30 | Back-to-School Reset: How to Prepare Your Heart, Home, and Business for a Peaceful Fall
Release Date: 08/07/2025
54 | Why You Feel Behind All the Time as a Christian Mom and Business Owner
Sustainable Foundations | Equipping Christian Women for Faith-Based Business Growth and Sustainable Scaling
Feeling behind as a Christian mom is something many faith-led business owners quietly carry every single day. You’re moving all day long — helping, working, responding, trying — and yet the to-do list never feels smaller. In fact, it often feels like it’s growing. In this episode of Sustainable Foundations Podcast, Ashleigh walks through why this constant feeling of being behind has less to do with time management and more to do with invisible expectations you’ve been trying to live up to without realizing it. You’ll discover: Why planners, routines, and productivity tips...
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53 | 3 Simple Shifts to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed Without Dropping Responsibilities | For Christian Moms in Business
Sustainable Foundations | Equipping Christian Women for Faith-Based Business Growth and Sustainable Scaling
There’s a kind of overwhelm that doesn’t come from chaos. It comes from carrying everything at the same time. The house. The kids. The business. The mental list that never fully turns off. And the quiet thought you carry all day is: “I can’t drop anything… so how do I stop feeling like this?” In this episode of the Sustainable Foundations Podcast, we’re talking about what overwhelm actually feels like for Christian moms running businesses — and why the solution is not doing less, but learning how to carry what you’re already doing differently. You’ll learn the three...
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52 | How to Manage Motherhood, Home, and Business Without Burnout
Sustainable Foundations | Equipping Christian Women for Faith-Based Business Growth and Sustainable Scaling
Have you ever wondered how to manage motherhood, home, and business without feeling like you’re constantly behind? In this episode of the Sustainable Foundations Podcast, Ashleigh answers one of the most common questions she hears: “How do you manage it all?” Instead of offering another productivity hack or time-blocking strategy, Ashleigh walks you through a gentler, more sustainable approach — one rooted in seasonal awareness, clear priorities, and realistic capacity. This conversation is especially for the mom and business owner who feels like she’s doing her best… but still...
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51 | The Hidden Cost of New Year’s Resolutions (and Why They Lead to Burnout)
Sustainable Foundations | Equipping Christian Women for Faith-Based Business Growth and Sustainable Scaling
January comes with a quiet kind of pressure. The pressure to feel different. To be more motivated. More focused. More disciplined. More hopeful… just because the calendar changed. But what happens when you wake up on January 1st and you’re still tired? Still carrying the same mental load. Still holding the same responsibilities. In this episode of the Sustainable Foundations Podcast, we’re naming something that so many women feel this time of year but rarely say out loud: New Year’s resolutions don’t heal burnout — they often make it worse. If you’ve ever felt like January just...
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50 | 40 Lessons in 40 Years: A Birthday Reflection on Faith, Family, Time & Becoming
Sustainable Foundations | Equipping Christian Women for Faith-Based Business Growth and Sustainable Scaling
Today’s episode is a little different… because it’s my birthday! 🎂 I’m turning 41, and instead of a birthday month (because let’s be real — December already belongs to Christmas), I decided to pause, reflect, and share 40 things I’ve learned in four decades of living, loving, building, breaking, and becoming. Some of these lessons are deeply personal. Some are practical. Some might make you laugh out loud. And some might stop you in your tracks. But all of them are real — shaped by motherhood, marriage, faith, leadership, waiting seasons, hustle recovery, obedience, healing,...
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49 | Before You Plan 2026: Learn How to Seek God’s Vision for Your Year Ahead
Sustainable Foundations | Equipping Christian Women for Faith-Based Business Growth and Sustainable Scaling
As we head into a brand-new year, the world is shouting a thousand versions of “New Year, New You.” But if you’ve been feeling the pressure to figure out your entire life before January even begins… breathe, friend. This episode is your invitation to do things differently. Today, we’re talking about what it really looks like to create vision as a Faith-Led CEO — not from hustle, not from pressure, and not from perfectly polished goals, but from actual partnership with God. Instead of rushing into another year with the same old habits, assumptions, and expectations… we’re...
