Veil + Armour Podcast - Ep. 15. From Stressed to Blessed in a Christian Home with Tessa Weenink

--From Stressed to Blessed with Christian Homemaking Expert Tessa Weenink
How can integrating chores and cheerfulness transform your home life? This episode of Veil and Armour features Tessa Weenink from Aimed at the Heart, a homeschooling mother of six children, a dairy farmer and a Christian life coach who empowers mothers through faith-filled strategies. Tessa shares her remarkable transition from finance to motherhood, emphasizing the importance of daily routines that blend responsibility with Christian joy and purpose. Learn her invaluable tips for setting up effective systems at home and preventing burnout, all while letting Jesus' love guide your journey.
Key Takeaways
-Incorporating Christ into the homemaking routine involves recognizing the home as a gift from God and serving others with love and gratitude.
-Creating a family culture of teamwork and harmony is essential for a well-functioning home.
-Teaching children homemaking skills teaches them about gratitude, builds their confidence, Christian responsibility, and prepares them for independent living.
-The Morning High Five routine, including tasks like getting dressed, making the bed, eating breakfast, gathering dirty laundry, and completing a kitchen task, helps establish a productive start to the day.
-Tessa shares her story of having to be away from her children and husband after an earlier than expected delivery of her baby. After being away from home for three weeks, she said came home to an orderly home because her children helped her husband run the household while she and her baby were in the hospital.
-Tessa offers a homemaking course and life coaching to support moms in creating systems and habits for a well-managed home. Keeping the family together and creating a clean and tidy home is important for fostering sibling bonding.
-Keeping toys out of children's bedrooms helps promote better sleep and prevents them from hiding out in their rooms all day.
-Devices should be kept in public areas of the home
CHAPTERS
00:00:19 Empowering Christian Mothers Through Life Coaching
00:08:49 From A Career in Finance and Dairy Farming to Homemaking Systems
00:19:16 Teaching Kids Household Skills Teaches Them Christian Virtue and Responsibility
00:29:39 "Tessa's Morning High Five" and Tessa's Guide to Homemaking
00:37:27 Household Organization and Parenting Strategies
00:41:52 Teach Kids Household Skills, Spring/September Cleaning
00:54:51 Exploring the Feminine Genius on the next episode with Rachel Wong, host of The Feminine Genius Podcast (2019-2022)
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