The Intentional Family

Learn practical tips to prevent chaos at home and prioritize what matters most. Discover strategies for efficient household management and involving your family. Embrace help to balance life and strengthen relationships. Find ways to enhance reading skills and live intentionally through masterclasses.

Rachel shares keeping the main thing the main thing and how to make sure what’s most important stays in the forefront of our minds. Mike’s Reading WorkshopCharlotte Mason Scripture Memory SystemSarah Blount Discipleship on the GoThe Jesus Storybook Bible

Rachel shares about stewardship and how we can apply this powerful principle to our lives.Steward Greek definitionMealtrainAtlas of the Heart by Brené BrownThe Practice of Story Stewardship

Rachel shares lessons about why self-care is so important from her struggles of not wanting to be "selfish."“The Cello in The Rain”MyFitnessPal

Mike and Rachel share about the power of reading and how what you read actually changes your brain.Focused #196: Focus & the Reading Life, with Maryanne WolfMaryanne WolfReader, Come Home by Maryann WolfThe Proust & the Squid by Maryann WolfIsland of UnderstandingBookwormPiercing the Darkness by Frank PerettiHow to Read a Book by Mortimer AdlerLeaders Eat Last by Simon SinekSteal Like an Artist by Austin KleonThe Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

Rachel talks about her favorite writing program and shares writing samples from her children’s stories and papers.Institute for Excellence in WritingFix It! GrammarMaryanne WolfThe Runaway by Normal Rockwell

Rachel shares about what focus is from a photographer’s perspective, why it matters, and what to do when you find your focus starts to drift.Lion Tamer storyFocused podcast

Rachel & Mike revisit the topic of yearly themes and share their words for 2024.Focused NeuYear calendarObsidian University cohortMike’s Multi-Scale Planning YouTube videoMike’s Personal Retreat courseHidrate Spark Water BottleFocused #194: I’d Like to Take a Mulligan

Rachel & Mike unpack this Latin phrase for "love of fate" and explain why you don't have to like what happens in order to use it for your advantage.Amor FatiBack to the FutureUHFMike’s YouTube channelHow to Do a Personal Retreat in ObsidianAtlas of the Heart by Brené Brown

Rachel shares about the value of tradition in helping to forge meaningful connections between families and friends.Classical ConversationsThe Giving MangerThe Intentional Family #73: 2023 Words for the Year