Failure can breed in us a deep despondency, disappointment, and become a breeding ground for lies about our identity, the goodness of God, our authority, and the possibility for us to try again to achieve a seemingly impossible dream.  But God. Be brave, be bold, and be humble.  Rachel G. Scott, author and podcaster, joins Jennifer Pepito for a beautiful conversation about dissapointment, heartache, and the beauty of falling into the hands of a good God and Father when we have come to the place where our world is beyond our control and we've "failed".  Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press! Looking for ways to celebrate and enjoy the beauty of the holidays? Check out our Christmas Guides Vol. 1 and 2, and the Unearthing Wonder Advent Guide.  Find the beautiful Peaceful Press Cookbook on Amazon!!   In this episode– When failure hits identify the lies that are coming up, these are lies or feelings that would say you're not enough, you don't have what it takes, you'll only fail. What is the Truth in God's Word? You're never alone.Creating a vision isn't about perfection, but health in the precious areas of our life It's never too late to start to know yourself in the light of who God says you are. Raising children who have a relationship and not a religion.Taking the Leap PodcastBetter than Blended by Rachel G. Scott and Willie J. Scott Jr.  You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Rachel G. Scott here- Rachel G. Scott's  Instagram Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

What makes great literature? Is Harry Potter great literature? What about Farenheit 451? Why are we at Restoration Home and The Peaceful Press so passionate about living stories, and how with all of these stories do we know what output to look for that assures us our child is learning??  Have you ever asked any of these questions? In Episode 48, join Jennifer and Emelie, as they have a really fantastic conversation that engages all of these questions and much more. While this conversation is definitely more about homeschooling and teaching literature, it's also just a great conversation about learning and how we do it.  Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press! Grab your copy of the brand new Playful Pioneers Volume 2!!! Check out the Peaceful Press Booklists!!  Find the beautiful Peaceful Press Cookbook on Amazon!!   In this episode– Why we start with good literature rather than worksheetsLiving literature is about protaganists that grow Understanding that in the elementary years, sometimes input is more important than output when we're educating Workbooks teach your children to regurgitate information whilst engaging them in great literature, narration, and formulating ideas creates life long learners You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Emelie here- Emelie’s Instagram Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

Celebrations and traditions are ways we connect and remember the goodness of God in our lives. For all of time, cultures have built feasts and parties around significant events. As Christians, many of us find profound enjoyment and beauty in celebrations like Easter and Christmas as we remember Christ’s birth, death, and resurrection. And then we have cultural holidays, like Thanksgiving in America or Guy Fawkes in the UK. Most of us have family traditions we celebrate, and the memories and celebrations of our youth have a profound impact on us. From early on Jennifer and her family began celebrating Passover in place of Easter, and as time and learning unfolded begin introducing and celebrating more of the Jewish Feasts into their year. On this podcast Sarah Ruth of Kindled Togetherness joins Jennifer to talk about the beauty of the Jewish Feasts and their celebration of Christ from the Passover Lamb to the Feast of Booths and the sojourning as we eagerly wait for the Lord’s return. This is not a religious conversation, it’s a beautiful discussion between two moms and lovers of Jesus about the role remembering and celebrating what God spelled out in the feasts He gave the Israelites and how we can enjoy and celebrate them in our homes today.  Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press! The Precious People Bundle is a full length elementary bundle that introduces the Jewish Feasts!!! Looking for ways to celebrate and enjoy the beauty of the holidays? Check out our Christmas Guides Vol. 1 and 2, and the Unearthing Wonder Advent Guide.  Find the beautiful Peaceful Press Cookbook on Amazon!!   In this episode– What are the Jewish FeastsWhy do we celebrate themFinding conviction for your familyThe importance of having celebrations and the way we can use them to teach about God’s goodnessAs we grow with the Lord, this is about relationship not religion and are their ways your relationship could be blessed by celebrating and remembering one or some of the Ancient Feasts?If you're looking for more information you can check out these blog posts: https://www.thepeacefulpreschool.com/blog/rosh-hashanah-for-children-2  and https://www.thepeacefulpreschool.com/blog/the-precious-people-rosh-hashannah-festival For guides you can check out Sarah Ruth’s guides to Jewish Feasts for great resources, as well. You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Sarah Ruth here- Sarah Ruth's Instagram Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

