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Put On Your Oxygen Mask First! with Colleen Hammond Who has time to get dressed in the morning — let alone worry about looking amazing — just to homeschool, cook, and clean toilets? I mean, we’re not leaving home anyway, right? But don’t you feel better about yourself when you know you look good? Studies have shown that when we feel good about ourselves, our self-confidence soars, we treat those around us better, and others treat us with more respect. Isn’t that what we want to teach our children, too? Self-worth and confidence are modeled behaviors! As mom’s, we tend to take care of everyone else first and put ourselves last. But even the airlines know that we are more effective helping others when we take care of ourselves, first! Everyone wins! Great prize - enter up to October 31st - here  Colleen has developed a simple, proven process that every woman can master that will get you looking amazing in only a few minutes a day! Are you ready to look and feel your best every single day of your life? Bio: Colleen is a former on-camera meteorologist for the Weather Channel who left it all behind to be a stay-at-home mom. A homeschooling mother of four (birth through college), she is also a best-selling author, speaker, Image Consultant, founder of the Total Image Institute, and creator of the Style Academy. She now devotes her time to teach women of all ages how to simplify their closets (and their lives), save money on clothing, and learn what is best for their body type, coloring, lifestyle, and personality. Subscribe to Colleen‘s newsletter list to get her free training and notification of her free webinars! About page: http://www.colleenhammond.com/about/ Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/4jcGX My website: http://www.colleenhammond.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ColleenMHammond YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/colleenhammond/?sub_confirmation=1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/ColleenMHammond LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colleenhammond Colleen Hammond Newsletter eepurl.com

Making Your Homeschool One OF A Kind Special Mommy Jammies Night presentation with your host, Felice Gerwitz, and special guest Jeanette Whittaker Homeschooling is never a cookie-cutter style operation. You and your children are one-of-a-kind treasures. But it’s tempting sometimes to look around at your homeschooling friends and feel that you just don’t quite measure up. Other moms are so much more organized, their children behave better, their schooling seems much more successful…the list goes on and on. Veteran homeschooling mom Jeanette Whittaker will share a timely reminder that you homeschool for an audience of One. He created you and your children. He has called you for a distinct purpose and is using you to lead your children to follow Him. As we begin the homeschooling year, it’s enjoyable to ask other parents what they’ll be doing this year; but we still want to avoid the pitfalls that derail us and keep our eyes on the path where God is leading. Mrs. Jeanette Whittaker, a homeschooling mom since 2002, enthusiastically encourages other parents in their personal homeschool journey. Building on the heart for learning which she cultivated as a child and youth (her Mom was her teacher), she has inspired homeschool students to explore, think, search Scripture, write, create mini-dramas out of their lessons, and realize that all learning is an extension of the character of God. She is grateful for the influence of her parents and family, her godly husband of 20 years, and her two teenage children. Find out more about Jeanette here - Here is the website: http://pilgriminstitute.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PilgrimInstitute/ Email list: http://bit.ly/2bDypk3

Are your ready for this great presentation? Home Management For The Homeschool Mom with Amy Roberts As the author of the brand new book, Home Management for Homeschool Moms – Simplifying the Big Things So You Can Enjoy the Little Things, Amy is well versed in handling the hectic lifestyle associated with being a mom and handling life… Homeschooling is a messy business!  Trying to keep a house clean, organized, and running efficiently while homeschooling can feel like an impossible task.  Homeschool moms everywhere are overwhelmed by the stress of putting together a homeschool schedule and a home management routine that works together, but tonight, Amy Roberts of Raising Arrows is here to show you a simple way to curb the chaos and start enjoying the homeschooling journey! Bio: Amy Roberts of RaisingArrows.net is married to her high school sweetheart, and is blessed to be the homeschooling mother of 9, with another little one due soon.  As a conference speaker and author of several homeschooling and homemaking ebooks, including her newest release, Home Management for the Homeschool Mom, it is her deepest desire to encourage moms in the trenches to stay focused on what truly matters, and live a life of abundant blessings in Christ.  Amy has a new book out! Check it out here Social Media Links: Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/RaisingArrows YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/user/AmyRaisingArrows Pinterest – http://pinterest.com/amyarrows/ Instagram – http://instagram.com/amyraisingarrows

