Girls in Real Life
The Girls in Real Life podcast is for women who love Jesus, question culture, and want to live boldly in their God-given identity. Join your host, Mariah Hutchinson, every Monday as she shares the reality of her life so you feel seen in yours. Through unfiltered stories and honest conversations, this is a space where we unlearn the lies, unpack the pressure, and become who God created us to be—fearless by faith.
Girls in Real Life
The Devil Wants You Absent From Your Home//Why Homemaking is a Holy Assignment
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Culture tells women that choosing home, family, and softness means giving something up. That to be domesticated is to be oppressed, outdated, or diminished. But what if that narrative is wrong? What if the life the world calls “small” is actually sacred?
In this episode, I’m reframing domestication through a spiritual lens. Not as submission without agency, but as intentional stewardship. We talk about the fear of losing identity, the shift from independence to interdependence in marriage, and why caring for a home and family is not passive work, but powerful, purpose-filled responsibility. I share how becoming a wife and mother changed my view of success, ambition, and fulfillment, and why the quiet work that no one applauds is often the work God honors most.
If you’ve ever felt tension around choosing family, homemaking, or a slower, softer life, this conversation is for you. Domestication is not about shrinking. It’s about building. And there is nothing more sacred than that.