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Is it possible to build a 6 or 7-figure business while homeschooling your kids? How do other Homeschool CEO’s make it all work? How does blending homeschooling and entrepreneurship achieve true freedom and flexibility for the entire family? And the biggest question of all, can I *really* run a profitable business and homeschool WITHOUT feeling stressed, overwhelmed, and exhausted? Welcome to the Homeschool CEO Podcast where we will answer ALL of these questions and so much more. Your host Jen Myers is a wife and mom with 16 years of homeschooling and entrepreneurship experience. She talks with other Homeschool CEO’s about how they are making it all work. Listen in for practical tips on mindset mixed with a special blend of business and homeschool strategy – everything you need to successfully homeschool while running a profitable business!
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Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
When you started your homeschooling or business, did you have an idea of what your days would like? What if your reality looks NOTHING like what you had envisioned? I’ve been there too, and that’s what I talk about on the podcast today.
I share with you my own struggles on realizing how my reality wasn't exactly what I imagined it would be when we first tried combining homeschooling with entrepreneurship. More importantly, though, I also share some practical tips on what you can do when this happens.
I also share how you can win a one-on-one business coaching call with me.
If you’re ready to reconcile your expectations with your reality so that you can confidently know you have what it takes to successfully navigate this Homeschool CEO lifestyle, this episode is for you!
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
- Why Jen's first year of homeschooling was nothing like she imagined
- What you can do when you feel that your business and homeschool are not what they're supposed to be like.
- how the Homeschool CEO Community can help you figure out how to homeschool while running a successful business
- how you can win a 1-on-1 coaching call with Jen
- how you can register for a very special and free "Lunch-n-Lead" training on anti-racism and leadership by Dr. Monea Abdul-Majeed that you can join with Jen
I just want you to know that what you are going through is completely normal. It happens to all of us. The important thing is to always continue to learn and improve as you go through your own unique Homeschool CEO journey.
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Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Sometimes life throws us curveballs unexpectedly and it's up to us to decide how to handle it. What do you do to rise to the occasion?
For Tara Bushaw, that meant pulling her kids out of school to homeschool them and leaving her job in order to work freelance and eventually start a business.
Tara is a married mom of 8 who homeschools 5 kids still remaining at home. She's on the podcast today to share with us her amazing story of what she did to support her family after her spouse and several of her children experienced unexpected medical issues, including a stroke, a heart attack, diabetes, hearing loss, and down syndrome among others.
She shares how these tragedies inspired her to start homeschooling and freelancing and how those led to her creating a business that helps parents and caregivers start freelancing with skills they already have so they too can be where it matters most.
If you're facing a crisis in your life and wish you had more freedom and flexibility to process things and define success in your own terms, you're going to be amazed by Tara.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
- how Tara accidentally got into freelancing when her second child was diagnosed with hearing loss and while pregnant with baby #3
- what happened when her husband got a stroke while she was pregnant with baby #7 and the other curveballs that happened to her family
- the pivotal moment that triggered and inspired her to start her own business in 2018
- what helped her keep going and emerge victorious during the hard times
- what sparked the idea for their family to start homeschooling
- her advice for those who are starting homeschooling in the midst of a crisis
- when and why they started child-led learning and how they did it with their kids
- how she handles other people questioning their decision to homeschool
- her biggest challenge with managing life as an entrepreneur with homeschooling
- Tara's advice for her younger self when she had first decided to blend entrepreneurship with homeschooling
Tara is such a master at creating lemonade out of lemons. Her inspiring story is just proof of how both homeschooling and entrepreneurship provide us with the freedom and flexibility to handle whatever life throws at us.
Where to Find Tara:
Accelerating Your Freelance Journey (E-Book Freebie)
What’s Possible With Freelance Work (E-Book Freebie)
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Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
What if instead of being a burden, your monthly cycle is actually the key to unleashing a whole new level of productivity? How much do you really know about your hormones, how your cycles work, and how they affect your daily life?
Megan Faller, a Fertility Care Practitioner and homeschool mom of 3 boys, is with us on the podcast today to help us better understand our fertility cycles and ourselves. She shares with us what inspired her to unite her passions for fertility and business after experiencing the positive impact of aligning her schedule with her cycle.
