Now That We're A Family

Elisha and Katie Voetberg
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Aug 14, 2025 • 45min

418: Our Hardest Seasons and What Got Us Through

OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families.https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comBack to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students).-Mentioned during podcast: "The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results" by Gary Keller - https://amzn.to/415SBVr
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Aug 12, 2025 • 1h 2min

417: Research Behind Why Women Want Big Families with Catherine Pakaluk

OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families.https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comBack to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students). - Catherine Ruth Pakaluk is an American economist and social philosopher at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Pakaluk is author of the acclaimed ethnography Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth (Regnery, 2024), a multidisciplinary account of American women choosing to have large families against the global trend to sub-replacement fertility. Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, Slate, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, and more. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. The mother of eight children, she is married to American philosopher Michael Pakaluk. They split their time between suburban Maryland and New Hampshire’s White Mountains. “Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth” by Catherine Pakaluk - https://amzn.to/41uGXmT Website - https://pakaluk.com/ Twitter - https://x.com/CRPakaluk/highlights
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Aug 7, 2025 • 43min

416: Why Parenting Is Our Second Chance

OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com Back to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students). - “When your Child is 6 to 12” by John Drescher - https://amzn.to/41nJnno
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Aug 5, 2025 • 52min

415: Are We Done Having Kids?

Get it All Done Club: Stop drowning in motherhood and start thriving! https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/get-it-all-done-clubIs your life just too complicated to ever feel peaceful?  Learn how to create a peacefully productive home in one week.  Check out Katie's Free Home Management Masterclass:  https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/peacefully-productive-home-masterclass
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Jul 31, 2025 • 42min

414: Embracing The "Slow" Life As A Millennial Mom

OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comBack to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students).- Join us on Substack - https://substack.com/@elishaandkatievoetbergThis is a newsletter and deeply personal space for us to share family life, homeschooling, and music with you all. We have been writing on Instagram and email for years, but ever since leaving social media behind with our smart phones a few years ago, we have been looking for another space to connect in a meaningful way.
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Jul 29, 2025 • 39min

413: Deciding What Homeschool Curriculum Is Best For Your Family

OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.com Back to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students). - Join us on Substack - https://substack.com/@elishaandkatievoetberg This is a newsletter and deeply personal space for us to share family life, homeschooling, and music with you all. We have been writing on Instagram and email for years, but ever since leaving social media behind with our smart phones a few years ago, we have been looking for another space to connect in a meaningful way. Planning My Homeschool Year - https://elishaandkatievoetberg.substack.com/p/planning-my-homeschool-year?r=5siwo8 Mother's Timetable: Explained - https://elishaandkatievoetberg.substack.com/p/mothers-timetable-explained?r=5siwo8 - Homeschool Course: The First Three Years Laying a foundation of joy, confidence, and a love of learning from the start. https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/homeschool For 15% off the course, use discount code: YTHOMESCHOOL -  Curriculum - https://www.memoriapress.comBooks mentioned during podcast: - "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons" by Siegfried Engelmann - https://amzn.to/3GM55KZ - “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll - https://amzn.to/46YLf9I - “Socrates' Children” by Peter Kreeft - https://amzn.to/4kWmGgY - “The Heroes” by Charles Kingsley - https://amzn.to/44ZJDdm - “D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths” by Ingri d'Aulaire - https://amzn.to/44QpM1m - “The Children of the New Forest” by Captain Marryat - https://amzn.to/4maPALp - “Marco Polo” by George Makepeace Towle - https://amzn.to/4o56pJl - “This Country of Ours” by H. E. Marshall - https://amzn.to/4nXTGbs - “Parables From Nature” by Mrs Margaret Gatty - https://amzn.to/44NB1HX
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Jul 24, 2025 • 1h 9min

412: Are You Really Homeschooling Right Just By Doing It?

OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comBack to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students).-“Homeschooling: You're Doing It Right Just by Doing It" by Ginny Yurich - https://amzn.to/4m7g1BQ
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Jul 22, 2025 • 47min

411: Why Are So Many Converting to Catholicism

OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comBack to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students).-Join us on Substack - https://substack.com/@elishaandkatievoetbergThis is a newsletter and deeply personal space for us to share family life, homeschooling, and music with you all. We have been writing on Instagram and email for years, but ever since leaving social media behind with our smart phones a few years ago, we have been looking for another space to connect in a meaningful way.  
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Jul 17, 2025 • 50min

410: Raising Children You Love Being Around

OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comBack to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students).-Send us your questions for future podcasts! You can submit them here: https://www.nowthatwereafamily.com/podcastquestionsubmission-Mentioned during podcast: "When your Child is 6 to 12" by John Drescher - https://amzn.to/3GMOIxw
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Jul 15, 2025 • 1h 2min

409: Fresh-Milled Q&A: Weight Gain, Crumbly Bread and Gluten Intolerance With Sue Becker

OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families. https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comBack to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students).- Sue Becker is a gifted speaker and teacher, with a passion to share principles of healthy living in an encouraging way. She is the co-owner of The Bread Beckers and founder of the ministry, Real Bread Outreach, all dedicated to promoting whole grain nutrition. Sue has a degree in Food Science from UGA and is the author of The Essential Home Ground Flour Book. Sue is a veteran home-schooling mom with 9 children and 13 grandchildren. She and her husband Brad, live in Canton, GA. Through her teaching, countless families have found improved health. Website: https://www.breadbeckers.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breadbeckers/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJf3-zJkeYKNdreDdDuW2hQ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sues-healthy-minutes-with-sue-becker-the-bread-beckers/id1609279985 "The Essential Home-Ground Flour Book": https://amzn.to/4lwvsUa

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