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Motherhood Must Reads (or Listens) for Christian Moms
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items I read a lot of motherhood encouragement, these are my favorites. No time to read? There’s no shame in listening to audiobooks or podcasts! - I earn a commission from eligible purchases when you follow my Amazon links. 🔗
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Books
I’ll be honest, I’m mostly listening to these via audiobooks. While I’m doing housework or when we go for our daily walks, I pop on my headphones and listen!
Sally outlines the rhythms she implemented in her home to breathe life into her children during the hard years.
The Lifegiving Home: Place of Belonging
I LOVE Dana K White!! She’s no fuss, no nonsense about decluttering and learning how to keep your home. I’m a major clutter bug and I always go back to her content when I need encouragement.
Jesus Doesn't Care About Your Messy House
As a mom to 3 boys, this book was really helpful in shaping the way I parent them.
Knights in Training: 10 Principles for Boys
This is another title that opened my eyes to how difficult western culture has made parenting!
Family Unfriendly: How Culture Made Raising Kids Harder
I love the insight of this book into how the rest of the world handles parenting. Western culture has seemed to put parenting on the “difficult” level, for no good reason.
Hunt, Gather, Parent: Lessons from Ancient Cultures
Abbie is my go to author for when I need motherhood encouragement!
M Is for Mama: Rebellion Against Mediocre
Mothering is not easy. I can always count on Sally’s books to help me feel less alone in my journey.
Desperate: Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe
Sally Clarkson really knows how to speak to moms. She’s not just an author pulling advice out of her head - she writes with experience!
Help, I'm Drowning: Weathering Life's Storms
I am halfway through this book, though it has been on my TBR list for some time. I’ll update this note when I’ve finished it for my true feedback! 😉
Habits of the Household: Practicing God's Story
I really felt inspired by this book. As a mom to many, this book gave me deep validation of my motherhood journey with many children in tow.
Hannah's Children: Women Defying Birth Dearth
This one is a little different, written by a Dad, however Jefferson Bethke’s thoughts on the family struck a cord with me. Family should be our number one priority in life!
Take Back Your Family: From Burnout & Busyness
Sally Clarkson is not only an extremely insightful author, but she homeschooled her children too. In this book she discusses how to equip our children with the skills to remain inquisitive in a fast paced world.
Awaking Wonder: Opening Child's Heart to Learning
Podcasts
Podcasts help me stay focused on my tasks on a day to day basis. These are some of my most listened to shows.
If you like background noise while you clean, I recommend Dana’s podcast to keep your brain occupied!
A Slob Comes Clean
Sally’s podcast is FULL of encouragement from a seasoned mother and grandmother.
Life with Sally
I really enjoy Abbie’s commentary! She’s very honest and upfront about her motherhood experiences and I appreciate that about her.
M Is for Mama Podcast
I really enjoy Lisa’s podcasts and her YouTube channel as well. It’s always encouraging to listen to other like minded people’s stories.
Simple Farmhouse Life
Sadie may be young, but she is full of wisdom. I enjoy listening to her and her friends and family talk about topics from religion to family life and more.
WHOA That's Good Podcast
These are real moms discussing real issues in motherhood and how to feed your families well.
The Modern Ancestral Mamas Podcast