The Art of Home: A Podcast for Homemakers

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode.Welcome to the first Monday Motivation of Season 27, our Winter 2026 season of The Art of Home. I am here this cold January morning to motivate you, NOT to jump into New Year, New You plans with all of your might, but rather to enter the New Year from a place of rest and reflection. Think About It Questions:How do you typically spend January? What do you focus on in your homemaking?If you are tempted to skip the second half of winter and jump headlong into all the self and home improvement projects, what can you do enter the New Year more gently, from a place of rest?Consider the practice of reflection before resolution. What worked well in your 2025 homemaking? What did not work well? What would you like to leave behind in 2025 and what would you like to bring with you into 2026?Support the showHOMEMAKING RESOURCES Private Facebook Group, Homemaker Forum Newsletter Archive JR Miller's Homemaking Study Guide SUPPORT & CONNECT Review | Love The Podcast Contact | Voicemail |Instagram | Facebook | Website | Email Follow | Follow The Podcast Support | theartofhomepodcast.com/support **Buy | as an Amazon affiliate, AoH receives a small commission at no extra cost to you when you use our links to purchase items we recommend

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode.It's our last episode of 2025! I've got FIVE more holiday stories of home for you from Heather Price, Jessica Fisher, Mallori Tinkler, Rosemary Young, and Abigail Dodds. I also have a warning for you about holding traditions loosely in my last Traditions and Time Together segment.Notes & Resources are on the Blog: theartofhomepodcast.com/blog search "Holiday Homemaking 2025 Week 5"Support the showHOMEMAKING RESOURCES Private Facebook Group, Homemaker Forum Newsletter Archive JR Miller's Homemaking Study Guide SUPPORT & CONNECT Review | Love The Podcast Contact | Voicemail |Instagram | Facebook | Website | Email Follow | Follow The Podcast Support | theartofhomepodcast.com/support **Buy | as an Amazon affiliate, AoH receives a small commission at no extra cost to you when you use our links to purchase items we recommend

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode.In today’s episode I am bringing you a reflection from former guest and writer, Jeanette Rath, a young homemaker disenchanted with the commercial trappings and hustle of our culture’s version of Christmas. It’s in the sacrificial love of the home where her joy and hope in the season are restored. And I have another essay of mine for you to cap off our 2025 season of Advent reflections. So, enjoy these short little stories as you do some christmas shopping or deck the halls.NOTES & RESOURCES:FREE 2025 Daily Advent Guide: theartofhomepodcast.com/christmasCompanion Blog Post with Full Articles, "There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays" and "The Greatest of These is Love"Other Episodes featuring Today's WritersJeanette Rath's Homemaker Portrait, S7:E2Support the showHOMEMAKING RESOURCES Private Facebook Group, Homemaker Forum Newsletter Archive JR Miller's Homemaking Study Guide SUPPORT & CONNECT Review | Love The Podcast Contact | Voicemail |Instagram | Facebook | Website | Email Follow | Follow The Podcast Support | theartofhomepodcast.com/support **Buy | as an Amazon affiliate, AoH receives a small commission at no extra cost to you when you use our links to purchase items we recommend

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode.In this episode, I am bringing you holiday stories of home from 4 guests you heard from this past year; Mindy Heiner, Amber Reesor, Jayme Cherry and Jenny Nanninga. I share some tips for hosting an Ugly Christmas Sweater Party and I have a holiday poem for you. Be sure to listen till the end for the episode emoji if you want that gold star. ⭐️NOTES & LINKSAll resources, links and recipes will be on the companion blog post. theartofhomepodcast.com/blog > search "Holiday Homemaking 2025 Week 4" Take Peace! A Corgi Cottage Christmas (Tasha Tudor) available on YouTube for $2Support the showHOMEMAKING RESOURCES Private Facebook Group, Homemaker Forum Newsletter Archive JR Miller's Homemaking Study Guide SUPPORT & CONNECT Review | Love The Podcast Contact | Voicemail |Instagram | Facebook | Website | Email Follow | Follow The Podcast Support | theartofhomepodcast.com/support **Buy | as an Amazon affiliate, AoH receives a small commission at no extra cost to you when you use our links to purchase items we recommend

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode.In today’s Monday motivation you’ll hear two articles reflecting on the third theme of Advent, Joy. The first, written by Karen Sheppard about Finding Joy in Jesus at the Table and second, a little reflection from me about finding joy in homemaking, which you may have heard in last year’s Holiday Homemaking Week 3, but it bears repeating. Karen’s article was originally published in Homemaker Happy Mail December 2023 and mine in Homemaker Happy Mail December 2022.FREE Daily Advent Guide: https://www.theartofhomepodcast.com/christmasCompanion Blog Post with Full Articles, Finding Joy in Jesus at the Table and Joy, Joy, Joy Down in My Heart.Other Advent Reflection Episodes 2025Week 1 HopeWeek 2 PeaceSupport the showHOMEMAKING RESOURCES Private Facebook Group, Homemaker Forum Newsletter Archive JR Miller's Homemaking Study Guide SUPPORT & CONNECT Review | Love The Podcast Contact | Voicemail |Instagram | Facebook | Website | Email Follow | Follow The Podcast Support | theartofhomepodcast.com/support **Buy | as an Amazon affiliate, AoH receives a small commission at no extra cost to you when you use our links to purchase items we recommend