Restoration Home with Jennifer Pepito

Managing a Holy Home with Johnna Holmgren

This week, we are delighted to have Johnna Holmgren join us for Episode 70. She is the creator of Fox Meets Bear, a stunning and inspirational platform for creative, intentional mothers looking for a better path through motherhood. 
Her wisdom, her delight, and the intentionality and joy she has put into creating a beautiful home and embraced motherhood is so inspirational. 
Jennifer and Johnna have an incredible conversation about work and parenting, building a life, the struggles, the joy, and the reality of "the misssion of motherhood". No matter where you are in your parenting or life story this episode has something that is going to ignite a desire in your heart to believe in the divine gift of nurturing a family is something that can be joyful and life giving in the midst of the reality of struggles, overwhelm, and mess. 
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.
Presidents Day 
St Patricks Day 
The Peaceful Press Spring Guide and the Peaceful Press Garden Guide 
 In this episode–
Creating a seasonal family schedule to decide the rhythm, the schedule, and set the intentionality and focus of an upcoming season
Having a vision for your children's work life to help you cope with the mess and chaos of the now and not yet. 
A challenge to mothers to change their mindset around nurturing
Ideas and tips for raising connected children with a purpose 
Check out Johnna's shop for inspiration 
Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaleen Doucleff
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How Does Work Make You Feel with Emelie Pepito

How do you feel when you're doing the dishes, weeding in the garden, working for a paycheck, folding laundry, paying the bills, making dinner for a close friend you're excited to see, or packing for your dream trip?
Do you know what these things have in common? They are work. But we have very different feelings associated with each one. Dishes, laundry, weeding are alternately exhausting, relaxing, or frustrating. Making dinner for our close friend or a loved one, packing for a dream holiday, it's exhilirating, fun, and a joy. 
In episode 69, Jennifer and Emelie dive down into the mindsets, lies, fears, and feelings we get when it comes to work, how we can change our mindset around the most mundane tasks, and begin to enjoy work as a better part of being alive. 
 
Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!
With Spring and Spring Holidays around the Corner check out the Peaceful Press resources and blogs for good literature, engaging ways to celebrate, and the Peaceful Press four week Garden Guide.
Presidents Day 
St Patricks Day 
The Peaceful Press Spring Guide and the Peaceful Press Garden Guide 
 In this episode–
To have work, you must first have been given a gift: the clothes you wear, your children, your spouse, your job, a roof to sleep under, food to cook 
How to change our attitudes around work 
Healthy boundaries are about rhythm of rest and work not making work the enemy of living 
We feel unnoticed and unloved in the endless work, but it matters to God, and God is giving us approval and love in our work 
Ways to heal as you seek to find God’s Design around work
Jennifer's new book Habits for a Sacred Home is now available for pre-order. 
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
You can learn more about Jennifer here-
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You can learn more about Emelie here-
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Mothers Who Curate with Sarah Mackenzie

It is such a delight to have Sarah Mackenzie on the Restoration Home Podcast. Her mission with Read-Aloud-Revival, her joy, deep thoughtfulness, and her passion for curating her home. 
We're so glad you're here for episode 68! It's all about how we create connection with our children, protecting them from age inappropriate media and news, creating standards within our homes, and continuing relationships with older children. Finally, Sarah has some beautiful thoughts on control and faith in our parenting. 
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.
Presidents Day 
St Patricks Day 
The Peaceful Press Spring Guide and the Peaceful Press Garden Guide 
 In this episode–
Recognising our role as a mother and the limits and responsibilities of motherhood 
Mothering through the curation of the books, media, music, and distractions we let pass in front of our children
Your home is the centre of your universe and there is no place more important
Domestic Monastary: Creating a Spiritual Life at Home by Ronald Rolheiser 
The Read Aloud Family is a primer on creating long lasting connections with your children
If you're looking for great, living children's stories check out Sarah's beautiful picture books at Waxwing Books
You can learn more about Jennifer here-
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You can learn more about Sarah here-
Sarah's Instagram and website
Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

