Instagram has filled us with images of beautiful homes, and it's such a joy to look at these to be inspired, but at the end of the day, "what do you want children to remember about life in your home"? Is a perfect Instagram house going to build the memories you wnat your children to remember about their youth?

Myquillyn Smith author of The Nesting Place joins Jennifer Pepito in episode 82 to talk about how we build a home. Myquillyn spent many years living in rentals, often waiting for the home of her dreams until she realised that she needed to start creating a home for her boys now. She shares that process, her best tips for decorating, and how to visualise and execute our family priorities in the design of our homes.

Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!

Pre-order Jennifer's new book Habits for a Sacred Home and get access to exclusive bonuses.

Starting to plan for next year's schooling and looking for tips on how to homeschool?? Check out the Peaceful Press's free How to Start Homeschooling Booklet.

In this episode–

• How a house made into a home bring order and peace
• Practice taking risk with the decoration of your home
• Build a practical home for your family, not an instagram home
• Identifiying the purpose of your home and the activities you want to fill it with
• Home is the centre of the family and community and no matter what our house looks like, we can make it a home
• We can't wait for perfection to open our homes and our lives to other people
• Every house has a silver lining
• Catch Myquillyn's new book Home Rules

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Angie Tolpin founder of Courageous Parenting, alongside her husband Isaac, joins Jennifer for an incredible conversation between veteran parents about their learning process, the joy of parenting, the sanctification process, the illusion of perfection, and what our real mission is as parents.

For parents at any stage of their parenting journey, this conversation has something to inspire and instruct.

Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!

Pre-order Jennifer's new book Habits for a Sacred Home and get access to exclusive bonuses.

Starting to plan for next year's schooling and looking for tips on how to homeschool?? Check out the Peaceful Press's free How to Start Homeschooling Booklet.

In this episode–

• Find mentors not idols
• Learn from your mistakes and others rather than trying to create a list of "Must Dos"
• Read your Bible to understand the whole heart of God when it comes to how he sees our role as parents, our responsibility, and his faithfulness
• Parenting is as much about who you are becoming as it is about raising godly children
• Check out Angie's Courageous Parenting Course
• Catch Isaac and Angie's podcasts "Courageous Parenting"

You can learn more about Jennifer here–

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You can learn more about Angie Tolpin here–

Angie's Instagram

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Do you ever wish you could dig deep into theology while also folding laundry, doing dishes, running errands and living generally?

Phylicia Masonheimer, author of Every Woman a Theologian, does a beautiful job breaking down the theology of prayer for busy moms.

Jennifer and Phylicia cover the different types of prayer, the role of the Psalms in how we pray, and so much more. Phylicia is a wealth of information, and a good friend, and it was wonderful to have her join for Episode 80.

Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!

Pre-order Jennifer's new book Habits for a Sacred Home and get access to exclusive bonuses.

Starting to plan for next year's schooling and looking for tips on how to homeschool?? Check out the Peaceful Press's free How to Start Homeschooling Booklet.

In this episode–

• Why we don't feel better after we pray
• Praying throughout our day and carving out time to prayer–each have a season and a purpose
• Praying the Psalms
• Discerning between new age and Christ centred affirmations
• Check out Phylicia's book Every Woman a Theologian

You can learn more about Jennifer here–

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You can learn more about Phylicia Masonheimer here–

Phylicia's Instagram and At Every Woman a Theologian

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