Restoration Home with Jennifer Pepito

Any House Can Be a Home with Myquillyn Smith

Instagram has filled us with images of beautiful homes, and it's such a joy to look at these to be inspired, but at the end of the day, "what do you want children to remember about life in your home"? Is a perfect Instagram house going to build the memories you wnat your children to remember about their youth? 
Myquillyn Smith author of The Nesting Place joins Jennifer Pepito in episode 82 to talk about how we build a home. Myquillyn spent many years living in rentals, often waiting for the home of her dreams until she realised that she needed to start creating a home for her boys now. She shares that process, her best tips for decorating, and how to visualise and execute our family priorities in the design of our homes. 
Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!
Pre-order Jennifer's new book Habits for a Sacred Home and get access to exclusive bonuses. 
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–
How a house made into a home bring order and peace 
Practice taking risk with the decoration of your home 
Build a practical home for your family, not an instagram home
Identifiying the purpose of your home and the activities you want to fill it with
Home is the centre of the family and community and no matter what our house looks like, we can make it a home 
We can't wait for perfection to open our homes and our lives to other people 
Every house has a silver lining 
Catch Myquillyn's new book Home Rules 
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The Fairytale of Perfect Parenting with Angie Tolpin

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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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–
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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The Theology of Prayer with Phylicia Masonheimer

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!
Pre-order Jennifer's new book Habits for a Sacred Home and get access to exclusive bonuses. 
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–
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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How to do Morning Time Prayer for All Ages with Emelie Pepito

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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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. 
Shop the Peaceful Press Elementary Bundles 
The Peaceful Press Spring Guide and the Peaceful Press Garden Guide 
 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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What Gardening Teaches Us About Parenting with Christie Purifoy

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!
Pre-order Jennifer's new book Habits for a Sacred Home and get access to exclusive bonuses. 
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–
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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Stories of Prayer with Emelie Pepito

“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!
Pre-order Jennifer's new book Habits for a Sacred Home and get access to exclusive bonuses. 
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. 
Shop the Peaceful Press Elementary Bundles 
The Peaceful Press Spring Guide and the Peaceful Press Garden Guide 
 In this episode–
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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Community, Connection, and Doing Busy with Lyndsey Mimnagh

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. 
 
Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!
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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–
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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The Beauty of the Now with Ruth Chou Simons

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!
Pre-order Jennifer's new book Habits for a Sacred Home and get access to exclusive bonuses. 
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–
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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The Process of Healing with Kimberly June Miller

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!
Pre-order Jennifer's new book Habits for a Sacred Home and get access to exclusive bonuses. 
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–
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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Stewarding Progesterone with Emelie Pepito

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. 
Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!
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Shop the Peaceful Press Elementary Bundles 
The Peaceful Press Spring Guide and the Peaceful Press Garden Guide 
 In this episode–
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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