

The Christian Homemaking Podcast: Simply Convivial with Mystie Winckler
Mystie Winckler
Christian homemakers need encouragement and motivation to stay the course. Homemaking and homeschooling can feel overwhelming, but they don’t have to be. If you’re a Christian mom longing for a well-ordered home, a peaceful homeschool, and a joyful heart—without the stress or burnout—you’re in the right place. Moms can be productive and peaceful when grounded in Scriptural truth.
I’m Mystie Winckler, homeschooling mom of five, founder of Simply Convivial, and your guide to managing both home and heart with faith and focus. Here, we talk about biblical homemaking, sustainable homeschooling, and cheerful productivity—all through the lens of organizing your attitude and embracing your God-given calling.
In each episode, you’ll find practical homemaking systems, homeschooling strategies, and mindset shifts that will help you manage your home without perfectionism or frustration. We’ll tackle topics like:
✔️ Christian homemaking routines that actually work
✔️ Productivity, mom-style
✔️ Homeschooling with peace—even when life gets messy
✔️ Time management for moms (without rigid schedules)
✔️ Decluttering your home & your attitude
✔️ How to be diligent, not just busy
Motherhood is a marathon, not a sprint. You don’t need more willpower—you need a grace-filled, biblical approach to managing life at home. Let’s cultivate faithfulness, embrace joy, and build habits that make home a place of peace and purpose.
👉 Subscribe now and start organizing your home and heart—cheerfully.
I’m Mystie Winckler, homeschooling mom of five, founder of Simply Convivial, and your guide to managing both home and heart with faith and focus. Here, we talk about biblical homemaking, sustainable homeschooling, and cheerful productivity—all through the lens of organizing your attitude and embracing your God-given calling.
In each episode, you’ll find practical homemaking systems, homeschooling strategies, and mindset shifts that will help you manage your home without perfectionism or frustration. We’ll tackle topics like:
✔️ Christian homemaking routines that actually work
✔️ Productivity, mom-style
✔️ Homeschooling with peace—even when life gets messy
✔️ Time management for moms (without rigid schedules)
✔️ Decluttering your home & your attitude
✔️ How to be diligent, not just busy
Motherhood is a marathon, not a sprint. You don’t need more willpower—you need a grace-filled, biblical approach to managing life at home. Let’s cultivate faithfulness, embrace joy, and build habits that make home a place of peace and purpose.
👉 Subscribe now and start organizing your home and heart—cheerfully.
Episodes
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Aug 3, 2022 • 8min
How to be happy as a mom
Take Sweep & Smile with us now! convivialcircle.comFree guide: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/happy We tend to think of happiness as a mere feeling, something nice but unnecessary, something transient and superficial. However, happiness has always been a topic of deep interest to philosophers, and there is a long Christian tradition of both what happiness truly is and also how important it is.
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Aug 2, 2022 • 16min
A homeschooling, working - happy! - mom tells all (with Molly Nickles!)
Take Sweep & Smile with us now! convivialcircle.comToday on the Simplified Organization podcast, I have Molly Nickles, also known as The Modern Homeschooler on Intagram. She's always had a job while homeschooling - and not always part time only, either! Find out how she manages a full time job (for someone else!) while homeschooling 2 teens - and why she thinks it's good for her kids, too.
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Jul 28, 2022 • 16min
Grocery Shopping Tips with Betsy Farquhar
Take Sweep & Smile with us now! convivialcircle.comFree master pantry resources: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/masterpantrylistBetsy's wisdom: By 10am, I have to choose what's for dinner that day and take one step toward getting it ready, even if it's just taking the meat out to thaw.
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Jul 26, 2022 • 4min
Got homeschool logistics?
Take Sweep & Smile with us now! convivialcircle.comhttps://www.crowdcast.io/e/homeschool-logisticsWe know we need curriculum and books and lists before the homeschool day begins, but what about logistics?Logistics is our strategy for how things will be done - as opposed to the curriculum question of what will be done.Our homeschool days are more about logistics than curriculum particulars, so let's address our logistics strategies head on before we finalize our homeschool plans.Join me for a free workshop series that will give you 3 practical ways you can improve your homeschool logistics.https://www.crowdcast.io/e/homeschool-logisticsThen forward this email to another homeschool mom friend who might enjoy joining, too! I'll be giving away resources and printables and more during the live sessions, so you don't want to miss it!Each session I'll also give away a book to a random live attendee who participated in the chat! It'll be fun, energetic, meaty, and super practical.
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Jul 26, 2022 • 10min
What plans are really for - with Betsy Farquhar
Take Sweep & Smile with us now! convivialcircle.comFind Betsy at redeemedreader.com - where she's prereading new books for you and your kidsBetsy's planning wisdom: I like to think of management as balancing humility and honesty when I plan. So the humility part is that the Lord doesn't really need me to accomplish these things. I mean, I feel like I'm indispensable to the plan, but I'm really not . And then honesty about what is on my plate and what I need to not add to my plate.Check out this playlist for more of my videos about planning: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPkowQCQW4x8qBuTuaFaON9xul5B_cF67
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Jul 22, 2022 • 12min
How can I enjoy laundry, the never-ending chore?
Take Sweep & Smile with us now! convivialcircle.comFree home routine guide: https://www.simplyconvivial.com/routinesTrue confession: I’ve tried every configuration of laundry routine out there and never found one that made me stay on top of laundry.I can discover a good rhythm, but then something will change.It turns out that laundry is not evenly produced over time, so if by a “consistent” laundry routine we mean one where we do the same thing all the time and get the same results, it’s just never going to work.
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Jul 13, 2022 • 12min
3 ways to overcome discouragement - with Amanda Sewell
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Jul 7, 2022 • 13min
Dear mom who feels discouraged - with Amanda Sewell
Take Sweep & Smile with us now! convivialcircle.comAmanda Sewell is a homeschooling mom of 6 and recently returned to the US from the mission field. In the latest episode of The Simplified Organization show, Amanda shares what she's learned about feeling stuck and how to get out of that mental mire of discouragement.
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Jul 6, 2022 • 12min
Is your planner working or frustrating? 3 things to make your planner useful
Take Sweep & Smile with us now! convivialcircle.comPlanners can easily be time-wasting rather than time-managing. How do we make sure our attempts at getting life together are going to be helpful and useful? I have three keys that will ensure they are.Take the "Get Organized" Quiz - https://www.simplyconvivial.com/quiz - it will tell you what you should work on next to make the most progress, quickly.
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Jun 30, 2022 • 16min
Productivity advice for women: fruit not widgets
Take Sweep & Smile with us now! convivialcircle.comIs life about getting more done? Are we too busy or are we too lazy? Perhaps we're careening between the two ditches.What's a mom to do? Think true things. Listen up.
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