The English Homemaker

This episode of The English Homemaker is all about what I keep in my first aid kits, in my tea cabinet and around my home for first aid and wellness. I talk my favourite herbal teas, salt baths, homeopathic and flower remedies, as well as what I use for cuts and scrapes and colds. Disclaimer – Please note, the information provided here is not intended to replace professional medical advice and care. It is simply my perspective. Seek the support and care of a physician and/or complementary care practitioner you trust. Look after yourselves. Mentioned: Bartram's Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine by Thomas Bartram Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs A Beginner's Guide The Herb Society's Complete Medicinal Herbal by Penelope Ody Collins Nature Guides Herbs and Healing Plants of Britain and Europe Prescription for Nutritional Healing by Phyllis Balch Reader's Digest 1001 Home Remedies Compeed Blister Plasters PurEssentiel https://uk.puressentiel.com/ Weleda Calendula Cuts and Grazes Skin Salve Bach Rescue Remedies https://www.bachrescue.com/ Most of my essential oils come from Tisserand Beth Barbeau https://www.indigoforest.com/blog/the-holistic-moms-guide-to-college-first-aid-kit-essentials I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/ https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is an interview with Agnes Becker, she's an artist, a nature lover and a science communicator - I love her perspective on the world and I wanted to share her passion for life and the living world around us with you. We talk nature journaling, biophilic home design, creating a relationship with the natural world around us, and matrescence. To find Agnes: https://www.wearestardust.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/wearestardustuk/ Rewild Your Soul - https://wearestardust.uk/pages/rewild-your-soul “If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace. ” ― Gaston Bachelard Mentioned: The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling by John Muir Laws Enchantment by Katherine May The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane Starling Murmuration Info & Guide where to see - https://www.countryfile.com/wildlife/birds/what-is-a-murmuration-and-where-are-the-best-places-in-britain-to-see-one Kitty Macfarlane Starling Song - https://open.spotify.com/track/7AcRbY3fI25Mq6emWIUvZ4 Drawing Correspondence - https://drawingcorrespondence.org/ Nature Journaling resources - https://www.naturejournalingweek.com/ Green Sketching by Ali Foxon Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman Awe by Dacher Keltner I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/ https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker talks about the art of homemaking, what the home is for and why it's vital to society. 'Home' isn't about being a mother or wife, it isn't about home ownership, it's about creating a safe and loving environment for other people to feel themselves, to belong, to become who they can be. Home can be a place of... Freedom, Connection, Full bellies, Love, Conversation, Relaxation, Fun, Life, Hugs, Comfort, Safety, Teamwork It's not about perfectionism or DIY or meal plans or cleaning routines... right? Mentioned: Rajiv Surendra on YouTube The Life-Giving Home by Sally and Sarah Clarkson I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/ https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is a little spring catchup. I talk about why and how I love to take and preserve photos and videos, and why I take 15 seconds to try and keep happy moments alive.

Really I don’t think ’balance’ is a thing we find the magic key to and then voila we’re suddenly all ok, I think life is richer with the variety it brings and we need to embrace the up and down rollercoaster... but I also think there are things we can do to feel more balanced in the everyday, and so I’ll talk about those today!

A long, luxurious breakfast is the epitome of slow, hygge living, especially when we get the crossword out over a cup of hot chocolate with our favourite music playing softly in the background. I don’t think you could leave this episode without some fresh, healthy breakfast ideas and inspiration!

This episode of The English Homemaker is a conversation with my brother all about Christmas traditions, embracing winter and remembering your childlike joy.

This episode of The English Homemaker is a gorgeous conversation with the incredible Elisa Rathje of AppleTurnoverTV and The Journal of Small Work.

This episode of The English Homemaker is all about money, budgeting, saving, frugal living, questioning ’normal’, money management and finances.

