082: Cultivating a Beautiful and Soul-Filling Christmas with Victoria Duerstock

Victoria Duerstock is a wife, homeschooling mom, design guru, speaker, coach, and author. Today she is coming on the podcast to share about her brand new book, Heart and Home for Christmas: Celebrating Joy in Your Living Space. You will come away from this episode built up, inspired, refreshed, and excited for the Christmas season. What we Chat about in This Episode: ~Victoria's newest book, "Heart and Home for Christmas: Celebrating Joy in Your Living Space ", what led her to write it, and what readers can expect ~The biggest struggles we face as women in an effort to cultivate a meaningful Christmas while at the same time not giving into the hustle and bustle busyness of the holiday season ~The pull of Pinterest during the holiday season and remembering what the important things really are ~The role decor can play in helping us to cultivate meaningful Christmas memories ~The importance of intention and planning ~Assessing the "why" behind the traditions we practice at Christmas time  ~Practical tips for how we can decorate really well this Christmas without the stress and overwhelm ~Fun ways for our kids to be involved in our holiday decorating ~What to do with our expectations as we enter into the Christmas season ~The importance of protecting our time this season; how to go about doing that ~Specific devotionals in Victoria's book that really stood out to her personally ~What stands out to Victoria as to what the Lord is trying to teach us through the way in which the Christmas story unfolded ~The humility and humanity of Christ ~And more!   For full show notes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast