Chaos & Coffee: Working Homeschool Mom Show | Christian Work at Home Mom, Time Management, Routines

On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I look at some job idea for homeschool moms. I know that working and homeschooling isn't for everyone. But if you're looking for some ideas, I hope you'll find it in this episode.

I also share some tips and things to keep in mind when considering different work options. I think the bottom line is that you should make sure it's legit, 100% suitable and enjoyable. 

Check out the blog post linked to this episode. And you can find all the support I offer working homeschool moms here. 

Until next time, take care! 

Are you looking for a new Math Curriculum? I’m thrilled to introduce our favourite math curriculum to you.

CTCMath specializes in providing online video tutorials that take a multi-sensory approach to learning. Favorably reviewed in Cathy Duffy’s 102 Top Picks and The Old Schoolhouse Crew Review, the lessons are short and concise to help your children break down concepts and appreciate math in a whole new way!

The lessons are taught the traditional way, not to a “test”.

Each one of the video tutorials is taught by an internationally acclaimed teacher, Pat Murray, who is renowned for teaching math concepts in a simple, easy-to-understand way (and in only a few minutes at a time). Using a multi-sensory approach having the combination of effective graphics and animation synchronized with the voice of a friendly teacher together with a practical assessment. This three-pronged attack makes learning so much easier and more effective. Even students who struggled with math are getting fantastic results! And ones who were doing OK before are now doing brilliantly.

Visit www.ctcmath.com today to start your free trial. Or take advantage of this fantastic special! Visit https://www.ctcmath.com/MLH to get a half-price discount plus a bonus 6-months for free.

On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I talk to Melissa Brander, who is the creator of Pocket Homeschool. She has a deep passion for lifelong learning and desires to help homeschooling families to find their way. She's based in the Midwest where she homeschools her two boys. 

Melissa has some valuable insight to share about finding your own path as a homeschooler. She also speaks about how she stays organized and about what self care looks like for her. Be sure to sign up to her newsletter in order to get to know her better. You can also follow her on Instagram and Facebook. 

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I would love to support you in any way that I can. Be sure to check out all the freebies and resources I have for working homeschool moms.

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Are you looking for a new Math Curriculum? I’m thrilled to introduce our favourite math curriculum to you.

CTCMath specializes in providing online video tutorials that take a multi-sensory approach to learning. Favorably reviewed in Cathy Duffy’s 102 Top Picks and The Old Schoolhouse Crew Review, the lessons are short and concise to help your children break down concepts and appreciate math in a whole new way!

The lessons are taught the traditional way, not to a “test”.

Each one of the video tutorials is taught by an internationally acclaimed teacher, Pat Murray, who is renowned for teaching math concepts in a simple, easy-to-understand way (and in only a few minutes at a time). Using a multi-sensory approach having the combination of effective graphics and animation synchronized with the voice of a friendly teacher together with a practical assessment. This three-pronged attack makes learning so much easier and more effective. Even students who struggled with math are getting fantastic results! And ones who were doing OK before are now doing brilliantly.

Visit www.ctcmath.com today to start your free trial. Or take advantage of this fantastic special! Visit https://www.ctcmath.com/MLH to get a half-price discount plus a bonus 6-months for free.

Until next week, take care!

So do positive affirmations work? Well, if you're not into woo woo things, then you might say no. But they do actually work. And science backs this up!

On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I look at what affirmations are, why they work, how to use them and then some examples of ones that I've used.

You can find:

Are you looking for a new Math Curriculum? I’m thrilled to introduce our favourite math curriculum to you.

CTCMath specializes in providing online video tutorials that take a multi-sensory approach to learning. Favorably reviewed in Cathy Duffy’s 102 Top Picks and The Old Schoolhouse Crew Review, the lessons are short and concise to help your children break down concepts and appreciate math in a whole new way!

The lessons are taught the traditional way, not to a “test”.

Each one of the video tutorials is taught by an internationally acclaimed teacher, Pat Murray, who is renowned for teaching math concepts in a simple, easy-to-understand way (and in only a few minutes at a time). Using a multi-sensory approach having the combination of effective graphics and animation synchronized with the voice of a friendly teacher together with a practical assessment. This three-pronged attack makes learning so much easier and more effective. Even students who struggled with math are getting fantastic results! And ones who were doing OK before are now doing brilliantly.

Visit www.ctcmath.com today to start your free trial. Or take advantage of this fantastic special! Visit https://www.ctcmath.com/MLH to get a half-price discount plus a bonus 6-months for free.

On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I speak to my dear friend Kelly Sage from Curiosity Encouraged. It's a special episode where she speaks about ways to raise engaged and joyful readers and writers. 

As working homeschool moms, having kids who are engaged in what they're learning, makes life so much easier! It saves so much time and energy! And we all know how important these two resources are! 

