February 6, 2024 • 17 mins
Hi friend,
Are you a homeschooling mom grappling with the pressure to be perfect? Then this episode is for you.
We're exposing the myth of the 'perfect mom' in the world of homeschooling and the damaging effects of this unrealistic ideal. We're stressing the benefits of community over competition.
Tune in to learn the simple mindset shift that can help us
- shed the illusion of perfection.
- foster authentic relationships with each other.
- shed light on the fact that no mom is perfect.
- remember that each of us brings unique strengths to the table that complement our supposed 'flaws.'
- embrace the truth that you've been endowed with unique gifts that make you perfectly equipped to educate your children.
Hit play and be ready to get rid of the myth of the perfect homeschool mom.
And remember, I am here cheering you on every step of the way, with a prayer in my heart and a smile on my lips.
Your Homeschool Coach,
Inga
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(00:00):
The pressure of being the perfect homeschool mom can steal your progress,
can steal your joy, and most importantly, it can steal your relationships with
other moms who are homeschooling and support you.
So in this episode, we're going to talk about why we can let that myth go because
it is a myth. It's an illusion.
And I truly believe it's a lie of the devil to keep us separate and not allow
(00:24):
us to work together in community to grow and to learn from each other.
So if that sounds like something that you have ever felt, then this is the episode for you.
So go ahead and grab your favorite cup of tea and let's dive in.
Just like the safety instructions on an airplane, we must secure our own oxygen
mask before helping others.
(00:45):
Well, this is your reminder to put your oxygen mask on.
Music.
Hi, I'm Inga, a certified life coach and educator with over 30 years of experience
in curriculum and instruction. direction.
As a homeschooling mom of four, I understand the challenges and the overwhelm
that can come from trying to juggle it all.
In this podcast, we'll explore practical tips to prioritize our holistic well-being
(01:10):
and simple steps to make homeschooling a little bit easier so you can stress less and enjoy more.
Sometimes we just need a reminder to take a pause, prepare, and recover from
the demands of homeschooling and life.
To be still and remember that he is God and that we can do all things and that
(01:30):
includes homeschooling our children through Christ who strengthens us.
So friend, I pray that you will take this moment to catch your breath.
Welcome to another episode of the Catch Your Breath podcast and yes,
you heard it right, we're talking about the perfect mom. That's what we're talking about.
(01:52):
I'm looking forward to this conversation today, and I hope that you're going
to be empowered and encouraged by the time you leave it today.
If this is your first time here, hello, my name is Inga, and I'm excited that
you are joining us because we're talking about the perfect mom.
And if you have ever felt that you You had to live up to her.
(02:14):
This is the episode for you. But before we dive into this topic that is going
to be so good and hopefully just going to move us and propel us forward,
I have to check in on you. How are you doing?
How has your week been so far?
Are you, and you know what's coming with that question, are you taking time for yourself?
(02:36):
Are you prioritizing you and your needs so that you can be there for your children?
Are you still waiting to do the thing that you know that you want to do,
but you just don't think you have time and space to do?
Are you still in that place of guilt because you feel like, but I just can't, I just shouldn't.
(02:58):
I pray you will let that go. I pray that you will prioritize some you time because
it's not selfish. It's necessary.
It's necessary for you to be able to do this amazing work with your children.
And if you are not there for them, if you are not whole, how can you show up
and be fully present for them?
So please, I pray you'll prioritize. You'll take care of yourself.
(03:22):
Sometimes the hardest part of taking care of yourself is figuring out what that
looks like. What do I I need? I don't even know anymore, right?
So I pray that that will be something that you will take some time to do.
I am here in my closet and I have papers everywhere because I've been organizing
and straightening up and all the things.
(03:43):
And so if you hear the rustling of papers, that is what it is because I wanted
to get in here and record.
Usually I like to clean up everything and make it beautiful before I jump on,
but I just wanted to jump on here and talk talk to you about this one because
this one is good because I know that we have all stressed about it.
