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The Discerning Mother

#53 | From Saints to Cycles: Rediscovering the Female Body in God’s Story

The Discerning Mother

In this conversation with Christina Valenzuela, founder of Pearl & Thistle, we explore how the feminine body speaks sacred truth, how saints lived fully embodied lives, and how deep body literacy invites women into fuller understanding of themselves and God’s design. Christina brings her theology and science rooted approach to menstrual and fertility education, inviting every woman and every age into a richer way of seeing the female body not as something to overcome, but as an intimate part of the human story. Connect with Christina’s work at Pearl & Thistle: https://pearlandthistle.com/ where faith and body literacy meet in thoughtful resources, courses, and books for Catholics at every life stage. Learn more about her theology-infused approach to body literacy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pearlandthistle/ 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

Categories
Business • Entrepreneurship
Health & Fitness
Religion & Spirituality • Christianity

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!