Welcome to a nurturing episode of "Mind Your Own Motherhood," where we engage in heartfelt Doula Dialogues with Doula Caitlin C. In this enlightening conversation, we unveil the power and benefits of having a supportive birthing companion. Caitlin shares her expertise on guiding the journey of motherhood, emphasizing the transformative role a doula can play during the birthing experience. Join us as we explore the significant impact and practical benefits of having a dedicated support system.
What to Expect:

• Emotional Support and Connection: Discover how having a doula can provide invaluable emotional support and foster a deeper connection between a mother and her birthing experience. Caitlin shares insights into the empathetic role a doula plays in ensuring emotional well-being during this sacred journey.
  
• Advocacy and Empowerment: Caitlin discusses the empowering aspect of a doula's role in advocating for the mother's preferences and creating a positive birthing environment. Learn how having a supportive companion can contribute to a more informed and empowered birthing experience.
• Postpartum Continuity: Explore the lasting benefits of a doula's support in the postpartum period. Caitlin sheds light on the continuity of care that extends beyond childbirth, offering guidance and assistance as mothers navigate the initial phases of parenthood. Tune in for a dialogue that unveils the profound impact of doulas in shaping a positive and empowering birthing journey.

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Monotony in our checklist m makes us become robots to our calling as mothers. When things become overwhelming we can't get to our purpose because we are idolizing our roles instead of leaving room to get strategy on who we are created to be. In this episode your ears will be blessed to hear:

• Why toy inventory is not a priority in your mothering.
• Comparison from mommy influencers isn't the motherhood empowerment you need
• How to leave room for God in your to-do list
• The magic number of items you should include in your to-do list
• Taking accountability for not giving God the space to be the God He promised He is
• Practically making love the #1 priority in your relationship as a mother and/or wife
• Using the replacement principle to get a new perspective on your monotonous task as miraculous

Scripture Reference: ‭‭Romans‬ ‭3‬:‭4‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ‭‭Romans‬ ‭3‬:‭23‬ ‭NLT‬‬

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Community is essential to motherhood, because you were not created to do this alone. There's so much about motherhood that I wish my mom would've told me before motherhood but you don't know what you don't know. In this episode Dae shares:

• #1 necessity to motherhood
• The biggest requirement to motherhood is humility
• Every conversation about motherhood that I wish my mother would've told me about
• Why is the motherhood journey such a secrecy?
• Dae's little "g" God aka Google

Scripture Reference:

Amos 9:13

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This book review is focusing on Tatum Temia's She is Uncompromising. The Mom Bar has a quarterly highlight of BIPOC Christian women based authors to enhance the conversation and bring to the forefront the voices that are sometimes most marginalized in the Christian community. Tatum Temia is a mother, wife, CEO, and so much more, in her second book release she leaves it all on the table letting the word of God lead her story and providing biblical context and guidance for any woman curious to know how God can be the leader and source of every need in marriage, motherhood, and business. With minimal fluff, the meat of this book review dives into Dae's favorite chapter, her most challenging chapter, and questions that she still needs answered. Her biggest takeaways were:

• You can be both an excellent mother, as well as an entrepreneur simultaneously, and promises to teach you how to do that through this book.
• Multiplying versus multitasking she shares how she has been successful in business with God as her CEO by the challenges you to focus with wisdom on what God wants to multiply specifically through your gifts (the mom bar) Patience propels us into the promise. My challenges I was being how patient do I need to actually be
• Having a clear vision keeps you from compromising what God has said is for you, and trusting the blueprint he has laid out for you need to be able to know what your obstructions are in this vision.
• Balance is unrealistic and is really a structure and model that has been pushed in the employee corporate world to make people feel like they are achieving something that they shouldn’t be responsible for.
• Shares the difference between a strong hold of the enemy, and a strong hold of God interesting concept, considering we only learn about strong holes of the enemy