We've all thought about it.
(04:05):
And I want to be able to deliver us from this to help us get some delivery from
this because we are all looking at somebody thinking that they are perfect.
They have the perfect kids.
They have the perfect homeschool schedule, the perfect curriculum.
They figured it all out. They're amazing. And we are not.
(04:25):
And we're going to let that go today. That's gone.
Because the reality is it's an illusion. It's an absolute illusion.
I would even venture to say that that mom is not even trying to be perfect.
She has no desire for you to think that she's perfect. I know Instagram,
(04:45):
Pinterest is perfect, the whole thing.
Those are in some cases setting us up for that because everybody's trying to show the amazingness.
But most of the moms that I've met that I thought were perfect and had it all
together made sure to bust that illusion completely away so that I did not go
(05:05):
on thinking that. And that's the thing.
They don't exist, right? So what I know that I know is that when we are comparing
ourselves to this perfect mom that doesn't exist,
even if we think that she does, the most interesting thing about that is somebody
(05:29):
else, whether you believe it or not, somebody else is thinking you are the perfect
mom and comparing themselves to you.
I know you do not believe it, but it is so true. They are thinking,
huh, how does she, they are thinking, huh, how does she have it all together?
How is she able to do that? That thing that you just do effortlessly that you're just, I don't know.
(05:51):
They're thinking, how does she get it? I remember one time somebody said,
how are you always so put together?
And I was floored. Put together? I was like, what?
I have not even been able, I have makeup in the drawer, but I haven't worn it
in forever. I have lip gloss that stays in the side of my car.
And I was like, I put that on before, but that's it. So what are they talking about?
(06:16):
And I'm like, I can't even fit half the clothes in my closet.
So I'm just pulling this on.
But they thought I was being modest. And I truly was like, what are they talking about?
But we feel that about somebody else, not realizing that somebody feels that
about us because we were all on the outside looking in.
We don't know what happened before they left to
(06:37):
come to co-op in the morning we don't know what happened
before they came to have mom's night out
we don't know the struggle it was to get out there we don't know the mad dash
that they might have made in their house before we came over for that play date
or that time together we just don't know and so we can't assume we cannot put
(06:57):
them at that level or in that pedestal because the reality of what it does is it separates us.
Has us it steals really the
ability for us to be authentic and to
be our true self and to form some strong relationships because
even though we might be talking to them if we feel like they're way
up there and they're so perfect and they have it together but we're way down
(07:19):
here then we really don't want to share too much we don't want to share our
struggles which is one of my biggest things is that we don't want to say we're
having a hard day because we certainly wouldn't say it to this perfect person
who's doesn't ever seem to have hard days and if we have her at that place where
we think that she's perfect,
then she doesn't wanna share the hard days with us because we might look at
(07:40):
her differently and realize she doesn't have it all together.
So none of us say anything and we're just all struggling when really we could
actually learn from each other. We could actually ask for help.
If I'm trying to get into that place where when I see moms that are doing the
thing that I really wish I could get together and do a much better job of.
If we're in relationship, how can I learn from them?
(08:03):
Can you help me with that? Is that a thing that I could learn to do?
How did you get to do that? Because I really love that, that specific thing that I love that you do.
And not that it's perfect and you're not saying that they're perfect,
but just saying like, I love the way you do this.
So right now, as I'm doing transcripts and doing all the planning,
because my son is starting dual enrollment, prayerfully next year,
(08:26):
just looking at, I don't know everything.
And when I, We went to one of our coffee nights and we're doing transcripts
and I was looking at the beautiful transcripts while it was like,
oh, I could I could do this on Canva and I could whatever.
I was like, listen, they did this. It looks really well. Hey,
can I see your transcript? Can you show me how to do this?
(08:47):
So being able to learn from them to be able to say, hey, I think I can learn
and I think that you can help me.
The worst reason, I think, though, of us really looking at this perfect mom
is that we usually put ourselves on the end, the bad end of the stick.
