What is a Warrior Mother?

A “Warrior Mother” is a mother like YOU. She loves her family, loves the Lord, and is seeking guidance for a child who is facing tremendous challenges. Some of these challenges include addiction to pornography and/or sexual compulsions, addiction to illegal substances, eating disorders, self-harm, and any other issue requiring therapeutic interventions. We have faith in the divine plan of our loving Heavenly Father and we do not doubt that our Savior Jesus Christ has the power to heal our families and ourselves. We bring together other mothers who feel the same.

I created Warrior Mothers Who Know (formerly Mothers of the Sons of Helaman) as a place to where mothers facing similar battles could support one another, ask questions, and learn from each other’s insights. Warrior Mothers Who Know creates an atmosphere where mothers feel supported and empowered to find the healing they need and the resources to help their loved ones.

When I first found out my son needed lots of help I was an ugly mess (kind of like the one on my kitchen table right now...but much worse). I didn't even think of fighting...in fact, it wasn't until we found the Sons of Helaman program that I even began to put the blame where it belonged...with Satan. I was just feeling scared, worried and upset with and about my son. It's sad to admit now...but I went from thinking he was the coolest boy around to wondering how I had been so deceived. Are you in a fighting place yet??

Have you realized that there is nothing wrong with your noble son? Are you to a place where you can wrap your brain around the fact that the enemy is the sick one and your son is a victim who is learning how to win? Have you realized yet that the fact that your son is man enough to attend a SofH group and get help makes him AMAZING? Do you realize that your son is in a program(Sons of Helaman) that has the potential to make him the most incredible warrior...an even more valiant man than you ever dreamed!? Did you know that when your son learns how to kick the enemy's trash(in a flash...I might add) he will have so much light, so much knowledge, and so much desire to do all he can to be a warrior for Jesus Christ? Did you know his number one priority will be to protect the women in his life not hurt them? Do you see that the negative thoughts you have in your head about your son are lies...satan's tactic against you to make you cry?

OK....breathe....Hummmmm.If you know what Warrior Chemistry is...I just had some there.

Here's what I know about you...You are a fighting mother, even if you don't feel like it yet or you wouldn't be on this site reading this right now. Fighting mothers know that being brave enough to ask a question is helpful to other mothers. She will contribute to the healing of others by commenting and adding her thoughts and insight.

She's the kind of Mother who realized Satan isn't whispering...Why are we???

It’s time to “MOTHER-UP!” (Kind of like "man up", only cooler.)

It’s an honor to fight alongside courageous Mother’s like “YOU.” Join us every Tuesday at 10:30 MST for our free Warrior Mothers Who Know class or listen to past recordings. Receive the Mothers Who Know newsletter.

Yours in the Fight, 

Karen Broadhead
Vice President of Quality Control at Life Changing Services
Founder & Director of  Mothers Who Know

A Mother's Hope: Fighting Pre-Mission Porn Addiction

Courtesy of LDS Missionaries

On a recent trip to the temple, a newly called missionary and his parents sat a few rows ahead of me in the chapel. The young man slid over so his parents could sit next to each other and then waited reverently for the session to begin. As I sat by myself in an otherwise empty pew, I was surprised by the picture that came to my mind. My son would someday sit in that temple next to me. My son. The one who is addicted to pornography.

My son is a warrior so I must be a warrior’s mother. I am a Warrior Mother.


What, you might ask, is a Warrior Mother? She’s a mother like YOU, who loves her family, loves the Lord, and is seeking guidance for a child who is facing tremendous challenges. She is a mother who fights for her family.
Have you ever wondered if your son is battling an addiction to pornography and/or sexual compulsions? This is a scary thought and a very lonely one. You are worried that your son may have his mission delayed, or worse yet, be unable to serve a mission entirely. Looking a few years ahead, you—ten times more than his father or your bishop— know how much pain it will cause your son’s wife if he doesn’t overpower this addiction before he is married.  Most of all, your heart aches for HIM.

What did you do wrong? NOTHING. What is wrong with your son? NOTHING!

Instead, think of it this way. Your son has been correctly identified by the adversary as a “noble and great one,” a future leader in the Kingdom of God. A battle with pornography is a sign of how big an army Satan is sending to thwart the Plan of Salvation in the last days. Why is he attacking your son? Because he is afraid of your son’s potential for good. Your son is a WARRIOR who is facing the battle of his life! YOU, his dear mother, are a Warrior Mother, a “Mother Who Knows.” You have taught your son about the redeeming love and mercy of Jesus Christ. All you want to know now is, “What can I do to help my son?”

Please know you are not alone. You are not the only mother who is worried, your son (or daughter) is not the only one struggling. I invite you to learn how you and your child can fight back…and win.

My son is enrolled in an online Sons of Helaman program through Life Changing Services. This service has been an answer to my prayers. My son’s heart is changing as he has learned tools and techniques that train him to fight back against temptation “as if with the strength of God” (Alma 56:56).

Picturing my son in the temple was surprising not because I could picture him there, but because in picturing him there, I wasn’t surprised.

There is hope. If you are looking for help for your son or daughter and don’t know what to do, start with one of the ten things I have been doing with my son. Perhaps you will find hope and healing through the programs offered by Life Changing Services just like we did.

Yours in the Fight,
A Warrior Mom