Faith, Friends, and Finishing Well with Sally Clarkson

Sally Clarkson is a dear friend and long awaited guest of the podcast. Her long years of mothering, and her pursuit of sacred living for mind, body and spirit, has made her an enduring motherhood figure.
In episode 67, she joins Jennifer to talk about planting a flag in the ground of your heart that says: from this point forward, I will no longer listen to lies, I will no longer live according to my fears, but according to the goodness of God, and His truth. 
There is more than just symbolism to this gesture though. There is planning, and dreaming and executing the vision of what that might look like for your unique life. Jennifer and Sally talk about how to go about planting that flag, and creating a vision and course of action to support a life that is lived bravely, gently, and in truth. 
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.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Presidents Day 
St Patricks Day 
The Peaceful Press Spring Guide and the Peaceful Press Garden Guide 
 In this episode–
Identifying that not every thought is truth
Creating a vision for your life and your home
Realising that the world is not your responsibilty, and while we're called to steward our children, our lives, our marriages, the outcome is God's responsibility
The journey of motherhood requires community in the trenches 
When it comes to our older children, there comes a time when we choose to release our expectations and learn to love and accept them "beginning, middle, and end."
Two of our favourite books by Sally are Different and Awakening Wonder 
Check out Jennifer's new book Habits for a Sacred Home available for pre-order on Amazon and Barnes and Noble
You can learn more about Jennifer here-
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You can learn more about Sally here-
Sally's Instagram and website
Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

Jason VanRuler and the Practical Process of Finding Help

Have you ever tried a therapist or counsellor and walked away feeling more empty, anxious or simply that things are not improving? In the process of creating a restoration home, do you feel alone, or like you are bearing the weight of it? Do you feel like you are swinging wildly between parenting styles as you try your hardest day after day to give your children the best childhood and parenting possible? 
Welcome to Episode 66 of the Restoration Home Community! We are so excited about the content of this episode. It's deeply practical, and after talking about becoming healthier, more at peace, whole and restored over the last year, Jason VanRuler offers easy to follow steps for accessing support in the process. 
Jason VanRuler is a Licensed Therapist and author of "Get Past Your Past". He is also a husband and father and we are delighted to have him on this weeks episode. 
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.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Presidents Day 
St Patricks Day 
The Peaceful Press Spring Guide and the Peaceful Press Garden Guide 
 In this episode–
Creating a personal criteria as you look for a therapist or counsellor 
Choosing the best support team for your past experience and future goals
A parents job is to coach their children into preparedness not carry them across the finish line of adulthood
The importance of being really honest with yourself about where you are getting stuck in your growth 
Building better habits to maintain breakthrough
Check out Ryan's book "Get Past Your Past" 
"The Body Keeps the Score" by Bessel van der Kolk
Check out Jennifer's new book "Habits for a Sacred Home" available for pre-order on Amazon and Barnes and Noble
You can learn more about Jennifer here-
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You can learn more about Jason here-
Jason's Instagram
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How We Can Save the World with Emelie Pepito

It's the beginning of 2024, and we are opening The Restoration Home Community. We are so excited for this next year of habit building and community. 
"Why" you might ask. Well, habits, community, looking your children in the eye, a few more family dinners is about more than a nicer life or happier children, a cleaner house, more time to exercise. These are all parts of building something beautiful and sustaining that can carry ourselves and our families through whatever lies ahead. 
In preparation for the community and podcast line up for 2024, Jennifer and Emelie came together to talk about community, restoration, and how you can save the world by eating dinner as a family. But ultimately, we're excited about how growing habits of thankfulness, prayer, quiet can bring us closer to God and bring greater wholeness to our day to day lives.   
Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!
Check out our Elementary Bundles to provide your child with a strong foundation in creativity, living stories, science, and history.
The Kind Kingdom Volume 1 and Volume 2
The Playful Pioneers Volume 1 and Volume 2
Precious People Volume 1
We are now selling a printed version of the Peaceful Preschool.
Find the beautiful Peaceful Press Cookbook on Amazon!! 
 In this episode–
We can't save the world by changing our behaviour and nor our hearts
The simplest things, like eating dinner as a family can have a huge impact. 
Habits are things best built within community which is why we are so excited about the Restoration Home Community
Pre-order Jennifer's new book Habits for a Sacred Home 
The Two Weeks to a Happier Homeschool resource
The Peaceful Life Workshop
You can learn more about Jennifer here-
Jennifer's Instagram
You can learn more about Emelie here-
Emelie’s Instagram
Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

