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Episode 37: Why Slowing Down Feels So Hard (and Why It’s the Key to Real Growth and Healing)

What if the breakthrough, the energy, the peace, etc you’re craving is on the other side of the very thing you resist the most?
 
Rest. Stillness. Slowing Down.
 
In this episode, I’m sharing from a personal revelation God showed me as I've been in a forced season of slowing down after surgery. It checked me- and in the best way (as He seems to do!).
 
I had this moment where I realized...before HAVING to slow down and heal, I would literally pray for more ease in my day; a slower pace, not being so busy; white space to read and relax and actually ENJOIY my day. But then I get it and what do I do? Fill the down time with projects I've been meaning to get to, wonder how much longer this is going to take, and feel ANTSY.
 
Why is it so hard to slow down and be CONTENT when we're actually in a season (or moment) of rest?
 
It highlighted how, despite all the awareness I have, to some degree I still assign more value and personal worth to productivity and performance. There's something uncomfortable about being OK with not being constantly busy! Can you relate?
 
I bet you can. So get ready to dive into this one with an open heart and mind.
 
In this episode, we dig into:
✨The tension between craving rest and avoiding it once we have it
✨Why it's hard not to fill every free moment
✨The difference between contentment and complacency
✨How embracing slower seasons can actually accelerate your growth
 
And how allowing yourself to exhale, not stay busy, and get still might just be the most productive thing you can do today.
 
There's so much growth happening beneath the surface; healing in stillness, and peace awaiting when you surrender your hurried heart.
 
If this spoke to you, share this episode with a friend! I know she'll thank you!
And I would love it if you could leave a review to help more women see they're not the only ones on the busyness train but there IS a way off.💛
 
LAST CHANCE! Join me at Awaken the Heart of Your Home – Spring Session- this Friday, May 1st!
This intimate time is designed for women ready to put their busy schedule aside and GET STILL; to slow dow and get honest with God, ourselves, and each other about where we are in this season, where we get stuck, and our goals & dreams for the future. Leave equipped with clarity and a refreshed boldness to lead your home with joy and authority as the heart of your home!
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Episode 36: Why You're Not Living Fully Free: Healing Your Story in the Presence of God and Others with Karrie Garcia

There's more to your story than staying stuck in cycles of pain from the past. You think there's something wrong with you but what if it's actually a sign? A yearning from your heart that says, there’s something here that you’ve never given a voice? 
 
In this honest conversation, I sit down with my friend and mentor, Karrie Garcia, and we go deep into the kind of healing most of us would rather avoid—but all of us desperately need. We are talking about the power of your story, the stain of shame, and the power of the broken places we keep hidden-- even while loving God and doing all the “right” things.
 
What I’ve learned in this journey is that you don’t heal by trying harder—you heal by getting honest with yourself, God, and others.
 
We unpack the intersection of neuroscience, biblical truth, and relational healing, and why you find yourself stuck in cycles of shame, anger, and performance.
 
This episode will help you consider:
✨Why do the same emotional cycles keep showing up… no matter how hard you try to change?
✨ What story from your past is blurring your vision for the present and future?
✨Why your anger is actually a good thing
 
and SO MUCH MORE. If there's any episode to sit quietly and really take in (or replay if you need) this is one of them.
 
If this episode speaks to you, please SHARE IT with a friend and leave a review to help others find it too.
 
Be sure to go find Karrie on social and check out her book, Free and Fully Alive. Also, if you're interested in engaging your story and experiencing new levels of freedom, look into all that Freedom Movement and Freedom Academy have to offer.💛
 
Karrie Garcia is a pastor, licensed life coach, author and CEO, who has been inspiring change in others by boldly sharing her journey to freedom. She founded Freedom Movement, a non-profit, offering workshops, certification programs, and coaching to help others begin their journey to healing and freedom. Karrie's working on her master's in Neuroscience/Trauma to continue helping others heal their story and begin living free and fully alive, right now in the present.
 
Come join me at Awaken the Heart of Your Home – Spring Session- May 1st! This intimate event is designed for women ready to experience the transformational power of slowing down to get honest with God, ourselves, and each other. Leave equipped lead your home with bold authority as the heart of your home!
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Karrie's book: AFree and Fully Alive: Reclaiming the Story of Who You Were Created to Be: Garcia, Karrie: 9780310366447: Amazon.com: Books

Episode 35: From Labels to Leadership: Rewiring Your Brain and Owning Your Authority as a Mom

What if the biggest thing shaping your home isn’t your schedule, routines, or even your parenting style— but what you believe about yourself and how you show up every day? 
 