So when we're comparing of the perfect mom, we are measuring whatever those
(09:11):
things are, which for us probably feels like everything.
Everything we're measuring all those things against what we
think she has together and then we get the short end because now we
start to internalize why we cannot
do what they're doing we cannot be
who they're being and there must be something wrong with us which means probably
we should not be teaching our children you know that we know we go to that place
(09:34):
where we're just like well this is just evidence that I shouldn't be doing this
that I never should have taught my my kids, that I can't teach my children,
that self-doubt starts to take in, the self-confidence starts to plummet and
go down, and it doesn't serve anyone.
And so we have to do it. We have to recognize that she isn't real,
(09:55):
that someone else probably thinks that about us.
And so just imagine that. If you can think about that, think about that for
a second, because I know that you don't believe it.
You're like, nobody thinks that I have it together. Somebody does.
Somebody is is looking at you thinking that you have it all together.
And you know that you've got areas of growth and struggle because you see yourself
(10:18):
all the time. So just imagine that.
And it's not to bring somebody down to size and be like, okay,
good, I know she doesn't.
But it's to make us all the humanity in us, the normal, right?
To recognize that we all are doing the absolute best that we can.
We all have some areas, where we are excelling, whether we believe it or not.
(10:41):
We have some areas that that's just our thing. Like there are people who just.
Amazing meals for their family. And they don't even think about it.
That's just their thing. They're people whose house is just always neat and organized.
And while we can say, that's not real or that could be their thing.
They're just organized. That's what they're prioritizing. They do it.
(11:02):
There are some people who are going to do the salt sculptures and going to do
all the amazing things because that's the thing that they love,
but their house is a mess because that's not their thing.
And so we're seeing this that they're bringing to co-op, but But there may be a hot mess.
There may be moms that the way they speak to their children,
they're always calm and they're always just in the most amazing moods.
(11:25):
And that's just what God has given to them.
And so we can learn from that. There are musical moms who can come up with a song to teach a thing.
And so that's what we're seeing when we're talking to them and they're sharing
about that. And we think, wow, why don't I have that? What's wrong with me?
But God created them to be who he created them to be, to do what he's called
them to to do, which is a lot of times in their gifting for their children,
(11:47):
and he's called you for something else.
So if we're spending so much time looking at that, thinking she's perfect and
that's perfect, then we're not looking inward.
We're not paying attention to what he's gifted us with.
This is a short episode, but I want to leave with this.
I do not have it all together.
When When I hear people say, how do you do it all? I'm like,
(12:11):
I don't. I don't do it all.
I don't. I don't know what the all encompasses, but I know I don't do it.
I don't do it all. So yes, I am working and I have this podcast and I'm homeschooling
my children and I'm doing the best I can.
But there are areas that are not where I need them to be or want them to be.
(12:33):
And those areas that I excel in, you might not excel in.
And so I'm honored and touched that you would come and listen.
But there are areas that I could sit at your feet and listen and you can teach me.
And we have to own that. We have to recognize that.
And I will just, I'm going to be completely honest with you.
(12:55):
Part of why I didn't want to do, I wanted to do this podcast for a long time,
but also didn't want to do it for a long time because I didn't want to come
on here and make moms feel like that I thought I was perfect or that I have
it all together or that they were looking at me like, oh, wow, how does she?
I don't want that because it isn't true. true. We are all weak in certain areas
(13:17):
and we're all strong in certain areas.
And the areas where God has gifted me experience or expertise or a call or whatever,
that's what I come on here to share with you because I want to encourage you.
And I want to use the gifting and the areas that he has given me to encourage
you and to bless you and to honor you.
And so I just want us to to remember, if you don't remember anything else,
(13:42):
God created you to be who he created you to be so that you could do what he's called you to do.
And your gifting and your expertise and your experience and like all those things
are connected specifically for you.
