The seasons of homeschooling are not the same as the seasons of building a business, and most homeschool moms are living in both at once without realizing it. In this episode, Erin Meinel introduces the seven-season framework that will carry the rest of the fall: preparation, planting, watering, weeding, pruning, harvesting, and rest.

This is the framing episode for the series. It is not a diagnostic and there is nothing to fill out. It is a list, and the point is to hear yourself in it.

In this episode

• Why your homeschool year feels harder in October than it did in August, and why that is a season rather than a failure
• The seven seasons named, with what each one actually feels like from the inside
• Why watering is the longest season and the one most women quit in
• The difference between weeding and pruning, and why pruning is harder
• Why you are almost always in two different seasons at once, and what Erin's own homeschool and business look like right now
• What is coming in the rest of the series, including the question of which season gets to set the pace

Links mentioned

• Personal Brand Identity Quiz: erinmeinel.com

About Erin

Erin Meinel is a former early childhood educator, entrepreneur, and homeschool mom to two boys. She is the founder of Erin Meinel LLC and helps homeschool moms build businesses that fit the life they are actually living. Find her at erinmeinel.com.

Resources

• erinmeinel.com
• Eternal Parenting on Substack: https://erinmeinel.substack.com/
• Personal Brand Identity Quiz: https://erinmeinel.myflodesk.com/discover-your-brand