Podcast: FAMILY

RAR #234: Encouraging Creativity: Insights and Inspiration from Author Millie Florence

I want to introduce you to one of my new favorite authors. She’s younger than most published authors. In fact, she says she decided to publish her first book at nine years old. When she was 10, she attended her first writing conference. When she was 13, she self published her first book. She was…

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How Unnecessary “Yeses” and Busyness Rob Our Joy

We’ve been on a journey of simplifying our lives. While it hasn’t been the easiest path, we’re discovering unexpected beauty along the way.

This week, we share what we’re learning during this time of scaling back and embracing a quieter season, how…

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When Your Kids Need More of You Than You Can Give

Our nervous system’s main job is to protect us, but what happens when it’s our kid’s need for more of us (more time, more play, more food, more…more…more…) that makes us feel unsafe? How do we recognize it? And how do we take care of ourselves…

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Best of RAR: Is My Child Dyslexic?

On today’s Best of Read Aloud Revival episode, I’m replaying one of our most popular episodes. Without fail, at every homeschool conference, at least one person comes up to me and says, “Dyslexia was not even on my radar until I listened to the episode with Marianne Sunderland.” And that’s because most of us don’t…

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Living in the Now

How can we live more in the moment? Besides, the here-and-now is a gift, which is why it’s called being “present” (see what we did there?!?)

Philippians 4 models for us what it looks like to truly live in the present and receive His peace, which…

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Families Who Dream

God placed eternity in our hearts (Ecc. 11), and along with that, dreams and desires for using the gifts He’s given us. Yet, somewhere along the way, we succumb to the belief that our dreams will never become reality. What is it that holds us back…

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RAR #233: Audrey is Back, and She’s Answering Your Questions!

By far the most popular episode we’ve ever done here on Read Aloud Revival is the episode with my oldest daughter, Audrey, when we looked back together on homeschooling from her vantage point as a sophomore in college. We discussed what worked, what didn’t, and about our homeschool experience in general. And last spring, at…

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When Your Life Feels Like a Thousand-Piece Puzzle

Have you taken a thousand-piece puzzle and dumped it upside down on a table? Pieces everywhere. Some right side up. Others right side down. Border pieces mixed with middle pieces. That’s what our lives feel like as we try to find where all of the…

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RAR #232: How to Know If You’re Doing Enough

There is one question that plagues us, that we all ask, and that we ask all the time: Am I doing enough? When we constantly ask ourselves if we’re doing enough in our homeschool, it makes it difficult to stay present and engaged and actually enjoy it. Whether you’re relatively new to homeschooling or a…

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Core Essentials for Family Connection

It’s the time of year for new rhythms, school routines, and activities. But that also comes with the subtle feeling of disconnection with everyone going in separate directions. In this episode, we talk about how the invention of the clock, light bulb,…

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