Homeschool Encouragement
You don’t need to feel alone, discouraged, or overwhelmed in your homeschool journey.
Get tips, ideas, and resources to help you deal with the ups and downs of homeschool life.
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How To Make Time for Self-Care as a Homeschooler
As a homeschooler, self-care time may feel impossible. On top of the normal day-to-day family responsibilities, you’re responsible for the education of your children. Who has time for self-care?!? Not only do you have time for self-care, but you need it. If you want to avoid burnout and make sure you’re functioning at your…
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How to Conquer Joy Suckers in Your Homeschool Life
Have you had to deal with joy suckers in your homeschool life? Wonder why these joy suckers rob the joy and steal the delight in your homeschool day? Find out more about joy suckers and their perceived power over your homeschooling plus how you can conquer homeschool joy suckers and get on with enjoying your…
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7 Helpful Tips to Trust in the Homeschool Process
Do you worry if you’re doing this homeschool thing “right”? You’re not alone! As a homeschooler, it’s normal to fret over if you’re doing enough and what’s best for your kids. Before you let those fears bring you down, read these 7 Helpful Tips to Trust the Homeschool Process. You have what it takes…
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Find Focus & Maintain Vision with a Homeschool Word of the Year
Discover how a homeschool word of the year can help you find focus and maintain your vision this year. Get tips and a free printable guide to show you how to get started with this positive practice. (Plus, find out our 2019 Homeschool Word of the Year and share your own!) “In…
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Why Your Mindset is Important in Your Homeschool
Discover why YOUR mindset is important in your homeschool. If you want to transform your homeschooling adventures, these tips and resources will help you become more positive, patient, and relaxed with your homeschool mindset. The Importance of Mindset as a Homeschooler Let’s play Homeschool Truth game, shall we? Don’t worry about your score or winning….
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How to Build Your Homeschool Treasure Chest, One Gem at a Time
You want to look back on your homeschool day with a smile. But, it feels like it gets harder and harder. You feel like you’re buried in a mountain of to-dos and doubts. Plus, you’re not sure if it’s been harder to fight the kids or yourself to get motivated and get it done….
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Homeschool Mom Help: How to Stop & Smell the Roses
Bzzzz. Your head feels like it’s buzzing as busy as a bee. You’re trying to figure out how you can get a load of laundry in the machine, make a dent in that pile of dirty dishes, and get homeschool started at some point this morning. So, you start dashing about, barking out orders and…
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Top 10 Guilty Pleasures for Homeschool Moms
Homeschool moms are often asked how they do it all. Lessons, planning, record keeping. Chores, errands, meals. How do homeschool moms manage to maintain their sanity while spinning so many plates at once? Guilty pleasures. You know the saying All work and no play made Jack a dull boy. Well, it also makes Jill…
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How to Know You Are Doing Enough in Your Homeschool
One of the most frequent questions that I hear homeschoolers ask is: How do I know that I’m doing enough in my homeschool? I’m sharing my top 10 tips for overcoming this common homeschool fear. As a homeschool mom of 5 boys (and former mental health therapist), I’ve had a lot of practice helping…
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When You Need a Homeschool Fairy Godmother
Oh, to have a homeschool fairy godmother! Someone who could magically sweep in and rescue you from stress, dealing with resistance, and that teetering tower of laundry that’s threatening to topple at any second on you and the kids. Find out why you’re definitely now alone for wishing you had a homeschool fairy godmother…
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How to Masterfully Handle Haters (in Your Homeschool Life)
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me! Ah! The old children’s rhyme often chanted on playgrounds and school yards. Remember hearing it? Or maybe saying it yourself? Did you ever think you would need to refer to a similar approach in your adult life? About homeschooling or other…
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How to Stay Positive in Your Homeschool
“Keep a stiff upper lip!” “Don’t let them catch you with your guard down!” “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!” ~Muhammad Ali You are probably familiar with these suggestions. These popular tips are often given in boxing to new fighters. You may have even heard variations of these ideas from well-meaning friends…
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What Is Homeschool Professional Development Time? (& Why You Need It!)
Let’s chat about what homeschool professional development is and why it is essential to your homeschool and family. I will give my definition, provide examples, and then discuss how to use homeschool professional development time to grow as a homeschooler. As a homeschooler, what kind of time do you take to learn more about homeschooling-and…
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5 Easy Ways to Maintain Focus in Your Homeschool
Focus. Such a simple word. And yet sometimes so hard to achieve! Oh, I’m not talking about your kids (yet! I’ll address helping your kid maintain focus in your homeschool this month). I’m talking about YOU! A Few Reasons Why It Can Be Hard to Focus in Your Homeschool Maintaining focus in your…
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Hope for Being a More Patient Homeschool Mom
Being a more patient homeschool mom is one of the #1 wishes of many homeschoolers. You may feel like you have zero patience or just weren’t born to be a patient person. Let’s debunk some common myths about what it means to be a patient homeschooler, as well as discover how to learn the…
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Homeschool Super Powers Activate: You Do Have What It Takes!
As a homeschooler, it is normal to have moments when you less than enough. On those drab days where nothing seems to go right, you might feel: hopeless helpless friendless sleepless humorless worthless powerless That last one is the worst! Have you ever felt like there was absolutely nothing you could do to improve…
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Homeschool Comparison: What Is It And What To Do To Overcome
Comparison. Consider that word for a few moments. What are your first thoughts when you read it? When you say it out loud? Sit with those thoughts for a minute or so. Comparison is an intense word when you look at it closely. Like most things, it can have positive and negative connotations. In…
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My Brave Writer Lifestyle Podcast Interview: Self-Care
Super exciting news! My Brave Writer Lifestyle Podcast is now available for download. Cue the gigantic disco ball, rainbow flashing lights, and You Should Be Dancing! I love myself some BeeGess! Well, at least in my mind;) To check out what Julie Bogart, creator of Brave Writer and my homeschool superhero, and I chatted about,…
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How to Homeschool Multiple Children Simply and Effectively
As a busy mom of 11 kids, I know firsthand how intimidating the prospect of homeschooling multiple children can be. In fact, just yesterday I had a complete stranger ask me why I would take on such an enormous task. And you know what? That’s a really good question. Most people just don’t realize that…
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5 Secrets To A Happy Homeschool Year
All right ladies, let’s do this. It’s that time of year again: the beginning of a new homeschool year. (Well, for most of us. You year-rounders and early birds…hat’s off to you!) So as we begin this journey once again, it is time to prepare our minds and hearts for the race set…