And when we share that with the body of Christ, when we share that with our
(14:03):
co-op communities and the other homeschool friends and homeschool families,
then we have a whole and beautiful picture because now, as I say all the time
with my friends, there's a synergy that happens when we are unified in that unity,
when we're coming together to say, I'm bringing mine, you're bringing yours.
(14:23):
Where I'm weak, you're strong, where I'm strong, you're weak.
And we pull that all together. And what a beautiful thing.
I think that's how God intended it to be. So I pray, short episode,
but I pray that this relieves you of the illusion of the perfect mom,
that you won't look at another mom and think that she is, and that you'll give
(14:46):
yourself grace to know that you don't have to be, just like you don't have to
be the fun mom, you don't have to be the perfect mom to homeschool.
Because there's no such thing.
We just can't do it. I will say this though. You're the perfect mom for your
children to homeschool them.
If you chosen to homeschool, if you're still thinking about it,
yes, you can do it because you're the perfect one to do it. And nobody can do it better than you.
(15:08):
So I hope that encourages you. And I cannot wait to hear how you have given
yourself grace and you've allowed yourself to let that go.
And then come to the Facebook group and just let us know that I don't have to
be the perfect mom. I'm good. I let it go.
(15:29):
I know it's an illusion. I know it's not real. I know it's a lie of the devil
to keep me down to steal my self-confidence to make me have more self-doubt.
I cannot wait to hear how you are able to move past this and how it blesses you.
So please let me know. Send me an email. email, come to the community, let us know.
(15:51):
And I cannot wait to talk to you the next time.
Thank you for tuning in. I hope that this episode empowered,
equipped, and most of all, encouraged you.
Don't forget to share your thoughts on today's topics because I'd love to hear
how you're implementing these strategies.
And you can do that in the free community where you can connect with me and
(16:13):
other like-minded moms.
You'll get some practical tips for homeschooling and teaching
your child managing your stress and prioritizing your
self-care you can also ask questions there you can
participate in the fun challenges and of course you can
celebrate your wins because we like to party over there also if this was helpful
and you know that it can be helpful to someone else leave a review or share
(16:36):
this with another homeschooling mom who needs to catch her mommy well that's
my cue but before i go i want to leave you with these words from Philippians 4, 6-7.
I pray that you won't be anxious about anything, but that in every situation, by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving, you would present your request to God and that you will experience
(16:57):
the kind of peace that surpasses understanding as you navigate the stresses
of life and homeschooling.
Until next time, remember to take a moment to catch your breath.
Music.
The pressure of being the perfect homeschool mom can steal your progress,
can steal your joy, and most importantly, it can steal your relationships with
other moms who are homeschooling and support you.
So in this episode, we're going to talk about why we can let that myth go because
it is a myth. It's an illusion.
And I truly believe it's a lie of the devil to keep us separate and not allow
(00:24):
us to work together in community to grow and to learn from each other.
So if that sounds like something that you have ever felt, then this is the episode for you.
So go ahead and grab your favorite cup of tea and let's dive in.
Just like the safety instructions on an airplane, we must secure our own oxygen
mask before helping others.
(00:45):
Well, this is your reminder to put your oxygen mask on.
Music.
Hi, I'm Inga, a certified life coach and educator with over 30 years of experience
in curriculum and instruction. direction.
As a homeschooling mom of four, I understand the challenges and the overwhelm
that can come from trying to juggle it all.
In this podcast, we'll explore practical tips to prioritize our holistic well-being
(01:10):
and simple steps to make homeschooling a little bit easier so you can stress less and enjoy more.
Sometimes we just need a reminder to take a pause, prepare, and recover from
the demands of homeschooling and life.
To be still and remember that he is God and that we can do all things and that
(01:30):
includes homeschooling our children through Christ who strengthens us.
So friend, I pray that you will take this moment to catch your breath.
Welcome to another episode of the Catch Your Breath podcast and yes,
you heard it right, we're talking about the perfect mom. That's what we're talking about.
