Hi Folks, I’m Takota Coen, thank you for checking out the Building Your Homestead Podcast where I talk with expert guests about agriculture, health, economics, technology, philosophy, and other topics that I believe will help to peacefully exit the increasing tyranny of our world and start building a parallel system, one homestead at a time. I started this podcast because I believe that the best way to fight the nefarious agents destroying our world is not with pandemonium, petitions, or pou ...
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LEAD YOUR HOMESCHOOL CO-OP | Community Building, Servant Leadership, Conflict Resolution, Policies and Procedures
Pam Kafer | Molly Kitsmiller | Hannah Larson | Homeschool Leaders in Mentorship and Coaching
Welcome to Lead Your Homeschool Co-op! Do you desire a Christian community with families that fit? Do you find yourself up late at night googling “conflict resolution” and “how to build a community”? Do you dream of a sustainable homeschool group only to feel discouraged when policies fail, logistics get in the way or a conflict comes up again? Hello! We are the Homeschool Community Builders.Together, we have more than 30 years of experience in leading successful homeschool groups. But at on ...
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Presented by Molly Christensen, homeschool mom of 7, and enthusiastic hero builder. In this podcast, you will hear about about how I and others successfully build heroes in our homeschools, so you can do it in yours too!
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DIY Home Builder | Be Inspired! | Learn how to build your dream home and your net worth!
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Welcome to the DIY Home Builder Podcast! This show is dedicated to the intrepid Owner-Builder. That rare breed of individual who shucks convention and embarks on a journey to build their own home acting as the general contractor. Listen in as we interview other owner builders, industry professionals and our friends and family, to share their stories and insights regarding building houses and increasing their net worth at the same time. There are a million reasons why you might want to build ...
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In many of our episodes, we tackle how to handle challenges that come up in our homeschool communities. In honor of Thanksgiving Day, we wanted to continue in the tradition of a “thankfulness” episode. This is our 2nd annual! Are you overwhelmed with the planning that it takes to run your co-op? Are you feeling burdened with the conflict that has s…
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Are you a new listener that is looking for great information on leading your homeschool co-op? Are you motivated to build community, but need ideas, guidance, wisdom, and accountability? You don’t have to do it alone, you’ve come to the right place! We want to share what we have learned with you from our experiences of starting and running homescho…
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Are you intimidated and overwhelmed with the planning that comes with starting a new co-op? Are you struggling with different visions within your leadership team? Are you looking for advice, support, and encouragement for building your board? We get lots of questions about roles on the board, how to make good decisions on the board, who should be d…
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It seems we can never talk too much about how to handle conflict! In today’s episode, we wanted to review some of the nuggets that we heard from our friend Trisha Kroll last week as well as continue to glean from Trisha in the Q&A segment of our time with her. She talked to our listeners about a mindset shift that can help us approach conflict in a…
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How do you approach conflict? Does just hearing the word “conflict” give you a sick feeling in your stomach? Does your heart race just thinking about it? Sweaty palms, anxiousness? Any of this sound familiar? These reactions come from messages in our brain. In this episode we have a special guest, Trisha Kroll, who will share with us about how God …
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So you’re up and running and solidly into your school year. Now what? What ways can you be proactively caring for your community? There are things you can be doing now to prevent unforeseen problems down the road. Listen in to what Hannah and Pam shared during our live Q&A in September and get a head start on creating that community you’ve always w…
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Do you want to offer a time for the kids in your community to have a recess and get their zoomies out? Are you worried that in doing so you will be opening Pandora's Box of bad behavior or conflict between kids and parents? Join us in this episode as we answer this question from our Facebook live Q and A. Next Steps: Schedule a coaching call: https…
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#29- Regenerating Our Systems PART ONE with Beth Martens
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Join regenerative farmer, author, and farming consultant, Takota Coen, live on Monday, September 30th at 1 PM CDT, to talk about what food independence really takes. In this interview we will discuss what rebellion really looks like, how to choose land and prepare for raising food animals, the practicality of growing food grains, what he thinks we’…
