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Who Owns Your Calendar? A Self-Confidence Wake-Up Call for Wives Walking on Eggshells -Bonus Episode

If you constantly feel stretched thin, behind, or quietly resentful of how your time disappears… this episode is for you.
So many Christian wives are living in reaction mode — responding to every need, every request, every emotional shift in the home — without ever realizing they have slowly handed over stewardship of one of God’s most precious gifts: their time.
In today’s episode of The Worthy Wife Podcast, I’m inviting you into a gentle but powerful reframing.
Your calendar is not just a productivity tool.
It is a reflection of leadership.It is an expression of self-confidence.And yes — it can even become an act of worship.
If you’ve been walking on eggshells in your marriage, overextending yourself, or feeling like your days belong to everyone else… this conversation will help you pause, reclaim responsibility, and realign your time with God’s calling for your life and home.
In This Episode, I Teach You:
Why time is the great equalizer for every Christian wife
How women quietly surrender stewardship of their days
The difference between living in reaction vs. living in calling
Why self-confidence grows when you take ownership of your time
A powerful mindset shift to help you stop walking on eggshells in your marriage
How your calendar can become a peaceful act of obedience and worship
A Gentle Invitation
If you’re ready to stop living in constant reaction and start stewarding your time with intention and peace, I would love to personally invite you to my upcoming live workshop:
🗓 Time Management Workshop📅 February 28🕙 10:00 AM Pacific🕚 11:00 AM Mountain🕛 12:00 PM Central
This is not about productivity hacks.
Inside this workshop, we will:
Look at what you may have unintentionally handed over
Reclaim stewardship of your real week
Ask God for direction together
Intentionally offer your calendar back to Him
We will spend the first part teaching — and the second part actually workshopping your real calendar.
If you are ready to walk in courageous confidence instead of quiet reaction, I would love to see you there.
Scripture Reflection
“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” — Psalm 90:12
Resources & Next Steps
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Accepted and Self-Confidence: Stop Walking on Eggshells by Managing Your Thoughts

In this episode, I teach you how to intentionally cultivate thoughts that create self-confidence, emotional safety, and a stronger marriage — instead of living at the mercy of your reactions. You’ll learn how to stop walking on eggshells by understanding the power you already have to form thoughts on purpose so you can feel accepted, steady, and clear about why you do what you do. This is about mental leadership — choosing beliefs that support the life you desire as a wife, an empty nester, and a woman walking closely with God.
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You: The Best Asset in Your Marriage

What if who you are isn’t the problem in your marriage—but the asset God intentionally placed there?
In this episode, I’m talking to the Christian wife who has learned to apologize for her feelings, soften her opinions, and shrink herself to keep the peace. I want to gently challenge the belief that being authentic is selfish or dangerous in marriage. Together, we’ll explore why showing up as your true self isn’t something to fix or manage—but something your marriage actually needs.
If you’ve been walking on eggshells, trying not to offend, and wondering if you’re “too much,” this conversation is for you. Who you are is not a liability. It’s part of God’s design—and it matters more than you’ve been told.
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You’re Not Broken: Why Your Brain Isn’t the Enemy

Episode Show Notes
The Worthy Wife Podcast
Why your brain isn’t the problem—and how accepting your humanity builds spiritual confidence
One of the greatest gifts I ever gave myself was the day I stopped rejecting my own humanity in the name of being “spiritual enough.”
I realized something that changed everything:I have a brain in my head that is doing exactly what God designed it to do.
And I don’t need to fight it, shame it, or silence it to be acceptable to God.
In this episode, I walk you through why understanding your brain is not a threat to your faith—but actually a pathway to deeper peace, emotional safety, and spiritual maturity.
If you’ve ever felt frustrated with yourself because you know what God is calling you to do—but part of you resists, hesitates, or reacts—you’re not broken. You’re human.
And that matters.
In This Episode, I Talk About:
Why your brain’s main job is safety, energy conservation, and comfort—and why that’s not sinful
The difference between reactionary brain responses and Spirit-led choices
Why shame often comes after obedience—and how to stop letting it define you
What Paul meant when he said, “The things I want to do, I don’t do…”
How self-rejection keeps Christian women stuck, small, and emotionally unsafe
Why accepting your humanity actually strengthens your walk with God
How to respond to your brain with compassion instead of condemnation
I also share how learning this freed me from self-loathing, spiritual performance, and the constant fear that I wasn’t “doing Christianity right.”
You can acknowledge the thought.You can thank your brain for trying to protect you.And you can still choose obedience—without shame.
That’s not compromise.That’s maturity.
A Gentle Reflection for You This Week:
The next time your brain offers you a thought like “I don’t want to do this,”pause and notice:
Can I let this thought exist without judging myself?
Can I choose love, obedience, or courage anyway?
What would it look like to respond to myself with kindness instead of correction?
You are allowed to be human and deeply faithful.
Both can be true.
Resources & Next Steps
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Remember—you’re not a disappointment.You don’t need fixing.And you don’t have to reject yourself to walk faithfully with God.
I’ll be back with you next week. 💛

