?Mom, have you been wondering why you feel so tired all the time? Maybe you're showing up for all the school events, the sports practice, the homework help, emotional conversations, and all the unexpected challenges that come with raising a middle schooler. You are doing your best to support everyone around you, but lately you've noticed you're running low on energy, patience, and focus. If you've been feeling mentally foggy, emotionally drained, or physically . exhausted, this conversation is for you. Today we're talking about brain fog, fatigue, and burnout, and what your body may actually be trying to tell you. My guest, Dr. Ginger Sharp, brings both professional expertise and personal experience. She understands what it's like to struggle with symptoms that don't seem to make sense, and she offers practical, hope-filled guidance for women who want to understand what's really going on beneath the surface. This video offers Christian mom encouragement for moms of middle schoolers, helping you see your body not as something to ignore or push through, but as a gift from God that deserves wise stewardship and compassionate care. Whether you're looking for practical health insights or encouragement rooted in Christian motherhood and godly motherhood, I believe you'll leave this conversation feeling seen, supported, and hopeful. To help us with this conversation, we ?have Dr. Ginger Sharp. She is a chiropractor and functional medicine practitioner who helps women with chronic health challenges move from feeling overwhelmed and confused to a clear step-by-step path toward healing and resilience. After overcoming her own journey with chronic Lyme disease, she brings both professional expertise and personal understanding to her work. Grounded in her faith, she believes the body is fearfully and wonderfully made, it was designed by God for life and healing, and that when you give it what it needs, your body can repair and restore as intended. As a homeschool mom, she understands the real-life demands women face and offers a practical, encouraging approach to restoring health. Her message resonates deeply with Christian moms seeking to care for their health while faithfully living out Christian motherhood. ?Dr. Sharp, we welcome you to the Faith Mom Mentor. Thank you so much for having me. I'm really excited to be here. And thank you so much for being here. Before we talk about all the brain fog and fatigue and burnout, would you share a little of your personal story and what led you into helping women with chronic health challenges? Yeah, ?sure. , , like you said, I am by profession a chiropractor. I specialize in functional medicine. , My husband and I together own our own business, so yeah, a doctor, business owner, , I'm a wife, and I am a mother as well. I home school, and we also do a co-op where, , I do some tutoring in that co-op as well. So, , there was a season in my life where I was wearing, , every single one of those hats all together, and I felt like I was failing in all of them. , The checklist never got shorter, my energy never replenished, and most nights I collapsed in bed knowing that the people that I loved the most just deserved more of me. , And God really used that season of the chronic illness not only to heal my body, but to completely,, reframe the way I understood, , or even just understand health. , And so that's what, , we're doing now, is taking all the things that He has shown us and guided us through, , and then bring it to people that were exactly where I was, and wondering, , "Is this just my new normal? Is this my life now?" And just showing them that there's hope for healing., ?It sounds like it just was all-encompassing. So what was that season like for you emotionally, physically, spiritually? It ?was dark. It w- it was a dark area in all of those aspects, emotionally, spiritually, physically, , and in my marriage. I mean, there was a lot of tension in the marriage. There is with, with chronic illness. And I remember just lying on the floor doing school with my girls, , feeling like I was just gonna be... They were just gonna remember me as my mom being sick. She was always sick. She was always needing a nap. She would, she never, she never really laughed. She never really, , did life with us or was really present, , because I didn't feel like I was cooking the meals that I knew that I needed to. I didn't have the energy to do that, right? I was missing work. , And I would come home, or even Josh would come home, and By the time he got home, I would already be in bed, because I just could not finish out the day, , any longer than that. And- Every time I said, "I don't feel good." If I had a penny for every time I said, "I don't feel good," , I'd be a pretty rich lady. But, , I just felt like I was just letting everyone down, right? What I know now is that in the darkness, God is gracious e- anywhere, but really in that darkness, he was so gracious, and he was working on me, and he was doing something in me. And he was really just showing me that I wasn't