Megan explains how our cycles work and why it's important for women to understand their own patterns and evaluate their health. Most importantly, she teaches us how to master our cycles and make them work for us as moms, homeschoolers, and entrepreneurs.
If you want to understand how your menstrual cycle can make you smarter and more successful in entrepreneurship, homeschooling and life in general, grab your ear buds and listen to this episode.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
- what got Megan interested in understanding women's menstrual cycles and how that affects business and life
- what happened when she started recording her cycles and how it made a positive impact in her own life
- the 4 phases of a woman's cycle and how they affect their everyday lives
- how to align your business tasks to the various phases of your cycle
- her tips on how to align your cycle with your homeschool routine
- her recommendations on how women can start tracking their cycle
- what happens to women when their hormones are off and what they should do about it
- the things that women can improve on in terms of their health and how they can schedule work, homeschool, and other tasks with that in mind
- what inspired her to do the work she does helping women and couples through the process of understanding their fertility cycles
- Megan's advice for struggling moms
I think that what Megan is doing to educate women about fertility is so important. This topic is so important for women to understand because I believe that we should be okay with how our bodies were created, fluctuations and all. Women’s bodies are beautiful and we owe it to ourselves to learn how to make our uniqueness work for us.
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Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Last week’s episode was so good that we decided to make a part 2! If you haven’t had a chance to listen to last week’s episode yet, check it out here. It’s the precursor to today’s episode.
Last week, Tracy Morgan, a mom of two boys, a Productivity Consultant and Behavior Change Coach, talked to us about values-based productivity and learning how to reframe our thoughts about productivity and time management.
This week, she’s back with part 2 to teach us practical ways to get more done in less time Homeschool CEO style.
This episode was recorded alongside the Homeschool CEO Society members during one of our weekly training calls. Tracy’s golden nuggets of wisdom on productivity are so good that I decided to share all of them with you too. She talks to us about working with our energy levels, the different productivity styles, how to identify them for ourselves and our kids, plus practical tips on how to merge them for homeschool and business success.
If you want practical tips on how to successfully manage it all as a mom and business owner and have time for what matters most, this episode is full of tips that will be sure to help you out.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
- practical tips on what we can do to be more present as moms and business owners
- what values-based productivity means and how to implement it as a mom and entrepreneur
- how to work within our energy levels for us and our kids
- how figuring out our kids' natural rhythms can help with homeschooling success
- how to balance positive and negative energies for yourself and your kids
- what the 4 different productivity styles are
- how to identify our own productivity style as well as our kids'
- how you can use your and your kids' productivity styles to be more productive in homeschooling and business
- what to do if your productivity style doesn't match with your spouse’s, kids’, or employees’
- What Tracy's Design a Better Day coaching program is all about and how you can sign up for it
Tracy’s tips on productivity are so good! Prior to talking to her, I didn’t even think about how my productivity style could be different from my kids’ and that it’s possible to find a way to compromise and make that work. She shows us that there are ways to get more done in less time. We just need to take the time to understand what we value most and reframe our thinking on productivity and managing our time.
Where to Find Tracy:
Well-Planned Week – A Starter Kit
The Essential List – Pocket Guide
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Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Want to know the secret to successfully integrating motherhood, business, homeschooling without feeling guilty on how you spend your time?
Tracy Morgan, a mom of two boys, a Productivity Consultant and Behavior Change Coach, talks to us on the podcast today and she’s on a mission to ensure that purpose-driven moms never have to say “I don’t have time for what matters.”
Tracy says that it all starts with reframing your thoughts about productivity and time management and learning to connect who you are (CEO mindset) with what’s important (results & experiences) and bringing that into your day (actions). She also shares what value-based productivity is, how it helps moms deal with mom guilt and even teaches our kids the skills they need to excel.
Learn how to cut through the daily clutter, focus on the essential and make steady progress toward better days and bigger dreams with today’s episode.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
- how Tracy's business started after a lightbulb moment when she realized that the life she wanted no longer synced with her new life as a mom
- how she used the skills she had learned over the years in the corporate world to start her business
- how being productive should first start with reframing how you see productivity and time management
- why you should start by knowing what you value in your life in order to know when to say "no" and when to say "yes"
- what value-based productivity is and how it helps moms deal with mom guilt
- why it's important to consider the different roles you have, connect who you are to what's important, and bring that into your day
- how teaching value-based productivity helps our kids be able to navigate the world, develop, and excel
- why it's important for moms to understand who they are and how that impacts their children
- Tracy's advice for overwhelmed moms
I think that today’s discussion is so important. Moms need to learn that they can find time to do what matters most. They just need to reframe their mindset about productivity so that they can enjoy being in the moment whether they’re spending time with family or running their business.
