Postpartum is challenging, yes, but does it have to be overwhelming? What if you could actually love who you become during this time? Here, postpartum meets God's grace and personal development techniques. Let's do postpartum on purpose.
Lady, if you or someone you know are planning to or discerning foster parenting, today's guest host is THE lady to talk to. Madeline and her husband Adam have fostered for five years now, and she shares why she:
-recommends starting with respite care if you already have biological children
-where the phrase "Everything is figure-out-able" comes from in the foster parent world
-why smart foster parents know to "never trust the timeline" of how long a foster child will be with their family
-what's it like to go from two kids to five in nine months (yes, really!)
-what it's like to experience a biological postpartum alongside fostering a newborn (including the differences between postpartum and foster parenting a newborn).
This is an action-packed episode with loads of great advice, worth taking notes on!
If you enjoyed this episode, pass it along to a mom friend. Get in touch at annemarie@postpartumonpurpose.com.
8 Oct 2026
112. 3 Words I Never Use During Postpartum
Lady, I've found these three words that make up one phrase to be pure poison for my postpartum mindset, even though I hear them uttered regularly (and seemingly innocuously) in everyday life. Here's why I never start sentences with "Must be nice..."
If you haven't already, please leave a starred rating and written review of the podcast to help other new moms find it. Get in touch as always at annemarie@postpartumonpurpose.com, and find all my written articles over at postpartumonpurpose.com.
1 Oct 2026
111. How Postpartum Enhances Your Prayer Life
"My failures were an invitation for God to love me."
"I just asked the Lord to see myself as He sees me."
"I used to think I was always a basket case back then, but..."
Lady, I want you to listen to this gorgeous guest episode by mom and author Allison Auth, whose book Baby and Beyond was my very first exposure to a book focused exclusively on the postpartum period. In a way, the podcast you're listening to now is a fruit of reading that book 5 years ago. I want you to hear the full quotes I included excerpts from above, plus many more gems. If you've struggled to pray during postpartum and felt like your prayer life was one more thing you weren't doing well as a new mom, this episode is for you.
As always, full show notes are at: postpartumonpurpose.com/my-blog. Get in touch at annemarie@postpartumonpurpose.com.
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