Imagine that you and I are seated around a life-giving table where wise, Christ-loving women are gathered: mothers in life and in faith, mamas with flesh-and-blood babies, mamas with spiritual children: all women who have made themselves homes.

This is Wiser Mothers.

Welcome, gentle friend. I'm Hillary McFarland, a writer and Spirit-led mentor reaching out to exhausted and hungry daughters of God starving for nourishment, real sustenance, and relief—an embodied peace you can actually feel, beginning in your mind as you are renewed, and in your body, home, and life as you are transformed.

I like to have honest conversations about the deep & tender parts of womanhood and faith I have personally walked through. This includes legalism, self-hatred & body shame, sugar addition, unusually difficult seasons of motherhood, spiritual warfare, the gracious chastening of God, and much more. I hope to offer other women the same comfort and hope that Christ has brought to me. In 2017, Jesus brought me out of the new age & saved me; in 2020 He made me a mother; and in the years since He has allowed me to experience many hardships in life, health, & parenting that have shaped who I am and what I offer today.

My husband and I have one son, our beloved Solomon. I am not a wise mother, but through God's mercy, I'm becoming a wiser one. I entered motherhood in my forties after many years of infertility. In this short time, my little family has gone through many trials, including battered mommy syndrome and intense spiritual warfare. If not for the Lord, we would not have survived.

“The wise woman builds her house.”—Proverbs 14:1a

Wiser Mothers is for gospel-centered women who are creating homes or becoming them, whether you have given birth or not.

Please bear with me as I am doing this in “real time,” which means while I love my family, serve my sweet clients, grapple with perimenopause and other health concerns, pray through daily overwhelm, preach the gospel to my ever needy self, and attempt to set up a podcast & hold fruitful interviews alongside an eager, inquisitive, and extroverted young son.

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Hillary McFarland is a wife, mother, and Spirit-led mentor for women. She would love to talk with you about grace and the tender mercies of God—over a cup of coffee, of course. She lives in East Texas with her beloved husband and son.

“Working with Hillary has truly opened my eyes to Spirit-led motherhood. After working with her, the words that were spoken are still lingering and helping me in my day to day as a new mother. Hillary has lived her wisdom, and her humble heart made me feel safe and loved. God is using Hillary and her work in the most profound way, and it’s easy to see that it’s coming from a close and sincere relationship with the Lord. I’m truly blessed that God put us together and will work Hillary in a blink of an eye again.”—Anna Lindberg, @annaandjesus

Hillary offers Spirit-led, scripture-based, prayerful mentorship to women. More details coming soon.