lazy Mom · 10 min.Are you telling yourself you're a lazy mom — even though you're exhausted, overwhelmed, and doing a million things every day? In this episode, I want to lovingly but firmly tell…
- Lent for Perfectionist Catholic Moms · 8 min.Lent can feel especially heavy if you're a perfectionist Catholic mom. If you tend to measure your love for God by how well you perform — how well you pray, fast, or "do Lent" —…
- If Your Husband is Negative · 8 min.If your husband feels negative a lot, this video is for you. Maybe he complains about the kids. Maybe he points out what's wrong more than what's right. Maybe you leave…
- Lent for Tired Catholic Moms: A Gentle Plan · 7 min.If you're a Catholic mom and Lent is coming up — and instead of feeling motivated you feel tired, overwhelmed, or quietly dreading it — this episode is for you. Sometimes Lent…
- When the Noise Drives You Crazy: Calm for Loud Homes · 6 min.If the noise in your house is driving you crazy — the screaming, the banging, the constant sound of someone needing something — you are not broken. And you're definitely not a…
- How to Stop Thinking You're a Bad Mom · 6 min.If you've ever walked around all day thinking "I'm a bad mom" — this is for you. So many moms carry a constant, heavy belief that they're failing their kids. They replay…
- Finding Peace When You Can't Control Everything · 9 min.Are you constantly worried — even about things you can't actually control? So many Catholic moms carry the weight of everything: their kids' futures, their husband's moods, the…
- Lenten Spiritual Attacks: Why Faith Feels Harder · 35 min.As Lent approaches, many Catholic moms find that growing closer to God doesn't feel peaceful — it feels harder. Cravings intensify. Discouragement creeps in. Shame gets louder…
- Your #1 Mission as a Catholic Mom: Interior Peace · 13 min.What if the most important goal you could set as a Catholic mom isn't productivity, patience, or perfection — but interior peace? We only get one motherhood. One season with…
