Embrace Your Everyday podcast

Creating your own protein bars is an excellent idea for so many reasons. My primary motivation is that these bars are high in protein. This grab and go item fits perfectly into a workout morning. Knowing that ingredients in your bar creates confidence in nutritional density. The no bake feature  is an additional win. Finally, another compelling reason remains the cost savings versus spending $3 or more for a store bought choice.  This recipe is also at www.nurturingmynest.com More yummy ideas include: Nibble Boards Leah's Orange Cranberry Bread Pudding Leah's Easy Berry Pie Leah's Decadent Four Layer Lemon Cake   More in HOME and FAMILY in these books available on Amazon: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebulding and Custom Built Education 

Taking care of ourselves is a lifetime journey. Invite yourself to practice many of these ideas to care for yourself. If you are a responsible person, you may struggle with the concept of doing these kind gestures for yourself, but it is clear that the scripture reminds of kindness to ourselves. Ps. 139:14 states that we are wonderfully made. Mindfulness and routines in caring for our physical needs is central to overall health. Find one or two ideas off this list and incorporate them. Find one or two ideas off this list and incorporate them. More on feeling HEALTHY everyday: 10 Morning Habits That Might Sabotage Your Day Thoughtful Steps to a Healthy You - Being a WHOLE Person 10 Minute Face Nighttime Routines What I Have Learned in YogaFatih Books on Amazon: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education

While pursuing my training to be a yoga instructor, I have gained so much spiritual inspiration. My goal is to intimately connect people to Christ; mind, body, spirit and soul by providing a safe and nurturing environment. Here are some of the best things that I have learned so far. More information on YogaFaith. Inspiration on Health: Thoughtful Steps to a Healthy You - Being a Whole Person A Passionate Advocate for Women's Mental Health: Donna Robart Soul Keeping Nighttime Routines 10 Minute Face Books on HOME and FAMILY: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms on Homemaking Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education   

Part 2 of 2. Ronnie Stevens, Pastoral Care Specialist with 46 years experience, recently returned to the United States after spending decades overseas in mission work. He currently serves at an Associate Pastor of Harvest Church in Memphis, TN. While greatly loved for his shepherding skills, he is equally appreciated for his teaching and leadership contributions. With insight on heaven and hell, Ronnie unpacks poignant practical truths. With a thought toward vertical living, he motivates us to more intentional everydays. For more on FAITH: Things I Know About Heaven The Audible Voice of God Soul Keeping Books available on Amazon on HOME and FAMILY: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms on Homemaking Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Home Building and Custom Built Education  

Ronnie Stevens is a Pastoral Care Specialist with 46 years experience, 24 of those years spent in pastoral work in a missions context overseas. Since recently returning to the United States, Ronnie serves as an Associate Pastor of Harvest Church in Memphis, TN. While Ronnie is deeply loved for his shepherding skills, he is equally appreciated for his teaching and leadership contributions. Along with insight from his personal spiritual journey, he also comments on life overseas, C.S. Lewis and things he wishes he had done more of in his life. More inspiration: 5 Things I Know About Heaven When Shame is a Bully A Passionate Advocate for Women's Mental Health: Donna Robart Thoughts on HOME and FAMILY at www.nurturingmynest.com  

Finding your people is serious business. Sometimes our people find us. Sometimes we have to say goodbye to a season and the people that we have loved. Sometimes we have to find new people. Sometimes we don't know what we are looking for in friendships. Sometimes we know that we need people to complete something deeply human in ourselves. To search for our people, we might ask ourselves these clarifying questions. Who am I looking for? What do I need in my people? When can I find my people? Where are my people? Why do I need people? How can I build my community of people? Choose with intention. More on FRIENDSHIP: What NOT TO DO When Making Friends How to Make Friends and Keep Them Friendship Recession Fall is for Friendship: 10 Ideas to Enjoy Friends Friendship - Better Together Thoughtful Steps to a Healthy You - Being a Whole Person Affirming Grows Gratitude Listening Conversation 20 Social Skills to Improve Your Sociability More on HOME and FAMILY: www.nurturingmynest.com        

Nibble boards are for sharing? Nibble boards invite a party! Nibble boards are easy! So, what is a nibble board? Who likes nibble boards? How do you build a nibble board? Simply put, a nibble board is just a clever way of creating shareable appetizers. Building a nibble board is easy with these ideas. For more ideas on HOME and FAMILY: Hospitality Habits: Ideas for Easy Hospitality Leah's Decadent Four Layer Lemon Cake Tips for Food Management Thanks for SHARING!!!  

