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Bonnie Landry
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    not perfect but faithful: Catholic community

    2026-05-02 | 20 mins.
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    START HERE: a five minute guide to this podcast

    2026-04-25 | 5 mins.
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    Welcome!
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    Gentle parenting large families

    2026-04-25 | 2 mins.
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    let's talk this week about why attachment/gentle parenting is easier and how that plays out in large families
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    Beyond the Front Door: Embracing Nature for a Happier and Healthier Family - an interview with author Josée Bergeron

    2026-04-17 | 42 mins.
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    It is such a joy to welcome Josée Bergeron, wife and mother of five, creator of Backwoods Mama, speaker and author of Beyond the Front Door  who will reignite your desire to get outdoors with your kids and reconnect with nature.   Josée shares her story and shares simple, tiny steps to getting outdoors again.


    00:41 - Welcome Josée and background story
    12:54 - Reconnecting with nature, gaining traction
    16:54 - Going outside isn't always easy, tiny steps
    19:12 - Growing things to help you feel better
    21:05 - Backwoods Mama website, nature book lists etc.
    23:43 - Nature-Connection Calendar - simple ways to get outdoors
    27:39 - Connected eating and where food comes from
    29:17 - Getting our teens outside and workshops
    32:22 - How the book is structured
    36:52 - A great resource for homeschoolers / teaching science
    40:06 - Book, website and newsletter

    Backwoods Mama - Raising Outdoor Kids


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    Beyond the Front Door: Embracing Nature for a Happier and Healthier Family by Josée Bergeron

    Night Tree by Eve Bunting


    Other resources mentioned:


    Backwoods Mama - Nature Booklists

    Good Books for Catholic Kids - Nature Booklist

    Backwoods Mama - Nature-Connection Calendar

    theology of dirt (blog post) 

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    reflecting on thirty years of marriage (today!!)

    2026-04-15 | 6 mins.
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    our anniversary and what marriage means

      Originally recorded on Dec. 31, 2020

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About make joy normal: cozy homeschooling
In the context of promoting joy, fun and an environment of love, Bonnie welcomes you! Bonnie is a homeschool mom of seven kids, 32 years in - writer, speaker and cheerleader. Meet her cohosts who bring your questions and theirs to the table: Elizabeth, mom of six, in the thick of glorious family life, and Christina, just starting the homeschool journey with three littles. Join us for some honest discussion about how to make home education cozy. Just like you imagined.
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