Restoration Home with Jennifer Pepito

Welcome to episode 194 with Jennifer Pepito, Cindy West and Alicia Hutchinson. Cindy West is the founder of Our Journey Westward a homeschool science and nature study and a long time homeschool mama. Alicia Hutchinson is the creator of Learning Well and a homeschool mama of many years.  This is such a fantastic episode whether you are starting to homeschool or in the thick of it.  Jennifer, Alicia...

Welcome to episode 193 with Jennifer Pepito and Abbey Wedgeworth. Abbey is a teacher, speaker, and author and this episode centred around her newest book  Help! I'm Ruining My Kids.   We all so badly want to find the formula that will guarantee us Godly, happy, whole children, even if that formula is not having a formula or a rigid religious adherence to scripture absent God.  This is a conversati...

Welcome to episode 192 with Jennifer and Emelie.  Over her 28 years of homeschooling, one of the main reasons Jennifer has seen families quit is the fear that their child will not get the education they need. While homeschooling is not for everyone, we're here today to unpack the lie that your child is guaranteed to get a better education in a more formal system. Children want to learn. They are n...

*Warning*: This episode is all about sex and contains some references to traumatic experiences. Listener discretion advised.  Welcome to episode 191 with Jennifer Pepito and Laura Dugger.  Laura is the host of the Savvy Sauce Podcast and a Christian Sex therapist. This episode is not a therapy session, instead, it looks more broadly at what the Bible says about sex, the physical benefits, the gift...

Welcome to episode 190 with Jennifer Pepito.  This is a sneak peak into Jennifer's workshop on planning the perfect homeschool year, which you can get as part of your pre-order bonus when you purchase The Inspired Homeschool. Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press ! Check out the Homeschool Planner for a great way to stay organized and focused as the new year starts.  Pre-order Jennifer newest bo...

Welcome to episode 189 with Jennifer Pepito and Tabitha Paige.  Tabitha is the author and illustrator of some of our most beloved children’s books and a speech therapist who has so much to teach us about learning. and guess what play is, as always, core to successful learning. Children are wired to learn and it’s only when we turn it into a chore or abridge their ability to learn or try to rush th...

Welcome to episode 188 with Jennifer Pepito and Lindsey Maestas.  This episode is all about marriage. We love marriages at the Restoration Home and having a healthy, peaceful marriage is a cornerstone to a restoration home. A good marriage, though, only comes through habituation of the presence of God, radical obedience, and loving like Christ, plus all the little habits like connection over conve...

Welcome to episode 187 with Jennifer Pepito and Cheryl Daley.  Check out Cheryl's website and podcast here ! This episode is an exploration of all the creative ways to homeschool, the alternate schools that are popping up, the ways you can homeschool and bring in a little extra cash.  This is a refreshingly honest look at all the alternate ways you can homeschool that provide flexibility, create l...

Welcome to episode 186 with Lisa Bass.   Lisa is the creator of the beloved Farmhouse on Boone where she shares homemaking videos, hearty, healthy dinner recipes, sourdough, and so much more.  This was a delightful episode where we covered everything from making simple meals to hanging pictures that are too high because it's not the right season to hang them perfectly. Plus we talked about raising...

Welcome to episode 183 with Katy Joy Wells!  Katy is a decluttering coach who took her holistic training and used it to help women declutter their lives.  This is a fantastic episode about what clutter does to our brain, the traps we commonly fall into that keep us holding on to an extra mason jar, the scrap bag of fabrics, or the almost empty pens "just in case" or "for an emergency."  For Katy,...

Welcome to episode 184! This is an incredibly fun, and more unusual episode on travelling with your family: how to make it budget friendly; why we think travel is important and prioritize it; ways to make it less stressful; and what we learned while travelling.  Travel has always been a priority for our family, which doesn't mean it has to be for your family but if you are interested in travelling...

Welcome to episode 183 with Jenny Fitzgerald, friend of the Pod and author of our much loved quote: "Any part of your life that is not shimmering with hope is under the influence of a lie."  This was such a hard-hitting episode that will both inspire and challenge you. We hope you walk away feeling strengthened in your faith and inspired to take your thoughts captive, grow in mental resilience, an...

