The Discerning Mother

#59 | Where Are We Going From Here: Nervous System Repair and Business Success

Most women don't realize they're carrying subconscious stories that sabotage their nervous system and their lives. Brigid reveals how nervous system repair, not just regulation, is the game-changer for true inner safety and resilience. After years of helping women through birth trauma, Brigid shifted her focus. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by responsibilities or stuck in unhelpful stories, this episode will unlock the secret to rewiring your subconscious for lasting calm and confidence.
Connect with Brigid
www.loretowellness.com
Instagram: @brigidtebaldi

#58 | Why Women Say They Want Support, But Struggle to Receive It

Women everywhere say they want support. They want community, guidance, and someone to walk alongside them. Yet when support is actually offered, many hesitate.
In this episode, I unpack why that happens.
We talk about how modern motherhood quietly trained women to outsource their bodies, their instincts, and their authority to systems and experts. I share the historical shift in birth and women’s health, why this matters for our nervous systems, and what Catholic theology says about the wisdom of the female body.
Something new is coming next week!
Connect with Brigid
www.loretowellness.com
Instagram: @brigidtebaldi

#57 | How Healing Reshaped My Work, Decisions, and Life: Emanuela's Client Story

In this episode, I am joined by a past client for a conversation about healing, identity, and motherhood.
While our work began around birth trauma, the journey quickly revealed something much deeper. Patterns of pressure, urgency, exhaustion, and internal tension were shaping not only her personal life, but also the way she experienced her business, decisions, and growth.
Together, we explore what life and work felt like before the healing process, what shifted along the way, and how addressing the deeper roots of stress changed her capacity, clarity, and confidence as an entrepreneur.
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
Connect with Emanuela
https://www.emanuelahall.com/
https://www.instagram.com/emanuela.hall/?hl=en 

#56 | How to Get Your Baby to Sleep Without Cry-It-Out or Constant Anxiety

If you’ve ever found yourself Googling “how to get my baby to sleep” at 2 a.m., this episode is for you.
In this conversation, I’m joined by Bernie Ranieri, founder of Snuggle & Sleep, to talk about baby sleep through a lens most parents are missing: faith, nervous system regulation, and the real vocation of parenthood.
We explore why sleep struggles are not a personal failure, how exhaustion affects your nervous system and your marriage, and how parents can support healthy sleep without abandoning their values or defaulting to fear-based methods. Bernie shares practical, gentle sleep insights alongside a deeper conversation about what it means to parent with trust, authority, and peace.
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

#55 | Scrupulosity, the Nervous System, and Why Fear Is Not the Voice of God

Scrupulosity is often treated as a spiritual problem alone. Pray more. Trust more. Stop overthinking. But, what if the issue is not a lack of faith at all?
In this episode, Brigid explores scrupulosity through both a theological and biological lens, explaining why persistent moral fear, constant self-checking, and anxiety around confession or discernment are often signs of a nervous system stuck in survival mode, not a soul failing at holiness.
You will learn why reassurance rarely brings lasting peace, how fear gets spiritualized in the body, and why a regulated nervous system is essential for clear discernment and a healthy conscience. Brigid also explains why creativity is not a distraction from the spiritual life, but a powerful way God restores safety, trust, and presence in the body.
 
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

#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.
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

#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
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

#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
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

#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
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