Empty Nester: Is This Stealing Peace in Your Marriage?

Stop Abandoning Yourself: Peace in the Empty Nest Begins Here
The empty nest is often described as a season of freedom.But for many women, it feels more like an unsettling quiet—one that doesn’t restore, but unnerves.
In this episode of The Worthy Wife Podcast, I speak directly to empty nest women who long for peace in their homes, their marriages, and most of all, in their own hearts—but can’t quite find it.
What if the peace you’re craving doesn’t come from fixing relationships, filling the quiet, or reinventing yourself?
What if it begins with stopping one thing you’ve been doing for years… without realizing it?
In today’s episode, I unpack the hidden habit of self-abandonment—and how letting go of it opens the door to emotional safety, self-confidence, and true peace in this season of life.
In this episode, I explore:
Why the empty nest often feels restless instead of freeing
How self-abandonment masquerades as humility, niceness, or “being spiritual”
Why peace is not something you chase—but something Christ has already given you (John 14:27)
How abandoning yourself erodes emotional safety in your marriage and relationships
What it looks like to stay with yourself instead of blaming, shrinking, or self-betraying
Why confidence doesn’t come from outcomes, approval, or productivity—but from agreement with God
How peace becomes possible even when circumstances remain unresolved
This episode is an invitation to stop measuring your worth by roles, reactions, or relational harmony—and to begin standing with yourself the way God already stands with you.
Peace in the empty nest doesn’t come from doing more.It comes from agreeing with God and refusing to abandon yourself.
Resources & Next Steps
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Empty Nester, Acknowledge Your Gifts and Believe!

Many Christian women struggle with acknowledging what God has done—and is doing—in their lives.
We downplay our gifts.We minimize our growth.We call it humility—but often, it’s something else entirely.
In this episode of The Worthy Wife Podcast, I talk about the lie many of us have believed: that recognizing our God-given gifts and abilities is somehow prideful. And I invite you to consider a different perspective—one rooted in faith.
Because this was never about you.It’s always been about honoring the work of your Creator.
I share why refusing to look at who God has made you to be actually keeps you from fully trusting Him, how belief is something we must practice, and why shrinking back or burying your gifts is not humility—it’s fear.
Using Scripture, real-life examples, and a powerful metaphor about strength and training, I’ll walk you through what it means to exercise belief, release outcomes to God, and step forward in faith—even when circumstances feel heavy or uncertain.
You are not where you are by accident.You were placed here, now, on purpose.
And to do the work of God, we must believe.
Resources & Next Steps
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Does Keeping the Peace Have You Walking on Eggshells -

Biblical Peace, Emotional Safety, and Boundaries Without Guilt for Christian Wives
Show Notes
For many Christian wives, “keeping the peace” feels like the loving, faithful thing to do. We stay quiet. We smooth things over. We manage emotions—our own and everyone else’s—so nothing escalates.
But over time, that kind of peacekeeping often leaves us tense, guarded, and walking on eggshells.
In this episode, I explore the important difference between keeping the peace and creating real, biblical peace. Drawing from Scripture, personal experience, and everyday family dynamics, I share why peacekeeping is often rooted in fear—and how God invites us into something steadier, freer, and more honest.
We’ll talk about:
Why peacekeeping quietly creates emotional pressure
How 2 Timothy 1:7 reframes fear, power, love, and self-control
The difference between peacekeeping and peacemaking (and why it matters in marriage and family life)
A real-life example from family planning where “being nice” can actually block honesty
How resentment grows when truth is avoided—even with good intentions
A simple, practical way to begin creating peace without guilt or emotional over-functioning
This episode is especially for the woman who loves her family deeply but feels worn down by the responsibility of keeping everything calm. You don’t have to choose between love and truth. God’s peace doesn’t require you to shrink, tiptoe, or carry what isn’t yours.
One-Sentence Takeaway
Keeping the peace manages fear — creating peace flows from inner security in Christ.
Resources & Next Steps
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“Should Empty Nesters Set Goals for 2026 — Or Is Wanting More Unfaithful?”

