024: Experiencing Homeschool Burnout? Check your Energy Levels!

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The Intentional Homeschooler

Erika Sagert

39 episodes

1 month ago

Are you a Christian homeschooling mom navigating the challenges of providing your children a great education while ensuring you’re creating fantastic childhood memories? Do you sometimes wonder if you’re cut out for the job or how you’ll manage homeschooling, homemaking, and a healthy life? This podcast is your lifeline to sanity as you juggle all of your responsibilities. Host, Erika Sagert, has been there! Now she spends her time supporting homeschooling parents so they can give their kids the best education with a Christian worldview. She’s a wife, teacher, and veteran homeschool mom of four. Each episode she’ll guide you in homeschooling, homemaking, and achieving a healthier life balance. Topics include things like lesson planning, homemaking tips, family well-being, and kid’s social calendars. You’ll get answers to common questions like “Am I doing enough,” and “How do I manage it all?” We share a fresh episode every other Thursday so make sure you subscribe. We want to be your home base for homeschooling because we want you to know that you’ve got this, moms!

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024: Experiencing Homeschool Burnout? Check your Energy Levels!

The Intentional Homeschooler

15 minutes

9 months ago

024: Experiencing Homeschool Burnout? Check your Energy Levels!

Are you burned out? Are you running on empty? Watch your energy levels! When doing hard things, we need to keep our energy levels up.

Homeschooling is challenging yet rewarding.
Benefits: Personalized learning, strong family bonds, flexible education.
Maintaining energy is crucial for long-term success and engagement.
Four key areas for boosting energy: Spiritual Health, Mindset Health, Physical Health, Productivity/Work Habits.

1. Spiritual Health:

Energy Zapper: Neglecting Bible study and prayer.
Energy Giver: Daily time in the Word and prayer (start small and build).
Energy Zapper: Lack of accountability.
Energy Giver: Accountability partner with regular check-ins.
Energy Zapper: Lack of gratitude.
Energy Giver: Gratitude journal.

2. Mindset Health:

Energy Zapper: Lack of vision.
Energy Giver: Clear vision (review daily, work with the end in mind).
Energy Zapper: Negativity and negative self-talk.
Energy Giver: Positivity and positive self-talk.
Energy Zapper: Stress and fear.
Energy Giver: Breathwork and meditation.

3. Physical Health:

Energy Zapper: Sedentary lifestyle.
Energy Giver: Movement (walking, strength training, stretching).
Energy Zapper: Lack of sleep.
Energy Giver: Prioritize sleep (good sleep hygiene).
Energy Zapper: Junk food.
Energy Giver: Healthy, whole foods.

4. Work Habits & Productivity:

Energy Zapper: Mess and clutter.
Energy Giver: Decluttering and implementing systems.
Energy Zapper: Taking on too much.
Energy Giver: Delegate, collaborate, automate.
Energy Zapper: Saying yes to too many things.
Energy Giver: Learn to say no (understand the trade-offs).

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