Restoration Home with Jennifer Pepito

Welcome to episode 208 with Carl and Laura Lentz, the former pastors of Hillsong New York. Their story made headlines in 2020, but it was the beginning and not the end. 

The Lentz's story is an incredible redemption arc of surrender, choosing wholehearted redemption, forgiveness, and returning Jesus to the center, rather than hiding in shame, reaction, or bitterness. 

In everything we do, Christ is the foundation: for our children, our communities, our lives, and the Kingdom of God. In an era of divorce and choosing personal happiness over the marriage covenant, this episode is an important re...

Angie Tolpin, founder of Courageous Parenting, joins Jennifer to talk about raising Godly children in unprecedented times. Angie and her husband, Isaac, released their newest book, Courageous Parenting, this year, and it covers raising children in community, knowing when to set boundaries and doing so in a way that still models good relationships, how our faith should flavour our parenting, and so much more. 

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Welcome to episode 206 with Jennifer Pepito. 

Facts and more dry facts are as palatable and memorable as dry bread. History is fascinating and should be taught in a way that spreads an unforgettable feast for young children. 

If you are new to homeschooling or wondering how to teach history to children through elementary school, this episode is for you. 

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Our full-length Peaceful Press Elementary Bundles give your children the opportunity to learn practical skills, read beautiful literature, and engage in a...

Welcome to episode 205 with Jennifer and Emelie. 

This is a fun, lightly controversial episode about Halloween. Whether you celebrate, don't celebrate or fall somewhere in between, this episode is a conversation about the Pepito's approach to Halloween over the years, whether it was abstaining, choosing alternate celebrations, or trick-or-treating. 

This is a fun episode that should spark conversations and provide some food for thought wherever you are with the Holiday. 

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Welcome to episode 204 with Jennifer Pepito and Crystal Paine. Jennifer and Crystal talk about Crystal’s brand-new book, The 7 Habits of Financially Healthy Women and how to live within your means, find a heart of contentment, and kick the consumeristic culture of social media to the curb.

We live in a time of mass consumerism while also dealing with inflation and a high cost of living, and returning to contentment- to less is more, to valuing living within our means instead of living with the latest styles of beauty products is important to the peace in our ho...

Welcome to episode 203 with Jennifer Pepito and Allen Arnold, author of The Creativity Glitch, among other books. 

Whether you are a new homeschool mom or 20 years in, this episode will inspire you to take stock of what is most important and revisit the fundamentals of homeschooling successful children.

Allen and Jennifer also dive into the importance of creativity and the habits that protect creativity. 

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To support the podcast and Jennifer, order her newest book: Inspired Homeschool. This incredible book shares stories of famous home-educated artists, scie...

Jennifer Pepito is joined by Dr Kathy Koch to talk about raising healthy adult children and staying in relationship with them through trial-and-error parenting, making mistakes, and the four pillars to raise healthy children and the importance of choosing relationship whenever possible. 

As any parent with more than one teenager knows, parenting — what you know and what you think you know — shifts dramatically as children come of age. So often parents either react to older children without flexibility, humility or grace and wonder why the formulas of the early years aren't working or they simply give up on pa...

We are so excited to bring this bonus episode with Myquillyn Smith. Myquillyn has a new book out, House Hushing, and it's an incredible guide to quieting the noise of stuff in your home without becoming an extreme minimalist or having to hold every item you own to see if it brings you joy. 

At the end of the day, no matter what stage of life you are in, or whether you love decorating or wish your home could decorate itself, the one thing we all want is to feel at peace in our home, to be ab...

Nathan King from CTC Math joins Jennifer Pepito to talk about teaching math and how to use an online math program without disappearing into scrolling or games. Everyone can learn math, but sometimes teaching it can be challenging, which is why at the Peaceful Press and the Restoration Home Podcast we appreciate when we can partner with other educators to help our children learn core skills. 

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Welcome to episode 199 of the Restoration Home Community!! 

In this episode, Jennifer goes through practical steps from her own experience to become a fearless mom. 

Sometimes fearlessness starts with making our life as peaceful and organised as possible. This is a fantastic episode for practical steps to shake fear, become present, and enjoy the precious years you have with your children.

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Check out the Homeschool Planner for a great way to stay organized and focused as the new year starts. 

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Ruth Chou Simons the creator of Gracelaced and author of books such as GraceLaced: Discovering Timeless Truths Through Seasons of the Heart and Pilgrim joins Jennifer Pepito for Episode 198. 

