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The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler

Christian homemakers need encouragement and motivation to stay the course. Homemaking and homeschooling can feel overwhelming, but they don’t have to be. If you’re a Christian mom longing for a well-ordered home, a peaceful homeschool, and a joyful heart—without the stress or burnout—you’re in the right place. Moms can be productive and peaceful when grounded in Scriptural truth.

I’m Mystie Winckler, homeschooling mom of five, founder of Simply Convivial, and your guide to managing both home and heart with faith and focus. Here, we talk about biblical homemaking, sustainable homeschooling, and cheerful productivity—all through the lens of organizing your attitude and embracing your God-given calling.

In each episode, you’ll find practical homemaking systems, homeschooling strategies, and mindset shifts that will help you manage your home without perfectionism or frustration. We’ll tackle topics like:
✔️ Christian homemaking routines that actually work
✔️ Productivity, mom-style
✔️ Homeschooling with peace—even when life gets messy
✔️ Time management for moms (without rigid schedules)
✔️ Decluttering your home & your attitude
✔️ How to be diligent, not just busy

Motherhood is a marathon, not a sprint. You don’t need more willpower—you need a grace-filled, biblical approach to managing life at home. Let’s cultivate faithfulness, embrace joy, and build habits that make home a place of peace and purpose.

👉 Subscribe now and start organizing your home and heart—cheerfully.

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Latest Episodes:

Replace your living room complaints with real gratitude - 3 quick steps! Oct 11, 2024

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Start today: https://simplyconvivial.com/october

Identify a common complaint you have about your entry and living room. Replace that complaint with a written, related statement of gratitude.

Spend a full minute, with a timer, thanking God for the things you love about your entry and living room.

Which horizontal space is your biggest hot spot for clutter? Spend 5 minutes decluttering and tidying that spot at least 3 times a week. Spend only 5 minutes, whether or not you’re “done.”

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore:
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

3 Tasks to Quickly Clean Your Living Room Every Week Oct 10, 2024

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Joy Reset Workshop - https://shop.simplyconvivial.com/joy-reset

Now, certainly there are more steps you might take. We haven’t vacuumed, washed windows, or done anything too drastic. However, we have dealt with the common irritants that most often inhibit the living room from doing its job. That’s always where we should begin. Then, if that’s as far as we get, it’s ok because the space is functional and the living, not the arrangement or appearance, is the point.

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore:
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

You CAN Clean Your Living Room FAST Oct 09, 2024

Show notes

Start the Organize October Challenge - https://simplyconvivial.com/october

Living room speed cleaning routine

Spend 5 minutes neatening piles, tossing garbage, and wiping down dust.

Spend 5 minutes removing homeless items from the entryway and living room.

Spend 5 minutes adding a welcoming touch of beauty.

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore:
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Living Room Goals Vs. Reality Oct 08, 2024

Show notes

Start the challenge: https://simplyconvivial.com/october

Learn how to clean your living room and love your space like a true homemaker.

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore:
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Create a WELCOMING Living Room with This KEY Process Oct 07, 2024

Show notes

Start the FREE challenge: https://simplyconvivial.com/october

The living room is aptly named. It is a room for living, not for showing off. In the living room we read, talk, and form connections with one another and friends. We study, work, and relax. The living room is for conversations and cuddles.

If a living room is where we live together and relax, we have to adjust our approach accordingly. If we put time in cleaning, organizing, and decorating, the point of that effort isn’t to turn it into a showroom.

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore:
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

DIY Kitchen Improvements ANYONE Can Make! Oct 04, 2024

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Free challenge: https://simplyconvivial.com/october

Making kitchen life joyful! Identify a common complaint you have about your kitchen. Replace it with a written, related statement of gratitude.

The kitchen sink is obnoxiously small and shallow. Now, the observation that the sink is small and shallow, especially compared to the sink I had before, is simply a fact. What makes it a complaint is when I make this observation out of irritation, as if I deserved better or can’t work under such oppressive circumstances. I add the drama. I am provoked. So, here’s my written gratitude statement: The kitchen sink might be inconvenient, but I’m so glad there’s a utility sink just a few feet away in the laundry room where I can wash and soak large pots and pans. What a blessing!

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore:
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Why You're Wasting Time in the Kitchen and How to Fix It Oct 03, 2024

Show notes

Free challenge: https://simplyconvivial.com/october

With over two decades of homemaking under my belt now, I have come to a breakthrough insight: Kitchens are functional when there’s a clear workspace available. Shocking, I know.

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore:
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

THE EASIEST Kitchen Organization Hacks You Need Now Oct 02, 2024

Show notes

Kitchen cleaning week! Join the free challenge: https://simplyconvivial.com/october

Our goal in working in our kitchen needs to not be about giving it a beige-linen aesthetic, but rather about keeping it functional.

Even in a small kitchen, there are many areas to focus on. By choosing one area to work in consistently, we can make visible progress.

I recommend making this focus area the sink area. Every kitchen has it, and it’s where the most repetitions must be put in - every time we cook or eat, dishes get dirty and need to be cleaned and then put away. That’s a lot of action. It makes a huge difference to our routines as homemakers when the most used areas have a bit more order and attention.

First, start by washing all the dishes in and around your sink.

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore:
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

STOP Complaining about Your Kitchen! Do THIS Instead! Oct 01, 2024

Show notes

Kitchen cleaning week! Join the free challenge: https://simplyconvivial.com/october

So instead of just randomly cleaning whatever catches our eye, let’s take a minute to examine our space and our needs. Then we’ll be able to make smart choices for what to clean and where to focus our limited chore time.

Now, I’d love to give the litany of improvements I *wish* I could make, but we’re going to stick with what’s actually feasible and “on my paper” or “in my lane.” I need to declutter the fridge front and spend 5-10 minutes putting more order in the pantry.

The key with this prompt is to not go into critical mode, but rather problem-solving mode.

Mystie Winckler encourages moms to organize their attitudes and get traction at home so we are no longer overwhelmed or frustrated with homemaking. We are a community of Christian women striving to be competent, cheerful homemakers so we are fruitful, faithful, and hospitable. Subscribe for regular encouragement!

📖 Get my latest book - Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
https://www.simplifiedorganization.com

🏆 Enroll in Convivial Circle and get practical homemaking mentorship so you don't have to be overwhelmed anymore:
https://www.simplyconvivial.com/stop-overwhelm

Don't MISS OUT on October's Top Kitchen Organization Tips! Sep 30, 2024

Show notes

Take the challenge: https://simplyconvivial.com/october

Join Mystie Winckler as she launches the Organize October challenge, a month-long initiative created to help Christian stay-at-home moms improve their homes and attitudes. In this first episode, Mystie discusses the purpose behind the challenge, the weekly YouTube lives, and the daily tasks involved. This week's focus is on organizing and optimizing your kitchen with a brain dump, baby steps, and iteration methods. Mystie emphasizes the importance of gratitude, realistic expectations, and engaging one's creativity in homemaking. Participants will receive weekly checklists, mini-podcast episodes, and opportunities to share their progress, all aimed at fostering an engaged and joyful approach to housework.

00:00 Welcome to Organize October!

01:33 Weekly Focus and Checklists

03:34 Giveaways and Prizes

07:02 Meet Mystie Winckler

14:01 The Importance of the Kitchen

25:05 Steps to Organize Your Kitchen

34:18 Repent, Rejoice, Repeat

36:37 Final Thoughts and Encouragement

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