broken, that I wasn't failing, but my worth was never in my output, that I was enough, just me. Just me showing up and being who he had called me to be was enough. And that's the season, , we are starting to share with more and more people because, Wearing all the hats and being all the, things to all of the people, , is not where the value is. That your value is in who made you, and that's ?enough. Yes, it is. Many moms of middle schoolers feel like they need to be emotionally present- like all the time- ... for their middle schoolers because- Sure ... it is such a vital age. So the mom who feels depleted and drained, what would you say to that mom in that season who knows that she needs to show up, but just can't really put the one foot in front of the other for herself? I think ?that's hard because your daughter or your son or your child, your middle schooler, is never going to need you when you are full of energy and have it all together , right? It's typically at night, at bedtime. That's when I found with my girls, is at night, at bedtime, that's really when they start pouring out their hearts and, that's when you really need to be available to listen. And when you are depleted and you are exhausted, it's not a character flaw. It's just physiology, like just a reality. Like when you run on no sleep, you can't get still. There's no stillness because your mind is always running, you don't have any sort of margin in your life. Then your nervous system is stuck in fight or flight, and you feel like you're running from a bear all the time, and there's nothing left to pull from when you're in that state, so you're not failing your kids. You are just depleted, and those are two very different things, so the blessing of the first step is not doing more, and that in itself is very freeing to think, "I don't need to add extra things. If I'm gonna be healthy, I don't need to do all these other things." But really the first step in all of that is creating safety in your body, to telling your body and giving it permission to restore, giving it permission to stop running from the bear, or even just saying, "There is no bear," Creating that safety can finally, , allow that body to rest and repair, , and have, , and then have something to give to your kids to be able to sit and listen and have those deep- deeper conversation. Because when we feel like we're running from a bear all day, there is no deep conversation, physiologically, the blood into our brain is not in a space where we can think deeply and have critical thoughts. It's reactive, we're trying to run from this bear. We're trying to figure out how, we're gonna survive, right? So you cannot pour from an empty cup, and honestly, God never really asked us to try that, he asks us to rest and to be still. And so I think that really just creating safety and allo- giving yourself permission and creating a space that- that you can show up for your kids is just ?invaluable. That is so, so true, but many moms feel so guilty when they're- Yeah ... slowing down. What would you say to the mom who says, "I can't slow down because my kids need me, and it makes me feel guilty"? I hear you. ?I was there, I think that mindset is a mindset, and ultimately, it's a mindset believing a lie from the enemy, , because he doesn't want you to work on yourself. He doesn't want you to fulfill your purpose to love the Lord and love others, because you're powerful there, you know? Yeah. And so this, it's a lie. I would say that caring for yourself is not choosing yourself over your family, but it's choosing your family by making sure that the mom shows up for them in everyday life, that, , have something to give them, because God calls us to raise our children with patience, with kindness, with grace. He wants us to respond to them and not react to them, , and he wants us to respond in a way that he responds to us. He wants us to give them grace as he gives us grace. But when you are chronically depleted and you feel like you're running from a bear all day every day, then all of that comes out as you're just reacting. You know, you have a really short fuse, and it creates a, an environment in your home that doesn't feel safe for your kids. So you're taking your, depletedness and we're pushing it onto those kids, and they're getting depleted because they don't feel safe, because they literally, , feel like, there's a bear in the house and how am I going to navigate this? I learned this the hard way. So the reality of this is that my daughter, she was four, and she had gotten in trouble for something, and I'm reacting to her, and mid-reaction, she looks at me terrified. And she's like, "Mom, you are scaring me. You yelling at me is terrifying." And that was heartbreaking. I, my heart was broken. I just, I was just ... And she was right. I was just totally reacting, right? And it wasn't because, , I was being a bad mom, but it was because I was depleted, and I didn't have any ener- I had nothing left, and that's just my, body was overworking, right? And that really changed