Join Community Coaching in 2026! https://simplyconvivial.com/coaching || Starting over feels productive, but it quietly keeps moms stuck. In this episode, I talk with longtime Convivial Circle member Laney Homan—wife of 29 years, mom of eight, and soon-to-be grandma—about how she finally stopped throwing out her systems every time life went sideways and started iterating instead.

Laney shares how:
    She moved from “fix my whole life with a new plan” to making small, realistic tweaks.
    Weekly reviews help her juggle homeschooling, work, and training for half marathons.
    She handles short-term disruptions (like giant laundry weeks and clothing swaps) without declaring her whole routine “broken.”
    She uses simple tools—weekly review, daily card, interval planning—to think clearly and respond wisely when life piles on.

If you’re tempted to scrap everything and start from scratch every time your plans blow up, Lainey’s story will give you a saner, more sustainable way forward.

💜 Join Convivial Circle + Community Coaching:
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Learn the habits, mindset, and tools that help Christian moms build flexible routines that actually survive real life.

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Get homemaking coaching in 2026: https://simplyconvivial.com/coaching || Perfectionism keeps moms stuck in a boom-and-bust cycle. Lauren, a NICU nurse working night shifts while raising three young girls and beginning her homeschool journey, shares how this year inside Convivial Circle changed the way she approaches home, work, and rest.

This is her first year in Simplified Organization Community Coaching, and her story is a clear picture of what iterative, grace-filled growth looks like in real life. She talks about letting go of perfect plans, learning to review her week honestly, coordinating with her husband, adjusting expectations, and taking her homemaking one small step at a time.

Do coaching in 2026: https://simplyconvivial.com/coaching

Her experience shows that overwhelm doesn’t have to lead to giving up. When you learn how to iterate, evaluate, and make simple changes, progress becomes possible even in busy seasons.

If you want to stop cycling through fresh starts and burnout, this conversation will help you see a sustainable path forward.

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Life doesn’t sit still, and neither does homemaking. In this conversation with Convivial Circle member Meghan Jackson, we look at what it really takes to stay steady when the year throws every kind of setback your way—kitchen remodels, family illness, extra workload, disrupted routines, and the emotional toll that comes with all of it.

Meghan shares how she kept showing up, even when her plans fell apart. Her story is a picture of what community coaching is actually for: not perfection, but resilience. Not sticking the landing every time, but learning to return to the work with strength, clarity, and a cheerful, trusting heart.

We talk about weekly reviews, alignment cards, habit statements, delegation, home education, staying grounded in Scripture, and letting the Lord define the next right step—even when the next step is simply praying for strength.

If you want support for a year that won’t go according to plan (because they never do), community coaching gives you structure, accountability, and a Christ-centered approach to homemaking.
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What if your habits didn’t require a major overhaul or a perfect routine to make a difference? (https://simplyconvivial.com/coaching) What if you could learn to love your daily chore routines? In today’s episode, I’m talking with Convivial Circle member Cara Frayer, who walked through our Humble Habits course during a season of chaos, transition, and RV-living prep — and still built habits that stuck.

We dig into:
   The power of tiny triggers
   Why smiling on purpose changes your whole household
   How movement habits snowball naturally
   What it looks like to grow while life feels upside-down
   Why “listening counts” when your capacity is low

This conversation gives you a clear picture of how habit-building works in real life — with toddlers, stress, and constant interruptions. You don’t need a perfect system. You need a cue, a small step, and a reason that matters.

If you're ready to build habits that actually stick and reshape your home’s atmosphere with joy, you’ll love this one.

💜 Join the next cohort of Simplified Organization Community Coaching:
https://simplyconvivial.com/coaching

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.convivialcircle.com

Most moms don’t enter the new year with clarity—we stumble into it, reacting to the chaos as it comes. We don’t feel grounded or confident, we just feel behind.

But next year doesn’t have to be like that.

You don’t need a perfect plan. You need a clear one—built with reflection, prayer, realistic goals, and flexibility. A plan that prepares your heart and your home for the responsibilities God has already given you. Not a dream life—a faithful life.

In this episode, I’m sharing:
✔ Why planning alone leads to guilt and second-guessing
✔ The difference between perfect planning and faithful planning
✔ Why community planning makes your plan stronger and sustainable
✔ How clarity gives you peace, margin, and direction before the year begins

💜 That’s exactly what we do in Ready5, our guided annual planning process inside Convivial Circle. For five weeks, we walk through reflection, direction, priorities, flexible commitments, and joyful follow-through—together.

