Restoration Home with Jennifer Pepito

Do you want to know how to raise children who are best friends? Do you wonder if it's possible to over protect your child? Do you wonder if you are raising an ill-equipped child by over-protecting them? Are you curious about morning time? Are you wanting to improve your morning time?  These are the question that Jennifer and Emelie answer in episode 144 of the Restoration Home Podcast.  This great...

Ann Wilson is the host of the "Family Life" Podcast alongside her husband Dave. She is also the author of the new book How to Speak Life to Your Husband: When All You Want to Do is Yell at Him .  This is an incredible podcast that strikes deep at some of the chronic negativity, condoned emasculation, and fault finding that so many women feel perfectly justified in perpetrating against their husban...

Sarah Boyd's book "Turn Down the Noise" addresses the neural breakdown that happens when we are overwhelmed, distracted, and depleting our pre-frontal cortex. It is an incredible conversation between Jennifer and Sarah about the limitations of our brain, the costs of devices on parents and children, the importance of rest, and 5 principles to reverse degenerating attention span, reduce distraction...

Dr. Nicole Wilke joins Jennifer Pepito to talk about raising healthy, whole families with an emphasis on the unique needs and calling of adoption and being the parent an adopted child needs.  It is an incredibly honest, and challenging conversation about the importance of healing, sacrifice, and vulnerability required when we become parents. Enjoy!  Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press ! The Pe...

Jennifer Pepito is a homeschool mom of 7 with 30 years of homeschool experience, the author of Mothering by the Book , Habits for a Sacred Home , and the founder of the Peaceful Press. At the core of her homeschool ethos is a desire to learn language arts through living literature that inspires the dreamer, the warrior, and the creator in each of our children.  In this episode, Jennifer will be di...

We are so delighted to have Emily Morrow of " Really Very Crunchy "  fame on the Restoration Home Podcast to talk about wild and free homeschooling versus lazy parenting, providing safe structure, tips for reading aloud, modelling behaviour for our children, and so much more.  Emily is a homeschool mom, business owner, and a delightfully hilarious content creator on Instagram, Youtube, and  who yo...

Ian Morgan Cron, author of Chasing Francis and Jesus, My Father, the CIA and Me , joins Jennifer Pepito to discuss his newest book The Fix . It is a beautiful book about healing addictions and the spiritual growth that can be found through the 12 step program.  So often in Christian culture, we are quick to categorise addictions as the painfully obvious like alcohol, porn, food addictions, anger,...

Emily Wilson Hussem , author of Sincerely, Stoneheart , joins Jennifer Pepito to talk about the lies plaguing women, why it matters that we carve out quiet time, protect our mothering time from distractions, and learn to walk in the truth of what God says about you.  As women, we have beautiful, fertile imaginations, and it is what allows us to see our children as future doctors, creators, homeste...

Welcome to episode 137 with Julia Ubbenga, the author of Declutter Your Heart and Your Home. At the core of the Restoration Home is not just external change but heart change, and Julia brings so much wisdom and insight into how healing our hearts can declutter our homes, bring us more peace, and stop us from using stuff to fill holes in our hearts.  It is an incredible episode with helpful advice...

Episode 136 of is a return of our beloved friend Leah Boden and the author of Modern Miss Mason. Leah is back on the  #restorationhomepodcast to talk about her incredible new writing project, middle school biographies of heroes of the Restoration Home: C.S. Lewis and Charlotte Mason. Leah and Jennifer talk about the life lessons learned from Mason and Lewis's lives, which were Christ centered and...

We live in a new world of technology with AI or LLMs radically changing the way we access and learn from the web. It is an incredible tool for researchers, entrepreneurs, artists, parents, and your highschooler. However, what are we losing by using it? Are there better or worse ways to interact with it? How is it changing our brains, our childrent's future career opportunities, and what about the...

This episode was so good and we are delighted to reintroduce it to our community for those who missed it the first time or are ready to hear it again.  Welcome to episode 90 with Jennifer Pepito and Cindy Rollins.  Cindy Rollins homeschooled her nine children for over 30 years using Charlotte Mason’s timeless ideas. She is the author of Mere Motherhood: Morning Time, Nursery Rhymes, and My Journey...