everything. So working on my health was not something that I did instead of showing up for my girls, instead of being present, but it allowed me to show up for them in the ways that they deserved, a mom that could be patient and kind, and lead and guide and direct, give wisdom, give discernment, So I think the most loving thing that I ever did was showing my daughters that I was worth taking care of, ? ?? too. That is so good. And friend, if this conversation is already encouraging you navigate the middle school years, would you take a moment to hit the like button? It may seem simple, but liking this video helps other moms find this encouragement too, and lets us know these conversations are serving you ?well. . Dr. Sharp, one of the things I thought when you were just saying give yourself permission to take a breath, I think about airlines. Yeah. If anybody's ever flown, what do they hear come over the intercom? They hear, " Put your oxygen mask on yourself before you try to help somebody else." And I think that that is a real summation of what you were just saying. Yeah. That you have to fill your cup up first before you can pour it out to others. Yeah. So let's get into the brain fog. So when a woman is dealing with brain fog, fatigue, body aches, poor sleep, burnout, what may her body actually be trying to communicate? Yeah, I think ?this is a really good question because we're asking what the body is communicating and I think so often that we see the body as it's broken, it's failing, it's not working. But those symptoms, that burnout, that brain fog, those are symptoms, those telling us that something is going on, that our nervous system is stuck really in that fight or flight, this survival mode, and sometimes, , another term is wired and tired, you lay down , and you're exhausted but your brain is wired and you cannot sleep, right? And it's been there, and especially in chronic illness, but just it's been there so long that you can't get out of it. You can't. It's a switch, right? Our bodies are made to when there's a stress in our life, if there's a bear in the room, right? We do the fight or flight. But when the bear leaves, then we should flip back into this rest and digest state. And it's more than just rest and digest because it's also like where you can critically think, you can have deeper thoughts, but also those deeper conversations that we're looking for with our middle school kids in that season of their life, right? They're really starting to develop these big thoughts and big ideas , and big beliefs that they need to process. Sometimes it's just listening and they, they just need to, you know, talk it out. So that's where physiologically we have to be able to flip back into that rest and digest state so that we can do that. , And that sometimes also, just to kind of go back with the bear in the room, sometime people are like, "Well, there's not really a bear. I'm not really being chased by a bear physically." That's true, but mentally, emotionally, spiritually, we may feel like we are. And there are times when I've had to literally tell my body, "There is no bear. You are safe, and you need to take a deep breath," which is beautiful, because the body's doing exactly what it's designed to do. , , but we need to feed it the conditions, , that it needs to feel safe ?enough to heal. So what you've talked about is the difference between normal tiredness- Yeah and this burnout. Yeah. So many moms are, like, burning the candle at both ends. Late nights, with their conversations with their kids. Yeah. Early mornings, packed schedules. Most moms are working, if not just in the home, both in the home and outside the home. How can a mom tell the difference between normal tiredness and signs that something deeper may be going on? Another great question. ?it's can be summed up as normal tiredness resolves with rest. God calls us to rest. God calls us for a Sabbath. He calls us to be still. So that should be a rejuvenating time where you can replenish, You sleep, and you wake up, and you feel better. Like, you feel rested, right? So that is normal. Like, if you stay up late, then the next night you go to bed early, and you've kind of replenished there, right? But this exhaustion that we were talking about is different, it's when you cannot rest. You lie down, and your mind keeps racing. , You sleep for eight hours, and then you wake up, and you feel like, "I could do another 12 of these," and, and, and maybe, you know, make it a little bit more, - again, kind of that wired and tired, , and it's your nervous system. Again, it goes back to your body telling you, giving you these symptoms, giving you these signals to tell you that you're in overdrive for too long, and it's forgotten how to come down, right? It's forgotten how to be in the rest and digest. So if the rest isn't restoring you, that's the signal that something deeper needs the attention, and , it's worth listening to, to be able to be present, , and live life fully with your ?kiddos. You must have recognized that you were