New Year’s Resolutions, God-Given Desires, and the Goals We’re Afraid to Admit We Want
Should Christian women set goals? (I love this episode so much)Is it okay to want more — more impact, more purpose, more joy — or does that mean we’re ungrateful or prideful?
In today’s episode, I’m talking honestly about New Year’s resolutions, big dreams, and the quiet guilt many Christian women carry when they feel a desire stirring inside them. I share how I once believed that wanting more meant I wasn’t thankful enough — and how God gently showed me something very different.
We explore the difference between:
Desires that come from comparison and pressure
And desires that are quietly placed in our hearts by God
I talk about how God often gives us a vision before He gives us clarity — and why that unsettling, confusing stirring might actually be an invitation, not a problem to fix.
You’ll hear the story of how this very podcast was born — not from a five-year plan or a New Year’s resolution, but from a deep, Spirit-led knowing that God was calling me forward. And how learning to trust His timing, rather than rushing to make something happen, changed everything.
This episode is especially for you if:
You feel torn between gratitude and desire
You’ve learned to stay small to keep others comfortable
You sense God may be calling you into something new — but you’re afraid to disrupt the rhythm of your life
You wonder if it’s “too late” to step into something meaningful
We also talk about surrender — not as passivity, but as trust. What it really means to say, “Not my will, but Yours,” and how freeing it is to want what God wants more than we want comfort, approval, or certainty.
Whether God is calling you to stay the course this year or step into something entirely new, my prayer is that this episode gives you peace, clarity, and permission to listen closely to Him.
One Simple Takeaway
A desire that comes from delighting in the Lord is not something to be ashamed of — it’s often an invitation to trust Him more deeply.
Resources & Next Steps
Book a free discovery call with me:https://meetings.hubspot.com/callemeersch
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Who Told You Aren’t Worthy? Why Christian Wives Struggle to Feel Accepted

As this year comes to a close, I want to talk about something many Christian wives quietly wrestle with: worthiness.
So many women live as though their value is tied to performance — how well they’re doing as a wife, a mother, a Christian, or a person. In this episode, I share a different perspective rooted in Scripture: your worth is not earned, not fragile, and not under construction. In Christ, it is a finished work.
We explore what it means to be worthy because of our Creator, how salvation restores our ability to receive that worth, and why believing we are accepted changes how we speak, show up, and allow others to treat us — especially in marriage.
I also share practical, gentle ways to begin living like a woman who knows she is worthy: what we naturally stop doing, what we start doing instead, and how belief — not effort — creates real change.
This episode is especially for Christian wives who:
Feel like they’re always walking on eggshells
Struggle with self-confidence or people-pleasing
Feel accepted by God in theory, but not always in daily life
Want to enter the new year grounded, peaceful, and steady in their identity in Christ
You are worthy of love, peace, joy, and acceptance — not because you deserve it, but because Jesus finished the work and placed it upon you.
Resources & Next Steps
Book a free discovery call with me:https://meetings.hubspot.com/callemeersch
Email: hello@coachedbycarrie.com
Subscribe to The Worthy Wife Podcast so you never miss an episode
Share this episode with a friend who needs encouragement to stay steady in her faith
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Peace for the Empty Nester: Trusting God’s Control

In this episode, I speak directly to the woman who loves the Lord and still finds herself unsettled by how different life feels now.
We talk about God’s sovereignty and why pain doesn’t mean something has gone wrong or that you’ve missed His will. I share how peace begins when we release misplaced responsibility and return power to God alone—especially when it comes to our adult children and circumstances beyond our control.
I also offer practical guidance for discerning when it’s time to take action and when God is inviting you to rest, trust, and let go—without guilt or passivity.
If you’re longing for peace in this season, this conversation is for you.
Resources & Next Steps
Book a free discovery call with me:https://meetings.hubspot.com/callemeersch
Email:hello@coachedbycarrie.com
Call or text:(1) 604-302-3402
Subscribe to The Worthy Wife Podcast so you never miss an episode.
Share this episode with a friend who needs peace and encouragement in a hard season.