The true answer to this question is that all kinds of people choose to homeschool for a wide  variety of reasons. Everyone from lawyers to plumbers to teachers to doctors  to pilots select home education for their child. While the reasons are varied, here are a few of the most popular reasons. If you are planning to homeschool or just thinking about it, download the FREE eBook from the link in the companion article at www.nurturingmynest.com "Planning for the Best Homeschool Year Ever"  This podcast details the first chapter as a tease. More on Homeschooling: Prepping for Preschool 5 Ideas for Developing the WHOLE Child Car School 10 Ways to Save Money on Homeschooling Considering Homeschooling? Start Here Books on HOME and FAMILY: Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking

Kitchen management, bulk cooking and grocery shopping are just a  few of the critical ways to create efficiency with food management at home. All of us are eager to eat every day. As we navigate through the phases of relating to food in our home, we must fetch our food, process our food, organize our food, clean food related spaces and then do it all over again. All this takes practice, skill and strategy. When you get honest about it, it is just work. If you are looking for ways to save money and time, don't miss this conversation about tips to food management.  More on this conversation on www.nurturingmynest.com. Other podcasts on FOOD: Saving Without Scissors - Saving on Food Leah's Easy Berry Pie Speedy Kitchen Cleanup in 5 Easy Steps Books on HOME and FAMILY: Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking

Are you feeling crowded in your space? Do you have to move? Has stuff been coming into your house while stuff is not going out? It might be time to ruthlessly purge. Purging may take pockets of time or you may have a window of time to devote to processing. Deciding HOW and WHAT to purge can give you a head start. Take a deep breath. Work this process in steps. Anticipate a mess as you work toward your dream. Establish three areas to start sorting. Trash, Keep and Donate! For more on cleaning: BEST Cleaning Tips: Organization and Efficiency Purging Things in Your Home an Organizer Would Throw Out Team Cleaning as a Couple Speedy Kitchen Cleanup in 5 Easy Steps More on HOME and FAMILY on Amazon: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education   Thank you for SHARING!

Keeping a manageable living space contributes to basic happy living. Chaos invites stress and wasted time. Taking the time to create routines and rhythms in your home promises to improve your everyday by freeing up your time for more of what you want to do. One of the best resources available is the book Hum of the Home. This compilation of thoughtful ideas curated from decades of keeping a home, raising children and hospitality simplifies the everyday. Determine what works for you. Customize your patterns. Identify your schedule. Modify your routines. Easy helps from Hum of the Home: The Purge Laundry Simplified Contributions: Teamwork in Cleaning Your Home Cleaning Your Home With Weekly Contributions Combat Decision Fatigue: 5 Ideas for Left-for-Later Clutter Books on HOME and FAMILY: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms for Homemaking Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education   Thank you for SHARING this podcast!!!  

It is critical to access your personal health on multiple levels to ensure that you are a healthy, whole person. Several times a year it is key to take inventory of yourself physically, mentally, relationally, emotionally and spiritually. Allow time to marinate, to dream and create specific steps to cultivate growth. I love the energy and positivity generated by this type of evaluation. It is rewarding. It is inspiring. It is life-changing. Celebrate progress. Don't aim for perfection. Live intentionally. This material is available more extensively in the book Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking and on the blog www.nurturingmynest.com    More on being a whole person: Affirming Grows Gratitude A Passionate Advocate for Women's Health: Donna Robart The Strength of Influence Soul Keeping 5 Characteristics of GRIT

If the weather is making you feel like refreshing your space, clear the clutter first. So often unnecessary items are crowding our living areas. When doing daily, weekly or seasonal cleaning it is best to begin by identifying trash. Identify the things you do not use, things you don't love, expired things, broken things and just trash. It's time to take out the trash!! Need some ideas on what to purge. Check out these 50 items that might be trash taking up space in your home. Grab a large, black garbage bag and start tossing the items mentioned in this episode. More on this convesation at www.nurturingmynest.com More easy ideas on CLEANING: Team Cleaning as a Couple Keep a Clean Home With Easy Weekly Routine Contributions: Teamwork in Cleaning Your Home Purging: Making More Space Speedy Kitchen Cleanup in 5 Easy Steps   HOME and FAMILY Inspiration at www.nurturingmynest.com Books on Amazon: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education     

