From Overwhelm to Joy: Katie McCune's Consistency Success Story

Homeschool Better Together with Pam Barnhill

Pam Barnhill

Kids & Family, Christianity, Education, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 683 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Homeschool Better Together podcast, I’m chatting with Katie McCune, a mom from our community, about her journey with the Homeschool Consistency Boot Camp. Katie shares how, before the boot camp, their homeschool days were often filled with morning time and spontaneous field trips, but progress through their core subjects was slow. She talks about how she struggled with perfectionism and how that mindset made it hard to feel satisfied with her homeschool efforts.

We discuss how the boot camp helped her implement small, consistent habits that made a huge difference. Katie shares how the accountability and practical tips she learned transformed her homeschool—leading to less resistance from her kids and a much more joyful, organized approach. We also dive into how showing up consistently helped Katie feel more confident and in control, making homeschooling feel more like a rewarding vocation.

If you’re on the fence about joining the boot camp, this episode will give you a peek into how it can help you move from feeling overwhelmed to building a homeschool routine you can feel proud of.

Key Takeaways:

Katie’s struggles with consistency and perfectionism before boot camp.
How the Homeschool Consistency Boot Camp helped build effective routines.
The impact of consistent habits on reducing resistance from kids.
Homeschooling as a vocation: showing up every day with purpose.

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For full show notes and a transcript of today’s episode, head to pambarnhill.com/hsbt23

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Are you ready for homeschooling to feel joyful again?
0:05.4	Do you long for support as you learn alongside your kids?
0:10.3	Welcome to Home School Better Together, a podcast about building a homeschool experience that works for your family.
0:18.2	I'm Pam Barnhill, and it's time to step out of the overwhelm and into the wonder.
0:24.0	Let's do this. All right, today I am joined by one of the moms from our homeschool Better
0:34.5	Together community. I'm joined by Ms. Katie McKeown. Katie, thank you so much for
0:39.0	being here with me today. You're welcome, Pam. Thank you for having me. Oh, I just, I'm so glad that you're
0:44.7	here. And I just start by telling me a little bit about like yourself and as much as you're willing to
0:50.8	share about your family and your homeschool journey. How long have you been doing it? How many kids do you have? Sure, happy to share. I live in Colorado with my husband of 16 years
1:01.6	and are three hilarious kids. They are 12, 10, and 7. In my spare time, I enjoy silence,
1:10.2	as I think most moms do.
1:11.8	I love it.
1:13.3	Copious amounts of coffee, reading fiction or nonfiction books, and dark chocolate.
1:20.4	We have just begun our fifth full year homeschooling just after seeing how the public school system wasn't meeting the
1:30.4	needs of our oldest kiddo and our kids are just so much happier being at home with us and with each
1:36.2	other. Oh, I love it. So you were actually a pre-COVID homeschooler, you guys started homeschooling
1:42.0	before the pandemic. Yes and no. We were kind of
1:45.7	off and on before then, but definitely we went through a period of e-learning. My oldest and my
1:53.8	middle kiddo were in public school at the time. And we went through that e-learning phase,
1:59.7	and it was just really rough. And so we definitely decided
2:02.5	to pull them out fall of 2020 and just homeschool full time because that was just easier for us
2:10.4	at that point. Okay. Okay. So tell me a little bit about what was your homeschool. First of all,
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