The Golden Spark Podcast with Stacy Goldstein

Stacy Goldstein
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A show highlighting the good, problem solving the difficult, and mapping out a path to more joy and peace for the working mother. Join me for interviews, insights, laughs, and maybe some tears as we keep motherhood real. Cut the overwhelm and stress, ditch the unrealistic expectations and guilt, and experience peace, hope, and joy that comes from within...deep within you. Quirky, geeky, contemplative, and practical, let’s grow together!

  1. 1d ago

    The Permission to Have a Different Holiday Season This Year

    What if this holiday season didn't have to feel the way every previous one has felt? In this episode of The Golden Spark Podcast, we start November with the one thing the overwhelmed mom needs before she can receive anything else this season: permission. Permission to acknowledge that the gap between the Christmas she's building and the Christmas she's experiencing has a physiological explanation that has nothing to do with her faith, her effort, or her gratitude. And grants permission to want something genuinely different. If you've entered November with a mixture of real anticipation and pre-emptive dread, this episode is going to give you the nervous system framework for understanding why the holidays feel the way they feel, the Scripture that grants the specific permission you have been waiting for, and the practical first step for building a regulation foundation before December arrives.   Join the Fall Into Peace Reset 🍂 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AOHEyw6l994hAjpNLv8pgSyg1DXYrptgTrfMjB0spyI/edit?usp=sharing   Join me on Substack: https://thestacygoldstein.substack.com/   DM me: m.me/stacy.goldstein.7524   Join the Renewed Mom Community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/renewedmomcommunity   Get on the list (my email list, that is!) and get something for free: Looking for a worksheet that will dispel the lies we tell ourselves as mothers, and find real truth? Click here:  https://898c-hello.systeme.io/c4887f9b-d6d1008f   Book a Free Consultation Call: https://app.paperbell.com/checkout/bookings/new?package_id=117741 Learn more: Freebies, coaching program, and more! ⁠https://www.stacy-goldstein.com/learnmore⁠ Connect with me: hello@stacy-goldstein.com Or DM me on Instagram! Follow me: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stacy_simplified/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/peaceinmotherhood⁠ ⁠https://www.pinterest.com/stacygoldsteincoaching/

  2. Oct 27

    How God Uses Healing to Grow Lasting Peace

    What if the difficult work of healing isn't punishment for what you've done wrong, but preparation for what God wants to grow in you? As Christian moms, we can spend years trying to manage our overwhelm, control our reactions, and hold our families together. Even when we begin recognizing the deeper patterns underneath our stress, we may wonder what comes next—and how to make the changes last. In this episode of The Golden Spark Podcast, we'll explore Jesus' teaching about the vine and the branches in John 15 and what it can teach us about emotional healing, nervous system regulation, and lasting change in motherhood. Using the imagery of autumn trees and their roots, we'll look at why releasing old survival patterns is a beginning rather than the end of the healing journey. The goal isn't simply to have a calmer week. It's to build a deeper foundation for showing up with greater presence, responding with more freedom, and living out your faith in the everyday moments of motherhood.   Join the Fall Into Peace Reset 🍂 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AOHEyw6l994hAjpNLv8pgSyg1DXYrptgTrfMjB0spyI/edit?usp=sharing   Join me on Substack: https://thestacygoldstein.substack.com/   DM me: m.me/stacy.goldstein.7524   Join the Renewed Mom Community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/renewedmomcommunity   Book a Free Consultation Call: https://app.paperbell.com/checkout/bookings/new?package_id=117741   Learn more: Freebies, coaching program, and more! ⁠https://www.stacy-goldstein.com/learnmore⁠   Connect with me: hello@stacy-goldstein.com Or DM me on Instagram!   Follow me: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stacy_simplified/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/peaceinmotherhood⁠ ⁠https://www.pinterest.com/stacygoldsteincoaching/

  3. Oct 20

    You’re More Than Your Survival Patterns: How to Rediscover Who God Created You to Be

    What if the parts of motherhood you struggle with most aren't who you are, but patterns you've learned to survive? If you've ever snapped at your kids, spiraled into guilt, struggled to be present, or wondered why you keep falling back into the same reactions despite praying, learning, and trying harder, this episode is for you. In this episode of The Golden Spark Podcast, we're exploring a powerful truth for Christian moms: your survival patterns are not your identity. The overfunctioning, hypervigilance, people-pleasing, and perfectionism that may shape your motherhood today are patterns you've developed...not proof that something is fundamentally wrong with you. Through the imagery of autumn trees shedding their leaves, we'll explore the difference between building a better version of yourself and uncovering the woman God created you to be. Just as falling leaves reveal the tree's underlying structure, emotional healing can help uncover the love, wisdom, faith, and capacity for connection that have been there all along.   Register for the Renewed Mom Identity Shift workshop on October 20th: Click here to register for free   Join the Fall Into Peace Reset 🍂 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AOHEyw6l994hAjpNLv8pgSyg1DXYrptgTrfMjB0spyI/edit?usp=sharing   Join me on Substack: https://thestacygoldstein.substack.com/   DM me: m.me/stacy.goldstein.7524   Join the Renewed Mom Community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/renewedmomcommunity   Book a Free Consultation Call: https://app.paperbell.com/checkout/bookings/new?package_id=117741   Learn more: Freebies, coaching program, and more! ⁠https://www.stacy-goldstein.com/learnmore⁠ Connect with me: hello@stacy-goldstein.com Or DM me on Instagram! Follow me: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stacy_simplified/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/peaceinmotherhood⁠ ⁠https://www.pinterest.com/stacygoldsteincoaching/

