Elevating Motherhood

Dec 10 2024 166 ep. 58 mins 6

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All things honest motherhood with host Lori Beth Auldridge. Helping moms find their confidence with resources & fresh perspectives.

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165. Downsizing Christmas: Less Stuff, More Meaning

Dec 10 2024 33 mins

We’ve known and seen how consumerism, materialism, and sugar have taken over Christmas. We see it, know it, and understand it…and we’re still influenced and affected by it, even when we “know better.” I know many parents who are wanting to step out of the holiday spending swirl and get their kids less stuff this stuff this year. But many (myself included at times) are c

164. Finding Rest in the Lifelong Ministry of Motherhood with Jenny Hedrick

Dec 05 2024 50 mins

Burnout, frustration, exhaustion…as moms, these feelings rear their ugly heads more often than we’d like. We’re human. We only have so much capacity. We get touched out, noised out, and just need a break. Whether these emotions creep up daily or just occasionally isn’t as important as how we handle them when they do arise. Jenny Hedrick, host of The Super Simple Homeschool

163. Sick Kid? 3 Tips to Help You Help Them

Nov 05 2024 29 mins

Winter is upon us...and so are so many common childhood sicknesses. In this episode, I'll help you: 1. Teach your child how to swallow pills (starting at age 3!) 2. Teach them how to barf (without drama) 3. Share my top 3 basics I always have on hand before sickness strikes (spoiler alert: they are NAC, activated charcoal, & hot tea) Listen, like, subscribe, & leave a 5 s

162. PDA: Pathological Demand Avoidance in Children with Casey Ehrlich

Jul 03 2024 75 mins

Ever heard of PDA? Pathological Demand Avoidance? It's a nervous system disability that falls on the autism spectrum. It's often confused with ODD. In this episode, Casey and I talk about: * What PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) is * PDA awareness & caregiver strategies * Traumatic birth and PDA * Symptoms & Sign of PDA * How a diagnosis of PDA happens * The

161. Next Year’s Mother’s Day is Tied to This Year’s Father’s Day

May 30 2024 19 mins

Be Honest: How was your Mother's Day? In this episode, I talk about: * The importance of reflecting on what went well (and what didn’t) during this year’s Mother’s Day * How my Mother’s Day this year ACTUALLY went * Setting up everyone for success on Mother’s Day and Father’s Day * Checking in with my husband before Father’s Day about what he wants and needs t

160. The Emotional Roller Coaster of Mother’s Day

May 11 2024 18 mins

Mother’s Day brings with it a roller coaster of emotions…and there are some complex reasons for that. Heaven forbid we feel disappointed on Mother’s Day because we feel like we can’t express that and feel guilty for even feeling that way or explode from trying to keep those “negative” emotions inside for too long. Add in things like loss, longing, grief, infertility,

159. Does Your Husband Feel the Same? A Husband’s Perspective on Current Marriage Culture

Apr 09 2024 41 mins

A rare appearance from my husband Chris who courageously shows up today in a raw, candid conversation with me about marriage, expectations, and who needs to do more. It’s really hard to talk about marriage in a public forum because it can be easily be misinterpreted as “advice” …and we want to reassure you that today’s episode is not intended to be marriage advice, it’

158. Raising Boys to Men with Durenda Wilson

Mar 09 2024 85 mins

This is a high energy conversation. For some reason it’s highly political at the moment to talk about boys, men, gender, and masculinity. And here we are as moms, right smack dab the middle of the over-politicized nonsense, trying to have meaningful marriages with our husbands and raise our sons well in a world that bashes boys and men. We need to talk about the tension—both t

157. This Week on the Internet Loses Its Mind: Ballerina Farms & Twerking Fourth Graders

Jan 21 2024 39 mins

Well, it's been another week of the internet going crazy. But so many friends and followers sent me two of the same posts this week and I felt called to share my thoughts on them because to me they are incredibly related: 1. Hannah of Ballerina Farms is competing in the Mrs. World Pageant and the internet has decided she is dangerous and setting a bad example (oooooookay…) 2. T

156. My Word for 2024: Endurance

Dec 31 2023 21 mins

Hebrews 10:1 “Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.” Happy 2024, Mamas! We're grateful for 2023 and ready to move forward with confidence into 2024! 💜 In this episode I talk about: * The continued need to pray for Maui * Our move to the mainland * Our family’s 2023 trials and wins * Travel recap: we went to 19 states in 2023! * Seeking comfort an