Chatting Motherhood, Homeschool, Minimalism, Pregnancy, Business (and More!) with Sarah Therése
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- Опубликовано: 22 фев 2023
- Sarah Therése and I are a decade apart in our motherhood journeys, and our different perspectives and experiences made this conversation so interesting. We tackled a variety of topics based on questions we received from you on Instagram, everything from minimalism to pregnancy to homeschooling to business.
Throughout our many topics of conversation, one overarching theme kept resurfacing: as women and mothers, we have the power to make changes in our homes and families when something is not going well. While we cannot control everything, we have the ability to improve things way more than we think! May this conversation be an encouragement to you as you assess your own challenges and endeavor to move forward in boldness!
In this episode, we cover:
- How the pace changes from early motherhood into the middle years
- Managing the day-to-day responsibilities of motherhood and homemaking by planning ahead
- Why owning less stuff is a gift to your children
- Pursuing your dream life in your current circumstances
- What homeschooling looks like with children of all ages at home
- Turning down the noise and finding what rhythms are right for your unique family
- Preparing your body and mind for beautiful pregnancies and births
- Identifying problems and pursuing solutions in every area of motherhood
- The ups and downs of sharing your life and family on a public platform
- Deciding when to turn down opportunities in order to prioritize family
- How do you know when it is time to quit something?
ABOUT SARAH
Sarah is a stay at home mama of 5 kids and has been married for over 8 years to her childhood sweetheart. She lives on the west coast of Canada and spends most of her time homeschooling her kids, working alongside her husband, Kieran, and being busy overall in homemaking and attempting to create beautiful things.
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Can you do an interview with a homeschool mom homemaker who doesn’t have her husband home helping. My husband works away from the house 55-60hrs a week While I lovveeee these interviews, not everyone has help at home ❤❤
😅 same! My husband travels and is gone most of the week. I have a hard time when he comes back lol the house schedule is all out of wack and the dishes pile up high!! He rest while I keep going and going . Lord help me 😁
Same !
Same!!!!
I would love this,the norm for us is dad isn't home all the time he works and then has spurts where he is home
Same and I have no help from family.
I’m so excited to listen to this!!! ❤❤ I’ve missed Sarah on RUclips so much!!! Thank you for having a chat with her!!!!
Same here!
Same here! We missed you Sarah❤
Seriously!!! I have to rewatch Instagram just to get a good dose of her ✨
Same here! I miss her!
Me too!
My favourite part was near the end of the interview when Sarah was candidly talking about how RUclips was becoming an idol. I’m happy she listened to the Lord and He will definitely bless her for her obedience. This reminds me of the verse: For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? Mathew 16:26
RUclips is not bad but when we decide to place it above the Lord, that’s when we run into trouble as for anything else.
Thank you for this interview! Great job Lisa with the questions!
Aaaand she is back on RUclips lol
Lisa, you are doing a great job at keeping yourself in a positive and edifying light…the respectful and transparent way you transmit your family life to encourage others is a blessing to me. I have learned so much from you…I have no children of my own here in earth but happily married 20 years. So having a husband and having a church family to love on and serve; your videos have been a blessing to me in being able to better understand mommas while encouraging them on their privileged motherhood journey!
Everything out of this woman's mouth is a humble brag
Lol it's literally an interview about her life what is she supposed to say
I would say everything out of this woman’s mouth is a lie!
I love what you both said about baby-wearing or not baby-wearing - each mama gets to choose what works best for her and baby. There seems to be a push these days for baby-wearing, but not every mama can do this due to back pain or being overstimulated/needing a break from baby. Great interview. Thank you!😀
I love Sarah so much! She holds a special place in my heart and I miss her videos so much. Cant wait to listen!
MY TWO FAVOURITE RUclipsRS IN ONE INTERVIEW!!! This is the best thing ever❤
Yes❤
I had an emergency C-section with my first. I was immediately passionate about my next pregnancy when my son was only a month or two old because I didn't like how it all went. I was like Sarah, wanting to fix that experience. I knew God made my body to birth naturally. My second was a home vbac. Praise God! Now we're planning another home birth this year!
Had my miracle daughter at 42. Now 62 with a 20 year old.
My husband's mother was 42 when she had him and then 44 when she had his sister. His father was 47 when he was born. There are more benefits than downsides to having older parents.