If you're feeling overwhelmed by the idea of teaching your children these important skills, then you could consider outsourcing. Kelly is launching an awesome membership in August. She's an amazing teacher with more than 18 years of experience teaching Language Arts and she's pouring all her experience and love into Creative ELA. 

She's got an hour-long free class called The Ideas Inside Me that your child can take to get a feel for Kelly and how she teaches. 

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If you need any support as a working homeschool mom, be sure to check out the ways I can help you!

Until next week, take care!

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Are you looking for a new Math Curriculum? I’m thrilled to introduce our favourite math curriculum to you.

CTCMath specializes in providing online video tutorials that take a multi-sensory approach to learning. Favorably reviewed in Cathy Duffy’s 102 Top Picks and The Old Schoolhouse Crew Review, the lessons are short and concise to help your children break down concepts and appreciate math in a whole new way!

The lessons are taught the traditional way, not to a “test”.

Each one of the video tutorials is taught by an internationally acclaimed teacher, Pat Murray, who is renowned for teaching math concepts in a simple, easy-to-understand way (and in only a few minutes at a time). Using a multi-sensory approach having the combination of effective graphics and animation synchronized with the voice of a friendly teacher together with a practical assessment. This three-pronged attack makes learning so much easier and more effective. Even students who struggled with math are getting fantastic results! And ones who were doing OK before are now doing brilliantly.

Visit www.ctcmath.com today to start your free trial. Or take advantage of this fantastic special! Visit https://www.ctcmath.com/MLH to get a half-price discount plus a bonus 6-months for free.

On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I cover a topic that a lot of newbies ask me about. Moms who join my Facebook group often ask about a schedule that allows them to fit everything into a day. So I've created 3 schedules that are a good starting point. Download them here.

In addition to the schedules, I also talk about ways to make the schedule your own. These are practical tips and strategies, as well as mindset shifts that need to happen. Then you can tweak and adjust them to fit your unique working homeschool mom life! And if you need more help with time management, then be sure to grab my free time audit or a free 30 minute coaching call with me. 

Until next week, take care!

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Are you looking for a new Math Curriculum? I’m thrilled to introduce our favourite math curriculum to you.

CTCMath specializes in providing online video tutorials that take a multi-sensory approach to learning. Favorably reviewed in Cathy Duffy’s 102 Top Picks and The Old Schoolhouse Crew Review, the lessons are short and concise to help your children break down concepts and appreciate math in a whole new way!

The lessons are taught the traditional way, not to a “test”.

Each one of the video tutorials is taught by an internationally acclaimed teacher, Pat Murray, who is renowned for teaching math concepts in a simple, easy-to-understand way (and in only a few minutes at a time). Using a multi-sensory approach having the combination of effective graphics and animation synchronized with the voice of a friendly teacher together with a practical assessment. This three-pronged attack makes learning so much easier and more effective. Even students who struggled with math are getting fantastic results! And ones who were doing OK before are now doing brilliantly.

Visit www.ctcmath.com today to start your free trial. Or take advantage of this fantastic special! Visit https://www.ctcmath.com/MLH to get a half-price discount plus a bonus 6-months for free.

On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I chat to Amy Sloan. Amy and her husband John are 2nd-generation homeschoolers to 5 children from 7 to 17 years old. The Sloan family adventures together in NC where they pursue a restfully-classical education. If you hang out with Amy for any length of time you’ll quickly learn that she loves overflowing book stacks, giant mugs of coffee, beautiful memory work, and silly memes. At any moment she could break into song and dance from Hamilton, 90s country music, or Shakespeare. Amy writes at HumilityandDoxology.com and hosts the “Homeschool Conversations with Humility and Doxology” podcast.

This is a fantastic episode and Amy shares so much valuable advice as a second generation homeschooler and working homeschool mom. As she also homeschools multiple ages, there's great advice if you're in this season! You can find Amy on... 

Her website at Humility & Doxology

And her podcast at Homeschool Conversations 

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As a working homeschool mom myself, I know that support, inspiration and advice are invaluable! So I would love to offer you some extra ways to get this:

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Are you looking for a new Math Curriculum? I'm thrilled to introduce our favourite math curriculum to you. CTCMath specializes in providing online video tutorials that take a multi-sensory approach to learning. Favorably reviewed in Cathy Duffy's 102 Top Picks and The Old Schoolhouse Crew Review, the lessons are short and concise to help your children break down concepts and appreciate math in a whole new way! The lessons are taught the traditional way, not to a "test". Each one of the video tutorials is taught by an internationally acclaimed teacher, Pat Murray, who is renowned for teaching math concepts in a simple, easy-to-understand way (and in only a few minutes at a time). Using a multi-sensory approach having the combination of effective graphics and animation synchronized with the voice of a friendly teacher together with a practical assessment. This three-pronged attack makes learning so much easier and more effective. Even students who struggled with math are getting fantastic results! And ones who were doing OK before are now doing brilliantly. Visit www.ctcmath.com today to start your free trial. Or take advantage of this fantastic special! Visit https://www.ctcmath.com/MLH to get a half-price discount plus a bonus 6-months for free. 

