Meant For This is a motivational and workshop-style podcast designed to help you fight for humanity and liberation in the world. Here, we deconstruct systems, thoughts, and ideas that have been holding us back from who we are called to be by having tough conversations that intersect faith, self-worth, social justice, mental health, careers, and more. Join writer, speaker, and educator Caroline J. Sumlin as she invites you to rediscover yourself, reclaim the freedom you are worth, and change the world with one simple faith-filled act of resistance at a time.
Episodes
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
In this episode of Meant For This, we're diving into fear. If you have ever dealt with fear (which is all of us) then it's time to tune into this episode and learn how to kick fear to the curb for good.
I'll give you a hint: the trick has nothing to do with not feeling fear. You're still allowed to feel it. You can breathe a sigh of relief now.
This episode is for you if you have felt fear toward pursuing those big dreams that are on your heart and that fear is holding you back. There's too much Kingdom work to do to let that fear paralyze you.
For full show notes on the blog, click here
Click here to join our Monthly Mamahood Coffee Chats!
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Friday Mar 12, 2021
In this episode of the Meant For This podcast, you will learn exactly how to find the time you don't believe you have to do the things that you've been wanting to do. I know, it sounds impossible, but I promise it's not. Just tune in. You'll see (hear).
---
Take my FREE Manage All The Things 5-Day Challenge
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
With Caroline J Sumlin and Chelsi Jo Moore
This is a very special collaborative episode of Meant For This with my friend, Chelsi Jo, from the Systemize Your Life podcast. This episode is airing on both of our podcasts because we firmly believe that this mission that God has given us to redefine the narrative of motherhood for modern women. In this episode, Chelsi Jo and I are talking about why it is so important to live out our motherhood calling well, why it is so important to break generational trauma in your life as a part of living out your motherhood mission, and why women believe the lie that you can either be a career woman or a mother, but not both, and how to stand up boldly to this false belief.
More than that, this conversation is deep, heartfelt, and will resonate with every mother listening as we share our stories, why we are passionate about what we do, what motherhood means to us and what we've struggled with, and so much more.
Click here to join the Meant For Motherhood Academy!
---
You can connect with Chelsi Jo here:
- PODCAST | https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/systemize-your-life-with-chelsi-jo/id1488424047
- WEBSITE | https://www.chelsijo.co
IG | @chelsij.co
- COMMUNITY | https://www.facebook.com/groups/systemizeyourlife/
- EMAIL | info@ChelsiJo.Co
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
With Caroline J. Sumlin
Click here to join our Monthly Mamahood Coffee Chats!
Join The Meant For Motherhood Academy!
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
In this episode, we will talk about how and why so many mothers are struggling to feel whole and how we can choose to re-write this narrative for ourselves.
---
Mentioned in this episode:
NEW, FREE Monthly Mamahood Coffee Chats! Click here to sign up!
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
I'm so excited to welcome Kaylan Thompson from Joy To Lead to Meant For This. Kaylan is a Leadership and Team Building Coach for Entrepreneurs and she is a wiz at equipping and empowering everyone to step into the leadership calling that is over their life. Her mission is to help everyone not only discover their calling to lead, but to do so by leaning into what brings you joy, walking in your strengths, supporting your weaknesses, and becoming the leader that your team needs you to be.
What does this have to do with motherhood? Well, everything. Mothers are leaders in their home. And, as Kaylan says, "leaders are the bridge builders to a brighter tomorrow." We are called to be those bridge builders for our family in our homes, so it is a must that we discover what our strengths really are and lean into them so that we can joyfully lead our families the way that God has called us to.
This episode is jam-packed with laughter, honesty, vulnerability, and so much wisdom. You're going to want to listen more than once.
In this episode you will learn:
- What your strengths actually are and what they are not (hint: it's not what you think)
- How to walk in your joy and how your joy is the secret to discovering what your strengths are
- The eye-opening truth about your weaknesses and how to support them
---
Connect with Kaylan:
Podcast: The Joy To Lead Podcast
Friday Feb 19, 2021
Friday Feb 19, 2021
We've all hit the pandemic wall. We've been in a global pandemic for about a year now, and while there is a very small glimmer of hope at the end of the tunnel, we still have a long way to go.
