Christian Moms Café (formerly Christian Homeschool Moms)

Join me and Christie as we chat about how to help our kids find their deep roots in Christ.

We also chat about reasons parents might find it hard to disciple their kids (roadblocks to discipleship, mentoring, and teaching the Bible), and a few ways we can integrate our faith into our parenting style.

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R77ZGIyh41k

Christie Thomas is a Western Canadian homeschool mom of 3 boys and spends her evenings helping Christian parents disciple their kids without having to know it all or do it all. She is the author of several books for Christian parents, including Quinnʼs Promise Rock and Fruit Full: 100 Family Experiences For Growing in the Fruit of the Spirit. Find Christie online at littleshootsdeeproots.com, or download fruit of the Spirit resources at fruitofthespiritbook.com.

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This week's podcast is sponsored by Faith Media and Impact Podcast Coach, a service that supports women podcasters to boldly share their voices and their powerful messages through the medium of podcasting. Find out more about our podcast coaching services and courses by visiting impactpodcastcoach.com.

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On this week's show, I'm offering some practical tips for homeschooling high school (with a replay from my YouTube channel).

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This week's podcast is sponsored by Faith Media and Impact Podcast Coach, a service that supports women podcasters to boldly share their voices and their powerful messages through the medium of podcasting. Find out more about our podcast coaching services and courses by visiting impactpodcastcoach.com.

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Here are a few ways to prepare mentally for homeschooling your high schooler:

• Get them into the mindset of homeschooling (deprogramming from a public or private school), and help them ease into home education
• Plan their high school academics in advance according to their future plans. Visit HSLDA.org to verify state regulations.
• Look into dual enrollment for high schoolers at your local community college.
• Check for homeschool coaches:
• Pam Andrews- The Scholarship Shark
• Belinda Bullard- A Blessed Heritage
• Denise Boiko (check out her article and book here)-https://christianhomeschoolmoms.com/homeschooled-and-headed-for-college/
• Determine their credits and choose curriculum accordingly to whether you are teaching or not
• Step back and let them take more responsibility
• Do mental health checks
• Show them how to manage their time effectively
• Benefits of home education

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Do you desire to draw closer to God in your busy life? Let's talk about journaling and how this can help us in our everyday lives as busy mamas.

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Our GUEST:

Beverly Schweigert is the owner of Blessed Be Boutique and is a woman with a heart for God, family, and service. Based in western PA, Bev is a wife, mother, grandmother, and active member of her church. She leads a missions team called Missions Possible and strives to give back to her community daily. Bev's commitment to her relationship with God led her to develop The BLESS Method, a system of Bible study journaling that helped her grow stronger in her faith. Through her daily devotionals and uplifting messages, Bev shares her passion for God's love and helps others find answers to their spiritual questions. As a Lay Speaker and Lay Leader, Bev brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her teachings, and she's excited to share the BLESS Method with you. Join her on her journey to a deeper connection with God and a stronger faith.

We talked about…

• Blessed Be Boutique, and what inspired her to start it.
• A bit about herself and life as a grandmother, as well as some of her favorite pastimes and things that make her happy in life.
• Reasons she believes moms might find it hard to connect to God
• All about your business, Blessed Be Boutique, and what inspired her to start her business (it all began with missions trips and jewelry which eventually led to her designing her own journals.)
• A few practical tips you have for moms finding the time for deeper connection with God- no matter the time or place
• What the BLESS acronym stands for= Bible verse, Listening for God’s voice, Exploring the history, Studying the keywords, Summarize
• Practical tips for moms finding the time for deeper connection with God- no matter the time or place.

Check out Beverly's website: https://blessedbeboutique.com/

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Mentioned on the show:

• My YouTube channel at MomZest (and how you can see this interview): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vZdV6ICSDQ

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• ▶️Join me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@momzestlife/

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Have you been thinking of ways to bring a playful approach to raising your kids? I had a joy-filled chat with parenting coach, Joy Wendling!

//Who is Joy?

Joy Wendling is a writer, speaker, podcaster, certified parent coach, and founder of Created to Play. She has over 20 years of experience in children, youth, and family ministry, as well as a Masterʼs in Youth, Family, and Culture from Fuller Theological Seminary. Her idea of relaxing is gazing at mountains from her island home with an ice-cold Diet Coke and a good book. Joy lives in the Pacific Northwest and enjoys laughing and playing with her five daughters and husband. Get to know her better at CreatedtoPlay.com and on her podcast titled Playfully Faithful Parenting.