  4. Oct 13

    Can These Bones Live? Finding Hope in the Valley of Motherhood

    What if the exhaustion, overwhelm, and survival patterns you’re experiencing in motherhood aren’t the end of the story? In this episode of The Golden Spark Podcast, we explore Ezekiel 37 and the Valley of Dry Bones and what this powerful passage can teach us about Christian motherhood, nervous system regulation, emotional healing, and renewal. Instead of bypassing what feels hard, we’re invited to honestly name what is happening beneath the surface. We identify four “dry bones” that can show up in motherhood: over-functioning, performed competence, root beliefs, and accumulated relationship costs. You’ll discover: Why honest assessment is an important part of emotional healing How survival patterns that once protected you can eventually become costly The connection between nervous system regulation and naming what you’re experiencing Why renewal happens progressively—from the inside out How Scripture and neuroscience both point toward the power of naming our experiences Why even deeply rooted patterns and limiting beliefs are not beyond God’s ability to renew Four questions to help you identify the survival pattern you’re ready to address Your reflection questions: What specific survival pattern has been running the longest in my motherhood? What has this pattern cost me that I haven’t honestly acknowledged? What root belief is this pattern protecting? What is the one “dry bone” I am most ready to name? The valley may not be where you expected to find yourself—but it may be the very place where honest awareness, nervous system healing, and spiritual renewal begin. “I will make breath enter you and you will come to life.” — Ezekiel 37:5 You are not too far gone, too overwhelmed, or too deeply stuck for renewal.   Join the Fall Into Peace Reset 🍂 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AOHEyw6l994hAjpNLv8pgSyg1DXYrptgTrfMjB0spyI/edit?usp=sharing   DM me: m.me/stacy.goldstein.7524   Join the Renewed Mom Community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/renewedmomcommunity   Get on the list (my email list, that is!) and get something for free: Looking for a worksheet that will dispel the lies we tell ourselves as mothers, and find real truth? Click here:  https://898c-hello.systeme.io/c4887f9b-d6d1008f   Join me on Substack: https://thestacygoldstein.substack.com/   Book a Free Consultation Call: https://app.paperbell.com/checkout/bookings/new?package_id=117741 Learn more: Freebies, coaching program, and more! ⁠https://www.stacy-goldstein.com/learnmore⁠ Connect with me: hello@stacy-goldstein.com Or DM me on Instagram! Follow me: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stacy_simplified/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/peaceinmotherhood⁠ ⁠https://www.pinterest.com/stacygoldsteincoaching/

  5. Oct 6

    When October Asks You to Let Go: Releasing Survival Mode as a Mom

    What if October isn’t asking you to hold on tighter, but to let go? In this episode of The Golden Spark Podcast, we explore the powerful connection between the natural process of autumn shedding and the emotional and nervous-system work Christian moms may need to do in their own lives. Just as trees intentionally release their leaves to conserve energy, protect their roots, and prepare for new growth, we can learn to release the survival patterns, limiting beliefs, people-pleasing, over-functioning, and perfectionism that once protected us but may no longer serve us. We'll also connect this process to Scripture, including John 12:24, Ephesians 4:22–24, Isaiah 43:19, and John 15:2, and explains how nervous system regulation and somatic release can help uncover the renewed identity God has already placed within us. In this episode, you’ll discover: Why releasing survival patterns is an active process—not passive waiting How nervous system regulation can support emotional healing and lasting change Why your identity as a renewed mom may be something you’re uncovering, not creating How letting go can protect your emotional “root system” and create space for growth Why October can be a season of pruning, release, and preparation Three reflection questions to help you identify what you may be carrying that needs to be released Reflection questions: What am I holding right now that is costing more energy to maintain than it would cost to release? What would I have more of if I weren’t spending energy holding this? What is my survival program asking me to carry into November that this season may be asking me to let go of? If you’re ready to begin releasing the patterns keeping you stuck in survival mode, check out Stacy’s Fall Into Peace Reset linked in the show notes. It’s time to shed what no longer serves you, deepen your roots, and make room for the growth God is already beginning.     Join the Fall Into Peace Reset 🍂 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AOHEyw6l994hAjpNLv8pgSyg1DXYrptgTrfMjB0spyI/edit?usp=sharing   DM me: m.me/stacy.goldstein.7524   Join the Renewed Mom Community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/renewedmomcommunity   Get on the list (my email list, that is!) and get something for free: Looking for a worksheet that will dispel the lies we tell ourselves as mothers, and find real truth? Click here:  https://898c-hello.systeme.io/c4887f9b-d6d1008f   Join me on Substack: https://thestacygoldstein.substack.com/   Book a Free Consultation Call: https://app.paperbell.com/checkout/bookings/new?package_id=117741 Learn more: Freebies, coaching program, and more! ⁠https://www.stacy-goldstein.com/learnmore⁠ Connect with me: hello@stacy-goldstein.com Or DM me on Instagram! Follow me: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stacy_simplified/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/peaceinmotherhood⁠ ⁠https://www.pinterest.com/stacygoldsteincoaching/