In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on something we don’t talk about enough: the internal beliefs, the labels we wear—like 'I’m just a mom'—and how those beliefs influence your leadership.
 
Here’s the truth: You're already leading. The question is- what version of you is doing the leading?
 
We’re diving into how your story shapes your beliefs, how those beliefs drive your thoughts, reactions, and energy and how that impacts your home. I also share how you can begin rewiring your brain to step into your true authority and lead from identity grounded in faith and conviction.
 
This isn’t about doing more to prove you're a good leader. It’s about building awareness and believing differently so you can rise up in your mantle of leadership and set the tone of your home with joy and peace.
 
In this episode, you’ll start to consider:
✨ What if 'just a mom' has been limiting your beliefs about leadership?
✨What parts of your story are driving the way you show up in your home?
✨What would change if you truly saw yourself as the leader you've been chosen to be?
 
You might know this but really get this truth down in your heart: You are not just a mom, surviving a season, robbed of purpose, or unqualified to lead with boldness. YOU are the heart of your home, and that carries more power and purpose than you've been believing.
 
If this message resonated, go share it with another woman who needs this reminder!
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Episode 34: Q2 Goal Setting for Growth: The Reflection Practice That Builds True Authority

Episode 34: Q2 Goal Setting for Growth: The Reflection Practice That Builds True Authority
 
Thinking about goals for Q2? Before you add more to your list- or feel discouraged by the ones still on it- I want to invite you to try something different.
 
What if the breakthrough you're looking for isn’t in doing MORE, but in finally recognizing how far you’ve already come? Instead of jumping straight into planning, I'm sharing a way to pause, reflect, and actually honor the growth, progress, and transformation that’s already happened in and through you these past 90 days.
 
Here’s the truth—when you skip reflection, you miss the evidence of your growth. And when you miss that, you stay stuck in pressure, performance, striving, and defeat because you can never catch up to that endless list.
 
This episode is about stepping into your true authority, not from hustle—but from alignment, gratitude, and the clarity that will come with it. It’s about letting this fresh season reset your mind so you can move forward with intention, not overwhelm.
 
✨ What if the growth you’ve been praying for has already shown up?
✨ Why does slowing down to recognize progress feel harder than chasing the next goal?
✨ What’s the one thing that could actually move the needle for you (not everybody else) in the next 90 days?
 
Take time to do the exercise at the end of this episode—and share it with a friend who can hold you accountable.
 
And if you’re ready to go deeper and lead with bold authority in your home and spheres of influence, come join us at Awaken the Heart of Your Home – Spring Session on May 1st! This intimate space is the perfect place to surrender your busyness, get still, and get honest about where you want to go, what's stopped you and how to truly move forward in your aligned identity.
 
Click here to save your spot! 👉 www.thetheresatodd.com/awaken Space is limited!!
 
If this spoke to you, share it with a friend, follow the show, and leave a review—it helps more women step into growth, gratitude, and the authority they were created for. 💛
 
 
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Episode 33: Why High Achieving Women Feel Unworthy (And How to Reclaim Your True Identity)

What if the pressure you feel… isn’t actually about doing more—but about proving something you were never meant to earn? 
 
In this episode, I’m unpacking a conversation that stirred something deep in me after the Worthy Woman Summit. Many of us are quietly carrying this weight of performance pressure, approval-seeking, and feeling unworthy no matter how much we do or how 'fine' we seem.
 
We're digging into how worthiness gets entangled with achievement, why failure feels so personal, and how your internal dialogue shapes everything—from how you perceive yourself, motherhood, leadership to how you perceive others and show up in your relationships.
 
And more importantly, we're learning how to shift your lens.
 
This is about realignment—coming back to your true identity, releasing the need to prove yourself, and learning to live from a place of already being enough. It's one thing to hear it, quite another to believe it in your heart.
 
In this episode, you’ll start to question:
✨ What if your sense of worth has been shaped by the wrong scorecard?
✨ Why does failure feel like it defines something personal about you?
✨ What would change if you stopped seeking approval and started living aligned?
 
You don’t have to earn your worth—you get to return to it.
 
