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Minimalist Moms Podcast | Purposeful Life & Parenting Tips

Home is Built On Love, Wherever Life Takes You | Jean Stoffer & Grace Start (Bonus Episode)

Minimalist Moms Podcast | Purposeful Life & Parenting Tips

Diane Boden

Education, How To, Home & Garden, Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Note: I have listeners of all faith backgrounds that listen to the podcast. This episode is coming from a christian perspective so if that’s something that doesn’t fit what you’re looking for, check out the other episode that dropped this week or join me back here next Tuesday for a conversation that you don’t want to miss!

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What truly makes a place feel like home?

In this episode, I’m joined by Jean Stoffer and Grace Stoffer of The Established Home to discuss their children’s book, We Are Home When We’re Together, inspired by their families’ experiences with moving, transition, and the emotions that often accompany change.

Together, we explore how to help children navigate uncertainty with honesty, steadiness, and compassion. Jean shares what it was like leaving the Chicago area for Michigan to be closer to family, while Grace reflects on relocating her own family after an unexpected housing transition that ultimately inspired the heart of the book.

We discuss how home is often less about a physical space and more about the people we share life with, the importance of listening to children’s fears without dismissing them, and how faith, memory, and connection can help anchor families through seasons of change.

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About Jean & Grace|

Jean Stoffer is an award‑winning designer, television personality, and longtime storyteller at heart. She is known for her warm, thoughtful spaces, affection for the kitchen and her love of family. Jean and her husband Dale live in Michigan, have four adult children and 13 grandchildren (so far!) 

Grace Start, a former preschool teacher is the other half of the acclaimed design firm Jean Stoffer Design along with her mother, Jean. Her family, faith and love of design inspires all she does. She and her husband Ted have fixed up several homes, moving each time with their growing family. She is a mother of four and resides in West Michigan.

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Transcript

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0:00.5

For those of you that are new around here, I release bonus episodes that serve a niche part of my audience.

0:05.9

This episode is coming from a Christian perspective, so if that's not something you're interested in,

0:10.5

check out one of the other episodes that dropped this week, or join me back to your next week for episodes that you don't want to miss.

0:17.0

If we're talking about constants, God is a constant. He doesn't change. He is forever faithful. He has

0:24.5

never gone back on a promise. And he tells us he'll be with us and just to follow him. There is so

0:30.5

much security in that and so much peace in that that we felt like it was, I mean, we'd help a lot of people with their homes.

0:39.9

And yes, it a lot of times involves moving. It also, sometimes not. Sometimes it's a remodel.

0:46.3

When people have put their faith in the Lord, just, it helps with these difficult things to have a

0:53.5

constant like Jesus to rely on.

0:57.0

It's, you know, like you're not in a boat being put around by various winds and waves.

1:02.2

You're on a rock.

1:03.8

And sometimes it doesn't feel like that, but it is.

1:07.9

This is Diane Bowden, and you're listening to the minimalist moms podcast.

1:11.8

What truly makes a place feel like home?

1:14.4

In today's episode, I'm joined by Gene Stauffer and Grace Smart of The Established Home

1:19.2

to discuss their children's book, We Are Here When We're Together, inspired by their

1:23.9

family's experiences with moving transition and the emotions that often accompany

1:28.3

change. Together we explore how to help children navigate uncertainty with honesty, steadiness,

1:33.8

and compassion. Jean shares what it was like leaving the Chicago area for Michigan to be closer

1:38.5

to family while Grace reflects on her own relocating, on relocating her own family after an unexpected

1:43.9

housing transition

1:44.9

that ultimately inspired the heart of the book. We discuss how home is often less about physical

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