Simply Convivial: Biblical Homemaking, Homeschooling & Mom Life—Without Burnout

Free pantry printables: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/pantryDawn has worked hard to make meals meaningful times of family relationship-building. She shares her insights and best tips from her years of practice. Meal planning, menu making, cooking, and feeding our family takes a lot of our time - and that's how it should be!

Time budgeting help: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/timeMost 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 sure we're telling ourselves the truth and choose a right response rather than overwhelm. When time is short, prioritize your family and your vocations without concern for appearances. Humbly serve your family, whether it meets your personal standards or not. We do have the time to do all God's called us to do.Time budgeting help: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/time

Free overwhelm workshop: answeroverwhelm.comWith teens, activities, homeschooling, and work, Dawn Garrett juggles many plates. She is the community manager for Your Morning Basket with Pam Barnhill and she homeschools her three high schoolers who are each busy and active.Dawn shares how she juggles it all and what she does when she feels overwhelmed - and why she doesn't think it's so bad to feel overwhelm. You'll be encouraged by Dawn's down-to-earth and practical insights!

Free brain dump guide: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/braindumpWhat you say to your kids and to yourself matters immensely. Rachael Younger, a mentor-level member of the Simply Convivial Community, shares how she manages and teaches her own self-talk and fixes her attitude by doing so.Find out about Rachael's lego business here: http://youngerandson.net/category/lego/Simplified Organization is a Christian podcast 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.

Find your organization score: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/quizRachael Younger is a busy homeschool mom with multiple projects and interests who knows what it feels like to snap in irritation when kids seem to interrupt. However, our kids aren't interruptions. They're the point. We need to reject our irritation if we want to love our families well. After all, love is not irritable or resentful. This conversation with Rachael, a mentor-level member of the Simply Convivial community, will inspire and encourage you to organize your attitude and love your family intentionally.Find Rachael's Lego business here: http://youngerandson.net/category/lego/

Get started: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelmMost 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 still feel uncomfortable doing so.We so desperately want to do a good job, and we jump in with both feet and suddenly find we’re drowning.Modern society conditioned us to think that the job of a homemaker and mom was mundane, simple, outsource-able, unfulfilling work. “So,” we unwittingly think, “I should totally be able to manage this and do a good job.”Then, to our surprise, we find that it’s a lot of work and that we’re wholly unprepared for all it demands of us.​We’ve had no training in how to be homemakers.​Our society is set up to believe that education is meant to prepare you for your work. We go into debt, spend 4 or more years of life, and plan to come out of that ready for a fulfilling career.On the one hand, then, we buy the argument that homemaking is fulfilling and meaningful work, yet on the other hand, we don’t think it takes any real training or education to do it. In what other meaningful work is that the case?Past societies didn’t have the university system. Instead, they relied on apprenticeships and relational training. Children learned how to survive and work from their parents. Tradesmen learned their craft from an experienced master. Knowledge and skill were past on through relationship over time.But mom is home alone with her small children, no one there helping her see what the next thing she ought to do really is. Who will help sort out the details and make it all fit into a manageable whole? We can blame our mothers, but even our mothers, at this point, didn’t have mothers who taught them either.​I designed Simplified Organization Community Coaching to be the mentorship most of us never had, the encouraging cheerleading squad many of us can't find, with the gospel-centered base all of us need.​Starting now and continuing together all year long, we are going to take baby step after baby step and finally find our feet as homemakers.​With Simplified Organization Community Coaching, you'll get the personal development and mentorship you've been seeking, but that Google and Facebook just can never give you.​Enroll today.

How to handle overwhelm: answeroverwhelm.comMoms have a lot to do. Sarah Mackenzie is no exception. While homeschooling her six kids, she also runs Readaloudrevival.com - a podcast and community to help your family fall in love with reading together. This quick conversation with Sarah will give you ideas you can apply to your own life to find time for what matters most and not let the mundane chores crowd out reading and conversation.

Free Overwhelm Workshop: answeroverwhelm.comSarah Mackenzie, founder of Readaloudrevival.com, is one busy mama. She and her husband homeschool their six kids - including twin boys! - and run a thriving online community and podcast.How does she do it? How does she keep her plates spinning? Is the ever-enthusiastic Sarah ever overwhelmed? You bet. Tune in to find out how she handles it and what she tells herself when faced with an overwhelming to do list.

Homeschooling is hard. Here are 10 reasons why you may need to give up.

Get my new book! https://amzn.to/31nKs2AIt’s one thing to start the school year strong, but quite another to keep at it after the weeks start blurring together. Motivation to homeschool ebbs away, and we can’t wait for some natural, overwhelming incoming tide to return.Instead of being tossed about on the waves of our emotions and hormones (which turn into tropical storms when they crash into the emotions and hormones of our children), we need to treat motivation like a garden and cultivate it. A garden has variety; it’s not made up of one thing. It’s the same with motivation. There are a number of things we can plant in our motivation garden that will keep it blooming and growing.We need homeschool motivation because it’s our responsibility as the parent-teacher to educate our children. It’s not optional and we set the tone for the day and the standard for the behavior. If we can’t muster up the motivation to start the homeschool day, how can we expect our children to have the motivation to do their work? We must model ourselves what we expect from them.Much of the time, what we call a lack of motivation is simply inertia. It’s hard to get started. It’s hard to get up and get moving. It’s hard to focus our attention and summon the energy.Overcome inertia by making it easy to get started with an energetic, upbeat attitude.These ten practices will increase your motivation for average homeschool days.Have a morning routine.Start with a song.Use a checklist.Keep several favorite quotes in view.Smile at your kids.Listen to encouraging podcasts.Get everything ready to go the night before.Share learning with your kids.Ask what they learned or read at dinner.Live life alongside your kids.Share your favorite homeschool quote, podcast, or tip in the comments!