All I Want For Christmas is my Sanity(Podcast 96)

The Durenda Wilson Podcast

Durenda Wilson

Education For Kids, Kids & Family, Parenting, Kids & Family:parenting

4.9 • 914 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

As soon as Thanksgiving dinner is over, I can hear someone fire off the starting gun and the countdown to Christmas begins. In my 28 years as a mom, every year has looked a bit different and some years were more stressful than others. I do know that the simpler I've kept it, the more we have enjoyed it which flies in the face of every commercial out there! But isn't it just like God to give us beauty in simplicity? Today my friend Ana is joining me to talk about the ways their family has kept things very simple and very focused on Christ. We each come from very different experiences in the ways we celebrate, but the really important question really is, "Where is Jesus?" Where is Jesus in the busyness, the activities, the traditions? It's a question worth asking! Join us in this mom to mom conversation! (Don't forget to enter the giveaway mentioned at the end of the podcast!) Ana is the founder of They Call Me Blessed and the creator of: 5 Days to Your Best Homeschool Years, Hebrew for Homeschoolers, Charlotte Mason Online Conference, The Homeschool Sisterhood, Grow Your Blog Partying in 30 Days, and the Beyond Blessed Life Planner. She leads a vibrant free community for homeschool moms on Facebook and you can connect with her at www.facebook.com/theycallmeblessedblog. Here is this month's podcast schedule!

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0:00.0	The holidays can be fairly bloody. I think they were referring to the relationships and other things that can easily go sideways under the pressure that can come with this season. Today, we're
0:23.2	going to be talking about ways to simplify the holidays. Welcome, moms. I'm Durinda, wife to one,
0:31.1	mom to eight, Nana to six, and host of many, many Christmas celebrations. I'm the author of the Unhurried Homestchooler and the host of this podcast.
0:40.3	I'm here to encourage moms to take a more simple, unhurried approach to parenting and
0:46.5	homeschooling.
0:47.3	And today, the holidays, before I introduce my guest and dive into today's podcast, I want to let you know that for the month of December, I'm doubling up and doing two podcasts a week.
1:01.5	So while you're wrapping gifts and folding laundry and running kids to activities, you can listen in and be encouraged.
1:08.2	So some of the topics are going to be five most important things we taught our kids.
1:14.2	Cultivating your family's holiday culture, why you are the best teacher for your child.
1:21.2	Reaching the heart of your child, that's going to be my 100th episode celebration with three
1:26.4	giveaways.
1:30.3	On December 19th, I'll be talking about an unhurried Christmas and December 23rd. You can gather your kids around the podcast
1:36.6	and listen as I read out loud our family's favorite Christmas story. And on December 30th,
1:43.9	I'm going to be talking about ditching
1:45.5	the comparison trap for good. So I'm excited about these podcasts. And like I mentioned before,
1:51.9	today is about simplifying the holidays. I titled it All I Want for Christmas is My Sanity,
1:57.0	because I've been there. So if you're liking the podcast, please leave a review from wherever you're listening and
2:05.0	please share it with your friends.
2:07.0	And if you'd go to my blog and subscribe there, you can also listen to the podcast from there
2:11.7	and you won't miss any episodes that are being published.
2:15.2	It'll keep you updated.
2:19.6	So I'll be telling you about today's giveaway, which is really amazing at the end of this podcast. So be sure to listen all the way to the
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