  6. Sep 29

    What Sunday night dread is REALLY about

    In this episode of the Golden Spark Podcast, we explore why Sunday nights can bring a sense of dread, even after a good weekend. Dive into how the nervous system draws on the cost of previous weeks to anticipate what’s ahead, and why planning alone may not ease that response. Learn a five minute Sunday night practice to help calm the body and build a steadier baseline. In this autumn season of intentional release, let's commit to letting go of survival patterns and making room for growth.   Join the Fall Into Peace Reset 🍂 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AOHEyw6l994hAjpNLv8pgSyg1DXYrptgTrfMjB0spyI/edit?usp=sharing   DM me: m.me/stacy.goldstein.7524   Join the Renewed Mom Community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/renewedmomcommunity   Get on the list (my email list, that is!) and get something for free: Looking for a worksheet that will dispel the lies we tell ourselves as mothers, and find real truth? Click here:  https://898c-hello.systeme.io/c4887f9b-d6d1008f   Join me on Substack: https://thestacygoldstein.substack.com/   Book a Free Consultation Call: https://app.paperbell.com/checkout/bookings/new?package_id=117741 Learn more: Freebies, coaching program, and more! ⁠https://www.stacy-goldstein.com/learnmore⁠ Connect with me: hello@stacy-goldstein.com Or DM me on Instagram! Follow me: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stacy_simplified/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/peaceinmotherhood⁠ ⁠https://www.pinterest.com/stacygoldsteincoaching/

  7. Sep 22

    How to Make October Less Stressful than September

    In this episode, we talk about how to prepare for October to avoid the typical feelings of exhaustion and overwhelm. Learn practical strategies for regulating your nervous system and building resilience during the busy school year.   Register here for the How to Release People Pleasing Without the Guilt free workshop on 9/22/26   Join the Fall Into Peace Reset 🍂 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AOHEyw6l994hAjpNLv8pgSyg1DXYrptgTrfMjB0spyI/edit?usp=sharing   DM me: m.me/stacy.goldstein.7524   Join the Renewed Mom Community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/renewedmomcommunity   Get on the list (my email list, that is!) and get something for free: Looking for a worksheet that will dispel the lies we tell ourselves as mothers, and find real truth? Click here:  https://898c-hello.systeme.io/c4887f9b-d6d1008f   Join me on Substack: https://thestacygoldstein.substack.com/   Book a Free Consultation Call: https://app.paperbell.com/checkout/bookings/new?package_id=117741 Learn more: Freebies, coaching program, and more! ⁠https://www.stacy-goldstein.com/learnmore⁠ Connect with me: hello@stacy-goldstein.com Or DM me on Instagram! Follow me: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stacy_simplified/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/peaceinmotherhood⁠ ⁠https://www.pinterest.com/stacygoldsteincoaching/

  8. Sep 15

    How the School Year Is Making Your People Pleasing Program Worse

    In this episode, we explore the roots of people pleasing, especially among moms during the busy school year, and talk about practical strategies to break free from this pattern. Learn how the nervous system drives people pleasing behaviors and learn tools to listen to your body and reclaim your capacity for genuine choices.   Register for the How to Release People Pleasing without the Guilt free workshop on 9/22/26: click here to register   Join the Fall Into Peace Reset 🍂 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AOHEyw6l994hAjpNLv8pgSyg1DXYrptgTrfMjB0spyI/edit?usp=sharing   DM me: m.me/stacy.goldstein.7524   Join the Renewed Mom Community! https://www.facebook.com/groups/renewedmomcommunity   Get on the list (my email list, that is!) and get something for free: Looking for a worksheet that will dispel the lies we tell ourselves as mothers, and find real truth? Click here:  https://898c-hello.systeme.io/c4887f9b-d6d1008f   Join me on Substack: https://thestacygoldstein.substack.com/   Book a Free Consultation Call: https://app.paperbell.com/checkout/bookings/new?package_id=117741 Learn more: Freebies, coaching program, and more! ⁠https://www.stacy-goldstein.com/learnmore⁠ Connect with me: hello@stacy-goldstein.com Or DM me on Instagram! Follow me: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/stacy_simplified/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/peaceinmotherhood⁠ ⁠https://www.pinterest.com/stacygoldsteincoaching/

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A show highlighting the good, problem solving the difficult, and mapping out a path to more joy and peace for the working mother. Join me for interviews, insights, laughs, and maybe some tears as we keep motherhood real. Cut the overwhelm and stress, ditch the unrealistic expectations and guilt, and experience peace, hope, and joy that comes from within...deep within you. Quirky, geeky, contemplative, and practical, let’s grow together!

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