About Kelly Gawitt

Founder of Resurrecting Motherhood™

I didn’t set out to become “the mom who helps other moms heal.” I was just a woman trying to raise her kids right and not fall apart.

I’m a follower of Jesus Christ, a wife, a mother of three now-grown kids, and a woman who has absolutely lost it more times than I care to admit.

So, if motherhood feels harder than it should…
Or if your temper or your thought life scares you…

I get you. I truly do. And I want you to know, you are not a failure or a bad mom.

I was right where you are now.

I loved my children. I loved my husband. I loved the life we were building. But I was so angry.

For a long time, I thought I had an anger problem.

Eventually, I discovered I had a pattern problem.

What I was reacting to in the present was tangled up with things I had carried from my past—old wounds, old beliefs, old ways of coping, and patterns I had learned long before I ever became a mother.

That realization was a long time coming, but when it did, I was determined to share what I learned with others, because motherhood shouldn't feel so heavy or be this hard.

That journey became the beginning of Resurrecting Motherhood™.

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The Home I Grew Up In

I’m the youngest of five kids, and I'm just going to say, home was… a lot.

On the outside, we looked like a typical New England family. A mom and dad, a bunch of kids, a German shepherd, a nice house with a pool in a nice neighborhood. 

On the inside, though, life was scary and unpredictable.

The grown‑ups I depended on were busy, distracted, overwhelmed, and often emotionally unsafe. So I learned early how to read the room, walk on eggshells, hide what I was really feeling, and take care of everyone else while ignoring my own heart.

I didn’t have words for any of that back then. I just knew how it felt.

I felt small, scared, and like I needed to keep things under control.

And somewhere along the way, I made a promise to myself: When I have kids someday, they will never feel the way I felt. 

I meant it with everything in me. I just didn't yet understand that good intentions alone don't break old patterns.

Fast‑forward a couple of decades… and well, things didn't turn out like I thought they would. 

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Patterns Repeat

I married young, at 21, to a guy who was not good for me. Five years in, I wondered how long I could endure. I tried talking to him, but he blamed me for my own unhappiness. So I did what I could. I saw a counselor, attended recovery groups, and begged God to help me. 

Four years later, something inside me broke, and that was when I knew I could not keep living that way.

So, I filed for divorce and moved out.

Within two years, I met another man, fell in love, and got married, believing that everything from there on out would be smooth sailing. We bought a nice house in a nice neighborhood, and we had a dog too. The only thing missing was kids. So we added them into our picture-perfect life. 

Now I was truly living a dream! Babies to love and chubby little hands to hold. A home full of laughter, Jesus at the center of it all, holidays and home-cooked meals.

What could possibly go wrong?

Well...

Fast forward five years of me being a full‑time stay‑at‑home, on-all-the-time mom, and my life looked like:

• Three little kids pulling on me before my eyes opened
• A husband I loved, but felt deeply resentful toward
• Decision fatigue, no breaks, no paycheck, no appreciation
• A simmering anger inside me that I never anticipated experiencing

I kept asking, “Why am I so angry? What’s wrong with me?”

Then one day it happened: under the weight of all that pressure, rage, and exhaustion, I snapped—and I kicked a hole in the wall.

I still remember looking at that hole, thinking, “What have I become?”

That was my wake‑up call. Something had to change, and it wasn’t only about the endless demands of having young kids or my husband’s habits.

It was me. It was what I was carrying. 

Old wounds. Old beliefs. Old patterns of coping. Unhealed places from my past bleeding into my present.

I had spent years trying to change my reactions without understanding what was underneath them. And I finally realized I didn't just need to manage my anger; I needed to understand the patterns from my past.

Once I understood the patterns and what caused them, I could learn how to respond in healthy ways. 

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What God Began to Resurrect

Over the next 20+ years of parenting, homeschooling, and marriage, God began walking me through a transformation I could never manufacture on my own. 