It certainly can be done, but women need to be told the truth of their fertility in their younger years! Women are being lied to, to put off reproduction until their 30s. No career is more important than raising the next generation and loving your family ❤
@@Happytown7523 I waited because I didn’t find the right one until I was 32. Started trying at 36, found out I had a cyst on my ovary and after removed, I was pregnant in 3 months. I do have an older daughter whom I adopted from my mother’s daycare. I have a 23 & 20, and a 3 year old granddaughter.
Had my first at 19 and my last when I was 40. I’m now a 43yo mother of 5 and grandmother of 1.
@@randomusername704 It's really about health. My mom was 38 and my dad was 52 when I was born. He was healthy. She was not. She had undiagnosed diabetes type 2 (overweight as well), and ended up with gestational diabetes while carrying me. My other two younger siblings didn't make it. She was 43 with a large 40-week stillborn son. You need to be a healthy woman to be a geriatric mother.
Most Americans have at least one health issue by their 40s. It's sad but true. We are not the humans of the past. Pregnancy and labor complications are more normal than not. Genetic mutations are way too common at 40+ but even in younger women. Even women in their 20s are having fertility issues.
Health has to be upheld as a moral virtue. Some older parents are far too lax as well, but that's another subject.
It’s so good to hear others say that a desired life has to be intentional in order for it to be real. You have to work at it in order to live it…
I don’t even have kids yet but just got married and diving into the world of homemaking. I followed Sarah for years and was so excited to see this colab! Thank you
Yes, we all miss Sarah Therese on you tube. Glad she's doing well. I wonder if we couldn't see her more often
I resonate with you ladies. I love being a mother and wife and I love being at home and with my family!
This was a great podcast. It is so refreshing to see this generation of parents putting their children first. I am 58 years old and always has been old fashioned and it seems that some women lost that way of life and became so materialistic. It’s nice to see women like the both of you bringing it back. Blessings to you and your family!
Thank you!
Sarah and Lisa you two are incredible women ❤ thank you for sharing your hearts and encouraging mamas to rise above with the Lord
Lisa, you are so down to earth and your genuine spirit really shines through. ♥️
I’m so incredibly excited to see this interview!! Yay for having Sarah as a guest! 🤍 Much love from a VERY ENCOURAGED mama of six 🤗
Here is a comment to support this amazing conversation. Resonates with my state of thinking so much. The one thing that amazes me the most is how Sarah can be so wise so young.
So cool to see different styles of being a Mom; we are all just so different and have alternate ways of raising kids. I enjoyed raising mine immensely but realized early that they would be adults one day and needed to learn to be responsible people. Tried to encourage learning about these things before they were adults, and of course, the transition from them wanting to grow up and moving out was hard. But as a simple fact of life, kids grow up, become adults, and want to venture out to make their own lives; those skills learned when younger helped them become productive and successful in adulthood, and it feels good to see that. As the person raising, kids copy their parents and often watch us, so they see how we are living our lives to emulate or criticize how we are doing it. Started having kids at 19 too, and we were growing up together and had to learn to listen, not just reprimand and teach skills. Life can be so full and busy during that time of raising; its beautiful no matter how old you are when doing it
You literally get the BEST people on here that’s why it’s the best podcast on the internet!!!!
I have loved Sarah's content over the years. Thanks for interviewing her!
Amazing!!! I love the two of you and am so very glad you had been brought together. Please do another podcast together in the future 💙💙💙
You both are mothers I admire so much. All of your guests have brought wisdom and I enjoy this podcast so much❤
I am so excited for this! This is the best colab ever!! I've been watching both of you for so long, and I'm so excited to hear you together😍
You’re both so well spoken and it was lovely hearing what you had to say.
Omg, this is the colab I’ve been waiting for.❤
Thank you! So excited for this video! Love Sarah Therese!
OMG I missed Sarah sooo much! I loved her videos! Thanks for having her over!
Yay!! What a happy surprise to see you with Sarah today!!!
Awe! Two of my favorite mamas! Excited to listen to this!
This is such a good listen, both of you are so eloquently spoken. I have two beautiful step children and I’m due with our first baby in December. I’m so thankful Sarah mentioned her positive experience using a prenatal chiropractor. I plan on having a natural home birth so I would love to incorporate that into my routine if I could. Thank you Lisa and Sarah, bless you both ❤
I miss seeing Sarah on YT so I’m so pumped to hear her voice again! I admire her so much. Sarah’s love for the Lord is so inspiring.
she is super active on insta
Loved seeing Sarah again!!! Thanks
Awesome!! Saving this when I have peace and quiet to myself
My two favorite people in one podcast! Miss Sarah so much!
