The Art of Home: A Podcast for Homemakers

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Join me for the first Homemaker Portrait of 2026. I'm chatting with In-the-Trenches homemaker, Colleen Rockwell, about homemaking, homesteading and homeschooling. After working many years as a full-time nurse, Colleen left her job to stay home with her 3 children. They moved to a more rural area, got some animals, started homeschooling and haven't looked back. 
Colleen admits, "My biggest challenge was, and still is, running my home smoothly, learning the best systems to clean, cook, and preserve food." We cover all of this and more in her story of home. Be sure to listen till the end for this episode's emoji. :) 

NOTES & RESOURCES
Full show notes will be up on the blog soon! 
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Connect with Colleen | @littleridgeacres
Mentioned in This Episode:
Passionate Penny Pincher Planners
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Historically, for homemakers, winter was not a time of inactivity, but of different activity; making and mending, close to the hearth, to prepare for the busier days of spring, summer and fall. 
Today I want to share some ideas for cultivating your soul, mind and skills through the practice of winter homemaker culture.
Full Show Notes on the Blog: https://www.theartofhomepodcast.com/blog
More On Homemaker Culture:
Monday Motivation #6; Cultivating a Creative Life
Monday Motivation #29; Nature Study & Journaling
Monday Motivation #30; An Artful Life
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Today, Jessica Fisher is going to share her system for planning the year ahead with purpose, not to do more and be more, but to align our monthly, weekly and daily rhythms with our values, our strengths and the path of faithful stewardship God has called us to for His glory and our good. 
In This Episode:
How this planning benefits your marriage and your walk with God.
Prevent emotionalism from sabotaging progress and growth.
5 Steps to Planning Your Homemaking Year. 

SHOW NOTES & RESOURCES
For full episode notes and resource links see corresponding blog post at theartofhomepodcast.com/blog and search "planning your homemaking year."
Connect with Jessica   
goodcheapeats.com | lifeasmom.com | @lifeasmomdotcom | @goodcheapeatsblog 
The Print & Go Planner (basis for today's episode)
Related Blog Posts from Jessica
A Self-Assessment for a New Year 
Principles & Goals 
Future Thinking 
Dreaming for the Future 

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Welcome to the first Monday Motivation of Season 27, our Winter 2026 season of The Art of Home. I am here this cold January morning to motivate you, NOT to jump into New Year, New You plans with all of your might, but rather to enter the New Year from a place of rest and reflection. 
Think About It Questions:
How do you typically spend January? What do you focus on in your homemaking?
If you are tempted to skip the second half of winter and jump headlong into all the self and home improvement projects, what can you do enter the New Year more gently, from a place of rest?
Consider the practice of reflection before resolution. What worked well in your 2025 homemaking? What did not work well? What would you like to leave behind in 2025 and what would you like to bring with you into 2026?
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It's our last episode of 2025! I've got FIVE more holiday stories of home for you from Heather Price, Jessica Fisher, Mallori Tinkler, Rosemary Young, and Abigail Dodds. I also have a warning for you about holding traditions loosely in my last Traditions and Time Together segment.
Notes & Resources are on the Blog: theartofhomepodcast.com/blog search "Holiday Homemaking 2025 Week 5"
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