Home Based with The Fantes

It's not a vacation. It's just not. Adapting to life in a new country is not easy. You have to learn a whole new way of life. Even if it's little adjustments you still have to make little adjustments in every aspect of life. That's not to say that it hasn't been great. It has. But that's life: there are ups and downs. There are unexpected surprises both good and bad. Howeve...

We've been having a lot of conversation about marriage lately so we decided to continue that conversation in front of you. We recently went to a marriage retreat so it has sparked a lot of interesting conversation between us. Why do marriages fail or succeed? What are the little details of the relationship that add up to a lot over time? This is a direction we are thinking of taking a more foc...

Jenna had a bout with depression a few years ago which led her to the doctor which, in turn, led to a Hashimoto's diagnosis. Unknowingly, many, many women suffer from Hashimoto's disease. It's a thyroid disorder. We talk about how it all happened. It affected our family which we'll discuss. Jenna is thankfully on the other side of it now and she will talk about handling that as well. 

About 15 months ago our daughter was diagnosed with dyslexia. We started noticing she had difficulty reading in kindergarten and as she went into first grade things still weren't clicking. We wanted to help her and she wanted answers to why she was having trouble. Her diagnosis was actually a relief to her because she wanted to read and now she had a reason why she was having difficulties. She's m...

Anxiety and stress are inescapable in life. But don't feel hopeless. There are many things you can do to reduce it right from your own home. In this episode we will give you our top ways to reduce anxiety. We bet if you just adopt one of the ways it'll make a difference.

Don't let the topic fool you. This isn't a trivial thing. Having people feel welcomed into your home can be a tricky thing, especially when it's adults and kids. No one teaches you this stuff. You have to figure it out on your own. It's one of those "adulting" things that just happens to you. The reason all of this is important to us is because we want people to feel better after they leave our ho...

It's exactly what the title says. These four food groups are ones we try to avoid on a regular basis. It's not to say that we never eat them, but we try to limit them as much as we can. I'll bet you know at least two but maybe not the why in great detail. Jenna lives for this stuff so she's going to spell it all out for you. Plus, look for the doTERRA product spotlight in the middle of the episode...

Valentine's Day episode! At least it's our version of a Valentine's Day episode. What says Valentine's Day more than why we work together? We open the show by talking about what I did for Jenna for Valentine's Day and our busy weekend with Emmy's birthday party. Then we get into why we work together. We believe that we can enhance each other's abilities by working together, accomplishing more. Whe...

We're still on the experimental rocket ship! We open the with me hoping that catches on. Maybe the feral cat is around? We switch gears to talking about how a major life occurrence takes place in our lives about every year or so. We share a quote that speaks to a very broad philosophy on how we can better get along with each other. Then we take you on a little ride of why we homeschool and how we...

Take 2! After a disastrous technical go-around recording this episode a first time, we settle in a second time to do it. We start off the episode talking about using two different types of non-mechanical coffee makers. We've just got a new one! A little bit of simplicity in life goes a long way. The main focus of the episode is how we got started working together and got started with our dōTERRA n...

This show is packed! We start the show by exploring my adoption of a feral cat for rodent control. We dip our toes into the homesteading topic. Apparently there are chickens that die within 6-8 weeks?! We discuss the importance of being a lifelong learner. On that note, we attended a lecture by Dr. Jordan B. Peterson a couple of days ago. We share our favorite points with you. You won't want to mi...

Do you want to know about how to take care of yourself during these winter months? We talk about how important sleep is and what we use to help us get better sleep. We also discuss essential oils to combat seasonal threats. We'll even give you a bone broth recipe that we've been using for years.  We open the show with talking about some current and past ways I like to bother Jenna. Enjoy!

The first one! We talk about why we're doing this podcast and how we manage our lives.