Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 047. My children all learn from a very early age how to cook.  I teach them based on their individual maturity levels and abilities more than I do their calendar age. By the time they are pre-teens, they are fully capable of following a recipe and making most meals.…

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 046. My food budget is never as big as I want it to be.  I would love to buy only organic items or the most expensive and healthiest cuts of meat.  But like most moms I have to make some tough choices as to what food to buy for…

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 045. Our family had a life changing event this weekend when we arrived on the scene of a fatal accident. In this episode, Jim joins me and we discuss what we witnessed, how we helped, and what we learned.  We saw many “everyday heroes” this weekend – people who…

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 044. Meal planning can be a very time consuming job for busy moms.  Not only are we trying to figure out what to feed our family, but we are also try to make healthy meals that everybody will actually eat. In this episode, I talk about how to set…

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 043. Food and meal time are a major part of motherhood.  It often seems that the moment we make a meal and finish cleaning up, somebody is announcing that they’re hungry.  Having enough food on hand to provide your family with healthy meals is always a challenge. In this…

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 042. Many busy moms don’t get to fully enjoy the holiday season because they are stressed out from living the holiday season.  During this episode I share how I completely revamped our holiday experience.  I share with you some practical changes that we made and give you some things to think…

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 041. Many busy moms don’t get to fully enjoy the holiday season because they are stressed out from living the holiday season.  During this episode I share how I completely revamped our holiday experience.  I share with you some practical changes that we made and give you some ideas…

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 040. As busy moms, we often believe that we can be more productive if we multitask more.  But this is not necessarily true.  Multitasking is defined as “the performance of multiple tasks at one time.”    Because our brains are not wired to multitask, attempting to do so can…

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 039. One of the compliments I hear most often about my children is how polite they are.   I find that very comforting and very sad at the same time.  Don’t get me wrong.  I’m very pleased that my children are polite to other people.  That is how we’ve…

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 038. As a mom of 8, there are lots of people depending on me to meet their needs.  I not only take care of them on normal days, but I plan ahead and get prepared for how I will take care of them if disaster strikes. This can be…

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 037. Many people regularly set goals.  Yet they are often frustrated when they don’t reach them.  It is important to set goals the right way as well as doing some work (after setting your goal) to help yourself successfully achieve them.  During this podcast episode, I talk about some…

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 036. Jim and I recently made a trip without the children to attend the New Media Expo in Las Vegas.  During this podcast episode we discuss our trip, some of the things we learned, and the great time we had with the friends we’ve made. We also talk about…

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 035. In today’s world it is so easy to concentrate on what we need to do, that we lose sight of what we are currently doing. When this happens, we tend to let time go by and life happen and we don’t enjoy today. During this podcast episode I…

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 034. I find that the best way to (joyfully) survive being a busy Mom is to be very organized with my life, my family, my homeschool, and my business.  But I don’t ever want our lives to be boring and routine.  So I always make a point to occasionally…

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 033. Busy moms always have plenty to do.  And yet, it seems like we’re always asked to do more.  Sometimes it’s people outside of our family who are doing the asking. Sometimes it’s our spouses or our children. But quite often, it’s ourselves who are doing the asking.  We…