Angie Tolpin founder of Courageous Parenting, alongside her husband Isaac, joins Jennifer for an incredible conversation between veteran parents about their learning process, the joy of parenting, the sanctification process, the illusion of perfection, and what our real mission is as parents. 

For parents at any stage of their parenting journey, this conversation has something to inspire and instruct. 

Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!

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 In this episode–

• Find mentors not idols
• Learn from your mistakes and others rather than trying to create a list of "Must Dos"
• Read your Bible to understand the whole heart of God when it comes to how he sees our role as parents, our responsibility, and his faithfulness
• Parenting is as much about who you are becoming as it is about raising godly children 
• Check out Angie's Courageous Parenting Course 
• Catch Isaac and Angie's podcasts "Courageous Parenting"

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Do you ever wish you could dig deep into theology while also folding laundry, doing dishes, running errands and living generally? 

Phylicia Masonheimer, author of Every Woman a Theologian, does a beautiful job breaking down the theology of prayer for busy moms. 

Jennifer and Phylicia cover the different types of prayer, the role of the Psalms in how we pray, and so much more. Phylicia is a wealth of information, and a good friend, and it was wonderful to have her join for Episode 80. 

Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!

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 In this episode–

• Why we don't feel better after we pray 
• Praying throughout our day and carving out time to prayer–each have a season and a purpose 
• Praying the Psalms 
• Discerning between new age and Christ centred affirmations 
• Check out Phylicia's book Every Woman a Theologian 

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Morning time is a huge part of the rhythm of the Peaceful Press. It's a daily time set aside each morning to connect as a family, read great literature, but most importantly it's the time where we pray and connect with God as a community and the body of Christ. 

But how do we do that, what does it look like? 

Jennifer has been doing morning time with her family for 25 years, and she is joined in episode 79 with Emelie Pepito as they talk about their family morning time, what they've learned, and how it's affected them, and the beauty that having a time of prayer each morning does for the atmosphere of the home across the day. 

Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!

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 In this episode–

• Creating a great morning time 
• Encouraing children of all ages to pray 
• Being great leaders in our prayer time both corporate and private 
• Finding more opportunities for prayer as a family 
• Tips for creating consistency and structure in morning time 
• Who Am I in Christ Resource

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Christie Purifoy author of the Seedtime and Harvest joins Jennifer Pepito for an inspiring conversation on what gardening can teach us about parenting and our prayer life.

What does parenting and gardening have in common? So much! 

Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!

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 In this episode–

• The process of becoming a gardener
• How gardening teaches us to pray
• Simple techniques to start growing your garden 
• Keeping prayer cards for our children
• Understanding prayer as a process not a one and done exchange between us and God
• Check out Christie's latest book Seedtime and Harvest and her beautiful website for more books and inspiration from the garden. 

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“For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.” – Teresa of Ávila

Welcome to episode 77. Jennifer and Emelie come together to talk about prayer. Prayer is a habit essential to our walk as mothers. We are entrusted with the care of souls, and how can we do that without constant communion with God? 

Not only that, but our Christian faith gives us open access to a loving God who speaks to us as individuals and the body of Christ, encourages, exhorts, guides us in our daily decisions, comforts us in our stress and distress, and is a "very present help in trouble." (Psalm 46:1) 

Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!

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• Stories of prayer in Mexico with Jennifer and Emelie
• Why we might not be hearing from God 
• Letting go of bitterness and fear 
• Our desparate need for prayer as mothers
• The beauty of prayer 
• Abba's Child by Brennan Manning 
• Seven Easy Tips for Personal Prayer by Fr Ronald Rolheiser 

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Lyndsey Mimnagh, founder of the Treehouse Schoolhouse, joins Jennifer Pepito in episode 76 for an in-depth look into doing busy well, the cost of community, as well as the benefit and so much more. 

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 In this episode–

• Articulating the vision for connection in education 
• Busy and full seasons are a part of life and it's possible to navigate them well and maintain connection with our children 
• Conflict and dissapointment are a natural part of close healthy community, it's how we navigate it that matters. 
• The importance of creating community committments and guidelines
• Check out the beautiful Treehouse Schoolhouse

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Ruth Chou Simons the creator of Gracelaced and author of books such as GraceLaced: Discovering Timeless Truths Through Seasons of the Heart and Pilgrim joins Jennifer Pepito for Episode 75. 

Ruth dives deep into the many years that went into building her company, the minutes and hours stolen here and there that led to Gracelaced, and the hours of laundry folding that built the deep reservoirs that have gone into her many books and devotionals. After this episode, laundry has never sounded so holy. 

Finally, the dreams that God has placed on your heart are not lost in the now because your "someday is made up of 1000s of right nows." –Ruth Chou Simons 

Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!

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 In this episode–

• Ruth Chou's personal story and building Gracelaced 
• Seeing your children as individuals not just a unit
• Big changes are built on little decisions and 15 minutes of time well used 
• The power of having a deep reservoir of experience, wisdom, God time, and life lived before you launch into a ministry 
• Creating a phone tower to make room for connection 
• Pre-order Now and Not Yet by Ruth Chou Simons 
• Check out her books When Strivings Cease and Beholding and Becoming: The Art of Everyday Worship

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If you were dropped into an alpine meadow with a large picnic hamper full of C.S. Lewisesque fruits and foods, and your children, would you have the most delicious day of your life? Imagine this meadow has a stream, and you don't have a phone or a computer; it's you and your children in the most pristine and quiet setting imaginable. 

