Purpose Beyond Motherhood
Find Your God-Given Purpose Beyond Infertility and Motherhood
The Purpose Beyond Motherhood Podcast is a space for women walking through infertility, miscarriage, loss, or the ache of unfulfilled motherhood. Through real conversations and interviews, you’ll hear stories of hope and encouragement that remind you you’re not alone. Each episode points you back to God’s Word, your secure identity in Christ, and the unique gifts He’s given you to live with purpose — even in seasons of waiting or grief.
Purpose Beyond Motherhood
Holidays in the Waiting: Finding Hope When You’re Longing to Be a Mom w/ Shana-Lee Scott
Holidays can be beautiful. They can also break your heart.
In this episode of the Purpose Beyond Motherhood podcast, Nicole and Holly sit down with special guest Shana-Lee Scott, author of “Mommy and Waiting,” for an honest conversation about what it’s like to walk into the holidays with empty arms, delayed dreams, or a story that doesn’t look anything like what you pictured.
Shana-Lee shares her journey of longing to become a mother, being told to get a hysterectomy, traveling out of state for surgery, and having 33 fibroids removed. She talks about hope, disappointment, and what it feels like to hear “this might never happen” while you’re still believing God for a miracle.
This is not a polished, “it all worked out” story. This is what it looks like to cling to Jesus in the middle of not-yet.
Inside this episode:
• The quiet grief of waiting to be a mom when everyone else is posting family photos
• Holidays with unmet longing — and how to prepare your heart
• “Crazy faith” and the tiny ways God sends reminders that He hasn’t forgotten you
• Why you don’t have to fake being “okay” for God to love you
• Practical ways to hold on to hope: worship, prayer, voice-your-heart honesty, and real community
• A powerful live prayer from Shana-Lee over the woman who feels hopeless right now
If you’re walking through infertility, loss, miscarriage, childlessness not by choice, or just a story you didn’t ask for — this one was recorded for you.
Resources mentioned:
• “Mommy In Waiting” by Shana-Lee Scott
• Instagram: @mommyandwaiting1124
• Twelve 12 Ministries Instagram
• Twelve 12 Ministries Website
Scripture anchors in this episode:
Mark 11:24
Psalm 112:7
1 Corinthians 15:58
Psalm 16:5–6
Hebrews 3:5–6
Prayer begins around 17:59 — save that part and play it back when you need it.
You are not alone. You are seen. Your tears matter to God.