With school starting, we start to see more and more queries at the Peaceful Press about how much is enough. Enthusiastic moms and concerned moms want to be sure they are doing the utmost for their child's future well-being and education.  In Episode 46 we have Durenda Wilson of the Durenda Wilson Podcast join Jennifer Pepito to talk about manage home schooling. What is too much, what is enough, what are the objectives we're looking for? Maybe providing an education is simpler than we think, if we're willing to stop and engage our children's curiosity, questions, exploration, and being.  This is a great episode to explain and simplify the mystery of teaching and assure you, that you have what it takes to teach your children.    Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press! The Playful Pioneers Volume 2 is here!!! Looking for ways to celebrate and enjoy the beauty of the holidays? Check out our Christmas Guides Vol. 1 and 2, and the Unearthing Wonder Advent Guide.  Find the beautiful Peaceful Press Cookbook on Amazon!!   In this episode– When enough is enoughCreating an atmosphere that invites and encourages continual explorationThe importance of child-led exploration, especially in the younger yearsNot matter how busy you are, you're ability to provide loving attentiveness to your child is a huge educatinal boon to your childFor more informatiuon check out Durenda Wilson's book The Four Hour School DayIf you're looking for more ways to help organise and plan your life, check out the Peaceful Press Planner or the Homeschool Planner. You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Durenda Wilson here- Durenda's Instagram Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

Welcome to Episode 45! Crystal Paine of the Money Saving Mom joins Jennifer Pepito to talk about creating a peaceful home. Drawing from her most recent book, Crystal walks us through her personal four P's: prayer, priorities, planning and prepping.  It's a beautiful episode that continues our theme of self, home, and life management as we continue to transition into a new season, school starting, life changes, and all that the rest of 2023 holds.  Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press! The Playful Pioneers Volume 2 is here!!! Looking for ways to celebrate and enjoy the beauty of the holidays? Check out our Christmas Guides Vol. 1 and 2, and the Unearthing Wonder Advent Guide.  Find the beautiful Peaceful Press Cookbook on Amazon!!   In this episode– The whole house doesn't have to be your responsibility because we have the opportunity to train our children to participateEquipping our children to be successful adultsLeaning into prayer in the moment Prepping our minds for successTo dive further into Crystal's Prayer, Priorities, Planning, and Prepping, check out her book The Time Saving MomIf you're looking for more ways to help organise and plan your life, check out the Peaceful Press Planner or the Homeschool Planner. You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Crystal Paine here- Crystal's Instagram Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

Welcome to Episode 44, a new series on Managing the many aspects of becoming a restoration family. Jennifer and Emelie talk about the importance of managing our emotions and not burdening our children with big emotions. Many of you felt like you had to parent your parents, but you can stop the cycle.  It’s okay to process out loud, but always leave your children with a hopeful statement like, “mommy is feeling overwhelmed right not, but I know God will carry us through”. Then, take those big emotions and process them with a friend, mentor, or therapist.   Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press! The Playful Pioneers Volume 2 is here!!! Looking for ways to attune and repair with your children? Check out our Ten Day Connection Challenge  Find the beautiful Peaceful Press Cookbook on Amazon!!   In this episode– Motherhood is intense, but share your struggles with a friend or therapist, and protect your child from becoming a parent figure to you.How to better understand what you feel, so you can process efficiently The importance of acknowledging your emotionsHow children feel when we turn them into our emotional supportAnd as always, how even when we make mistakes there is hope You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Emelie here- Emelie’s Instagram Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

Welcome to Episode 43. Jennifer Pepito and good friend Rachel Kovac have an engaging and light conversation about the joy and ease of experimenting and creating family rhythm. Rachel brings a beautiful perspective on the opportunities provided by homeschooling and the fun of figuring out a family rhythm.  We can experiment, mix it up, find what brings us joy, vary it by seasons, and still have an adherence to a family rule for the sake of restoration, connection, and wholeness. In all of this, let's dream big about what family, motherhood, and our personal lives might look like.    Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press! The Playful Pioneers Volume 2 is here!!! Looking for ways to attune and repair with your children? Check out our Ten Day Connection Challenge  Find the beautiful Peaceful Press Cookbook on Amazon!!   In this episode– Motherhood and parenting, even your personal life, is a one time opportunity, so don't be afraid to dream big Sometimes our self-identities are limiting Young children need stability and rythm not loads of choices Judging others steals joy, hurts community, and negatively impacts our ability to learn, enjoy, and build our family visionDon't be afraid to experiment and figure out what works best for your family You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Rachel Kovac here- Rachel's Instagram Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

