Beyond the Boxes
The Gospel-Shaped Life Podcast
082: Cultivating a Beautiful and Soul-Filling Christmas with Victoria Duerstock
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082: Cultivating a Beautiful and Soul-Filling Christmas with Victoria Duerstock

Victoria Duerstock is a wife, homeschooling mom, design guru, speaker, coach, and author. Today she is coming on the podcast to share about her brand new book, Heart and Home for Christmas: Celebrating Joy in Your Living Space. You will come away from this episode built up, inspired, refreshed, and excited for the Christmas season.

What we Chat about in This Episode:

~Victoria's newest book, "Heart and Home for Christmas: Celebrating Joy in Your Living Space ", what led her to write it, and what readers can expect

~The biggest struggles we face as women in an effort to cultivate a meaningful Christmas while at the same time not giving into the hustle and bustle busyness of the holiday season

~The pull of Pinterest during the holiday season and remembering what the important things really are

~The role decor can play in helping us to cultivate meaningful Christmas memories

~The importance of intention and planning

~Assessing the "why" behind the traditions we practice at Christmas time 

~Practical tips for how we can decorate really well this Christmas without the stress and overwhelm

~Fun ways for our kids to be involved in our holiday decorating

~What to do with our expectations as we enter into the Christmas season

~The importance of protecting our time this season; how to go about doing that

~Specific devotionals in Victoria's book that really stood out to her personally

~What stands out to Victoria as to what the Lord is trying to teach us through the way in which the Christmas story unfolded

~The humility and humanity of Christ

~And more!

For full 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.