Finding Joy in Your Home

By Jami BalmetReligion & Spirituality Christianity Kids & Family

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May 01, 2018 Hf #123: How to Develop a 3 Minute Morning with Kat Lee
53 min
April 25, 2018 Forming Deeper Friendship (even when it’s hard) with Christine Hoover – Hf #122
Friendships. That's a tough word sometimes. We all want to form deeper friendships, but we often stumble about and don't know how to go about it.

Or we get hurt from our friendships and don't want to reach out again. I think all of us women want to form deeper relationships, but it can be so tough to know where to start or what that looks like. In this honest conversation with Christina Hoover, we get right into the heart of messy, beautiful friendships.
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Links & Resources mentioned:

Christine's blog Grace Covers Me
Her book: Messy Beautiful Friendship
Her first book: From Good to Grace
Her newest book: Searching for Spring

Christine is Speaking!!
At the 2018 Enjoy the Word Online Conference! If you enjoyed this conversation with Christine, you will love her session during the conference. She will be speaking on Understanding the Big Picture of the Old Testament - it's going to be so so good!!
You can purchase a ticket to the conference here
(even if it's already over - you get lifetime access to the sessions)!!
Watch this sneak peek of her session:
41 min
April 25, 2018 Hf #122: Forming Deeper Friendship (even when it's hard) with Christine Hoover
41 min
April 18, 2018 Baby steps to a healthier home – Hf #121
This is a topic that I am very passionate about and have been for the past 6 or 7 years. I think in our world today, it's very important to know what's in our food, our cleaners, and our beauty supplies.

This is obviously a huge topic, but I've been wanting to do a talk on this for a while. We've been chatting a lot lately about healthier eating, so I wanted to switch gears a bit and talk about the other areas of having a healthy home. Listen in here:
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I started getting interested in more natural things before we got pregnant with our first set of twins. I was starting to see more articles and things about toxins and began doing a little research.

Then when I got pregnant with our first baby (which turned out to be twins), I really started investigating things. Suddenly, I wasn't just eating for one, I was eating for three!! Suddenly, the things I was ingesting and putting near my body were more important.

Then of course the babies came and I wanted to know even more: What about laundry detergent? Do they need baby lotion? What's a healthy way to deal with stomach pain and spitting up? And the list goes on and my healthy living journey began...

Of course it's been a long journey and I've learned a lot along the way! So today I wanted to share some of what I've learned. And my favorite resources for healthy living (PLEASE leave your favorites in the comments below)!
Start off Slooooooow
When working on our health, or switching to natural cleaners, it can easy to want to jump in with both feet! When I first started realizing how dangerous all of my go-to cleaning products were, my temptation was to throw it all out and go out and buy everything new.

The problem? I didn't have the time to research all those new products and most importantly, I didn't have the money!! So as I would run out of one item, I would replace it with a natural option and so on.

So start out slow, don't get overwhelmed! Pick one product, or one item at a time and slowly start replacing things.

HELPFUL HINT: Use EWG's Skin Deep database (for cosmetics) and their healthy living database (for cleaning supplies) or download their app to make it easy! You can look up all your household products and get an individual safety rating for each! Our family personally tries to stay at about 3 or 4 and under depending on the reason for the rating.
It doesn't have to cost a ton to switch to healthier options!
I used to think that "healthy" and "natural" was synonymous with "expensive" and "costs too much"! But that's simply not true.

YES, there are some overly expensive items and companies out there. And YES, I think it is worth it sometimes to spend more on quality items (deodorant has often fallen into this category for me). But many other items tend to be a lot less expensive than the alternatives!

For example, I've been using Grove's concentrated kit which is simple, easy, and very cost effective! They sell a 3 pack of their concentrates for $7.95!!! You get their glass cleaner, all-purpose cleaner, and tub and tile cleaner. You just have to add the concentrate to water and for less than $8 you have three fabulous natural cleaners that replace a ton!

They also sell each concentrate on it's own and glass bottles with colors that match. So I got their complete kit which contains all three concentrates, three glass bottles in the three colors,
47 min
April 18, 2018 Hf #121: Baby steps to a healthier home
47 min
April 16, 2018 Finances, family, and how to struggle well with Erin Odom – Hf #120
I have a wonderful guest on the show today. It's Erin Odom from The Humbled Homemaker! I've known Erin now for almost 7 years. We've walked through having several babies at the same time, I've watched as her family has struggled to make ends meat, and I've celebrated as she authored two fabulous books.

The road has not always been easy for Erin and her family, especially when it comes to finances. And I am delighted to have Erin with us today as she shares some of the struggle their family has had when it comes to finances and what she has learned in the process.
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Links & Resources Mentioned in Today's Episode:

Erin's BRAND NEW BOOK: You Can Stay Home With Your Kids
Erin's 1st book: More Than Just Making It
Visit Erin's Blog The Humbled Homemaker
Erin's Free Course: Eating Well on a Budget

Meal Planning Help:
I am really excited to share with you the sponsor of today’s podcast episode: PrepDish! If you ever feel like you wish you had a little help in your meal planning, then I highly encourage you to check out PrepDish. They offer gluten-free meal plans and paleo meal plans.