Jennifer Pepito on a Charlotte Mason Education

How can the principles of a Charlotte Mason education help you love God and create an elevated wholesome family?
Charlotte Mason wrote of education, "We allow no separation to grow up between the intellectual and 'spiritual' life of children...". The unity between a child's spiritual growth and their intellectual development has led Jennifer, over the years, to create the Peaceful Press and with her husband, curate a home environment that focuses on "whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy...".(Phil 4:8)
But what does the home environment have to do with education? What do we mean when we talk about not separating a child's spiritual life from their education? 
In this solo episode, Jennifer does a delightful and well researched job of explaining the philosophy behind the Peaceful Press education method, and its role in restoration. 
Finally, we are so excited to announce that the Restoration Home Community is NOW OPEN. Join Jennifer for a year of habit building through Jennifer's new book "Habits for a Sacred Home". One thing we have learned is that community is so important for growing in our habits and acheiving our goals, and we're excited to build community around sacred habits in 2024. 
Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!
Check out our Elementary Bundles to provide your child with a strong foundation in creativity, living stories, science, and history.
The Kind Kingdom Volume 1 and Volume 2
The Playful Pioneers Volume 1 and Volume 2
Precious People Volume 1
We are now selling a printed version of the Peaceful Preschool.
Find the beautiful Peaceful Press Cookbook on Amazon!! 
 In this episode–
A Charlotte Mason Education
Why we love beautiful literature  
Setting the atmosphere of your home 
How to curate what comes into your home, including where your main focus is
Looking for a course on homeschooling: check out the The Peaceful Path to a Living Education 
The Two Weeks to a Happier Homeschool resource
The Peaceful Life Workshop
You can learn more about Jennifer here-
Jennifer's Instagram
 

Planning a Restorative New Year

With 2023 drawing to a close and 2024 beginning, there are things we can do to process, grieve, celebrate the past year, so we can approach the new year with hope, vision, and excitement. 
Jennifer and Emelie come together in Episode 63 to share how they process the past year, and plan for the next year. 
This episode covers personal stories and ideas for the processes of welcoming in the new year. They cover the importance of dreaming with God for the year, setting aside time to grieve dissapointment, failure, and frustrations from the year so we can understand God's perspective on us and our year. They talk about learning to hear from God as a friend who wants to speak with and join us in our dreaming. 
The episode is also full of practical and beautiful ideas for making goals. You can write a eulogy so each year you set goals around how you want to be remebered. Setting fun goals like what do I want to learn, what books do I want to read, are great for finding ways to grow and learn something that privides life giving creativity or opportunities to learn and rest. 
Finally, we are so excited to announce that the Restoration Home Community is opening in January for a year of habit building through Jennifer's new book "Habits for a Sacred Home". One things we have learned is that community is so important for growing in our habits and acheiving our goals, and we're excited to build community around sacred habits in 2024. 
Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!
Check out our Elementary Bundles to provide your child with a strong foundation in creativity, living stories, science, and history.
The Kind Kingdom Volume 1 and Volume 2
The Playful Pioneers Volume 1 and Volume 2
Precious People Volume 1
We are now selling a printed version of the Peaceful Preschool.
Find the beautiful Peaceful Press Cookbook on Amazon!! 
 In this episode–
The role of community in growing new habits and acheiving our goals.
Learning to talk to God and to dream with him as we plan and create our year 
Setting 10, 20, 30 year goals so we know where we are ultimately aiming for as we plan each year
Processing and grieving what went wrong and learning to appreciate how God moves in our circumstances
The importance of writing a eulogy 
The Two Weeks to a Happier Homeschool resource
The Peaceful Life Workshop
You can learn more about Jennifer here-
Jennifer's Instagram
You can learn more about Emelie here-
Emelie’s Instagram
Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

