#47 Stillness Is Not Sinful: Why Rest, Quiet, and Waiting Matter at Christmas and as We Enter 2026
The Discerning Mother
At Christmas, the world slows just enough for many women to feel uneasy. Instead of peace, quiet can bring guilt, anxiety, and the pressure to plan, improve, or prepare for the new year. In this episode, I explore that stillness is not laziness, disobedience, or spiritual failure. This episode is especially for women who feel burned out, stuck, or afraid to slow down, and who want to enter the new year regulated, rooted, and trusting God’s timing. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why many women equate rest with failure The biblical and etymological meaning of stillness What Christmas reveals about how God actually works Why peace must come before vision for the new year How stillness supports healing, identity, and spiritual growth Connect with Brigid www.loretowellness.com Join The Dwelling Place: A Christ-centered community for women ready to heal their minds, bodies, and stories. Learn more & join here Listen to the FREE private podcast about Becoming the Woman God Had in Mind → [Link] Instagram: @brigidtebaldi
About Podcast
Welcome to The Discerning Mother, the podcast where building a thriving business and becoming a whole woman are not two different goals. Most wellness podcasts will tell you to regulate your nervous system. Most business podcasts will tell you to try another strategy.
This one will tell you why those won't work.
This is where faith, health, and business strategy collide.
Each week we talk about:
- How your nervous system is either building your business or quietly sabotaging it
- Why rewiring your nervous system and identity unlocks what regulation never could
- Real strategy for scaling without burning the woman behind the brand
- What Catholic/Christian theology has to say about money, ambition, and becoming
- How to have more without doing more
- Doing it all while being a present, joyful, peaceful mother & 6 or 7 figure business owner
This is not hustle culture with a rosary or prayers on top. This is the real work; the kind that changes what you are capable of in your business, your body, your marriage, and your motherhood (& by default, the world! Right, St. Mother Teresa?!).
Whether you are listening as you prep for a client call or folding laundry, it's time for you to dive in!