The Discerning Mother

#54 | The Reason God Waits Before Giving You More

Many of us are asking God for more, while quietly resenting what we already hold.
In this episode, we explore why gratitude is not about saying thank you, but about being able to receive. Drawing from Scripture and the wisdom of the body, we talk about why God often works on our interior life before He enlarges our external one, and how learning to receive the present moment may be the very thing that prepares us for what is next.
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#53 | From Saints to Cycles: Rediscovering the Female Body in God’s Story

In this conversation with Christina Valenzuela, founder of Pearl & Thistle, we explore how the feminine body speaks sacred truth, how saints lived fully embodied lives, and how deep body literacy invites women into fuller understanding of themselves and God’s design. Christina brings her theology and science rooted approach to menstrual and fertility education, inviting every woman and every age into a richer way of seeing the female body not as something to overcome, but as an intimate part of the human story.
Connect with Christina’s work at Pearl & Thistle: https://pearlandthistle.com/ where faith and body literacy meet in thoughtful resources, courses, and books for Catholics at every life stage.
Learn more about her theology-infused approach to body literacy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pearlandthistle/
Connect with Brigid
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#52 | Stop Asking “Is This God’s Will?” and Ask This Instead

Many faithful women feel stuck in discernment, endlessly asking, “Is this God’s will for my life?” and feeling anxious, paralyzed, or afraid of getting it wrong.
In this episode of The Discerning Mother, Brigid reframes that question through Catholic theology, vocation, and nervous-system wisdom. Instead of treating God’s will like a hidden test, she invites you to ask a deeper, more fruitful question.
You will learn why fear disrupts discernment, how chronic stress blocks clarity, and how God actually forms women through relationship, not pressure. This episode weaves Scripture, Church teaching, embodiment, and real-life examples to help you discern from peace rather than panic.
 
Connect with Brigid
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#51 | How to Support Your Hormones Naturally: A Conversation About Women’s Health with Vanda Aubrey

In this episode, Brigid sits down with women’s health educator Vanda Aubrey to talk about what most women were never taught about their bodies. From cycle awareness to hormone balance, nutrition, and nervous system support, this conversation explores how women can stop fighting their bodies and start working with them.
If you feel disconnected from your cycle, exhausted by conflicting health advice, or unsure how to care for yourself in a way that actually brings energy and clarity, this episode offers a grounded, practical place to begin.
Be sure to join the Dwelling Place to catch the training from Aubrey on February 12, 2026!
Connect with Brigid
www.loretowellness.com
Join The Dwelling Place: A Christ-centered community for women ready to heal their minds, bodies, and stories. Learn more & join here 
Listen to the FREE private podcast about Becoming the Woman God Had in Mind  → [Link]
Instagram: @brigidtebaldi

#50 | Why God Allows Hard Seasons: How Pain, Faith, and the Nervous System Shape Who You Become

Many women feel confused, anxious, or spiritually distant during seasons of stress, loss, or emotional overwhelm. In this episode, Brigid explains how God uses difficult experiences to reveal what is no longer true, strengthen your identity, and restore your sense of safety from the inside out.
This conversation weaves together faith, nervous system healing, and the deeper meaning of suffering, so you can understand why your hardest seasons may actually be part of God’s design for your growth, leadership, and motherhood.
Connect with Brigid
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Join The Dwelling Place: A Christ-centered community for women ready to heal their minds, bodies, and stories. Learn more & join here 
Listen to the FREE private podcast about Becoming the Woman God Had in Mind  → [Link]
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#49 | When Your Life Feels Urgent: Learning to Live From Identity Instead of Urgency

Many of us enter motherhood with a tender hope for who we will become. Calm. Present. Unrushed. Then the nights stretch long, the needs multiply, and the day begins to carry us instead of the other way around. Life turns urgent. The body stays alert. You fall into bed exhausted, yet still feel behind.
This episode explores that difference between urgency and identity.
Urgency reacts to what is loud.Identity roots you in who you are becoming.
We speak about the grief of not becoming the mother you once pictured. The way early motherhood shapes the stories we carry. The strain of two people both feeling behind. And, how the smallest grounding rhythms can begin to steady the heart and home.
Connect with Brigid
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Join The Dwelling Place: A Christ-centered community for women ready to heal their minds, bodies, and stories. Learn more & join here 
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#48 | Becoming Her in 2026: Nervous System Healing, Identity, and Living as the Woman God Had in Mind