Special Guest -Heather Bowen  Staying Sane Amidst the Chaos!  Homeschooling While Working From Home: Staying Sane Amidst the Chaos- You really can have a successful full-time business at home while homeschooling your children, and Heather is proof of it. Join us as Heather shares 7 tips that have helped her stay {relatively} sane while balancing her roles as wife, mother, business woman, and home educator. If she can do it, so can you! All you need is a strategy that works! Bio: Heather Bowen is a Christian, wife, and homeschooling mother of two daughters. She resides in Lumberton, NC with her family. Three years ago, Heather left her full-time job as a Labor & Delivery nurse and became a work at home, homeschooling mom. Her blog, LifeofaHomeschoolMom.com, is the sole source of income for her family. Heather’s passion lies in encouraging other mothers who (like herself) find themselves surrounded by chaos in the trenches of homeschooling. Heather blogs at Life of a Homeschool Mom Subscribe to Heather's blog in order to get her freebies and special offers! Show Notes: * Embrace the chaos * Start your day off right * Learn to say, "No" * Have some margin in your life * Have a plan and stick to it * Take care of yourself * Never meant to handle it all Find more from Heather on her blog! Tell her you heard about her here :-)  - and enjoy all she offers her readers.

Special Guest – LaToya Edwards Raising Children with Good Character Charlotte Mason said, “The habits of the child produce the character of the man.” Raising children with godly character is a very important task. It takes a lot of patience and training from parents and a lot of trial and error for the kids. LaToya will share how good books and stories have helped her children grow in character.   Bio: LaToya is a recovering perfectionist and control freak that loves old movies, good books, and strawberry Häagen-Dazs® ice cream. She traded in a law degree to homeschool her children and be home full-time to serve her family. Through trials of divorce, depression, death and more she has discovered the freedom that comes in knowing God and understanding His promises so you will be able to have everlasting joy no matter the circumstances and feel safe and secure knowing that God is in control. As a certified life coach, it is LaToya’s desire to encourage and equip other women to do the same. Be sure to visit LaToya on her blog: http://latoyaedwards.net/   LaToya Edwards Main blog: http://latoyaedwards.net/ About Me page: http://latoyaedwards.net/about/ Visit LaToya's Podcast here - From Broken To Blessed http://ultimateradioshow.com/show-hosts/passenger-seat-womanhood/

How Do You Nurture Creativity? Glad you asked... Colleen Kessler ~ Nurturing & Celebrating Creativity  Raising creative kids means giving your children the tools they need to be innovative problem solvers — equipping them to tackle anything that comes their way throughout life. Let’s explore strategies together Tuesday night, and build a toolkit to help nurture creative thinking in our kids. Creative kids become creative adults…and can change our world. About Colleen: Colleen Kessler was a long time teacher of gifted children and prolific author. After becoming pregnant with her second child she and her husband Brian decided to homeschool their oldest and twice gifted son. Colleen has a master’s degree in gifted education and spent over ten years as a gifted intervention specialist advocating for the bright {and often misunderstood} children with whom she worked. She left classroom teaching in 2007 to write full time. She never planned to homeschool. Ever. Since God has a sense of humor, she now works from home while homeschooling her highly gifted and twice-exceptional kids. And she shares her hectic life with you on her website, Raising Lifelong Learners. Visit Colleen on her website raising lifelong learners!  For Twice Exceptional Kids - Facebook Page Pinterest- Follow Colleen Here Twitter - Follow Colleen Here Special Offer from Colleen! Landing page for “Raising Creative Kids: A Collection of Simple Creativity Prompts for Children,” the eBook I sell. It’s $5.99 (70+ pages)     Recommendations - from Colleen - how failure can lead to great things - Mistakes that Work Freebies from Colleen! Cultivating-Creative-Thinking-Toolkit -freebie Free Parenting Book! Opt in to get yours

