Latest Homemaker Podcast Episodes
When You Need to Walk Away
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - August 11, 2022 18:18 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsFree module of my signature course: https://www.simplyconvivial.info/story/ When I feel like I want to walk away from life for a spell, what I actually need to walk away from is my own selfishness and idealistic dreams.
How to be happy as a mom
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - August 03, 2022 18:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsFree guide: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/happy We tend to think of happiness as a mere feeling, something nice but unnecessary, something transient and superficial. However, happiness has always been a topic of deep interest to philosophers, and there is a long Christian tradition ...
How to be happy as a mom
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - August 03, 2022 18:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsFree guide: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/happy We tend to think of happiness as a mere feeling, something nice but unnecessary, something transient and superficial. However, happiness has always been a topic of deep interest to philosophers, and there is a long Christian tradition ...
Got homeschool logistics?
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - July 26, 2022 20:33 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingshttps://www.crowdcast.io/e/homeschool-logistics We know we need curriculum and books and lists before the homeschool day begins, but what about logistics? Logistics is our strategy for how things will be done - as opposed to the curriculum question of what will be done. Our homeschoo...
How can I enjoy laundry, the never-ending chore?
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - July 22, 2022 04:18 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsFree home routine guide: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/routines True confession: I’ve tried every configuration of laundry routine out there and never found one that made me stay on top of laundry. I can discover a good rhythm, but then something will change. It turns out that laun...
Is your planner working or frustrating? 3 things to make your planner useful
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - July 06, 2022 21:17 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsPlanners can easily be time-wasting rather than time-managing. How do we make sure our attempts at getting life together are going to be helpful and useful? I have three keys that will ensure they are. Take the "Get Organized" Quiz - https://www.simplyconvivial.com/quiz - it will tell ...
Productivity advice for women: fruit not widgets
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - June 30, 2022 17:06 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsIs life about getting more done? Are we too busy or are we too lazy? Perhaps we're careening between the two ditches. What's a mom to do? Think true things. Listen up.
The 3 Mindset Hacks Every Mom Needs
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - June 07, 2022 19:30 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsFree download: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/mindset Your mindset as a mom matters and it's within your power to change.
Why should I make my bed?!
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - May 26, 2022 16:58 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsGet organized quiz - https://www.simplyconvivial.com/quiz Your mom tells you to make your bed. The internet tells you to make your bed. The productivity gurus tell you to make your bed. But why???
Build community, accountability, and motivation for moms
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - May 19, 2022 19:47 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsCamaraderie-style accountability can help us spur one another on to any sort of good work: homemaking, homeschooling, holiness. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works – Hebrews 10:24 Camaraderie-based accountability doesn’t have to be official, with rule...
Create your own housework framework (3 steps)
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - May 13, 2022 22:56 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsFree guide to make your own housework system: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/2016/personalized-housecleaning-plan/ And our housework needs a framework just as much as anything else we do or use. We need to have an underlying structure that gives shape to our days and support to our sa...
3 Ways to Make Hospitality a Habit
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - May 04, 2022 14:44 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsBe ready for hospitality with my free tidy house guide: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/ehap So, we know that our home is for hospitality, but it seems so hard – it’s extra, and we have no room for extra. We want to know how to be hospitable, but it doesn’t come naturally. The one thi...
How to juggle homeschooling and housework
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - April 29, 2022 01:34 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsGet a tidy house: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/ehap --free guide It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a homeschool mom in possession of a large family must be in want of a housekeeper. That’d be nice, wouldn’t it? Some families can actually swing it, but most of us are on ou...
3 things to do when homemaking is hard
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - April 20, 2022 14:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsI often hear from women who say they were organized when they worked in an office, but they just can’t manage to be – or at least feel – organized at home. What makes it so hard to stay on top of basic tasks? Why is organization so hard to maintain? I think it’s due to both the open-e...
How to classically homeschool multiple students
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - April 13, 2022 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsMy book - The Convivial Homeschool: https://amzn.to/3rhFLBA We homeschool to avoid the factory model and give our children an effective learning environment rather than an efficient one. Thus, our home life and our various ages working alongside one another is actually a perk, not a pr...
