Are you drowning in toys and feel like you can’t get out from under them?

I used to be so overwhelmed by the toy mess in our house that I was tempted to get rid of all of them and never buy another toy again.

They were all of the house, in every room, and it seems like no matter how many toys my kids had, they were always bored and never played with any of them.

I don’t know how I originally started utilizing a toy rotation system but once I did it was a total game changer and sanity changer!

I know many people struggle with toy overload and I hope that this episode may help!

Happy New Years! I sincerely hope you and your family had a wonderful holiday and are excited for the new year!

I am not one to really make new year’s resolutions but I do think it is important to set goals and intentions for the upcoming year.

In this week’s episode of the Simple Living Made Simple Podcast, I am talking about our 2023 goals and focus.

Corina from The Hopewell Homestead is one of my most favorite homesteading and simple living experts to follow on Instagram. So it was such an awesome experience to get to speak with her in this episode of the Simple Living Made Simple Podcast.

We talk all about homecentric and holistic living, as well as, what it means to be a Hopesteader and build the homestead life you dream of. It was such a fun and inspiring conversation, you don’t want to miss!

Corina is a heart-centered homemaker with a passion for teaching others new and old ways to live more intentionally in their own homes. She focuses on developing and sharing real food recipes, building out a homestead, and serving others through education on how to live a more natural lifestyle. She combines these passions in her daily life and shares what she learns along the way on her blog and social media platforms and more detail in her upcoming book – the natural minded homemaker. 

The Hopewell Homestead blog

The Hopewell Homestead Instagram

The Homecentric Podcast

In this episode, I got to speak with Robyn from Cheese from scratch all about the basics of home cheesemaking. She breaks down all you need to get started and clears up common misconceptions and questions when it comes to making your own cheese.  We talk about what kinds of cheese to start with, cheese making science, and how to get over your hesitations and start making your cheese in your own home today!

Robyn is the creator of Cheese From Scratch, an online business that empowers and teaches milkmaids as well as educates homestead cheesemakers around the world.  Together Robyn and her husband homestead and ranch in Northern British Columbia where they raise their three young children and work to grow the bulk of their own food.

You can find Robyn here:

Cheese from Scratch Website

Cheese from Scratch Instagram 

After a few months break, I am back! I had to take an unexpected few weeks off because teething babies and sick kids took over our house.  I am back with an episode all about 5 things that I do to help keep my sanity when I am overwhelmed with life’s unexpected events.  These 5 things help me recharge and get back on track quickly. 

In this week’s episode we are talking all about building trading relationships and how to become more community sufficient, instead of just self-sufficient!

My guest this week is awesome and the perfect person to talk about this topic.

I got the awesome opportunity to speak with Kate from Venison for Dinner about her many trading relationships, how she leverages her family’s skills and knowledge and how she keeps herself rich and plentiful by utilizing the skills and good of her community.

It was such a good and important conversation and you don’t want to miss it!

Kate Schat is a mom of 5 who lives in Northern BC Canada. Her family strives to raise as much as they can, with the goal of community sufficiency over self sufficiency. You can find her at www.venisonfordinner.com and @venisonfordinner on instagram and YouTube.