If this episode resonated with you, share it with another woman who’s been carrying it all and feels less than worthy of the call. And don’t miss Awaken the Heart of Your Home – Spring Session! It's coming up on Friday, May 1st. Space is limited, so reserve your seat today at the link below:
 
👉 www.thetheresatodd.com/awaken
 
Make sure you’re following The BAD Mom Show and leave a review so more women can step into their true identity with bold authority because you are BAD in the BEST way: Blessed, Approved of & Divinely designed.💛
 
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Episode 32: You Have Time: Breaking Free from Busyness, Guilt, and “Never Enough” in Motherhood with Lissa Figgins

Tell me if this feels familiar: Everyday is a race. You wake-up and before your feet hit the floor, your to-do list has taken over your thoughts and you already feel behind. You stay constantly busy, it feels productive but when the day's over, you don't feel like you've gained any ground. It's like swimming against the current. No matter how hard you try, you just can't seem to do enough to feel GOOD, successful, or capable of rest.
 
I can't tell you how much I can relate and that's exactly why I invited my guest on the show today because, she has practical steps you can take today to hop off the busy treadmill and take back your time. This is not traditional time management, this is time stewardship.
 
Lissa Figgins is a former BUSY-ness owner who learned to un-hurry her heart and release the need to control time, multitask, and always be doing. Now, as a Scaling Strategist, she helps the busy Christian business owner grow her revenue and results by multiplying the 24 hours she’s been given—rather than trying to manage them. She’s known for speaking one simple truth: You. Have. Time.
 
In this episode, Lissa shares very candidly about her own busyness battle and how she got unstuck. She shares what she found was tied to her need to stay busy which, I think we all can relate to. Busy is the symptom, but the root is tied to things like our self-worth, insecurities, perfectionism, and performance-based value.
 
Lissa also walks us through her simple yet highly transformative 3-step process that will help you move from chasing time to actually stewarding it well. This isn’t about doing more—it’s about doing what matters.
 
We also chat about living in reactivity, how to create intentional rhythms through time anchors, and how to truly be present and enjoy your season as a mom, your leadership, and simply daily life.
 
You don’t need more hours in the day. You just need to shift your mindset and reclaim the day because, as Lissa would say—You. Have. Time.
 
If this message spoke to you, go share it with a friend who’s also stuck in busy mode! And make sure you’re subscribed to The BAD Mom Show and leave a review so more women can see, they're not alone! 💛
 
 
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Episode 31: Overthinking

Ever feel like you’re doing all the “right” things—planning, preparing, thinking ahead—but somehow you’re still not moving forward? Yeah… I’ve been there too. And what I’ve realized is this: what feels like responsibility might actually be the very thing keeping you stuck.
 
In this episode, I’m getting real about overthinking—how it shows up in motherhood, leadership, and everyday decisions—and why it’s often rooted in fear, doubt, and questioning your worthiness. As women, especially high-capacity, high-achieving ones, we tend to overanalyze everything trying to stay in control… but it’s exhausting and it’s not where growth happens.
 
I share how overthinking is connected to your story, your mindset, and your faith—and how healing begins when you stop trying to control everything and start trusting God with the next step. This is about moving from analysis paralysis into aligned action, even when it feels scary.
 
In this episode, you’ll start to notice:
✨ Why “being prepared” might actually be masking something deeper✨ What your overthinking is really trying to protect you from✨ How one small step could change everything
 
You don’t need more time to think—you need the courage to move.
 
If this spoke to you, take a moment to reflect, share it with a friend, and don’t forget to follow the show and leave a review. It helps more women step into healing, faith-based motherhood, and confident leadership. 💛
 
I also have a SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT for you! It's toward the end so don't skip out early if you want to save your seat at the next Awaken The Heart of Your Home LIVE EVENT happening on May 1st, 9am to 2pm! This event was so impactful the first time, I just knew we had to do it again for those who couldn't make it and the women just learning about it.
 
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Episode 30: Feeling Behind? How To Shake Off Performance Pressure and Grow At A Kingdom Pace

It's already March and I be you're feeling it too. I’m talking about the undercurrent of panic that you're behind, missing the mark and you wonder 'what's wrong with me?' If you've felt the anxiety and slip back into pressuring yourself to do more, stay tuned. We're talking about it here.
 
