Emily Brown
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Mar 17th, 2025
Do you ever struggle with feeling behind? Like you’re not making enough, or any progress, toward your goals? Whether it’s feeling behind in your Lenten goals or homeschooling goals, this thought process runs rampant during this time of year. And it never ever helps you do better, but it absolutely wrecks your confidenc...
Mar 10th, 2025
I consider all mothers to be experts in their field of study. Whether that is feeding an army of people, changing diapers, or knowing the fastest route to basketball practice, you have unique expertise. I totally understand that you might not feel like an expert, especially when it comes to certain childrens’ ways of ...
Mar 3rd, 2025
I think a lot of us choose a Lenten sacrifice hoping that giving up that thing for six weeks will turn into a permanent character change. And sometimes it does! But that honestly only happens if you’re not white knuckling through Lent, waiting for Easter so you can have that thing you gave up again. You know what I m...
Feb 24th, 2025
My third oldest child turned 15 this past weekend and as I spent time looking back over photos of his youngest years of childhood, especially when he was really little, there was a noticeable difference in how I felt this weekend, compared to past years. Instead of feeling sad or twinges of regret remembering some of ...
Feb 17th, 2025
Over the course of my careers as a wife, mother, homeschooler, and life coach there is one feeling that I have seen be a bigger plague on the happiness and holiness in a family more than any other. The feeling of being ‘not enough.’ Of not having enough. Of not being capable enough in one way or another. This ‘not eno...
Feb 10th, 2025
Did you know that you have about 65,000 thoughts per day? And did you know that about half of those thoughts are in decision making form? This is important information, because there are two things that I hear moms complain about in February and the first one is decision making about next year. The second is being ...
Feb 3rd, 2025
If you want to raise kids to be in this world, but not of this world, then they’re going to need strong character They're also going to need a firm foundation, ideally rooted and home with you, to give them a fighting chance of becoming great saints in this broken world. After a surprising conversation with my almost 1...
Jan 27th, 2025
When I first started homeschooling I had sage advice coming at me left and right. And at first I took it all in, relishing the dream that my homeschool might be one day when I had it all figured out…and I felt just like those sage, seasoned mamas. They were so confident. Wise. Certain. But at the time, I felt none of ...
Jan 20th, 2025
When you look back over your earlier mothering years, or even just last week, do you have pangs of regret and sadness at how you handled things? Me too. But I’ve found a way to turn those past mistakes into blessings for today, to improve your relationships, and start to increase your overall enjoyment and experience o...
Jan 13th, 2025
Last week was...powerful, to put it mildly. So powerful that I'm compelled to share as many nuggets from each of our Reset Your Homeschool days with you knowing that the Holy Spirit has something powerful in store for you, too, this semester. During Reset Week we covered:Â Evaluating and Moving Forward Intentionally Y...
Jan 6th, 2025
Many kids are starting back to school this week and as a homeschooler you are likely one of them or considering it. BEFORE you play with your sparkly new planner, jump back into curriculum, or changing what you've been doing, I want to give you four steps to follow to make planning smoother, and a few mindset shifts to...
Dec 30th, 2024
What do you wish you could tell yourself when you were younger? Either as a younger woman or a younger mom, what do you wish you would have known? For me, I wish I could have known how to rest in the present moment. I wish I would have had more peace amidst the chaos. I wish I would have known how to enjoy my kids ...
Dec 23rd, 2024
Sometimes, I look back at certain Christmas photos of our family next to the Nativity scene after Christmas mass, and I feel a twinge of sadness, regret, or even bitterness because I know how painful getting that photo was. Whatever happened surrounding that photo was just hard, and those memories are forever connecte...
Dec 16th, 2024
Self-care gets a bad wrap, because it can be over-indulgent if you’re not careful. On the opposite end of the spectrum there is ‘offering it up,’ which, if done well, can be extremely powerful for God's good work. But, if used against yourself, being self-sacrificing could end in some deeply painful and harmful self-n...
Dec 9th, 2024
Do you ever feel like you're stuck looking at the crumbs and mess, feeling bombarded by the noise, and have zero drive to get up and keep going? Motherhood, and especially homeschooling, can start to feel like a hopeless endeavor if you're not careful and purposeful about what you choose to focus on. Whatever is the c...
Dec 2nd, 2024
The dream is a cozy and simple Advent, where we can be present and peaceful as we await Jesus' birth with joyful expectation. Unfortunately, between holiday preparations, shopping, music recitals, multiple family obligations, meal prep, and, oh yeah - every day life, Advent is often anything but the dream. In today's...
Nov 25th, 2024
Between the litrugical calendar and the secular world, this time of year lends itself toward celebration and thanksgiving! It really can be such a wonderful, joyful experience. But what about when gratitude feels hard? When a blessing doesn't feel like a blessing or a gift doesn't feel like a gift? Instead of slappi...
Nov 18th, 2024
It can be so hard to communicate with your husband, especially at the end of a long day, or in the middle of a tough situation. We need to have important conversations, especially when it comes to our family's budget, financial health, and look at the upcoming holiday spending. But how do you do that when, in the past,...
Nov 11th, 2024
Fear of the government, social media, bad influences, and misinformation are just some of the external fears we face as moms. However, it's the internal fears that tend to keep us up at night. Am I do a good enough job? Will they have what they need? Did I mess up too badly? Am I ruining them? With so many things to fe...
Nov 4th, 2024
How much time do you waste beating yourself up every day? Or even how much money you spend on ways to feel better? Do you realize how much you invest in feeling bad? This isn’t a condemnation, most people do this completely unintentionally. And then, unintentionally, beat themselves up further for having done all of th...
Oct 28th, 2024
Do you ever just want to throw in the towel when your kid seems to prioritize everything else in the world, instead of completing their school work? Or when you catch them on their screens when they should be doing their chores? Throwing in the towel feels like you’ve failed and is the step right before sending your k...
Oct 21st, 2024
When I was a younger mom I wanted to learn more about myself, because I really wanted to change how I reacted (or overreacted as it were) to my kids, messy house, pretty much everything in my life. But I really resisted learning about the Four Temperaments, because it felt like I would be ‘put into a box’ that I couldn...
Oct 14th, 2024
One of the biggest obsatcles to having more peace in your day is finding acceptance of uncomfortable and even painful situations you find yourself in. Especially when it comes to your kids. I can already hear you reply, "But I can't be okay with bad behavior! Or disrespect!"Â Or anything else that feels problematic rig...
Oct 7th, 2024
Let me guess...rushing the kids to get their chores done doesn't seem to help. Nagging them to focus on their assignments doesn't either. And yelling...well that certainly doesn't get you any closer to getting out the door with all their belongings on time. So what does help? Grab your earbuds and let's talk about w...
Sep 30th, 2024
My husband and I recently took our oldest son on a couple of college visits to Catholic universities with the sport programs that he hopes to participate in. These visits went the way we’d expected them to, leaving with official offers from head coaches and significant academic scholarships to each. But the conversatio...
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