Would you have the best day of your life? Or would the silence and spacious emptiness of such a day make you feel uneasy? Do you think something important might not be getting done? For me, the thought of having such an unproductive day fills me with a low level of anxiety. 

What if in our busyness and overstimulation, we are missing an invitation to connect with Jesus? What if there is a level of Shalom on offer for our homes that requires us to prioritise empty space in our daily lives? 

Welcome to episode 74 with Kimberly June Miller, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. We've talked so much about becoming healthier as parents across the Restoration Home Podcast and I love this conversation because it is full of practical advice and compassion for parents. 

Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!

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 In this episode–

• Taking the path to healing 
• Understanding our responses to our childrens emotions. 
• The Biblical basis for inner healing 
• One of the first steps towards healing is beginning to identify how you're filling your down time to avoid the spaciousness of your thoughts and feelings. 
• Your children will respond to your inner emotions as much as your outer behaviour so creating a peaceful home means keeping space in our daily lives to identify and heal our inner emotional landscape with Jesus. 
• Check out Allison Cook and Kimberly Miller's book Boundaries for Your Soul 
• Bessel van der Kolk The Body Keeps the Score
• Being There: Why Prioritising Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters by Erica Komisar

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Episode 73 marks the beginning of a four week segment on stewardship. Jennifer and Emelie start with the most basic stewardship, our hormones, specifically progesterone!* 

Progesterone is the hormone that prepares your body for pregnancy at the end of your cycle. When you have enough of it, you should feel calm and nurtured in the days running up to your cycle. But stress, crowded schedules, busy school loads, and trying to do everything can derail our progesterone production. 

Why does this matter? When we don't steward our hormones properly across our cycle, we start using cortisol and adrenals to function. This causes long term stress on our body, reducing our capacity to handle bigger life stressors that come our way because we have used everything up trying to over perform during the progesterone (Luteal Phase) of our cycle. 

Addressing this is about learning micro stewardship of our emotions and progesterone across the cycle.

Micro emotional stewardship is learning to connect with God in the middle of a emotion and ask: 

1. Is this feeling true or is it an emotion that's coming up and related to some old pain or lie about the goodness of God, the love of my husband, or God's sufficiency? (Memorise Psalm 23)

2. Is this feeling something physical–hormonal, exhaustion, poor diet choice, stress?

3. Is my reaction to this feeling going to bring connection or disconnection? 

Progesterone stewardship is learning to identify the foods and care your body needs in the last 10 days of your cycle. 

*None of this is medical advice, nor is it intended to be. 

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• Micro stewardship
• Progesterone and its role in our moods, emotions, and well being
• How to care for and protect your progesterone
• Spiritual practices for managing our emotions 
• Enjoying the week of rest that progesterone gives us
• Dealing with anxiety and fear? Check out Mothering By the Book and the accompanying Study Guide with Emelie Pepito
• Looking for more information on hormones:  
  • Reset Your Hormones with These Foods by Mindy Pelz
  • Fasting, Hormones, and Menopause

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Imagine sitting down with a cup of coffee in a quiet kitchen, with bread rising, the sunlight dancing over the walls and floor, and flowers blooming in the middle of the table. Then you settle yourself in for a conversation that is equal parts poetry and inspiration. 

That is exactly what episode 72 is with Michelle Garrels. It is a beautiful conversation where Michelle welcomes listeners deep into the process of her and her husbands development of their family life, their homeschooling vision, and the parenting of children as they become young adults. 

Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!

With Spring and Spring Holidays around the Corner check out the Peaceful Press resouces and blogs for good literature, engaging ways to celebrate, and the Peaceful Press four week Garden Guide.

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Starting to plan for next year's schooling and looking for tips on how to homeschool?? Check out the Peaceful Press's free How to Start Homeschooling Booklet. 

 In this episode–

• Learning to hear from God and being okay with mistakes 
• All about the Danish philosophy of Folk Schooling
• Raising children are God-sustained
• Insight into family done differently 
• How resposibility can be opportunity 
• Let your children not your feelings be an indicator for how well your family method is working? Are they thriving? Does something need to be adjusted to support them? 

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Work is a necessary part of life, and it's not always going to be fun, but we can still raise children who appreciate work and find meaning in it. 

Welcome to episode 71! Join Jennifer and Emelie for a practical conversation about what inspires us to work, tips on raising children who enjoy work, turning new skill acquisition into play, healing from lies that you're only enough if you're working, and so much more!

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• Rewards should not be a part of our everyday work structure 
• Giving your children a vision for their work or someone to serve in the middle of it.
• You are more than the work you do!
• Creating children who are efficient and happy workers
• Teach don't criticise when showing your children new skills 
• Check out the Peaceful Press Chore Cards
• Looking for more Restoration Home episodes on work: 
  • Episode 4 with McKenzy Winkler of the Little Farm Folk 
  • Episode 3 with Emelie Pepito on work and ownership 
  • Episode 2 with Kristin Dahman on the power of priortisation

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