Simply Convivial: Biblical Homemaking, Homeschooling & Mom Life—Without Burnout
Mystie Winckler
Homemaking and homeschooling can feel overwhelming, but they don’t have to be. If you’re a Christian mom longing for a well-ordered home, a peaceful homeschool, and a joyful heart—without the stress or burnout—you’re in the right place. Moms can be productive and peaceful when grounded in Scriptural truth.
I’m Mystie Winckler, homeschooling mom of five, founder of Simply Convivial, and your guide to managing both home and heart with faith and focus. Here, we talk about biblical homemaking, sustainable homeschooling, and cheerful productivity—all through the lens of organizing your attitude and embracing your God-given calling.
In each episode, you’ll find practical homemaking systems, homeschooling strategies, and mindset shifts that will help you manage your home without perfectionism or frustration. We’ll tackle topics like:
✔️ Christian homemaking routines that actually work
✔️ Productivity, mom-style
✔️ Homeschooling with peace—even when life gets messy
✔️ Time management for moms (without rigid schedules)
✔️ Decluttering your home & your attitude
✔️ How to be diligent, not just busy
Motherhood is a marathon, not a sprint. You don’t need more willpower—you need a grace-filled, biblical approach to managing life at home. Let’s cultivate faithfulness, embrace joy, and build habits that make home a place of peace and purpose.
👉 Subscribe now and start organizing your home and heart—cheerfully.
I’m Mystie Winckler, homeschooling mom of five, founder of Simply Convivial, and your guide to managing both home and heart with faith and focus. Here, we talk about biblical homemaking, sustainable homeschooling, and cheerful productivity—all through the lens of organizing your attitude and embracing your God-given calling.
In each episode, you’ll find practical homemaking systems, homeschooling strategies, and mindset shifts that will help you manage your home without perfectionism or frustration. We’ll tackle topics like:
✔️ Christian homemaking routines that actually work
✔️ Productivity, mom-style
✔️ Homeschooling with peace—even when life gets messy
✔️ Time management for moms (without rigid schedules)
✔️ Decluttering your home & your attitude
✔️ How to be diligent, not just busy
Motherhood is a marathon, not a sprint. You don’t need more willpower—you need a grace-filled, biblical approach to managing life at home. Let’s cultivate faithfulness, embrace joy, and build habits that make home a place of peace and purpose.
👉 Subscribe now and start organizing your home and heart—cheerfully.
Episodes
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Mar 12, 2022 • 13min
Ten minutes is enough to make progress
Short circuit the boom and bust cycle by taking advantage of just ten minutes at a time. Don't overthink it.
Mar 1, 2022 • 10min
Kortney Garrison's planning tips & tricks
Find Kortney's resources: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/kortneyWelcome to Simplified Organization, a show for busy moms who are looking for practical help in managing their homes, families, and lives for God's glory. We keep it real without complaining and we help women overcome the overwhelm and perfectionism that comes from the comparison game. In this episode, Kortney shares her menu planning, weekly overview, and weekly review process that helps her keep her plates spinning.
Feb 25, 2022 • 9min
When life is overwhelming - with Kortney Garrison!
Free Workshop: AnswerOverwhelm.comKortney Garrison is a poet and a homeschool mama of three who works from home as the Community Director for Read-Aloud Revival. She also blogs at kortneygarrison.comWelcome to Simplified Organization, a show for busy moms who are looking for practical help in managing their homes, families, and lives for God's glory. We keep it real without complaining and we help women overcome the overwhelm and perfectionism that comes from the comparison game. Well, my schedule is not excessively busy. I think I fall into the camp of a low energy mom. So even though I do a lot, our schedule is purposefully kept kind of more open and more relaxed because I'm an introvert and at least 2 of my kids are also.We take time to recharge and to, really pursue sort of restful learning is nice, but our days are full. I do work 15 or 20 hours a week from home and homeschool three kids and keep the house running. So there's a lot going on.
Feb 19, 2022 • 11min
The solution no matter how you're feeling - with Dawn Simpson
free brain dump guide: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/braindumpThe root cause of procrastination and laziness is most often attitude. Again, ask yourself questions and find out the reason behind your attitude; with that information, fixing your attitude and overcoming procrastination will be simple.Don’t let your mind be a cluttered storage unit itself. Before you clear out all those back rooms, pods, or storage units, clear out your mind. By doing this and by bringing your physical and mental problems before God in prayer, you’ll find that decluttering, organizing, and simplifying your life isn’t actually as hard as you first thought it to be.
Feb 18, 2022 • 10min
All of your homeschool is character training
You don't need a curriculum for character.
Feb 13, 2022 • 14min
Using a move to really declutter - with Dawn Simpson
Jan 31, 2022 • 12min
Time management tips with chronic illness - with Stefani Mons
Stefani Mons shares her insights from meal planning, homeschooling, and parenting with chronic illness.
Jan 30, 2022 • 13min
How much time should homeschooling take?
Jan 17, 2022 • 15min
What to do when your kids irritate you - with Stefani Mons
Stefani Mons, a Texas homeschool mom and Convivial Circle Community Manager, chats about what to do when you find yourself too easily irritated with your kids.
Jan 12, 2022 • 11min
Time budgets for moms
Time Budget Resources: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/timeJust 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 for sweeping, and so forth for every task we have on our list, we can look at our days and weeks as a whole and reserve chunks of time for types of tasks. Then when that chunk of time begins, we can assess the current state of things and decide what comes first and what’s next.A week is never going to play out the way we budget our time, but it’s still a valuable exercise because as we mark out the time commitments we have, we start to see where we have margin, where we need to create margin, and perhaps why things like grocery shopping or phone calls are so stressful – there’s no place for them in the flow of our week!As we start filling in the overview of our weeks with our commitments and responsibilities, we also need to keep an eye on whether or not we have healthy amounts of rest built into our weeks. We can’t function in go-go-go mode all day, every day.
