#11 Comparison and Contentment with Jenny Fitzgerald

07/04/22 • 50 min

In today's episode, my friend Jenny and I invite you to listen in as we discuss the imaginary checklists that we create for being a "certified" homemaker through comparison and the need for checking expectations at the door and share ways in which we fight for beauty and gratitude amongst the tasks of our days' work within our homes."Homemaking, a lot of times is 1000 mundane tasks every single day that you're going to do over and over and over again that you're like, "I'm doing this today so that I can get up again tomorrow and do it again. Like it's going be the same. It's I'm going have to clean the kitchen again tomorrow, probably three times." So that is super defeating to me. If I get in that realm, what can I do that's going make it special. Is it going to be music, a candle, like a cup of tea, coffee for me usually or what can I find that's beautiful here? Like, what am I living right now that I prayed for? What am I living right now that I always hoped for? That I'm still not reaching this like checkbox or this expectation, so that I'm almost discontent in the right now because this still isn't perfect. And this still isn't perfect. And maybe my kitchen doesn't look like this, or maybe my weights like this, or my hair's falling out. All of those things, what can we do in those moments? Well, we can kind of say like, "what are our expectations? And what's actually really beautiful, and where am I really at?" - Jenny Fitzgerald (@fitzgeraldlane on Instagram)A few little things that were mentioned in today’s episode + the coordinating details:1. Visit The Fitzgerald Lane Blog by tapping here.2. Shop Jenny's mercantile and artwork by tapping here.3. The book "One Thousand Gifts" Jenny mentioned by author, Ann Voskamp, available here.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. 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. The Homemaker's Market has new spring goods and tees in stock! The Homemaker's Market: Goods + Provisions for Making a House a Home | Shop The Homemaker's Market Here!

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#10 Making Home Cozy with Liz Marie Galvan

Liz Marie Galvan is widely known as the “queen of cozy” in the blogging and Instagram world, she is also the author of a widely loved book called Cozy White Cottage and her most recent book, Cozy White Cottage Seasons.As homemakers, we know that home is meant to be shared and I love that in Liz’s newest book, "Cozy White Cottage Seasons", she walks you through a beautiful guide for creating moments of coziness that draw out the best of each season by sharing tips n’ tricks that she has learned along the way, as well as tools for authentically creating and enjoying a home where memories and traditions will come alive through the seasons.While we do chat about Liz’s newest book and ways for making home cozy through our favorite seasons of the year, in today’s episode, my friend Liz Marie Galvan and I invite you to listen in as we also discuss the magnificence of making home cozy through seasons of life, as well. From the more difficult seasons of military deployment, infertility, and miscarriage, to the more celebrated and joyful seasons of restoring an 1800’s farmhouse and starting a farm, opening a brick-and-mortar shop, and becoming a mother, Liz gracefully and wholeheartedly shares her journey with me and why she believes coziness is so impactful within the making of a home.“With every loss or every hardship, it almost propelled me and encouraged me to do that [cultivate comfort and coziness] more, because it showed me how important it was to have a haven that you could go and escape to together, for your soul to heal, and just to nurture you every day.” - Liz Marie Galvan (@lizmariegalvan on Instagram).A few little things that were mentioned in today’s episode + the coordinating details:1. Visit the Liz Marie Blog here.2. Purchase Liz's first book, Cozy White Cottage, here.3. Purchase Liz's second book, Cozy White Cottage Seasons, here.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. 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. The Homemaker's Market has new spring goods in stock! The Homemaker's Market: Goods + Provisions for Making a House a Home | Shop The Homemaker's Market Here!

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#12 Finding your "Why" with Jenna Smith

In today's short and sweet episode, my friend Jenna and I invite you to listen in as we discuss the importance of evaluating what matters most in your home, your "why", so that you can boldly find value amongst opposition from self, friends, family, or society when it comes to the misunderstanding of what a homemaker's role is within her home."You are making a home for whoever's in it. Maybe it's your guests. Maybe it's the friends you have over for dinner. But being a homemaker is more than being a housewife or a mom, it's making a nice home for everybody in it." - Jenna Smith (@theteacuphomestead on Instagram)A few little things that were mentioned in today’s episode + the coordinating details:1. Visit Jenna's blog and Persian Tea shoppe here.2. The Homemaker's Club community cookbooks are filled with hundreds of stories of home, tips n' tricks, and tried n' true recipes from the women in The Homemaker's Club. "The Homemaker's Table" cookbooks are available here. Volume Four releasing soon!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. 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. The Homemaker's Market has new spring goods and tees in stock! The Homemaker's Market: Goods + Provisions for Making a House a Home | Shop The Homemaker's Market Here!