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The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Christian homemakers need encouragement and motivation to stay the course. Homemaking and homeschooling can feel overwhelming, but they don’t have to be. If you’re a Christian mom longing for a well-ordered home, a peaceful homeschool, and a joyful heart—without the stress or burnout—you’re in the right place. Moms can be productive and peaceful when grounded in Scriptural truth. I’m Mystie Winckler, homeschooling mom of five, founder of Simply Convivial, and your guide to managing both home…
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- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Got homeschool logistics?
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/homeschool-logistics We know we need curriculum and books and lists before the homeschool day begins, but what about logistics?…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
What plans are really for - with Betsy Farquhar
Find Betsy at redeemedreader.com - where she's prereading new books for you and your kids Betsy's planning wisdom: I like to think of management as balancing…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
How can I enjoy laundry, the never-ending chore?
Free home routine guide: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/routines True confession: I’ve tried every configuration of laundry routine out there and never found…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
3 ways to overcome discouragement - with Amanda Sewell
Free alignment card guide: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/align
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Dear mom who feels discouraged - with Amanda Sewell
Amanda Sewell is a homeschooling mom of 6 and recently returned to the US from the mission field. In the latest episode of The Simplified Organization show…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Is your planner working or frustrating? 3 things to make your planner useful
Planners can easily be time-wasting rather than time-managing. How do we make sure our attempts at getting life together are going to be helpful and useful? I…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Productivity advice for women: fruit not widgets
Is life about getting more done? Are we too busy or are we too lazy? Perhaps we're careening between the two ditches. What's a mom to do? Think true things…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Your mindset matters - tips with Melissa Cummings
Get your printable alignment card: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/motivation Find Melissa at https://www.paideianorthwest.com
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Dear mom who is always tired - with Melissa Cummings
AnswerOverwhelm.com -- free workshop Find Melissa Cummings at joyfuldomesticity.com and paideianorthwest.com
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Tips for Organizing Mom Life - with Lynna Sutherland!
Free workshop: AnswerOverwhelm.com Sibling Relationship Lab: https://www.siblingrelationshiplab.com/ Lynna's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/LynnaSutherland…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Overcome overwhelm as a large family mom - with Lynna Sutherland!
Free workshop: AnswerOverwhelm.com Sibling Relationship Lab: https://www.siblingrelationshiplab.com/ Lynna's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/LynnaSutherland…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
The 3 Mindset Hacks Every Mom Needs
Free download: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/mindset Your mindset as a mom matters and it's within your power to change.
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
A framework to change your perspective (with Lauren Scott!)
Find Lauren at https://www.keptandkeeping.com where she keeps a thoughtful and insightful blog. Free workshop: https://www.AnswerOverwhelm.com We have to…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Why should I make my bed?!
Get organized quiz - https://www.simplyconvivial.com/quiz Your mom tells you to make your bed. The internet tells you to make your bed. The productivity gurus…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
When life feels heavy and overwhelming - with Lauren Scott
Free workshop: AnswerOverwhelm.com We have to acknowledge the reality we are in to actually address our vague overwhelm. Find Lauren at keptandkeeping.com…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Build community, accountability, and motivation for moms
Camaraderie-style accountability can help us spur one another on to any sort of good work: homemaking, homeschooling, holiness. And let us consider how to stir…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Make a better minimum viable plan - Pam Barnhill's planning tips
One of Pam's brilliant concepts is the "minimum viable day."
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Create your own housework framework (3 steps)
Free guide to make your own housework system: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/2016/personalized-housecleaning-plan/ And our housework needs a framework just as…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
How to be more consistent with Pam Barnhill
freehomeschoolplanner.com When I need homeschool planning tips, I go to Pam Barnhill. Every summer I print out my pages from Plan Your Year to put our…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
3 Ways to Make Hospitality a Habit
Be ready for hospitality with my free tidy house guide: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/ehap Read the article here: www.simplyconvivial.com/hospitality/ So, we…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Moms managing time better (with Virginia Lee Rogers)
Time Budget Template: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/timebudget Part 2 of my conversation with Viriginia Lee Rogers focuses on how to organize your attitude…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
How to juggle homeschooling and housework
Get a tidy house: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/ehap --free guide It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a homeschool mom in possession of a large family…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
When your kids irritate you - with Virginia Lee Rogers
Handle overwhelm better: AnswerOverwhelm.com -- free workshop As moms, we need to be realistic about what's actually going on behind our grumpy, irritable…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
3 things to do when homemaking is hard
I often hear from women who say they were organized when they worked in an office, but they just can’t manage to be – or at least feel – organized at home…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Stop using your head like a briefcase (with Leisa Moulton)
Free Brain Dump Guide: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/braindump Stop using your head like a briefcase because it's making you feel overwhelmed and incapable…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
How to classically homeschool multiple students
My book - The Convivial Homeschool: https://amzn.to/3rhFLBA We homeschool to avoid the factory model and give our children an effective learning environment…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
What to do when you feel overwhelmed - with Leisa Moulton
Free Workshop: AnswerOverwhelm.com Today we're going to chat about feeling overwhelmed and about practical ways to organize your attitude. Leisa and her…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Building better habits at home
Why habits are hard workshop: https://youtu.be/dge2oieqJys I would stare and shake my head. My roommate in college made her bed - on the top bunk - every…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Scripture Memory Tips with Amy Sloan
Amy's Bible Memory resources: https://humilityanddoxology.com/year-of-memory-work/ The best way to keep our attitude under control and live out the fruit of…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Get Organized #5: Planning without wasting time or feeling like a failure
Organization is a SNAP Quiz: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/quiz Daily Card Workshop: https://youtu.be/XQ81AJz5_ZM Example planning pages…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Get Organized #4: Put your attitude in order
Take the Get Organized quiz: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/quiz
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Dealing with perfectionism with Amy Sloan
No More Perfectionism Workshop! https://www.nomoreperfectionism.com Perfectionism trips us all up and sometimes we don't even realize it's our problem. We…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Get Organized #3: A planner that isn't clunky, that works - even when messy
Daily Card Workshop: https://youtu.be/XQ81AJz5_ZM Free Brain Dump Guide: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/braindump Youtube version…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Get Organized #2: Organizing Spaces Effectively
Get the free EHAP guide: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/ehap and discover how to keep your house mostly tidy most of the time, even with kids. We think of our…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Get Organized: Why organization never sticks
Watch the YouTube version with slides: https://youtu.be/0LutEE_zI14 Take the quiz: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/quiz Share this episode and get the workbook…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Create an island of sanity.