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Minding Your Motherhood is more than just going to therapy it is all about choosing to pour into yourself so that you have an overflow for everyone else around you. Creating the boundaries to navigate and define what type of mother you want to be for yourself can be challenging. All of the opinions from family and friends, plus the Pinterest suggestions, and more can leave you feeling less confident about what mothering advice is the best advice. There is a specific strategy for you and who you are to become as a woman through motherhood. In this episode you will be blessed by hearing:

• How to stop therapizing your partner, your therapy sessions are for you Mama!
• The heavy work of becoming your true self and making the long-term decisions of the results you want
• How to deal with unsolicited mothering advice
• Protecting yourself from other’s projections
• Learning to stand up for yourself as a mother boldly
• Benefits of Spiritual detoxing
• The shoe doesn’t fit so what next?
• Who to get the best strategy from

Scripture Reference:

Ephesians 4:24

Book reviews to look forward to this season

1. Mattie James' - Everyday Magic
2. Candice Benbow's -Red Lip Theology
3. Tatum Temia's - She is Uncompromising

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This book review is focusing on Candice Marie Benbow's Red Lip Theology. The Mom Bar has a quarterly highlight of BIPOC Christian women based authors to enhance the conversation and bring to the forefront the voices that are sometimes most marginalized in the Christian community. Candice is a theologian, feminist, an advocate for healing and wholeness and an educator. In her first book release she leaves no topic unturned exploring the intersection of faith, feminism, and spirituality. What other's may deem as controversial, Candice poignantly dissects issues within the black church, the resurgence and need for bodily autonomy for black women, and her own healing journey after losing her mother. The pages are filled with what most would assume controversy but i read authentic transparent accounts of God refining her, making her whole, her boldly receiving the process presented for her and having the real conversation with our creator that reveal His true character and ultimately highlighting that He made black women glorious and we ought to know it. All about knowing God. yourself Mothering her own wounds in this episode, Dae shares what resonates most with her in the necessity of being a healed and whole woman for yourself before anyone else. In this episode you can expect to hear:

• How Candice's personal journey inspires Dae to make my faith my own
• Theology — operationalize God’s love by exploring what faith and relationship is to you
• Exploring the intersection of black womanhood, southern theology, millennial women, and feminism — doing ministry a new way the inclusive way it’s revelatory
• The tears Dae cried being felt, seen, heard, and understood
• Positions so many questions about black religious practices and the automatic subscribing to ideas we never fully challenge ourselves
• Reinforces the idea that church is the body of Christ exploring where God shows up in and through you beyond Sunday service
• Is your faith manufactured by others and other traditions of your culture
• How God give's an opportunity to unlearn and learn for a better next time
• The parallels of Dae's higher academia experience and Candice's experience in Southern racism in academia
• The strong black woman misconception, carrying the burden of white guilt, and decentering whiteness in your relationship with God
• Living in the power of the truth that God made you black for a reason
• The elder mothers of church who judge and condemn us because someone did it to them - generational trauma in the church from other black women
• Acknowledging the fullness of God allows you to experience the fullness of who you are
• The myth and lie about sex shaming in church and soul ties

QTNA:

1. What does my relationship and belief in God reflect?
2. What parts of me have I not received as beautiful in Gods eyes?
3. What unlearning is still required about my journey?
4. How do I decentralized the power so I’m not carrying a burden of navigating life Spirtually?
5. Does the doctrine you believe and practice reflect the GOd you believe in
6. How can I navigate hurt and disappointment with God and not just quote scripture but actually believe and come to know that God understands even the hurt?

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There's more to your vision than this one season that you are currently in. As you develop and evolve as a mother your ages and stages will require different parts of you to show up. Figuring out how to do that doesn't have to be done alone. In community, this episode explores:

• How to access the blueprint for success specifically tailored to you
• The benefits of partial vision and progressive daily steps
• The strategy for daily routines and tasks to lead to the greater vision
• What Dae looks for as confirmation to move forward in obedience
• What the next fast action step should be when you get vision
• How to respond to vision that invites the vision to come into fruition
• How to develop habits that stick and align to vision
• The benefit of responding quickly to a vision assignment

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