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5 Mindful Homemaking Habits That Changed My Life: Mindfulness & Slow Living Habits of a Homemaker
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Aug 3, 2025
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Hey friends, welcome to Motherhood and
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Homemaking, where faith meets everyday
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motherhood and home is our favorite
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place to be. Today, as I prepare a
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little bit of a breakfast snack for my
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family, I want to share with you guys
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five mindful homemaking habits that have
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changed my life. I used to rush through
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everything, meal time, cleaning, even
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bedtime stories. And it felt like the
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days were just passing me by while I was
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just struggling to keep up until one day
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it finally hit me. And I just realized
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like I could not continue to do this. I
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started to see where it was not only
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affecting me, but also affecting my
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children and even my spouse. It's one
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thing when the way that I go about my
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life and my daily habits are affecting
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me, I feel like it's something that I
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can overcome, but when it comes to my
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children and it spills over into my
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marriage, that is when I know something
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has to change because they mean so much
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to me. I did realize that some of my
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rushing and some of my chaos was
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spilling over into my home. And as the
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homemaker and the mother of the home, my
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job is to make sure that this is a
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resting place, that it is a peaceful
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place. I want my home to be a home where
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we actually want to be more than
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anything else. So I decided to slow down
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and be more intentional and be more
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mindful and it has been absolutely
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transformative and that is why I want to
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share with you guys today. So, my first
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habit that I'm going to be sharing with
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you guys today is protect your mornings.
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I used to wake up and feel like I was
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just throwing myself right into the
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race. I would wake up and already my
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children would be needing me. There will
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already be a list of demands. Sometimes
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the house would still be messy from the
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night before and it would just start the
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day off so overwhelming. So sometimes
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now what I try to do is just wake up
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before my children and even if it's just
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10 minutes that is still more than
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nothing, right? So sometimes I would
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just sit there with a cup of coffee or a
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cup of tea and just look out the window.
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I want to be very intentional with this
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time and quieting that first, you know,
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early morning wake and just enjoying my
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tea and just sit with my thoughts and be
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mindful of how I'm feeling in that
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moment. and it really does make a
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difference in the rest of my day. So, I
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encourage you if you can do that to just
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carve out those quiet few moments, even
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if it means hiding off inside of the
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corner of your bedroom or sitting next
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to the closet in prayer just for a
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couple of minutes if you can just wake
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up before the kids if you have little
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ones like me. Number two is to be
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present with one thing at a time because
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I used to multitask everything. dinner
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while texting and dishes while watching
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television, folding while watching
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YouTube, which I do love a good clean
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with me while I'm cleaning up my home.
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But in any areas of your life that you
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think maybe you can practice just doing
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one thing at a time just cooking or just
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cleaning is how I try to either do
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something very intentional or mindful
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like praying in the morning while I'm
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cooking and just playing with my kids
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while putting my phone away so that they
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have my full undivided attention. These
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are ways that I'm just being fully
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present in each task. The third one is
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to filter out the noise. And this is
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hard when you have children. So, I'm not
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talking about that that beautiful sound
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of our children playing, but our minds
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are noisy, especially when we're
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constantly consuming. I used to, like I
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said, have the TV on while YouTube was
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playing, notifications on my phone,
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scrolling Facebook, and the baby crying
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all at once. And I would just wonder why
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my head was hurting and why I was so
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exhausted. So now I filter what comes
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into our home. I choose soft music or
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gospel music or silence. If my children
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want to play, they just play. No TV in
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the background. This habit brings so
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much peace to my mental health and just
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creates an overall calmer atmosphere for
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my kids. Number four, check in with your
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body. For a long time, you guys, I
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ignored my body and I was working out
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and everything, but I do deal with
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headaches and exhaustion and sometimes I
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would just feel on edge and I would
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never just take a moment to try and ask
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myself like what can I change within my
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health regimen that could make this a
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little bit better. So, try to pay
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attention to like those little things
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that your body is trying to tell you.
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For me, it took me having to take out
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caffeine out of my diet for a long time,
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getting to sleep a little bit earlier,
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having some herbal tea, checking in on
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my vitamin intakes. All of these things
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are ways that you can take care of
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yourself so that you can be a better you
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for yourself, but also for your children
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and for your spouse as well. And number
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five is inviting God into the ordinary.
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And this is everything. I started
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inviting God into the ordinary to meet
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me right where I am. Not just at church,
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not just during Bible time, but during
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diaper changes, dishes, tantrums, every
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little thing. Faith just isn't separate
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from homemaking for me because it is
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where I get my homemaking from. Slowing
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down didn't fix everything, but it
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definitely brought peace where there was
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a lot of pressure and chaos and gave me
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more room to breathe, room to be, and
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room to live the life that I was
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originally rushing through. So, if this
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video gave you peace today, I would love
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for you to let me know down below in the
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comments. And if you are new here, my
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name is Heaven and I would love for you
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organization. Thank you guys so much for
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watching this video. I hope that it has
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helped you and I will see you guys in
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the next video.
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