Episode 92 is literal gold!

As a new mom of two littles, I am always encouraged by Abbie whether it be her books, IG, or podcast. Thank you Abbie for being used to share your wisdom!

Thank you Mrs. Halberstadt for your using your gift of explaining to glorify God and help others! I am a teenager and I first heard you speak at ‘share the arrows’ with Allie Beth Stucky. What you said at share the arrows really left an impression on my heart. I really liked your concept of “rhythms” because I struggle with sticking to routines. I also love how you deep dive into the word in the pursuit of truth. If anyone were to take away something from my review it would be that this is a great podcast for women, in whatever stage of life. (Btw side note: you mentioned in a recent podcast about a 6 hour head coving video- that would be from Mike winger his content is great.) I appreciate your encouragement to listeners to, think biblically about everything. As well as to turn to God in everything, relying on his strength and not our own. I really couldn’t be more grateful for the wisdom that’s said and I’m not even a mom! You and your family are so sweet; will be praying for you! 🤍 - Listener, age 16

I have so enjoyed getting to hear from your pastor Rick Witmer on this podcast—he was our pastor prior to moving to TX and it’s such a small world to see him popping up on your podcast that I’ve been listening to for awhile now! As always, I enjoy his wisdom and have found the questions you’ve asked to be really helpful! We miss Rick and Jenn and are happy they’re thriving in your local church now! -Melissa Lim from Yakima (Sun Valley church!)

I loved the episodes with Wit! I’d love for him to do a deep-dive into covenant theology. I’ve had questions about this for a long time, and I feel like I can’t get an accessible explanation for a “normie” anywhere. :)

Abbie is so real & raw. She says things with a kind heart, yet straightforward. I absolutely love this podcast and the encouragement and conviction I’ve felt as a mom. I met her at the Wellness Collective and she is so kind and real.

UPDATE: Now a mama of 7, I still LOVE the podcast, and I love the new WWKW: podcast version. I've been off instagram for months now, and your WWKW was one of the things I missed most! Keep em coming! As a mama of 6, expecting my 7th, it’s so refreshing to hear from Abbie and know that the content she is spreading is God honoring and true! Though a *gasp* sinful human like the rest of us, she always points her message back to scripture and the gospel of Christ. She addresses hard issues with grace, and Rather than answering the “easy, checklist parenting” type questions, she often gets down to the heart of why the question is being asked in the first place. Knowing there isn’t ONE right way to parent, her perspective is refreshing and freeing in our culture of comparison and discontentment! I am especially excited because I am taking 2023 off from all social media. (Too much distraction from the better things). She was my favorite account to follow, and I missed her WWKW segments! Thankful that I can continue to be encouraged, and know that so many other moms are being encouraged by such a GOOD message that we all need to hear!

Overall, I really enjoy this podcast. I’m not a huge fan of the Robertsons, BUT that’s ok! Most of the episodes are so Bible-focused and full of practical Christian living and parenting advice without being heavy-handed and insisting that the way that Abbie and her husband raise kids is the only way.

Hi Abbie! Love your podcasts. I am never one to call people out on things I disagree with, but there was a mistake in reference to scripture you made in episode 74 in reference to our dear Lord, and I can honestly say if it was me I would hope I would be corrected so please know this is from a place of love for our Savior and not a petty attack on you. You accidentally combined two Bible passages and made a funny comment along the lines of “oops Jesus didn’t pay taxes yikes I guess He’s perfect so that’s okay I suppose?” type of comment and I just wanted to point out that He did pay taxes to the Romans…when questioned by the Pharisees about paying taxes, He told them to look at a coin. He points out that Caesar’s face is on it, so his taxes are owed to him (Mark 12). The story of the disciple pulling out the money from the fish is completely different. That is in reference to temple taxes, which were basically fees collected from adult Jewish men by the temple for its upkeep. You can reference Matthew 17 for more context, but essentially Jesus says the temple is His father’s so He doesn’t technically have to pay this fee, but to keep peace, He has Peter pay His and Peter’s fee with coins fished out of the mouth of a fish. Hope this made sense!

Thank you Abbie. Your books are changing the way I parent. My husband and I have read them both. Don’t be discouraged by any negative comments! You are so honest and real. Keep it up. Also I love your quick wit and sense of humor. Your Scripture connections sometimes take my breath away. You are loved.