We must remember that the point of organizing is not so everything is neat and tidy and clear all the time. The point is that we are ready to do the right next…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Abby Wahl's best kitchen hacks
Free pantry printables & guides: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/pantry Abby feeds 40+ people on the regular when it's lambing season - not as a big social…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Dear Mom who doesn't stick to her plans - with Abby Wahl
Free "plans that stick" workshop: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/unstuck If we spend time planning but never look at those plans, we're just wasting time. If…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Dear homeschool mom who wants to give her 5yo a classical education
Education as a program, even classically, did not traditionally begin until the child was reasoning. Talk to a 9 or 10 year old child for a time and observe…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Ten minutes is enough to make progress
Short circuit the boom and bust cycle by taking advantage of just ten minutes at a time. Don't overthink it.
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Kortney Garrison's planning tips & tricks
Find Kortney's resources: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/kortney Welcome to Simplified Organization, a show for busy moms who are looking for practical help…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
When life is overwhelming - with Kortney Garrison!
Free Workshop: AnswerOverwhelm.com Kortney Garrison is a poet and a homeschool mama of three who works from home as the Community Director for Read-Aloud…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
The solution no matter how you're feeling - with Dawn Simpson
free brain dump guide: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/braindump The root cause of procrastination and laziness is most often attitude. Again, ask yourself…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
All of your homeschool is character training
You don't need a curriculum for character.
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Time management tips with chronic illness - with Stefani Mons
Stefani Mons shares her insights from meal planning, homeschooling, and parenting with chronic illness.
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
What to do when your kids irritate you - with Stefani Mons
Stefani Mons, a Texas homeschool mom and Convivial Circle Community Manager, chats about what to do when you find yourself too easily irritated with your kids.
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Time budgets for moms
Time Budget Resources: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/time Just like Dave Ramsey has you use cash envelopes for your spending budgets, we can reserve…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Dawn Garrett's tips for feeding your people
Free pantry printables: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/pantry Dawn has worked hard to make meals meaningful times of family relationship-building. She shares…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
What to do when you don't have enough time
Time budgeting help: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/time Most of our overwhelm as moms comes from feeling like we don't have enough time to do all the things…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Dear Mom who feels overwhelmed - with Dawn Garrett
Free overwhelm workshop: answeroverwhelm.com With teens, activities, homeschooling, and work, Dawn Garrett juggles many plates. She is the community manager…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Rachael Younger's tips on self-talk
Free brain dump guide: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/braindump What you say to your kids and to yourself matters immensely. Rachael Younger, a mentor-level…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Dear Mom who is easily irritated - with Rachael Younger
Find your organization score: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/quiz Rachael Younger is a busy homeschool mom with multiple projects and interests who knows what…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Homemaking is an occupation
Get started: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm Most of us began our lives as wives and mothers not only without any training or instruction in…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerSarah Mackenzie's Time Management Tips!
How to handle overwhelm: answeroverwhelm.com Moms have a lot to do. Sarah Mackenzie is no exception. While homeschooling her six kids, she also runs…
The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie WincklerDear mom who struggles with perfectionism - with Sarah Mackenzie!
Free Overwhelm Workshop: answeroverwhelm.com Sarah Mackenzie, founder of Readaloudrevival.com, is one busy mama. She and her husband homeschool their six kids…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
10 reasons NOT to homeschool
Homeschooling is hard. Here are 10 reasons why you may need to give up.
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Finding more homeschool motivation
Get my new book! https://amzn.to/31nKs2A It’s one thing to start the school year strong, but quite another to keep at it after the weeks start blurring…
- The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
3 homeschool tips for moms
Get The Convivial Homeschool book: https://amzn.to/3reVoug When homeschool days go bad, we wonder if we are missing something or if there are better ways out…