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385. Feeling Stuck About the New Year? Start Here Instead of Setting Resolutions.

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“It's not true that you're stuck.”

1. Morning Mama 385 centers on a new-year reset for Christian moms who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or hopeless about January. 2. Brittany, a former marriage and family therapist and the host of Morning Mama, frames the episode as pastoral guidance and personal reflection. 3. The episode asks what to do instead of setting resolutions when goals feel flat and the year ahead feels unclear. 4. Brittany describes a recent season that included a move a week before Thanksgiving, hosting about 20 people, and preparing for Christmas and New Year’s. 5. She says the family is preparing to accept another child through the foster system and eventually adopt them. 6. She says the move and the holidays made her family feel more connected and strengthened her marriage. 7. The episode also points listeners to a previous episode about wonder and says that idea is the foundation for this one. 8. Brittany says her word for the year is "wonder," and she links it to her annual habit of asking God for one word. 9. She tells listeners to pray for a word, listen quietly, and ask God to confirm it if the word seems unclear. 10. She then gives a structured process: list life categories, rate each one from 1 to 10, explain the score, and name where wonder has been lost. 11. Her example categories include spiritual health, marriage, motherhood, work, church, friendships, finances, physical health, emotional or mental health, home, and rhythms or time. 12. She says turning vague feelings into numbers helps reveal what is actually happening in each area. 13. Brittany uses an example from a listener-like story about holistic health, where someone realized she was not eating well, getting dressed, or caring for herself physically. 14. She says that kind of slowdown can expose how one neglected category affects mood, self-perception, and daily life. 15. Brittany describes her own spiritual health as a 6 and says her quiet time feels foggy, shorter, and less electric than usual. 16. She says her fervor has shifted toward home decor and marketplace searching instead of God, which she treats as misplaced intensity. 17. She names a verse for the year, Matthew 8:26-27, where Jesus calms the winds and the sea and the disciples wonder at him. 18. Brittany’s delivery is conversational, instructional, and repetitive in places, with prayer, personal examples, and direct homework for listeners. 19. This fits moms who want a faith-based reset with practical reflection. 20. It may not suit listeners wanting a short, purely tactical planning episode.

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A faith-centered reset that turns overwhelm into honest assessment and action.

Brittany treats the new-year reset as a practical way to push back against overwhelm, not as a pep talk. She leads listeners through a 1-to-10 rating exercise across different parts of life, then has them write down why each score landed where it did.

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For when your New Year goals start making you feel stuck instead of hopeful.

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