in overdrive. And even though you were trying to do everything right, you were still not getting better. What changed everything for you, , was not doing more from what I understand, but- understanding the right order. Can you explain what you mean by the right order- yeah, this ?was a huge aha moment for me because, like most moms, I was doing all the right things, I was eating right. I was not eating certain things. I was drinking better water. I was taking supplements. I was doing detoxes. I was doing cleanses. I was doing work... You know, a lot of us are doing all the right things, right? But I was not doing them in the right order. God is not a God of chaos, but he is a God of order, and he has designed our bodies to heal in that same way, right? We heal in layers. It's in sequence. It's specific, and it's very intentional, and kind of going back to what we were talking about before, the safety comes first. We cannot be in fight or flight feeling like we're running from a bear all day, and then also be able to rest and be still and heal, so That comes first. We have to feel safe mentally, emotionally, spiritually, physically, in all these... Not all at once, but in that layer. You've got to feel safe in order for that process to start. Also, the next step is Your plumbing has to work, right? Because really, health is about , taking out the bad and putting in good. But if our plumbing isn't working in our bodies and we cannot get bad out, then bad just stays in, and that's where a lot of the exhaustion kind of, , lays, is we're just sitting there holding onto all this bad stuff . and feeling stuck because we can't release it. So that's another big thing, is making sure things are moving and working just as they're designed to. And it's a process. There is no destination, right, in this journey where we are just slowly sm- starting out with small things, small infections, and then we dive deeper into deeper toxins and deeper things that our body is ready for and can handle. But God shows us that as we're being still, as we're, , following him and, - deepening our relationship with him. He really helps guide and show you those processes. , And so whenever I started doing the things in the right order, in that right sequence, my whole health shifted forward with lots of momentum. Because before I felt like I was taking one step forward and, like, five steps back. , And so I just really learned that the mess of everything, , wasn't the problem, or I wasn't too complex. The problem was the order of which I was doing ?it in. Oh, I can't wait to hear more. ? ?? Faith Mom, if you're listening right now and finding this conversation helpful, would you consider subscribing to the channel? Subscribing is a simple way to let us know you'd like more faith-based content to support you as you navigate the middle school years as a Christian mom. We create these conversations to encourage, equip, and remind you that you don't have to walk this season ?alone. Dr. Sharp, what scripture has anchored you the most when it comes to how you see your body and your health? Yes. ?God was very faithful and very gracious that he, used a lot of his word to, to resonate with me, but I think the biggest one i- is Psalm 139, really in its entirety. There's, I think, 25 verses in it, and I even had my kiddos memorize all 25 verses because I want them to see their body this way and their health this way, too. , And so really all of that, but specifically verse 14 when it's talking about the truth that you are fearfully and wonderfully made. You know, he knit us together, that every day of, , our life was recorded in his book before even a single day of them came to be. And this idea that we were made on purpose, for a purpose, our bodies are created for life, , and they're built to heal really helped show me that I wasn't too complex, I wasn't failing, it wasn't broken, all of these kind of negative feedback loops that, and lies that we tend to believe. , And really just stewarding the body, as the temple of the Holy Spirit was more of an act of worship. , And that I learned that We need to work with the design, work with that blueprint instead of fighting against it. There's just so much more hope. There's just , so much more healing, so much more, moving the n- needle forward and really living this full purpose-filled ?life. I love how you put that, our bodies are made to fearfully and wonderfully honor and serve our savior, and so he's not gonna give us something that's broken. He's gonna have a way for us to restore and heal it so that we can do the job that he created us to do. So when we think about, I, I don't necessarily need to use the word job, but when we think about- ... moms spend so much energy supporting their middle schooler emotionally. so the mom a lot of times will expend h- herself to raise up emotionally her middle schooler, and that causes them to stop sharing their own struggles. Mm. What would you say to the mom who is afraid to let people in because she does not want to burden anyone? I was ?that woman. I did most of the early, early on and in the, in really dark moments, , I, , did it all in isolation. No one knew. My husband knew and obviously my girls knew, but, like, no one else knew. Not my family didn't know. Like, as I'm coming out with my story and sharing more and more, they're like, "How did I not know? Why didn't you say anything?" You know? And I think that the isolation kept me stuck far longer than the, the illness itself did. Because whenever you go into isolation and you, and you pull away and you go silent, this is like the perfect environment for the enemy to work, right? It's where those lies, all the lies, get the loudest. That negative feedback loop that runs all day is, runs the longest, and that, that voice that you're not enough, you're not important, you're not ... You're failing. You know, that voice just gets louder and louder and louder, and really hard to ignore. , And God doesn't just, like, suggest community. He really commands it, because He knows that our prayers are more powerful with other people and other women, he knows that our healing, really He knows the design of our body, right? And that healing is more powerful with community. We need the support. We need the encouragement. So many times I see moms where they're, like, on the cusp, right, of, of kind of breaking,, to a new level of breakthrough, kind of breaking through a layer and kind of taking their s- their health forward a, a big step, but it c- could be hard sometimes. And so they stop and they change, and we just need that person to come along inside, say, "No, you're, you're working. You're doing all the right things. Keep going. I see the light. It's, it's there," right? We need that encouragement. We just need to help someone kind of course-correct and kind of guide us. , And I think sometimes we kind of tell ourself, "Well, I'm too messy. I don't want people to see me in a certain way." Kind of our i- identity can k- kind of get wrapped up in, in this person that we, you know, that we think that, , that what we perceive that we don't wanna share with other people. But really, it's the community that helps you get that back, to really help you show who you are and, and who you are in Christ, and how strong you are a- and courageous you, that you can be. So I would strongly suggest not to do it like I did, right? So, , not to let, not to get all fixed up and perfect before you let people in. Let them in now, , because that's what they're there for. That's what we, that's what this life is for, to do community with other believers, to, to build one another up and, and encourage one ?another. It is, and your primary community is your family, especially your husband. Yeah. , What is one thing you wish someone had told your husband when you were at your worst? Something that, that could help spouses and families better support a mom who is walking through deep exhaustion or chronic health struggles., What a great ?question, because, like, the person that's sick is not the only person that has struggles or that i- that is there, right? It's really that caregiver, that husband, and I would say that to him that his job is not to fix her, right? And I kn- this is hard. I know that this is hard, right? Because that's how men are wired. They're wired to fix. My husband tells me often, "I just need this one tool, and I'm gonna go to Home Depot. I'm gonna get this one tool, and it's going to fix whatever." The weed eater, the, you name it. He can have this one tool. So we have all these tools that fixes the one thing, , and it's fixed, and it works, and they're great at it. But chronic illness or this extreme de- depletion and extreme exhaustion doesn't have this one tool at Home Depot that you can go get, right? And That's really a helpless feeling for the spouse, I think, , because that's what he's designed to do is to, to love his wife, to protect her, to take care of her. And whenever he doesn't feel like he can because he doesn't have that one tool, , then that's really hard, and Josh, you know, in this time, he could not say or do anything, , anything right. And he tried. Because I would say, "Okay, I need you to say this thing in this way with this tone and this body language, and just say it right to me", you know? And he would, because he loved me and he was trying to all that he could to do to help, you know. He was trying all of those things, and it still wasn't enough. And it was in that moment, in that season, that God showed me that what I was asking of my husband and demanding of my husband was never his to give. It was in the Lord. It was w- those things that I needed belonged to the Lord to give me that. And so when you kind of are in that struggle of and he's saying, "I can't give her anything that she needs, nothing is working", sometimes that's not even for him to... You know, that's for the Lord to give. That's the, for the, the, the relationship he's trying to deepen with you in your Lord. So, with the Lord. So in that, I would say to the woman, take that to the