Finding Joy in Your Home

Developing a mission statement for your life, for your family, and for your home can be a powerful tool to help give you clarity and direction. It doesn't have to be a long or complicated process, with just a few minutes, you can put some real thought and intentionality behind why you do what you do every single day. Listen to the Podcast: Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. Right click here and save-as to download this episode to your computer. Links & Resources: Read through the full notes for making your own family mission statement TTM #21: Developing Your Priorities in Your Home Subscribe to this entire series on iTunes Visit our sponsor: Minno! Stories kids love, values parents trust. Visit gominno.com (that's M-I-N-N-O) Use coupon code HOMEMAKING to begin your 7-day free trial and start streaming anytime, anywhere on your phone, tablet, TV or computer

Welcome to the next installment in our Finding Joy in Your Home Series. Today we are chatting about a topic that is easy to overlook but SO important: How to figure out those BIG priorities are for your family so you can start building your ideal schedule and calendar. Let's dive in!! Listen to the Podcast: Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. Right click here and save-as to download this episode to your computer. Links & Resources: More on creating your personal priorities here Book recommendation: Say Goodbye to Survival Mode by Crystal Paine Book recommendation: Crazy Busy by Tim Challies Sponsor: Paint Your Life - get 30% off your personalized painting - text HF to 64-000 Sponsor: Care/Of - Get 50% off your first box of personalized vitamins at TakeCareOf.com and use promo code HOME50 at checkout Our Priorities: Always maintain a strong, deep, and vibrant relationship with the Lord through daily Bible study, serving, home group, fellowship, Church, daily prayer, and reading Gospel Centered books. Purposefully and passionately pursue my husband as my best friend and love of my life. Pursue Christ-Centered parenting through disciplining, love, encouragement, and taking time to play with my kids. Craft a healthy home for my family by encouraging exercise, cooking from scratch, and researching & pursuing a natural lifestyle. Write and manage my blog & ministry so that I can encourage other women in Gospel Centered Homemaking.

Part two of our brand new series, Finding Joy in Your Home is focused on taking care of ourselves physically so that we can thrive mentally, emotionally and spiritually! It's a key piece of finding more joy and peace in the every day. Listen to the Podcast: Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. Right click here and save-as to download this episode to your computer. Links & Resources: Book Recommendation: Reset by Shona Murray Go through my women's hormones workshop Creating Grace-Infused Routines & Goals with Shona Murray – Hf #210 Is Self Care Biblical? – Hf #238 Sponsor: Wix.com/podcast to get 10% off Sponsor: HelloYUMI.com and use promo code HOME to get $60 off your first month

Welcome to episode #1 of our brand new 12 week series: Finding Joy in Your Home. We are kicking off this super practical series by laying the groundwork for everything we will talk about: what do you do when you struggle to find joy? Where do we turn? Listen in! Listen to the Podcast: Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. Right click here and save-as to download this episode to your computer. Links & Resources: Register for our 2019 Homemaking Ministries Online Conference here Follow me over on Instagram: Instagram.com/jamibalmet Podcast episode: The simple key to finding more joy in your life Podcast episode: Finding joy in all aspects of my life Podcast episode: My simple Bible reading plan for deeper study Book recommendation: Trusting God by Jerry Bridges One of my favorite biography series: A Long Line of Godly Men Series

I am SO excited to be kicking off this series on Finding Joy in Your Home. Over the next 12 weeks we are going to dive into this topic and cover some really helpful lessons. I can't wait to dive into. This introductory episode will set us up well for lesson #1 coming next week! Let's dive in. Listen to the Podcast: Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. Right click here and save-as to download this episode to your computer. Links & Resources: Sign up for the 2019 Homemaking Ministries Online Conference Follow me over on Instagram: Instagram.com/jamibalmet Watch our cute pregnancy announcement here Sponsor: Get 10% off your website Wix.com/podcast Sponsor: Get FREE shipping on business cards. Use promo code "Home" – Vistaprint.com

Join Jason and I in this episode as we share our journey with family worship. Hint hint: It did NOT happen naturally and we didn't know what it was suppose to look like. We've got some great resources to share in this episode. Listen to the Podcast: Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. Right click here and save-as to download this episode to your computer. Links & Resources: Grab your ticket to the 2019 Homemaking Ministries Online Conference and get the Gospel Centered Home Toolkit for FREE!! Sponsor: Get 500 high quality business cards for $9.99 - Vistaprint.com/home Sponsor: Get 25% OFF your first Care/Of order with coupon code HOME