Ruth is a repeat guest and we are so excited to have her on to talk about her new book This Moment Matters. Her book is about habits and how they build the foundation to live in what God has called you to. 

Finally, the dreams that God has placed on your heart are not lost in the now because your "someday is made up of 1000s...

What if hospitality isn't about having a perfectly clean home, elaborate meals, or an always-ready guest room?

What if hospitality is simply creating a home where people feel welcomed, loved, and cared for?

In episode 197 of the Restoration Home Podcast, Jennifer Pepito talks with Mystie Winckler about creating a hospitable home while homeschooling, managing the daily rhythms of family life, and cultivating an environment where relationships can flourish.

Mystie shares wisdom from her new book on hospitality, encouraging women to see their homes as places of welcome and ministry. Together, Jennifer and Mystie...

Motherhood has a way of revealing our deepest fears.

Whether you’re afraid of failing your children, making irreversible mistakes, or wondering if you’re doing enough, fear can quietly steal the joy God intended for your family. Add the weight of mom guilt, and our nervous system begins to suffer.

In episode 196 of the Restoration Home Podcast, I’m joined by author and speaker Sarah Walton to talk about overcoming fear, embracing God’s grace, and learning how to forgive yourself for mistakes and regulate your nervous system in the midst of motherhood crisis.

To...

Welcome to episode 196 of the Restoration Home Community!! 

In this episode, we're bringing you Jennifer's Inspired Homeschool Workshop, so if you missed it originally or want to listen to it on the go give it a listen. 

Jennifer talks about how history was homeschooled to give you the confidence to continue homeschooling; she offers stories of our heroes who were homeschooled, like Laura Ingalls Wilder through much of her life, and lists ways we can take homeschooling to the next level by making it about raising a whole child. 

If you are looking for...

Welcome to episode 194 with Jennifer Pepito, Cindy West and Alicia Hutchinson. Cindy West is the founder of Our Journey Westward a homeschool science and nature study and a long time homeschool mama. Alicia Hutchinson is the creator of Learning Well and a homeschool mama of many years. 

This is such a fantastic episode whether you are starting to homeschool or in the thick of it. 

Jennifer, Alicia, and Cindy talk about self-care, a Charlotte Mason education, getting outside, what their ideal homeschool day looked like, and so much more. 

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Welcome to episode 193 with Jennifer Pepito and Abbey Wedgeworth.

Abbey is a teacher, speaker, and author and this episode centred around her newest book Help! I'm Ruining My Kids. 

We all so badly want to find the formula that will guarantee us Godly, happy, whole children, even if that formula is not having a formula or a rigid religious adherence to scripture absent God. 

This is a conversation about turning to God, the difference between commiseration and counsel, how mom's at different stages can bless each-other, and so much more. 

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Welcome to episode 192 with Jennifer and Emelie. 

Over her 28 years of homeschooling, one of the main reasons Jennifer has seen families quit is the fear that their child will not get the education they need. While homeschooling is not for everyone, we're here today to unpack the lie that your child is guaranteed to get a better education in a more formal system.

Children want to learn. They are naturally curious, capable of information retention, and interested in the world around them. So often the formal education that we think is "safe" offers little in t...

*Warning*: This episode is all about sex and contains some references to traumatic experiences. Listener discretion advised. 

Welcome to episode 191 with Jennifer Pepito and Laura Dugger. 

Laura is the host of the Savvy Sauce Podcast and a Christian Sex therapist. This episode is not a therapy session, instead, it looks more broadly at what the Bible says about sex, the physical benefits, the gift of intimacy, and why it's supposed to be a blessing to both husband and wife. 

While this episode deals with a topic a little off the wall for the Res...

Welcome to episode 190 with Jennifer Pepito. 

This is a sneak peak into Jennifer's workshop on planning the perfect homeschool year, which you can get as part of your pre-order bonus when you purchase The Inspired Homeschool.

Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!

Check out the Homeschool Planner for a great way to stay organized and focused as the new year starts. 

Pre-order Jennifer newest book: The Inspired Homeschool.

Looking for more nature and science for this year? The Peaceful Press Nature Book Flood is a beautiful addition to your sc...

Welcome to episode 189 with Jennifer Pepito and Tabitha Paige. 