In our family, Emelie's journey with anorexia was the first indicator that having a Family Rule did not create a 1+1=2 journey. In some seasons, your family rules, and the boundaries and stability we put into place to foster godly, joy filled children will look like it's failing. But is the family rule failing, or is God too good to allow "goodness" to replace "holiness".  Goodness is simply good behaviour, holiness is when we've allowed ourselves to be sanctified from the inside out, nothing hidden, nothing broken.  Episode 42 is an incredible conversation between Jennifer and Emelie about what happens when a family rule seems to fail. Listen to the end for a chance to participate in a Restoration Home and Peaceful Press Competition and the chance to win 1 year of the Peaceful Loop and a $50 Gift Card.  Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press! The Peaceful Press Cookbook is available on Amazon!!  The Peaceful Press has beautiful Student Planners to help your students craft order, ryhthm and mindfulness in their daily journey. Check the digital versions out at the Peaceful Press or order printed copies from Amazon.  In this episode: A family rule is about your faithfulness to what God has called you to create, not controlling the outcome of your familyHow to embrace the hard seasons of applicationThe Joy of faithfulness Mothering by the Book by Jennifer Pepito Family Rule Poster—Follow this link to edit and create your Family Rule Poster in Canva and to enter in the Restoration Family Rule Competition. You will win 1 year in the Peaceful Loop which has monthly calls with Jennifer and a habits and community building group, and $50 to the Peaceful Press Shop. The Poster must contain the Peaceful Press Website and the Restoration Home LogoSubmit the Canva link to your design to hello@thepeacefulpress.com subject line "Family Rule Poster".All submissions must be received by 8/25/2023Submissions will be voted on in the private Peaceful Press Facebook Group and posted to Instagram.  You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Emelie here- Emelie's Instagram Episode sponsored by The Peaceful Press. Create connection through our literature based resources.  Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

Have you ever wondered what makes a great family? We have too. It's easy to wonder who has the secret, or what formula produces a happy, holy family. But maybe it isn't like that, maybe parenting is many paths to creating connected families. Maybe it's simple.  Join Jennifer and Ginny Yurich of the podcast and movement 1000 Hours Outside for an incredible discussion about creating family rule around who you are as individuals and the unique dreams and identity that God has placed in you. We're not looking for a secret sauce, but authenticity, joy, and centred self of family identity that rests in who God made us to be rather than trying to control the outcomes.  Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press! The Playful Pioneers Volume 2 is here!!! Looking for ways to attune and repair with your children? Check out our Ten Day Connection Challenge  Find the beautiful Peaceful Press Cookbook on Amazon!!   In this episode– It is okay to have standards and to parent with personalityEmbracing your unique likes, dislikes, and the things you enjoy when creating your family visionAs your children grow older there is a beauty in learning to accomodate their lives and becomingWe are not searching for perfection but excellence, and in that process you are who your children needCheck out Ginny Yurich's newest book coming in November Until the Streetlights Come On You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Ginny Yurich here- Ginny's Instagram and at her website  Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

Do you ever have golden dreams for how your homeschool day will go, but feel like you're constantly ending it weary and disappointed in another day that was overwhelming, chaotic, too full, or simply lacked any sort of order? If you can resonate with any of that, then episode 40 is perfect for you. Jennifer takes you through planning a daily rhythm and highlights resources, systems, ideas, and strategies for making sure that we feel less steamrolled at the end of the day. Yet, sometimes no matter how meticulously we planned, a day still takes us. On those days we learn to forgive ourselves, our children, our spouse, maybe a friend or parent and accept the grace on offer in Christ to pick up and start afresh tomorrow.  Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press! The Playful Pioneers Volume 2 is here! Looking for Elementary Bundles to engage in Charlotte Mason style education for Autumn 2023, check out the Playful Pioneers, Precious People, and the Kind Kingdom! In this episode: Jennifer breaks down morning timeHow to identify essentials and non-essentials in your day The beauty of self-forgiveness for starting fresh Setting up our day so we have time to enjoy our childrenWe don't need to overload our children with "school" for them to be successful Episode 32 Resources  The Chore and Routine Cards A Peaceful Path to a Living Education The Connection Challenge The Homeschool PlannerThe Family Vision WorksheetThe Peaceful Life Workshop You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram Episode sponsored by The Peaceful Press. Create connection through our literature based resources.  Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