He taught me to:

• Confront my own brokenness and stop blaming everyone around me
• Name and heal the patterns I grew up with so they didn’t run my home
• Learn to respond differently instead of reacting
• Resurrect a brittle marriage through forgiveness, boundaries, and trusting God
• Raising a family with vision and intention instead of just surviving the chaos
• Partner with Him to build a new legacy for my children—and future generations

And here's what surprised me the most: The work God was doing in me was having a positive impact on my family. 

I realized that when I chose to confront the ugly pain of my past, God could heal and transform it into beautiful, life-giving blessings. 

And that's what I get to pass on to my children!

This became one of the deepest convictions behind everything I do. 

You don't have to be defined by where you came from.

And your children don't have to inherit everything you inherited. 

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Why I Created Resurrecting Motherhood™

I remember saying, "If I could help just one woman get through problems and trials like these, without years of struggling alone, confused, and feeling hopeless, I could die satisfied."

Just one woman.

I can't stand the thought of someone just like me suffering needlessly, feeling like she is losing her mind because she doesn't understand what was happening inside her. 

I want her to know: You're not crazy. You're not a bad mom. You are simply carrying too much. 

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So I went back through my painful journal entries, the lessons I had learned through years of parenting and marriage, the things God had shown me, and the tools that had actually helped me change.

And I wrote the book I wish I'd had when I was in the thick of it:

Resurrecting Motherhood: How to Conquer Your Past So Your Children Won’t Have To.

Because I couldn't find what I needed. Everything was either shallow Christian fluff: “Just be more grateful, prayerful, and patient,” or parenting tips that gave me techniques for dealing with my kids but never touched the real issue: what was happening inside me.

I need more than that. Something that could connect the dots. Practical tools that worked in the middle of my mess.

That's what Resurrecting Motherhood is all about. It exists to help you:

• Find language for what you’re actually feeling and fighting
• Calm your body and emotions in the middle of real‑life chaos
• Confront your past with Jesus so it stops running your present
• Build a strong family culture on purpose—not by accident
• Stop feeling alone and crazy, and start feeling supported and seen

It's not about how to be a perfect mom or how to raise perfect children, or how to pretend it's all fine when the house is burning down.

It's about allowing God to resurrect the places in you that have been wounded, learning a healthier way to respond, and intentionally creating a different family culture for your children. 

That is why I say, conquer your past so your children won't have to.

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What I Believe About You

Even though we haven't met yet, here's what I believe about you. I believe you:

• Love your family fiercely.
• Are way harder on yourself than anyone else is.
• Feel like you “should be able to handle it.”
• And, you’re terrified of repeating what you grew up with.

I also believe:

• Your husband isn’t the real enemy (even when he feels like it).
• Your kids aren’t the problem (even when they’re bouncing off the walls).
• Your story and your home can be resurrected.

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How We Can Walk This Out Together

Wherever you are in your journey, there's a place to begin.

Start small.
Download 5 Quick Wins to Calm the Chaos—a free resource with practical tools to help you de-escalate anger and anxiety and get grounded in under five minutes.

Go deeper.
Read Resurrecting Motherhood: How to Conquer Your Past So Your Children Won’t Have To. Start understanding the patterns beneath your reactions and what it means to begin changing them.

Do the work.
Join Resurrecting Motherhood™: The Course—a guided journey through the heart-work, practical tools, and intentional family-building that helped transform my own motherhood.

Get personal support.
Apply for 1:1 Coaching if you need anonymity as you do the work.

Bring Resurrecting Motherhood to your community.
Invite me to speak to your church, women's group, organization, or event.

Mama, you don’t have to stay stuck or keep asking yourself, “What’s wrong with me?”

You can learn what’s actually going on inside you, let God heal what needs healing, and start leading your family from a place of freedom, strength, peace, and spiritual authority. 

In other words, 

You can conquer your past so your children won't have to.

Because He truly is our Redeemer!