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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:

To all the scattered moms, from Laney Homan Mar 21, 2023

Show notes

Free EHAP (Whole House Tidy Time!) Guide: https://simplyconvivial.com/ehap

As moms we can easily feel scattered, like all the different responsibilities we have are pulling us in different directions, and like there’s never enough time to get it all done. Homeschool moms especially can struggle with this because they have the all the schooling duties in addition keeping the home running.

When we aim for completion rather than faithfulness we can get sucked down into resenting the work in front of us. The room you just cleaned needs cleaned again, and the laundry will never be forever done. Changing our goal to being faithful in our work rather than being done with our work is such a helpful shift.

Laney Homan is a wife of 25 years and mother to eight children ages 6 to 23, and works from home as the member success manager for Your Morning Basket. She homeschools her five youngest kids who are elementary through high-school aged, and knows what it feels like to have a lot to keep track of. Some of her favorite things are reading and visiting her local coffee shop. And today she joins us with words of encouragement for the Mom who feels scattered and overwhelmed.

📖 Get my latest book: How to Use a Planner Without Wasting Time
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➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and practice with me!
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

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

Recovering from Overwhelm, with Sarah Beals Feb 10, 2023

Show notes

You don't have to stay stuck in overwhelm. Free workshop: AnswerOverwhelm.com

Sarah is a mom of six and grandmother of four. She lives in beautiful New England and is in her 27th year of homeschooling. She is passionate about books, decorating, hospitality, strong coffee and BBC drama. She blogs at Joyfilleddays.com where she talks about all aspects of Christian living.

Women are the backbone of society, so we must be free from cultural lies & personal guilt and have the freedom of good habits and self-control so we can build God-honoring families and communities.

📖 Get my latest book: How to Use a Planner Without Wasting Time
https://amzn.to/3CcRzuy

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and practice with me!
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

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

What to do when your house is a wreck Feb 10, 2023

Show notes

Change your internal narrative: https://simplyconvivial.com/story

I bet I’m not the only one who has stood in the middle of the house, staring. Everywhere I looked, there was a task screaming for my attention. Every room needed to be decluttered, cleaned, and organized. It felt like there wasn’t a single thing that was the way it was supposed to be.

The to-do is so long, it’s impossible to know where to start. And that’s just the written to-do list. The mental to-do list, kept in my head, was even longer. It left me feeling a sense of impending doom. There was no such thing as catching up. I had zero chance of even knowing, much less doing, all the things I ought to be doing.

If you find yourself in a similar place, where you have multiple responsibilities, all with many duties, many tasks, some urgent, some important, many unlisted and possibly unknown, so that you feel overwhelmed by life, there is hope.

Women are the backbone of society, so we must be free from cultural lies & personal guilt and have the freedom of good habits and self-control so we can build God-honoring families and communities.

📖 Get my latest book: How to Use a Planner Without Wasting Time
https://amzn.to/3CcRzuy

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and practice with me!
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

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

How to declutter other people's stuff Feb 01, 2023

Show notes

Join the declutter challenge for February! https://www.simplyconvivial.com/membership

The best thing to declutter is other people's stuff, right?!

Women are the backbone of society, so we must be free from cultural lies & personal guilt and have the freedom of good habits and self-control so we can build God-honoring families and communities.

📖 Get my latest book: How to Use a Planner Without Wasting Time
https://amzn.to/3CcRzuy

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and practice with me!
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

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

How to get better at keeping house Feb 01, 2023

Show notes

Conquer home chaos, to-do list overwhelm, and personal discouragement so you can joyfully serve God in all your callings.

📖 Get my latest book: How to Use a Planner Without Wasting Time
https://amzn.to/3CcRzuy

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and practice with me!
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

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

Time management for the highly distractible mom, with Ashley Weaver Feb 01, 2023

Show notes

Start homeschooling: https://joyful-noise-learning.ck.page/e1e764f683

Ashley didn't realize how distractible she was until the details of life started piling on with motherhood. She shares her journey to walk in faithfulness despite herself in today's episode.

Ashley is a former English teacher, and current homeschool Mom of three elementary age kids. She shares about her favorite Biblically-based, Charlotte Mason inspired homeschool resources and tips on her YouTube channel Joyful Noise Learning. Ashley loves to make people laugh and to inspire others to live from the joy of Jesus among the noise in life and homeschooling.

Ashley's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JoyfulNoiseLiving/featured

Women are the backbone of society, so we must be free from cultural lies & personal guilt and have the freedom of good habits and self-control so we can build God-honoring families and communities.