(01:52):
I'm looking forward to this conversation today, and I hope that you're going
to be empowered and encouraged by the time you leave it today.
If this is your first time here, hello, my name is Inga, and I'm excited that
you are joining us because we're talking about the perfect mom.
And if you have ever felt that you You had to live up to her.
(02:14):
This is the episode for you. But before we dive into this topic that is going
to be so good and hopefully just going to move us and propel us forward,
I have to check in on you. How are you doing?
How has your week been so far?
Are you, and you know what's coming with that question, are you taking time for yourself?
(02:36):
Are you prioritizing you and your needs so that you can be there for your children?
Are you still waiting to do the thing that you know that you want to do,
but you just don't think you have time and space to do?
Are you still in that place of guilt because you feel like, but I just can't, I just shouldn't.
(02:58):
I pray you will let that go. I pray that you will prioritize some you time because
it's not selfish. It's necessary.
It's necessary for you to be able to do this amazing work with your children.
And if you are not there for them, if you are not whole, how can you show up
and be fully present for them?
So please, I pray you'll prioritize. You'll take care of yourself.
(03:22):
Sometimes the hardest part of taking care of yourself is figuring out what that
looks like. What do I I need? I don't even know anymore, right?
So I pray that that will be something that you will take some time to do.
I am here in my closet and I have papers everywhere because I've been organizing
and straightening up and all the things.
(03:43):
And so if you hear the rustling of papers, that is what it is because I wanted
to get in here and record.
Usually I like to clean up everything and make it beautiful before I jump on,
but I just wanted to jump on here and talk talk to you about this one because
this one is good because I know that we have all stressed about it.
We've all thought about it.
(04:05):
And I want to be able to deliver us from this to help us get some delivery from
this because we are all looking at somebody thinking that they are perfect.
They have the perfect kids.
They have the perfect homeschool schedule, the perfect curriculum.
They figured it all out. They're amazing. And we are not.
(04:25):
And we're going to let that go today. That's gone.
Because the reality is it's an illusion. It's an absolute illusion.
I would even venture to say that that mom is not even trying to be perfect.
She has no desire for you to think that she's perfect. I know Instagram,
(04:45):
Pinterest is perfect, the whole thing.
Those are in some cases setting us up for that because everybody's trying to show the amazingness.
But most of the moms that I've met that I thought were perfect and had it all
together made sure to bust that illusion completely away so that I did not go
(05:05):
on thinking that. And that's the thing.
They don't exist, right? So what I know that I know is that when we are comparing
ourselves to this perfect mom that doesn't exist,
even if we think that she does, the most interesting thing about that is somebody
(05:29):
else, whether you believe it or not, somebody else is thinking you are the perfect
mom and comparing themselves to you.
I know you do not believe it, but it is so true. They are thinking,
huh, how does she, they are thinking, huh, how does she have it all together?
How is she able to do that? That thing that you just do effortlessly that you're just, I don't know.
(05:51):
They're thinking, how does she get it? I remember one time somebody said,
how are you always so put together?
And I was floored. Put together? I was like, what?
I have not even been able, I have makeup in the drawer, but I haven't worn it
in forever. I have lip gloss that stays in the side of my car.
And I was like, I put that on before, but that's it. So what are they talking about?
(06:16):
And I'm like, I can't even fit half the clothes in my closet.
So I'm just pulling this on.
But they thought I was being modest. And I truly was like, what are they talking about?
But we feel that about somebody else, not realizing that somebody feels that
about us because we were all on the outside looking in.
We don't know what happened before they left to
(06:37):
come to co-op in the morning we don't know what happened
before they came to have mom's night out
we don't know the struggle it was to get out there we don't know the mad dash
that they might have made in their house before we came over for that play date
or that time together we just don't know and so we can't assume we cannot put
(06:57):
them at that level or in that pedestal because the reality of what it does is it separates us.
