Called To Homeschool

All month long I have been I have been focusing on tools to help you to stop yelling at your kids.

I am wrapping up the last podcast for November with your questions about how to not yell in certain situations.

From what to do when feeling overstimulated, to what to when your kids don't listen after you have already asked them multiple times.I am answering these questions, and more in today's podcast episode.

Sonya Carson was one of 24 children.

She had a third grade education, and couldn't read. She was married at 13, and was later divorced with two young children.

She cleaned homes and noticed that the successful people all had one thing in common, a library.

She came home and turned off the TV and told her sons that they had to go to the library and read two books a week and give her a report.

This simple act completely changed her son's life. Instead of failing classes, he was at the top of his class and eventually became an amazing Dr.Ben Carson's life was changed from an intentional mother.

In today's podcast, I want to talk more about being an intentional parent, and how you can do that in your own home.

Are you worried about the upcoming holiday season?

How will you do all the things you feel like you need to do, AND homeschool?

Well, I can’t do your Christmas shopping for you, but I can help you with your homeschool.

I created the Christmas Curriculum that is a full curriculum for the whole family.

Not only does it give you lesson plans for each day, but it has writing activities for your kids, a book of poems, and so much more!

You are not going to want to miss this!

You get to choose how you show up, but you don't get to choose the consequences from that choice.

If you choose to be patient with your children, it will often create openness and connection with them.

If you choose to yell, it will often create fear from your children.All month long I am helping you to stop yelling for good, and help you have the homeschool you want.Check out this week's podcast episode to get yelling help.

I recently had the opportunity to explore parts of Germany with my daughter. We went to several sites from World War II and the Cold War. I came away with ideas that help us to not repeat mistakes from the past.

This line is from one of my favorite poems, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle is the Hand that Rules the World by William Ross Wallace.

I have a lofty goal to help restore the family, and in today's episode, I am sharing with you four ways that I plan on doing that.

I am so excited to share what I am doing when this episode comes out.

I am currently living my homeschool dream that I had three years ago.

I want to talk to you about what I am doing right now, and what you need to be willing to do to achieve your dream.

On the podcast today, I am sharing some highlights of my schedule for Unit 2!!

I will share with you some of the books we will be reading and some of the games.

I am hoping that this helps others to make homeschool easy and doable.

Have you ever looked at your homeschool or your kids and have just felt lost?

You keep trying to make things work, and it feels like nothing you do matters.

Or maybe, you tell yourself that you have tried everything and nothing is working.

In today's podcast episode, I Have Tried Everything, I want to help you with what to do next when you feel like there is nothing else you could do.

Do you ever wonder how someone is able to pick the right curriculum for a kid, but you are left scrambling and nothing seems to work?

I want to share with you the secret to picking the right curriculum for your kid.

I recently just got to live one of my dreams of traveling with my family. I wanted to share some of my thoughts from the trip, and what I think is the most important thing in homeschool.

Today is a day to celebrate homeschooling.

I want to share with you some of the benefits of homeschoolers nationwide, and some of the benefits I have seen in my own home.

What is narration?

Simply said, narration is the ability to tell something back in your own words.

In today's episode, I want to talk about narration, why you should consider having it in your homeschool, and how to implement it.

Have you ever wondered what is your homeschool dream?

I have had a homeschool dream for years now and it is finally happening this summer, and I cannot wait to tell you all about it!

I also want to challenge you to find your homeschool dream and how can you actually create it.

Do you ever feel afraid in your homeschool?

Maybe you are afraid that you aren't smart enough to teach your kids? Or maybe you are afraid of what other people say or think about your homeschool?

Whatever you are afraid of in your homeschool, I want to give you some help to get over your fears.

This weekend we will be celebrating our 23rd year of marriage!!

It had me thinking of what advice I would give to my kids before they got married and what things to do (or not do) to have an amazing marriage.

I want to share with you 5 tips for marriage in this week's podcast episode.

Have you heard the expression of you only get 18 summers with your kids?

Does that statement make you panic?

I know when I thought about that with my oldest, I started to worry that I had not done enough.

I want to share with you my thoughts about that phrase, what how to thought that brings you peace instead of panic.

I want to start giving you some short and sweet episodes with a tip to help you in your homeschool.

Today's tip is what to do with a child with a lot of energy. I know it can be frustrating when a child won't sit down and just do their school. I want you to try out this tip and see if it will help your energetic child.

I want to address three things today in this episode.

What do you do if your husband doesn't think that homeschool is a good idea?

How to include your husband into homeschool.

And ways to stay connected with your husband even with homeschooling.

Who else has ever felt overwhelmed?

I have seven kids, I homeschool, I work, I run the house and yard, and I have a husband who often travels for work. How could I not feel overwhelmed?