I’m not great with my words BUT I just absolutely love Abbie. She’s my spiritual mentor without even knowing me. I love how she doesn’t shy away from tough conversations. And I just love her views on motherhood and life. I find it so refreshing to listening to an experienced mom who has the same beliefs as I do. Thank you Abbie! You’re amazing. Never stop:)

I’m so thankful for Abbie’s wisdom that she has gained over the years from both the Lord and through her own experience in motherhood! I’ve been a blog/IG follower since 2012 when I was pregnant with my first and have loved watching her family grow over the years. I love the truths she shares and her willingness to put this podcast out for us to listen!

M is for Mama is the only podcast I listen to that I anticipate weekly, look forward to each Wednesday and won’t skip a single episode. Abbie always brings solid biblical truth with a lot of practical wisdom. I have been so encouraged and at times brought to tears at how God has used her words at just the right time to spur me on during hard things, encourage me to live a Godly life and to validate that being a mom is really, really hard but our kids are worth.

I started listening to this Podcast a few weeks ago and started from the first episode. I was absolutely blown away from the first 10 episodes. I learned a lot about my own parenting style. I even downloaded a few of the Ebooks. I shared the Podcast with several of my friends. However, the last several episodes that I have listened to I can’t make through. Too much personal information is given. It is hard to listen and get to the point of the episode because of the rambling on about her everyday experiences. I would recommend going back to listen to your first few episodes and go back to the way you set those up. I’m sorry for this 3 star review. I really appreciate your heart and the biblically sound advice you are giving moms. God Bless you and your family.

Love this podcast! It’s nice to listen to the advice from a mom who has had so many kids and has started launching them into the world. Her topics are always encouraging and point me to Christ.

This is a good podcast with solid information. However Abbie can come across aloof, and haughty. She has an underlying tone that comes across as ‘well you should know better, but since you don’t I guess I’ll have to tell you….’. This is not a constant problem, however if feels frequent. As I said it does have some useful and good information, it can be a okay way to spend some time. As a special needs mom I did not enjoy her episode on parenting special needs children it was condescending and she kept telling everyone she does not have a special needs child, as if to say ‘I got by without one!’. All in all I give it a 2 star, not for content, but for host character.

Skip the other mom podcasts that are rah-rah self-help jargon. This one offers practical advice, Biblical wisdom, and a role model whose encouraging attitude toward motherhood (and other hard-not bad-endeavors) is contagious.

Love tuning in each week to hear a balanced and biblical perspective on motherhood and responses to cultural issues! Keep speaking the truth and encouraging a generation of young moms!

I recently was sent a podcast featuring Abbie and quickly found her books and podcasts because I wanted more! Popping in my headphones and listening to parenting wisdom from a biblical perspective has really helped to encourage me in my current stage in young motherhood. Some topics have been convicting and been the kickstart of positive changes in my mothering. I really enjoy hearing Abbie quote scripture and I’m encouraged to keep up my Bible memory! I also enjoy all the twin antics, as a mother of twins myself!

I love listening to Abbie’s podcast, and loved her books. She offers sound, biblical wisdom, from a real perspective. I found her “M is for Mama” book when I really needed inspiration for motherhood. I was thrilled when I discovered her podcast!

I have been listening to Abbie’s podcasts for a few years now and I’m constantly blessed when listening to each episode! Her books are phenomenal. Thanks M is for Mama 🥳

Abbie’s content is Biblically based and SO relevant to modern mamas. I really enjoy her balanced approach to touchy subjects in motherhood. She gives a lot of grace for a category of people who are certainly in an extremely vulnerable state - but at the same time she shares deep truths that are so helpful and so needed.

Abbie makes you feel like you’re sitting her living room sipping tea with a good friend. Very encouraging and a lot wisdom as well!

Thanks so much for encouraging me to be the best momma I can be ❤️

It’s refreshing to hear a sound motherhood podcast.

I guess Abbie is waiting for the podcast to be lucrative before she spends money on high quality equipment. She also seems cranky every time she talks about social media and her “followers” and seems so defensive all the time

Abbie has been such a blessing to my life and now my friends lives as I have shared her books and this podcast with them. As new moms, many first gen believers, Abbie is the big sister with the heart for God we all need in our lives. Each episode I have found wisdom and gained perspective and I am so grateful to Abbie for taking the time to make this podcast!

You express yourself so well and I appreciate your honesty. I’ve loved listening to your books and now podcast!

This podcast is such a blessing to me! Abbie shares such biblical, good, practical, and encouraging wisdom! I just want to tell every mom to get her books and listen to her podcast! I am thankful to be able to learn from her!