Has us it steals really the
ability for us to be authentic and to
be our true self and to form some strong relationships because
even though we might be talking to them if we feel like they're way
up there and they're so perfect and they have it together but we're way down
(07:19):
here then we really don't want to share too much we don't want to share our
struggles which is one of my biggest things is that we don't want to say we're
having a hard day because we certainly wouldn't say it to this perfect person
who's doesn't ever seem to have hard days and if we have her at that place where
we think that she's perfect,
then she doesn't wanna share the hard days with us because we might look at
(07:40):
her differently and realize she doesn't have it all together.
So none of us say anything and we're just all struggling when really we could
actually learn from each other. We could actually ask for help.
If I'm trying to get into that place where when I see moms that are doing the
thing that I really wish I could get together and do a much better job of.
If we're in relationship, how can I learn from them?
(08:03):
Can you help me with that? Is that a thing that I could learn to do?
How did you get to do that? Because I really love that, that specific thing that I love that you do.
And not that it's perfect and you're not saying that they're perfect,
but just saying like, I love the way you do this.
So right now, as I'm doing transcripts and doing all the planning,
because my son is starting dual enrollment, prayerfully next year,
(08:26):
just looking at, I don't know everything.
And when I, We went to one of our coffee nights and we're doing transcripts
and I was looking at the beautiful transcripts while it was like,
oh, I could I could do this on Canva and I could whatever.
I was like, listen, they did this. It looks really well. Hey,
can I see your transcript? Can you show me how to do this?
(08:47):
So being able to learn from them to be able to say, hey, I think I can learn
and I think that you can help me.
The worst reason, I think, though, of us really looking at this perfect mom
is that we usually put ourselves on the end, the bad end of the stick.
So when we're comparing of the perfect mom, we are measuring whatever those
(09:11):
things are, which for us probably feels like everything.
Everything we're measuring all those things against what we
think she has together and then we get the short end because now we
start to internalize why we cannot
do what they're doing we cannot be
who they're being and there must be something wrong with us which means probably
we should not be teaching our children you know that we know we go to that place
(09:34):
where we're just like well this is just evidence that I shouldn't be doing this
that I never should have taught my my kids, that I can't teach my children,
that self-doubt starts to take in, the self-confidence starts to plummet and
go down, and it doesn't serve anyone.
And so we have to do it. We have to recognize that she isn't real,
(09:55):
that someone else probably thinks that about us.
And so just imagine that. If you can think about that, think about that for
a second, because I know that you don't believe it.
You're like, nobody thinks that I have it together. Somebody does.
Somebody is is looking at you thinking that you have it all together.
And you know that you've got areas of growth and struggle because you see yourself
(10:18):
all the time. So just imagine that.
And it's not to bring somebody down to size and be like, okay,
good, I know she doesn't.
But it's to make us all the humanity in us, the normal, right?
To recognize that we all are doing the absolute best that we can.
We all have some areas, where we are excelling, whether we believe it or not.
(10:41):
We have some areas that that's just our thing. Like there are people who just.
Amazing meals for their family. And they don't even think about it.
That's just their thing. They're people whose house is just always neat and organized.
And while we can say, that's not real or that could be their thing.
They're just organized. That's what they're prioritizing. They do it.
(11:02):
There are some people who are going to do the salt sculptures and going to do
all the amazing things because that's the thing that they love,
but their house is a mess because that's not their thing.
And so we're seeing this that they're bringing to co-op, but But there may be a hot mess.
There may be moms that the way they speak to their children,
they're always calm and they're always just in the most amazing moods.
(11:25):
And that's just what God has given to them.
And so we can learn from that. There are musical moms who can come up with a song to teach a thing.
And so that's what we're seeing when we're talking to them and they're sharing
about that. And we think, wow, why don't I have that? What's wrong with me?
But God created them to be who he created them to be, to do what he's called
them to to do, which is a lot of times in their gifting for their children,
(11:47):
and he's called you for something else.