Where to Find Tracy:
Well-Planned Week – A Starter Kit
The Essential List – Pocket Guide
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Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Are you homeschooling a pre-teen or teen and wondering how to inspire them to love learning? Our guest today believes it possible to reignite teens’ natural curiosity and their fire for learning if we are open to trying a new educational approach.
Evgeniya Andrianova, mom of 2 and creator of Teen Ideas Matter, is on a mission to help teens start meaningful projects that impact the world around them. She talks about the benefits that project-based learning can provide for both kids and their parents, how to use this education approach in homeschooling and in life.
She also shares why it’s important to do project-based learning with a holistic approach, considering not just the goals and project plans but also the power of sleep, good nutrition, yoga and meditation, emotional intelligence, resilience, and growth mindset.
If you want to learn how a holistic approach to project-based learning can help your teen love learning, stay confident, and strive for greatness, you’re going to be inspired by this episode.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
- how Evgeniya's project management background and passion for projects inspired her to create her business
- what project-based learning is and the different elements it involves
- how you can implement project-based learning in homeschooling
- the skills that project-based learning teaches kids and how they can be applied to everyday life
- what wholistic project-based learning is and how she's applying it to the teen community
- how parents can also benefit from their teenagers doing project-based learning
- her advice on what parents can do to reignite their teenagers' love for learning
- what her new book for teens, called "Make It Great, Stay Calm and Get Your Idea Done", is all about
- her new Curious Mindset digital course for parents and how you can get a discount for it as part of the Homeschool CEO family
This episode truly resonates with me because we also do project-based learning at home and have seen firsthand what it can do for kids. I also see such power and potential in teenagers and believe that we, as parents, must do what we can to empower them and make them see that what they are doing matters.
Where to Find Evgeniya:
Make It Great: Stay Calm and Get Your Idea Done (book for teens)
Make It Great: Stay Calm and Get Your Idea Done (on Amazon)
Curious Mindset Digital Course for Parents (use code: HOMESCHOOLCEO to get 15% off)
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Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Success in all of life is possible. As Homeschool CEOs, we don’t have to accept mediocrity or failure in one area in order to achieve success in another area. Today’s guest, Susan Vernicek, shares 3 simple keys that can unlock your fullest success potential.
As a mom of twins + Mindset Igniter, Coach, and Creator of Identity Magazine, Susan has identified a simple 3-step formula that helps mompreneurs achieve success in all aspects of life, including homeschooling and business.
On today's episode, Susan shares with us how she is winning in her life through Self-Acceptance, Appreciation, and Personal Achievement and gives us practical steps on how we can do the same.
If you want to get all A's in your life, this episode will inspire you to reach your fullest successful potential!
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
- the pivotal moment in her life when Susan realized that she can leave her 9-5 job and do something else that makes her happier
- how she deals with the many challenges that came with growing her business
- Her 3-step A-game formula for success and how she's applying it to her own life including homeschooling and running a business
- how achieving anything in life first starts with acceptance and appreciation
- How acceptance and appreciation helps her with day-to-day life especially during the current pandemic
- her practical advice for Homeschool CEOs for getting unstuck and feeling like they're not achieving anything
Susan’s secret to success is mindblowing. It’s not at all what most people would think about doing to achieve success. It just goes to show that we can achieve amazing things just by starting with acceptance and gratitude.
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Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
It's about that time of the year when new homeschool moms start questioning their decision to homeschool. Families currently forced to do virtual schooling because of the pandemic may be starting to feel the struggle too.
If that's you, pause and hear this: Homeschooling does not need to feel or heavy. There is an easier way.
This wisdom came from Cara Mendez, who's a wife and a mom to 5 gorgeous kiddos and 2 rescue dogs, a multiple business owner, and an Intuitive Success Coach for leaders, visionaries, and change-makers who desire to have it all - on their terms.