But you don’t have to eat a gluten-free or paleo diet in order to take advantage of all that PrepDish has to offer! In fact, almost half of their customers don’t eat those diets. The meals are healthy and non-processed and work well for anyone who is trying to eat a healthy diet. And PrepDish is offering a super special TWO week free trail when you sign up through this link (how awesome!!)

When you sign up, you’ll receive an email every week with a grocery list and instructions for prepping your meals ahead of time. After only 1-3 hours of prepping on the weekend, you’ll have all of your meals ready for the entire week. I absolutely love how easy they make it.
Free TWO week trial of PrepDish
43 min
April 16, 2018 Hf #120: Finances, family, and how to struggle well with Erin Odom
43 min
April 05, 2018 Using freshly ground grains in everyday life (how to make it work!) – Hf #119
I've started something new in my kitchen which has been fun, nutritious for the whole family, and also a little weird! In January of this year we started grinding our own grains (I know, I know, it sounds weird)! So stick with me ;)

I interviewed Stacy a few weeks ago and we chatted about making bread, grinding our own wheat, and healthy living and eating. It was a fun chat and after it, I had so many of you asking question about the process.

So today's episode is going to (hopefully) answer all your question and (hopefully) convince you how easy this is to incorporate into your kitchen! As a BUSY mo of 5 little ones, I couldn't handle anything that requires more than about 5 extra minutes. Thankfully, it doesn't even take that long. Listen in!
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An Introduction to Grinding Grains
To get the full scoop make sure you listen to my podcast episode above! The notes here are just meant to help you fill in all the links I mentioned in the episode :)

The very first thing I get asked is "WHY would you want to grind your own wheat?" I know it sounds like something out of prairie days - but honestly it's very easy and doable wth an electric grain mill.

We grind our own wheat because its:

Much healthier (Listen to the FREE audio here called "The Truth About Wheat"
Tastes AMAZING compared to store bought wheat
Much cheaper per pound (after you pay off the grain mill)

Where you can learn more about grinding your own wheat:

Bread Beckers FREE video classes (these are AMAZING) - Start with Bread Making 101
The Essential Home Ground Flour Cookbook (An excellent cookbook with over 100 recipes AND tons of information about the health of using fresh grains and the different types!)
Traditional Cooking School - Wardee is a WEALTH of information (and she is a Christian and ties all of our healthy eating back to bringing glory to God). You can search for blog or find classes and videos on bread making, grinding wheat, and so much more!

Is this even practical?
So you might be convinced that this is healthier, tastes better, and might even be more economical...but is it even practical?? I thought there was no way that we could fit this into our already full schedule. But it seriously takes just 60-90 seconds to grind the wheat - so simple, fast, and easy! It doesn't add hardly any time to my baking routine.

You can watch a "highlight" I have on Instagram right now of making a fresh loaf of sandwich bread, it shows how easy and quick the grain mill is. Hop over to Instagram to watch it (you might need to go to mobile to find the highlight. Or search @jamibalmet)
Where to Buy Grain
There are dozens (hundreds) of different grains to choose from. This part can be a little difficult to know what kinds to buy. Sue Becker's book does a GREAT job of explaining the main kinds of grains we use and what recipes to use them in.

The three main types of wheat that I use (I order 50lb bags at once) are: Hard red, Hard white, and Soft white. If your budget is tight or you don't have room to store all of that, Hard white will serve almost all of your needs.

I've also been using spelt a lot more recently and I keep small amounts of millet, buckwheat, and pearled barley on hand as well. I have also started looking into Einkorn grain and want to find an affordable source for it.
52 min
April 05, 2018 Hf #119: Using freshly ground grains in everyday life (how to make it work!)
52 min
April 03, 2018 Being a Heavenly Minded Mom with Katie Bennett – Hf #118
As a mom, we tend to focus on about 100 different things a day. We bounce between all our different tasks, taking care of everything and everyone...but how often do we slow down long enough to make sure we are focusing on the right things?

It's hard to know what we should focus on, what the priorities need to be. Please come jump into this fabulous interview with Katie Bennett as we chat about what it means to be a heavenly minded mama!! Listen in here:
Listen to the Podcast:

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Links & Resources:

Katie's blog: Embracing a Simpler Life
Katie's NEW BOOK: Heavenly Minded Mom
Katie's Podcast: Embracing a Simpler Life

Meal Planning Help:
I am really excited to share with you the sponsor of today’s podcast episode: PrepDish! If you ever feel like you wish you had a little help in your meal planning, then I highly encourage you to check out PrepDish. They offer gluten-free meal plans and paleo meal plans.

But you don’t have to eat a gluten-free or paleo diet in order to take advantage of all that PrepDish has to offer! In fact, almost half of their customers don’t eat those diets. The meals are healthy and non-processed and work well for anyone who is trying to eat a healthy diet. And PrepDish is offering a super special TWO week free trail when you sign up through this link (how awesome!!)

When you sign up, you’ll receive an email every week with a grocery list and instructions for prepping your meals ahead of time. After only 1-3 hours of prepping on the weekend, you’ll have all of your meals ready for the entire week. I absolutely love how easy they make it.
Free TWO week trial of PrepDish
35 min

About Finding Joy in Your Home

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The Finding Joy in Your Home podcast exists to give you the tools, inspiration, and encouragement that you need to craft a Gospel-Centered Home (formerly called the Homemaking Foundations Podcast)!