🖨️ Download Sherrie’s free Value Filter → https://www.sherrieanne.com/cultivatevalues ✨ Join the Evergreen Entrepreneurs waitlist: https://www.evergreenplanner.com/pages/evergreen-entrepreneur Before we dive in, you should know: this episode is really special. It’s not just a beautiful conversation with our first official podcast guest—it’s a glimpse into how God used a breaking point behind the scenes of Evergreen Planner to reveal just how essential it is to apply Evergreen principles everywhere, including our business. This interview was recorded during a season when things felt fragile. We’d just walked through a painful breakdown with a former contractor. Due to sheer inexperience on our part, the backend of the business we’d built in the margins of our motherhood was clunky. All of the untouched inefficiencies we’d hired the contractor to solve were draining the very margin we were teaching women to protect. I (Shelby) remember sitting down to record this conversation with a new acquaintance, holding back raw, weary tears. I had no idea how we were going to bring order out of the chaos. God’s Providence is so astounding and kind. The woman you’re about to meet—Sherrie Williams—was His next step in answering our prayers. At the time, she was “just” our guest: a homeschooling mama of six, a doula, and an online business manager with an uncanny ability to cultivate time with intention. I had no idea that God would later use her to bring life-giving order to our business in a way we’d never experienced before. This conversation is about so much more than scheduling or systems. It’s about alignment. About building—whether a home, a homeschool, or a business—in a way that deeply supports what is most valuable in life instead of competing with it. If you’ve ever felt the tug-of-war between being fully present for your family and juggling the opportunities that come your way, this episode will meet you right where you are. In this episode, you’ll hear: How Sherrie uses core values as a practical filter for her calendar Why every yes costs something—and a rubric for deciding intentionally How being careful with your “yeses” doesn’t mean pruning the unique, tiny ways God has called you to bless others Real-life ways to stack functions so relationships, work, and homeschool support one another Scripture mentioned Genesis 1–2 (theme): God bringing order from chaos with beauty and intention Genesis 2:15 (theme): Cultivating what God has entrusted to us Resources & next steps Sherrie’s time-cultivation resource - The Value Filter: sherrieanne.com/cultivatevalues Productivity Personality Quiz: evergreenplanner.com/quiz The Renew Course: Learn the Evergreen Planning Method: evergreenplanner.com/renew An invitation for fellow business mamas We believe you have wildly important things to do in this world, too. Some of them may involve larger-scale operations than you yet know how to manage, working with a team, and other things that are requiring you to up-skill. If you’re currently building a business, writing a book, or stewarding a project that requires real operations, decision-making, and sustainability—we’re creating something for you. Very soon, we’re opening Operations Office Hours inside the Evergreen Membership, led bu Sherrie Williams. These are live, open sessions where homeschooling mamas can bring real questions from their work—capacity, rhythms, systems, seasons, decision-making—and get grounded, life-giving help applying Evergreen planning principles to the backend of what they’re building. As we describe in this episode, Sherrie has been applying these principles to the backend of Evergreen Planner itself—bringing order, clarity, and sustainable rhythms to our operations in a way that has been deeply life-giving for our families and our team. If you’re already part of the Evergreen Membership, these office hours are included for you. If you’re not yet a member, you can join the waitlist for more information: https://www.evergreenplanner.com/pages/evergreen-entrepreneur
