Join us for Art of Homeschooling: https://simplyconvivial.com/art-of-homeschooling Imperviousness is a new word for many of us, but it's a word and a mode that we need to be successful homeschool moms who guide our children through their various phases into functioning adulthood. Homeschooling is not always going to be rainbows and roses, and we have to be prepared to weather the storms of our children's displeasure if we're going to effectively shape their loves and lifestyle. Lauren Scott make...
Aug 20, 2024•16 min•Ep 125•Transcript available on Metacast Learn the Art of Homeschooling: https://simplyconvivial.com/art-of-homeschooling Transforming Homeschooling with Joy and Preparation | Simplified Organization Podcast Let's chat about the joys of homeschooling and homemaking. Rena shares practical tips and strategies from the 'Art of Homemaking' course that helped her manage her home and homeschooling with gratitude, even through challenging times like pregnancy and the COVID pandemic. They discuss the importance of setting a clear direction, us...
Aug 13, 2024•19 min•Ep 124•Transcript available on Metacast Baby Step Bingo starts today: https://simplyconvivial.com/babystepbingo/ Gracie shares her experience with the 'Baby Step Bingo' challenge from the Convivial Circle community. They discuss how small steps can make a significant difference, particularly during life transitions such as expecting a new baby. Misty and Gracie explore how structured activities can enhance family productivity and joy, and they emphasize the importance of gratitude and personal choice in homemaking. 00:00 Introduction ...
Aug 01, 2024•15 min•Ep 122•Transcript available on Metacast Get your children helping around the house: simplyconvivial.com/ehap Mystie and Anna Laura Farnham discuss effective methods for managing kids' chores and household tasks. Learn about the Baby Step Bingo challenge, chore charts, and decluttering techniques that turn everyday tasks into engaging activities. Discover how to keep kids motivated and foster a cooperative family environment, ultimately getting more done with gratitude and creativity. Anna Laura and her husband, Gandalf, live in Indian...
Jul 26, 2024•18 min•Ep 121•Transcript available on Metacast Find Homemaking 101 here: https://shop.simplyconvivial.com/product/homemaking101/ Haley Williams, host of the Kindled Podcast, reflects on the challenges and lessons learned from managing a podcast while raising five children. She discusses the initial pressures to maintain a consistent publishing schedule and the eventual shift to a more flexible approach that accommodates her family life. Emphasizing the importance of being grounded in faith, she describes how she finds balance through regular...
Jul 16, 2024•15 min•Ep 120•Transcript available on Metacast Get Homemaking 101 here: https://shop.simplyconvivial.com/product/homemaking101/ Mystie Winckler and Haley Williams chat about managing home and family life from a biblical perspective. Feminism has poisoned our view of homemaking more than we realize, and Haley shares how she's seen that in her own life. They also discuss the challenge of balancing business and motherhood, and how they continue reevaluating priorities. Haley shares her personal journey of transitioning from focusing on her web ...
Jul 09, 2024•18 min•Ep 119•Transcript available on Metacast Join the Empowered Wife bookclub, starting July 12: https://convivialcircle.com In essence, by nature, the female is not necessarily floral, pastel, and soft. The female receives and productively transforms what she receives. She embodies and glorifies what she stewards. Feminism has taught women to be insulted when men treat them as special, open doors, carry heavy things, etc. Yet before feminism, women felt such special treatment was their due. Men honor women by giving them special treatment...
Jul 02, 2024•20 min•Ep 118•Transcript available on Metacast Now, I've read a lot of Christian marriage books that talk about love and respect, but none have actually ever given such specific examples like Empowered Wife. I think a Christian book these days could never be as pointed and blunt and specific as Laura Doyle is because specifies are immediately denounced as legalism. I have been married for over 20 years and have always paid attention to trying to be respectful, but I found her specificity and examples clarifying and helpful. She pulls no punc...