Technology as a Tool for Restoration with Ryan Collins

Is technology a tool or a toy, good or bad? What role does the arts play in technology? Can technology play a part in restoring homes? 
Ryan Collins, president of Bethel Tech, joins Jennifer in Episode 62 to answer these questions and so much more. There is a place for connection over video games, and the arts are the bedrock to a career in technology, just as they are for other aspects of a child's development into a well rounded human. Ryan also brings to the podcast a passion for righteous principles in the work force, his excitement for tech careers opportunities that skip years of college and debt, and his experience as a homeschool dad building a family culture of intentionality. 
Ryan's Practices for a whole and Restored Family: 
We turn off wifi every night when we go to bed.
When we travel qw wear hats that are emf blockers
We make sure we are not spending a ton of time staring at screens
We spend a lot of time outside and together
Limit a child's screen time and make sure you are monitoring it
Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!
Check out our Elementary Bundles to provide your child with a strong foundation in creativity, living stories, science, and history.
The Kind Kingdom Volume 1 and Volume 2
The Playful Pioneers Volume 1 and Volume 2
Precious People Volume 1
 In this episode–
The role of technology in the future job market 
Understanding video games and their role in connection versus addiction 
Have a family vision of real connection 
Technology usage should be balanced with other life priorities and values
The importance of monitoring and stewarding your childs screen time and video game consumption
If you are looking to transition careers or looking for career ideas for your children, check out the Bethel School of Technology 
You can find Ryan Collins book "God of Tech" on Amazon 
You can learn more about Jennifer here-
Jennifer's Instagram
You can learn more about Ryan here-
Ryan's Instagram
Some Amazon Affiliate Links.

Crafting Space to Create with Ashlee Gadd

One of the values of restoration is creativity. Architecture is creativity, making a budget go farther than you thought is creativity, cooking a beautiful meal, scheduling your day so you have time for what is important to you, and so much more require creative actions. At the root of creativity is "create", which means "to make or bring into existence something new". Creativity is producing something which is not obvious or already there. 
While creativity can range from perfecting organization in a small space to a Degas painting, one thing all creative actions have in common is the need for white space, quiet space, empty space to provide the downtime needed for creativity. 
This week Jennifer Pepito is joined by Ashlee Gadd the creator of Coffee and Crumbs and author at the Coffee and Crumbs Substack. They talk about how to create downtime for creativity, learning to better understand your personal relationship with social media and the spiritual importance of creativity. 
 
Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!
Looking for ways to celebrate and enjoy the beauty of the holidays? Check out our Christmas Vol. 1 and 2, and the Unearthing Wonder Advent Guide.
Also, we have a brand new Peaceful Press Holiday Book Flood: 25 Day Picture Book Advent Guide to enjoy! 
Check out our free Ten Day Connection Challenge 
 In this episode–
Ashlee Gadd on carving out space for creativity
Taking an intentional social media fast to observe your reactions without it; how do you spend your time, how do you feel, what changes for better or worse during that period
No matter what set of priorities you choose for you children, the importance of allowing them "bored time" 
Five minutes can be enough to creatively solve a problem, organise, work on a painting, type a few words, it's about consistency not quantity.
Check out Ashlee's new book Create Anyway: The Joy of Pursuing Creativity in the Margins of Motherhood
You can learn more about Jennifer here-
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You can learn more about Ashlee here-
Ashlee's Instagram
Some Amazon Affiliate Links.