Building a rule of life is about the practical culmination of the last 10 months into a vision board for how to take what you're learning, and make it your own. A huge part of the ongoing struggle we face in doing so is comparison and becoming sidetracked by other people's "spaces". Or maybe you're building a family vision and you're not being sidetracked by other people, but you are making a plan that is contained and measured by your limitations, fears, and vows. In doing so, are you ignoring the space and vision that God wants to assign to you in order to grow, heal, broaden, and restore?  In Ep. 39, Heather MacFadyen of the Don't Mom Alone Podcast joins Jennifer for the second part of how to build a rule for you and your family. The conversation is so beautiful as both women share experiences from their past, and remember how God has shown up give them not just a vision but one where God remains firmy at the centre.   Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press! The Playful Pioneers Volume 2 is here!!! Looking for ways to attune and repair with your children? Check out our Ten Day Connection Challenge  Find the beautiful Peaceful Press Cookbook on Amazon!!   In this episode– A family rule is something can be "bendy" but unbroken. So, it's not something you get to pick and choose when it applies but something you follow with consistency through changing seasons.Humility is learning to live with authority in your God given spaceWith older children, you neither bend your will to theirs, or their will to yours, but you continue faithfully trusting God in the journey he is taking them on. Check out Heather's new book Right Where You Belong You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Heather MacFadyen here- Instagram and at her website  Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

For the last 9 months of the Restoration Home Podcast, we have explored the disciplines of hospitality, order, prayer, stability and much more. We have loved having these conversations and understanding the way embracing them through enjoyment of God rather than religion can encourage restoration in our lives, our families and into our community. But with all this information, where do we go next?  Join Jennifer and Emelie for the beginning of a four part series on the "how to" of creating a family rule. This is one of my favourite conversations as we talked about our early days of creating a famiy vision and how to build and hold onto one in the midst of changing and uncontrollable disruption.  Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press! The Peaceful Press Cookbook is available on Amazon!!  The Peaceful Press has beautiful Student Planners to help your students craft order, ryhthm and mindfulness in their daily journey. Check the digital versions out at the Peaceful Press or order printed copies from Amazon.  In this episode: What do you want your children to remember about your homeWorking backwards on your vision to move forward Adjusting vision to the changing timesAlways remaining faithful to what we are called to do, even in the absence of fruit.The difference between a Personal Rule and a Family Rule.  Join Jennifer Pepito in the Peaceful Life Workshop for a great opportunity to access high value vision planning for free. (Free Code is in the podcast!) The Peaceful Press Planner by Jennifer Pepito or get the print copy on AmazonMothering by the Book by Jennifer Pepito  You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Emelie here- Emelie's Instagram Episode sponsored by The Peaceful Press. Create connection through our literature based resources.  Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

Whether your child is 3, 5, 9, 13 or 17, you are probably already confronted with, "But Sally gets to stay up late, eat this, do that, go here, fill in the blank." And I'm sure your response has ranged across permissive, mature, and full on authoritarian as you wage the war of parenthood against the world to raise children whose young and growing minds are protected, nurtured, strengthened and prepared to thrive in every aspect of their lives. But in this fight to raise Godly children, are you making your children the enemy?  Episode 37 is an incredible conversation between Jennifer and Wendy of the Fresh Start Family about creating order through clear boundaries, consistent follow through, empathy, kindness, and humility.  Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press! The Playful Pioneers Volume 2 is here!!! Looking for ways to attune and repair with your children? Check out our Ten Day Connection Challenge  Find the beautiful Peaceful Press Cookbook on Amazon!!   In this episode– Raising children with order, follow through, kindness, and agency Firmness within connection is nurturing Know your "why"It's okay to explain the "why" behind the ruleAre you trying to instill character in your children that you haven't developed in yourself? Yes, you can be radically different from the culture around you and that's okay. You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Wendy Snyder here- Wendy's Instagram and at her website  Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

