Our good friend Trisha Kroll, mental toughness coach and founder of Mind of a Champion, often says, “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.”

And there's nothing quite like a great book recommendation from someone you trust! In this episode, we're sharing 15 books that will challenge your thinking, encourage your growth, equip you with practical tools, and jump-start your leadership. Click the links below and start growing as a leader.

Chop Wood, Carry Water by Joshua Medcalf

Pound the Stone by Joshua Medcalf (audiobook)

Pound the Stone by Joshua Medcalf (book)

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High

Crucial Accountability: Tools to Build Trust, Address Disappointment and Get Results

Crucial Influence, Third Edition: Leadership Skills to Create Lasting Behavior Change

I Said This, You Heard That

A Grown-Up's Guide To Kids' Wiring

The Way of the Shepherd: Seven Secrets to Managing Productive People

Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business

The Way of the Shepherd Leader

The 6 Types of Working Genius: A Better Way to Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations and Your Team

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

Marc's Mission: Way of the Warrior Kid (A Novel)

Leadershift: The 11 Essential Changes Every Leader Must Embrace

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Your homeschool co-op started with a few families, a shared vision, and a desire to build community, but as it grows, suddenly bigger questions start popping up. Do we need to become an LLC, a non-profit, something else entirely?

What does it even mean for a homeschool co-op to have a legal structure? What is a legal structure? And why would we need one in the first place? In this episode, we're super excited. We're breaking down what a legal structure actually is, when a homeschool group may want one, and some of the questions leaders should be asking as their community grows or even from the beginning.

We'll talk about liability, money, leadership, and why choosing a structure isn't just about paperwork. Rather, it's about creating a healthy foundation for the ministry and community you're building. So if you've ever wondered, "Are we supposed to be doing something more official than we are right now?" Then this episode is for you.

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You know you need to have the conversation. You’re probably rehearsing it over and over in your head. But every version either sounds too harsh, too defensive, or like you’re avoiding the issue altogether. This is real. Today, we’re giving you actual phrases you can use so you can go in with confidence to say the hard thing clearly, graciously, and in a way that keeps defenses down while building the recipient up.

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What do you do when someone in your co-op is just… mean?

Maybe they’re constantly critical. Maybe they send the email that makes your stomach drop. Maybe they challenge every decision, complain about everything, or say something that really gets under your skin.

And the hardest part? You still have to see them on co-op day.

In this episode, we’re talking about what to do when someone is mean.

Because sometimes the solution isn't as simple as learning how to deal with a difficult person. Sometimes we need to look at the environment we're creating, too.

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What happens when we’re so focused on being grace-filled that we start letting everything slide?

The beginning of a new co-op year is the perfect time to establish clear expectations and healthy boundaries, but that can be easier said than done! In this episode, we’re talking about why those first few weeks matter so much, what happens when we don’t consistently enforce our policies, and how we can hold boundaries without becoming rigid, legalistic, or ungracious.

We want to lead with grace and love and sometimes the most loving thing we can do for our community is to hold the line.

Matthew 5:37 But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.

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Have you ever felt that little nudge to start a homeschool co-op?

Maybe you've thought, “I wish we had something like this in our area.” Or maybe you've already started imagining the families, the classes, the community and then suddenly the questions start piling up.

How would I even start? How do I organize it? Where would we meet? How do I communicate with families? What if nobody comes? What if I mess it up?

And maybe, underneath all those questions, there's an even bigger one:

Do I really have what it takes to lead a homeschool co-op?

In this episode, we're talking about what it really takes to lead a homeschool co-op. You might be surprised at the “qualifications” Sometimes you just need to be willing to say, “Okay, let's see what happens if I take the first step.”

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If you feel called to start building a homeschool community, but you’re afraid of making mistakes, you are not alone. Anytime you’re bringing multiple families together, mistakes are going to happen. The actual mistake is believing you can somehow avoid them all.

We certainly didn’t.

So stick around, because today we’re sharing the 5 biggest mistakes we made when starting our homeschool co-ops and what we wish we had known then, so you can avoid making those same mistakes in your community.

Bible verse: Prov 15:22 Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

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Has God put it on your heart to start a Christian Homeschool Community? You want to walk in obedient purpose but you lack the confidence that you are going to do things the right way? Maybe you are just overwhelmed with all the decisions and are unsure as to where you should even start? How do you find people who share your desire to build a close-knit community where you can grow together in your faith? Molly and Pam have been working hard to create a course that walks you through this process. Listen in to see how you can give it try for free!!

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