March is a transition month. It symbolizes spring and brings hope that the long, cold, dark winter is finally coming to an end. Days grow longer and you see signs of new life start to pop up. It's calming and energizing at the same time. And God used it to show me how spring is actually an illustration of how we can grow in a lasting way, His way vs our traditional stressing and striving way.
 
What would it look like to actually operate from a place of peace and groundedness? The idea might feel completely unnatural but if we want to create new rhythms we have to intentionally slow down-- not speed up to catch up.
 
I won't tell you how God showed me this because I want you to feel it when you heart it yourself. But it's helped shift me out of striving and stress into more purpose-driven actions and allowed me to enjoy the journey whether that's in business, motherhood, marriage or personal growth. This is the key!
 
I also have a SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT for you! It's toward the end so don't skip out early if you want to save your seat at the next Awaken The Heart of Your Home LIVE EVENT happening on May 1st, 9am to 2pm! This event was so impactful the first time, I just knew we had to do it again for those who couldn't make it and the women just learning about it.
 
Get ready to be equipped to move forward into this new season with truth as your foundation, boldness in your spirit, and conviction about your authority as a leader and the heart of your home!
 
God's got something special waiting for you in this season and His timing is perfect so get excited to enjoy this fresh start!
 
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Episode 29: Uplevel Your Leadership: Embracing Worthiness as High-Achieving Women with Amy Ramsey

Y'all get ready for a powerhouse episode! I had the honor of speaking with my friend, Amy Ramsey- an incredible leadership mentor and honestly-- just an incredible human being. We couldn't wait to sit down together and the conversation just flowed. Amy dropped so many nuggets of wisdom, ya might need to grab a pen or pull out Notes on your phone!
 
Amy and I dove into the thing that often stops us driven, high-performance women from reaching our full potential. Whether that's at home as wives and moms or scaling a business, there's a big gap between our heads and our hearts and we get stuck in familiar cycles based in- you guessed it- unworthiness.
 
Amy is so transparent and her own journey is such a testimony to what God can do in you and through you when you partner with His power versus striving and mounting pressure on yourself to perform better, do more, and ultimately burnout. She shares about her journey, surviving domestic abuse to building a life and business rooted in faith, worthiness, and 100% belief in God's ability to do above and beyond her wildest dreams.
 
How you define success is a key factor in this process- is it the world's way or the kingdom's way?
 
The energy got electric on this one and that's exactly what Amy does-- she embodies what she teaches and help women reignite the fire within them to step up and out into whatever God is truly calling you to. Don't chase someone else's dreams or compare your journey to theirs. God has you exactly where you're meant to be.
 
Amy also shares how YOU can come meet her (and me!) in person at her LIVE EVENT, the Worthy Woman Summit, coming up March 19-21st! Links to details and tickets are below. Don't miss this opportunity to get in the room!
 
I'm telling you! You're gonna love this woman! Here's her official creds if you're curious:
 
Amy Ramsey is a high-performance leadership and business strategist, keynote speaker, and author who equips high-capacity women to elevate their influence, optimize performance, and build success that actually lasts. Blending performance science, leadership principles, and business strategy, she helps driven women break through internal limitations and lead with clarity, confidence, and conviction. Featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX, Amy is also a survivor of domestic violence who has transformed deep adversity into purpose — building her life and leadership on a foundation of faith and resilience.
 
Grab your tickets to the Worthy Woman Summit (March 19–21) at WorthywomansummitJoin us at The Worthy Woman Summit | March 2026, 
 
visit AmyramseyAmy Ramsey Coming Soon to join the Worthy Woman High Performance Planner pre-order list, check out her podcast, and follow her on Instagram @amy ramsey_. 
 
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Episode 28: Intimacy After Marriage: Why It Feels Harder and How to Change

In this episode, I’m opening up about something many of us feel but don’t always talk about—why intimacy can start to feel harder after marriage, even when love is still there. I share honestly about the emotional layers, hidden triggers, and mindset shifts that can impact connection, and how our stories, healing journey, and faith all play a role in the way we show up with our spouse.
 
We explore how past wounds and nervous system responses can create distance, why pressure often replaces closeness, and what it looks like to move toward deeper emotional and physical connection with compassion instead of shame. This conversation is an invitation to slow down, get curious about your own patterns, and remember that growth in marriage is possible when we bring awareness and grace into the process.
 
If you’re navigating seasons of disconnection, or simply longing for more closeness, I hope this episode reminds you that healing and restoration are within reach.
 
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