Tabitha is the author and illustrator of some of our most beloved children’s books and a speech therapist who has so much to teach us about learning.
and guess what play is, as always, core to successful learning. Children are wired to learn and it’s only when we turn it into a chore or abridge their ability to learn or try to rush them that we run into what feels like delays in most children. So take a deep breath, don’t worry about your child’s...

Welcome to episode 188 with Jennifer Pepito and Lindsey Maestas. 

This episode is all about marriage. We love marriages at the Restoration Home and having a healthy, peaceful marriage is a cornerstone to a restoration home. A good marriage, though, only comes through habituation of the presence of God, radical obedience, and loving like Christ, plus all the little habits like connection over convenience. 

This episode is full of wonderful beautiful wisdom for your marriage. It both challenges and inspires while calling on us to live and love radically. 

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Welcome to episode 187 with Jennifer Pepito and Cheryl Daley. 

Check out Cheryl's website and podcast here!

This episode is an exploration of all the creative ways to homeschool, the alternate schools that are popping up, the ways you can homeschool and bring in a little extra cash. 

This is a refreshingly honest look at all the alternate ways you can homeschool that provide flexibility, create life long learners, and the things you can experience outside of life in a cubicle. 

To support the podcast and Jen...

Welcome to episode 186 with Lisa Bass.  

Lisa is the creator of the beloved Farmhouse on Boone where she shares homemaking videos, hearty, healthy dinner recipes, sourdough, and so much more. 

This was a delightful episode where we covered everything from making simple meals to hanging pictures that are too high because it's not the right season to hang them perfectly. Plus we talked about raising 9 children, homemaking proportionally to your life, teaching small boys to clean their room, and so much more. 

The best way to listen to this episode is with your hand...

Welcome to episode 183 with Katy Joy Wells! 

Katy is a decluttering coach who took her holistic training and used it to help women declutter their lives. 

This is a fantastic episode about what clutter does to our brain, the traps we commonly fall into that keep us holding on to an extra mason jar, the scrap bag of fabrics, or the almost empty pens "just in case" or "for an emergency." 

For Katy, her life started changing when she realised the clutter around the house was holding her back from being present for her...

Welcome to episode 184! This is an incredibly fun, and more unusual episode on travelling with your family: how to make it budget friendly; why we think travel is important and prioritize it; ways to make it less stressful; and what we learned while travelling. 

Travel has always been a priority for our family, which doesn't mean it has to be for your family but if you are interested in travelling as a family or wondering what is possible and how to make travel accessible this episode is for you! 

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Welcome to episode 183 with Jenny Fitzgerald, friend of the Pod and author of our much loved quote: "Any part of your life that is not shimmering with hope is under the influence of a lie." 

This was such a hard-hitting episode that will both inspire and challenge you. We hope you walk away feeling strengthened in your faith and inspired to take your thoughts captive, grow in mental resilience, and look for what God is doing in your life, and what is good, not what is going wrong. 

Welcome to episode 182 with our beloved friend Rachel Kovac. She has a new book out: Their Future is Shining Bright. This is an incredible episode about homeschooling through high school without falling back on rigid workbooks, or trying to hit every traditional milestone. 

Rachel is the kind of person who inspires you to live a more beautiful life, to test what are the outer edges of what you can do, and raise your children in a hopeful, productive world. 

Welcome to episode 181 with Jennifer Pepito and Jennifer Dukes Lee. Jennifer set out to write a book about mornings through the lens of what the Bible says about the early hours of the day. The result is her newest book How to Love Your Morning: Faith Filled Habits to Build a Life of Joy and Purpose One Day at a Time.

We don't often think of mornings through the lens of how God views them, but so much of scripture is God calling people out to connect with him or go with him in the morning. But...

Welcome to episode 180 with Jennifer Pepito and Tia Ralls. Tia is the author of Magic in the Monotony and a beloved mentor mom in the Restoration Home Community. 

Tia and Jennifer talk about Tia's new book, how to use the Peaceful Press chore cards with littles, incorporating eye contact into morning time, and the beauty and prayer of sacrifice with little children. 

Sometimes habits can feel so hard in the little years, but the smallest habits can provide security and stability that the rest of our day moves around. 

How do you know if your home education is ticking the right boxes? How do you know if you're hitting the right priorities, making important milestones, and raising healthy, happy, whole, and well educated children? 

With so much noise, so many checklists, and so many conflicting goals, Carrie De Francisco joins Jennifer in Episode 179 to talk about evaluating your home education journey through simple questions. 

