Made to Soar: Christ-Centered Truths to Encourage, Equip, and Empower Moms

by Natalie Dawn Hanson

Overview

YOU CAN BE THE MOM YOU LONG TO BE

Are you striving to be everything to everyone, especially your kids?

Is the pressure to be enough causing you to ache for something more?

If motherhood isn't quite what you thought it would be, perhaps it's time to discover what might be missing.

In our valiant efforts to be the mom we've always dreamed of being, we rise up and work endlessly to take care of our families. The tragedy is our attempts at being enough can leave us feeling overwhelmed and inadequate and yearning for something more we aren't sure how to find, but desperately need.

Author, Natalie Dawn Hanson, knows how you feel. She tried with all her heart to be the mom her kids deserved yet felt defeated by her inability to do it perfectly. That is until she realized what was missing. 

In Made to Soar, Natalie addresses the incredible responsibility and work of raising children in light of God's grace and invites you into a transformational journey where you will learn how to:

• Release paralyzing shame, guilt, and lies.
• Build an intimate relationship with the only One who can truly give you what your heart desires.
• Escape and overcome the stresses and challenges of motherhood as dictated by the world.
• Execute proven, grace-centered strategies that build deep connection with your children.
• Unite as mothers committeed to passing on the baton of faith to their children

Motherhood isn't a role we are meant to simply endure. It's a Divine calling we are meant to embrace and enjoy. 

You were made to soar! Begin your journey of transformation today so you can soar in the joy and beauty of your divine purpose!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781640859968
Publisher:	Natalie Dawn Hanson
Publication date:	01/05/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	4070
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Natalie Dawn Hanson has a heart for mommas, especially those whose joy, delight, and wonder in this most important role have been overshadowed by the unexpected and surmounting demands and challenges that come with motherhood. She aches for them because she was one of them. Now, as a speaker, author, and coach who by the magnificent grace of God reclaimed motherhood and it's joy, but like you, yearns to do this mothering thing right and understands the real and raw truths and struggles of the roles we play, Natalie vulnerably shares her story of transformation in hopes to inspire and empower other women to passionately seek God so they can claim freedom, embrace unshakable joy, renew their divine purpose as a precious daughter of the Most High God, and raise up the next generation of Christ followers. In addition, through the wisdom of great mentors and Jesus-the greatest teacher who ever lived-Natalie has a passion to equip moms with Christ-centered, practical, and applicable skills and strategies not only to confidently connect with and correct their children but to passionately and organically pass on the baton of faith. As an advanced trainer in the Nurtured Heart Approach and owner of Breathe Peace Consulting, Natalie trains and coaches parents, counselors, teachers, and anyone who does life with kids on how to love them with big, bold, Christ-like love. Natalie loves connecting with people. She leads a community of women in online Bible studies, speaks at schools, churches, women's retreats and conferences, and has been known to guest preach on Sunday mornings. Apart from being wife and mom, sharing the messages on her heart with others is when she feels most alive and most in tune with who God created her to be. Natalie has said yes to her call to lead a movement of moms so in love with Jesus they can't help but pass it on to the next generation of believers. It's truly her life's joy, humble privilege, and divine purpose to share Him with others. To those who do life with her, Natalie is simply a chauffeuring mom who loves and relies on Jesus (and coffee, nutritional food, and exercise) to get her through the crazy adventure of motherhood. Natalie adores friends and good conversation, is committed to her family, involved in church and school, and struggles like we all do to manage a household daily requiring cooking, cleaning, and oh so much laundry. But at the end of a long day, she is no longer crying herself to sleep, instead she's hopeful and grateful for this beautiful, yet messy thing we call life. Natalie lives on one of Minnesota's beautiful lakes and is a wife to a farmer-her hubby, Darin who she's still wildly in love with-and momma to four lively, lovely boys who teach her more about extravagant love and grace every day. It's in the loud, crazy and quiet, calm moments at home where her most important ministry happens.

