The Encourager Podcast: Equipping Christian Moms to Harmonize Work and Home

Margin is the act of putting breaks in your life and your schedule to allow yourself time to sit and reflect, to absorb what you’ve created or accomplished. This is SO important, especially since we all have so many roles in our lives! Why? Margin is important because it gives you time to step back and check out for a little bit. It helps us gain a new perspective. Margin will help you stop and re...

Batching is the practice of arranging things in sets or groups in order to decrease distraction and increase productivity. Batching gives me freedom from choices! It helps me free up mental bandwidth to be present with my family. And it helps me be more creative! Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us .

Happy New Year! January is an exciting time for change, setting goals and planning for the upcoming year but to do that, reflecting on the past year is so important. Join me as I review 2016 and select my best practices to continue into the new year! Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us .

Welcome back Encouragers! I took the last year off to focus on other areas of my family and business and have truly missed you! So, here’s what’s been going on while we were away... Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us .

Thank you for listening along to our very first Encourager series. We’ll be back soon with another series so please start our current series over and join our mailing list to be updated once our new series launches!  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us .

Join me as I explain how I clean out items that aren’t essential to my life and how we pursue a life of less in the Scott house! Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us .

For my business, we’ve created a goal to make a 1% change each week. Listen to my latest podcast to hear how making just a 1% change can compound into reaching your big goals in 2016! *This episode is sponsored by Rebekah Scott Designs™. Find at  shoprsd.com * Check out the show notes under the “ Encourager Podcast ” tab on my website. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire...

January is a time for planning for your next year. Grab your shiny new calendar and join me as I share a few tips and strategies that I’ll be using to plan out and reach my goals personally and professionally in 2016. *This episode is sponsored by Rebekah Scott Designs™. Find at  shoprsd.com * Check out the show notes under the “ Encourager Podcast ” tab on my website. Discover more Christian podc...

Encouragers, thank you so much for your support and attentive listening toward “The Encourager” this past year.  I feel so fortunate and blessed to have learned so much along with you these last few months.  Thank you to my guests who have interviewed thus far as well!  My last episode for 2015 encapsulates the best practices that I worked on in my life and business.  Hopefully, you can either try...

I’m back!  Thank you for your patience as I sewed like crazy to get my Christmas purses finished!  During my time sewing, I had plenty of time to brainstorm about new episodes to share into 2016. This week, it was incredibly obvious that perspective had to be my main subject.  From now on, I will try to include elements of perspective in my show to help guide you through times that seem too diffic...

This week we are replaying another popular episode: "Leaving a Legacy the Simple Way".  The holiday season is the PERFECT time to make lasting memories with your loved ones.  Try some of my suggestions from this episode along with other Christmas traditions.  Decorating the tree together, caroling, donating to the Salvation Army, buying gifts for an Angel Tree, and many other acts of kin...

Hello encouragers!  Well this lady had to get real with time! I will not have new episodes for the next couple of weeks. The holiday season is extremely busy for RSD and I have to sew like crazy to get all of the orders completed.  As I have elaborated on before, I truly rely on my priority list to guide me when things get hectic.  Through prayers and reflection, I have decided this decision would...

Let’s not let fear control our future!  My episode this week focuses on seven critical action steps to take when beginning a new adventure.  After detailing the seven steps, I share a personal story of how I turned a worst-case scenario into a success. If you feel frozen in the starting gates, tune in to hear my advice about how to mobilize your dreams. This episode is sponsored by Rebekah Scott D...

As we all head off in our cars or begin preparations for the big feast on Thursday, I decided to keep my things short and sweet this week.  Even though the holiday season can be hectic, Thanksgiving allows a time for us all to take a deep breath and reminisce on the past year and all the things we are thankful for.  Your family will love you regardless of how decorated the house is, or how juicy t...

My babes are the reason I do what I do. Being a work at home mom, I am blessed with watching them grow and learn in the comforts of our home.  However, in order to enjoy our shared time together and have a productive work day, my children and I have to follow a schedule while I have to remember to give them grace and patience. This week on the Encourager I share my seven best tips that have made b...

So far on the Encourager, we have talked all about children and business.  This week I felt it necessary to have a chat about those wonderful spouses of ours!  Your partner can be your greatest asset and support to your business.  Cluing them in on your passions and goals can help you too see eye to eye and prevent unwanted tension.  My episode this week shares some tips I have learned through my...

It is harvest season in the Midwest! The fact that my “harvest season” for my business coincides with my husband’s occupation may be a coincidence; but it only reiterates the importance of planning ahead for busy seasons!  Whether it is life or work, we all have eventful times of the year that require extra preparation and coordination.  My episode this week is geared at providing tips for big eve...

As a business owner, you are given lots and lots of advice--some good and some not. However, I am going to look at the positive side today in hopes of giving YOU some of the best tips I have gathered in my 12 years of work. Specifically, I outline the importance of becoming the status quo in your industry, staying true to your mission and vision, creating a business that others regard in the highe...

Taking a new spin on our interviews this week, I feel so encouraged share this powerful episode on happiness with Mike Ferry.  Mike Ferry is a father of four, a veteran middle school teacher, and also the author of Teaching Happiness and Innovation. His book’s vision is helping children develop habits of happiness and innovation.  During the episode we both share our philosophies of happiness and...

As moms, we tend to put our husbands and children first.  We work and work so hard that we don’t realize what we are missing, we don’t notice why we are so off…Then, the lightbulb flashes and the thought occurs that our needs have been put on the back burner. However, most of us don’t take that light bulb moment and ACT on it.  Instead we think to ourselves, “I just don’t have time for hobbies rig...

This week on “The Encourager” I focus in on expounding my priorities.  Being a servant of God, a wife to Nicholas, a mother of four, and owner and designer of Rebekah Scott Designs are the key components of me that guide my life. Everyone has their own priorities; but sometimes they can be hard to identify. One helpful tip (that I explain during the podcast) for pinpointing your priorities are lis...

Joining us on "The Encourager" this week is the resourceful Tiffny Hagan. An expert in virtual office assistance, Tiffny shares her story and wisdom about organization and dealing with pesky paperwork.  Today's ever-present technology can certainly enhance productivity, however, many of us (myself included) get too wrapped up in our devices.  We can lose the power of control and foc...

 This week on “The Encourager” I highlight the importance of a brain dump. Personally, I will go crazy if I try to keep all the reminders and to-do items inside my head!  Find out within the episode about the where, what, and why’s of my brain dumps. Closely connected to brain dumps are the distractions that keep us from accomplishing our to-do lists. Email, social media, TV, etc. get the best of...

Bringing tons of excellent advice on how to purify your kitchen, Kelly the Kitchen Kop is our wonderful guest on the show this week.  What I love about the show this week is Kelly has advice for anyone who wants to make a change, large or small, in their diet and cooking.  Of course moms (and dads) want what is best for our families to stay healthy! This episode highlights some of the basic steps...

  *This episode is sponsored by Rebekah Scott Designs™.  Find at shoprsd.com *   Don’t panic!  Derailments happen to everyone—even the most organized, patient mother. This week I share a recent (mini)crisis in my business while providing 5 critical steps that allowed me to get back on track.  These steps can be applied to any variety of derailments caused from work, home, or family situations. I b...