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We talked about…

• ✨What parent coaching is, how she got started in coaching, and how parents can know if this type of coaching is the best for them

• ✨Ideas for practical tips and ways that parents get started playing with their kids

• ✨How play can also be a way to both disciple and discipline children

• ✨How we as parents can incorporate more play into our adult lives

Check out Joy’s Website & Podcast: Listen to Playfully Faithful Parenting at https://createdtoplay.com/

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Mentioned on the show:

• My YouTube channel at MomZest (and how you can see this interview): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vZdV6ICSDQ

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• 🎹Virtual Piano Lessons for Homeschoolers/After-Schoolers (& curious adults, too!): http://www.readandrhythm.com

• ▶️Join me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@momzestlife/

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How can Christian women (and homeschool moms) practice maintaining a healthy body image? This week's guest, Heather Creekmore, encourages us in this area.

(see full show notes at: https://christianhomeschoolmoms.com/body-image-issues/)

About this week's guest:

HEATHER CREEKMORE writes and speaks hope to thousands of women each week inspiring them to stop comparing and start living. Her first book Compared to Who? encourages women to uncover the spiritual root of body image issues and find freedom. Her new release, The Burden of Better, offers women a journey into the depths of God's grace to find a way off the treadmill of constant comparison. Heather has been featured on Fox News, Huff Post, Morning Dose, Church Leaders, and For Every Mom, along with dozens of other shows and podcasts. But she's best recognized from her appearance as a contestant on the Netflix hit show, Nailed It. Heather and her fighter-pilot-turned-pastor husband, Eric have four children and live in Austin, Texas. Connect with Heather at Comparedtowho.me.

Tips Heather shared with us:

• The hope is not in changing the body but the hope is found in changing the heart.
• In order to achieve a mindset shift, we first need a heart shift. What we are believing about our value isn’t necessarily true. Culture tells us our value comes from the way we look. We have a choice to believe what God’s Word says about us or what the world says about us.
• Our temples (our bodies) are meant to be fit for worship and require that we take care of them.
• Our demoralized view of our bodies affects our families. Remember that our opinions of ourselves are not the most important.

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Mentioned on the show:

• My YouTube channel at MomZest:https://www.youtube.com/c/DemetriaZingaConsulting/videos
• The Homeschool Boss Mama Goal Planner Course- https://christianhomeschoolmoms.teachable.com/p/boss-mama-homeschool-goal-planner

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Finding business and life balance as a homeschool mompreneur can be tricky, but on this episode, I'm sharing all the things that have helped me over 17 years.

Tips I shared on the podcast:

• Start with prayer
• Get control of your time- household help, meal-planning
• Create a dedicated workspace
• Create a budget to launch and maintain your business when you start up
• Remember to document - your workflow, your financials
• Network and collaborate
• Keep family first
• Give yourself grace
• Don't compare

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Mentioned on the show:

• My YouTube channel at MomZest:
• Video: How to Work And Homeschool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B70IC2qWGo
• Video: How Can I Homeschool While Working: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1KYBQO-ViM&t=13s
• The Homeschool Boss Mama Goal Planner Course- https://christianhomeschoolmoms.teachable.com/p/boss-mama-homeschool-goal-planner

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Lynn Calvin Plater is the founder and CVO for CYLS-KIDS, LLC and Christ You Live Saved Kingdom Inspired Divine Seeds, LTD, a non-profit with a mission of spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ to children through books and toys. She is a Mom's Choice Award and Reader's Favorite book award recipient, and author of the book, Pentawhadda!. She is married to a supportive husband, Antonio Plater. She currently works as a teacher assistant for the Harnett County Public School System in Harnett County, North Carolina.

What Lynn and I chatted about...

• Lynn is a children’s ministry Sunday school teacher, assists with both the general education and special needs group, kindergarten teacher assistant, and holds multiple positions helping children.
• How she was inspired to write her book, Pentawhadda!. (She had a dream about a book with the letters CYLS KIDS. It was an inspiration from God and integrates her passion for helping children).
• What her book is about: Inside her book, there are special needs students (characters) as well as general education students. The pictures show that it caters to all students of the class. There is a special guest in the book, a character who teaches the kids about the bible and keeps kids engaged. Her book offers a general overview of the first five books of the bible and also helps brings awareness to other children besides general ed children.
• There are also activities in the book to help kids memorize the first 5 Bible books as well as a song to reinforce what they’ve learned in the book. A song is included to help them memorize, which is also found on iTunes, Spotify, and Amazon music. CDs are soon to come.
• Lynn's hope is that this book will make kids want to learn more about the Bible and read it for themselves and lay a foundation for learning about the Bible in the future.

Find out how to purchase Lynn's book by visiting the show notes here: http://www.christianhomeschoolmoms.com/gain-confidence-in-teaching-children-the-bible

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In this episode, I interview Tamara Zantell. She is known for helping her 9-year-old daughter turn her kitchen table hobby into a million-dollar brand. Yet, she is also the founder of Raising A Mogul, LLC, and Legacy Brand Creators, LLC, a boutique brand development and marketing agency. She is committed to supporting families who aspire to build an impactful family legacy brand. She is a mother to five. Together or separately, they have been featured on AOL, ESPN, Netflix, USA Today, Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, Black Enterprise, ABC Nightline TODAY show, and more. She has helped her clients build strong community relationships and deliver excellent products and services while creating systematic and diverse environments through culture, goals, and structure. As a result, she is equipped with advanced knowledge in launching an international brand, generating revenue, partnership development, and developing young moguls and family businesses for inevitable triumph.