Lord. If it's not enough, it doesn't seem like enough, take it to the Lord. And to the man, I would say that you don't have, you don't have to fix it and you don't have to say anything, right? Just a hand on the shoulder saying, "I see you. I hear you. I validate you." A hug that says, "We're gonna get through this", you know, without saying those things is, more impactful than any tool that he could buy at Home Depot - to, fix the next thing so just being patient with the process. If, you know, I think that we need community, but so the men need community, someone that can come alongside him and help him be patient, help him, , not f- you know, that helplessness to kind of get through that as well. , For him to listen, just to be still and listen, right? , So I think one of the greatest gifts that Josh gave during that time was his patience and his silence, and I truly believe that that kind of spirit really saved our marriage, and just really thankful for God to giving me a man that was willing to ?do that. That is so special. That is so, , wonderful. And what you reminded me of when you were saying all that was that going back to your scripture in Psalm 139, our bodies were made to wonderfully and fearfully made not to- impress our spouses or not for our spouses to impress us- Right ... but for, for God, for our relationship with God. And so what I think I heard you saying was that we have to, , be willing for God to replenish us in order for us to truly live out our purpose and our calling before him. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. So for the m- so you- you've mentioned a lot of things here. We have talked about a lot. But let's focus in, where does a mom show up? The mom who is trying to show up for her middle schooler every day but feels like she is just losing the battle, where does she start? I think ?it's with safety. God is really working, you know, really showing me this more and more, is this really feeling safe. So before any, like, the protocol or doing another supplement or doing anything else, it's really just asking yourself, "Do I feel safe," you know? Am- mentally, emotionally, spiritually. , Because again, you can't heal if you don't feel safe. Like, physiologically, that just doesn't work, right? , So you need to create a safe space, and that can look like a lot of different things. I find, , practically speaking,, finding one room. Specifically, I do it with like my bedroom. When I walk into my bedroom, I need to be able to flip that switch to a bear is chasing me to I am safe. There is no bear. I- I- my jaws unclench, my knuckles aren't white anymore, and I can take a breath, and I actually walk in, and I just kind of let it all out. It's a place that I can be still. It's a place I can hear from the Lord. It's really just kind of creating that, creating a space where you can intentionally and physically switch from fight or flight into the rest and digest. And this doesn't have to take long, right? Sometimes I feel like we think that if we're gonna take, you know, we, we have to, to take time for ourselves and all this, it's gotta be this eight-hour spa day, right? It doesn't need to be that. It needs to be like maybe five minutes, right? Where you're just in your safe space, and you're just breathing. You're just taking deep breaths in and deep breaths out, and you're just being still. If you do that f- five minutes twice a day- For 30 days, you would be amazed at how much of a shift your mentally, emotionally, spiritually, all of those, would shift in just that amount of time, , because it doesn't take much, right? It's just starting small, starting with that safety, , and really everything builds from there, especially because you can be still enough to hear from the Lord, and then that's where He leads and guides you to your next steps ?after that. Can you repeat that suggestion, five minutes... Re- repeat- Yeah that suggestion again. Yeah. So ?just five minutes, uh, twice a day where you go into your safe space and you just breathe for five minutes, and do that for 30 days and you would really see an impact, , on your, on your life. Because I think sometimes when you're stuck in fight or flight, you don't realize you're not breathing. There were so many times when I was like, "You're not breathing. You need to be breathing more," you know? And so I think that just allowing yourself the time to, to breathe and just to do those things really, , moves the needle. So five minutes a day twice a day. I mean, once in the morning, once at night, and then do that for 30, every day for 30 days and, and, and you'll just see, you know, some, some pretty big ?changes. A calming effect. And then of course, always bring in the scriptures in when, - Yes ... during that time you could even, , maybe after those 30 days, could you possibly add, you know, a scripture in with that 30 days? Would you recommend that? Yeah, I think ?that's great. . So ideally, I think that ideally 20 minutes a day, that's kind of what your, your goal is, is to do a 20 minute... be