2020 Publisher’s Weekly BookLife Prize Grand Prize Finalist and Inspirational/Spiritual Category Winner
Are you a mom feeling anxious, exhausted, or overwhelmed—and wondering if you’re the only one?
You’re not. Whether you’re a brand-new mom or a seasoned parent of 30 years, motherhood brings waves of big emotions—from postpartum depression, baby blues, and mom guilt, to moments of joy, gratitude, and quiet triumph.
How Are You Feeling, Momma? (You Don’t Need to Say “I’m Fine”) is your safe space—a heart-to-heart guide for navigating the emotional rollercoaster of motherhood with honesty, humor, and hope.
Written by two hilarious and compassionate moms, Shelby and Lisa, this book offers:
62 candid stories and mindful parenting tips reflecting on 31 powerful emotions moms experience—from fear and anxiety to hope and healing.
Thoughtful reflections on mom mental health, mom emotions, and spiritual self-care.
Over 70 scripture verses and Psalms for encouragement, grounding, and grace in hard moments.
Practical tools and loving, faith-filled wisdom to help you feel seen, supported, and never alone.
BONUS: Reflection questions after every chapter to nourish your heart and deepen your healing.
These two moms share over 70 years of combined parenting, step-parenting, and grandparenting—offering soul-deep companionship for the messy, sacred journey of motherhood.
🧡 If you’ve ever whispered, “Am I enough?” or asked, “Why does this feel so hard?” — this book is here to remind you: you are not alone, you are deeply loved, and you don’t have to pretend to be fine.
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Shelby is a Certified Emotional Intelligence Coach, Certified Meditation Teacher (CMT), author, freelance writer, speaker, and love enthusiast who is passionate about helping others 'change the way they look at things so the things they look at change.' After a 16-year journey of personal healing and transformation, Shelby is passionate about paying forward all she's learned by encouraging, inspiring, and loving on others, especially mommas. She has numerous stories featured in the national publication, Guideposts. She also has over 160 featured articles at online publications, including Her View From Home, Scary Mommy, Parenting Teens & Tweens, For Every Mom, Love What Matters, and Today. Shelby is a new gramma who lives in Ohio with her husband, John, where they reminisce about their three 20-something children who no longer live in the nest. You can find all her work at shelbyspear.com
Lisa is excited to be entering a new frontier in her life; meeting the eligibility requirement for Dunkin' Donuts senior discount. Because she's now a 'biddy, ' she lives in the same attire as new mommas: tshirts and sweats for daily living and extravagant affairs. She is an avid storyteller with plenty of material to pull from in her role as wife of 40+ years to Stu, step-mom to a son and daughter, both in their early forties, and a grandma to six grandbabies: five boys and one girl, ages 6-16. You can find her words online and in print at places like Her View From Home, Grown and Flown, Guideposts, and Chicken Soup for the Soul. Her decades of experience as a mental health professional along with her weekly empowerment circles give mommas of every age a place to celebrate themselves and one another. She prays every day that the world becomes a more tolerant and accepting place-hoping that each one of us will work towards making a lasting contribution to ensure this outcome.Lisa also loves children's theater and is ready to pursue a career in stand-up comedy if someone discovers she's funny. Her children's book, A Royal Mistake, is ready to be published if someone discovers she's written it.When it's all said and done, Lisa's wish is that everyone walk with lightness, giggle easily, and land softly someday in the arms God.
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The simple question, How are you feeling, Momma? wins the prize for the most loaded inquiry in the history of all things wonder. As moms, we've concocted a gazillion ways to dodge and deflect the question in order to avoid giving an honest answer. A trite I'm fine keeps the heaviness of authenticity from mucking up our everyday living.Yet, the truth is, beneath our facade are countless felt needs just begging for healing and resolve. Motherhood is full of competing emotions that sap our energy on the regular. We often choose to ignore our feelings because if we give them room to breathe, scary things can happen. One of which is a complete unraveling of all the 'fake it until you make it' holding us together. Who wants to risk coming undone when we're already on 'overwhelmed mother' status? But trying to side-step our reality by not being genuine only adds to the emotional weight we carry because of the missed opportunities to unburden our heart.The good news is God is ready and willing to listen to how we feel. He already knows our heart anyway. His presence never leaves us, which means the availability God has on any given day to hear our prayers, pleadings, worries, and fears is all of time and eternity. It seems like the Hebrews took full advantage of this truth back in the day when you consider the Psalms. Turns out all the Why, God?, Why not, God?, When, God?, How, God?, and Are you sure, God? questions hanging in the air thousands of years ago still resonate in our heart space today.How Are You Feeling, Momma? is a collection of 31 short reflections giving you a peek into the inner life of Shelby and Lisa as they share all the emotions they've grappled with as moms over the course of many years. You will be comforted in knowing you are not alone in how you feel, as mom emotions are universal to all. In each chapter, you will read two perspectives on a specific emotion and corresponding Psalm scripture. One captures the emotion from Shelby's experience as a Christian mom and the other from Lisa's vantage point as a Jewish step-mom and grandma.Motherhood is hard, and the emotions moms deal with on any given day are universal. Shelby and Lisa's words draw from deep wells of inexperienced experiences in hopes of bringing relief and encouragement to Moms everywhere. With vulnerability and a hefty dose of wit, Shelby and Lisa will: Inspire you to lean into and get real about your mom feelings Give you two perspectives on each emotion through both a Jewish and Christian lens Encourage you to feel comforted in knowing you aren't alone in how you feel Help you connect the pleadings in the Psalms to the pleadings in your soul While on paper, these two would appear to be polar opposites, ironically, their differences are the adhesive that binds them in this joint effort to give moms some spiritual uplift while in the trenches of motherhood. A serendipitous online encounter brought them together, and these two are living proof that despite differing views, background, and culture when it comes to God all things are possible through love. And when it comes to motherhood, all of us are in this together. N° de réf. du vendeur 00101326742
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The simple question, How are you feeling, Momma? wins the prize for the most loaded inquiry in the history of all things wonder. As moms, we've concocted a gazillion ways to dodge and deflect the question in order to avoid giving an honest answer. A trite I'm fine keeps the heaviness of authenticity from mucking up our everyday living.Yet, the truth is, beneath our facade are countless felt needs just begging for healing and resolve. Motherhood is full of competing emotions that sap our energy on the regular. We often choose to ignore our feelings because if we give them room to breathe, scary things can happen. One of which is a complete unraveling of all the 'fake it until you make it' holding us together. Who wants to risk coming undone when we're already on 'overwhelmed mother' status? But trying to side-step our reality by not being genuine only adds to the emotional weight we carry because of the missed opportunities to unburden our heart.The good news is God is ready and willing to listen to how we feel. He already knows our heart anyway. His presence never leaves us, which means the availability God has on any given day to hear our prayers, pleadings, worries, and fears is all of time and eternity. It seems like the Hebrews took full advantage of this truth back in the day when you consider the Psalms. Turns out all the Why, God?, Why not, God?, When, God?, How, God?, and Are you sure, God? questions hanging in the air thousands of years ago still resonate in our heart space today.How Are You Feeling, Momma? is a collection of 31 short reflections giving you a peek into the inner life of Shelby and Lisa as they share all the emotions they've grappled with as moms over the course of many years. You will be comforted in knowing you are not alone in how you feel, as mom emotions are universal to all. In each chapter, you will read two perspectives on a specific emotion and corresponding Psalm scripture. One captures the emotion from Shelby's experience as a Christian mom and the other from Lisa's vantage point as a Jewish step-mom and grandma.Motherhood is hard, and the emotions moms deal with on any given day are universal. Shelby and Lisa's words draw from deep wells of inexperienced experiences in hopes of bringing relief and encouragement to Moms everywhere. With vulnerability and a hefty dose of wit, Shelby and Lisa will: Inspire you to lean into and get real about your mom feelings Give you two perspectives on each emotion through both a Jewish and Christian lens Encourage you to feel comforted in knowing you aren't alone in how you feel Help you connect the pleadings in the Psalms to the pleadings in your soul While on paper, these two would appear to be polar opposites, ironically, their differences are the adhesive that binds them in this joint effort to give moms some spiritual uplift while in the trenches of motherhood. A serendipitous online encounter brought them together, and these two are living proof that despite differing views, background, and culture when it comes to God all things are possible through love. And when it comes to motherhood, all of us are in this together. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN0578424185VG
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