Building better habits at home
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - April 09, 2022 17:11 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsWhy habits are hard workshop: https://youtu.be/dge2oieqJys I would stare and shake my head. My roommate in college made her bed - on the top bunk - every single morning. Over 100 miles away from her mom, she made her bed because *she* wanted to. I did not relate. I did not make my b...
Get Organized #5: Planning without wasting time or feeling like a failure
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - April 01, 2022 23:55 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsOrganization is a SNAP Quiz: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/quiz Daily Card Workshop: https://youtu.be/XQ81AJz5_ZM Example planning pages: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/2021/planners-for-moms/ #1 - Look at your planner multiple times a day. #2 - Do something from your planner aft...
Get Organized #4: Put your attitude in order
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - March 31, 2022 22:43 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsTake the Get Organized quiz: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/quiz
Get Organized #3: A planner that isn't clunky, that works - even when messy
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - March 30, 2022 22:13 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsDaily Card Workshop: https://youtu.be/XQ81AJz5_ZM Free Brain Dump Guide: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/braindump Youtube version: https://youtu.be/osTM2j8dCLw We have so many tasks, thoughts, ideas, and appointments we need to keep track of, but sometimes the more we try to get th...
Get Organized #2: Organizing Spaces Effectively
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - March 29, 2022 20:21 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsGet the free EHAP guide: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/ehap and discover how to keep your house mostly tidy most of the time, even with kids. We think of our spaces when we think of getting organized, but we try to make our spaces and lives into things they are not rather than try to...
Get Organized: Why organization never sticks
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - March 28, 2022 19:51 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsWatch the YouTube version with slides: https://youtu.be/0LutEE_zI14 Take the quiz: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/quiz Share this episode and get the workbook for the series for free! Tell us how and where you shared at [email protected] and we'll reply with the down...
Create an island of sanity.
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - March 23, 2022 05:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsWe must remember that the point of organizing is not so everything is neat and tidy and clear all the time. The point is that we are ready to do the right next thing; that we are maintaining an atmosphere of love and order in our home; and that our environment supports not only our work...
Dear homeschool mom who wants to give her 5yo a classical education
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - March 19, 2022 22:10 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsEducation as a program, even classically, did not traditionally begin until the child was reasoning. Talk to a 9 or 10 year old child for a time and observe the difference between his thinking process and conversational ability and your 5 or 6 year old. When the oldest is 5 or 6, and he...
Ten minutes is enough to make progress
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - March 12, 2022 18:02 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsShort circuit the boom and bust cycle by taking advantage of just ten minutes at a time. Don't overthink it.
All of your homeschool is character training
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - February 18, 2022 07:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsYou don't need a curriculum for character.
How much time should homeschooling take?
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - January 30, 2022 00:20 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsShort focus sessions for busy Christian moms who want to manage their homes & lives for the glory of God – and enjoy it, too! Organize your attitude, get stuff done, and love God.
Time budgets for moms
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - January 12, 2022 06:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsTime Budget Resources: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/time Just like Dave Ramsey has you use cash envelopes for your spending budgets, we can reserve envelopes of time for our various responsibilities across the week. Rather than scheduling 20 minutes for folding laundry, 10 minutes ...
What to do when you don't have enough time
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - January 05, 2022 16:25 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsTime budgeting help: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/time Most of our overwhelm as moms comes from feeling like we don't have enough time to do all the things we need to do. We don't have enough time to do all the things, but we do have enough time to do what we must. We have to be ...
Homemaking is an occupation
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - January 01, 2022 00:17 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsGet started: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm Most of us began our lives as wives and mothers not only without any training or instruction in running a home, but also without any real examples in our own history and life to follow. We want to identify as a homemaker, but ...
10 reasons NOT to homeschool
Simply Convivial: Pep Talks for Homemakers & Homeschoolers - December 14, 2021 16:26 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsHomeschooling is hard. Here are 10 reasons why you may need to give up.
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