able to just be still and, and make that shift 20 minutes a day. If that seems daunting to you right now, that's not for you right now, you know? If five minutes seems daunting, start with a minute. Just, you know, slow... It doesn't ha- again, it's not about this checklist and this big, huge, all these adding things to do, but yeah, I think that sitting there in that moment, in that pause of five minutes, just- A prayer to the Lord, a thankfulness to the Lord, a scripture, you know, whatever is really, like, lifts you up, , in that moment. It's just like a quick pause with the Lord just to say, "I'm reconnecting with you," you know, "I see you, you see me," ?I- is just so powerful. Relating. Relationship is what I hear- Yeah, yeah, relationship, yeah ... with that right there. Yeah. Yes, 100%. And I love the, I love the permission to start with one minute. Yeah. Because some moms can set their phone timer for one minute, and they will get interrupted before that one minute. For sure. So I think also being mindful of times when you know you won't be interrupted or when you can establish a time that can be your time. And it might take some creativity. That's right. That's right. It might take some extra planning to say, "I'm gonna have this time, and I've got to put these things in place for me to have that time." Yeah, and then protecting that time. You know what I mean? Saying, "This is the time, and I'm gonna protect this time." , And then also n- realizing, and I think we all realize, it change Like, as seasons change, that time shifts and changes, so being flexible to do that, but just saying, "Okay, this is a new season, so I'm gonna ... Though my time may not be in the morning, it's gonna be, have to be in the afternoon, but it's still protected." Yes. So for the moms in our faith community who would like to learn more of your wisdom and more from you, or connect with you about healing their bodies, about getting over this brain fog and emotional healing, where can they find you online, and what resources would you recommend they start with? Yeah. ?So the easiest place to find us is my husband and I, every Tuesday right now, we're doing a live training, and it's talking more about how to get your energy back, , and clearing brain fog, and being able to sleep. And so it's live, so at the very end of that, we also do a, a live Q&A as well. So it's a good place to, like, learn some more about how your body works, , how to kind of move the needle forward, but then also ask those questions that you have. You know, figuring out what is your next right steps and the, and getting to know us better because, , we're there live, and so we can, , talk and visit. , And then just resources going forward, I, you know, I think that this podcast that we're listening to is fabulous. It's so good, , just to learn more about that. My husband has a podcast as well. It's called, uh, Discover Health Podcast, and he's got several ways to kinda create those safe spaces. And that's another good way just to learn. But really don't make it more about adding something else to your checklist, but really, , just giving yourself permission to ?be still. Prioritizing stillness. Yeah. I love that. Stillness, yeah. Thank you so much for sharing your story, your wisdom, and your encouragement today. ?And faith mom, if you're feeling exhausted, foggy, overwhelmed, or just discouraged, I want you to know that you're not alone, and you're not failing, and you're not weak- No for needing support. The middle school years ask a lot of moms. You're helping your child navigate friendships, emotions, growing independence, and important life decisions. That kind of investment requires energy, wisdom, and presence. For moms of middle schoolers, this season can feel e- especially demanding, but there is hope. Your body may be trying to get your attention, not to discourage you, but to invite you into greater understanding and care. Instead of pushing harder, perhaps this is an opportunity to pause, listen- And take one minute for one wise step forward. God created your body with purpose. And as you faithfully care for your family, don't forget that He cares for you, too. This video is meant to provide you with the Christian mom encouragement rooted in biblical truth and practical health wisdom. Healthy stewardship of your body is an important part of both Christian motherhood and godly motherhood. If you'd like more faith-based encouragement and practical support for raising your middle schooler, be sure to subscribe to this channel. Your subscription lets us know you want more content designed specifically for Christian moms walking through these important years. ?We'll also include all the details, Dr. Sharp, you shared about how to connect with your resources for yourself and your husband in the description below. And thank you for joining us today on the Faith Mom Mentors. Keep seeking God deeply. Keep loving your family faithfully. And remember, you do not have to pour from an empty cup. God cares for you and will restore you
