make joy normal: cozy homeschooling Bonnie Landry

Albert and I chat with Fr. Paul Houlis about pilgrimage, holiness, joy and blessings. 

Catholic Heritage Curricula - Ever Ancient, Ever New

2:11 - Welcome Fr. Paul and opening prayer
11:24 - Pilgrimages and greatest impact of being in the Holy Land
21:03 - What was your most profound experience?
25:46 - Feeling deeply, longing, and desire 
39:42 - About Fr. Paul's podcast : A Holy Mess Podcast
43:22 - What's your favourite thing about being Catholic?
44:42  - Securing joy,  gratitude and holiness

A Holy Mess Podcast

why I am catholic, chapter the first (blog post)

#makejoynormal #homeschooling #travel #pilgrimage #prayer #holyland #sacraments 
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It catches you by surprise. One day, they're all babies and little kids and you're having so much fun with all the schooling and suddenly, someone is 14 or 15!   It all seems to get a lot more serious and we find ourselves in a completely new landscape.  Thanks to Ashely for her willingness to share her questions and concerns on this podcast, as we explore that new landscape.

00:29 - Welcome Ashley!
2:03 - Developing a high school transcript
5:21 - Having a conversation with your teen about their future
7:48 - Write everything down that they do
11:02 - Discerning what's best for your family
19:20 - Developing a course and grading
28:25 - Coaching our children
34:52 - Family life and time management
38:35 - New school year, where to start?

https://www.bonnielandry.ca/pdfs

getting to graduation with grace (Youtube) 







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thanks to our sponsor, Catholic Heritage Curricula

2:11 - Welcome and gearing up for a new school year 
5:13 - How do you direct a 14 month old without rewards or consequences? 
11:13 - How do we get our kids to do things that they don't want to do? 
17:22 - Connect and direct
19:44 - Restricting computer time and video games
24:12 - Prevention and managing the environment for safety 
30:28 - Supportive parenting for creative and sneaky kids 
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my homeschool workshop in audio and video
Back to school free planning pages

Lydia's Catholic Saints timeline
Blog posts:

Planning your year with natural learning
Keeping track
Gearing up for the school year
Getting some mom time
Previous episodes:

What will you do all day? Developing routine with littles
Prepping for next year, what we really need


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Thank you Kelly!  For more awesome tips on simplifying mom life, find Kelly here

https://www.simplehomemom.com/

1:09 - Welcome Kelly! 
2:37 - Strategy #1: Use Go-back Baskets 
5:43 - Strategy #2: Use loop planning for low stress chores 
11:41 - Strategy #3: Use blitz tidying as needed 
17:57 - Strategy #4: Commit to simple daily planning 
20:27 - Strategy #5: Use chore habits for less effort chores 
22:21 - Strategy #6: Commit to a weekly planning session 
24:40 - Strategy #7: Create a plan B chore routine
28:53 - How do you stay on-top of the basics? Meals, dishes? 
37:52 - How do you keep laundry flowing smoothly?
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I have three lovely ladies, Teresa, Leah and Margaret bring their incredible and insightful questions to the podcast.  Honestly, I think this is one of the best episodes we've done...these gals are so insightful with wanting to understand such fundamental aspects of home education and family life.  Thank you, ladies, you are fabulous!

7:50 - How do you define joy? 
22:01 - Reactive response vs. tender response 
27:11 - Why the focus on joy?
41:30 - Growing spiritually with our kids
44:42 - Offering correction in a loving and dignified way 
50:19 - Where did you come across the philosophy of gentle parenting? 
59:55 - Combating angst and building resilience 

Homeschooling with JOY workshop videos

Searching for and Maintaining Peace

Let Beauty Speak

Bishop Barron seven deadly sins

Sheila Kippley

Hold Onto Your Kids

Episode on resilience



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