The Grass Isn't Always Greener It Is Still Grass ~ Welcome our Mommy Jammies Night Speaker - Jean Burk Enter contest - here to win a college prep course $250+ Marriage is forever, right? Until it isn’t. Jean is our special guest for Mommy Jammies Night! The Grass isn’t Always Greener on the Other Side-It’s Still Grass. Once you get close, you realize it’s either fake or has worst problems than you could see from afar. Grass grows where you water it and the difference in a garden and wilderness is the cultivation and nurturing given. Learn the landmines that can sabotage your marriage and the Miracle Grow key that will give your relationship the excitement you once had when dating. Jean has been married to Jim Burk for 32 years and has a heart for strengthening Christian marriages and inspiring women whose marriages are under attack. She encourages women that their family is their first ministry and that the home should be the safest place for each member-creating a fortress to lock out all outside distractions and enemies. Jean also hosts – this podcast on the homeschool network, here!  College Prep Genius Podcast – and visit Jean’s website at College Prep Genius Jean is an author and the creator of the award-winning College Prep Genius – SAT Instructor, Jean Burk, is a homeschooling mother and creator of the revolutionary College Prep Genius curriculum which has helped thousands of high school students prepare for the SAT & PSAT/NMSQT. Her expertise has been featured on FOX as a news contributor, CBS, NBC, TXA21, and The Homeschool Channel. She also serves as a frequent contributor to newspapers, magazines, educational resources, and online publications. Jean currently travels across the United States and abroad teaching students how to improve their standardized test scores and speaking to parents about how to get college for FREE! As a single income family, Jean Burk and her husband did not have the financial resources to send their children to college. When Jean discovered the SAT & PSAT were the keys to getting huge scholarships, she began to research the test to understand how to prepare her children for it. She discovered that these tests could be taught!

A Special Mommy Jammies Night presentation with featured speaker: Felice Gerwitz Topic: Hearing God's Voice - Podcast #29 Yes, I live a very dangerous, on the edge of the cliff kind of life – and you probably agree with a topic like, “Hearing God’s Voice.” How can you know for sure it is God’s voice? How can you live your life in total confidence that you are doing God’s perfect will? How can you relax and let God be the pilot of your life? In this presentation, I will tackle all of these things and more! Handout for notes: Hearing God's voice: Mommy Jammies Night - A Few Minutes   Show Notes Hearing God's Voice: * Is it possible to hear God’s voice? * Who is God to you? * How do you prepare your heart to listen to God? * Hearing God * The Challenge How do you pray? Look at the Lord’s prayer: * Praising God and acknowledge His Name and His Kingship and His will. * As for forgiveness for our sins against others. Pray for our needs, spiritual or temporal – physical. * Ask for help to forgive others who have hurt us and make an act of will – not feeling to forgive those who have hurt you – so that YOU may heal. * End with a prayer for protection against temptation and sin. How do you hear God? Many ways! List your own after my list: * Through His inspired, inerrant, infallible Word – The Bible * Through others * Through an answered prayer – those that are asked or unsaid (and God knows our hearts.) * Through a “God-incident” in our lives * Though our five sense * Though our spirit / soul – that is where we sense God Hearing God & Following His Will: Add you own to this list: * Faith – grace * Forgiveness * Quiet * Practice * Willingness

Overcoming The Fear Of Not Being Good Enough with Brook Wayne Mommy Jammies Night - with Brook Wayne! Homeschooling our youngsters has its ups and downs, especial when the lesson plans don’t pan out, the children aren’t interested, or when we’re distracted and discouraged. On those “down days” when nothing seems to go right, it is easy to start wondering if we really are enough for the job of homeschooling. Brook Wayne is our “Mommy Jammies Night” featured guest and mother of nine who offers her thoughts and gives us hope that, "Yes! You, mom, are enough!" Brook is co-author with her husband, Israel of: "Pitchin' a Fit! : Overcoming Angry & Stressed-out Parenting" to be released March 2016. Israel and Brook co-host the show - Family Renewal on this podcast network here Show Notes for Overcoming the fear of not being good enough:  Handout: FearHandout-CopyrightBrookWayne2016 Scriptures:  * 2 Corinthians 10:12 * Philippians 4:6 * Deuteronomy 6 We may not feel adequate in this areas: * Academically * Emotionally * Practically * Spiritually Check out these resources at Family Renewal - Full Time Parenting * Family Renewal - Facebook  * Follow Israel Wayne on Twitter - @IsraelWayne * Podcast with Brook and Israel Wayne - Here * Website - Here  