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48 | Stop Repeating the Same Year: Identify the Patterns Holding You Back as a Faith-Led Woman
Sustainable Foundations | Equipping Christian Women for Faith-Based Business Growth and Sustainable Scaling
If you’ve ever found yourself stepping into a new year hoping things will feel different… only to realize you’re repeating the same cycles, this episode is going to hit home in the gentlest, most freeing way. Today, we’re talking about the patterns we keep dragging from year to year — the ones we’ve normalized, inherited, or simply stopped noticing — and how those patterns keep us from stepping into the abundant life God has already prepared for us. Inside this episode, we’re digging into: Why unbroken patterns repeat themselves The real reason Israel never stepped into...
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47 | Holiday Overwhelm: How Faith-Led Women Can Slow Down and Savor the Season
Sustainable Foundations | Equipping Christian Women for Faith-Based Business Growth and Sustainable Scaling
The holiday season comes with joy, beauty, and tradition… but it also comes with a whole lot of invisible pressure. In this episode, we’re unpacking why December pulls you in two directions — the desire to slow down and savor the season, and the responsibility to hurry up and handle everything. If you’ve been feeling stretched thin, mentally overloaded, or caught between motherhood, business, and spiritual rhythms, this conversation will feel like a deep breath. We walk through the real reasons holiday overwhelm shows up: the pressure to “make it magical,” the skyrocketing mental...
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46 | You Don’t Have to Hustle to Finish the Year Strong - A gentler way to close December with peace, purpose, and sustainable momentum.
Sustainable Foundations | Equipping Christian Women for Faith-Based Business Growth and Sustainable Scaling
This week on the Sustainable Foundations Podcast, we’re talking about why you don’t need to sprint into the end of the year — even if the world around you is shouting that you should. Instead of pushing harder, buying more, and forcing momentum because it’s “what everyone else is doing,” we’re exploring a gentler approach to closing out the year as a faith-led CEO. Inside the episode, we walk through five common messages you’re likely to hear this month — from “do more before the year ends” to “don’t lose momentum” — and offer a peaceful alternative to each one....
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45 | 5 Reasons Your Business Growth Is Slow (and It’s Not Your Marketing)
Sustainable Foundations | Equipping Christian Women for Faith-Based Business Growth and Sustainable Scaling
If you’ve been wondering why your business growth feels slower than it “should”… or why all the strategies you keep trying aren’t producing the momentum you expected… this episode is going to hit home in the best way. Because despite what the internet keeps yelling at you — “Fix your funnel!” “Change your niche!” “Buy this template!” — your marketing might not be the problem at all. In today’s episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on five behind-the-scenes factors that shape your growth far more than your marketing strategy ever will. These are the quiet...
info_outlineToday, we’re kicking off a special two-part series designed specifically for the Christian mompreneur navigating the transition from a slower summer to a more structured fall — without defaulting back to hustle mode.
In Part One of the Back-to-School Reset Series, we’re talking all about the prep season — that awkward, in-between space where your heart still loves slow mornings, but your mind is already racing toward school routines, packed calendars, and how to keep your business moving in a new season.
If you’re a faith-led solopreneur who’s enjoyed a summer of rest but now feels the pressure to “get back to it,” this episode is your gentle runway — not a race.
Inside this episode, we’ll walk through:
✨ Why summer rhythms feel so sacred — and why it’s hard to let go
✨ How God may have been restoring you beneath the surface
✨ 3 intentional steps to carry peace into fall instead of leaving it behind
✨ Why a “soft start” is the secret to sustainable structure in this next season
✨ How to align your rhythms with what actually matters in business, home, and soul
Whether you’re craving clarity in your business routine, structure in your family rhythms, or simply want to step into fall without burning out — this episode will help you move forward with intention, not anxiety.
✨ In This Episode, You’ll Learn:
✔️ Why slow seasons are often where God restores your soul (Psalm 23:3)
✔️ How to acknowledge what summer really gave you (before you rush ahead)
✔️ How to define what you’re actually ramping up for — not just defaulting to hustle
✔️ How to rebuild your rhythms with a gentle, grace-filled “soft start”
✔️ Practical reflection prompts + Scripture-based mindset shifts for the new season
📖 Scripture References:
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Psalm 23:3 — “He restores my soul. He leads me…”
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Isaiah 30:15 — “In returning and rest you shall be saved…”
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Proverbs 4:26 — “Give careful thought to the paths for your feet…”
🔜 Coming Next Week in Part 2:
We’ll dive into how to:
✔️ Map out your school-year schedule with clarity, not chaos
✔️ Rebuild your weekly routine with sustainable structure
✔️ Set up your business for fall without overwhelming your life
Don’t miss it — the rhythms you’ve been craving are coming together.
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https://ashleighfoy.com/resources