Until next week dear friend, take care!

In today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I talk about one of my favourite topics...mindset! When you start out with working homeschool mom life, you might want to concentrate on all the practical and logistical things that you need to do. But I'm a firm believer in overcoming mindset blocks first before you tackle any of that stuff.

If you have a fixed mindset or lack confidence as a default, you're going to find everything overwhelming and difficult. Because working homeschool mom life is hard! And it's especially hard at the beginning when you don't know what to do! In this episode I give some practical ways to overcome mindset blocks so that you can be a happy and thriving working homeschool mom. My hope is that it will help you to craft a life that is unique and works for you and your family.

I have lots of other resources for working homeschool moms that I would love to share.

Until next week lovely! Take care!

On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I have the absolute pleasure of chatting to Camille Kirksey from The Intuitive Homeschooler. Camille is an author, homeschool coach, and CEO of the digital media company, Intuitive Media. She has homeschooled her three children since 2013 and is currently working on Empowered Beginnings, a course for homeschool parents-facilitators.

During our chat, Camille shares some of her homeschool challenges and how they've made her a better homeschooling mom. She also speaks about the reality of being a working homeschool mom...we need to embrace imperfection, be authentic and keep on showing up. My favourite takeaway is that mindset is everything. You know how much I love mindset! 

Camille also shares information about World Homeschoolers Day, which she founded in 2021. It's a day where we get to celebrate all the diversity that is homeschooling. It's happening on the 3rd of June 2022 (or the first Friday of every June), so be sure to follow along and take part! 

You can find Camille...

On her website at The Intuitive Homeschooler

On Instagram at instagram.com/theintuitivehomeschooler 

On the World Homeschoolers Day website. 

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Helping and supporting other working homeschool moms, brings me so much joy! I have so much goodness that I would like to share with you, especially of you're feeling alone and overwhelmed. Because I know that in order to be a happy and thriving working homeschool mom, you need a community, a virtual hug or high five, and sometimes a bit of a mindset shift. 

Lastly, if you ever need some more personalized support, then you can book in a coaching session with me. We can go through your goals and blocks and help you to thrive!  

Until next week my lovely, take care! 

On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I chat about time management. I chose this topic because I know that loads of working homeschool moms feel overwhelmed, stressed and rushed off their feet. 

I'm sharing my top 10 time management tips that I've learnt over the past 5 years. They allow me to homeschool, work, pursue my dreams, and have downtime. It is possible to have it all, and I want to show you how!

I would also like to invite you to connect with me...

If you're looking for some help with mindset and or managing your schedule, then I have two awesome freebies for you...

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Until next time, take care my beautiful friend!

On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I speak to homeschool blogger and reading curriculum creator, Sarah Miller. Sarah is a homeschool mom of two, and an educator with over a decade of experience teaching kids in preschool through high school. 

She helps homeschool parents teach their kids to read with confidence at Homeschooling 4 Him, where she shares tips and tricks to make homeschooling simple and fun. Her Reading Curriculum, Reading Better Together, uses side by side reading stories and scripted, science-backed lessons to help kids fall in love with books through the process of learning to read.

My biggest takeaway from the chat is how we should prioritize becoming experts in our children. Because after that, the homeschooling gets easier! And we'll be able to teach them everything they need to know. Sarah also speaks about homeschooling little ones and the importance of self care for us working homeschool moms.

You can find Sarah on...

Her website at Homeschooling 4 Him

Her reading curriculum at Reading Better Together 

Facebook at Homeschooling 4 Him

Instagram at Homeschooling 4 Him

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If you're a working homeschool mom looking for a community, then I would love to connect with and support you.

1. Join my private Facebook group and meet other working homeschool moms. It always helps me to know that I'm not alone! 

2. Come hang out with me on Instagram. I do a Live every Wednesday to chat about all things working homeschool mom life. 

3. Grab my free time audit and mindset magic challenge if you need a new perspective on how your day is scheduled. 

4. Connect with me one-to-one in a coaching session. Together we can work a plan to achieve your goals! 

Until next week my lovely friend, take care!

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This episode is sponsored by Zencastr, my #1 podcast tool. They provide a crystal clear sound and gorgeous HD video. I love that it records separate audio and video tracks for the guests and me. Plus, there is a secured cloud backup, so you never lose your interviews. It is super easy to use, and there is nothing to download. My guests just click on the link, and we start recording. Go to https://zen.ai/strikeabalance and get 30% off your first three months with a PRO account.