📖 Get my latest book: How to Use a Planner Without Wasting Time
https://amzn.to/3CcRzuy

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and practice with me!
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

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

Managing Mom-Life with ADHD with Ashley Weaver Feb 01, 2023

Show notes

Start homeschooling: https://joyful-noise-learning.ck.page/e1e764f683

Ashley didn't realize how distractible she was until the details of life started piling on with motherhood. She shares her journey to walk in faithfulness despite herself in today's episode.

Ashley is a former English teacher, and current homeschool Mom of three elementary age kids. She shares about her favorite Biblically-based, Charlotte Mason inspired homeschool resources and tips on her YouTube channel Joyful Noise Learning. Ashley loves to make people laugh and to inspire others to live from the joy of Jesus among the noise in life and homeschooling.

Ashley's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JoyfulNoiseLiving/featured

Women are the backbone of society, so we must be free from cultural lies & personal guilt and have the freedom of good habits and self-control so we can build God-honoring families and communities.

📖 Get my latest book: How to Use a Planner Without Wasting Time
https://amzn.to/3CcRzuy

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and practice with me!
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

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

How to stop feeling scattered & pulled in too many directions Jan 19, 2023

Show notes

Free Cleaning Routine Guide: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/cleanhouse

We all feel distracted and scattered at times. But that doesn't stop the work from piling up. We need to have some solid strategies for digging in and making progress.

Today's Simply Convivial episode has 5 tips to stay on task at home -

5 ways you can turn on productive mode and get things done even when you're easily distracted and scattered.

Women are the backbone of society, so we must be free from cultural lies & personal guilt and have the freedom of good habits and self-control so we can build God-honoring families and communities.

📖 Get my latest book: How to Use a Planner Without Wasting Time
https://amzn.to/3CcRzuy

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and practice with me!
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

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

The Most Important Tool for Organizing Your Attitude, with Bethany Barendregt Jan 17, 2023

Show notes

Learn how to handle perfectionism with my free workshop: NoMorePerfectionism.com

The best antidote to perfectionism is to pray. Being in prayer is fruitful and most necessary to our spiritual walk and fighting sin in our lives. We should be thanking God for everything we have been given, and asking him to make us aware of our sinful desires.

So ask God for grace, ask to be reminded of his perfection, ask for an increased awareness of his holiness and ask that God’s goodness and faithfulness would be manifest in your home even when things are not perfect. God delights to answer these prayers.

Bethany Barendregt is wife to Alex and mama to their five kids ages 6-14. She works from home as founder/creative director for Women Encouraged and hosts their podcast, and occasionally helps as a substitute teacher at her kids’ Classical Christian school. She currently serves at her local church in women’s ministry, planning and leading Bible studies and keeping women connected in God’s word through various means. Bethany is passionate about Bible literacy and enjoys writing and speaking to share hope for everyday life, but she would love nothing more than to sit down for a cup of coffee with you and talk about how the gospel changes everything.

Find Bethany online:
http://bethanybarendregt.com/
https://www.instagram.com/bethanyjbarendregt/
https://www.women-encouraged.com/
https://www.instagram.com/womenencouraged/

Women are the backbone of society, so we must be free from cultural lies & personal guilt and have the freedom of good habits and self-control so we can build God-honoring families and communities.

📖 Get my latest book: How to Use a Planner Without Wasting Time
https://amzn.to/3CcRzuy

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and practice with me!
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

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

What is a home routine? Why are they so hard? Jan 14, 2023

Show notes

Free Cleaning Routine Guide: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/cleanhouse

Sometimes our housekeeping routines are hard to manage because we don't even know what kind of a project it is.

How many times have you sat at the table with your calendar and a notebook, listing out what needs to be done, looking at the lay of your week, and determining what should happen when?

You create a plan to get all the housework done on a consistent basis so nothing ever gets out of hand.

The first week, you work your plan. It seems to work – mostly – except that it takes more time than you thought. That’s ok. You know that if you stick with it for a few more weeks, not only will it not take you as long, but you’ll also gain the upper hand in your home and eventually things will be mostly clean, most of the time.

There’s only one problem.

You don’t stick with it for a few more weeks.

Here's why it's so hard to make and keep a set of routines consistently.

Women are the backbone of society, so we must be free from cultural lies & personal guilt and have the freedom of good habits and self-control so we can build God-honoring families and communities.

📖 Get my latest book: How to Use a Planner Without Wasting Time
https://amzn.to/3CcRzuy

➡️ Take the free daily card challenge and practice with me!
https://www.simplyconvivial.info/todo-list/

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

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