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Do you have a unique question and don’t know where to go to find the answer? Maybe you have a question about laws, record keeping, online classes, or just need advice and want to know what others are doing, but no one seems to have a similar situation to give you sound advice. Look no further, the HSLDA (Homeschool Legal Defense Association) has fr…
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#28 Cal Washington: Taking Responsibility, Becoming a Producer and Trading with Others
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Join this wide-ranging discussion with Cal Washington (https://www.inpowermovement.org) and Alberta permaculture homesteader Takota Coen (https://www.buildingyourhomestead.com) Takota discusses how being a producer (rather than just a consumer) is the key to all of us building a future free from tyranny. Some universal permaculture concepts are dis…
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Are you worried about legal issues with your co-op or with your families? Do you need advice on documents, legal entities or other issues? Today’s interview with HSLDA lawyer, Darren Jones will be so encouraging for you! Listen in to find out all the ways that HSLDA can support your co-op and support you as leader! I’m sure you will hear something …
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#27 Mike Cardamone: Laughing at Evil
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Mike Cardamone is the creative director for Don't Slap Snooze, a platform that makes educational comedy content. Mike is not a registered attorney, medical doctor, or raw meat inspector. Therefore, Don't Slap Snooze does not provide any legal, medical, or meat-related advice. Instagram: @dontslapsnooze Website: https://dontslapsnooze.net/ Support t…
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On our last live Q&A in facebook Hannah led us in a conversation about insurance for your co-op. If it is feeling like an overwhelming mystery. Take a breath, relax. Help is on the way. Here is a recap along with some resources to get you started. theeventhelper.com (community day) https://www.eventsured.com (dance) https://ncginsurance.com/ NCG In…
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In this episode of Unhypnotized, Heather welcomes guest Takota Coen, who shares his experience growing up on an organic farm in Alberta and his work helping people reconnect with regenerative farming through mentorship. Takota explains the shift from sustainability, which focuses on "doing less bad," to regeneration, which actively restores ecosyst…
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Are you wondering what you should be prepared for when planning a field trip? Are there things you should think about in advance in order to make the whole process and trip a lot smoother? If you have never planned something on a larger scale, you may be feeling a little anxious about your first field trip. Today we hope to give you the confidence …
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In this episode, Takota is interviewed by Josh Friedeman on the Business Bitcoinization Show. Takota shares his journey of co-founding a company that was developing a cryptocurrency to incentivize the regeneration of earth but decided to leave that company when he discovered that the perfect money already exists; Bitcoin. He then co-founded "Buildi…
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Have you ever been in a situation where you need to have a crucial conversation, but opinions are strong, stakes are high and emotions are rolling like Niagara falls? We try to handle conflict God’s way using Matthew 18, but how many times does it seem like our approach fails miserably and we either can’t solve the problem? We make it worse by hurt…
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#24 Creating Systems for a Homestead Revolution
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On this episode, Takota is interviewed by Rachel Jamison from Redemption Permaculture and the Modern Homesteading Podcast. They talk about creating systems for the homestead using permaculture principles. The Modern Homesteading Podcast, Episode 235 – originally aired February 21, 2024 Visit the Modern Homesteading Podcast Support this podcast at —…
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Do you lack committed board members on your leadership team? Is your board lacking unity? Are you wondering why your board is not functioning smoothly? In today’s episode, we want to focus on the characteristics that are necessary to develop as a leader. These biblical principles are characteristics that God calls all Christians to, but especially …
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Leaders - have you ever had the experience of hearing about problems in the classroom AFTER the school year is over? You might find out that your teachers are frustrated, your students are misbehaving, your parents are in the dark, and you were totally unaware until it was too late to do anything about it. That is a very frustrating moment. It real…
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#23 Robert Breedlove: What Is Money?
