The Art of Home: A Podcast for Homemakers

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To close out the summer season I am chatting with seasoned homemaker Mary Belue Taylor who shares wisdom from decades of marriage, mothering seven children, walking through cancer twice, and learning to serve others through the simple ministry of home. From meal trains and hospitality on the road to funny homemaking fails, favorite tools, and hard-won encouragement for younger women, Mary reminds us that homemaking doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful—it simply needs to be faithful, authentic, and full of love.
IN THIS EPISODE
Homemaking in the 80s
The influence of home ec class, Granny Belue, and faithful church ladies
Cooking as a ministry of love
Walking through breast cancer while caring for a family
Embracing your own homemaking style
SHOW NOTES
All episode notes, links and resources, including Emily's Signature Dish will be on the blog. Click the link below or go to theartofhomepodcast.com/blog and search "Mary Taylor".
https://www.theartofhomepodcast.com/post/embrace-the-homemaker-god-made-you-to-be-a-homemaker-portrait-with-mary-belue-taylor
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HOMEMAKING RESOURCES
Homemaker's Journal, AoH Seasonal Magazine
Private Facebook Group, Homemaker Forum
JR Miller's Homemaking Study Guide
SUPPORT & CONNECT
 Review | Love The Podcast 
Contact | Text/Voicemail-use the link at top of description | Website | Email  
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Support | theartofhomepodcast.com/support
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AI Content | Portions of this episode’s copy and/or show notes may have been drafted with the assistance of AI and then reviewed and edited by a human, Allison Weeks.

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Today, I’m joined by Emily Steiger—New Hampshire native, writer, and busy homemaker who’s two years into marriage with Sam, raising a one-year-old, and expecting baby number two later this fall.

In This Episode:
Prepare with Purpose, Building homemaker skills before you think you them
Realities of Toddler Season
Improving Time Management: Simplify your home, let go of "doing it all"
Social Media boundaries
Hospitality rhythms
When your birth story & postpartum don't go to plan
SHOW NOTES
All episode notes, links and resources, including Emily's Signature Dish will be on the blog. Click the link below or go to theartofhomepodcast.com/blog and search "Emily Steiger".
https://www.theartofhomepodcast.com/post/how-to-start-homemaking-before-you-have-a-home-emily-steiger-s-homemaker-portrait
HOMEMAKER'S JOURNAL READER SUBMISSIONS--Win a Print Copy of the Next Issue! Submissions Due by Friday, August 14th.
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CONNECT WITH EMILY
Substack (for new posts) | @musingsofahomemaker
Website | Musings of a Homemaker (for old posts)
Support the show
HOMEMAKING RESOURCES
Homemaker's Journal, AoH Seasonal Magazine
Private Facebook Group, Homemaker Forum
JR Miller's Homemaking Study Guide
SUPPORT & CONNECT
 Review | Love The Podcast 
Contact | Text/Voicemail-use the link at top of description | Website | Email  
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Support | theartofhomepodcast.com/support
DISCLOSURE
**Buy | as an Amazon affiliate, AoH receives a small commission at no extra cost to you when you use our links to purchase items we recommend
AI Content | Portions of this episode’s copy and/or show notes may have been drafted with the assistance of AI and then reviewed and edited by a human, Allison Weeks.

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I have another creator spotlight for you today with seasoned homemaker, wife, and mama to 11, Laura Coppinger who has been blogging over at HeavenlyHomemakers.com for nearly 2 decades. 
In This Episode:
Get to know Laura with some classic Homemaker Portrait questions
Heavenly Homemaker resources for practical daily helpSimple Meals Planning Service
FREE 7-Day Summer Meal Plan
Heavenly Homemaker Membership to access nearly 20 YEARS of helpful content

Laura says that everything she’s created for the blog over the years has grown out of her own need, and she figured if it was helpful to her it may be helpful to other homemakers. 
Through her resources, blog and newsletter, Laura shares the wealth of knowledge grown out of a deep commitment to and love for the Kingdom building work of the home.

