Fan Mail Friday: You Feel Like You’re Failing But You’re Not
The Heidi St. John Podcast
Heidi St. John
4.8 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Homeschool days that feel like chaos, parenting confidence that’s taken a hit, kids growing up faster than you’d like, and a culture that keeps pushing back. Today I’m answering your questions and reminding you that you don’t need perfection to be faithful. If you’re weary or second guessing yourself, this is your reminder to reset, stay rooted in truth, and keep going.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone. This is Heidi St. John. Welcome to the Heidi St. John podcast. You guys, you're here for it. |
| 0:05.2 | Today is Fanmail Friday. You made it to the end of the week. And we're going to have a hoot and hooter and good time today answering listener questions. I'm glad you're here. Stick around. I think you're going being here today. Today's podcast is being sponsored in part by my friends |
| 0:36.0 | at the Functional Medical Institute. You know I love doctors Mark and Michelle Sherwood. You can find out more about them and the amazing work they're doing by going to homeschool health.com. All right. I'm going to jump right in today, lots of questions. And we've even got some listener feedback. I've been asking you guys for feedback. I love that you're actually sending it to me. |
| 0:55.2 | So keep that coming because it's an encouragement to me and to the rest of our team just to |
| 1:00.2 | read what you guys have to say. And so I really appreciate you doing that. All right, |
| 1:05.0 | let's jump right into it. And I'm going to start today with a question from a listener in |
| 1:09.9 | South Carolina. |
| 1:14.2 | An anonymous listener. Anonymous, here's your question. |
| 1:20.6 | How do I deal with homeschool days where I feel completely defeated and like I'm failing my kids? |
| 1:25.1 | Moment of silence for every single one of us has ever felt that way. |
| 1:30.1 | I have five kids, age is 13 to four, and it feels like constant chaos, distractions, unfinished work, and systems that don't stick. Okay, so first of all, |
| 1:38.1 | you're not failing. You're just raising children. That's not called failing. That's called |
| 1:42.2 | full house, full heart. This is an amazing time in your life. And I believe me when I say, you're going to look back and you're going to go, that was amazing. What a ride. All right. And you're going to have earned, you're going to have earned a nap. And that's good too. And so five kids across this age range means that you're basically running multiple classrooms |
| 2:01.5 | at once. |
| 2:02.1 | You're doing multiple training at things at once. |
| 2:05.5 | And so the problem isn't you. |
| 2:06.7 | It's your unrealistic expectations. |
| 2:08.7 | All right. |
| 2:09.0 | You're not the problem. |
| 2:10.5 | Hey, it's not you. |
| 2:11.7 | You're not the problem. |
| 2:12.3 | It's not you. |
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