Two episodes ago, Jennifer and Emelie talked about how Order has become something often associated with control. Control often comes from a broken place, as we try to make our world and environment safe, familiar, and unchanging. Or if our parents were orderly, bordering on control, we shy away from order because it felt like manipulation and fear.  But Godly order is worship of an orderly God.  In this episode, Emelie and Jennifer hit all sorts of delicious topics like what is patriarchy, matriarchy? How has control of what life should look like,  instead of order that tends our garden, hurt our joy and stability. Finally, before you assume it's a patriarchy, are you using a matriarchy to uphold a patriarchy? At the end of the day the only place we can create an abundance of order is when we start tending to the intimate places of our heart.  Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press! The Peaceful Press Cookbook is available on Amazon!!  The Peaceful Press has beautiful Student Planners to help your students craft order, ryhthm and mindfulness in their daily journey. Check the digital versions out at the Peaceful Press or order printed copies from Amazon.  In this episode: Old Order isn't always Godly OrderAre you dealing with a patriarchy or a matriarchyWhy you and your children need your husbandCreating order as worship Looking for ways to attune and repair with your children? Check out our Ten Day Connection Challenge The Peaceful Press Planner by Jennifer Pepito or get the print copy on Amazon.  You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Emelie here- Emelie's Instagram Episode sponsored by The Peaceful Press. Create connection through our literature based resources.  Some Amazon Affiliate Links. You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Emelie here- Emelie's Instagram Episode sponsored by The Peaceful Press. Create connection through our literature based resources.  Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

Join Jennifer and Mary DeMuth author of Love, Pray Listen, as they talk about how our internal order has more to do with our children's order than our ability to manage well or enforce outward order. This grows with a willingness to pursue our identity in Christ and let him be our all in all, so that when the day comes, and our children leave the nest and begin making their own decisions, we aren't caught in the trap of believing we can control or "order" their lives. Instead, we can Love, Pray and Listen. Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press! The Playful Pioneers Volume 2 is here!!! Looking for ways to attune and repair with your children? Check out our Ten Day Connection Challenge  Find the beautiful Peaceful Press Cookbook on Amazon!!   In this episode– When we can calm ourselves and be orderly in our emotions, self-regulation, we create order in our homes and the lives of our childrenTake a sabbath, a life giving dayWhere is your real joy coming fromPracticing benevolent detachment: your role shifts as your children become adultsHave to be able to grieve so you can find your joy and identity in the only one who is GoodExtremes can wreck our children’s internal order because extremes are the manifestations of our internal disorder.Releasing control in the process of creating order Your identity is more than "mother", finding Christ at the centre through motherhood and beyond. Mary DeMuth has created a free resource with 52 prayers for your adult children. You can find all of Mary's books here. You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Mary DeMuth here- Mary's Instagram and at her website  Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

Have you seen something or experienced the corruption of a godly principle, virtue, or idea that created a lot of pain in your life? Maybe it affected a friend of family member. Is it a pain that is still sitting with you and making it hard to find balance and order in certain areas of your life?  In this episode, Emelie and Jennifer introduce the discipline of order to talk about the ways we hold on and react to past perversions of holy virtues. They discuss the role of humility and repentance in bringing restoration to generations so as families and communities we can embrace order from a place of wholeness not control. Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press! The Peaceful Press Cookbook is available on Amazon!!  Looking for Elementary Bundles to engage in Charlotte Mason styled education for Autumn 2023, check out the Playful Pioneers, Precious People, and the Kind Kingdom!   In this episode: What is orderDecorrupting holy value through forgiveness, humility, and repentance The role of mothers in creating order Learning to build a foundation on connection not rules Order also comes when we examine our hearts and motivations Looking for ways to attune and repair with your children? Check out our Ten Day Connection Challenge Morthering by the Book by Jennifer Pepito  You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Emelie here- Emelie's Instagram Episode sponsored by The Peaceful Press. Create connection through our literature based resources.  Some Amazon Affiliate Links. You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Emelie here- Emelie's Instagram Episode sponsored by The Peaceful Press. Create connection through our literature based resources.  Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