This was a story I held onto for years until I had a coach question my story. She asked me what if overwhelm was optional?I sat back for a while and just thought about. Is overwhelm truly optional?

I want to talk more about overwhelm and if it is optional, how do you stop feeling it, and is it a problem to feel overwhelmed sometimes.

Are you worried about what is the worst that could happen in your homeschool? Do you worry that your kid will never learn to read, or that they will never get into college? I want to share with you about what is the worst that could happen, and why you should stop letting fear lead in your homeschool.

A hobby is an activity that is done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure. The research shows that spending time on an activity that you enjoy can improve your mental health and wellbeing. Research shows that people with hobbies are less likely to suffer from stress, low mood, and depression. Activities that get you out and about can make you feel happier and more relaxed.

That all sounds beautiful, but how in the world does one have time for a hobby AND homeschool?

That's what I want to cover in today's podcast episode. How to have a hobby and homeschool.

Also, if you want to hear how my Ironman went (training is my current favorite hobby) then make sure to listen to the last half of the episode.

What do you do when homeschool feels too hard?

How do you move forward when you have no idea of what is the next step?

I want to share with you how having faith can help you through any challenge that you may face.

Are you feeling the homeschool burn out?

It's May and I know many of you don't want to think, talk, or even do school right now. In today's short and sweet podcast episode, I talk about feeling burnt out, why it's ok, and what you can do.

I am so excited to have you listen to today's episode.

I got to interview my friend, Andee Martineau, about her book, Connect Method Parenting.

Andee is an amazing parenting coach who has done a brilliant job of helping you parent without using bribing, punishments, grounding, or time outs. She went from traditional parenting (using punishments and rewards) and now teaches her connect method parenting.

You are going to want to check out today's episode where we cover consequences, meltdowns, and lying just to name a few.

My absolute favorite parenting book has to be from the scriptures. My goal is to parent like my Heavenly Parents and my Savior.

I found this gem in the scriptures the other day, and I think it shows a great way for us to run our homes.

Check out this episode to hear.

I remember how challenging it was to have so many little babies in such a short amount of time.

I would think about how much easier things would get when they got older.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but things don't get easier when kids get older. The hard just changes.

In today's podcast episode I share with you how to stop wishing away the days and hoping for things to get easier, but instead to have a life that you like now.

Are you worried that you need to teach your children everything?  

Do you worry about what will happen if you haven't done enough by the time they are 18?  

If so, you need to check out this episode from a mother who has three adult children who have graduated from homeschooling.

Did you know that learning to play an instrument is so good for your brain? Playing an instrument recruits almost every part of the brain, including regions that process vision, sound, movement, and memory.

It's easy to see why so many homeschool parents are encouraging their kids to play one.

However, if you are fighting with your kid, is it worth it?

Check out today's episode to see if your kid should play an instrument.

To celebrate my 200th episode I put decided to answer your questions!!

Some of the questions were:

How do I start homeschooling?

How do I homeschool through High School?

Do I need a transcript for college?

How do I homeschool challenging behaviors? ADHD and disrespect.

Check out today's episode to hear what I had to say.

What is a family culture and why do you need one?

I adapted this from the book How Will You Measure Your Life, When you have a a supportive family culture, children don’t even need to ask how to behave, how to make decisions, or how to make this trade-off against that one, your family has become self-managing thanks to it’s culture. Parents don’t need to dive into the details of every decision, because they culture of the family is present in the details of every decision.

Having a family culture makes your home easier and creates a flow and rhythm. 

Listen to today's episode to learn how to create a family culture.

Not too long ago I wrote a post in my No Yelling group and I had someone comment that my message came across as toxic positivity.

I had to look that phrase up because I had no idea what it meant, and I was surprised that someone would say that about me.

I want to share with you a very raw and real episode of where I came from, and how much I have struggled with depression, and how I feel about someone telling my message is toxic.

I am so excited to share this interview with you!  

Tanner & Alisa documented their experience with last year's No Yell November challenge. It was so amazing to be able to see the day to day struggle they went through.  I was so impressed with their video that I wanted to have them on the podcast and talk about their experience.  

You can also check out his video on YouTube by going to The Terrible Husband and find their video, I tried not yelling at my kids for 30 days.

Have you ever worked with your teen and their goals? Maybe you sat down with them and helped them create an actionable plan of how to achieve that goal, and even put it in easy to manage steps.

Then, a few weeks, or even a few days later, your teen completely gives up on that goal.

What do you do?

Get after them? Push them harder?

Check out this week's podcast episode to hear how to help your teen and their goals.

A few weeks ago I was upset that my favorite music app has sexual content. I was angry and mad that the world seems to feel like it continues to get dark and evil seems to be everywhere.

I want to end this year's podcast with challenging you to be the light. Light always chases away the darkness. 

I would love to hear from you how you plan on being a light in 2023.