In this episode, Catholic educator Ester Munt-Brooks returns for a deeply honest conversation about what it really means to love — not as a feeling, but as a decision. From her years as a free-spirited musician in Spain who wanted nothing to do with commitment, to becoming a daily communicant, devoted wife, and mother of three, Ester unpacks what shifted — and why it took so long to look in the right place.

We’ll walk you through:

✅ Why the women you’re comparing yourself to might actually be leading you away from peace

✅ What St. Thomas Aquinas can teach us about emotions, free will, and why love is never “just a feeling”

✅ How staying home with her children felt both wrong to her intellect and completely right in her heart — at the same time

✅ Why putting your children first might quietly be destroying your marriage

✅ The small, unsexy acts of love that bring warm feelings back when they’ve gone cold

✅ Why original sin was — at its root — a trust problem. And why yours probably is too

✅ What it means to be both a strong woman and a receptive one — and why you don’t have to choose

Whether you’re a high-achieving woman who’s starting to feel the weight of all that striving, a wife who has slowly drifted from her husband somewhere between school drop-offs and career deadlines, or someone who has always kept faith at arm’s length — Ester speaks your language. Because she used to speak it too.

🔔 Remember: Peace is not the absence of chaos. It’s the sign that you’re finally loving in the right direction.

Connect with Ester Munt-Brooks:

🌐 Website: https://fevaloryalegria.org

📱 Instagram: @faithwithjoytalks