Join Jennifer and Katie Westenberg, author of the book, But Then She Remembered, for Ep. 33. The conversation begins with doom scrolling, what it is and why we are doing it. Doom scrolling, worry, fear for our loved ones, it's so easy to paint these things with a brush of validity. We validate why we allow fear, distraction, and worry to govern so much of our attention. If that sounds familiar to you, this is a beautiful conversation about how to fill your home with praise instead of fear. Part of restoration, part of balance, is putting God back on the throne of our lives, our concerns, and our emotions.  Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press! The Playful Pioneers Volume 2 is here!!! Looking for ways to attune and repair with your children? Check out our Ten Day Connection Challenge   In this episode– Singing to focus our mind on ChristWhy we fear and what it says about who we believe God isPractical ways to re-engage our faithfulness to remember God's faithfulness The role of "patient endurance" Check out Katie's book on Amazon and everywhere books are sold!   You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Katie Westenberg here- Katie's Instagram  Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

Episode 32 is a solo episode with Jennifer Pepito, founder of The Peaceful Press and author of "Mothering by the Book". This episode is Part III of the Discipline of Balance. How can we use summer to help us have a Restored Home? Summer is a great time to rest, repair and grow. Do you want to be a little more organised, learn a new skill, finally clean out a junk drawer, get some rest, dig a garden? Listen for some great tips and resources to bring some rebalance in your summer months.  Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press! The Playful Pioneers Volume 2 is here! Looking for Elementary Bundles to engage in Charlotte Mason style education for Autumn 2023, check out the Playful Pioneers, Precious People, and the Kind Kingdom! In this episode: What do you need this summer to balance your year? Identifying habits to rebuild and repair for a peaceful homeContinue to create rhythm and balance through a consistent morning time scheduleWe don't need to overload our children with "school" for them to be successful Tips, wisdom, and experience on how to decompress, slow down, grow, prune, and rest in the summer months.  Episode 32 Resources  The Chore and Routine Cards A Peaceful Path to a Living Education The Connection Challenge The Homeschool PlannerThe Family Vision Worksheet You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Emelie here- Emelie's Instagram Episode sponsored by The Peaceful Press. Create connection through our literature based resources.  Some Amazon Affiliate Links. You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram Episode sponsored by The Peaceful Press. Create connection through our literature based resources.  Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

Welcome to Episode 31! Jennifer and Carrie of Take Heart Special Moms talk about the challenges of homeschooling and carrying for special needs children. Whether you have a special needs child or not, this is a beautiful conversation about leaning into God, acknowledging that life is outside of our control, and finding balance, not burdensome rules in what it looks like to homeschool, mother, and be a woman.  Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press! The Playful Pioneers Volume 2 is here!!! Looking for ways to attune and repair with your children? Check out our Ten Day Connection Challenge   In this episode– Carrie's story It's okay to get help!!Creating open doors of communication with our children Get Carrie's new book, The Other Side of Special at Amazon or check out Take Hear Special Mom to find all the places you can buy it. For further resources check out Resilient by John Elderidge  You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Carrie Holt here- Take Heart Special Mom and at her website Carrie M. Holt Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

Welcome to episode 30! Jennifer and Emelie discuss the role of balance in our spiritual, personal, and homeschool walk. Balance is not something we often think about when we're looking at spiritual disciplines. Think about it as understanding the season you're in. Are you in a season where you're really pursuing righteousness? Well, is it tempered by an acknowledgement of God's grace? Are you working on grace but forgetting about righteousness? Balance is usually what happens when we stay in step with Christ, because he is looking to bring us into relationship with himself and not another form of religion. When we are on His journey, his leadership creates balance in our lives.  Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press! The Playful Pioneers Volume 2 coming Summer of 2023! Looking for Elementary Bundles to engage in Charlotte Mason styled education for Autumn 2023, check out the Playful Pioneers, Precious People, and the Kind Kingdom! In this episode: What is balance?Why being out of balance can often lead to judgement as we use rules and comparisons to make us feel justified rather than the accomplished work of the Cross. Staying in your lane when it comes to going places in your lifeCultivating our ability to hear the voice of God in our lives so we can walk with confidence in what He has called us to You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Emelie here- Emelie's Instagram Episode sponsored by The Peaceful Press. Create connection through our literature based resources.  Some Amazon Affiliate Links. You can learn more about Jennifer here- Jennifer's Instagram You can learn more about Emelie here- Emelie's Instagram Episode sponsored by The Peaceful Press. Create connection through our literature based resources.  Some Amazon Affiliate Links.