Chaos and Coffee: Homeschool for Working Moms

About the Episode When you're a sick homeschool mom, it can feel like a disaster! You can usually get time off work. But the household and homeschool tasks remain. So how can you get through an illness without losing your mind? I have some ideas that will work for everyone in the family! Links I Mention in the Episode A Spectacled Owl has a list of 100 activities to do with Lego . Food Network has...

About the Episode On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I talk about all the valuable skills we learn as homeschool moms. And I also talk about why we need to add them to our resumes, with pride and confidence!  As someone who worked in recruitment for years, I know that the homeschool mom skills we learn, are really sought after and transferrable! So...

About the Episode On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I talk about end of year rituals. They're great for closing out the year and welcoming the new year with open arms and an open heart!  I mentioned some awesome resources in the episode that will help you with finishing of 2022 in a positive way: Year Compass is an awesome free resource you can do...

About the Episode On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I talk about one of my favourite topics - setting goals. If you're looking for some goal ideas for 2023 as a working homeschool mom, then this episode is for you. I also cover how to set and achieve goals successfully. Support for Working Homeschool Moms I offer a lot of support to working homeschool...

About the Episode On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I talk about homeschooling through the holidays. If you're considering year round homeschooling, or do it already, then I have some ideas you can use for the holidays.  I chat about why you might want to homeschool through the holidays. I also give you some ideas for making holiday homeschooling...

About the Episode  On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I'm talking about finding a realistic cleaning schedule. It's something that I've struggled with as a working homeschool mom, so I want to share some of the ways I manage my home.  The episode will not show you how to have a perfect house. But it will give you some tips and strategies for f...

About the Episode As working homeschool moms, time is our most precious resource. So we need to make the most of it! On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I give some tips and strategies for effective time management and productivity.  Support for Working Homeschool Moms Community and support are such large parts of a successful working homeschool mom...

About the Episode On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I have the pleasure of talking to Melissa Brander. Melissa is the creator of Pocket Homeschool. She has a deep passion for lifelong learning and desires to help homeschooling families to find their way. She’s based in the Midwest where she homeschools her two boys. Today we spoke about how to feed you...

About the Episode  It's the 50th episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms! I'm so thrilled to have made it this far! And in celebration, I have put together a special episode with 50 of my favourite clips from my interview guests from the last year.  I've divided the episode into 5 parts: homeschool, organization, schedules, self care and mindset. All of these...

About the Episode On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I'm talking about balancing homeschool and work. It's not easy! But it's definitely possible!  I think that having the right mindset is key to striking some sort of balance. You have to be accepting, lower your expectations and deschool yourself. Good time management is also going to be a big hel...

About Today's Episode Laura's from Europe, and is raising a STEM-gifted boy. Over at Monkey and Mom , she helps homeschoolers find the best materials by testing them out and sharing her finds, as well as tips and tricks she found in the 7 years she's been homeschooling.  She moved from being a translator, handmade artist, and event photographer to finally settling on blogging and freelance co...

About the Episode On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I talk about 8 good reasons not to homeschool. Yes, you heard me right! I, the homeschool cheerleader, am looking at reasons why homeschooling might not be right for you. But don't worry! For every doubt, I have solutions! I want you to look at homeschooling from all angles. But I also want you to giv...

About the Episode On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I speak to Po Tim King from Fortune Cookie Mom. Po Tim is a former Cantonese and Mandarin teacher, and a private piano teacher, who graduated in Linguistic.  Since she is raising multilingual kids, she started creating her own Chinese homeschooling materials and shared them through her blog Fortu...

About the Episode On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I talk about how to include self care in the busiest working homeschool mom schedule. Many working homeschool moms worry about fitting in self care when busy.  But I believe that self care is possible for even the busiest moms who work and homeschool. It's a mixture of being practical and also ha...

About Today's Episode On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I talk about how to find the perfect homeschool schedule for working moms. Spoiler alert...there isn't one! But the perfect homeschool schedule for you, is! In this episode I'm sharing tips and strategies for finding a schedule that work around your goals and values. And that is crafted perfectly...

About Today's Episode On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I have Beth McCarter from The Homeschool Graduate back on the show again. We're talking in depth about mental health and homeschooling. Beth very generously shares her life experiences and struggles with mental health and how she manages them in order homeschool and have positive, loving relations...

Today on the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I talk about how to deal with homeschool burnout in a positive way. As working homeschool moms, we can easily get overwhelmed by home educating our kids. We have so much to do on any given day that we can easily feel like we're not able to manage. So tod...

On today’s episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I talk to Christine Suarez. A homeschool mom of two living in Brooklyn, New York, Christine uses her 10+ years of experience in education, psychological development, and homeschooling to empower other parents on her website bloomingbrilliant.net . Christine’s new business, Blooming Brilliant Books , provides thoughtful...

On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I talk about how to prioritize when everything is important. As working homeschool moms, we have loads and loads of things to do. So how can we identify what's really important? The first place to start is with our values and goals. Then we can see what is really a priority in our lives. And start to schedule our days...

On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I speak to Jodie Perry. Jodie is a wife, homeschooling mom of 6, writer, blogger, podcaster, and accidental entrepreneur. I had great fun speaking to her and she said something that tickled me pink. She said that working homeschool moms are rebel moms because we decide to throw convention out of the window and live on...

On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I chat about ways to schedule enough homeschool time into your day.  In a recent poll on my Facebook group for working homeschool moms , I discovered that a common struggle is feeling like you don't have enough homeschool time in your day. I know this uncomfortable and worrying feeling because I've definitely felt...

On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I talk about a topic that's very close to my heart. I've been homeschooling my neurodivergent children for more than five years, so in this episode I want to share my experiences. I'm not a trained expert but I have a lot of tips and strategies that I hope will help and inspire you.  You can find a blog post about...

On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I have the great pleasure of speaking to Jae from the Homeschool Yo Kid app. She is currently on her home learning journey with two beautiful young souls leading the way.  After 14 years in public education, Jae has developed a homeschool app that allows families to comfortably begin their home learning journ...

On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I talk about self-compassion. As working homeschool moms, we need to shower ourselves with kindness. We're bound to 'fail' sometimes. But when we have lots of self-compassion, we are able to move on easily. You can read the blog post of the episode here. And here is a link with all the ways I can support you as a worki...

On today's episode of the Strike a Balance Podcast for Working Homeschool Moms, I talk to Beth McCarter. She's a worldschooler, writer at The Homeschool Graduate and the creator of a free virtual homeschool summit .  I loved speaking to Beth so much because she is so candid about the need to take care of our mental health as working homeschool moms. And she also said that we need to be kind t...