Zan Tyler - The Secret to Christ-Focused Holidays   Author, speaker, director of Apologia Press & graduated homeschool mom, Zan Tyler The Christmas season should be joyous, Christ-focused and peaceful, right? For many of us it is a far cry from the ideal as portrayed on the made-for-TV movies. In this session, Zan Tyler shares her heart, making the holiday easy on yourself and special for the children. It is all about creating those precious memories and working in service-type activities that bring a smile to those in need, and bless us in return. Join us, right here at 9:00 pm eastern time and enjoy the holiday season with this special presentation. Visit Zan here: https://www.facebook.com/zan.tyler.1 https://www.facebook.com/ZanTylerOnline/?fref=ts About:  Zan and her husband Joe Tyler homeschooled their three children from kindergarten through high school, for a total of twenty-one years. When they began homeschooling in 1984, Zan was threatened with jail by the South Carolina State Superintendent of Education. After prolonged legal battles for the rights of their family and homeschoolers in their state, Joe and Zan founded the South Carolina Association of Independent Home Schools (SCAIHS) in 1990. Zan served as its president for ten years, and Joe currently serves as the chairman of the SCAIHS board.  Zan has been honored as the South Carolina Homemaker of the Year and has been awarded the Order of the Palmetto, the highest South Carolina honor a civilian can receive. She has appeared on NBC’s Today Show with Katie Couric and has served as the National Grassroots Director for ParentalRights.org. The author of 7 Tools for Cultivating Your Child’s Potential, Zan is also a popular columnist. She is the South Carolina Ambassador for the Home School Foundation, a ministry dedicated to helping homeschool families in need. Zan is the director of Apologia Press, where her goal is to support homeschooling parents by bringing them the very best authors and biblically sound resources. Mommy Jammies Night-ZanTyler  Party Favors Page - https://blog.apologia.com/mommyjammies/

Too Blessed To Be Stressed with Melanie Wilson! If you’re stressed out, you don’t need to hear one more thing you need to do to manage it. Dr. Melanie Wilson isn’t going to share the basic advice we’ve all heard: get enough sleep, exercise, and good nutrition. Instead, she will share a whole new way of thinking about stress that will have you feeling too blessed to be stressed. Handout Here - Too Blessed to Be Stressed Handout Show Notes: Too Blessed To Be Stressed with Dr. Melanie Wilson: * Stress is an adaptive response, but prolonged stress can lead to disease, depression, and anxiety. * Changing our thinking can help us avoid the negative consequences of stress. * Stop awfulizing and start beatituding. * Stop forecasting and start hoping. * Stop believing God is against you and start believing God is for you. Here is Melanie with her Mommy Jammies Night PJ's  - she hosted the FIRST EVER Mommy Jammies Night on Periscope - thanks Melanie for being such a great sport! Christian psychologist and veteran homeschooling mother of six, Dr. Melanie Wilson About Melanie Wilson: Dr. Melanie Wilson is a Christian psychologist turned homeschooling mother of six. She credits God and her husband of 21 years for the time to write, speak, and homeschool too. While she doesn’t practice anymore, she does share sanity-saving ideas at Psychowith6. Melanie has authored numerous booklets for Lutheran Hour Ministries as well as articles for Woman’s Day magazine, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, and other publications. She wrote the book, So You’re Not Wonder Woman, detailing the failure of psychology to change her own life. Melanie is a regular presenter at women’s retreats and homeschool conferences and now hosts a podcast for homeschoolers, The Homeschool Sanity Show. She’s also a regular guest on KFUO’s Faith & Family program. Melanie is passionate about searching for answers to life’s greatest challenges in the pages of God’s Word. She loves to scrapbook, play tennis, and laugh. – See more here     Visit Melanie on her podcast and be sure to subscribe! Remember our shows are free and this really helps us out tremendously!   Homeschool Sanity Show - Weekly with Melanie Wilson!  