In the silence there is a small quiet voice inviting listening with our whole being. The reality of listening to God is embodied in our breath, our body and the spirit of God. He is the giver of our life and our breath. While we live in a physical sense we are equally moving in a spiritual world. Profoundly, no life exists without the starting point of breath. When we concentrate our breath, body and the spirit together, holy listening is possible. More on FAITH: Filling My Thoughts With Heavenly Realities Vertical Living With Ronnie Stevens 5 Things I Know About Heaven Inspiration on Home and Family at www.nurturingmynest.com Books available on Amazon: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education  

Spiritual wisdom often comes from daily reading of God's Word. How do you read God's Word? Is it hard to understand? Does the Bible have anything practical that applies to me? How can God speak directly to me? What do I need to take out of my life? What needs to be put into my life? Does God care about me? All this and more in this podcast. More conversations on faith: Vertical Living With Ronnie Stevens  The Audible Voice of God 5 Things I Know About Heaven A Passionate Advocate for Women's Mental Health: Donna Robart Lies Women Believe   Books on HOME and FAMILY: Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking More Inspiration at www.nurturingmynest.com     

Organization is a means of functioning effectively and efficiently. Finding what works for you and your home when homeschooling directs how your days can be planned. If you have chosen the homeschool lifestyle, establishing some order will jumpstart success in your everyday. Check out these 13 ideas for organizing your homeschooling days.  For more ideas on HOMESCHOOLING: WHY Homeschool? - FREE ebook 10 Ways to Save Money on Homeschooling Considering Homeschooling? Start HERE Literature Rich Classical Education Books on HOME and FAMILY: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms on Homemaking Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education

Looking for a dish to add for a special breakfast or a yummy dessert, try Leah's Orange Cranberry Bread Pudding!! Create it from scratch or let it be the serious yum created by leftovers like French toast and biscuits. As you might expect, the secret is in the sauce!! You might want to double the recipe and make two. Enjoy!! Recipe at www.nurturingmynest.com More inspiration for Christmas: Gift Ideas with Expert Katie McLeod Christmas Musings with Ronnie Stevens Christmas Stovetop Potpourri   Ideas for HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com

Do you love putting up your Christmas tree? Do you have a rhythm that works well for you? Would you like to know what the professionals know? Early in my working life I worked as an interior decorator beside a designer who put up Christmas decorations. Along the way, I picked up a few tips regarding putting up Christmas trees quickly and efficiently. While there is not one way to put up a Christmas tree, check out these easy ideas to create a happier, more enjoyable experience the next time you put up your Christmas tree. More on Christmas: Gift Ideas With Expert Katie Simpson Christmas Stovetop Potpourri What I Love About Christmas 10 Ideas for a Centered Christmas High Hopes and Low Expectations for Christmas The Story Behind "What Child Is This?" A Christmas Checklist for Busy Moms Joy of Giving: Veteran's Christmas Lunch    Books on Amazon: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education   Inspiration on HOME and FAMILY @ www.nurturingmynest.com  

Looking for unique gift ideas? Fun thoughts for experience gifts and physical gifts that demonstrate thoughtfulness communicate value to the receiver. Choose gifts that show the receiver is known and celebrated. Listen for needs. Develop an intuition for experience gifts that encourage more togetherness and memory making. Planning ahead with meaningful gifting creates an exciting season with long lasting benefits of good will. Join expert Katie McLeod, my clever daughter, for an innovative collection of easy to implement gift giving ideas. Suggested sources: Giftful.com Walker Goods Another podcast from Katie:  Dating Done Right Additional podcasts on Christmas: High Hopes with Low Expectations 10 Ideas for Centering Christmas Recalling Our Best Christmas Traditions The Little Known Story of Silent Night What I LOVE About Christmas More on HOME and FAMILY: www.nurturingmynest.com Books on Amazon Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Built Education    

At age 34 when facing a spinal cord injury and the limitations of weighing 400 pounds, Paul decided that he had to do better. Without a tradition of nutritious eating, Paul made the choice to change his everyday normal. Motivated to grasp the vitality of living, he embarked on a purposeful journey to a healthier future. Through extensive research, rigorous exercise and select foods coupled with an enormous amount of grit, Paul did the work of losing over 165 pounds. While he is still on this weight loss journey, he shares his motivation and some practical tips for what to eat to succeed. Check out episode 62 with Paul Becker on Thriving in Singleness.   More inspiration: Thriving in Singleness Emotional Intelligence 5 Characteristics of GRIT Books on Amazon: Hum of the Home: Routines and Rhythms of Homemaking Nurturing My Nest: Intentional Homebuilding and Custom Build Education   Ideas for Home and Family at www.nurturingmynest.com