Surrendering my Perfectionism with Colleen Carroll Campbell
Release Date: 10/31/2024
God Prepared Us For The War with Valeriia Cherednychenko of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Nashville
Mamas in Spirit
On a February morning about three years ago, Valeriia Cherednychenko and her family woke up to explosions outside their home in Ukraine. When Valeriia looked out, she saw missiles exploding. Valeriia and her husband immediately hid with their four daughters in an interior room of their home. Once there was a break in the missile attacks, they fled the country. Listen to this Easter podcast to hear Valeriia’s moving story about how strangers helped meet her family’s basic needs and get them to safety during the most threatening time of their lives. Learn to reflect on your life and...
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Run Towards God with Maddie de Aquino
Mamas in Spirit
While praying, Maddie de Aquino heard God speak to her heart as a young girl: "You are mine, and I am yours." Maddie thought she was being called to religious life. However, everything shifted when Maddie was 15 and her beloved mother passed away from a stroke. Consumed by anger, Maddie distanced herself from God. She could not have imagined how God would pursue her and transform her heart. Now, Maddie is a consecrated virgin. She has made a vow of perpetual virginity and offers her spiritual motherhood in service to the Church. In this Easter podcast, learn how to run to God, even amidst...
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God, Please Tell Me What to Do with Patty Magid
Mamas in Spirit
At 47, Patty Magid discovered two things: she was pregnant and she had a lump in her breast. Overcome with concern for her husband, her children and the baby she carried, Patty prayed to God to tell her what to do. As she drove by her church in Jersey, God revealed the answer. Patty faithfully obeyed and for 9 months did not know if her baby would survive—or if cancer would take her from her older daughters and husband. Learn the miracle Patty discovered when she delivered her youngest daughter on December 22, 1999. And discover how to make Easter decisions--choices that...
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My Easter Miracle with Fr. Jon Meyer and Host Lindy Wynne
Mamas in Spirit
Host Lindy Wynne experienced the grace of Easter when she was baptized at 21 years old. Join Lindy and Chaplain Fr. Jon Meyer in this Easter "mini-retreat in a podcast," as they explore God's transformational love--a love that is pure gift. Remaining in God's love can be challenging for us, especially in difficult seasons. Increasing our awareness of God's abundant blessings helps us accept and abide in this eternal love. God always wants to penetrate our hearts and bless us with new life. Listen and learn how!
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Saints are Working for Us with Christine Rich
Mamas in Spirit
Christine Rich has learned the Saints are working for her in a very real way. A number of years ago, Christine didn't understand why she felt drawn to choose Saint Valentine as her Saint of the Year. Months later, God caught her attention when she realized that the morning she signed papers to leave the large, Catholic company she co-founded was Valentine’s Day. After signing the papers, Christine went to pray at a local convent where Venerable Patrick Peyton had spent his final years. Christine even sat and prayed in his chair. Years later, Christine's daughter and son-in-law...
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Faith First with Alicia Bell of GraceWorks Ministries
Mamas in Spirit
Alicia Bell’s word for this year: Surrender. When Alicia was promoted to her dream job of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at GraceWorks Ministries, she was shocked to have a cancer scare at the same time. Uncomfortable ambiguity was amplified when Alicia was faced with unexpected challenges in her family. While Alicia was blessed to have Jesus in her heart since she was young, this time required even greater trust. Alicia began to let go of her expectations, plans and very self in order to live the will of God and allow the Holy Spirit to do miraculous work. Alicia experienced how God’s...
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Live Loved with Jared Geesey of Angel Studios and the King of Kings Film
Mamas in Spirit
When Jared Geesey was a boy, he remembers his Sunday School teacher telling him that faith wouldn’t just happen because he was the son of a pastor. Jared needed to have a personal relationship with Christ. Jared discovered the meaning of her words when he became a missionary and was forever changed. He now shares about the light of Christ as the Chief Distribution Officer and Executive Producer of King of Kings at Angel Studios. Most important to Jared, is that his sons know "the greatest story ever told." Jared and his wife have prayed their sons would know the profound love of...
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How God Gets You Through the Worst Kind of Suffering with Angela Perez Baraquio
Mamas in Spirit
Content Warning! This podcast is not suitable for children and contains sensitive content. Please read the entire description. The last time Angela saw her brother, Albert, he kissed her belly. Angela was nine months pregnant and had just asked Albert to be the Godfather of her baby. That was the last time Angela saw Albert alive. Weeks later Angela traveled from California to her homeland of Hawaii (she had been crowned Miss America, Hawaii years earlier). As Angela stood at the security gate holding her new baby, she prepared to board a plane to attend her late brother’s...
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Surrendering My Wife to God with Kevin Wells
Mamas in Spirit
Kevin Wells had a failed brain surgery. Then his wife, Krista secretly started binge drinking red wine to cover her hidden shame. This began years of a long, dark night in Kevin and Krista’s home and marriage. At first Kevin’s spiritual practices left him frustrated-until Kevin learned to grip onto Christ in a way he had never before and completely surrender his wife, marriage and family to God. Hear this profound story of redemption and how one man--by the grace of God--goes to the ends of the earth for his wife and children. Be blessed with a sacred blueprint of how to let God save...
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Honestly Healing with Brya Hanan of Hanan Hope and Healing
Mamas in Spirit
Honesty leads us to deeper healing—and ultimately to a greater ability to love and be loved. In this Lenten Podcast with Brya Hanan, LMFT, discover how Lent is the perfect time to experience the healing touch of God. Brya experienced trauma as a child that left her feeling that there was something wrong with her--she just wasn't enough. When Brya's mom and stepfather started exploring Catholicism, God’s grace simultaneously began pouring in. A single moment in Adoration changed Brya's life. Jesus invited Brya into a personal relationship. Hear how Brya continued to experience the healing...
info_outlineStill reverberating in Colleen Carroll Campbell’s heart are an older mom’s words of wisdom from 15 years ago: “I don’t know if there is room for perfectionism in any other part of life, but I know this: there is no room for it in motherhood.”
Colleen had done her best to achieve flawlessness during her ambitious career, including a job as the American president’s speech writer. But it wasn’t until hearing the wise mom’s words about motherhood that Colleen realized her own struggle with perfectionism.
God began changing Colleen that morning and continues to transform her to this day. While she strives to do her best for the greater glory of God, Colleen has learned to let go and trust she is in God’s hands.
And she has discovered that there is no better place to be.
Listen to this inspiring “mini-retreat in a podcast” and allow yourself to surrender into the arms of Merciful Jesus, too.