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010: Cultivating Joy and Simplicity in Your Life with Kristi Clover
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010: Cultivating Joy and Simplicity in Your Life with Kristi Clover

Kristi Clover joins me today to provide us with some wonderful and practical tips for how we can be cultivating more joy and simplicity in our everyday lives, even when the going gets tough. As you will discover as soon as you get to know her through this podcast episode, Kristi is the absolute perfect person to be spreading this message of joy and simplicity. She is an absolute joy to be around and a true blessing. I'm so excited to have the opportunity to introduce her to y'all! Enjoy! 

What we Chat about in this Episode

~How Kristi got started proclaiming her message of simple and joyful living and

her desire to encourage and help overwhelmed moms

~Finding your joy in the Lord

~Kristi's tips and encouragement for how to spend time with the Lord even as

a busy mama

~Practical ways to incorporate more joy into your life

~The difference between joy and happiness 

~Cultivating joy in the dark seasons of life, when the going gets tough

~The importance of looking at the big picture, rather than getting stuck i

n the here and now

~Asking yourself: "What are my true priorities and am I actually living

according to them?"

~The affect that busyness is having on marriages today and how to fight that

~What a typical "day in the life" looks like for Kristi, and how she manages

to find the time to be a wife, homeschooling mama of 5, blogger, author,

podcaster, speaker, and more!

~The importance of a mom taking some time to herself to fill herself up, in

order that she might better pour out into others from her overflow

~2 Little Sanity Savers for Moms from Kristi's book of the same name and info

on her Homeschool Organization Course; organization tips for those who want

to be more organized, but just don't know how or where to start

~And much more!

For all show notes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast

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Beyond the Boxes
The Gospel-Shaped Life Podcast
The Gospel-Shaped Life Podcast (Formerly the Home and Hearth Podcast) is a weekly show hosted by Rebekah Hargraves and all about edifying, equipping, and encouraging women in their journey of living life in light of the gospel. If there is an issue that pertains to a woman's life, you will find it discussed here! We'll be covering everything from topics pertaining to marriage, motherhood, homemaking, and the Christian walk, to issues of health and fitness, infertility, adoption, chronic illness, and current event issues in the church and culture. It is our prayer that you will find an episode here which speaks directly to what you are going through right at this very moment and that you will receive the encouragement you need for your daily life.