Love the truth spoken, even when it’s hard and uncomfortable. Great stories that inspire, and encourage and great reminders of biblical truth in motherhood!

She takes forever to get to her point. I am not even saying this to be mean. Her content is biblically sound and great but I was listening to a podcast episode, currently nine minutes in and she hasn’t even touched the topic yet. I say this to help! Hopefully she sees this I don’t mean it negatively at all.

I greatly appreciate this podcast and the discussion on relevant topics with grace,truth, and love. So encouraging and focused on Christ.

I love listening to Abbie’s podcast! She is just so calming and exudes wisdom. It feels like a friendly conversation with a good friend speaking wisdom to you about all topics of life.

Have learned so much from this podcast and her books! So grateful for your wisdom, insight , and most importantly that you point us all back to the Lord and his word. Thank you!

I feel like I’m getting to go on a coffee date (oops—I don’t think she actually drinks coffee ha so maybe tea!) with her and just get loads and loads of motherhood wisdom—all of it checked by God’s Word. Thank you Abbie!

I think what I love most about Abbie and her podcast is how much she pushes me back to Scripture. It’s not all about “how does Abbie do it” it’s “what does the Bible say?” The Bible is my ultimate authority and I owe my full obedience and surrender to Jesus. Abbie does the thorough and yet rare job of explaining Scripture in light of cultural issues and then letting you apply it to your life instead of making the whole podcast about how she lives life and how she is our standard. One of my favorite statements by her is when she said that as Christians we need to compare our lives to the light of Scripture and if it reveals darkness in our lives we need to get rid of it and hold fast to what matches up to God’s Word. I greatly appreciate her Christlike spirit and testimony and have benefitted from her wisdom + faith.

Her books and podcast are gold to moms! The Bible has so much to say how we are to live and I love how she ties in Gods word to raising our children. I pass your episodes on to so many moms and they are encouraged and blessed by your work, thank you Abby!

It is so wonderful to hear a Biblically based Christian mom podcast. I really like how real and honest she is and she’s not afraid to talk about what the Bible actually says on any given topic. I absolutely love listening ❤️

This podcast was so good. I have friends posting things like this and following accounts that encourage this mentality. Thank you for speaking out against it. And reminding us of our calling and that our children are good from the Lord. And we have a duty to raise them. In the strength of the Lord. My favorite verse is Philippians 4:13. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!”

I have enjoyed every episode that I have heard from Abbie. She is bold and kind to share the gospel faithfully. She is real and insightful and overall such a blessing to hear from. Abbie, thank you for being so faithful to share Christ and to raise arrows that will, no doubt, do some major damage to the Enemy! Praying for you, from Central Alabama. 🤍

I feel like I’m hearing from a wise, biblically minded friend every time I listen to her podcasts. I have already recommended M is for Mama to my real life friends and hope that other women can glean from Abbie’s conversations and encouragement.

I so appreciate Abbie’s faithfulness to anchor everything she says and writes in Biblical truth. I love reading her books and IG posts and am delighted she offers a podcast now, as well. It’s definitely worth the listen!

First episode was such a great reminder that being a Mom is a high worthy calling!!

I am not trying to get down on the content of this podcast. I’m happy for Abbie’s voice on this platform. I do wish she would let her guests talk more. Listening to the Really Very Crunchy episode, it seemed like a pretty one sided conversation for much of the podcast. I really wanted to hear what Emily had to say, but it felt like she was constantly being interrupted. I’m assuming not every episode is an interview; those are the times to get your perspective across. Let the interviews be about the guest.

Life changing!

Abbie, your podcast is such an encouragement and blessing. Just received my copy of HINTSTAB and love having one more way to hear wisdom from the podcast to accompany reading the books. Thank you!!

So encouraging and insightful

I absolutely love this podcast. I’m not even a mom (I’m a mom-wannabe), but this podcast holds me accountable in not avoiding things that are hard just because they’re hard! My favorite podcast is the one with Amy Swindal! So helpful!

So thankful to have found this podcast that challenges me to mother my two girls (ages 2.5 and 5 months) in a way that is not mediocre. Thank you Abbie for listening to a nudge to start this podcast and bless countless mamas! Can’t wait to start your book!

To say I have been blessed by Abbie, her books and her podcast is an understatement! She has TRUE biblical wisdom regarding motherhood. It’s invaluable to have a woman so experienced in all area of motherhood who is also fully trained in the Bible. If you want to be a Godly mother, this podcast is for you!!