Carrie De Francisco and Jennifer Pepito are both veteran homeschoolers who have made it their goal to help parents navigate education, particularly highschool, without reverting to the defunct system that is...

Welcome to episode 178!

Work is essential for things like hand-eye coordination, a sense of self-esteem and belonging in children, and a core building block for future success. 

How do we build this habit, though, without destroying childhoods, derailing parent-child relationships, or raising children who hide when they see us coming for fear of being tasked with work. 

Jennifer takes you through the work and life of "Ma Moody" to discover keys to raising children who love work, who want to work with you, and building good habits without taking away from a child's ch...

Welcome to episode 177 of the Restoration Home Podcast! 

The dream we have of a godly family, and good habits, and leaving a family legacy, and only choosing what really matters must start in relationship with God. An important part of that relationship is the habit of hearing from God.

Margaret Feinberg, author of The God You Need to Know and Fight Back with Joy joins Jennifer to talk about how to build a habit of hearing from the Holy Spirit, discerning the voice of God, and how this habit fuels every other undertaking. 

Welcome to episode 176 with Ginny Yurich, a long time friend and the amazing founder of 1000 Hours Outside. This episode was such a delight to record., and we think you'll have as much fun listening.

Ginny and Jennifer are both bubbling over with enthusiasm for homeschooling, daily nature time habits, letting go of unrealistic education standards that hinder rather than help your child, the importance of parental connection over peer connection, and so much more. We love debunking myths that, in the end, make our lives simpler, our children happier and more succesful, and protect childhood over rigid...

Jennifer and Emelie come to the show to talk about the wedding they planned in less than a month. Why a wedding, you might ask, because one of the ultimate goals of the Restoration Home Community is creating longevity in our families. This looks like adult children, who are there for each-other, planning celebrations around family vision, and the long-term goal of community. 

Plus, it's fun to talk about weddings! 

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Welcome to episode 174 of the Restoration Home Podcast! 

Jamie Erickson, joins us on the Restoration Home for another incredible conversation. She recently released a new book: Overwhelmed Mom: Quiet the Chaos, Mind What Matters, and Enjoy Your Life Again.

We talk so often on the Restoration Home about our "yeses" and "nos." This conversation with Jamie was like taking all of the principles of choice, of priority, of vision into one very powerful conversation about what it means to lean heavily into filtering every opportunity, every role and responsibility with a hearty "yes" or a s...

Welcome to episode 173 with Leila Marie Lawler, the author of The Little Oratory. Leila joins Jennifer for a beautiful, heartwarming conversation about life, marriage, raising children who feel like their contributions matter, putting your husband first, turning towards him and not against him, and so much more. 

We loved this conversation because it felt like being in the room with Jennifer and Leila, having a cup of tea or coffee, and soaking in the kind of community and mentorship we all long for. So, settle in or go for a walk, grab your coffee, and enjoy this li...

A family vision or rule should come from your family's unique gifting, interests, and story. It should be sustainable, simple, and capable of adapting under the challenges and changes that life throws at us. It should also be fun. And while sustainable, it should also be unique, and not so simple that it allows living without direction. 

Join Jennifer and Emelie in episode 172 as they talk about family rules, the Kikkoman food empire, and living with vision. 

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Welcome to episode 171 of the Restoration Home Podcast! Stefanie Gass joins us to talk about building a business as a mom, protecting quality time, building on your strengths, and how to turn your passion into a family business.

Entrepreneurship is an incredible way to diversify your income or to use your skills to supplement your family's income. It gives you opportunities to employ children, to teach them how to do business, and it can be done with a few hours a week. 

Welcome to episode 170 of the Restoration Home Podcast! We are delighted to have Justin Whitmel Earley, author of Habits of the Household and his newest book The Body Teaches the Soul. 

We live in a time where mental health issues are chronic, stress. is high, and whatever we might believe about the goodness of God, we often live in a highly anxious state with habits that deny any belief in the goodness of God.

This conversation with Justin is incredible. He brings scripture backed research to illustrate the importance of breathing, sleep, and why our h...

Welcome to episode 169 of the Restoration Home Podcast!

Beth Ann Menger, a mentor mom with the Restoration Home Community, joins Jennifer Pepito to talk about making living peaceful with planning and prep. She shares amazing and simple steps to reduce decision making and create more time and brain space for connecting with your family, and so much more. Beth Ann is a well loved figure in the Restoration Home Community, and we're so excited to share her wisdom with our podcast community.