Alicia Granholm's guest appearances

Alicia Granholm

Falun Podcast

Ashley Meyer

Baxter Kruger

Eden Jersak

Tahni Cullen

Lily Ewing

Brooke Peterson

Katie Skurja

Christine Walz

Cora Kalukuta

Cory Mattson

Cindy Mattson

Jeanette Rupert

Jen Mattson

OwlTail

RESOURCESAlicia GranholmSHOW NOTES“I remember on my 36th birthday crying…because I was like, we still don’t have kids, and I just feel old…I had envisioned being a mom for the majority of my life and I just felt like we were so late…timing and how things happen in your life is not in your control.” –Alicia“It was a huge season of transition because I stepped out of everything familiar: Became a mom, and a wife, and a student again basically in twelve months.” –Alicia“I felt like from so many people we heard ‘Oh just listen to your instinct, parenting will just come so naturally and easily to you.’ And it felt like people made it seem like…’You’ll just know.’” –Alicia“I think it can be difficult going from something you’ve been working on that you’re trained in, that you know a lot about, that you’ve been successful in and kind of defines you, and all of a sudden you’re thrown into this world that you think should be coming naturally...and it’s not, and it’s hard.” –Kaylin“It’s helpful to know that it’s not necessarily an easy season, and as much as people say it comes naturally to you, I think it’s more about when you’re parenting those tendencies come out, but newborn infancy stage is not ‘parenting’ in the way that we imagine parenting: The discipline, helping them thrive in their gifts and that kind of thing. Newborn is like- you’re feeding them, changing them, that kind of thing…that just doesn’t necessarily come naturally.” –Alicia“I think, for sure, having a community around you, even if it’s just like one other mom…so you can have these honest, raw conversations…and being able to really just be authentic with them would be really helpful.” –Alicia“If this is a really hard season for you of ‘momming’ that’s okay, and that’s not a reflection of you being a bad person…there’s no shame in that.” –Christy“I still struggle with not measuring my worth and my value by what I accomplish…To be in a season of life where those achievements are not obvious and they won’t be- really wrestling with God and getting to a deeper understanding of how my value and worth doesn’t come from that.” –Alicia“Things that I think were important before being a parent- I hold that a lot more loosely today.” –Alicia“Something that has helped me tremendously is letting go of my perfectionist tendenciess...there is no perfect way to parent. Every day can be different. The amount of change that happens through those early stages: it’s been really helpful to let go of my desire to control things.” –Alicia“I think it’s beautiful when women can give each other grace and understand that we are each different and our circumstances are unique.” –Christy“I think being able to hold our identities confidently in who we are and who we’re created to be, and simultaneously loosely as to what God wants to do with our lives in and through us as parents…I feel like that is the best place we can get to as parents.” –Alicia

RESOURCES<a href="https://www.aliciagranholm.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alicia Granholm</a>SHOW NOTES“I remember on my 36th birthday crying…because I was like, we still don’t have kids, and I just feel old…I had envisioned being a mom for the majority of my life and I just felt like we were so late…timing and how things happen in your life is not in your control.” –Alicia“It was a huge season of transition because I stepped out of everything familiar: Became a mom, and a wife, and a student again basically in twelve months.” –Alicia“I felt like from so many people we heard ‘Oh just listen to your instinct, parenting will just come so naturally and easily to you.’ And it felt like people made it seem like…’You’ll just know.’” –Alicia“I think it can be difficult going from something you’ve been working on that you’re trained in, that you know a lot about, that you’ve been successful in and kind of defines you, and all of a sudden you’re thrown into this world that you think should be coming naturally...and it’s not, and it’s hard.” –Kaylin“It’s helpful to know that it’s not necessarily an easy season, and as much as people say it comes naturally to you, I think it’s more about when you’re parenting those tendencies come out, but newborn infancy stage is not ‘parenting’ in the way that we imagine parenting: The discipline, helping them thrive in their gifts and that kind of thing. Newborn is like- you’re feeding them, changing them, that kind of thing…that just doesn’t necessarily come naturally.” –Alicia“I think, for sure, having a community around you, even if it’s just like one other mom…so you can have these honest, raw conversations…and being able to really just be authentic with them would be really helpful.” –Alicia“If this is a really hard season for you of ‘momming’ that’s okay, and that’s not a reflection of you being a bad person…there’s no shame in that.” –Christy“I still struggle with not measuring my worth and my value by what I accomplish…To be in a season of life where those achievements are not obvious and they won’t be- really wrestling with God and getting to a deeper understanding of how my value and worth doesn’t come from that.” –Alicia“Things that I think were important before being a parent- I hold that a lot more loosely today.” –Alicia“Something that has helped me tremendously is letting go of my perfectionist tendenciess...there is no perfect way to parent. Every day can be different. The amount of change that happens through those early stages: it’s been really helpful to let go of my desire to control things.” –Alicia“I think it’s beautiful when women can give each other grace and understand that we are each different and our circumstances are unique.” –Christy“I think being able to hold our identities confidently in who we are and who we’re created to be, and simultaneously loosely as to what God wants to do with our lives in and through us as parents…I feel like that is the best place we can get to as parents.” –Alicia

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