If you've been feeling pandemic burnout, you may be feeling:
- trapped
- like you want to scream
- lower energy/exhausted
- irritable or angry
- brain fog
- zero motivation
- lost
- sad/depressed
- and many more emotions
This is a tough time for everyone. We have all been impacted in one way or another by this year of isolation, and it's especially tough with your kids right there with you. This time has revealed so much to me about our needs as mothers and as humans, and just how much this pandemic has made it nearly impossible to meet those needs. While it feels nearly impossible, it's not completely impossible to meet your deepest needs, take care of yourself, make space for yourself, and make the most out of the situation.
In this episode, I am walking you through some ways you can navigate the burnout, care for yourself, give yourself some grace, and do more than just survive during this time.
---
Featured in this episode:
Grab my Ultimate Thrive at Home Guide for Quarantine and Beyond!
This guide has everything you need to plan every moment of your family’s day so that you can take back control of the chaos, reclaim your peace, and come out stronger during this time.
Planning pages included:
-
Kids Activity Brainstorm
-
Weekly Meal Planning
-
Weekly Chore Chart
-
Weekly Work Planning
-
Daily Work Planning
-
Morning + Evening Routine Planning
-
Daily + Weekly Self-Care Planning
-
Overall Weekly Flow
-
Overall Daily Flow
-
Additional Daily Planning Page
-
Daily Kid’s Routine Page (for kids to refer to)
-
PLUS: a tutorial video from me that will teach you how to use this guide effectively so you will be successful
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
I'm so excited for this episode of the Meant For This Podcast! Today, I am welcoming my husband, Dennis, to the show to share with you all from a male perspective about collaborating on household management tasks, routines, and systems. This episode will be eye-opening and super helpful as well as receive a first-hand look as to how our husbands approach things in their mind and why it can often feel difficult to get on the same page. Dennis offers a wonderful perspective and advice for us wives on how to have conversations with our spouses that are fruitful.
In this episode we share...
- a bit of our love story and how God brought us together
- how we are total opposites and how that has impacted our marriage in both good and challenging ways
- how we struggled with shared responsibilities in the beginning of our marriage and how we got to where we are today with seamless routines and systems
- how wives and husbands can have fruitful, understanding conversations about household and life management and work with each other instead of against each other
Want more marriage episodes? Come say hi over on IG and send us some marriage topic requests or questions for a Q+A sesh and I'll be sure to have my husband back on soon for another episode!
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
In this episode or the Meant For This Podcast, I’m talking with Jessie Ereddia of Mom Empowered about how she was able to completely transform her relationship with her husband by changing her thoughts about herself, working on herself and her own fulfillment in motherhood, and changing her thoughts about her husband so she could work with him instead of against him.
This episode is packed with gems, transformational info, and so much laughter. Buckle up, mama. You're in for a treat.
---
Connect with Jessie:
www.instagram.com/jessieereddia
Podcast: Mom Empowered
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021
In this episode of the Meant For This Podcast, you will learn how to take a different approach to your priorities so that you can stop trying to do everything at once. You will take a look at what priorities you have decided are essential based on empty reasons (such as perfectionism or people-pleasing) and what priorities line up with what God has told you to do in this season.
You will also take a look at how to categorize your weekly routine so that you know exactly when various tasks are getting taken care of. Instead of scrambling to figure out when you will get things done, you will know exactly where to place things in your routine as they come up.
In this episode you will learn:
- How to make sure your priorities align with where God has you in this season
- How to break up with the "I need to do everything at once to get anything done" mindset
- How to categorize your time blocks throughout the week so you know exactly when to take care of certain tasks
Here's what else you need to know:
- Come join us inside the Meant For Motherhood Academy! The Meant for Motherhood Academy, MMA for short, is a monthly online academy that was created to equip you to manage motherhood with efficiency and intention so you can make room for what matters most to you. In the academy, you will have a portal full of mini-courses to teach you how to simplify your life, create routines that work for you, create systems for household management and other tasks, prioritize self-care and keeping your cup full, and mother with intention by honoring the mission of motherhood that God has called you to. Plans start at just $39/month! Click here to learn more and enroll today!
- A membership program not your jam but want to attend one of my workshops? Good news! You can grab a singular ticket to my monthly live workshops! This month's workshop is about eliminating distractions and it's going to be so good. You will learn how to finally stay focused on your tasks at hand even though you have a mile-long to-do list and laundry staring you in the face. Grab your seat here and I'll see you at the workshop!
- New here and want to know where to start? Enroll in my FREE Manage All The Things Challenge today! In this challenge, you will learn how to get crystal clear on your priorities, create a simple routine to get you started and write mission statements for your individual callings to help you live boldly where God has called you. Click here to get started for FREE!