Podcast Episodes

Thoughts on Living Page by Laurie Bestvater

Episode 133

I recently finished Laurie Bestvater's The Living Page: Keeping Notebooks with Charlotte Mason, and I loved it. I bought it based on Brandy's reviews, and I'm glad I made the leap-of-faith, even thou…

Published on 7 years, 7 months ago

15 Minutes is All You Need

Episode 132

One way we give in to perfectionism is to not start unless we know we can finish and get the results we want.

But as busy moms, that is rarely possible.

We can’t put things off until the perfect moment…

Published on 7 years, 7 months ago

Choose Your Expression.

Episode 131

It’s easy to smile at our newborns, smile at a cute three-year-old antic, smile at our bigger kids when they volunteer to help out. It’s good our life as mother provides us these opportunities to smi…

Published on 7 years, 7 months ago

Thoughts on Crazy Busy by Kevin DeYoung & Shopping for Time by Carolyn Mahaney

Episode 130

“Cross to carry” is a phrase used to talk about suffering as a lot in life, but this portrayal of that cross, that suffering, as an active things in our life struck me. I have always pictured “cross …

Published on 7 years, 7 months ago

Resist Plan Perfectionism. Iterate.

Episode 129

It’s paralyzed us all.

Perfectionism.

We wait to start moving forward with our plans because we aren’t sure if we’re doing it right. We aren’t sure they will work. We aren’t sure we like the colors we …

Published on 7 years, 7 months ago

Thoughts on Mere Motherhood by Cindy Rollins

Episode 128

If you are starting out homeschooling with a bright-eyed little 5-year-old – a toddler tagging along and another on the way – you eat up the stories of those ahead of you on the journey.

When I was in…

Published on 7 years, 7 months ago

SO063: Give Yourself a Motto

Episode 127

Season 11: Attitude Organization Tips When we recite a handful of mottos over and over again, and conform our choices to them, we more and more naturally live them out even when we don’t use them. Th…

Published on 7 years, 7 months ago

Book Recommendations with Virginia Lee

Episode 126

What should a homeschooling mom read? Mystie and Virginia Lee each recommend their top three book picks.

Published on 7 years, 7 months ago

Tips for Attitude Change (with Virginia Lee)

Episode 125

tips for organizing our attitude because it often needs it with stuff day to day.

Published on 7 years, 8 months ago

Classical Education Demands Habit Training

Episode 124

Certainly we are to watch and train the habits of our children and our household, but that is not all the work to be done. The confirmation of the habit into a character is work done by the person hi…

Published on 7 years, 8 months ago