👉 Join Ready5 inside Convivial Circle: https://simplyconvivial.com/ready5

📌 Don’t stumble into next year. Step into it faithfully—with peace, purpose, and a plan you can actually follow through on.
📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Ever set goals in January that felt motivating—only to realize by mid-February that they just didn’t work in real life? You're not the problem. The goal-setting method is. Want your goals to actually work this year? Join Ready5: https://simplyconvivial.com/ready5

Most goal-setting doesn't consider season, vocation, family life, interruptions, or the constant adjustments real life requires. But faithful planning isn’t about building the ideal year—it’s about stewarding the actual one.

In this episode, I’ll show you how to:
✔ Set goals that flex with real mom-life (instead of cracking under pressure)
✔ Use vocation—not ambition—to shape your goals
✔ Trade unrealistic expectations for sustainable, faithful follow-through
✔ Build growth habits that work even when routines change

You don’t need bigger goals. You need truer ones—rooted in your calling, capacity, and season.

💜 Inside Convivial Circle, we build flexible, faithful goals together during Ready5, our annual planning process for Christian moms. We reflect, set direction, and create plans that grow with you—not against you.

👉 Want your goals to actually work this year? Join Ready5: https://simplyconvivial.com/ready5
Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Join us: https://simplyconvivial.com/ready5 -- Most moms jump into planning by asking, “What should I do next?”
But faithful planning starts with a different question: “What actually happened this year?”

When you skip reflection, you end up repeating overwhelm—not learning from it. Reflection is not just “looking back.” It’s paying attention to what God has been doing in your home, heart, and habits—so your new plans aren’t built on frustration, but on wisdom.

In this episode, we’ll walk through:
✔ Why reflection is the key to meaningful planning
✔ How God uses remembrance to shape our priorities
✔ A simple 3-question reflection habit you can start right now
✔ Why skipping reflection keeps you stuck in the same cycle year after year

💜 Inside Convivial Circle, we start every Ready5 planning session with reflection—so you’re not just making plans, you’re making faithful plans.

👉 Ready to plan differently this year? Join us in Ready5: https://simplyconvivial.com/ready5

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

https://simplyconvivial.com/ready5 -- Last year’s plans fell apart? You’re not alone.
Most plans fail because they’re built for ideal conditions, not for real life. When interruptions happen—kids get sick, routines change, motivation dips—your plan collapses because it wasn’t designed to flex.

But that doesn’t mean you failed.
It means the plan wasn’t faithful, just perfect-looking.
Faithful plans flex, grow, and adjust—just like you do.

In this episode, we’ll unpack:
✔ Why most plans break down
✔ How God uses interruptions to grow wisdom (not frustration)
✔ The difference between perfect planning and faithful planning
✔ How to build a plan that bends—but doesn’t break

💜 Inside Convivial Circle, our Ready5 annual planning process helps you reflect, reset, and build a plan that works—without guilt or overwhelm.

👉 Join Ready5 here: https://simplyconvivial.com/ready5

📌 Want support, accountability, and a plan built for real family life? Comment Ready! and I’ll send you a preview of last year’s kickoff.

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Join convivialcircle.com -- Planning, even annual planning, isn't a waste of time when you do it in gratitude and for real growth. So, yes—you do have time to plan. Because planning isn’t about doing more, it’s about being faithful with what you already have.

When you take time to plan, you’re saying, “Lord, I want to prepare my heart and home for what’s ahead.” That’s not perfectionism—it’s obedience.

Inside Convivial Circle, we do this together during Ready5—a simple, guided annual planning process for Christian moms who want peace and clarity for the year ahead.

Join us there, and plan faithfully—not frantically. 💜

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Feeling overwhelmed? It's time to stop *wasting time* and reclaim your day! Learn practical *productivity* tips for *how to manage time* effectively, reducing *stress management* and cultivating good *habits*. Embrace *intentional eating* and discover *how to be more intentional* in all areas of your life for a more fulfilling home.

In this episode, Mystie Winckler talks with Allison Weeks, host of The Art of Home Podcast, about recovering the value and dignity of homemaking, building Titus 2 relationships, and finding true community beyond social media.

You’ll learn:
   why homemaking still matters in a modern world
   how to find (and be) a mentor
   why online community can’t replace real connection
   how to overcome the awkwardness of calling yourself a homemaker
   how Christ-centered identity transforms your work at home

📖 Find Allison’s podcast → theartofhomepodcast.com
💜 Join Convivial Circle for encouragement + accountability → convivialcircle.com

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore: 
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm