Catholic Mom Calm: Six Steps to Calm the Chaos of Everyday Life

by Sterling Jaquith

Most of us are living life without tools to cope with the stress of modern-day society. We constantly feel like we don’t have enough time… life is too hard… or we’ll never measure up. The noise is overwhelming, there's too much information being thrown at us, and we seriously lack family and community support.

God, in His goodness, gave us tools in our brain to decrease our stress and to cope with stress when it comes up. But most of us weren't taught these tools. I'm going to teach them to you.

This book will give you tools

- Calm your body down so you can think clearly
- Stop speaking to yourself in such a negative way
- Hear the voice of God and discern His will
- Make rock-solid plans to make your life easier

It's possible to do this motherhood thing without losing your mind. These four tools will help you significantly decrease the chaos in your life.

The result... living with Catholic Mom Calm.

197 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 2, 2023

Reviews

[Ann Warren · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book and method. Focusing on how your thoughts dictate your actions/results and choosing to change your thoughts to be more in line with your goals is a continuous and fruitful work. Great suggestions for calming your body and listening to God. One pet peeve - I hate when books are formatted with 1-2 sentence paragraphs separated by spaces and bold entire sentences throughout.

[Jenny Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought it was really well written and organized. It was also beautiful and pleasing to read!!! The chapters at the end I thought needed to be a bit more fleshed out as I was confused on application, but all in all was an excellent start on managing emotions/feelings with very practical Catholic mom specific examples.

[Kass Hund · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found a lot of good insight and I like the protocols for thinking through problems. I appreciate that a faithful Catholic woman found something that works for her and is sharing it with all of us. There were several typos that I felt should have been easily identified prior to publishing, and I would have liked the author to go more in depth on a few subjects. It was a good practical guide with helpful ways of thinking while including God in your every day decisions.

[Jessika Caruso · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazing book- it’s written with a mix of compassion, helpful analogies, anecdotes, practical tools, tender care, tough love, but above all, faith in God and reliance on prayer.
A wonderful guide to help Catholic moms find peace and healing, and ultimately — calm in everyday difficult moments. Provides tools to use for the rest of one’s life, in all areas of life.
Looking forward to reading the author’s other books!

[Aubrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolute favorite book. Sterling sees too the core of motherhood, with all its pain and trials. It is so cathartic. Then after being seen, she guides with concrete steps how to claim your calm. Even with a background in psychology, Sterling taught me new things and piecesld together things I did know but in new ways. I can't recommend this book enough.

[Maureen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every catholic mom should read

An incredible book that helps you understand your body and brain and gives you real things to so to help calm your body and to process and regulate emotions in high stress situations.

This book has given me so much insight and I will be recommending it to every mom I know ❤️ phenomenal book.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars… I didn’t love the format (1-2 sentence paragraphs, almost felt gimmicky- there is actually a page in the middle that tells you to go to Amazon and leave a review 🤨, lots of typos too) but had some good tips and is giving me a lot to think about and review.

[Julia Marco · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book sparked some good conversations in our Church's moms group. Some of the content felt too self-help-y.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This really put things into perspective for me. Thank you for giving examples to work through!