Is There A Motherhood Ideal?

The Family Teams Podcast

We're excited to continue our motherhood series! Today Jeremy is joined by Michelle Akrami, Justine Cirullo, and Jess Gonyea. They react to a recent interview with Erica Komisar, where she laid out very counter-cultural but traditionally and logically obvious truths about motherhood, shame, attachment, and the cost of feminism.

This episode will encourage you to seek the ideal when it comes to motherhood, but to turn to the Gospel to heal the guilt or shame that can sometimes result from knowing you'll miss the ideal - a feeling that we should all be familiar with as Christians.

On this episode, we talk about:

1:25 How motherhood impacts all the different aspects of life

3:55 Erica Komisar on the optimal way to raise a child

6:39 Why can't we talk about "the ideal" anymore?

14:03 Erica Komisar on guilt and shame

18:34 Why is comfort suddenly the aim of our life?

25:26 Erica Komisar on a mother's instinct for empathy

29:42 Disordered attachment and a resistance to dying to self

38:22 Allowing motherhood to change you

Follow Family Teams:

Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams

Website: https://www.familyteams.com

Resources Mentioned:

Lila Rose Podcast with Erica Komisar

Family Teams Calendar

---

Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!