Episode 136 is a return of our beloved friend Leah Boden and the author of Modern Miss Mason. Leah is back on the Restoration Home Podcast to talk about her incredible new writing project, middle school biographies of heroes of the Restoration Home: C.S. Lewis and Charlotte Mason.

Leah and Jennifer talk about the life lessons learned from Mason and Lewis's lives, which were Christ centred and focused on faithfulness and inspired by God's calling on their lives. This is an incredible conversation for the whole family about having great heroes of the faith and a Christ centred education.

They discuss the role of Charlotte Mason in an education that is story and narrative based. Charlotte Mason education isn't about reading as many books or cramming as much information into our children as possible. Instead, we are stewarding an education that fills them with a deep sense of identity, good and evil, and the ability continue learning their whole lives.

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• The life stories of Charlotte Mason and C.S. Lewis
• The power of hope and how hope inspires us to plan for the next generation
• Charlotte Mason's love for children, and how it impacted her work and educational philosophy
• Learning to live with humility and in pursuit of what is good
• Your child does not need bushels of information, they need a few life changing ideas that are gleaned through a life well lived as a family
• The Angel Orphan by Leah Boden, a middle school biography of Charlotte Mason
• The Chronicles of Wonder by Leah Boden, a middle school biography of C.S. Lewis
• Modern Miss Mason by Leah Boden

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We live in a new world of technology with AI or LLMs radically changing the way we access and learn from the web. It is an incredible tool for researchers, entrepreneurs, artists, parents, and your highschooler. However, what are we losing by using it? Are there better or worse ways to interact with it? How is it changing our brains, our childrent's future career opportunities, and what about the environmental impact?

In episode 134, Jennifer and Emelie Pepito dig deep into AI. They talk about how to use AI to enhance your highschoolers education, raising children for a different future, and the irreplaceable human brain.

This great conversation is made possible by the Peaceful Press!

The Peaceful Press supports healthy habits and responsibility by incorporating practical life skills into each day.

For great resources that help with habit building into every day, check out the Chore and Routine Pack. Our full length bundles give your children the opportunity to learn practical skills, read beautiful literature, and engage in a living history and applicable science. If you're not loving your current homeschool, don't wait till next year to make a change. Switch now and enjoy every moment of learning with the Peaceful Press.

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In this episode–

• How to learn with AI
• Don't let it abridge your child's research skills
• Jobs and careers in a future with AI
• Why humans will never be replaced
• Your child's creative and out of the box thinking will be their greatest currency in the future
• Prioritise human connection and putting yourself in opportunities to need one another
• Books for a Living Education
• Homeschooling with AI

You can learn more about Jennifer here-

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You can learn more about Emelie here-

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This episode was so good and we are delighted to reintroduce it to our community for those who missed it the first time or are ready to hear it again. Welcome to episode 90 with Jennifer Pepito and Cindy Rollins.

Cindy Rollins homeschooled her nine children for over 30 years using Charlotte Mason’s timeless ideas. She is the author of Mere Motherhood: Morning Time, Nursery Rhymes, and My Journey Toward Sanctification, The Mere Motherhood Newsletters, Hallelujah: Cultivating Advent Traditions with Handel’s Messiah and Morning Time: A Liturgy of Love.

In this episode Jennifer and Cindy talk about the power of stability for nurturing a connected family.

The Restoration Home Community is opening again this Summer!

Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!

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In this episode–

• Homeschooling requires trust that the good seeds will bear fruit.
• Recognize the need for faithfulness.
• How to bear one another’s burdens and create stability.

You can learn more about Jennifer here–

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Sometimes I listen to an episode, and I feel like the entire transcript should be a quote on my fridge. Alexandria Smith, wife, author of The Way Home, homeschooling mother of 5, entrepreneur, and homesteader, joins Jennifer Pepito in episode 133 to talk about why we work, why we create, and why some things aren't that important. And yes, I would like this entire transcript as a quote.

Enjoy!

Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!

Spring is too magical to miss a moment of it! Enjoy the Peaceful Press Spring Guide and Garden Guide for a beautiful 4 weeks of learning that will take you outdoors while connecting as a family and learning.

Looking for more! Check out the Peaceful Press Nature Book Flood for a year of Charlotte Mason inspired science learning that takes you outdoors.

In this episode–

• Take the time to figure out what is truly important
• Create before you consume
• Life is slower with littles, and this is good
• When work gets hard know your why
• Check out Alexandria's new book The Way Home
• You can learn more about Alexandria at her website Love Daphne Mae

You can learn more about Jennifer here-

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Heartfelt obedience to God and those in authority over us, is one of the powerful sanctifiers of a believer and joyful obedience is a powerful outcome of our love for Christ. (John 14:15). But it is scary; the connotation is negative, and many of us are scarred by it, or are so protective of our happiness, dreams, ideal world that obedience at the cost of any of these is an untenable prospect. Even though some broken people have ruined "obedience", this does not give us the right to reject the practice or virtue of obedience in our personal lives.

Where do we go from here though, how do we practice obedience? How do we train children in obedience while being attuned and tender parents? More importantly, how do we heal our hearts around obedience?