Sometimes I listen to an episode, and I feel like the entire transcript should be a quote on my fridge. Alexandria Smith, wife, author of The Way Home , homeschooling mother of 5, entrepreneur, and homesteader, joins Jennifer Pepito in episode 133 to talk about why we work, why we create, and why some things aren't that important. And yes, I would like this entire transcript as a quote.  Enjoy!  E...

Heartfelt obedience to God and those in authority over us, is one of the powerful sanctifiers of a believer and joyful obedience is a powerful outcome of our love for Christ. (John 14:15).  But it is scary; the connotation is negative, and many of us are scarred by it, or are so protective of our happiness, dreams, ideal world that obedience at the cost of any of these is an untenable prospect. Ev...

Whitney Newby is the creator of the Brighter Day Press, a lovely human being, and a beautiful artist. It is a delight to have her on the podcast for episode 131. In this episode, we're talking about embracing motherhood as a spiritual practice.  Motherhood is not a struggle to get through, but a process wherein we experience the sufficiency of Christ in our weakness and become more like Him as we...

We have an incredible guest for episode 130, author John Eldredge. John wrote Wild at Heart which gave Jennifer the courage to follow her husband to Mexico. His Pause App has been a huge part of teaching us to slow down, listen and learn to commune with Jesus in the deep intimacy that we are created to live in. Over the years of homeschooling, growing as individuals, and a family, we have been so...

The majority of our life is lived not on the mountain tops or in the harvest, but in the sustained and steadfast toil that tends to the gardens and climbs the mountains. It is in the plodding toil that we are most likely to lose joy, focus, or find our purpose eroded across the grind of every-day reality, decision making, squabbling children, disappointment and loneliness. However, as Christians'...

Welcome to Episode 128 of the Restoration Home Podcast. Greta Eskridge joins Jennifer to talk about her new book,  It's Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn . This is a heavy topic, but one that must be discussed, especially as more and more often we learn that addiction stems from a lack of attunement and attachment in young children, which manifests as addiction in our teens and adults. So the p...

We are delighted to welcome Sally Clarkson back to the Restoration Home Podcast! She is a beloved friend and is joining Jennifer for the third time to share what is near and dear to her heart in this season.  We always love having Sally on as she brings so much intentionality and thoughtfulness as she shares with our community the thoughts and meditations that are near and dear to her heart in thi...

Dana K White, the creator of A Slob Comes Clean , and author of many books on how to go from chaotic and cluttered brings such a unique perspective to Episode 126 of the Restoriaton Home. At the core of her message is the gospel truth that being clean and tidy doesn't bring you any closer to God, and being messy and chaotic doesn't push you farther away from Him. As Dana says: this isn't an excuse...

Chelsi Jo Moore, creator of the Systemize Your Life podcast, joins Jennifer Pepito for episode 125! As I have gotten older, I have realised more and more that the best parts of my life come from some automated back process and that having systems gives me time for what I love. But sometimes, knowing what system to create or how to start can be overwhelming! Chelsi Jo has made it her business to he...

Jennifer Pepito is a homeschool mom of 7 with 30 years of homeschool experience, the author of Mothering by the Book , Habits for a Sacred Home , and the founder of the Peaceful Press. At the core of her homeschool ethos is a desire to learn language arts through living literature that inspires the dreamer, the warrior, and the creator in each of our children.  Episode 124 dives deeper into Jennif...

Cassandra Speer co-author of  Ready as You Are , co-creator of Her True Worth , wife, mother, author, homemaker, and student joins Jennifer Pepito for an incredible conversation on pursuing dreams as a mother, letting go of false limitations, and the rest that comes to us when we prioritise the presence of God.  The conversation with Cassandra inspired and encouraged us to dig a little deeper into...

Work is a necessary part of life, and it's not always going to be fun, but we can still raise children who appreciate work and find meaning in it.  Welcome to episode 71! Join Jennifer and Emelie for a practical conversation about what inspires us to work, tips on raising children who enjoy work, turning new skill acquisition into play, healing from lies that you're only enough if you're working,...

KyAnn Molina, the creator of the Simple Rhythms for Busy Moms Podcast joins Jennifer Pepito in episode 122 for a very real conversation about mothering toddlers, bowls of spaghetti flying everywhere, and the pursuit of planning. It's easy to feel like you're the only one going through chaos or incapable of getting a little more order into your life. But you are not alone, and this episode is full...