This episode of The English Homemaker is an interview with Kezia from The Whole Home, and we talk all about realistic sustainability for the homemaker, how to make it practical and not overwhelming. I think it will surprise and encourage you, and give you some practical tips for adjusting your homemaking to have a lower footprint on the earth. We talk about the why and the mindset shifts behind truly making lasting change in your daily habits. She is the queen of conscious consumerism on a budget, second-hand shopping, meal planning, costing out your purchases and how to reduce waste. "It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. We are made to live together because of the interrelated structure of reality." Martin Luther King Find Kezia at:https://www.thewholehome.co.uk/https://www.instagram.com/the.whole.home/https://www.youtube.com/@thewholehome Mentioned:Clean & Green by Nancy BirtwhistleConsumed by Aja BarberRajiv Surendra's Tudor Halloween CostumeKiss The Ground documentary I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is all about building community, nurturing relationships and making friends. It's about reclaiming the home as the birthplace of community, creating a space where people feel loved, peaceful and connected, and why that matters more than most anything else. There's a load of practical tips for engaging with those around you and reminding yourself of your community. I’m preaching to myself here because these are things I often forget, and I need to hold fast to. I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/ https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/ https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn   Mentions: Healthy at 100 by John Robbins 12 Ways your Phone is Changing You by Tony Reinke Homesteading with the Zimmermans YouTube Hannah McNeely YouTube   Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is an interview with Lizzy of Indi Skoven Prints. We talk renovating a Georgian home, adding colour and texture to create a 'visually joyful' home, inspiration for her interior style, the 'bolognaise test', and raising her family in the Wiltshire countryside. Also expect an update from me about our roadtrip holiday to the Moselle valley in Germany and how I'm leaning into autumn homemaking. Find Lizzy at:https://www.instagram.com/indi_skoven_prints/https://indiskoven.com/ See our family trip to Germany at:https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/2023/09/road-trippin-with-my-three-favourite.html "Easing into the Autumn Season in my Home & my Heart" :https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/2023/09/easing-into-autumn-season-in-my-home-my.html Mentioned:Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones on NetflixCarl LarssonNature & Nourish with Becky Cole https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/nature-nourish-with-becky-cole/id1331978126Desktop/Tech Backgrounds via The Everygirl https://theeverygirl.com/category/tech-backgrounds/See my Instagram Outfits for the IOIC at https://www.instagram.com/handmadeyears/IOIC hosted by @trust.your.styleMayak Eggs, Korean Marinated Eggs Recipe https://seonkyounglongest.com/mayak-eggs/  I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at:https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is the season finale, and is a bit of a Q&A, a chat about how to clean the oven, about the benefits of monotasking as it pertains to stress and tidying your brain as well as your home. I answer questions about balancing motherhood and homemaking, and share my heart and thoughts, as usual. Anne of Green Gables: "You can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will". Coming from a cookie-cutter suburban house in the South of England, as always keeping a realistic but fresh view of homemaking. I hope this inspires and encourages you, I am not a perfect homemaker but I try my best to keep learning, and I want to share my journey with you. Books:A Monk's Guide to a Clean House and Mind by Shoukei MatsumotoThe Life-Giving Home by Sally & Sarah Clarkson Videos:Rajiv Surendra on Cast Iron Care https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjwvbQWR6DUThe Cottage Fairy video on Monotasking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdH1jP6mtqI I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is an interview with my older brother Martin, who lives on his smallholding in Sweden with his wife and four children. He passionately believes in a wild way of living, connected to place and home, and talks about his journey to self sufficiency. He's a creative and philosophical soul, and he shares their daily and weekly seasonal routines. Find Martin at:https://www.instagram.com/rebornferal/ See my trip to Sweden to visit him on YouTube:https://youtu.be/cdsaWxRNg0U Books Mentioned:The Complete Book of Self Sufficiency by John SeymourDark Emu by Bruce PascoeSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariHero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph CampbellThe Intelligent Gardener by Steve Solomon I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is all about the politics of being a homemaker in the UK. It's heavy and it takes a look at the decision to make homemaking a full-time job for me and my family. I tell you about my £42.13 Sainsbury's shop, my gluten free sourdough experiments, my Beatrix Potter moments this week, and the changeable English weather lately (what's new eh?). Coming from a cookie-cutter suburban house in the South of England, as always keeping a realistic but fresh view of homemaking. I hope this inspires and encourages you, I am not a perfect homemaker but I try my best to keep learning, and I want to share my journey with you. Blog posts:Why I Call Myself a Homemakerhttps://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/2021/11/why-i-call-myself-homemaker-now.html Books:Radical Homemakers by Shannon Hayes I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is all about Homemaking in SUMMER! We talk tayberry jam, keeping bugs out the house, making my own Jersey milk yogurt, taking picnics to nearby gardens, absorbing Vitamin D properly and the celebration of Lammas. Coming from a cookie-cutter suburban house in the South of England, as always keeping a realistic but fresh view of homemaking. I hope this inspires and encourages you, I am not a perfect homemaker but I try my best to keep learning, and I want to share my journey with you. I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn Blog posts:Cinnamon bun recipe - https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/2020/02/my-perfect-cinnamon-cardamom-buns-or.htmlMy very own temamånader - https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/2023/01/my-very-own-temamanader.html Mentions: Things for your Christmas wish list:JML Hands-free Can OpenerKnitPro Yarn SwiftKilner Yogurt Making Set Books:Food for Friends and Family by Sarah RavenThe Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2023 by Lia LeendertzRenegade Beauty by Nadine Artemis A bit about Lammas - https://themysticalkingdom.blogspot.com/2009/08/lammas-celebration-of-first-harvest.html Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is all about happiness, joy, structure and routine, and how we can stop taking it all so seriously and take a more light-hearted approach to those things which you don't determine as important. Coming from a cookie-cutter suburban house in the South of England, as always keeping a realistic but fresh view of homemaking. I hope this inspires and encourages you, I am not a perfect homemaker but I try my best to keep learning, and I want to share my journey with you.   I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/ https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/ https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn   Mentions: Re-defining Rich by Shannon Hayes Sidetracked Home Executives by Pam Young and Peggy Jones Master the Art of Effective Communication and Handling Conflict with Richard Newman on The Ellen Fisher Podcast Music: Dove Love by Quincas Moreira

