#181 Who Are You Becoming? How Natural Family Planning Can Make You a Saint
Cycles and Sanctity Podcast | Trust Your Body, Grow In Holiness
Why does Natural Family Planning sometimes feel so hard—and what if the struggle itself is forming you into the woman God is calling you to become? Natural Family Planning is about more than tracking fertility, identifying fertile days, or deciding whether to achieve or avoid pregnancy. For Catholic couples, NFP can become a powerful opportunity to grow in virtue, strengthen communication in marriage, deepen trust in God, and ultimately grow in holiness. In this episode of Cycles & Sanctity, Mama Jane and Mama Vicki begin a new series exploring Natural Family Planning through the lens of Catholic virtue. They get honest about the challenges of practicing NFP and ask a different question: instead of only asking, “Why is this so hard?” what if we asked, “Lord, who are You inviting me to become through this?” You’ll discover how the everyday practice of NFP can create opportunities to grow in patience, self-control, courage, generosity, marital communication, discernment, and faithfulness. Mama Jane and Mama Vicki also introduce the four Cardinal Virtues—prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance—and how each one can transform the way Catholic couples approach fertility, intimacy, and marriage. Because practicing NFP doesn’t automatically make us holy. But when we allow God to work through the decisions, sacrifices, struggles, and joys of Natural Family Planning, NFP can become more than something we do. It can become one of the ways God forms us. NFP isn’t the goal. Becoming the saint God created you to be is. Join Our Free Monthly Workshop Here
About Podcast
Cycles & Sanctity is the podcast for Catholic women who want to trust their bodies, grow in self-knowledge, and grow in holiness through the wisdom of the Catholic faith.
Hosted by Mama Jane and Mama Vicki, two Catholic Womanhood Coaches, each episode helps women heal mentally, emotionally, and spiritually so they can live with greater clarity, peace, and confidence. Together, we explore fertility awareness, natural family planning (NFP), Catholic mindset coaching, emotional healing, feminine identity, marriage, motherhood, breastfeeding, and the beauty of God's design for womanhood.
We believe your body is not broken. Your fertility is not something to fear or manage with shame. Your cycle is part of God's loving design—a gift that can lead you to deeper prayer, wiser daily decisions, and a more intimate relationship with Christ.
If you're longing to:
Trust your body with confidence
Understand your emotions and interior life
Deepen your Catholic faith
Live with greater peace and purpose
Grow in holiness as the woman God created you to be
...then you're in the right place.
Join us each week as we help Catholic women embrace God's design, discover the truth about their bodies, and confidently walk the path of authentic womanhood.
Trust Your Body. Grow in Holiness.