Welcome to episode 182 with our beloved friend Rachel Kovac. She has a new book out: Their Future is Shining Bright . This is an incredible episode about homeschooling through high school without falling back on rigid workbooks, or trying to hit every traditional milestone.  Rachel is the kind of person who inspires you to live a more beautiful life, to test what are the outer edges of what you ca...

Welcome to episode 181 with Jennifer Pepito and Jennifer Dukes Lee. Jennifer set out to write a book about mornings through the lens of what the Bible says about the early hours of the day. The result is her newest book How to Love Your Morning: Faith Filled Habits to Build a Life of Joy and Purpose One Day at a Time. We don't often think of mornings through the lens of how God views them, but so...

Welcome to episode 180 with Jennifer Pepito and Tia Ralls. Tia is the author of Magic in the Monotony and a beloved mentor mom in the Restoration Home Community .  Tia and Jennifer talk about Tia's new book, how to use the Peaceful Press chore cards with littles, incorporating eye contact into morning time, and the beauty and prayer of sacrifice with little children.  Sometimes habits can feel so...

How do you know if your home education is ticking the right boxes? How do you know if you're hitting the right priorities, making important milestones, and raising healthy, happy, whole, and well educated children?  With so much noise, so many checklists, and so many conflicting goals, Carrie De Francisco joins Jennifer in Episode 179 to talk about evaluating your home education journey through si...

Welcome to episode 178! Work is essential for things like hand-eye coordination, a sense of self-esteem and belonging in children, and a core building block for future success.  How do we build this habit, though, without destroying childhoods, derailing parent-child relationships, or raising children who hide when they see us coming for fear of being tasked with work.  Jennifer takes you through...

Welcome to episode 177 of the Restoration Home Podcast!  The dream we have of a godly family, and good habits, and leaving a family legacy, and only choosing what really matters must start in relationship with God. An important part of that relationship is the habit of hearing from God. Margaret Feinberg, author of The God You Need to Know and Fight Back with Joy joins Jennifer to talk about how t...

Welcome to episode 176 with Ginny Yurich, a long time friend and the amazing founder of 1000 Hours Outside. This episode was such a delight to record., and we think you'll have as much fun listening. Ginny and Jennifer are both bubbling over with enthusiasm for homeschooling, daily nature time habits, letting go of unrealistic education standards that hinder rather than help your child, the import...

Jennifer and Emelie come to the show to talk about the wedding they planned in less than a month. Why a wedding, you might ask, because one of the ultimate goals of the Restoration Home Community is creating longevity in our families. This looks like adult children, who are there for each-other, planning celebrations around family vision, and the long-term goal of community.  Plus, it's fun to tal...

Welcome to episode 174 of the Restoration Home Podcast!  Jamie Erickson, joins us on the Restoration Home for another incredible conversation. She recently released a new book: Overwhelmed Mom: Quiet the Chaos, Mind What Matters, and Enjoy Your Life Again. We talk so often on the Restoration Home about our "yeses" and "nos." This conversation with Jamie was like taking all of the principles of cho...

Welcome to episode 173 with Leila Marie Lawler, the author of The Little Oratory. Leila joins Jennifer for a beautiful, heartwarming conversation about life, marriage, raising children who feel like their contributions matter, putting your husband first, turning towards him and not against him, and so much more.  We loved this conversation because it felt like being in the room with Jennifer and L...

A family vision or rule should come from your family's unique gifting, interests, and story. It should be sustainable, simple, and capable of adapting under the challenges and changes that life throws at us. It should also be fun. And while sustainable, it should also be unique, and not so simple that it allows living without direction.  Join Jennifer and Emelie in episode 172 as they talk about f...

Welcome to episode 171 of the Restoration Home Podcast! Stefanie Gass joins us to talk about building a business as a mom, protecting quality time, building on your strengths, and how to turn your passion into a family business. Entrepreneurship is an incredible way to diversify your income or to use your skills to supplement your family's income. It gives you opportunities to employ children, to...

Welcome to episode 170 of the Restoration Home Podcast! We are delighted to have Justin Whitmel Earley, author of Habits of the Household and his newest book The Body Teaches the Soul.   We live in a time where mental health issues are chronic, stress. is high, and whatever we might believe about the goodness of God, we often live in a highly anxious state with habits that deny any belief in the g...