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My guest on this episode of the Building Your Homestead Podcast is Robert Breedlove. He is an entrepreneur, writer, and host of “The What Is Money Show” where he seeks to shed light on how the corruption of money corrupts our hearts, minds, and societies, and on solutions that will help us to bring truth back into the equation. Podcast: whatismoney…
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Episode 59: To Register or Not to Register: What to do When Homeschool Families are Wishy-Washy
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It’s August, and it is time to close registration for your homeschool co-op, right? Or do you keep it open because you have families that are interested but have not yet made a decision? Do you allow more people to join at the last minute or even after classes have started? If you are not bursting at the seams, and you want to bolster your numbers,…
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It's mid-August! Can you believe the summer is winding down and it's almost time for school to start and our co-ops to begin meeting again? That means it's time to be thinking about your first day of your community meeting together! The first couple weeks will set the tone for your community, so it is important to try to have a successful start. Yo…
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Are you waking up in the middle of the night in a panic with all the things you need to add to your to-do list to get ready for the first day of your co-op? Are you panicking because you don’t even have a list and you know you should, but you don’t even know where to start or what should be the priority? The clock is ticking and you want to be read…
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#22 Saving the Regenerative Agriculture Movement
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In this episode, Takota was interviewed by Lana Salant from The Ethical Omnivore Movement. 0:00 Intro with cheers to raw milk 0:22 Why veganism has failed despite billions of dollars of government and corporate funding? 3:47 Why the regenerative agriculture movement needs to avoid the government teat 7:30 How movements get co-opted 10:27 How Canada…
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Are your teachers overwhelmed and lacking confidence in their ability to teach at your co-op? Is your community struggling with inconsistencies among your teachers? Are your teachers burnt out due to spending massive amounts of time planning for their class(es)? In today’s episode, we are talking about teacher training- why it’s so important and ho…
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Are you struggling to motivate parents to stay involved? Do you wonder how you will ever find and train your replacements as leaders? Do you have student behavior problems that you are having a hard time handling? All these problems can be mitigated by being a parent-led co-op. Today we are excited to talk about all the benefits that you can experi…
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Wish you and your teachers had more insight on how to teach to different learning styles? What if you had the key to unlock your own child's best way to learn? Today, we have a special guest, Dawn Jackson who is an expert on learning styles and personality dispositions to give us some tools to help all the kids in our co-ops thrive. Want to connect…
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#21 Alec Zeck: Health, Freedom and the Illusion of Authority
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Alec Zeck received his B.S. in Systems Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He is a speaker, writer, podcaster, and former Army Captain. He is the former Executive Director and Founder of Health Freedom for Humanity and is the founder of The Way Forward. Website: https://thewayfwrd.com/ Instagram: @the.way.fwrd @daniel…
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#20 Ben Perrin: Circular Economy and Freedom Money
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My guest on the podcast today is Ben Perrin. Ben has been educating people in the realm of using and securing Bitcoin since 2016 via his YouTube channel. In between making tutorials, Ben regularly travels the globe speaking at conferences, running workshops, and educating political dissidents on how to use BTC as a tool for human rights. Ben has al…
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Investment! As leaders, we all want and need the families in our co-op to step up, to volunteer, to stay invested. But how do we achieve this? How do we motivate parents to stay involved and to step up and willingly volunteer their time and effort to our co-op? Two weeks ago we talked about the absolute must of intentionally creating a culture of L…
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Are you ready to get started building a community where you can grow together in faith? Are you feeling overwhelmed and not sure where to start? Creating a mission statement that will serve your community over the long haul is worth the time and effort you put in up front. Your mission statement is the cornerstone for the foundation of your co-op a…
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Episode 51:Why You Can't Seem to Get Your Families Involved and How This One Thing Will Spur Investment
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How many of you leaders out there feel like you are doing ALL the work for your co-op and it is completely overwhelming? Why is it that 20% of the people do 80% of the work? What is it that inspires the families in your co-op to step up and take on extra tasks and truly INVEST in your community? Today we are going to talk about one big strategy tha…
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Next Steps: Schedule a coaching call: https://calendly.com/leadyourhomeschoolco-op/coaching-call?month=2024-03 Do you have families that feel disconnected from your community? Are families doing their own thing all of the time, except on community days? Are you and your members desiring deeper relationships and stronger connections? Now that you ha…
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If you have found your leadership team and set up your co-op then you are ready to start inviting families to your community. How do you create a close knit culture that shares your values and mission? How do you ensure that families will fit? We’ve done a couple of episodes on the importance of doing new family interviews. Today we are going to he…
