A Simple and Purposeful Home

Devon Norris
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Purpose needs breathing room. Home is so much bigger, richer, and simpler than we have been told. A Simple and Purposeful Home is for the mom who is searching for meaning but exhausted by the world's complicated, anxious solutions — the one who scrolls Instagram and Pinterest and TikTok, overwhelmed and defeated. I'm Devon — pediatric cardiac nurse turned homeschool mom, grain miller, healthy home consultant, & small business owner. Not here to tell you what to do or make you feel behind. Just honest conversation about what I'm trying, and freedom to take what works for your family.

Episodes

  1. Sep 2

    Two Questions That Change Everything

    How many of us are unwell because everything is so noisy and complicated? The excess. The clutter. The schedules. The ingredient lists half the length of the bottle. The pressure to keep up with every relationship, every trend, every standard someone else set for your life. With that much noise, purpose is nearly impossible. Because purpose requires intention. And intention requires space. Purpose needs breathing room. In this episode Devon introduces the Simple and Purposeful Framework — two questions that cut through the noise and give you back clarity, intention, and peace. Simple enough to apply to any area of your life. Powerful enough to change everything. We cover: Why so many women are anxious, stressed, and unwell — and what noise has to do with it The two questions that anchor every area of home, health, and family life Applied examples in food, homeschool, and home management Why choosing is an act of intention — and how most of us aren't actually choosing anything The unexpected gift of simple repetition and why our culture's fear of it is costing us Why mundane daily tasks are actually faith building opportunities The countercultural cost of living simply and purposefully — and why it's still worth it Why moms in community are a force to be reckoned with Let repetition refine you. Submit a listener question: Submit a Question for A Simple and Purposeful Home Disclosure: Some links in the show notes may be affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them at no additional cost to you. I only recommend things I personally use and love. Thank you for supporting A Simple and Purposeful Home. A Simple and Purposeful Home is for the mom who is exhausted by complicated and anxious solutions and ready to reclaim a simple, purposeful vision for her home and her life. Purpose needs breathing room.

  2. Aug 20

    A Simple & Purposeful Approach to Health

    If there is one thing I want you to walk away with from this episode it is this: Stewardship over control. In the wellness space it is so easy to fall into the trap of believing that if you just get everything right — every ingredient, every habit, every variable — you can achieve a perfect body and avoid suffering entirely. I know because I lived there. And the more I tried to control everything, the more anxious and honestly the less healthy I actually became. In this episode I share the moment everything changed for me — a moment that cracked open my obsessive pursuit of control and replaced it with something so much more freeing. God is the sustainer of life. I am just the steward. And that distinction changes everything. We cover: How I went from a mainstream processed food upbringing to a whole food kitchen What I learned as a pediatric cardiac nurse about the real limits of the medical system How the Whole30 cracked open my eyes to the food-health connection The pendulum swing from health consciousness to anxious obsessive control The moment God reframed everything — stewardship over control What simple and purposeful health stewardship actually looks like practically Why joy is the true foundation of wellness — Proverbs 17:22 What a real Monday through Friday looks like in our house with three kids More real. Less processed. Fewer but better. And a whole lot more peace. Resources mentioned: The Biblio Diet by Dr. Josh Axe and Jordan Rubin — https://amzn.to/3SgZVw8 The Defined Dish by Alex Snodgrass — https://amzn.to/3S1Bcff Dinner Tonight by Alex Snodgrass — https://amzn.to/4qlCZIx Plant Therapy Germ Fighter Essential Oil — https://amzn.to/3UG9cyp Submit a listener question: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMr773ExENmT012FuvyQ4o7qUCkYHSpp5rTsflz0NnAJ0YhQ/viewform?usp=header Disclosure: Some links above are affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them at no additional cost to you. I only recommend products I personally use and love. Thank you for supporting A Simple and Purposeful Home. A Simple and Purposeful Home is for the mom who is exhausted by complicated and anxious solutions and ready to reclaim a simple, purposeful vision for her home and her life. Purpose needs breathing room.

  3. Aug 12

    A Simple & Purposeful Homeschool + TEFA Funds

    I never thought I would homeschool. I drank every drop of the cultural Kool-Aid that made homeschoolers seem like socially awkward trolls — and then I became a mom and everything changed. In this episode I'm talking about what shifted my mindset, what a simple and purposeful homeschool actually looks like in our home with three kids, and how we are using Texas TEFA funds this year for kindergarten and preschool. We cover: Why I changed my mind about homeschooling and what made it feel possible The shift from school at home to a lifestyle of learning — and why that changes everything Teaching From Rest by Sarah Mackenzie and why it's the first book I'd hand any curious mom What our actual daily rhythm looks like — the real version, not the Pinterest version How homeschooling could work even if you work outside the home What we are using our TEFA funds for — curriculum, math, piano, and more A Claude Q&A — because nobody has submitted real questions yet and I'm only on episode two Resources mentioned: Teaching From Rest — Sarah Mackenzie 1000 Hours Outside — Ginny Yurich Peaceful Press / Nourishing Nature Kindergarten — Jennifer Pepito Math With Confidence — Kindergarten Treehouse Schoolhouse Hoffman Academy Voetberg Music Academy Jesus Storybook Bible — Sally Lloyd Jones Roland FP-10 Keyboard This description contains affiliate links, including links to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you. Submit a question for a future episode: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMr773ExENmT012FuvyQ4o7qUCkYHSpp5rTsflz0NnAJ0YhQ/viewform?usp=header A Simple and Purposeful Home is a podcast for the mom who is exhausted by complicated and anxious solutions and ready to reclaim a simple, purposeful vision for her home and her life. Purpose needs breathing room.

  4. Aug 6

    We Were Sold a Starved Vision of Home

    Somewhere along the way home got small. Work moved outside the walls and home became just maintenance — dishes, laundry, waiting. And somewhere in the noise of it all we were told that more was the answer. More productivity. More optimization. More doing. But what if a purpose-filled home was actually about doing less, more intentionally? What if a meaningful life was simpler than we thought? A Simple and Purposeful Home is for the mom who is exhausted by the world's complicated and anxious solutions and ready to exhale. Devon — former pediatric cardiac nurse, homeschool mom, grain miller, and healthy home consultant — isn't here to add to your list. She's just here to talk honestly about what she's learning and give you the courage to try what works for your family and leave the rest. This is not a show about keeping up. It's an invitation to come home — really home — and find out it was always bigger and more beautiful than you were told. Purpose needs breathing room. Let's find it together.

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Purpose needs breathing room. Home is so much bigger, richer, and simpler than we have been told. A Simple and Purposeful Home is for the mom who is searching for meaning but exhausted by the world's complicated, anxious solutions — the one who scrolls Instagram and Pinterest and TikTok, overwhelmed and defeated. I'm Devon — pediatric cardiac nurse turned homeschool mom, grain miller, healthy home consultant, & small business owner. Not here to tell you what to do or make you feel behind. Just honest conversation about what I'm trying, and freedom to take what works for your family.

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