So if we're spending so much time looking at that, thinking she's perfect and
that's perfect, then we're not looking inward.
We're not paying attention to what he's gifted us with.
This is a short episode, but I want to leave with this.
I do not have it all together.
When When I hear people say, how do you do it all? I'm like,
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I don't. I don't do it all.
I don't. I don't know what the all encompasses, but I know I don't do it.
I don't do it all. So yes, I am working and I have this podcast and I'm homeschooling
my children and I'm doing the best I can.
But there are areas that are not where I need them to be or want them to be.
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And those areas that I excel in, you might not excel in.
And so I'm honored and touched that you would come and listen.
But there are areas that I could sit at your feet and listen and you can teach me.
And we have to own that. We have to recognize that.
And I will just, I'm going to be completely honest with you.
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Part of why I didn't want to do, I wanted to do this podcast for a long time,
but also didn't want to do it for a long time because I didn't want to come
on here and make moms feel like that I thought I was perfect or that I have
it all together or that they were looking at me like, oh, wow, how does she?
I don't want that because it isn't true. true. We are all weak in certain areas
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and we're all strong in certain areas.
And the areas where God has gifted me experience or expertise or a call or whatever,
that's what I come on here to share with you because I want to encourage you.
And I want to use the gifting and the areas that he has given me to encourage
you and to bless you and to honor you.
And so I just want us to to remember, if you don't remember anything else,
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God created you to be who he created you to be so that you could do what he's called you to do.
And your gifting and your expertise and your experience and like all those things
are connected specifically for you.
And when we share that with the body of Christ, when we share that with our
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co-op communities and the other homeschool friends and homeschool families,
then we have a whole and beautiful picture because now, as I say all the time
with my friends, there's a synergy that happens when we are unified in that unity,
when we're coming together to say, I'm bringing mine, you're bringing yours.
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Where I'm weak, you're strong, where I'm strong, you're weak.
And we pull that all together. And what a beautiful thing.
I think that's how God intended it to be. So I pray, short episode,
but I pray that this relieves you of the illusion of the perfect mom,
that you won't look at another mom and think that she is, and that you'll give
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yourself grace to know that you don't have to be, just like you don't have to
be the fun mom, you don't have to be the perfect mom to homeschool.
Because there's no such thing.
We just can't do it. I will say this though. You're the perfect mom for your
children to homeschool them.
If you chosen to homeschool, if you're still thinking about it,
yes, you can do it because you're the perfect one to do it. And nobody can do it better than you.
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So I hope that encourages you. And I cannot wait to hear how you have given
yourself grace and you've allowed yourself to let that go.
And then come to the Facebook group and just let us know that I don't have to
be the perfect mom. I'm good. I let it go.
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I know it's an illusion. I know it's not real. I know it's a lie of the devil
to keep me down to steal my self-confidence to make me have more self-doubt.
I cannot wait to hear how you are able to move past this and how it blesses you.
So please let me know. Send me an email. email, come to the community, let us know.
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And I cannot wait to talk to you the next time.
Thank you for tuning in. I hope that this episode empowered,
equipped, and most of all, encouraged you.
Don't forget to share your thoughts on today's topics because I'd love to hear
how you're implementing these strategies.
And you can do that in the free community where you can connect with me and
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other like-minded moms.
You'll get some practical tips for homeschooling and teaching
your child managing your stress and prioritizing your
self-care you can also ask questions there you can
participate in the fun challenges and of course you can
celebrate your wins because we like to party over there also if this was helpful
and you know that it can be helpful to someone else leave a review or share
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this with another homeschooling mom who needs to catch her mommy well that's
my cue but before i go i want to leave you with these words from Philippians 4, 6-7.
I pray that you won't be anxious about anything, but that in every situation, by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving, you would present your request to God and that you will experience
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the kind of peace that surpasses understanding as you navigate the stresses
of life and homeschooling.
Until next time, remember to take a moment to catch your breath.
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