Episode 132 with Emelie Pepito is full of stories from the arc of obedience in the Pepito family, the comfort of God as we grow in obedience, and being the leader you want to have.

This great conversation is made possible by the Peaceful Press!

The Peaceful Press supports healthy habits and responsibility by incorporating practical life skills into each day.

For great resources that help with habit building into every day, check out the Chore and Routine Pack. Our full length bundles give your children the opportunity to learn practical skills, read beautiful literature, and engage in a living history and applicable science. If you're not loving your current homeschool, don't wait till next year to make a change. Switch now and enjoy every moment of learning with the Peaceful Press.

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In this episode–

• Obedience is not optional
• The importance of healing your view of God as you learn to obey
• Gentle leadership
• The emotional safety of a good leader

You can learn more about Jennifer here-

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Whitney Newby is the creator of the Brighter Day Press, a lovely human being, and a beautiful artist. It is a delight to have her on the podcast for episode 131. In this episode, we're talking about embracing motherhood as a spiritual practice.

Motherhood is not a struggle to get through, but a process wherein we experience the sufficiency of Christ in our weakness and become more like Him as we are sustained by Him amidst the dirty diapers, sleepless nights, teenage woes, and homeschooling drama. Whitney brings so much practical and gentle advice on how to take care of ourselves, carve out time with Jesus, and enjoy the wonder of motheirng.

Enjoy!

Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!

Spring is too magical to miss a moment of it! Enjoy the Peaceful Press Spring Guide and Garden Guide for a beautiful 4 weeks of learning that will take you outdoors while connecting as a family and learning.

Looking for more! Check out the Peaceful Press Nature Book Flood for a year of Charlotte Mason inspired science learning that takes you outdoors.

In this episode–

• Memorising scripture
• The sacred calling and spiritual practice of motherhood
• The power of praying in front of your children
• The hard time of motherhood are our sanctification
• Self care as a means to being a present, engaged, peaceful mother
• Whitney's newest book, Lift Your Eyes
• Nourishing Nature Bible Verse Cards

You can learn more about Jennifer here-

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We have an incredible guest for episode 130, author John Eldredge. John wrote Wild at Heart which gave Jennifer the courage to follow her husband to Mexico. His Pause App has been a huge part of teaching us to slow down, listen and learn to commune with Jesus in the deep intimacy that we are created to live in. Over the years of homeschooling, growing as individuals, and a family, we have been so blessed by John's work.

We hope that this episode blesses you, gives you the courage to remove distractions from your life so you can press into the quiet place and encounter Christ's healing and his comfort. We pray that you are inspired to seek greater rest, and enjoy more intimacy, and build the habits to make Christ your first port of call in the daily stress, anxiety and fear that so often overwhelms us as mom's in the grind and travails of daily life.

Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!

Spring is too magical to miss a moment of it! Enjoy the Peaceful Press Spring Guide and Garden Guide for a beautiful 4 weeks of learning that will take you outdoors while connecting as a family and learning.

Looking for more! Check out the Peaceful Press Nature Book Flood for a year of Charlotte Mason inspired science learning that takes you outdoors.

In this episode–

• We are created for intimacy with Christ
• The gift of form prayers
• Things that are keeping us back from experiencing the Peace and presence of God.
• Learning to invite Christ into every moment
• We cannot be naive about the fight we are in for our children and our marriage
• John's newest book, Experience Jesus, Really.
• WildatHeart.org

You can learn more about Jennifer here-

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The majority of our life is lived not on the mountain tops or in the harvest, but in the sustained and steadfast toil that tends to the gardens and climbs the mountains. It is in the plodding toil that we are most likely to lose joy, focus, or find our purpose eroded across the grind of every-day reality, decision making, squabbling children, disappointment and loneliness. However, as Christians' steadfast joy is part of our inheritance, if we are willing to lay hold of it.

"Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength."

Nehemiah 8:10

Episode 129 with Emelie Pepito is full of practical ways we can grow our sustained joy. It ranges from learning to keep promises to ourselves so we can ensure a sense of security for ourselves, to prioritising hugs from our husbands, to having the self-discpline to cut things out that steal our joy, and protect our body from dopamine crashes, inflammation, and sleeplessness.

This great conversation is made possible by the Peaceful Press!

The Peaceful Press supports healthy habits and responsibility by incorporating practical life skills into each day.

For great resources that help with habit building into every day, check out the Chore and Routine Pack. Our full length bundles give your children the opportunity to learn practical skills, read beautiful literature, and engage in a living history and applicable science. If you're not loving your current homeschool, don't wait till next year to make a change. Switch now and enjoy every moment of learning with the Peaceful Press.

The Peaceful Press Elementary Bundles

In this episode–

• Prioritise those things that sustain you
• Learn to get hugs from your husband for the seretonin
• Keeping simple promises can renew our sense of safety
• Make a 1% change today
• Nothing is that important
• Boundaries for Your Soul by Allison Cook and Kimberly Miller

You can learn more about Jennifer here-

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You can learn more about Emelie here-

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