Joanna Colomas Magazine
The Anchored Home
A seven-day journey back to yourself — with His help, in the life you already have
Begin Here · Your Starting Point
The Anchored Home Assessment
Before we begin, an honest look at where you are today — no one sees this but you. We'll return to it at the end of the week, and you'll see how much can shift in seven days.
"Search me, O God, and know my heart." — Psalm 139:23
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Day One
Who Am I in This Season?
"For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together." — Psalm 139:13
It is easy to lose track of who you are underneath everything you do. Today is not about fixing anything — it is about noticing. Answer honestly; the patterns will show you something.
Exercise · Notice the Pattern
A Few Honest Questions
What This May Be Telling You
✦ Try This — Your Week
Exercise · The Lost Pieces
Before all of this…
Before children, before marriage, before exhaustion — there was a whole woman. She isn't gone. Let's find a few of her pieces.
What one small piece could quietly return this month?
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Day Two unlocks whenever you're ready. Your words are kept safe here, waiting for you.
Day Two
The Atmosphere I Create
"She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue." — Proverbs 31:26
A mother sets the weather of her home. Not by being perfect — by being aware. Today is about seeing the atmosphere you carry, and choosing the one you want.
Exercise · The Atmosphere Quiz
How do my children most often experience me?
Honestly — not on your best day, not your worst. Most days. Choose all that feel true.
What atmosphere am I creating without meaning to?
What atmosphere do I truly want my home to hold?
A Gentle Word
✦ Try This — Shifting the Atmosphere
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When you're ready, Day Three is waiting.
Day Three
What Overwhelms Me
"In your anger do not sin... do not let the sun go down while you are still angry." — Ephesians 4:26
Our children will test us — it's their job, not our failure. But the things that overwhelm us often point to a deeper need underneath. Let's find what's really there.
Exercise · Trigger Mapping
What most often overwhelms you?
Circle the ones that are true for you right now. There's no shame here — only awareness.
Now look beneath it
Most overwhelm isn't really about the noise or the mess. It's a signal pointing to a deeper need. Which of these might be underneath yours?
Next time the overwhelm rises, what could I do differently — even slightly?
When the moment comes, try this: Lord, this is hard right now. Show me how to respond, not just react.
✦ Try This — Easing the Overwhelm
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Day Four is waiting whenever you are.
Day Four
What I'm Carrying
"Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you." — 1 Peter 5:7
We carry so much — and often in the wrong place. Some things are ours to act on. Some are ours to ask help for. And some we were never meant to carry at all. Let's sort them.
Exercise · The Burden Sorter
Name what you're carrying
Write each burden, worry, or weight on your heart — then place it where it truly belongs. Most of us hold things in the wrong category.
✦ I can act on this
✦ I can ask for help with this
✦ I must surrender this to God
Is there something you've been carrying in the wrong column?
Lord, here is what I've been carrying. Show me what is mine to hold, and what I can finally lay down.
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Day Five — your marriage — is waiting.
Day Five
The Marriage Behind the Motherhood
"Therefore a man shall hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." — Genesis 2:24
Your children are a blessing — but your husband was there first, and your marriage is the ground they grow in. Today, an honest look at the relationship beneath the motherhood.
Exercise · Marriage Connection
Where are we, really?
Rate each from 1 (rarely) to 5 (often). For you alone — a quiet, honest mirror.
A Gentle Word
✦ Try This — Reaching for Each Other
One small way I could reach for him this week:
Lord, protect what is between us. Don't let the children's needs become the only language we speak.
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Day Six is waiting whenever you are.
Day Six
My Real Rhythm
"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven." — Ecclesiastes 3:1
So many guides hand you someone else's perfect routine. This one helps you find your own — built around the life you actually have, not an ideal that doesn't fit.
Exercise · Rhythm Discovery
Finish each thought honestly
Now build around what's true
Look at your answers. You don't need to fight your nature — you need to work with it. If mornings are hardest, protect them. If evenings give you life, guard a little of them for yourself.
One small rhythm I'll build around my real life — not an ideal one:
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Day Seven — the last — is waiting.
Day Seven
The Woman God Is Growing
"And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion." — Philippians 1:6
You are not finished. God is still growing you — gently, on purpose. Today, choose who you're becoming, and take one real step toward her.
Exercise · The Woman God Is Growing
Choose three words
Of the woman you sense God is shaping you into — choose three. Not who you think you should be. Who you long to become.
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When you're ready — return to your wheel, and see how far you've come.
The Close of the Week
Where You Are Now
Your Wheel · Day Seven
Draw the wheel again
Score each area as it feels today, after this week. Be honest — small shifts are real shifts. Then we'll lay it over where you began.
"He has made everything beautiful in its time." — Ecclesiastes 3:11
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Celebration
Before you close this…
Sit for a moment. You showed up for yourself this week — that alone is worth honouring.
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You don't have to choose between your children and yourself, your marriage and your motherhood, a beautiful life and a faithful one. This week was about holding all of it at once — gently, imperfectly, with His help — and finding, somewhere in the middle of it, the woman who was there the whole time.
Come back to these seven days whenever you've lost her again. She's never far.
You're always welcome here.
— Joanna