We chatted about:

• Why she began Raising a Mogul, and how the idea was born
• The importance of parents building on our children's inspirations and ideas
• We highlighted two of her programs:
• Young Mogul Prep School
• Young Mogul Speakers Academy
• We ended with her beautiful words of encouragement for homeschool moms wanting to help our entrepreneurial kids.

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https://payhip.com/b/Vr0b6

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How can we as homeschool mamas truly reach the hearts of our children (rather than only focusing on their behavior?)

Welcome to the Christian Homeschool Moms Podcast. On this show, the goal is to encourage the Christian mom to Homeschool with joy during this limited season of your life, to stay hopeful on your homeschool journey, and to apply practical homeschool tips that will help you in your everyday life as a mom of faith.

I’m Demetria, your host, a veteran homeschool mom of two beautiful daughters- one in college, one in high school, navy reservist wife, songwriter, podcaster, child of the King. I’m happy to your host on this show.

On this episode, I interview Anita Kroeker, a Christian homeschool mom of 2. Originally from Germany, she's a lover of all things baked especially bread. She's wife to her South Korean Sweetheart, and lives in beautiful Colorado. After teaching in public schools for more than 15 years (in Germany, South Korea, Mexico and USA), she couldn't help but realize some of the flaws of the public school system and wanted something different for her own children. Hence, she started the exciting journey of homeschooling.

Register for the Homeschool With Heart Online Summit!

➡️ Sign up for free here: https://websuccesscoach--aspentreenest.thrivecart.com/all-access-pass/63a8c6ea07ada/

You can register now for the Homeschool With Heart Summit! The goal for this summit is to help Christian homeschool Mamas help their kids learn better and homeschool with confidence and peace.

For 5 days, January 29th – February 2nd 2023, Anita of Aspen Tree Nest is bringing you

presentations from 15 homeschool and parenting experts who have found ways to

help their kids learn better and homeschool with confidence and peace. You’ll hear

about everything from how to find your unique homeschool goals and rhythm, how

to deal with sibling conflicts, how to simplify your homeschool, how you can raise

your kids to know God, and more. I'm honored to be one of those mamas, and I'll be speaking at the summit as well!

➡️ If you prefer an All-Access pass to the recordings you can purchase that here: https://websuccesscoach--aspentreenest.thrivecart.com/all-access-pass/

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View show notes at: https://christianhomeschoolmoms.com/homeschool-with-heart-online-summit/

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How can we find peace during the holiday season as homeschool moms? In this episode, I share 3 tips to help us discover peace naturally.

Welcome to the Christian Homeschool Moms Podcast. On this show, the goal is to encourage the Christian mom to Homeschool with joy during this limited season of your life, to stay hopeful on your homeschool journey, and to apply practical homeschool tips that will help you in your everyday life as a mom of faith.

I’m Demetria, your host, a veteran homeschool mom of two beautiful daughters- one in college, one in high school, navy reservist wife, songwriter, podcaster, child of the King. I’m happy to your host on this show.

Resources Mentioned:

• Watch my latest YouTube videos (found on my channel MomZest):
• How I Made $30,000 on Outschool - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzoj4jbyOTg&t=49s
• Creative Fabrica's Teacher Club Card - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Jz_gHW0NI&t=243s
• My Apple Muffins video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNwpk2MXeek
• Slow cooker hot chocolate recipe - https://christianhomeschoolmoms.com/christmas-recipes-craft/

Start Teaching on Outschool with my referral code:

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Outschool Referral Code: myyoodw5

Tips for Peace for Homeschooling Mamas: Reflect, Release, Relax

• Reflect- journaling, end-of-year journaling
• Release- give it to God
• Relax and celebrate- rejoice in what He has already done, do things you enjoy, (holiday baking), create memories

Thank you to all of my guests this year of 2022!

• Tracy Kelly of Homeschool Power
• Amber O’Neal Johnston of the Heritage Mom blog
• Kaylani Campbell of Melanated Homeschool Moms
• Andrea Thorpe of African American Homeschool Moms
• Brenaea Fairchild of the Melanin Village
• Amy Fischer of Around the Thicket
• Charity Rios of Clarity with Charity
• Kristina Lucia Andrews of Curiously Created Creations

Thank you to all of my wonderful listeners! I really appreciate you!

See you in 2023.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! ❤️

View show notes at: http://www.christianhomeschoolmoms.com/reflect-release-relax

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