Together all day but still disconnected? Learn how to connect with your homeschool kids, from presence to meaningful conversations, plus a 15-minute date.
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All articles filed in Coming Home to Yourself
Coming Home to Yourself is a Confident Homeschool Mom podcast season for moms who feel far from themselves. We look at why your energy dips in October, and why it isn’t a schedule problem. We explore homeschool mom anger and the feelings hiding beneath it. You’ll also learn to write a simple vision for your homeschool year. Each episode invites you back to your own needs, values, and voice. You matter in your homeschool, too.
How to Structure an Individualized Grade 7 homeschool education
Some of your overwhelm isn’t even about you. It’s watching your child struggle inside a one-size-fits-all approach that was never built for them, and wondering why you can’t make it work.
I know, because I tried to create a private school in my living room. I rang a bell. I had a designated school room. I expected every subject, every single day. I was greatly exhausted, because I wasn’t listening to who my kids were and what they needed.
In this episode of Coming Home to Yourself, we come back to the Reimagine framework with the I: Individualize Your Child’s Education. I share what changed when I finally got out of their way, and why your job is to create the conditions for learning, not to guarantee the result.
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A Fall Homeschool Assessment, Then and Now: What I’d Ask 10 Years Later
In 2016, my fall homeschool assessment was all about curriculum. Ten years and hundreds of coached moms later, here’s what I’d ask instead, and why the real answers are rarely in the books.
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7 Simple Real Reasons You Lose Motivation in October
Why do you lose motivation homeschooling every October? It may not be your schedule. Learn how capacity and seasons explain it.
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How To Understand Homeschool Mom Anger: You Need To Know
Has your daughter ever caught you hiding in the closet with a box of Oreos? Homeschool mom anger rarely means you’re failing. It’s the tip of an iceberg of feelings we were never taught to process, and it starts with noticing.
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How to Create a Homeschool Vision Statement: Make This the Best Homeschool Year Yet!
Learn how to create a compelling homeschool vision statement in 3 steps and make this the best homeschool year yet!
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