This episode is for the thoughtful, faith-filled woman who is tired of hustling, striving, and living in stress mode. You want steadiness in your body, clarity in your identity, peace in your home, and a deeper trust in God.
In this episode, we explore nervous system regulation, identity-based transformation, spiritual grounding, reclaiming your limits, creating a peaceful home environment, and letting go of what was never yours to carry. You will learn why habits do not change your life unless your physiology and identity are restored first and how to become the woman God had in mind for you in 2026.
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#47 Stillness Is Not Sinful: Why Rest, Quiet, and Waiting Matter at Christmas and as We Enter 2026

At Christmas, the world slows just enough for many women to feel uneasy. Instead of peace, quiet can bring guilt, anxiety, and the pressure to plan, improve, or prepare for the new year. In this episode, I explore that stillness is not laziness, disobedience, or spiritual failure.
This episode is especially for women who feel burned out, stuck, or afraid to slow down, and who want to enter the new year regulated, rooted, and trusting God’s timing.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Why many women equate rest with failure
The biblical and etymological meaning of stillness
What Christmas reveals about how God actually works
Why peace must come before vision for the new year
How stillness supports healing, identity, and spiritual growth
Connect with Brigid
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Join The Dwelling Place: A Christ-centered community for women ready to heal their minds, bodies, and stories. Learn more & join here 
Listen to the FREE private podcast about Becoming the Woman God Had in Mind  → [Link]
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#46 | Why the Holidays Feel Harder After Motherhood (And What Your Nervous System Is Trying to Tell You)

The holidays have a way of exposing what we’ve been holding together by sheer force.
If you’ve ever thought, “I should be enjoying this, but I’m exhausted, irritable, and counting the days until it’s over or the kids go to bed,” this episode is for you.
In today’s conversation, I explore why so many capable, faith-filled women feel emotionally undone during the holiday and why the problem is not gratitude, discipline, or spiritual failure.
We talk about:
Why holiday stress hits women who “normally handle everything”
What your nervous system is actually responding to this time of year
The theological difference between peace and performance
How Jesus restores order, not by adding more effort, but by rebuilding foundations
Why trying to “be joyful” often backfires and what works instead
Connect with Brigid
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Join The Dwelling Place: A Christ-centered community for women ready to heal their minds, bodies, and stories. Learn more & join here 
Listen to the FREE private podcast about Becoming the Woman God Had in Mind  → [Link]
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#45 Loreto, Trauma, and the Woman Being Rebuilt: A Unique Approach to Healing Physiology and Identity

In this contemplative episode, Brigid explores the profound mystery of the Holy House of Loreto and what it reveals about the modern mother whose interior world has been shaken by birth trauma, medical intervention, chronic stress, or seasons of overwhelm. Drawing from Catholic theology, physiology, and years of working with mothers navigating trauma recovery, Brigid offers a deeply integrated reflection on what happens inside a woman when her “interior house” is displaced and how God begins the work of rebuilding her from within.
You will learn:
The story of the Holy House and why its displacement mirrors the experience of trauma
How unseen physiological shifts, especially in dopamine, oxytocin, cortisol, and the stress response, shape a woman’s interior landscape
Why a dysregulated nervous system affects prayer, joy, identity, and a sense of connection
How Mary, as Cause of Our Joy, enters the parts of the person that feel fractured
Why true healing honors both the spiritual and physical architecture of the woman
The theological truth that God rebuilds from within, not from the surface
How integrated restoration can help a woman finally feel at home in her own body and life again
Connect with Brigid
www.loretowellness.com
Join The Dwelling Place: A Christ-centered community for women ready to heal their minds, bodies, and stories. Learn more & join here 
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