Table of Contents

Dear Friend, I Want You to Know

Introduction: The Flight of the Butterfly

PART ONE

THE REALITY OF MOTHERHOOD—THE TRAP OF THE WORLD

1          The Unexpected Dream: God Places Dreams on Your Heart

2          The Rise of Self-Reliance: God Desires Your Heart, Not Perfection

3          The Hushed Fall of Joy: God Invites You into His Presence

 

PART TWO

THE METAMORPHOSIS OF MOTHERHOOD—THE STRUGGLE TO FIND PURPOSE

4          The Battle with Identity: God Defines Who You Are and Delights in You

5          The Invitation of a Lifetime: God Longs for You to Say Yes

6          The Conversion of the Heart: God’s Grace Changes You

7          The Lies and Struggles that Hold You Hostage: God’s Grace and Love Set You Free

 

PART THREE

THE TRANSFORMATION OF MOTHERHOOD—THE BIRTHING OF RENEWED PURPOSE

8          The Power of His Presence: God Never Abandons but Always Pursues

9          The Courageous Take-Off: God Redefines Your Role as Mom

10        The Unselfish Choice: God Provides for Your Wholeness

 

PART FOUR

THE MIGRATION OF MOTHERHOOD—THE JOURNEY TO LEAVING A LEGACY OF FAITH

11        The Innate Gift: God Gives You Everything You Need

12        The Personal, Yet Connected, Race: God Made You to Run Your Route and Live United  

13        The Baton of Faith: God Inspires Our Handoff and Bears the Outcome

Dear Friend, You Were Made to Soar

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Grace-Giving Quick Guide

Things I Want You to Remember

Blessings to Pray Over Your Children

Notes

Editorial Reviews

Made to Soar is for the mom who feels she needs to be everything for everyone. For the mom who puts a smile on her face pretending everything is okay when on the inside she is desperately aching for something more. For the mom who feels guilty, shameful and alone. For the mom who feels defeated disciplining her kids and wonders if she's doing anything right. Natalie Dawn Hanson confidently and vulnerably communicates that it is time to let go of the chains and walk in freedom, peace, and joy. Made to Soar leads women on a journey to discover radical freedom allowing them to embrace who they are in God and to live it out boldly in ways that will have lasting and powerful impact on their children and everyone in their lives.

—Niccie Kliegl, CLC Founder of Fulfill Your Legacy and author of Awakening the Living Legacy and Embracing the Loving Legacy

Natalie Dawn Hanson shares with a beautiful vulnerability and honesty her journey from a restless and overwhelmed mom with a heavy heart to one who discovers the magnificent key to hope, peace, and joy to which she is moved to share with others. As a mom of four young boys, Natalie reflects honestly the fear and hopelessness of feeling like she was not enough. Weaving personal, heartfelt, relatable stories; the human narrative of Scripture; and the magnificent life cycle of the Monarch butterfly; Made to Soar invites each of us to engage our own journey of faith. We are inspired to feel confident that in the process we, too, will find a different and lasting kind of peace, joy, purpose, and freedom as we become more aware of the amazing grace that has been given to us by this God who created us to soar.

—Katie Christensen, Gallups Certified Strengths Coach

In writing this labor of love, Natalie Dawn Hanson has chosen to be vulnerable, and in so doing, has encouraged her readers and brought hope and healing to all of us who are plagued by the notion that we have to be perfect. In honestly sharing her struggles as a young mom and wife, she draws the reader in as a companion on her journey and we witness her dawning realization that God’s love and grace meets us where we are, with all our imperfections, but does not leave us there. Recognizing God’s amazing love transforms our lives to live freely and joyfully in our divine purpose. Natalie teaches us how to breathe peace by leaning on the source of all peace. As a reader, you can take this journey with Natalie because she invites us all to recognize our part in God’s story of transformation intended for all of us. We are all meant to soar, and Natalie has taken flight in sharing her story.

—Pastor Jean Ohman, Lead Pastor at United Lutheran Church

Made to Soar came into my life at a time when I didn't know I was needing to hear the heartfelt messages shared in this book. Natalie has a gift of writing that speaks straight to a momma's soul. She not only inspires and encourages her readers, but she also has an ability to transcend generations with her gift of understanding and insight into motherhood and the challenges we all face. Her love for the Lord, her passion, and her wisdom help take stories from the Bible we have all heard and transform them into stories that resonate with struggles we as mothers face today. This book has shown me how my journey through motherhood is more than simply being okay and surviving—it can transform into so much more!

—Chelsey Anderson, Mom of Four

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