The world feels a little cuckoo right now. School is starting, fear is everywhere, and even ordinary life can feel like too much. In this heart-to-heart episode, Wendi talks about the things we can still control. We can plan a meal, prepare ourselves for the day, make room for real rest, and create more peace inside our own homes. We can also begin becoming the women we want to be, even when those new choices feel uncomfortable. You may not be able to fix everything today. But you are probably doing better than you think. And you still have the power to take one small step toward a calmer, more hopeful life.
Some days the news is too much. The food industry is working against us, the wars won’t stop, the education system is a mess, and there’s a phone in your pocket demanding you pay attention to all of it. You can’t fix any of that today.
But you can create peace, calm, and rest inside your own home — and that starts with you.
Wendi’s friend Carol was her cheerleader through years of raising seven kids and homeschooling them. On the days Wendi called crying that she was a horrible mother, Carol told her the truth: you’re doing a great job. Even on the day she sat on the couch and did nothing, Carol said, “I think that was your best today.”
This episode is Wendi being your Carol.
In this episode:
- Why you’re doing a better job than the voice in your head is telling you
- What it means that women are mothers whether or not they’ve borne a child
- Isaiah 55:8–9 and what “higher thoughts” actually asks of us
- Why the comfort zone is comfortable — and how to think your way out of it anyway
- Wendi’s quilting breakthrough, and the moment a skill becomes an identity
- Heading into a new school year without losing yourself in it
- Where the ten minutes of peace are hiding (hint: check your scroll time)
- A short, honest rant about processed food, white flour, and the Industrial Revolution
- Thinking and behaving like your future self — starting today
- Why keeping a journal is how you notice your prayers being answered
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” — Isaiah 55:8–9
Mentioned in this episode:
- Be Your Future Self Now by Dr. Benjamin Hardy —
- The April episode with Judith Horvath, on how the food industry hired scientists away from the tobacco industry — The Truth About Your Food
- The March episode on rising food prices and getting prepared — Stop Assuming Someone Else Will Be Prepared
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