This episode of The English Homemaker is all about introducing my approach to the home: cleaning, organising, renovations, decor, pretty vs practical, shame and pride, zero waste, minimalism, homes full of soul, gratitude and life lessons learned the hard way. Coming from a cookie-cutter suburban house in the South of England, as always keeping a realistic but fresh view of homemaking. I hope this inspires and encourages you, I am not a perfect homemaker but I try my best to keep learning, and I want to share my journey with you.   I am your host Alissa Evelyn, you can find me over at: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/ https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/ https://www.youtube.com/alissaevelyn https://www.pinterest.co.uk/thealissaevelyn/home-lifestyle/ Mentions: YouTube Scandish Home Homemaker Chic Podcast by Shaye Elliott and Angela ReedSHE method : Sidetracked Home Executives by Pam Young and Peggy Jones Spring Wardrobe Switchover Refresh on YouTube : https://youtu.be/eDOnW2TqBeUThrift Shopping Tips : https://youtu.be/XN-iigOclXg Zero Waste Home by Bea JohnsonThe Life-Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondo Dara Dubinet Instagram Favourites:inasfinakarlerikhalldenpatriciarodihannesmauritzsonchoki.home

A podcast episode all about good food and the kitchen dance. In this episode we discuss my food heritage, my travels and my recipe book, diet & food culture, how to cultivate the skill of cooking, meal prep & planning, my favourite cookbooks. It's a really broad intro to food as a homemaker in England, I could talk about food for such a long time, so there will be more detailed episodes on things like meal prepping and what I keep in my fridge. This podcast as always, comes to you from the suburbs of the south of England. Hopefully you find this a fresh and realistic take on homemaking. My name is Alissa Evelyn, and I'm so happy to have had time to chat with you today.   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theenglishhomemaker/   Social Mentions:5oclockapronfrenchfamilyfoodEllen Fisher Links to my blog posts:Bircher Muesli Recipe: https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/2018/06/what-we-ate-on-monday-my-bircher-muesli.htmlFar Breton Recipe: https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/2023/05/far-breton-prune-custard-slice-to-live.htmlWeekly Meal Plan - Free Download : https://alissaevelyn.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-kitchen-dance-my-free-weekly-meal.html Recommendations:The Makanai on NetflixOur Toaster: Dualit Classic 4 Slice NewGen (made in the UK and fully repairable) Cookbooks:Atsuko Ikeda's Japanese KitchenTessa Kiros' Falling Cloudberries (& Apples for Jam)Sophie Dahl's Miss Dahl's Voluptuous DelightsJamie Oliver's 30 Minute MealsSarah Raven's Food for Friends and FamilyPhillip Stephen Schulz' As American as Apple PieOlia Hercules' Summer Kitchens

An introduction to The English Homemaker podcast, who, why, how, when?