Do you ever feel like your day is drudgery? Do you wake up facing another un-important feeling day? What about when you are just not sure why you work so hard day in and day out? If you identify with any of these - listen in today for some encouragement and hopefully a dash of perspective! Listen to the Podcast: Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. Right click here and save-as to download this episode to your computer. Links & Resources: You can read the full notes for this episode here Book recommendation: Do More Better by Tim Challies Book recommendation: Every Good Endeavor by Tim Keller Book recommendation: Treasuring Christ by Gloria Furman Sponsor: Check out Wix.com/podcast for 10% off a new website! Sponsor: Text HOME to 64-000 to get 25% off and a bunch of freebies from Mel Science

Are you stuck in a season of not being in God's Word? I know I go in and out of seasons of being in the daily habit of reading God's Word and faithful prayer and then I have super dry seasons. In this episode we are going to cover some simple ways you can establish the habit of daily meeting with God. Listen in! Listen to the Podcast: Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. Right click here and save-as to download this episode to your computer. Links & Resources: New Morning Mercies devotional recommendation Bible study recommendations: Katie Orr's bible studies. My favorite is Jonah! Praying the Bible by Donald Whitney (a fantastic book on prayer!) Listen to my interview with Donald Whitney on prayer! Learn about our Bible reading plan we follow Learn about some other simple methods for Bible studies here Book recommendation: Word Filled Families Our favorite catechism for younger ages: Catechism for boys and girls Our favorite catechism for older ages: The New City Catechism Favorite devotional for kids ages 2-8: I Am: 40 Reasons to Trust God Good devotional for kids ages 6 and up: I Am Devotional: 100 Devotions About the Names of God Good devotional for kids ages 6 and up: The Ology My FAVORITE journaling Bible: ESV Interleaved edition Amazing Scripture journals: ESV Scripture journals New Testament Set (you can also find the OT set or all the books individually!) Our Sponsor: VistaPrint.com! Use coupon code Home2 at checkout for free shipping on all business card orders! Our Sponsor: MyLola.com! Use coupon code HOME to get 40% off your first Lola subscription box!!

Are you dealing with fatigue, stress, over daily overwhelm? Then this episode is for you! In it we are going to cover physical as well as some emotional and mental tips you can do to overcome that daily fatigue and stress. Get ready, this is going to be a fun and practical episode! Listen to the Podcast: Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. Right click here and save-as to download this episode to your computer. Links & Resources: It looks like Dr. Axe Magnesium oil is no longer sold but he has an awesome Magnesium supplement Ashwagandha supplements - good for sleep! My FAVORITE Ashwagandha supplement for sleep - Cortistop Favorite essential oils for sleep: Valor (my personal sleep oil), Stress Away, Lavender, Francisense, Peace & Calming Favorite hot drinks: Criobru, Dandelion Tea (Dandy Blend - you can find on Amazon!), and Four Sigmatic products. Essential oils to diffuse for a morning pick me up: Peppermint and a citrus blend like Citrus Fresh Energy essential oil blend: En-R-Gee (terrific for helping to support thyroid and adrenal function) Thyroid supplement for when you know something is wrong: Thyromin Great thryoid supplement that helps support healthy thyroid function: Thyroid support system THE BEST essential oil for Thyriod function & energy: EndoFlex Join Eliza and I on our FREE masterclass: Naturally Balancing Women's Hormones

Our big aim and goal this year with homeschooling is instilling a love of learning in our kids. That's a tall order but also a fun goal to work towards. In this episode I am going to share our homeschooling picks and curriculum for this year and how we are trying to instill that love of learning. We will discuss fun ideas for this regardless of how you school your kids. Come listen in! Listen to the Podcast: Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes. Right click here and save-as to download this episode to your computer. Links & Resources: Simply Charlotte Mason: To learn more about Charlotte Mason style homeschooling Listen to the previous episode: A Homeschooling Q&A The Good and the Beautiful Homeschool Curriculum - what we are using this year for math, language arts, handwriting, and science for 1st grade and we also got their PreK curriculum for the 4-year-olds. We also got a bunch of their reading books! Master Books - Another great curriculum we love. They have some amazing science resources especially and for more books to read Resources for learning more about morning basket time: Your Morning Basket Podcast with Pam Barnhill - an entire podcast dedicated to this topic! How We Homeschool - Morning Time - by Read-Aloud Revival Simple Morning Time Plans - by Read-Aloud Revival Where to find living books: The Good and the Beautiful Library - they republish out of print books Master Books - Great source of science books & devotionals Sonlight Readers - we love buying the package of books for each grade level. We will likely purchase Core B books for the spring when we finish up all core A books. Read Aloud Revival - Has TONS of book lists, recommendations, and more!