Episodes
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Preparing for your Homeschool Year
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
It's almost time to start your homeschool year. Are you ready? Today, I have ten questions for you to consider as you finish your preparations and prepare to start back to school.
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Joy: Focus on Building Your Homeschool
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
What do your homeschool mornings look like? Are they filled with joy and peace? If not, maybe it's time to focus on something different first thing in the morning. Let's look at one more joyful morning habit to help you build a joyful homeschool.
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Joy: Focus on Refreshing Your People
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Have you ever wished someone would bring you dinner at the end of a hard day? Do you ever long for a note of thanks for the way you serve others in church or at co-op? As we continue our conversation about Joyful Morning Habits, let's look at one more simple step we can take each day to cultivate joy in our hearts and our homeschools.
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Explaining My Absence
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Hey homeschool mommas! Welcome back the the Rest in the Trench podcast. It's been a little while. Where have I been? The short story: depression. I hit a rough season last fall and fizzled on creating new podcast episodes. Today, I want to share a little more of my story, a few steps I took to come out of that season, and a few anchors from Scripture that helped me through it.
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Joy: Focus on Magnifying Your Jesus
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
What do you do first in the morning? As we're building joyful morning habits, what we focus on first matters. So today we're talking about focusing on magnifying Jesus first thing in the morning.
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Joyful Morning Habits
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Welcome October! It's time for visiting the pumpkin patch, picking apples, crunching leaves, and many other fun, fall homeschool activities. But what do you do when mom just isn't enjoying it. This month, we're talking about some simple morning habits to help you cultivate joy in your heart and your homeschool.
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
A Conversation with Kristy Trent: Know Your Why
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Today holds an exciting episode here on the Rest in the Homeschool Trench podcast: our first guest conversation. I'm thrilled to introduce you to my mentor and friend, Kristy Trent. When I started homeschooling in 2009, Kristy introduced me to three words that can be a lifeline on our hard days of homeschooling. But they are also a filter for our decisions when we consider revising our homeschool plans.
Monday Sep 26, 2022
Revamping Your Homeschool Routine
Monday Sep 26, 2022
Monday Sep 26, 2022
After a few weeks of school, we start to notice some areas where our homeschool routine needs to change. How well is your routine serving your family this year? Today, we have 5 more questions to ask ourselves when revising our homeschool plans--this time, it's 5 questions about our routines.
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Changing Your Homeschool Curriculum
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
One crucial part of your homeschool plan is your curriculum. But how do you know when it's time to change curriculum? Let's think about 5 questions to ask yourself if you're considering changing your homeschool curriculum.
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Revising Your Homeschool Plan
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Monday Sep 19, 2022
We're a couple of weeks past Labor Day, and most of us are in the full swing of school. How's your homeschool plan working this year? Are you frustrated and thinking something needs to change? Today we're taking time to ask ourselves three important questions as we consider revising our homeschool plans.