In Mom Enough: Inspiring Letters for the Wonderfully Exhausting but Totally Normal Days of Motherhood, author, influencer, and founder of the popular social media community Finding Joy™, Rachel Marie Martin, offers encouragement for moms by sharing her own personal journey through heartache, self-doubt, and the challenges of motherhood. With over forty letters of encouragement, from one mom to another, she tells mothers they're "mom enough”— including the mom who worries if she is a good mom, the mom who needs to let go of mom guilt, and the mom with littles.
“I don’t have all the answers,” says Rachel Marie Martin. “I’ve stumbled and fallen and stood up again, and again. I don’t really write about the perfect stuff but rather the figuring it out while in the middle of life stuff. I share about the good, the bad, the ugly, and the abundance of moments called the in-betweens. I’ve shared and continue to share: divorce, the heartbreak and reconnecting with an estranged child, dealing with an autoimmune disease in my youngest, feeling overwhelmed with littles, living through financial crises, waiting up for teens, and simply being overwhelmed and overjoyed by the day in, day out demands of motherhood. I’ve also shared about my second marriage, co-parenting, being a bonus (step) mom to four more amazing people, moving across the country, anxiety, and being an entrepreneur and coach. I’ve shared because I believe in the sharing; there is healing, there is power, and there is a reminder that the beauty of motherhood is often tucked in the corners where you and I sit and wonder, ‘Am I making a difference?’ or, ‘Will the kids be OK?’ or, ‘Am I the only one?’ or, ‘Will I make it?’ And yet, in it all, we gather our resolve, we try hard and we mother.”
RACHEL MARIE MARTIN
Rachel Marie Martin believes in the power of the human spirit to overcome, to thrive and to find deep joy and because of that she pours out her heart via these platforms: she is the writer behind the site FindingJoy.net and author of The Brave Art of Motherhood (Waterbrook, 2018) and a founding partner in Audience Industries – a company designed to train and equip entrepreneurs in their ventures. Her articles have been translated into over 25 languages, her site reaches millions of visitors per month and she has a robust, engaged Facebook community.
She has written dozens of letters to moms covering topics from babies to toddlers to the overwhelming days to the silence of middle schoolers to the letting go of teenagers. Her articles have reached over fifty million moms worldwide.
Her content has been featured in The Huffington Post, The Today Show, Star Tribune, Tiny Buddha, iVillage, Stuff New Zealand, John Tesh, PopSugar, Motherly, Parents, What to Expect, Independent Journal Review, Dr. Greene, Power of Positivity, Her View From Home, CafeMom, and many more. She speaks worldwide encouraging moms and entrepreneurs to live each day with purpose and drive. Beyond that, she’s a mom to seven, and calls Nashville, Tennessee, her home.
Connect with Rachel Marie Martin:
Official site: https://findingjoy.net
Facebook: @findingjoy
Instagram: @finding_joy
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