Listen to this episode as Cara shares how liberating and healing ourselves from societal norms and expectations help us find a sense of power as women and mothers, and how this can be applied to homeschooling as well.
If you're on the brink of giving up homeschooling because you think it's too hard, this episode will teach you that there's more than one way to homeschool and that you can find one that works for you.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
- How Cara started her own liberation by choosing home birth for her second child
- What homeschooling while working was like for her family during the first 5 years
- How being diagnosed with severe adrenal fatigue prompted their family to switch to unschooling
- How coming back to herself liberated her, after putting her passions in the back burner since becoming a mom
- Cara's thoughts on virtual schooling
- How she came to the realization that we're not programmed as humans for forced education and what that means for her family
- What unschooling and interest-led learning looks like for her family
- How unschooling helped her kids become self-directed learners
- Her thoughts on how the societal norms and expectations that have been indoctrinated within us take our power away
- Cara's biggest advice for struggling new homeschoolers
Talking to Cara really made me think about society’s beliefs about parents always knowing what’s best for their kids. She shows us that giving our kids the power to direct their education truly helps us raise fully liberated and alive children.
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Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
What do you get when you combine international travel, military life, entrepreneurship, and homeschooling? A world class opportunity unlike any other!
Our guest today is Anna Larson, from NomadAbout. Her nomadic family, which includes her husband, 2 kids, plus a fur baby, has spent the past 16 years living overseas and visiting as many countries as they can while homeschooling and running a business.
Anna shows us how putting down roots is not a must to run a successful business, and how it’s possible to make the entire world your classroom!
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
- how traveling with her family growing up to places near their hometown started Anna's love for travel
- the story of how she started working and traveling the world in her early twenties
- the story of her marrying a soldier and how that led to her family traveling the world
- how her daughter's experience in private school led to their family's decision to homeschool despite Anna's initial hesitation
- how their family benefits from her homeschooling the kids while running a business
- what she did when she was not allowed to run a business while their military family was stationed in Africa
- what homeschooling looked like for their family while they were living overseas
- the most difficult part about having to work outside of their home and how she dealt with the mom guilt
- her biggest takeaways from running a business and homeschooling in different countries
- how homeschooling and living in different countries helped shape their kids
- her advice for entrepreneurs who want to homeschool and run a business while traveling the world
I loved hearing Anna’s stories because I too, dream about the things that she and her family have done. They are proof that one doesn't need to put down roots to build a successful business and that homeschooling is not limited to just the confines of your home.
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Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Was Covid-19 crisis schooling your first experience with home education? Thankfully homeschooling is nothing like crisis distance learning. For many entrepreneurs, distance learning meant rigid and frustrating schedules, which led to a whole lot of overwhelm. Homeschooling has meant just the opposite - freedom and flexibility for the entire family.
My guest, Salina Johnson, testifies to that truth. When faced with another potential year of distance learning, Salina knew there had to be an easier way.
Yet, as she considered homeschooling, she had to be realistic about her capacity to tackle more. Salina was already busy spinning so many plates as a mom of 2 boys, wife, full-time operations manager, fitness coach, and podcast host. She talked to me on the podcast today to share her family's experiences that led to their decision to homeschool and how she's spinning all her plates now while still figuring out homeschooling.
From burnout and overwhelm, to surprise benefits and lifelong lessons, we discuss what it's like to add homeschooling into an already full life.
If you're entertaining the idea of homeschooling while also working full time, running a business, and doing a million other things (or if you’re struggling to find your rhythm and flow) this episode will inspire and encourage you as Salina shares her secret in spinning all the plates of parenting, homeschooling, business, and life. The secret? Developing a heart of gratitude.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
- how burnout led Salina to realize that things needed to change in her life and how that eventually led to her own business of coaching people on fitness and nutrition
- their family's experience with distance learning when Covid-19 first hit the US in the Spring
- why she and her husband started to entertain the idea of homeschooling and what led to their decision to finally do it
- what life looks like right now for her and her family as newbie homeschoolers
- how she builds a life with a heart of gratitude
- her tips on how you can build a life of gratitude by intentionally looking for things that you are grateful for
- how she cultivates gratefulness in her children
- the biggest lesson that she has learned so far since starting their Homeschool CEO journey
Salina is a great example of how moms who are also entrepreneurs can make homeschooling work despite being busy.
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