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Episode 48: Should We Advertise? 2 Ways to Attract Families that Fit Your Homeschool Community
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Do you have a vision for a homeschool community for your family, but aren't quite sure where to find other families that also want deep relationships to join you? You want to get the word out, but you don’t have the budget to advertise and even if you did, where would you put the advertisement? How are you going to get the word out to find the fami…
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Are you in conflict with another member of your homeschool community? Are you avoiding that person because you are afraid of the drama or divisiveness that seems inevitable? Are you afraid of losing friendships because of the unknown outcome? Does your stomach turn when thinking about confronting a conflict? This experience is so common to all of u…
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Now that summer is upon us and we’ve had time to reflect on the past year, let’s have some fun. Just because school is out doesn’t mean we stop connecting as a community. Some of the best ways to foster a close knit community, where you grow together in your faith, is through simple summer time connections. Here are 3 ways to connect over the summe…
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Happy End of the Year! Homeschool mama! You made it! Are you SOOOO ready for a break? Us too! It’s so tempting to just put away all the school stuff for the year and not think about anything related to homeschool or community or planning. . . We all need a break. But just closing the books and not looking at or thinking about them again is probably…
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Welcome to part 2 of our series about “bad” behavior. In Episode 43 we talked about reframing how you think about behavior. If we approach behavior with the understanding that there are unmet needs of the students, we can connect and interact to set students up for success. If we react from emotion, ourselves as teachers and the students are set up…
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Do you have students in your co-op with bad behavior? Are your teachers and mentors frustrated with lack of classroom management? Are they feeling helpless? What if I told you that it is in your power to reframe your mindset and turn the situation around. Be ready to be mind-blown in order to make this shift. How many of you have had a student in y…
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How are you doing homeschool mama? Do your kids (and maybe you) have spring fever? Have you been deep in the trenches with your homeschool co-op and are just READY to be done with this year? AND are you already anticipating next year - because it seems like the planning and registering and “need to know what next year is going to look like” comes e…
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Do you desire a co-op that serves all ages of students? Does your co-op have a history of high schoolers dropping out and pursuing other endeavors? Do you wonder how you can keep your high schoolers in your co-op during this critical time of their development? We know that many families desire to homeschool all the way through high school, but kids…
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Are you at a loss for what to include in your handbook? Are your community members reaching out with lots of questions that you feel like you have answered over and over? Are there issues that are coming up regularly? In today’s episode, we are going to give you some suggestions on information to consider including in your community handbook. I Cor…
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Do you want families that connect with and invest in the vision and mission of your community? Does the thought of asking hard questions to a new family make you cringe? What if I told you that it is possible to connect families in your co-op, through the application process, that will run the race together for God’s glory? It is possible when you …
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Do you think you should accept every family that applies to your co-op? Don’t like the idea of discriminating against families wanting to join your co-op? Are you uncomfortable with the vetting process for your co-op? Does it seem elitist to say “no” to someone wanting to join your co-op? In this episode we are going to discuss common mistakes that…
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Are undefined roles in leadership burning you out? Does your board desire clarity around their roles and responsibilities? Are important tasks getting missed? In this episode, we will be discussing how to work together as a board with unique giftings, to create a leadership team that is united and also complimentary. Need help? Schedule a coaching …
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Do you have kids in your co-op who are overwhelmed when faced with challenges? Are they easily frustrated when they don’t “get it” right off the bat? Do you often have meltdowns when one team loses a game or things don’t go someone’s way? If you are experiencing this, your co-op might benefit from some resiliency training. In this episode, Pam shar…
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Are you dreaming of a close-knit community for your homeschool next year? Do you long to find connections with others who want to grow together in faith? Do you feel a pull to start something new in your area but don’t know how to begin? If you are ready to step into your calling as a servant leader but need some help getting momentum, then stay tu…
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Episode 34: How To Keep Conflict From Chasing Away Good Families - Leaders Have the Power to Make A Difference!
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Is your community falling apart because of drama and conflict between families? Has going to community lost its joy because of gossip and complaining? As a leader, do you feel like a failure because it keeps happening again and again? Be encouraged leader. Leading homeschoolers is a difficult task but we would like to share some ideas about potenti…
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