I love Sarah! So nice to see her face back on YT!
we love Sarah!!!! thanks for having her on. This was a great one
Have been watching Sarah's new RUclips channel and thought it was giving off total Lisa vibes, now makes total sense! ❤
So excited for this episode!
Thank you Lisa for all this interview! I Miss Sarah here❤ You two are beautiful ladies ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@Simplefarmhouselife ❤️🙏 Lisa, would you please talk on the topic of sacrificing or investing your time for your family , kids. I loved when Sarah shared about the “trip to Paris”. Would love to hear more from both of you about this side of motherhood, Christianity.
Wow , so inspired! She has lots of wisdom.
Oh I missed her!! Thanks for having her on!💕
This is a very interesting conversation with the two of you. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experience with us mothers. I can really relate to Sarah's experienced a little bit. I learned from you both in a good way.
LOVE this episode!!!! 🤍
Very interesting. I have not seen Sarah in years. Different to see her with so much hair -- I am used to her short, short hair.
Both ladies are great
so excited to listen to this! you & sarah are both so inspiring 🫶🏼
Yay! Thank you!
I would love to do both home school and regular school because I like the social aspect and realise their learning is so faulty. Love you both ; my kind of kindred spirits😍
You could try a University Model school! It’s kind of half homeschool and half private school. There are more University Model schools popping up all the time :)
Love the positive talk around the value on eternal matters and spending time with your husband and kids!
Amen! My favorite part of the interview!
Just quit my job of 7 years last week, and I needed to hear the encouragement at the end about letting go of things.
I miss Sarah Therese so much ❤️
loved this!!!
Excellent questions!!
34:33 I believe the reason for the adoption process in the first place was you having had a really hard (physically speaking) pregnancy with Elisabeth near the end and your pelvis and back struggled and you had lots of trouble moving and resting.
And after that experience you said you didn't want to be pregnant again, but wanted more children so tried going the path of adoption. And since you took the break with the adoption process, it gave you time to heal and refresh yourself and be ready to actually try for more kids yourself.
No shame in changing your mind ofc! I think many people say they will have no more kids when they're tired with their first :D I'm just pointing this out to all those mommas who feel like pregnancy did and is taking a toll on their health.
😊 two of favorite people
Love this!!
Really enjoyed this podcast. Thank you both!
Thanks for listening
Great great episode lots of good informational loved it!!❤❤❤❤
Thanks so much!
I always enjoy Sarah’s content! Thank you for having her on here. I am wondering if that “good” thing she is talking about is making a course? 😏
Oh my goodness, I miss Sarah for sure. Glad she's doing well
Found this super relatable!
This talk was so inspiring 💡
That was a great video so insightful 💖
I've missed her!!!
Just made some sourdough bread in my dorm at college, definitely don't need acreage for that! 😁
Love that!
Great video once again. 😊
Like the point of homeschool starts with a newborn, also as the kids grow they do indeed teach the younger ones.
I have never related to anything more than when Sarah said, “I want more kids buuuut, I don’t want to do that again.” Girl preach xD hearing my son’s head rip my skin coming out gave me ptsd and I was scared when I had my daughter like absolutely terrified. God had mercy on me and her head was much smaller than his so I was fine. Lol I could even talk through my contractions right up until her head was coming down the birth canal. 😂🎉 God is good
Loved this podcast ❤
Thanks for listening
OMG I've never seen Sarah do a Collab!!!!!!
The hardest transition for me was 2-3 because I found it hard to get out and do things. I needed more than a double stroller and just couldn’t deal
Great family vacation😉🌷
Yes it was!
Man pushing a few minutes?! What a dream! I pushed for 4 hours before emergency c section 😭
So sorry...that's hard!
Wonderful content!❤
Thank you! 🙂
The girlfriends I wish I had 😭😅 lovely listening to my 2 favorite social media personas ❤
Right I'm in Oregon and feel alone for sure
My poor kids...
How come we don't have friends .... 8,6,3 G,G,B
Yoga for rebuilding pelvic floor works, also! 6 kids here!
I have five babies and my first baby was a C-section due to being breach and the rest were successful VBAC’s praise the Lord. I do want to let people know out there that it is possible. With God all things are possible ❤
Praise God!! I wish that were my story. I had a complicated C-section (failed preeclampsia induction) and postpartum hemorrhage with my first. 21 months later I had my son via another C-section (failed induction for low fluid/insulin managed GD). My youngest came 17 months after his birth because I had uncontrolled insulin GD and preeclampsia. I had a uterine window too. :/
Praying the Lord gives us another one in a couple years! I would really love twins though. 5 children would be a dream.
