Baby Steps Homemakers

Jun 17 2024 26 ep. 40 mins 9

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You want to become the homemaker you’ve always dreamed of, but the challenges of daily life can make this feel like an impossible goal. Join Evita and Mandy, two professionals turned stay at home moms, every other week to discuss step by step approaches to help you implement lasting change. They discuss budgeting, organization, personal growth and everything in between, it is all on the table. If you need inspiration & results, then join our show for community & connection and become the homemaker you are called to be.

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Step 22: How to Become the Woman You Are Trying To Raise

Jun 17 2024 56 mins

When it comes to raising daughters, we are really trying to raise our ideal selves but there’s a problem… we’re not perfect. So how exactly do we accomplish that when we’re well…a continual work in progress per se? In this episode Mandy & Evita discuss the self reflection this endeavor requires, the types of women who don’t fail, the feminine virtues we inherently have

Step 21: Raising Masculine Sons In A Pleasure Driven World

Apr 10 2024 79 mins

As homemakers we have the opportunity to shape our children into the adults we want them to become. As GK Chesterton said, we as mothers have the power to make or break society byway of how we raise our sons. So how exactly should we approach this great responsibility? How do we raise masculine boys to become virtuous and God fearing men, husbands and fathers? In todays episode Man

Step 20: The Right (& Wrong) Way to Approach Suffering

Mar 24 2024 51 mins

Suffering can be a major stumbling block when it comes to faith. Often it is asked that if God were so loving and merciful, why does it even exist? Seeing pain and suffering in this light is opposite of what God intends. In this week’s episode Mandy & Evita discuss the two ways to approach pain & suffering. Rebellion and resignation are the two main avenues and Mandy &a

Step 19: How to Build a Home That is Worthy of The Master

Feb 05 2024 54 mins

As Christian mothers we are constantly trying our best to nourish, protect and teach our children, but if they were asked, would they say the SPIRIT of Christ lives in your home? Although that seems like a tall order, it is one that is absolutely ACHIEVABLE! Through our tone, practices and physical spaces we can ensure that our efforts are FRUITFUL and we are here to help walk you

Step 18: Curbing Curiosity and Embracing Simplicity

Jan 22 2024 53 mins

It’s 2024 and we are back! Our first episode of the year and it is a game changer friends. As wives, mothers and homemakers we often occupy our minds with ideas, events, projects or questions that we just feel the need to answer. As Aristotle states “our nature is to know.” Whether it be seasonally driven or just our human nature, CURIOSITY can lead us to places that may not

Step 17: The REAL Purpose of Self-Care & Closet Editing Tips

Dec 11 2023 57 mins

There’s nothing wrong with Takis and Shark Tank on a regular night, or simultaneously bingeing on summer sausage and HGTV home reno shows, but there is a PROPER way to show yourself some love. Self-care culture has overtaken the media and what is emphasized is purely for satisfaction, but what is the actual purpose of self-care? Our desire to love ourselves must be nourished and

Bonus Baby Step: Cultivating an Attitude of Gratitude

Nov 20 2023 10 mins

Thanksgiving is just around the corner! Soon we will see "give thanks" written on cute, little napkins and dish cloths, #blessed as a caption for perfectly posed pictures on social media, and "I am thankful for" worksheets our kids might bring home. But, do we really know what the virtue of gratitude look like? Do we live it out every day? Mandy goes through pr

Step 16: How to Bring Peace and Perspective Into Your Postpartum Journey

Nov 13 2023 54 mins

You know exactly what we mean when we say that postpartum isn’t exactly the BLISS you anticipated for 9 months. In fact for 85% of women it is quite the OPPOSITE. In todays episode, Evita and Mandy discuss their personal experiences of postpartum blues and postpartum depression and how to know when things are more than just blues. This period of adjustment is a roller coaster of

Bonus Step: Motivation is NOT Your Problem

Nov 06 2023 4 mins

Motivation is not really the problem you are having to get ALL the things done, TASK INITIATION is. My mind was blown when I first came across this because often times we think we LACK MOTIVATION when in reality we lack the SKILL required to get things done. In this short bonus episode Evita discusses 4 PRACTICAL strategies you can do to flex the task initiation muscle and get thin

Step 15: You Don't NEED Friends But Why You Might Want Them

Oct 30 2023 43 mins

C.S. Lewis has famously stated that friends are "unnecessary" and Greek Giant Aristotle says friends are "indispensable" and "a pinnacle of human achievement." How do these two make sense together and why should you as a homemaker care? Our roles as homemakers can often seem lonely, and our tasks go unseen, yet when we find a friend who stands with us