Like A Mother with Katie McGrady OSV Podcasts

Over the course of a dozen episodes, Katie has heard how other moms have tackled various issues, handled significant (and mundane) moments, and listened to stories about mom-life. In today’s solo episode, she reflects on how curiosity is a virtue that’s incredibly helpful in day to day mothering.

This episode is supported National Council of Catholic Women, www.nccw.org
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What happens when your marriage, and your motherhood, doesn’t look like you expected? Elieen Perez, a single mom of two young girls, shares her story of divorce, single motherhood, and finding joy, even in the moments that are unexpected and hard, and offers insights into how all joy is circumstantial, and something we’re called to embrace fully. 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/franciseileenperez/
Steubenville Adult Conferences: https://steubenvilleconferences.com/adult/ 

This episode is supported by the National Council of Catholic Women, www.nccw.org
and 52 Sundays at www.52sundays.com
An OSV Podcasts original. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.

Each of our kids has a unique, specific, beautiful particularity, and our job as moms is to help that grow. Haley Stewart, mom of four, wife of a whiskey distiller, and editor of Word on Fire Spark, a children’s imprint, is a mom who celebrates and invests in the unique beauty of her children, and she shares how we can embrace that journey with joy, patience, and an awareness of the eternal nature of the work we do, as moms. 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HaleyCarrots
Substack: https://haleystewart.substack.com/
Word on Fire SPARK: https://books.wordonfire.org/sparkwaitlist

This episode is supported by National Council of Catholic Women, www.nccw.org
An OSV Podcasts original. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.

Motherhood is a lifetime lesson in detachment, a constant recognition that we only have so much control. Moms tend gardens where the Lord grows something remarkable, and religious sisters tend those gardens in beautiful, humble, and often unseen ways. Sister Josephine Garrett, a religious sister, mental health counselor, and author shares how she has learned how to hold her spiritual motherhood and spiritual children lightly, rather than grasp and clench with a spirit of control. Those lessons in holding lightly can benefit us all. 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SJOSEPHINE_CSFN
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sr_josephine/

This episode is supported by National Council of Catholic Women, www.nccw.org
An OSV Podcasts original. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.

When loss seems to be the theme of your life, and when grief sits heavy in your heart, how do you pick up the pieces and not only carry on, but continue to create beautiful things? After years of infertility, a miscarriage, and then the death of her newborn twins, Laura K. Fanucci sought companionship with the Lord and began to create beautiful things as a result. This is her story. 
Check out Laura and her husband's book: Grieving Together: A Couple’s Journey through Miscarriage

This episode is supported by National Council of Catholic Women, www.nccw.org
An OSV Podcasts original. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.

There’s a temptation to “declare absolutes” in motherhood. “I’ll never do that” or “I’ll always do this.” But those absolute statements don’t take the realities and nuance of life, and Elizabeth Nava’s experiences in discerning and making big decisions help shed light on how motherhood is all about adaptability, pivoting, and being willing to change.  
An OSV Podcasts original. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.