Cultivating Peace: Nurturing Sacred Spaces at Home | Jennifer Pepito | Episode 303

The Speakeasy

The Girl Named Blake

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Homeschool mom, podcaster, and author Jennifer Pepito joins Blake to discuss the importance of creating peaceful and sacred homes. Jen shares her journey of striving for a perfect home environment and the realization that true peace comes from small, consistent habits rather than perfection. They emphasize the importance of balancing grace with intentionality in parenting, noting that societal pressures and personal fears often hinder this balance. Jen advocates for a faith-driven approach to motherhood, where reliance on God and daily spiritual practices create a nurturing and resilient family atmosphere. In this episode, you’ll be able to… Learn about the significance of modeling positive behavior and values for your children. Discover the importance of habit stacking and how small, incremental changes can lead to lasting improvements in your home environment. Explore the idea of simplifying routines and incorporating manageable habits to create a more peaceful household. Jennifer is the author of Habits for a Sacred Home – available everywhere now! To connect with Jennifer: Website: thepeacefulpreschool.com Instagram: @jenniferpepito Podcast: Restoration Home

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another episode of Confessions of a Crappy Christian, a
0:09.7	misfit media network production. I am your host and resident Crappy Christian Bla this about all the things most Christians are still not sure we're allowed to talk about.
0:24.0	So if you've been looking for a place to land with all your crap
0:27.5	and for someone to just be honest about what it looks like to walk through this Christian life
0:32.0	when you've come to the right place.
0:34.2	Pull up a seat, pop in your headphones, and tune out your kids, and come hang out with me and
0:38.8	a guest for the authentic conversations that you have been looking for.
0:42.6	You guys, I am so excited to have Jen on the show today because what she is about and what she is writing books about and what she is sharing resources on is a huge deal for my husband and I.
1:01.0	We actually talked pre-roll about that this is a really big sticking
1:05.3	point for us and it's a priority for us is just giving our not only ourselves but our children a safe place to land and a home that feels safe and as peaceful as possible with this many humans living in it.
1:20.8	And so Jen, welcome to the show show I'm so excited to learn from your wisdom.
1:26.2	Oh my goodness I'm so excited to chat with you today Blake thanks for having me.
1:30.1	We talked a little bit pre-roll just about like where you come from and how that
1:36.4	informs the kind of home that you have and so my like first question because I was
1:42.0	thinking this when I was I haven't read the whole book but kind of skimming through it and reading your information is did you come from a peaceful home was this ingrained in you or is this something that you've had to like
1:55.2	learn and kind of fight for? Yeah you know what I wouldn't have said I came from a
2:00.0	peaceful home I was molested when I was six years old. I think that really skewed my
2:04.4	perspective of my parents because as an adult looking back it's like my parents were
2:09.2	very intentional. They cleaned a church so that we could go to Christian school.
2:14.0	They homeschooled us. They heard like Raymond Moore on a podcast and they brought us home from school even though they were both working.
2:20.0	They really didn't have the resources or time to homeschool.
2:23.2	So they were very intentional and in my home as a child I had beautiful encounters with the
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