10 Minutes to a Better Homeschool

Mary Prather is a homeschool mom with a heart for other homeschool moms. She was mentored by friends in her early homeschooling days and now strives to pay that mentorship forward by encouraging and equipping other moms. Her calm demeanor will set you at ease, so pull up a chair for this episode of the podcast.

Jen Dunlap is an encourager. She encourages her six kids as she homeschools them, and she has a heart for encouraging other homeschool moms.

I am so happy to bring you this episode today -- I think it will inspire and bless you as we chat being counter-cultural, how we keep focused while homeschooling, and beating the bad days.

Colleen Kessler spends her days herding rabid cats. Not really -- she just homeschools her four kids at the family home in Ohio.

A former classroom teacher and gifted intervention specialist, she now homeschools her own twice-exceptional son and provides parenting, gifted, and science resources on her blog. Today she shares a few of those parenting tips with us.

Her reminders are very welcome as we get back into routines and head into the tough homeschool burnout season.

About five years ago Kris Bales got up and got moving the week of Thanksgiving and lost four pounds. That was the beginning of a 90 pound weight-loss journey that she works to maintain even today.

Her story and her tips for how to get moving yourself are just a part of the podcast today, where we also chat about her favorite homeschooling mentor, how she defines homeschool success, and why it is important to find your homeschool tribe.

What I love about Mystie Winckler is that I absolutely learn something new every single time I talk to her. That's pretty amazing, because being good friends, we talk quite a bit.

This episode is fun, but it is also rich with tons of good information. Mystie and I chat second generation homeschooling (it's all going to be OK -- really!), why organization is more than pretty labels, and the single thing you can do to make the biggest difference in your organizing life this year.

And we also spar about the great bed made/bed unmade debate. You'll have to listen and decide which side you come down on.