Which are you? Mary? or Martha? with Featured Speaker - Linda Lacour Hobar   Mary and Martha Decide to Homeschool – a Workshop for Mary’s Let’s pretend that Mary and Martha decide to homeschool. Following their character, Martha would probably have all her plans in place (and be frustrated), and Mary would probably be at the feet of Jesus (and way behind schedule.) We all have a little of Mary and Martha in us, but this workshop is designed to encourage Mary’s – who love the Lord and their children, but need help and structure to successfully homeschool. The presenter of this workshop is a self-proclaimed Mary (Linda Lacour Hobar, author of The Mystery of History) who managed to homeschool for 17 years, and still likes to talk about it.   ~ From Felice -  Be sure to have a pen and paper handy there is so much amazing info here!!   About Linda: author of The Mystery of History, is a self-proclaimed “people-person”, a fan of comfortable high-heels, and a passionate follower of Jesus Christ. Through homeschooling her children, and service as a missionary, she discovered a genuine love for world history where famous and not-so-famous people have shaped time itself by the mighty hand of God. In the year 2000, Linda sensed a clear call to write The Mystery of History series for her children, grandchildren, and generations to come.   Visit Linda on her websites and via social media! Linda Lacour Hobar Check out Linda’s BOOKS http://www.themysteryofhistory.com/ Facebook Pinterest Google Plus Twitter

Struggling to Forgive? Forgiveness Is A Choice! Some people get all the blessings and I get … well, never mind! In this special Mommy Jammies Night, author and speaker, Meredith Curtis explains how forgiveness can bring freedom to our life replacing frustration, bitterness, and pain. If your heart is hurting from unresolved hurts and broken relationships, this is not God’s desire! You, as a woman after God’s own heart, have been called to have a free, clean heart. Receive God’s healing as you step out in faith to cancel the debts that others have to you.  Meredith will remind you of how Jesus has forgiven us and that He will pour out abundant grace so that you can walk in His footsteps to freedom. Show Notes Handout Here: Personal Testimony Worksheet Questions Discussed: * Who is the hardest to forgive: friends or family? * Does anyone have a story where there was a broken relationship that healed after many years of division? * Have you ever been in debt? How did you feel when you paid it off? * Has anyone ever owed you money? How did it feel when they paid you off? * Have you ever asked one of your children to forgive you? How did they respond?

MommyJammiesNight.com   Mommy Jammies Night! with Melanie Young! It's time for school ... but what if you feel like a failure? Can't get anything done? Is your life overwhelming? You came to the right place. Get that encouragement you need -- with our special speaker Melanie Young, wife, mother, homeschool mom, author and speaker. Maybe you've met Melanie and Hal on the road at a local event, if not you don't know what you are missing. Melanie is a dynamic speaker and brings her southern charm and great sense of humor to all of her presenations. Join us live - ask your questions and leave feeling refreshed and revived! Invite your friends! Melanie Young   Hal and Melanie's Show - Making Biblical Family Life Practical Newsletter Sign Up - Planning Sheets from Melanie - HERE Check out Melanie and Hal Young’s BOOKs Here                          

Delightful Planning with special guest Marcy Crabtree Delightful Planning For the Young and Young At Heart! Dorothy Parker said, “The cure for boredom is curiosity. There’s no cure for curiosity.” Marcy Crabtree believes that the key to successful homeschooling begins with using the curiosity of a child as the jumping off point, preventing boredom and encouraging a love for learning. In Delightful Planning, she shares the simple ideas, tools and methods of observation you can use to create a more delightful homeschool.   Speaker: Marcy Crabtree Author: Delightful Planning EBook - Sale Price 25% off Book: http://benandme.com/delightful-planning Website: http://benandme.com/ Subscribe -http://benandme.com/subscribe-to-ben-and-me http://ultimateradioshow.com/giveaways/