#15 Digital Detox with Molly DeFrank

08/22/22 • 52 min

In this week's episode, my friend Molly DeFrank joins me as we discuss the impact that technology has on the home life and how to create a healthy balance that works for your family, using her tried and true method shared in her book, "Digital Detox: The Two-Week Tech Reset for Kids"."We enjoy digital entertainment. We like technology. We don't want to banish it forever. We just want it to be working for us rather than feeling stuck and enslaved to it. So how do we make a long-term plan for our family that we can sustain our results, but also bring it back in.""For me as a person of faith, I think about God telling his people how they should parent their kids and he gives so much freedom here in styles of parenting, but one of the things he said is train your kids up and talk about me when you're going along the road, when you're laying down, when you're getting up. We're living in a culture where all of those moments, all those in between times, they're all filled with a device. They're filling every single moment that historically families have used to connect, those little pockets of boredom. They're not there anymore because we're filling them up. So, when you take them away, you're actually giving yourself, and your home, and your kids an opportunity... pocket moments to connect with each other." - Molly DeFrank (@mollydefrank on Instagram)You can purchase Molly's book "Digital Detox" here, where you'll also receive a handful of freebies with your purchase that will be useful, such as the kitchen table discussion prompts and scripts for approaching the implementation of a "digital detox" in your home that we discussed in this week's episode! (Note: Don't forget to add your order/receipt number at the bottom of her website to receive your freebies!)The Homemaker's Club ® is a sisterhood of women who value the old-fashioned ways and traditions of making house a home. We are the homemakers, gathered for good. ® Join our community of thousands of women worldwide, as we navigate the joys and hardships of homemaking, alongside one another! The Homemaker's Club currently gathers on Instagram, see you there!

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#14 Mothering by the Book with Jennifer Pepito

In this week’s episode, my friend Jennifer Pepito is back and we are celebrating the release of her new book, “Mothering by the Book: The Power of Reading Aloud to Overcome Fear and Recapture Joy”! From extending grace, establishing rhythm, reading classic literature, to being positive producers in our homes and communities... we invite you to listen in as we discuss the ways in which we can find joy in the midst of hardship. “We can still, even while things might seem to be falling apart in one area, bake our bread or hang the laundry on the line and appreciate the beautiful smell and the way it looks in the breeze, or take our children on a picnic and appreciate the beauty of being outdoors with them. Even in the midst of hardship, we can find joy, and that's what we see in these stories and what we can live out in our own personal lives.” – Jennifer Pepito (@jenniferpepito on Instagram) A few little things that were mentioned in today's episode + the coordinating details:1. Jen's book, "Mothering by the Book", available here! (Don't forget to add your order number at the bottom of her website to receive her Mothering by the Book Course, as a complimentary gift!)2. Jen's "Peaceful Press Planner", available here.3. The Little House on the Prairie Series, available here.4. 24 Family Ways by Clay Clarkson, available here.5. M is for Mama by Abbie Halberstadt, available here (Find Abbie @m.is.for.mama on Instagram)The Homemaker's ClubTM is a sisterhood of women who value the old-fashioned ways and traditions of making house a home. We are the homemakers, gathered for good. TM Join our community of thousands of women worldwide, as we navigate the joys and hardships of homemaking, alongside one another! The Homemaker's Club currently gathers on Instagram.

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#16 Heart, Vision, and Love with Sally Clarkson

Friends, it is with great honor and joy that I get to share with you a conversation between myself and "the fairy godmother of homemaking" herself, Miss Sally Clarkson. When the opportunity arose to have this conversation with Miss Sally, someone who is highly adored and respected in the homemaking and homeschooling communities, I couldn't help but want to bring my friends in The Homemaker's Club along with me! I am so excited to have had the opportunity to bring your questions to the kitchen table. In this week's episode, I invite you to listen as we gather alongside one another to glean lifegiving wisdom from Miss Sally as she shares her heart for home and imparts her wisdom upon us, equipping us with encouragement and provision as we tie our apron strings and honor our life's work, as homemakers."The more you develop a sense of self, the more you'll be able to develop a home that reflects the life that you have built into yourself. A home isn't about tasks, home is about heart and vision and love." - Sally Clarkson (@sally.clarson on Instagram)A few little things that were mentioned in today's episode + the coordinating details:1. Sally Clarkson's podcast, At Home with Sally.2. Sally Clarkson's blog, here.3. Sally Clarkson's book, "The Lifegiving Home", available here.4. Sally Clarkson's book, "The Lifegiving Table", available here.The Homemaker's Club ® is a sisterhood of women who value the old-fashioned ways and traditions of making house a home. We are the homemakers, gathered for good. ® Join our community of thousands of women worldwide, as we navigate the joys and hardships of homemaking, alongside one another! The Homemaker's Club currently gathers on Instagram, see you there!