That's hard, I'm sorry.
Im currently pregnant with #6
my 1st 4 kids flew out, no big deal, easy peasy
The 5th was positioned poorly and I had a VERY difficult labor.. totally threw me for a loop
My midwife keeps asking me to do prenatal chiropractic but i dont trust chiropractors, I know some are good but some are def not.. maybe i will reach out and try. Thanks for the encouragement..
Maybe you get to it but are you doing chiro throughout, just 3rd tri or last couple weeks? Thanks! Exciting tip.
You both influenced me to try and pray for my fourth baby, she was born in October ❤️
Great video 🎉
Thank you 😁
Did you have a midwife Lisa I don’t remember you mentioning having one with your last homebirth. I’m pregnant w baby number 3 will be my 2nd homebirth trying to decide if I want a midwife this time around.
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I haven't watched yet but I came to the comments to excited to see if she announced baby #8 yet.......
I did announce on my other RUclips channel!
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It sounds like her children dont have much structure to grasp onto if their schooling is something their mother fits around other more important commitments.
What is this specialist called that she went after her first birth? I did not unterstand the correct name
It’s called a chiropractor! Highly recommend, too! ❤
How often do you eat sourdough bread?
Close to everyday
She is not a minimalist, she is constantly buying home decor and has a new outfit every week no joke
lol sometimes redecorating can be a blessing to the family, to refresh the space they live in 24/7. Calm down. 🙃
Is so agree with the following:
Any child after three - it is all the same (I can personally attest to this up to seven)
Homeschool the oldest well and they will school the younger children - this is so very true
yes!
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This woman is full of bs. Ive been watching her daily for years and what she is saying in this video does not align at all with what she does everyday. She sees herself as a role model as in "do what i say not what i do" and in the process makes other women who watch her feel inferior. She has a very arrogant and narcisistic way of talking about herself
Sarah 💯 enneagram 4. I love her perspective. I'm looking forward to getting to know you more!
She shaved her head on CAMERA..and appeared desperate as she got close to 1 million subscribers.... I feel like she has some growing to do. I still have not followed her new channel. Just can't unsee her from when she had 400k on her original channel. She seems to fit a quiet life, away from RUclips as she comes off without layers and seems like an anxious person behind the camera. I get that people change and all..
Sarah is an immature something I can’t say. How dare she talks the way she did about gifts that she received. She should be grateful that people thought about her and her husband for her shower. There is something wrong with her
She was asked about de-cluttering and answered truthfully, there’s nothing immature about it. Sometimes people give gifts that aren’t what you’d choose and they don’t benefit you, there’s no shame in donating it and passing it on to someone who could make better use. I’m sure she was kind and gracious when receiving those gifts and thankful for the gesture.
If you’ve kept every single thing given to you over your life, your house is probably pretty cluttered. Your comment was overly critical.
@@breannandcaleb She was rude. You take the gifts gracefully. How would you like it if it was one of your gifts. Someone put there time into it and bought what they could afford. You do t talk about it on a video. !!!! You keep something like that private. She is clueless.
@@patriciacarey6324 I disagree. Her remarks are very helpful to me to let go of stuff I have no use for.
She doesn’t look at you. Couldn’t even finish watching. Sorry Lisa
She could be nervous or feeling anxious. It could happen to anyone.
Not everybody is comfortable with keeping eye contact. Actually, most Asians won’t look you in the eye.
@@carinthiamontana7069 Really??? How dare you say that.
or possibly, since this is a video chat, she is looking at Lisa on screen image instead of talking into a tiny camera at the top of her screen.
@@patriciacarey6324she's prob watching her on her laptop. It's very obvious she's looking at HER not so much at the camera.
I love what you ladies said about our lifestyles not requiring a certain location. I’ve been living the raw milk, fresh eggs, sourdough life in a regular neighborhood house, too! I love driving out to the country to source food for our family. 🤍
Thanks for sharing!!
Agreed. My husband's line of work (pastor and now prison chaplain dictates where we live. As much as I'd love the country life, it's just not in our capacity at this time (especially if we don't want my husband to have a super long commute!). However I do travel 48 min to get raw milk, I source raw cheese, eggs from a friend's farm, make sourdough, sauerkraut, etc from a 1100 square foot rancher in a tiny town. Homeschool my four kids too. It works for us. I'm content. :)
my two favorite account’s collaborating 🙌🏻 🤍