SHOW NOTES
Connect with Laura
Website | heavenlyhomemakers.com
Instagram | @heavenlyhomemaker
Facebook | @heavenlyhomemakers
Resources Mentioned 
7-Day Meal Plan:  https://www.heavenlyhomemakers.com/free-7-day-summer-menu-plan
Simple Meals Planning Service: https://www.heavenlyhomemakers.com/simple-meals-half-price
Club Membership: https://www.heavenlyhomemakers.com/membership-join
Laura's Free newsletter: https://awesome-grass-96679.myflodesk.com/u484ab003m

Support the show
HOMEMAKING RESOURCES
Homemaker's Journal, AoH Seasonal Magazine
Private Facebook Group, Homemaker Forum
JR Miller's Homemaking Study Guide
SUPPORT & CONNECT
 Review | Love The Podcast 
Contact | Text/Voicemail-use the link at top of description | Website | Email  
Follow | Follow The Podcast
Support | theartofhomepodcast.com/support
DISCLOSURE
**Buy | as an Amazon affiliate, AoH receives a small commission at no extra cost to you when you use our links to purchase items we recommend
AI Content | Portions of this episode’s copy and/or show notes may have been drafted with the assistance of AI and then reviewed and edited by a human, Allison Weeks.

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I’m chatting with Lerize Jansen van Rensburg, a wife, mother, part-time legal consultant, blogger, and homemaker living with her husband and their two daughters on a grain farm in the Free State of South Africa that’s been in his family for five generations. 
Lerize shares how God has shaped her view of homemaking through motherhood, farm life, hospitality, and the faithful examples of the women who came before her. 
In This Episode:
Her journey from ambitious career woman to a woman surprised by her love for home
Seasonal meal planning
Gathering people for big hospitality 
Learning to hold plans loosely
Treasuring ordinary days. 
Lerize’s homemaker portrait is a beautiful reminder that home is where your family’s story is being told and where everyday moments become part of a lasting legacy.
SHOW NOTES
All links and resources, including Lerize's signature dish recipe, are on the blog. Click the link below or go to theartofhomepodcast.com/blog and search "Lerize Jansen van Rensburg".
https://www.theartofhomepodcast.com/post/finding-beauty-in-ordinary-homemaking-with-lerize-jansen-van-rensburg

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Support the show
HOMEMAKING RESOURCES
Homemaker's Journal, AoH Seasonal Magazine
Private Facebook Group, Homemaker Forum
JR Miller's Homemaking Study Guide
SUPPORT & CONNECT
 Review | Love The Podcast 
Contact | Text/Voicemail-use the link at top of description | Website | Email  
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Support | theartofhomepodcast.com/support
DISCLOSURE
**Buy | as an Amazon affiliate, AoH receives a small commission at no extra cost to you when you use our links to purchase items we recommend
AI Content | Portions of this episode’s copy and/or show notes may have been drafted with the assistance of AI and then reviewed and edited by a human, Allison Weeks.

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I have a NEW type of episode format to introduce to you today! It's called a Creator Spotlight episode and I will occasionally add one to the traditional Monday Motivation lineup. In these interviews, I will highlight authors, YouTubers, bloggers and content creators who offer resources that will benefit the homemaking community. 
In today's Creator Spotlight I am chatting an author whose writing I have enjoyed for many years. Homemaker, placemaker, and beauty seeker, Christie Purifoy has authored several books on home and homemaking and her new book, A House to Call Home: Creating Places That will Comfort and Care for Us, explores many of the same themes we discuss here on The Art of Home Podcast. 
In This Episode:
what it looks like to practice the “art of home” or placemaking, as Christie calls it over time
How beauty has shaped Christie's calling to be a placemaker
How homes, much like gardens, are alive, continually going through seasons of growth, chaos, death, and renewal and how that rhythm can strengthen our hope in God’s faithfulness
Creating a haven in a rental or less-than-ideal space 
A small practical step you can take today to make your place a House to Call Home
SHOW NOTES
🎁 WIN A FREE COPY OF CHRISTIE'S BOOK!Leave a podcast review, screenshot it, and send to contact@theartofhomepodcast.com. Giveaway ends 8/9/26. Winner will be contacted by email and announced on 8/13/26 episode.
CONNECT WITH CHRISTIE
Website | christiepurifoy.com
Substack | christiepurifoy.substack.com
Instagram | @christiepurifoy

Support the show
HOMEMAKING RESOURCES
Homemaker's Journal, AoH Seasonal Magazine
Private Facebook Group, Homemaker Forum
JR Miller's Homemaking Study Guide
SUPPORT & CONNECT
 Review | Love The Podcast 
Contact | Text/Voicemail-use the link at top of description | Website | Email  
Follow | Follow The Podcast
Support | theartofhomepodcast.com/support
DISCLOSURE
**Buy | as an Amazon affiliate, AoH receives a small commission at no extra cost to you when you use our links to purchase items we recommend
AI Content | Portions of this episode’s copy and/or show notes may have been drafted with the assistance of AI and then reviewed and edited by a human, Allison Weeks.