Jun 25, 2024•14 min•Ep 117•Transcript available on Metacast Time management help: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm Be a happy wife - at first it seems odd that the first intimacy skill is self-care, is about yourself, but it's all part of taking responsibility for yourself. Start with yourself, not with what other people are doing or saying. Many unhappy wives and homemakers think martyrdom is holiness, that sacrificial love means never thinking about yourself at all - but there is no guilt for taking showers, for enjoying beautifying yours...
Jun 18, 2024•27 min•Ep 116•Transcript available on Metacast Join the Empowered Wife book club inside Convivial Circle: https://convivialcircle.com The Simply Convivial team discusses what it takes to have a happy marriage - and why that's so important. Empowered Wife (find on Amazon: https://amzn.to/45ju0wY ) sounds cringy and feminist, but it's actually about taking responsibility for yourself, about recognizing and stopping excuses and blaming and complaining, and embracing a femininity that enjoys masculinity. It's "empowered" because wives are the re...
Jun 11, 2024•17 min•Ep 115•Transcript available on Metacast Tune in to this conversation between Sarah Mackenzie and Mystie Winckler all about Sarah's latest picture book. Sarah also shares about why she started a new publishing house for picture books and what life lessons we can learn from Barbara Cooney. Find Sarah's latest picture book here: https://amzn.to/3wRVvkJ Visit Waxwing Books: https://waxwingbooks.com/ Sarah is the author of Teaching from Rest, The Read-Aloud Family, and several new picture books, including the just-released picture book bio...
Jun 04, 2024•18 min•Ep 114•Transcript available on Metacast Find your vocations: https://simplyconvivial.com/vocguide/ Rosemary was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and is currently undergoing treatment, yet she’s still checking in with her accountability stand-up group weekly and being such an encouragement in our community. Rosemary I would just love to hear your testimony of seeing God’s work in your life and family even as you’ve been struggling with this new trial. Inside Community Coaching you were sharing about how rewriting your vocation sta...
Jun 01, 2024•21 min•Ep 113•Transcript available on Metacast Join Jennifer Pepito as she shares her tips on creating a sacred home. Learn how to bring peace and harmony into your space with Jennifer's expert advice about creating your own family mission and rule of life. Book bonuses - https://www.thepeacefulpreschool.com/habitsforasacredhome Jennifer is the host of the Restoration Home podcast, author of Habits for a Sacred Home and the founder of The Peaceful Press (https://thepeacefulpress.com). Jennifer is on a mission to help moms overcome fear and l...
May 22, 2024•20 min•Ep 112•Transcript available on Metacast Free planner templates: https://convivialplanner.com Do you have a hard time making a planner useful in your day to day life? Do you want to use a planner, but you feel like you're just wasting your time or doing something wrong? Kayse's tips on realistic planning and making a planner fit your life are gold! Kayse's YouTube: @AnchoredWomen Kayse's website: https://anchored-women.com/ Kayse serves Christian women as a writer + designer, creating home + life management resources that help those wo...
May 14, 2024•11 min•Ep 111•Transcript available on Metacast Free planner templates: https://convivialplanner.com For years when I was a young mom I’d faithfully use my planner on Monday, filling everything out for the week, and then never look at it again until the next “fresh start” Monday. It seemed like a waste of time, so then I spent some years not bothering with a planner at all. What would you say to the mom who feels disillusioned with planning because her plans never seem to “work” for her? Kayse's YouTube: @AnchoredWomen Kayse's website: https:...
May 08, 2024•13 min•Ep 110•Transcript available on Metacast Apr 29, 2024•17 min•Ep 109•Transcript available on Metacast Take the daily card challenge: https://simplyconvivial.com/dailycard Learn how to supercharge your productivity with an index card! In this video, Karen Head shares how using a simple index card can help you stay organized and focused on your daily tasks. Say goodbye to overwhelm and hello to a more productive day! Come to our free Homemaker's CEO Day: https://simplyconvivial.com/ceo Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhel...
