Episode Details

Let’s Chat About the Lies Homeschool Moms Believe

There are a lot of lies homeschool moms believe about their exhaustion. That they need a better curriculum. A tighter schedule. More discipline. But most of the time, the real answer goes much deeper than that.

If you started this week with a cold cup of coffee, a house that doesn’t look like the ones on Pinterest, and a quiet voice in your head telling you you’re not doing enough — this episode is for you.

Because that voice? It’s not telling you the truth. And the exhaustion you’re carrying? It’s not actually about the laundry.

In this first episode of the Perfectionist to Present series, we’re pulling back the curtain on something most homeschool moms never talk about openly: the way perfectionism masquerades as responsibility — and slowly drains everything.

What This Episode Is About: The Lies Homeschool Moms Believe

This is a story. Several of them, actually.

Because the truth about perfectionism — where it comes from, what it costs, and why it feels so hard to let go — can’t really be taught. It has to be recognized. And sometimes the fastest way to recognize something in yourself is to hear it in someone else’s story first.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• A handmade circus tent (yes, really) and what it was actually about
• An eight-months-pregnant moment of abandonment and bone-deep exhaustion that cracked something open
• A Monday morning homeschool meltdown — the kind where you hear yourself yelling and wonder who that person is
• The childhood moment that quietly shaped decades of people-pleasing, peace-keeping, and proving
• And the first, small shift th