Apr 22, 2024•17 min•Ep 108•Transcript available on Metacast Learn how to use the daily card method: https://simplyconvivial.com/indexcardvideo/ This month we’re talking about daily cards, making a brand new to-do list every day with only 3 things on it. Was this something you jumped right into, were you skeptical, what has been your iteration experience with daily cards? Trisha is a Catholic wife and mother making a home and building a domestic church in Southern Arizona. They discuss the concept of 'daily cards' - a strategy that involves making a daily...
Apr 15, 2024•15 min•Ep 107•Transcript available on Metacast Take Sweep & Smile with us! https://simplyconvivial.com/sweep Tired of your cleaning checklist not working? Watch this video to find out why and learn how to stay motivated to keep your space clean and organized! Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subsc...
Apr 08, 2024•16 min•Ep 106•Transcript available on Metacast Join Sweep & Smile: https://simplyconvivial.com/sweep Creating Effective Homemaking Routines: A Simplified Approach In this episode of the Simplified Organization podcast, Mystie Winckle discusses the importance of homemaking routines and how to create cheerful and God-honoring family life. Joined by Stefani Mons, a homeschooling mom from Texas and the community manager at Convivial Circle, she explores the evolution of their own routines, highlighting the shift from no routine to implementi...
Apr 02, 2024•15 min•Ep 105•Transcript available on Metacast Mar 25, 2024•13 min•Ep 104•Transcript available on Metacast Lindsey runs the Reformed Faith and Family website and podcast alongside her husband Caleb. Together they have seven children ranging in ages from three to fifteen years old. Caleb is a bi-vocational pastor, and Lindsey is a long-time homeschooling mom who enjoys reading to her children, dabbling in homestead hobbies, and being a doula for friends when she gets the chance. Their work on Reformed Faith and Family was born out of a deep desire to provide a solid resource for Christians trying to u...
Mar 18, 2024•16 min•Ep 103•Transcript available on Metacast Are we afraid of one another as Christian women? Do we see one another as competitors or as co-laborers? We can delight not only in a variety of creative endeavors within the home, but also in the multiplicity of gifts God has granted within His body, the church. Find part 1 of our conversation here - https://youtu.be/tLKGKAdXOM4 Show notes on the blog here - https://www.simplyconvivial.com/blog/can-moms-have-hobbies-an-interview-with-lexy-sauve/ Lexy shares how her church has developed communit...
Mar 11, 2024•19 min•Ep 102•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we have a delightful conversation with Lexy Sauve, a creative mom and pastor's wife who has found joy and fulfillment in adding creative pursuits to her homemaking. Join us as Lexi shares her experiences and insights on how embracing creativity has expanded her capacity to manage her home, raise her six children, and find delight in everyday tasks. Lexy is smart, competent, and thoughtful. On her podcast Bright Hearth she and her husband delve into practical and theological aspe...
Mar 04, 2024•13 min•Ep 101•Transcript available on Metacast Leslie is a stay-at-home mom and grandma to seven, a health writer for Substack, and a health coach. She is passionate about helping people regain their health in ways that are simple, inexpensive, and life-changing. I know I've had weight loss on my list of annual goals for years on end and many years I've just given up on it and felt like it took too much energy for too little payoff. It's so easy to get discouraged with weight loss goals. Are they even worth making? Should we even care or sho...
Mar 01, 2024•14 min•Ep 100•Transcript available on Metacast Habit tracking sheet: https://simplyconvivial.com/habit Find Leslie's substack here: https://fastwell.substack.com/ Join Leslie Taylor as she shares her journey of becoming a more energetic and healthy mom through intermittent fasting. As a stay-at-home mom, she struggled with weight loss and low energy, but through her lifestyle changes, she has found success and wants to help other moms do the same. Tune in for tips and inspiration on how to become a healthier and more energetic mom! Mystie Wi...
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